w w w . b o b a n d t o m . c o m
May 17 - 21 2004
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 Frankenstein
Never Scared Me
Most people know Kevin
Pollak as a Hollywood actor, and for good reason. Over the years
he's starred in a number of hit films including The
Usual Suspects, Grumpy Old Men, A Few Good Men and The
Whole Nine Yards, but because Pollak is such a fine actor, many
fans forget that he actually began his career as a standup comedian.
At the age of 20, Kevin began performing on stage and made a name for
himself with his dead-on impressions of William Shatner and Peter Faulk.
It was then that George Lucas (of Star Wars fame) became familiar with
Pollak's act and for some reason offered him a role in the movie Willow. Film
critics loved Pollak and praised him for being an outstanding character
actor which of course helped him to land even more acting gigs. Though
he's currently kept busy hosting one of the hottest games on TV, Celebrity
Poker Showdown, and still pops up in movies from time to time, Kevin
hasn't forgotten his standup roots, and is now in the middle of a cross-country
comedy tour.
Jordan Ward Illustration
FACTOID -
Kevin Pollak used to test out his new impressions by using
them as the greeting on his answering machine.
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 From
Wall Street to The Chuckle Hut
Paul
Mercurio’s talent for comedy was first utilized
by Jay Leno when he was hired to write monologues for The
Tonight Show. However, unlike a lot of other comedians,
Paul had a really good job before going into comedy. After
graduating with a law degree from Georgetown Law School,
Paul began working as a lawyer and investment banker on Wall
Street. That's where Leno discovered Mercurio and encouraged
him to give up the high pressure world of stocks and bonds
for a life of brick-wall backdrops and heckling audiences.
So far, the move has turned out to be a good one. Along with
a promising standup career, Paul has become an Emmy Award
winning writer for Comedy Central's The
Daily Show and makes regular appearances on MSNBC
and FOX News as a political satirist. Look for Paul's brand
new standup special on Comedy Central which will air Friday,
May 21st at 10PM ET.
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Forget about
the water skiing squirrel! This pooch has REAL talent. |
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Overachieving Bulldog
Tyson, a 3-year old English Bulldog from Huntington Beach, California taught
himself to skateboard without any assistance from his human. As a puppy
Tyson was surrounded by boarding, so it was only natural that as soon as
he was old enough, he taught himself how to ride. Now he has his own skateboard
and he's taking the world by storm, showing up in USA Today and on MSNBC
and he even has an official sponsor. Tyson's the canine equivalent of Tony
Hawk. To read more about this extraordinary quadruped, check out his website,
and look for Tyson in the 10th Annual Big Dog Parade and Canine Festival,
Saturday, June 5, 2004 in Santa Barbara, California. Be sure to check out Tyson's
website! |
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 Tom
Selleck
Returns to CBS
Okay, so maybe the new CBS four-hour mini-series Reversible
Errors isn’t exactly a Magnum
PI reunion, but it does star the hunky, mustached, 80s
heartthrob Tom
Selleck as a detective trying to prove that the man he put
behind bars really is guilty and deserving of the death penalty.
The problem is, he’s got a nosey lawyer (William H. Macy)
wanting to reopen the triple homicide case in an attempt to
prove him wrong. The Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning actor
returns to CBS following the success of his previous made for
TV movie, 12 Mile Road. Though
this film isn’t as soft, warm and fuzzy as his last one,
it too is based on a best selling novel. In recent years, Selleck
has been popping up all over television. His other notable TV
appearances include a reoccurring role on the hit series Friends,
and as General Dwight D. Eisenhower in the film Ike:
Countdown to D-Day.
Jordan Ward illustration
FACTOID
– Tom Selleck’s first TV appearance was as a contestant
on "The Dating Game" in 1967.
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 We've
Got Our Finger
on the Button
For the most part, Rob Haney
is a very clean comedian (he's also extremely cheap, but that
has nothing to do with the rest of this story). Instead of those
dirty, raunchy, FCC regulated jokes that many others in his
field choose to tell, Haney uses the trials and tribulations
of family life to get audiences laughing. But try as he might,
even Haney can cross the line. Take for instance the time he
was reading an advice column that had a letter asking what to
do if your best friend suffers from severe feminine odor? The
answer given was to write her a poem explaining the problem.
It sounded simple enough, so Haney took a stab at penciling
his own prose to solve the problem. Though hilarious, Haney's
poem had to be beeped. But, the bit did become one of the most
requested pieces from BOB&TOM's album, Factory
Air. Too bad we can't play it ever
again.
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Oh, It's Drew Again
He's tall, dresses all in black, wears dark
rimmed glasses, has a thing for redheads, and sports a shower
cap while bathing, but comedian Drew
Hastings is still one of our favorite guests. He
may be a frequent visitor to the Friggemall complex, but it's
never boring when he stops by because with each appearance we
gain a little more insight into the enigma that is Drew. Very
few others… actually, no one else has ever shown up to
the show wearing a sash, riding a horse, or driving an old,
boat-sized automobile that they purchased on eBay. It's true
that quirks like these are what lead us to believe he leads
an “alternative” (metrosexual) lifestyle, but Drew
insists that he's no different than anyone else. In fact, he
say's he's Just
Like You (check local listings).
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 Jack
Blades
Though bass players are often considered the ‘blondes’ of
most musician jokes and usually look like background decoration while
on stage, bassist extraordinaire Jack
Blades is an exception to the rule. As a member of Night
Ranger, he fronted one of the top bands of the mid 1980s, writing
and performing classic hits like Sister Christian and When
You Close Your
Eyes. During the 90s, Blades found a new home in the all-star
laden rock group, Damn Yankees where he
cranked out hits alongside Ted Nugent and Tommy Shaw.  During
these years, Blades kept busy recording with, writing songs for and producing
albums with some of rock's biggest legends such as Aerosmith, Ozzy Osborne,
Alice Cooper, Cher and Journey. Currently, Blades is back on tour with
his buddies in Night Ranger, while at the same time promoting his brand
new self-titled album, Jack
Blades.
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 The
Mystery Comic
Comedian Mike Stankiewicz is from Philadelphia, has been featured on
Comedy Central and A&E, has appeared in a few made for TV movies,
and is good friends with our buddy Pat Godwin. Other than that, we know
nothing about this mystery man. Will he bomb? Will he be our new favorite
comedian? We can’t be certain. Godwin assures us that after Mike
makes his rookie appearance on the show, Stankiewicz will be a name you'll
never forget. In response, Tom says that if he sucks, Pat will no longer
be welcomed on the show.
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 Laughing
on the Inside
Though comedian Bob
Zany is often denied the laughs his legendary Zany
Reports truly deserve, he hasn't thrown in
the towel yet. Each week, Bob makes it his personal
mission to deliver a Report that
not only requires zero fixing, it also gets
everyone in the studio to laugh (out loud) at least
once. While we can't promise that this will be the
week Zany's dream comes true, we can guarantee that
there will be an all new installment of Fix
the Joke Baby to save the segment, if needed. To
play along at home and earn a chance at a fabulous
prize package, just go to bobzany.com and
peruse past Zany Reports for a joke that needs fixing.
They shouldn't be that hard to find.
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