| Genre | comedy, talk |
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| Running time | 6:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M.EST |
| Country | United States |
| Home station | WFBQ Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Starring | Bob Kevoian Tom Griswold Kristi Lee Chick McGee |
| Producers | Dean Metcalf |
| Air dates | since March 7, 1983 |
| Website | bobandtom.com |
| Podcast | .../gen3/podcast_main.htm |
The Bob & Tom Show is a syndicated US radio program established by Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold at radio station WFBQ in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 7, 1983, and syndicated nationally since January 6, 1995.
Owned by Clear Channel Communications, a media conglomerate which owns 850 radio stations, the program enjoys extensive popularity. The program has frequently received recognition by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) as an exemplar in American radio.[1]
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The show is hosted by Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold who originally teamed up in the early 1980s at the Petoskey, MI station WJML. In their current incarnation they are joined by Chick McGee who acts as sports commentator as well as comic foil, and by Kristi Lee who is the show's news anchor and occasional target of the show's humor. Dave "Gunner" Gunn also joins the show when any of the regulars are out, and has done so from the beginning of the show's syndication in January 1995. The show is a comedy-variety show. Each day, there are usually several guests on the show, including many comedians. During the show, live or pre-recorded comic songs and skits are often played, including many from a huge library of archived pieces. There are frequent impromptu calls from numerous "characters" voiced by various members of the show's staff. The show airs from 6 A.M. to 10 A.M. EST and is aired from either 6 A.M. to 10 A.M. or 5 A.M. to 9 A.M. locally on affiliated stations. There is a segment that airs between 10:00 and 10:15 EST, only on home station WFBQ. Bob and Tom would do a traveling show of their own, however those ended around 2003. They now organize and support the Bob & Tom Comedy All Stars Tour, which includes many of their frequent guests. Since January 31, 2011, The Bob & Tom Show has aired on the American Forces Radio Network as the morning show on AFN's Legacy Channel-The World's Classic Rock Station. The Bob & Tom Show repurposes their live morning show as an overnight show called Bob & Tom All Nighter. All Nighter airs 12 A.M. to 5 A.M. on a few terrestrial affiliated stations as well as SirusXM Channel 165.
Many fictional characters and parodies of real-life people have sprung up during the show's history, some voiced by Bob Kevoian, Tom Griswold, Chick McGee, on-air producer Dean Metcalf, Steve Salge and Ron Sexton.[2]
The show takes calls from actual live fans, plus miscellaneous "crazy fan" caricatures.
Kenny Tarmac embodies that annoying traveling sales person on a flight with an over-inflated sense of self-worth who feels the need to demonstrate to everyone how important he is by loudly calling someone just as the plane lands. He always uses airport abbreviations while referring to his locations to further illustrate just how busy and important he is. He always calls Bob & Tom when he lands, and he always gets another call while talking to them. On a few occasions, while talking to Bob and Tom, he will run into a big-time client, whom Kenny cannot remember by name. During this time, he puts Bob and Tom on hold, while he tries to use his "Zig Ziglar bag of tricks" to get the client to reveal his name, usually failing.
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Donnie regularly makes topical calls to the show and has a very authentic Kentuckiana accent. He relates anecdotes involving a good friend who had a semi-relevant experience, usually ending in a punch-line. Most of his calls are punctuated by a tagline like, "I swear to God" or "Look it up..." or "it's state law." Sometimes, Donnie is corrected, or told to get off the phone by Randy, his work supervisor, after which he always yells "Shut up Randy!" His calls usually and abruptly end, and always by him saying, "...I gotta go.". Donnie also appears with his band as "Donnie Baker and the Pork Pistols".
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A recurring skit on The Bob & Tom Show, Mr. Obvious is portrayed as a radio personality with his own show, "The Mr. Obvious Show." He gives obvious and simple advice about whatever problem the caller may have. The caller always seems to be the same person, and opens the conversation with "Hi, Mr. Obvious. Long time listener, first time caller." From there, the caller will describe his issue and give symptoms to help Mr. Obvious figure out his problem. Most of the time, the caller's issue is something that anyone else can figure out, but he can not.
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On November 3, 2008, WGN America began airing an hour-long TV show taken from the day's radio broadcast at Midnight ET Monday through Friday (as of November 2009, it was moved to 2 a.m. ET). The program ended its run on WGN America on September 10, 2010, as part of an extensive revamp of the network's schedule.[3] As part of the deal, WTTV Indianapolis (another Tribune-owned station) would be the first to air the nightly one-hour telecast.
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