Bob & Tom the new Tonight Show

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 26th, 2007

On the occasion of the Bob & Tom All Stars Comedy Tour landing at the Peoria Civic Center this Friday, the Peoria Journal Star’s Brad Burke talked to some B & T regulars, as well as to B & T themselves.

Bob Zany calls the long-running Indy morning program “the new Tonight Show,” in terms of its impact on a comic’s career.

An astute observation from Lord Carrett:

“You go on and you reach 6 million people at a time of day when they’re much more awake than at 1 in the morning. And they’re probably drinking coffee rather than Scotch, so they’re more likely to remember you.”

Read the whole thing here.