Radio show inspires live tour.Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard Radio hosts Bob Kevoian Bob Kevoian (Robert James Kevoian)[1] (born December 2, 1950 in Los Angeles, California) hosts the nationally-syndicated radio show The Bob & Tom Show together with his partner, Tom Griswold. and Tom Griswold Thomas "Tom" Griswold (born April 22, 1953 in Cleveland, Ohio) co-hosts the radio show The Bob & Tom Show together with Bob Kevoian, Kristi Lee, and Chick McGee. This comedy-based early morning program is among the highest rated in American radio and has been nationally have many, many friends, among them comedians, musicians, authors and the occasional psychic. Riding the wave of their popular syndicated radio show, `The Bob & Tom Show,' four of those friends will appear at the Hult Center tonight. The nationwide `Friends of the Bob & Tom Show' tour includes a variety of regular guests. Eugene will host Drew Hastings, Mike Birbiglia, Pat Godwin and Henry Phillips for at least two hours of comedy and music. Hastings has an opinionated o·pin·ion·at·ed adj. Holding stubbornly and often unreasonably to one's own opinions. [Probably from obsolete opinionate : opinion + -ate1. style. He delivers classic stand-up stand·up or stand-up adj. 1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar. 2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar. , mixed with stories, anecdotes and material from his current one-man show. He has appeared on "The Tonight Show" and HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy . When not touring, he splits his time between Los Angeles and his farm in southern Ohio. Another stand-up guy, Birbiglia, has attracted rave reviews - and he's only 26. The New York Press New York Press is a free alternative weekly in New York City. It is the main competitor to the Village Voice. wrote he is "maybe the funniest up-and-coming comedian out there." His fascination with pizza and panda bears shows up in his act, and he pokes fun at everything from race to weight issues. The other two performers mix comedy and music. Godwin didn't begin as a comic singer, but he found his true calling after he started incorporating humor into his songs, according to his press biography. He considers his new comedy album, "Under the Bed," his greatest achievement. It contains highly requested songs such as "Gangsta Noun 1. gangsta - (Black English) a member of a youth gang AAVE, African American English, African American Vernacular English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics - a nonstandard form of American English Folk" and "Nobody Speaks English, Anymore." Phillips has performed his songs and stories on Comedy Central, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and "Late Friday." His CDs fuse mellow, folk-rock ballads with taboo-smashing lyrics that have earned him mention in Billboard magazine's "Critic's Choice." COMEDY PREVIEW Friends of the Bob and Tom Show When: 8 p.m. today Where: Silva Concert Hall, Hult Center, Seventh Avenue and Willamette Street Tickets: $24, available online at www.hultcenter .org or by calling 682-5000 |
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