There’s a second Bob in radio’s “Bob & Tom Show.” Bob Zany has been a regular on the syndicated radio show (heard daily in the Quad-Cities on KCQQ-FM 106.5) for a decade with his “Zany Report.”

Zany is among the performers featured on the “Bob & Tom Comedy All-Stars Tour,” which is coming to the Capitol Theatre in Davenport on Friday night.

“Bob and Tom” helped create these comedians,” Zany said.

In a telephone interview from his California home, Zany — also a regular on Jerry Lewis’ Labor Day Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, a talking head on “Smoking Gun Presents” on the TruTV cable channel and a co-star of the upcoming movie “The Informant” with Matt Damon — talks about the show:

Q: How many of these “Bob & Tom” tours do you do in a year?

A: I think I’m on 10 or 12 weekends this year.

Q: What do you get out of these that you wouldn’t get out of a solo date or a club date?

A: I get a chance to work with people I don’t work with much of the time because they’re all headliners and the fact you get to play to a larger amount of fans and people who know who you are, which is always helpful. I surprise a lot of people with my stand-up.

Q: You have a lot of audience interaction. How much of your act do you know you’ll do before you walk on stage?

A: There’s a beginning and an end. In the middle, I let the audience take me. They’ll give me a line that I know will work at that moment. I try to listen to what they say so I can build off it.

Q: Is there more competition or camaraderie among comics?

A: We talk to each other, and a lot of people will call the police on each other. When we’re out there, we’re alone, so we try to do the best we can. There have been a couple of comedians who are off the tour, but everyone else gets it.

Q: What have these tours done for you?

A: More people get to see you. I think there’s a stigma to a comedy club versus a theater or an auditorium.

IF YOU GO

What: The “Bob & Tom Comedy All-Stars Tour” with Bob Zany, Tim Wilson, Greg Warren, Patti Vasquez, Scott Dunn, Donnie Baker and Chick McGee

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27

Where: Capitol Theatre, 326 W. 3rd St., Davenport

How much: $32.50

Information: (563) 326-8820 or TheCapDavenport.com on the Web

Also on the Web: BobZany.com; BobandTom.com

Other performers

TIM WILSON

Background: Georgia native

Style: “Philosopher … theologian wannabe … curmudgeon.” (His Web site)

Known for: Outspoken comedy and songs

Quote:  “I’m the kind of person who has opinions on stuff, and’ll be glad to tell you.” (2008 Quad-City Times interview)

Web site: TimWilsonAmerica.com

GREG WARREN

Background: Kirkwood, Mo., native and former salesman

Style: Storytelling comedian

Known for: “Flute Man,” a story about his high school wrestling days

Quote: “My style is sort of characters from my life and stories with some pretty tight punchlines within the stories. (2005 Times interview)

Web site: GregWarrenComedy.com

DONNIE BAKER

Background: Creation of “Bob & Tom” staffer Ron Sexton

Style: Redneck braggadocio

Known for: Calls the radio show from his break room; his band

Quote: “It's more testimony without taking oath when he’s on stage" (Sexton, 2006 Times interview)

Web site: BobandTom.com

PATTI VASQUEZ

Background: Chicago native

Style: “Comedy with a heart,” according to her Web site

Known for: Stories about growing up in a multiethnic family, as well as raising her own children

Quote: “I am a little bit naughty in my act, but I'm not filthy. I'm not out to offend anybody, but there's fun stuff in the things that embarrass us.” (Dayton Daily News interview)

Web site: PattiVasquez.com

SCOTT DUNN

Background: Fort Wayne, Ind., native and former marketing manager for a Fortune 500 company

Style: Observational, history-based

Known for: Visualizing the Last Supper as a roast of Jesus and roasts of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Santa Claus

Quote: “I was bored (in church). That made me feel guilty, and I thought, ‘If they made this more entertaining, people would learn more. And that’s when I wrote the bit about the Last Supper being a Friar’s Club Roast of Jesus. Same information, but now people would be listening.” (Dayton Daily News interview)

Web site: ScottDunnComedy.com

CHICK McGEE

Background: London, Ohio, native; show’s announcer and sportscaster since 1986

Style: “My life is an open book” delivery (from show’s Web site)

Known for: Being a Washington Redskins fanatic

Quote:  “I say, ‘Hi, how ya doing, this is what I look like, blah blah. Then we hang out after the show, sign some autographs and have some fun.” (On his role of hosting the comedy shows, at TCPalm.com)

Web site: BobandTom.com