As one of the four seeded nations with England, Netherlands and holders Northern Ireland, Scotland enter the fray on Saturday.
The Scots have won the title twice before, with Anderson triumphant in 2019 beside Peter Wright.
Ranked 29th in the world, Menzies is relishing playing alongside his “hero”.
“If I get too hyper, Gary will just clip me behind the ear to tell me to calm down,” he said.
“We do quite a lot of exhibitions together, so the chemistry should be okay.
“If Gary plays the way he usually does and I find my ‘A’ game, I think we could be a team that will be hard to beat because I feel we are big scorers.
“I am not saying we are favourites or anything like that, but we can go on a run if we are clinical on the doubles.”
The pair will hope to progress to Sunday, so does that mean the football-daft Menzies will miss Scotland’s opening match at the other World Cup?
“I think Gary will tell me to go to bed and put a lock on my door so I can’t get out because he knows what I am like,” he laughed.
“I got tickets for a Glasgow fan zone before I knew I was going to be in this, so I will probably try to watch on my phone but, with a face like this, I need my beauty sleep.”
