Bob Nelson parks it in Branson

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

When we last heard about Bob Nelson, he was negotiating the purchase of a church. To be more precise, a building to house his congregation. (Nelson, in addition to being a clown– his preferred description– is also a born-again Christian.)

His latest career move takes him to Branson, MO, as a regular performer (Tuesdays through Saturdays, 6 PM, for the foreseeable future, with a brief break to perform on a cruise to Alaska hosted by Gospel recording artist Michael W. Smith) at Justin Flom’s Imaginary Theatre. (We didn’t know what that was, either. So we hopped onto Justin Flom’s website, where we learned that young Flom is a magician and an evangelical one at that.)

Branson is unlike any other place on the planet. (We found ourselves there for a night or two, back in the early 90s, between road gigs. It could be described as a clean-cut Vegas carved out of the Missouri wilderness. The main drag is dotted with steakhouses and theaters and hotels. We saw Willie Nelson at the Jose Cuervo Theater… he was disastrously awful! We assume that Willie and the band were the only ones consuming any Cuervo inside Branson city limits!)

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