# Does ANYONE know who Bob Nelson is?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-who-bob-nelson-is/10755
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 6, 1999, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-who-bob-nelson-is/10755 "1999-11-06T19:25:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)
#### Post date: [November 6, 1999, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-who-bob-nelson-is/10755/1 "1999-11-06T19:25:00Z")
I went to see Bob Nelson last night for like the third or fourth time. IMHO, he is one of the funniest comedians on the planet. And, yet, once again, no one I know has ever heard of him (of course, these are the same dopes that never heard of Unca Cece, so that doesn’t surprise me). What about you? Have any of you ever heard of him? If so, what do you think of him? – to jog your memories, he’s the guy that did Jiffy Jeff the boxer.
And, as usual, thank you for taking the time to read yet another of my totally pointless posts. 🙂
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**WARNING:** I cannot be held responsible for the above as apparently my cat has learned to type. =^…^=
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### Author:  [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)
#### Post date: [November 6, 1999, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-who-bob-nelson-is/10755/2 "1999-11-06T20:21:00Z")
Yes. But he’s not nearly as funny as Billy Connelly.
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### Author:  [@Imthecowgodmoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imthecowgodmoo)
#### Post date: [November 6, 1999, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-who-bob-nelson-is/10755/3 "1999-11-06T20:23:00Z")
## I knew a Bobby Nelson back in grade school. We called him The Terminator cuz he always threw temper tantrums and got really pissed really quick. (especially with big bad 8th graders teasing him) What can I say? I miss the dork…
“I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.”-- Calvin and Hobbes
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### Author:  [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)
#### Post date: [November 6, 1999, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-who-bob-nelson-is/10755/4 "1999-11-06T20:30:00Z")
Here ya go mom. You can thank me later.
[http://www.oakland.edu/~ejmaurer/BobNelson.html](http://www.oakland.edu/~ejmaurer/BobNelson.html)
P.S.: I’m assuming this is the guy…
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [November 7, 1999, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-who-bob-nelson-is/10755/5 "1999-11-07T01:46:00Z")
I know who Jerry Nelson is.
I know who Tracy Nelson is.
I know who Lord Nelson is.
I know of the township of Nelson, NZ.
I know who Nelson Muntz is.
I do not know who Bob Nelson is.
## (you know, if you write one word often enough, it starts to look wrong)
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### Author:  [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)
#### Post date: [November 7, 1999, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-who-bob-nelson-is/10755/6 "1999-11-07T05:57:00Z")
How about I thank you now, Omni. Thank You. Yes, that is the right Bob Nelson. He is too funny :D.
And, Yankee, I love Billy Connelly, too. Has he done anything lately? The last thing I remember seeing him in was either the TV show Billy or Head of the Class (which ever came last)
Thanks again for that link, Omni.
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### Author:  [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)
#### Post date: [November 7, 1999, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-who-bob-nelson-is/10755/7 "1999-11-07T13:52:00Z")
Billy Connelly’s last effort was a dramatic role in the film Mrs. Brown. I understand he’s working on a couple of scripts now. He has a couple of concerts on video: Pale Blue Scottish Person is one. Ishould probably do a quick internet search…see you later…
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [November 7, 1999, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-who-bob-nelson-is/10755/8 "1999-11-07T15:35:00Z")
Billy Connolly has done plenty - he’s constantly busy. He tours the world every year doing stand-up, which he is stunningly brilliant at. He makes TV specials about those tours, or does a documentary or two. And he acts in movies or TV, which is I think what he’s been up to lately…
Ah yes, the IMDb comes up trumps again:
Beautiful Joe (2000)
Debt Collector, The (1999) … Nickie Dryden
Boondock Saints (1999) … Mr. Brown
Columbo: Murder with Too Many Notes (1999) (TV) … Findlay Crawford
Still Crazy (1998) … Hughie
“30 Years of Billy Connolly” (1998) (mini) TV Series … Himself
Impostors, The (1998) … Sparks
Middleton’s Changeling (1998) … Alibius
Paws (1997) … Voice of PC
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### Author:  [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)
#### Post date: [November 8, 1999, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-who-bob-nelson-is/10755/9 "1999-11-08T06:02:00Z")
Perhaps this can help:
[http://www.sarsen.demon.co.uk/billy/billy.html](http://www.sarsen.demon.co.uk/billy/billy.html)
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### Author:  [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)
#### Post date: [November 9, 1999, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-who-bob-nelson-is/10755/10 "1999-11-09T02:37:00Z")
In the film **Riff-Raff** , a guy in London is hitchhiking from London to either Scotland or the north of England. He holds a sign that says “I knew Billy Connolly.” So what does BC have to do with hitchhiking?
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