Bob Nelson (comedian)

Bob Nelson (born March 3, 1958), is an American stand-up comedian and actor.

Life and career

Nelson began doing stand-up in comedy clubs while a theater student at Nassau Community College in the late 1970s.

Nelson specializes in rubber-faced comedy characters, much as Red Skelton did in his heyday. His most popular originals include Jiffy Jeff, a punch drunk prizefighter with a Gym in NYC; Eppy Epperman, a brilliant but nerdy kid with deeper insights than meet the eye; an entire football team of stereotypical characters and unnamed football stars doing a charity commercial; Wilby Stuckerson, a hillbilly chicken farmer based on a life experience of Nelson's from Shreveport, Louisiana, and Mr. Pingyeh, an argumentative Asian man who is more eloquent than the people with whom he argues. He is also known for his Jacques-Yves Cousteau impersonations and his "football act" in which he parodies the old team rundowns in the College Football All-Star games, in which players announce their names, numbers and teams (example: "Quasimodo... Notre Dame... halfback!")

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Bob Nelson

Bob Nelson may refer to:

Bob Nelson (comedian) (born 1956), American stand-up comedian and actor

Bob Nelson (linebacker) (born 1953), retired American football linebacker; played for the Buffalo Bills, San Francisco 49ers, and Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders

Bob Nelson (defensive tackle) (born 1959), American football nose tackle; played for Tampa Bay Buccaneers & Green Bay Packers

Bob Nelson (screenwriter), American screenwriter

Chicago Bob Nelson (1944–2013), harmonica player, songwriter

Bob Nelson (linebacker)

Robert Lee Nelson (born June 30, 1953 in Stillwater, Minnesota) is a retired American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played for the Buffalo Bills, the San Francisco 49ers, and the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. He started in Super Bowl XV and in Super Bowl XVIII for the Raiders. Nelson played college football at the University of Nebraska.

External links

NFL.com player page

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Bob Nelson (screenwriter)

Bob Nelson is an American screenwriter and nominee for an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) at the 86th Academy Awards for writing Nebraska, which was directed by Alexander Payne and released in 2013. The Nebraska screenplay was also nominated for a Golden Globe.

Nelson was a cast member and writer on the Seattle sketch comedy TV show Almost Live! in the 1990s.

Nelson won the 2014 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay for Nebraska.

He was raised in Kent, Washington and currently lives on Whidbey Island in Washington State with his wife. In 2014, the Seattle-based alternative popular newspaper The Stranger nominated him for a Stranger Genius Award.

He wrote and directed The Confirmation starring Clive Owen, Maria Bello, and Patton Oswalt. It will open in March 2016.