Go to the Starlite Diner and ask for the "Wimpy." (warning: there's 66 oz. of it)

Got a hankerin' for Famous Dave's BBQ? It's now being served at the Starlite Diner. Bring napkins.

www.menwholooklikekennyrogers.com

The site features close to a thousand photos of men who look like the real Kenny Rogers, as well as tips on how to look like Kenny, places to spot Kenny look-alikes, and even a Kenny of the Month and sells t-shirts and buttons. Kenny himself has even gone on the record with his favorite "Kennys" on the site (Hot Tub Kenny being his favorite) and the site has been featured in Time, People, Esquire, The National Enquirer, and many, many more.

...retiring this year?

We've heard that Clay Cooper has bought the Moe Bandy Theatre. He started in Branson with Country Tonite, opened a morning show at the Caravelle theatre and continued there through last season. He is planning 2 morning and 6 evening shows this season (2007). Great guy.

street performers at the Branson Landing. Some of them double as wait staff at Landing restaurants.

Branson's new Chili's Restaurant opened December 7, 2006 in Branson Hills, the site of Target, Home Depot and TJ Maxx.

Branson's Bob Evans restaurant opened in 1992.

The Hollywood Wax Museum opened in Branson in 1996.

Have looked everywhere, What in the world has happened to Paul Harris. Cannot find him! Is he no longer in Branson? If he is where?
margaret
Hi Margaret
Thank you for using our site. You're not the first to ask. I spoke with the theatre people about two weeks ago, who told me he is in Nashville, working night clubs. His wife is studying for her doctorate and wanted to go to school there, and he thought he'd give it a try. He's also one of my very favorites, too. Thanks for asking.

Ron Becker
Contributing Editor
BransonWorld.com

for the grand opening of the Sight and Sound Theatre. It promises new musicals every year, with each one based on stories from the Bible.

Branson has 45 theaters this year…double the number they had 15 years ago. That translates into 116 shows and 55,967 seats!

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Five brothers
Five wives
Twenty children; three more on the way
The biggest performing family in the world
Mom and Dad: Gary and Lena Hughes
It all started at church parties and state fairs in Utah
They booked a summer job at Silver Dollar City and never left Branson
They leased the former Roy Clark Celebrity Theater in 2000, and purchased it in 2004
Its new name is the Hughes Brothers Celebrity Theater
The morning show features all 30 family members
The evening show is just the 5 brothers
The theater is at 3425 W Highway 76
The shows are at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.


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Of the more interesting Branson conventions: Elvis tribute performers, the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas, and professional clowns.

The name of Western Taney County Fire Protection District Fire Chief: Chris Berndt

About 10 shows in Branson use pyrotechnics…making Branson one of the largest users of pyrotechnics in Missouri.

Branson has the Best Female Yodeler in America…
The Western Music Association Convention was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico in November, and Branson’s own Paula Press, of the John Wayne and America’s Yodeling Sweetheart Show, won the award for Best Female Yodeler. It’s even the second time she’s won such an award. You can see her and the show with the John-Wayne-look-alike Ermal Williamson at The Nova Theater, located at 1840 W Highway 76, Branson, Missouri.


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With so much new construction happening in Branson and Hollister right now, trucks hauling gravel, concrete and steel outnumber tour buses.

In 1950, Hugo, the step-father of Jack and Peter Herschend, acquired a long-term lease on Marvel Cave near Branson. Later, the Herschend brothers opened Silver Dollar City, a re-creation of an 1880’s Ozark mining town, as a place to entertain visitors to Marvel Cave while they waited to take the cave tour. However, in its first year, Silver Dollar City drew four times as many visitors as the cave! The rest is history.

For the first time since 1996, the number of Branson Chamber of Commerce memberships has exceeded the 1000 mark. Business is booming!

wasn’t a popular item at the Brown Candy Factory located in Silver Dollar City. However, the Chocolate-Covered Strawberries were (and still are) a huge hit with visitors and regulars alike. The record number of strawberries dipped in a single day: 932. The Brown Candy Factory has also dipped the following in chocolate: potato chips, rice crispy treats, marshmallows and dried cranberries. More info: www.silverdollarcity.com

That’s what the sign reads at the exit doors to uncovered parking lots at Skaggs Community Health Center in Branson, Missouri. In the spring, employees collect umbrellas and put them by the doors.

The Springfield-Branson Airport has recently gained flights to Atlanta, but now it looks like it may lose two daily flights to Salt Lake City, Utah. There has been no official announcement of the change to date, but the Delta Airlines Website shows that the flights are not there as of December 1, 2005. More to come.

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The current owner of the vacant motel, which was one of Branson`s nicest hotels more than 40 years ago, has received permission to demolish the hotel. In its place, you may someday be looking at The Towers at Branson Landing, featuring towering condos on the lakefront.

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Coming soon to the Branson, Missouri Tanger Outlet Mall: Skechers!