{"id":1116,"date":"2009-03-26T13:58:22","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T18:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homerlee.com\/blog\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2009-03-26T13:58:22","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T18:58:22","slug":"biography-of-homer-lee-bransons-favorite-maintenance-man","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.homerlee.com\/showcase\/biography-of-homer-lee-bransons-favorite-maintenance-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1180\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/0rbAxbcFGUg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1180\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1180\" title=\"Terry Cast of Characters\" src=\"http:\/\/www.homerlee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Terry-Cast-of-Characters.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Many Faces of Terry &#8216;Homer Lee&#8217; Sanders<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.homerlee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2502.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4698\" src=\"http:\/\/www.homerlee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2502-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2502\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Homer Lee\u2019 is none other than Branson, Missouri\u2019s favorite comedic actor, Terry Wayne Sanders. He\u2019s the busiest comedian in town with 8 different jobs in the entertainment field!\u00a0\u00a0He\u2019s still going strong in his 47th year as a comic headliner now known as \u2018The Face of Branson\u2019!<\/p>\n<p>Entertaining literally millions of people just like you at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.silverdollarcity.com\/\">Silver Dollar City<\/a>\u00a0(an 1880\u2019s themed park in Branson) with a wide range of characters have afforded Terry \u201cHomer Lee\u201d Sanders, the opportunity to work with Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers and the late Bob Hope. \u00a0Terry has received the award\/title &#8216;<strong>COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR<\/strong>&#8216; 10 times! As well as the prestigious &#8216;<strong>Terry Beene Pioneer Award<\/strong>&#8216;!<\/p>\n<p>A veteran in films with Annie Potts, Tim Curry and Leslie Nielsen, Terry prefers the one-on-one touch and intimacy with audiences in live performances. In addition to his regular performances at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.silverdollarcity.com\/\">Silver Dollar City<\/a>\u00a0and in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theshepherdofthehills.com\/\">The Shepherd of the Hills<\/a>\u00a0play in\u00a0Branson playing several roles, Mr. Sanders was the comedian at the\u00a0<strong>Braschler Music Show<\/strong>\u00a0for 17 years. His comedy antics earned him a regular spot on television\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Hee Haw<\/strong>\u00a0where he worked exclusively with Roy Clark, Grandpa Jones and Minnie Pearl.\u00a0 Since then he\u2019s had the pleasure of working for many shows in Branson, MO. like\u00a0<strong>Pierce Arrow<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>The Grand Jubilee<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>The Branson Brothers Show, &amp; Shoji Tabuchi<\/strong>\u00a0as well. \u00a0This is Terry\u2019s 2nd season to be the comedian for\u00a0<strong>\u2018CJ Newsom&#8217;s Classic Country\u2019s &amp; Comedy\u00a0Show\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0with award winning CJ Newsom here in Branson!<\/p>\n<p>This is Terry\u2019s 24th season performing in The Shepherd of the Hills play. \u00a0Terry\u2019s son, Evan James Sanders also perform in America\u2019s #1 outdoor drama\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theshepherdofthehills.com\/\">\u201cThe Shepherd of the Hills\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He is also the host of many personal appearances\u00a0at Big Cedar Lodge near Branson 16 years! He\u2019s in his 17th season to perform at the Baker Creek Seed Company in Mansfield, MO., &amp; 17 years as \u2018Barney Fife\u2019 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association &amp; their \u2018lock-ups\u2019. \u00a0Plus, many personal appearances!<\/p>\n<p>Terry\u2019s an avid \u201cpeople watcher\u201d and uses his keen observations of day-to-day life to keep his material fresh and his audiences in stitches. It was Minnie Pearl who said it best, \u201cTerry\u2019s one of the best and honey, I\u2019ve seen a lot!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u2018Homer Lee\u2019 is none other than Branson, Missouri\u2019s favorite comedic actor, Terry Wayne Sanders. He\u2019s the busiest comedian in town with 8 different jobs in the entertainment field!\u00a0\u00a0He\u2019s still going strong in his 47th year as a comic headliner now known as \u2018The Face of Branson\u2019! Entertaining literally millions of people just like you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1116","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.homerlee.com\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.homerlee.com\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.homerlee.com\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.homerlee.com\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.homerlee.com\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.homerlee.com\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.homerlee.com\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}