He also brought on fellow horror hosts like Zacherley, Elvira and Ghoulardi, and had great conversations with horror titans and various cult stars like Frank Henenlotter, Jim Wynorski, Robert Forster, Gary Busey, and Julie Strain, respectively.Īnd who can forget the buxom Honey the Mail Girl? She was later succeeded by Reno, Kat, Rusty, and currently the one and only Darcy for Shudder’s popular “The Last Drive-In.” Among them were Linda Blair (for Linda Blair month!) in which Joe Bob viewed many of her films, including the much derided comedy Repossessed. The features were often grouped together into themes (Nick Cassavetes Night, Emmanuelle Week, Post Apocalypse Month, Attack of the Killer Queen B’s Month) which helped elevate the novelty, and often featured special guests.
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Among some of the gems that Joe Bob viewed during the series’ run (many of which are still out of print!) the offerings included classics like Syngenor, Savage Streets, Basket Case, the Bikini Carwash Company movies, Small Kill, the nigh endless Emmanuelle movie series, Night Eyes 3, and the painfully underrated Jim Wynorski horror action comedy Hard to Die. “Joe Bob’s Drive In Theater” garnered an excellent treasure trove of cult films that ranged from horror, science fiction, exploitation, erotica, and various other sub-sub-genres. All the while he educated his viewers on some of the greatest and or most obscure horror (and various other genre) films ever made. On The Movie Channel, Joe Bob was allowed to be as silly and risqué as possible. Additionally, the show began with only one film per episode, before transitioning to double features in 1991 and then triple features in 1995. Format wise, “Joe Bob’s Drive In Theater” originally ran on Friday nights, before airing on Saturdays in 1988. Eventually he was given input in the movie acquisitions by 1991. Later in June 1987, Briggs was made the permanent host of the series. “Joe Bob’s Drive In Theater” ran from 1986 to 1996 with Joe Bob initially serving as a guest host and offering up comedic relief. Along with penning some highly coveted books exploring film, Bloom took Joe Bob Briggs to massive heights, including an entertaining stand up comedy special entitled “Dead In Concert.”
Joe Bob Briggs is the pen name and persona of John Irving Bloom, a highly acclaimed and well respected movie critic, journalist, and provocateur who spent much of his days writing reviews for drive-in movies, and discussing modern America. Even in the digital age, there’s nothing like hearing Joe Bob educate about various filmmakers and the origin of certain sub-genres. While “USA Up All Night” delivered the goods in classic schlock, horror, and trash cinema, Joe Bob Briggs offered up an education with his movie watching, which was (and still is) an absolute delight.
He always came prepared with one of his signature rants, and a nigh endless supply of movie facts that made every show special in its own way. Even if you didn’t like what he was premiering on “Joe Bob’s Drive-In Theater,” you at least got to learn something from Uncle Joe Bob, and he was always informative and entertaining. Joe Bob Briggs, with his garish cowboy outfits, self awareness, and love for beer, was a professor of genre cinema who made movie watching feel like an educational community experience. “Joe Bob’s Drive In Theater” came along before the internet, before cell phones, before Wikipedia, and hell, before Google.
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Well, excuse me for shooting my mouth off, but the journal didn't say anything about the sea - just talked about worms.For this month’s installment of “TV Terrors” we revisit the Joe Bob Briggs series “ Joe Bob’s Drive-In Theater,” which aired from 1986 through 1996 on The Movie Channel. They've been know to grow much longer than five feet. It's just that McLane didn't really mean to imply that the flesh was from a big worm. Why don't we work out tomorrow's schedule and then get some sleep?īut what about that five-foot nightcrawler? Well, excuse me for being so stupid. Fire was applied to the tissue and the corollary result." The journal ends there. Most intriguing is the tissue's consistency: it proved impossible to cut - knives passing through the flesh leaving no mark. With this section as a measure, the worm-like creature would be more than five feet in length. "Friday, March 12: This afternoon Professor Carter found a large piece of flesh having the same composition as that of the common earthworm, but measured twenty-four inches by eight.
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