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	Joe Bob Goes to the Drive In - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joe Bob Goes to the Drive In is the first book by John Bloom under the pen name Joe Bob Briggs.
		Joe Bob exclusively viewed movies in drive-ins, in his Toronado with any one of several girlfriends.
		The only two people who actually appear in the first person are Joe Bob and, interestingly, Stephen King, who saw several of his books made into movies during that period and actually wrote the introduction to the book when it was compiled and published in 1987.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joe_Bob_Goes_to_the_Drive_In (327 words)

	Encyclopedia: Joe Bob Briggs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Joe Bob Briggs (born John Irving Bloom January 27, 1953 in Dallas, Texas) is a syndicated film critic, writer and actor.
		Joe Bob says check it out." The term B-movie originally referred to a film designed to be distributed as the lower half of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters or vampires.
		Drive-in, a facility such as a bank, restaurant, theatre or even a church where one can literally drive in with an automobile for service.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Joe-Bob-Briggs (1068 words)

	At The Drive-In - An Interview with Joe Bob Briggs
		Joe Bob Briggs, the alter-ego of writer John Bloom, began writing for the Dallas Times Herald at the age of nineteen when his column, Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In, appeared for the first time on January 15, 1982.
		In April of 1985, however, Joe Bob wrote a parody of "We Are the World" called "We Are the Weird," resulting in the cancellation of his column and his firing from the paper.
		Joe Bob Briggs would not be denied his audience and went on to star in his one-man comedy show.
	www.dvdtalk.com /interviews/003825.html (1140 words)

	The CHUD.COM Message Boards - Nooooooo!!
		Joe Bob Briggs (AKA John Bloom) is the exploitation world’s Manny Farber; he put the fun back in movie-going and reclaimed the throne for TandA just when everyone else in the world decided to get so darn serious.
		Joe Bob’s latest tome is an ode to15 films that changed history, including Blood Feast, Deep Throat, The Wild Bunch, Drunken Master, Ilsa:She-Wolf of the SS and the notorious exploitation roadshow baby-birthing hit, Mom and Dad.
		Bob Clark’s Porky’s would become the most successful of these (and is still considered one of the top-grossing Canadian films of all time), but before the Florida-based director helmed his landmark ode to the great 1950’s poon-hunt, he made a little film called Black Christmas.
	www.chud.com /forums/showthread.php?t=52395 (2110 words)

	Profoundly Disturbing : The Shocking Movies that Changed History by Joe Bob Briggs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Maybe Joe Bob felt that his coverage of Deep Throat was getting (ahem) long, but he fails to note that Linda Lovelace's nipples are never shown in the movie.
		Joe Bob asserts that The Texas Chain Saw Massacre introduced the chain saw as a weapon.
		Comment: Joe Bob Briggs is almost as much fun on the printed page as he is on television, so I opened PROFOUNDLY DISTURBING with great anticipation and closed it with some disappointment.
	www.internetcross.com /item/0789308444 (1123 words)

	JOE BOB GOES BACK TO THE DRIVE-IN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Joe Bob's best yet Joe Bob tells you his guide to life with the story of a young Brave meeting Iron Joe Bob and his spear.
		Joe Bob also gives his opinion of everything from Coffie shops to the best way to get "Nookie" Check it out.
		This book is a hodge-podge of different stuff as seen through the eyes of Joe Bob -Robert Fulgrhum style - and each chapter is brief, interesting - and perfectly suited for the average bathroom visit, as I'm sure he intended.
	www.enotalone.com /books/038529770X.html (513 words)

	The Columnists.com has columns about entertainment, television, music, and screen classics
		I had lost track of Joe Bob since everyone’s favorite critic Gerald Nachman had sent me a clip of the column “Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In” about 20 years ago, and I was curious to see what the offbeat movie buff had grown into.
		The Joe Bob criteria require that the films be censored, banned or despised upon release, then go on to gather large followings and open new ways for other directors and writers.
		Joe Bob’s comment: “The controversial right mammary was pierced and heavily bejeweled, provoking troublesome questions from children, like, ‘Mommy, why does she have a beer can opener on her chest?’”
	www.thecolumnists.com /johnson/johnson54.html (1232 words)

	eFilmCritic - JOE BOB BRIGGS: The Profoundly Disturbing interview
		Joe Bob: Oh, sure, there were a hundred other movies I could have included.
		Joe Bob: Try to find a copy of "Nightmare," the 1981 version, which may be the most disgusting movie ever made.
		Joe Bob: They were about to release "I Spit On Your Grave," and I was the only film critic who enthusiastically supported it over the years.
	efilmcritic.com /feature.php?feature=772&printer=1 (675 words)

	Linnea Quigley ~ A Quickie With The Queen Of Scream (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He has taken his personal philosophy, that the drive-in is not merely a place to watch movies, but an entire way of life, and applied it to commentary on every subject from sex to politics (insert appropriate Clinton joke here), weird religion to questionable psychology.
		Still, Joe Bob Briggs is of particularly significant interest to B-movie fans, who know that they can count on a Joe Bob film review to skip past lengthy discussions of subtext and atmosphere, concentrating instead on how many violent deaths and bare breasts can be found in the movie in question.
		NOTE: Joe Bob can be found on the web at joebobbriggs.com, where drive-in lovers can read “The Joe Bob Report,” check for upcoming appearances and projects, access archives of past columns, and find many Joe Bob DVDs and books available for purchase.
	www.cultcuts.net /interviews/joebobbriggs.htm (1554 words)

	"Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In" for 4/20/90
		To discuss the meaning of life with Joe Bob, or to get free junk and his world famous "We Are the Weird" newsletter, write Joe Bob Briggs, P.O. Box 2002, Dallas, TX 75221.
		Joe Bob's Fax line is always open: 214-368-2310.
		Joe Bob, despite your noble effort to enlighten the public about this insidious plot, parent groups and the state legislature will probably succeed with some form of regulation in the music industry.
	www.joebobbriggs.com /drivein/1990/frankenhooker.htm (1775 words)

	Joe Bob Briggs of Monstervision
		This led to the birth of Joe Bob Briggs on January 15, 1982 with the review of The Grim Reaper with the title, "Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In." In this review John Bloom introduced the redneck, oft-married, Texan B-movie critic to the world.
		The Joe Bob Briggs column which stuck to B-movies, was successful — in fact, several books of the best of Joe Bob’s columns were published.
		Joe Bob Briggs' column continued at Dallas Observer through Universal Syndication and he began a line of video releases.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Set/6941/joe_bob.html (675 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		'''Joe Bob Briggs''' (born '''John Irving Bloom''' January 27, 1953 in Dallas, Texas) is a syndication syndicated film criticism film critic, writer and actor.
		Joe Bob says check it out." He has also appeared on television as a host of Turner Network Television TNT's ''MonsterVision'' horror movie marathons.
		Bloom was president of the Trinity Foundation of Dallas, Texas, a non-denominational, non-profit public foundation that serves as a religious watchdog group and publishes ''The Door (satirical Christian magazine) The Door'', a Christian satire magazine, of which Bloom was a regular columnist and investigative reporter.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Joe_Bob_Briggs.html (441 words)

	ACME Joe Bob Biography
		Gary says "Joe Bob is a man who knows and enjoys his drive-in movies, and although he tends to be a generous critic, he is stingy with his 4-star ratings and works hard to distinguish superior sleaze from average, run-of-the-mill sleaze.
		Joe Bob's column became an overnight sensation and soon it was being syndicated in more than fifty newspapers around the country.
		To make a long story short, Joe Bob's stint with the Dallas Times Herald came to an end in 1985 after his spoof of the anthem, "We Are The World".
	www.acmewebpages.com /joebob/biog.htm (718 words)

	The Black Box - Fun Stuff
		John Bloom is an actor, comedian and satirist best known for his alter-ego Joe Bob Briggs, a Texas wisacre who hosts "Joe Bob's Monstervision" on Turner's TNT Channel.
		Joe Bob also hosted "Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater" on The Movie Channel for 9 1/2 years.
		He is also putting the finishing touches on the screenplay for a Joe Bob feature to be produced by Woods Entertainment.
	www.blkbox.com /funstuff.html (527 words)

	Monstervision Movies Page Description for Snake Eater
		To discuss the meaning of life with Joe Bob, or to get his world famous "We Are the Weird" newsletter, write Joe Bob Briggs, P.O. Box 2002, Dallas, TX 75221.
		You were dressed as Elvis and, with a wave of your jewelled hand, the gravity began to intensify and all the mucus from everyone's noses began to pour onto the ground.
		And in this dream, Joe Bob, the flood began to encompass what had to be the last drive-in on the face of the earth and all you did was laugh, just like ELVIS.
	www.angelfire.com /mn/nn/SnakeEater.html (1541 words)

	The Joe Bob Report
		Joe Bob provides commentary for Hell's Angels '69!
		If you can't wait that long, Joe Bob will also be appearing at Genghis Con in Pittsburg, PA November 18-20.
		To the folks who've been mentioning that some of the old drive-in column links aren't working...yeah, we're aware of it.
	www.joebobbriggs.com (2232 words)

	Untitled Document
		Joe Bob Briggs is the West Texas redneck filmophile channeled by writer and actor John Bloom.
		Incidentally, this is not the John Bloom typecast as a giant in such films as Dracula VS Frankenstein and The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant.
		These "reviews" were, unfortunately, taken up mostly by long-winded first person narratives, composed in "Uncle Remus" style phonetic dialect, about swilling beer in pickup trucks while trying to initiate sexual congress with a series of small town beauticians.
	www.aboutfilm.com /aboutcultfilm/books/joebob.html (325 words)

	cannabisnews.com: Joe Bob's America: Potheads Unite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bob Briggs writes a number of columns for UPI and may be contacted at: joebob@upi.com or through his Web site at: http://www.joebobbriggs.com
		Joe Bob, Bobby Joe whatever and the other Bob Bobs can go back to Hooterville or the Ozarks and duel their banjo's...
		Joe Bob Briggs.Barry Smith 2 peas in a pod.
	www.cisum.com /news/thread14633.shtml (3273 words)

	mediabistro.com: Content
		You may or may not also know that Joe Bob Briggs is actually the alter ego of John Bloom, who in 1981 was the earnest and thoughtful young movie critic who created this alternative, trash-loving persona.
		"Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In" became the Times Herald's most popular feature, and Briggs's reviews were less reviews of the exploitation film in question than of American culture.
		I invented this whole scheme with Joe Bob Briggs as this movie critic and sneaked it into the newspaper when nobody was looking.
	www.mediabistro.com /articles/cache/a445.asp (1908 words)

	Joe Bob, Hisself! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		oe Bob Briggs is an actor, comedian, satirist and Texas wiseacre who writes two nationally-syndicated newspaper columns, "Joe Bob's America" and "Joe Bob's Drive-In," which are distributed by The New York Times Syndicate and now appear on the award-winning Heart of Texas.
		"Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater" was The Movie Channel's highest-rated show for seven years and was twice nominated for the ACE Award.
		Briggs co-stars with Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Sharon Stone and James Woods in the just released Universal Studio film "Casino." He is also putting the finishing touches on the screenplay for a Joe Bob feature to be produced by Woods Entertainment.
	hotx.com /joebob06-09-96/bio.html (472 words)

	"Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In" for 1/26/90
		To discuss the meaning of life with Joe Bob, or to get his world famous newsletter, write Joe Bob Briggs, P.O. Box 2002, Dallas, TX 75221.
		No longer content to close the drive-ins, they are now closing the walk-in theaters as well, which makes it impossible to even hope to see a decent drive-in flick.
		Seeing how you are the true demigod of drive-ins, I was wondering if you had ever considered starting a "drive-in video tape club".
	www.joebobbriggs.com /drivein/1990/texaschainsawmassacre3.htm (1271 words)

	Arcana: Joe Bob Briggs at Arcana 32
		Arcana 32: The 2002 Convention was held Sept. 28-30 at the Holiday Inn Express, St. Paul, with guest of honor Joe Bob Briggs (aka John Bloom).
		Joe Bob hobnobs with Arcana board members and advisors, from left, Philip Rahman, Dwayne H. Olson, Scott F. Wyatt, Brian Perry, Kathy Youker.
		Joe Bob in a discussion of the career of Christopher Lee with panelists, from left, Robert Subiaga Jr., moderator Eric M. Heideman, Amanda Elg, Scott F. Wyatt.
	pages.prodigy.net /rekal/arcana32.html (226 words)

	Monstervision proudly presents The Terminator, Terminator 2 & 3
		So he goes and does the same thing to another bimbo, but after he does it he checks her I.D. and finds out it was her roommate he wanted.
		Drive-In Academy Award nominations for the A-Man; for Linda Hamilton, best screamer of the year; and for James Cameron, who wrote and directed this sucker.
		To discuss the meaning of life with Joe Bob, or to get free junk in the mail and his world-famous "We Are the Weird" newsletter, write P.O. Box 2002, Dallas, TX 75221, or Fax Joe Bob at 214-368-2310.
	www.angelfire.com /mn/nn/Terminator.html (3448 words)

	Joe Bob Goes To the Drive-In
		Joe Bob Goes To the Drive-In the Great Lands
		Bloom went so far as to get Joe Bob banned from Texas newspapers, for a racial satire on "We Are The World".
		Joe Bob Briggs goes the distance to bring to you the ultimate list of the best Drive In movies.
	thegreatlands.com /apf/item_id/0385294425/search_type/AsinSearch/locale/us (519 words)

	Derm/cinema goes to the Drive-In... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Vail Reese was featured on Joe Bob Briggs' show "MonsterVision," on the TNT cable network on Saturday night, August 29th, 1998.
		Joe Bob: Let's talk about one of my favorite skin challenged characters, Freddy Kreuger from the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series.
		To see what Joe Bob is up to these days, try his hilarious web site.
	itsb.ucsf.edu /~vcr/JoeBob.html (418 words)

	Monstervision's Joe Bob Briggs reviews Maniac Cop
		To discuss the meaning of life with Joe Bob, or to get free junk in the mail and his world-famous "We Are the Weird" newsletter, write P.O. Box 2002, Dallas, TX 75221.
		I told her Joe Bob Briggs gave Baby Doll's a great review in his newsletter and her face lit up like a string of runway lights.
		There was also "Psycho Cop," not to be confused with Psycho Scarecrow or Vampire Cop (also Joe Bob reviews) or RoboCop, and the two recent unrelated "American Psycho" movies.
	www.angelfire.com /mn/nn/ManiacCop.html (2564 words)

	Carload.com - Joe Bob Briggs Guide to Drive-In Etiquette
		The beautiful thing about the drive-in is that the flick is public but your car is not.
		Having said all that, this essay actually comes from Joe Bob's first book, Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In, which is ©1987 by Joe Bob Briggs.
		Anyway, go buy some of Joe Bob's books, but don't copy pieces of them to the Net unless Joe Bob tells you it's okay.
	www.carload.com /joebob.htm (687 words)

	JOE BOB GOES BACK TO THE DRIVE-IN - Hotel Resource Book Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Joe Bob's second (to date) collection of drive-in movie reviews is equally as funny as his first.
		He picks up from the infamous "We Are the Weird" column, which got him tossed off the Dallas Slimes-Herald and out of the El Lay Slimes Syndicate, then goes into his next weekly column (he was picked up by Universal Press Syndicate without ever missing a column).
		Ths collection of reviews from his newspaper columns is a must read for fans of good ol' drive-in type movies.
	www.hotelresource.com /bookstore/asinsearch_038529770X.html (239 words)

	The Astronomy Connection: re: Joe Bob Goes to the Asteroid Belt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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	observers.org /tac.mailing.list/2003/Mar/0302.html (240 words)

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