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For this month's installment of"TV Terrors" nosotros revisit the Joe Bob Briggs serial "Joe Bob'southward Drive-In Theater," which aired from 1986 through 1996 on The Movie Aqueduct.

"Joe Bob's Drive In Theater" came along before the internet, earlier jail cell phones, before Wikipedia, and hell, before Google. Joe Bob Briggs, with his garish cowboy outfits, cocky awareness, and dearest for beer, was a professor of genre picture palace who made movie watching feel like an educational community experience. Even if you didn't similar what he was premiering on "Joe Bob's Bulldoze-In Theater," yous at to the lowest degree got to learn something from Uncle Joe Bob, and he was ever informative and entertaining. He always came prepared with ane of his signature rants, and a almost countless supply of movie facts that fabricated every evidence special in its own way.

While "U.s. Up All Night" delivered the goods in archetype schlock, horror, and trash cinema, Joe Bob Briggs offered up an education with his picture show watching, which was (and withal is) an accented please. Even in the digital age, there's nil like hearing Joe Bob educate near various filmmakers and the origin of certain sub-genres. 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. Along with penning some highly coveted books exploring film, Blossom took Joe Bob Briggs to massive heights, including an entertaining stand up comedy special entitled "Expressionless In Concert."

"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. After in June 1987, Briggs was made the permanent host of the serial. Eventually he was given input in the film acquisitions by 1991. Format wise, "Joe Bob'southward Drive In Theater" originally ran on Fri nights, before ambulation on Saturdays in 1988. Additionally, the show began with only 1 moving picture per episode, before transitioning to double features in 1991 and then triple features in 1995.

On The Movie Channel, Joe Bob was immune to be as dizzy and risqué as possible. All the while he educated his viewers on some of the greatest and or nigh obscure horror (and various other genre) films e'er made. "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. Among some of the gems that Joe Bob viewed during the serial' run (many of which are still out of print!) the offerings included classics like Syngenor, Savage Streets, Basket Instance, the Bikini Carwash Company movies, Small Kill, the nigh endless Emmanuelle moving picture series, Night Eyes 3, and the painfully underrated Jim Wynorski horror action comedy Hard to Die.

The features were often grouped together into themes (Nick Cassavetes Dark, Emmanuelle Week, Post Apocalypse Calendar month, Attack of the Killer Queen B's Month) which helped elevate the novelty, and oftentimes featured special guests. Among them were Linda Blair (for Linda Blair month!) in which Joe Bob viewed many of her films, including the much derided one-act Repossessed. He also brought on beau 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.

And who tin 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 Terminal Drive-In."

I of the more notable episodes of "Joe Bob's Drive-In" featured Joe Bob screening the original Night of the Living Dead and Tom Savini'southward fantastic remake. He was accompanied by surviving cast members of Romero's original besides equally Savini himself, all of whom contributed informative and fun anecdotes and recollections. Joe Bob is noticeably awestruck during these segments and everyone gets to offer their ain give-and-take about working on the original classic. Savini also tin't assist boasting well-nigh Romero's masterpiece, amounting to what feels like a in one case in a lifetime experience.

For years, "Joe Bob's Drive-in Theater" became the network's highest-rated show and was twice nominated for the industry's Cablevision ACE Laurels. The series sadly concluded when The Movie Channel changed its format in early on 1996. Joe Bob was off the air for just 4 months earlier joining the TNT network, where he hosted the equally loved "MonsterVision" for iv years. Equally many know, "MonsterVision," under Joe Bob's lead, carried much of the format and humor over from his Flick Channel series, offer a bang-up unofficial sequel. "MonsterVision" ended in 2000 when TNT also decided to modify its format.

For many, "Joe Bob's Drive In Theater" was their introduction to Joe Bob Briggs, a persona who was and remains an excellent source of horror movie cognition, general wisdom, and sheer, unparalleled enthusiasm for the drive-in.

Is It On DVD/Blu-ray/Streaming? Many of the movies presented on the series can be found streaming or on physical media, while many of the movies featured all the same haven't had an official release (Difficult to Die, please!). Sadly none of the full original shows for "Joe Bob'south Drive-In Theater" are available on any physical format. However, a massive collection of the segments shown earlier, between, and subsequently the characteristic presentations are available in total on YouTube. You can besides access fully restored footage on Joe Bob's official Patreon Folio, "The Lost Bulldoze In."

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Horror and science fiction have ever been a part of the tv sail, and constant attempts have been made over the years to produce classic entertainment. Some have fallen past the wayside, while others became mainstream phenomena. With " Goggle box Terrors ," we take a wait back at the many genre efforts from the eighty's, 90'southward, and 00'due south, exploring some shows that became cult classics, and others that sank into obscurity.

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