Joe Bob Briggs

Joe Bob Briggs
Briggs in 2018
Born
John Irving Bloom

(1953-01-27) January 27, 1953 (age 71)
EducationVanderbilt University
Occupations
  • Film critic
  • writer
  • actor
Spouses
Joyce Karns
(m. 1978; div. 1979)
Paula Leigh Bowen
(m. 1988)
Websitejoebobbriggs.com

John Irving Bloom (born January 27, 1953), known by the stage name Joe Bob Briggs, is an American syndicated film critic, writer, actor, comic performer, and horror host. He is known for having hosted Joe Bob's Drive-in Theater on The Movie Channel from 1986 to 1996, the TNT television series MonsterVision from 1996 to 2000, and The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs on Shudder beginning in 2018. In 2019, he was named the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards' Monster Kid of the Year,[1] and in 2023 was inducted into the Rondo Hatton Awards' Monster Kid Hall of Fame.[2]

  1. ^ Colton, David (April 6, 2020). "Here Are the Winners of the (Gasp!) 18th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards". RondoAward.com.
  2. ^ "Here are the Winners of the (Gasp!) 21st Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror awards". RondoAward.com. May 29, 2023. Archive link