Briggs, Joe Bob

Joe Bob Briggs began his career as a film critic for the Dallas Times-Herald and "Texas Monthly." In 1986, he started Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater, the highest-rated show on The Movie Channel, which ran for ten years. Later he moved to create "Monstervision "on TNT, which ran for four years and had a viewership of two million. His last book," Iron Joe Bob," was published ten years ago. A New York City resident, he is currently a columnist for UPI.