John Bloom(I)
- Actor
- Writer
- Composer
John Bloom is an investigative reporter, essayist and actor who was
born in Dallas, raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, and attended
Vanderbilt University on a sports-writing scholarship. Bloom began his
writing career in Texas, earning two National Magazine Award
nominations for his work with Texas Monthly. He was later fired from
the Dallas Times-Herald for writing (as "Joe Bob Briggs") a parody of
the then-popular song, "We Are The World". Joe Bob Briggs began his
television career on The Movie Channel, hosting
Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1987)
for nine years. During this time, it became TMC's highest-rated show,
earning two ACE award nominations. He currently hosts TNT's
Monstervision (1991) on
Saturday nights, and is at work on an autobiographical screenplay.
