MonsterVision
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MonsterVision titles
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Variety Comedy |
| Directed by | Greg V. Feta |
| Presented by | Joe Bob Briggs |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Original network | TNT |
| Picture format | SDTV |
| Original release | March 1, 1993 – September 2000 |
MonsterVision is an American variety series that aired on TNT from early 1991 to September 2000. (There is no clear air date for the first MonsterVision but the oldest known video footage of the marathon is from 1991.) The series was hosted by Joe Bob Briggs from 1995 to 2000, and featured mainly classic horror and schlock films from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
Before the arrival of Joe Bob Briggs as a permanent host, a claymation style moon character narrated the bumper segments and served as the de facto host. Later, Penn and Teller guest-hosted MonsterVision marathons featuring mainly old B-Movies from the 1950s and 1960s. Late in its run, the show changed formats, discarded "Last Call," and became Joe Bob's Hollywood Saturday Night and Monstervision.
When MonsterVision first began in the early-1990s, it was just a marathon of horror, science fiction or fantasy films starting at 8 p.m. EST and ending well into the early morning. A Claymation style moon character would narrate the bumpers and serve as the de facto host. Usually the films were unrelated, but sometimes it would be a marathon of like movies, such as a Harryhausen night, a Godzilla night, or monsters in general night. MonsterVision would sometimes have special events, such as their Hammer "Dracula weekend" with a mini-interview with Christopher Lee in honor of the release of Bram Stoker's Dracula in November, 1992.
When Joe Bob Briggs came on board in 1995, MonsterVision would typically only show two films per night, with the more well-known movie usually getting top billing. The second movie was billed as Joe Bob's Last Call. After commercial breaks, Briggs would talk about the films and other subjects. Briggs would host the segments from inside and outside a trailer and was visited by his mail girl, Rusty (played by Renner St. John). Occasionally, the program featured guests, such as rapper, actor and blaxploitation film buff Ice-T (Surviving the Game), cult director John Waters (Hairspray) and Mel Stuart, director of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and the documentary Four Days in November (both shown on MonsterVision).
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