Enroll now for Joe Bob's Summer School. Professor Joe Bob Briggs of Weird U. will offer ten weeks of "MonsterVision" programming for the educationally challenged--good for full credit for remedial sophomores at Jefferson Davis Vo-Tech High School in Bogalusa, Louisana. Continuing education students, studying with Joe Bob on a home-correspondence basis, must take Joe Bob's final exam. Those who pass will receive a diploma, signed by Joe Bob, certifying that they are "improved," "promising" and "above average." This exam will consist of 21 questions corresponding to the 21 movies offered during the ten weeks of the remedial summer session. The questions for each week's movies will be posted on the MonsterVision web site. At the end of the summer school movie schedule, students will be asked to take the final exam on the MonsterVision web site.
| July 4, PHYSICS: Joe
Bob explains the Second Law of Thermodynamics while hosting two time-travel films that
defy the theories of Stephen Hawking. Scheduled films: Back to the Future (1985) 10:30 pm Time After Time (1979) 1:15 am Time Stalkers (1987) 4 am (100% Weird) |
August 8, PHYS ED: Joe
Bob leads the class through his famous Celebrity Sweat Workout, emphasizing the tricep as
it is used to jerk the handle on the cigarette machine, and the bicep as it is used to
raise various drinkable objects to his lips. Guest lecturer: Roddy Piper, legendary pro
wrestler. Scheduled films: They Live (1988) 10:30 pm Immortal Combat (1994) 12:55 am |
| July 11, ANIMAL
HUSBANDRY: Joe Bob hosts the medieval history
trilogy about animal ESP. Assisting will be three human and four animal guest
lecturers--pet parapsychologist Richard Berman, animal behaviorist Diane Arrington, and
Patricia Israelson, head of "Beggars and Thieves Ferret Rescuers," with her four
pet ferrets. Scheduled films: The Beastmaster (1982) 10:30 pm Beastmaster 2(1992) 1:15 am Beastmaster3(1995) 3:50 am (100% Weird) |
August 15, SEX ED:
Joe Bob trots out the ever- popular male and female reproductive charts and reveals the
kinds of things you formerly only learned in gym class. Guest lecturer: Nancy Friday,
author of best-selling books on our secret sex lives. Scheduled films: Poison Ivy (1992) 10:30 pm Poison Ivy 2: Lily (1995) 1 am The Vampire and the Ballerina (1962) 4 am (100% Weird) |
| July
18, PHILOSOPHY: Joe Bob welcomes by satellite fellow professor of philosophy Wes Craven, who talks about his early years as a teacher at an upstate New York college, years that formed his twisted imagination. Scheduled films: Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) 10:30 pm The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) 1:25 am Voodoo Island (1957) 4 am (100% Weird) |
August 22, R.O.T.C: Joe
Bob, a retired Colonel in the Texas National Guard, bemoans the loss of Russia as a
serious adversary, explains Robert E. Lee's battle strategy at First Bull Run, and pays
homage to the ancient Chinese warlord Shih Tzu. Guest lecturer: Colonel David
Hackworth, the most decorated soldier in the Vietnam War, now a critic of American
military preparedness. Scheduled films: Red Dawn (1984) 10:30 pm WarGames (1983) 1:20 am Beauty and the Beast 4:05 am (100% Weird) |
| July 25, BLACK STUDIES: Joe
Bob invokes the legacies of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, and Gary Coleman while
welcoming soulmate Ice-T. Scheduled films: Surviving the Game (1994) 10:30 pm Cleopatra Jones (1973) 12:50 am Barbarella (1968) 3:15 am (100% Weird) |
August 29, ACNE: Joe
Bob lectures on the importance of good nutrition to facial hygiene, then welcomes Dr. Vail
Reese, a dermatologist who runs the popular "Skinema" website, devoted to
dermatology on the big screen. Scheduled films: Motel Hell (1980) 10:30 pm Return of the Living Dead II (1988) 1 am The Fly (1986) 3:20 am (100% Weird) |
| August 1, DRIVER'S ED: Joe
Bob demonstrates how to successfully execute the "jerk maneuver," his interstate
driving technique guaranteed to put you ahead of everyone else Scheduled films: The Wraith (1986) 10:30 pm Duel (1971) 12:50 am Project X (1968) 3:15 am (100% Weird) |
September 5, OCCULT STUDIES:
Joe Bob wraps up the Summer curriculum with a look at women and the occult. Scheduled films: Carrie Embrace of the Vampire |
Information on this page was gathered from the TNT MonsterVision page. The House of Horrors can not be held responsible for schedule changes, neighbors cutting you cable because you make too damn much noisy on Saturday nights, any of your future ex-wives stealing your TV set, or any form of remote control fu. This information is provided as a source for the fans, for the most update info on the MonsterVision, Joe Bob Briggs, and the Summer School curriculum visit the "official" MonsterVision website by clicking on the icon below. Enjoy and see you on graduation day.
