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From: nick@hp-sdd.UUCP (Nick Flor)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: News on "Joe Bob Goes to the drive in" from the Washington Post
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Date: Wed, 19-Feb-86 14:01:34 EST
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> "Former Dallas Times Herald columnist JOHN BLOOM, author of the "Joe Bob Goes
> to the Dirve-In" column, has filed a lawsuit against the newspaper and the Los
> Angeles Times Syndicate, seeking at least $900,000.  He is claiming they cost
> him thousands of dollars by discontinuing his column and cancelling its
> nationwide distribution..."

It comes as no surprise to me.  I've been wondering for a long time when
they were going to cancel his column.  The humor was really bad.  The
language was particularly offensive.  Sure, the first time I read his
review/column it was funny, but after 4 weeks of the same stuff...
Well you get the picture, and to top it all off, at the end of
his reviews he would have this nonsense Q&A sessions which typically 
were of the form:

"Joe Bob, you are such a babe, I want to marry you"
Signed Lonely in Dallas
()()()()
Dear Lonely in Dallas, Sorry I'm busy.
Signed Job Bob.

Was anyone else out there particularly annoyed by this column?

Good Riddance.

Nick