John Bloom
Birthday: Born in 1953-01-27 in Dallas, Texas, USA
Deathday: Alive
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Irving Bloom (born January 27, 1953), known by the stage name Joe Bob Briggs, is an American syndicated film critic, writer, actor, and comic performer. He is known for having hosted the TNT television series MonsterVision from 1996 to 2000, and The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs on Shudder from 2018–present. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Bloom, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
TV Credits
The Daily Show
Character: Self - Contributor 'God Stuff'
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture....
MonsterVision
Character:
MonsterVision is an American variety series that aired on TNT from March 1, 1993 to September 2000. The series was hosted by Joe Bob Briggs from 1995 to 2000, and featured classic B and cult films from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Penn and Teller guest-hosted MonsterVision marathons before Briggs came on board as the full-time host. Late in its run, the show changed formats, discarded "Last Call," and became Joe Bob's Hollywood Saturday Night and Monstervision....
Joe Bob's Red Christmas
Character:
Joe Bob, Darcy, and the whole Drive-In crew gather around the yule log for some reindeer games and a triple feature of classic holiday horror films and deep-dive trivia....
The Last Drive-In: A Very Joe Bob Xmas
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Forget Rudolph, Santa and Frosty! This year, spend the holidays at the Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs and his latest dusk-to-dawn movie marathon featuring a selection of nightmare-inducing films from a beloved cult franchise, notably lacking in Christmas cheer....
The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Heartbreak Trailer Park
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Love (and a tinge of horror) is in the air for The Last Drive-In’s new special! Joe Bob Briggs will be joined by special guests for a double feature of two unique films that explore the heartbreaking side of Valentine’s Day....
The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Halloween Hideaway
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Dust off your Ouija Board and crack open a Lone Star, because Joe Bob is back in town just in time for Halloween! Joe Bob, Darcy and the whole Drive-In crew hunker down in a cabin on a certain infamous lake to serve up an extra-spooky double-feature of two films set on All Hallow’s Eve....
The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Dinners of Death
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Proving once again that “the drive-in will never die,” iconic horror host and exploitation movie aficionado Joe Bob Briggs is back with an all-new Shudder Original series, hosting weekly Friday night double features streaming live exclusively on Shudder. Every week, The Last Drive-In series offers an eclectic pairing of films, with selections ranging across five decades and running the gamut from horror classics to obscurities and foreign cult favorites. And from time to time, special surprise g...
The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob Put a Spell On You
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Dodge the sting of cupid’s arrow, put down your pity chocolate, and spend Valentine’s Day with redneck love guru Joe Bob Briggs. He’s studied up on the lost art of relationship necromancy (emphasis on the romance!) and presents two films about love, lust, and arterial spray guaranteed to bring your heart rate up....
Joe Bob's Halloween Hootenanny
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Joe Bob and Darcy return to THE LAST DRIVE-IN to celebrate the holy month of October in style: with a triple-feature so on-brand for the season that it'll turn your hair (and your Captain Kirk mask) white....
The Last Drive-in: The Walking Dead
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Join iconic horror host and foremost drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs and special guest, The Walking Dead Executive Producer and Special Effects Make-up Supervisor/Designer, Greg Nicotero, as they watch the first two episodes of The Walking Dead, Season 1 and talk about the introduction and evolution of walkers, as well as iconic walkers from the series....
The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob’s Vicious Vegas Valentine
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
It’s a new year, which means a new slate of holiday specials from horror host Joe Bob Briggs and “The Last Drive-in” on Shudder. Up first is the brand new Valentine’s Day Special, “Joe Bob’s Vicious Vegas Valentine.” What pairs better with matrimony than monsters? Joe Bob Briggs, Darcy the Mail Girl, and “The Last Drive-in” crew aim to deliver the biggest special yet by leaving behind the trailer part and taking the wedding capital of the world by storm. In addition to a horror double feature ...
The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Halloween Hoedown
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
In what has become an annual tradition, iconic horror host and foremost drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs returns with a special The Last Drive-In double feature just in time for Halloween, this year joined by special guests Halloween Kills: director David Gordon Green and producer Jason Blum....
Joe Bob's Haunted Halloween Hangout
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For his fourth Halloween special on Shudder, The World's Foremost Drive-In Movie Critic leaves no plastic skull, fake spider, or foam tombstone behind in his mission to celebrate the Samhain season the RIGHT way. Leaving......
The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob Ruins Christmas
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Iconic horror host and foremost drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs returns with a new double feature just in time for Christmas....
Joe Bob's Ghoultide Get-Together
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Check the date on your eggnog and hang your stockings with care, because this Christmas Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mailgirl continue their annual tradition of raising money for charity by hosting back-to-back tales of Yuletide terror....
The Last Drive-In: Live From the Jamboree
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Join us for a night unlike any other as Joe Bob does things the drive-in way, live and in person....
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Halloween 1978
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Joe Bob hosts a special FearFest episode featuring the undisputed champ of spooky season....
The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Helloween
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Horror legend Joe Bob Briggs and his co-host Darcy the Mailgirl celebrate the spooky season in style - with a demonic double-feature sure to get your blood pumping and one very scary special guest....
Married... with Children
Character: Billy Ray Wetnap
Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous....
The Stand
Character: Deputy Joe Bob Brentwood
After a deadly plague kills most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a maleficent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil....
The Last Drive-in: Just Joe Bob
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
All the rants, raves, reviews you can handle... without the movies. Gather round with JBB, Darcy and the whole Drive-in crew for the segments and commentary from all of The Last Drive-in. No films, just Joe Bob....
The Last Drive-in: Joe Bob's Ghoultide Get-Together
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Check the date on your eggnog and hang your stockings with care, because this Christmas Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mailgirl continue their annual tradition of raising money for charity by hosting back-to-back tales of Yuletide terror....
The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Creepy Christmas
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Joe Bob and Darcy deck the bloody halls with a double-helping of yuletide horror while raising money for the less-fortunate... and this year, they get a little help from Ol' Saint Nick himself....
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
Character:
Join trailblazing producer, director, best-selling author and B-movie mogul Charles Band as he invites you into his weird world....
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: The Walking Dead - Daryl Dixon
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
This series will continue Daryl’s story but he will find himself in France, with no memory of how he arrived. He will begin his journey back home but this prove difficult when he encounters a group who are in dire need of his assistance....
The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Very Violent Valentine
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mailgirl honor the lusty sting of Cupid's arrow with a kinky double-feature featuring blood, sex, and the dark side of love....
Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater
Character: Joe Bob
Host Joe Bob Briggs hosts B-grade flicks on the movie channel, giving background information about each one....
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
The World’s Foremost Drive-in Movie Critic – actually he’s pretty much the world’s only Drive-in Critic – Joe Bob Briggs brings his iconic swagger to this firebrand of horror and drive-in cinema offering honest appreciation, hilarious insight, inside stories and of course, the Drive-in totals....
The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Live from Las Vegas, Joe Bob celebrates Roger Corman's first 70 years in Hollywood with guests of honor Roger and Julie Corman - and a surprise visit from one of Roger's oldest friends and collaborators, Bruce Dern!...
The Last Drive-In: July 2018 Marathon
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
The World’s Foremost Drive-in Movie Critic – actually he’s pretty much the world’s only Drive-in Critic – Joe Bob Briggs brings his iconic swagger to Shudder. Across 13 movies, this firebrand of horror and drive-in cinema offers honest appreciation, hilarious insight, inside stories and of course, the Drive-in totals....
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
Character: Self - Judge
This spin-off series features drag icons from the main show’s previous seasons. They will compete in a grand championship of drag artistry and physical challenges for a $100,000 grand prize, along with the headlining spot on the upcoming world tour and the first ever Dragula Titans crown and title....
The Last Drive-in: The Walking Dead - Dead City
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Join Joe Bob, Darcy the Mail Girl, and the rest of The Last Drive-In crew as they celebrate the series premiere of The Walking Dead: Dead City....
The Last Drive-in: The Walking Dead - The Ones Who Live
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Join iconic horror host Joe Bob Briggs for a very special watch party of The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live....
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs - Summer Sleepover
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
A one-night special event that’s loaded with guest appearances. Joining Joe Bob and Darcy will be Adam Green (Frozen, Hatchet series), with several surprise guests announced today including Kane Hodder, Felissa Rose, Tiffany Shepis and Brian Quinn....
The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Nightmareathon
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Joe Bob, Darcy, and a few surprise guests are up all night to party like jungle animals for The Last Drive-In: Nightmareathon, a dusk-to-dawn marathon event celebrating 6 years and 6 seasons with 6 killer movies... just like the devil intended....
Joe Bob Saves Christmas
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
This Christmas, Joe Bob stuffs your stocking with two bloody tales of Killer Santas run amok. He also saves you from the REAL holiday killer: bad last-minute gifts! Together with Darcy the Mail Girl, he’s auctioning off his own belongings for charity to give you one last shot at not ruining your holiday....
The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Beelzebub Bash
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
This Halloween, Joe Bob and Darcy are raising hell on Joe Bob's Beelzebub Bash, hosting a double-feature so devilish that they'll need two special guests to handle the necessary pitchforks....
The Last Drive-In Fear Fest: Friday the 13th
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Aired on AMC, starring special guest Adrienne King....
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula
Character: Self - Guest Judge
Hosted by The Boulet Brothers, this reality competition show features monster drag artists from around the world competing for a chance to win $100,000 and the title of "Dragula, The World's Next Drag Supermonster". Each week, the competitors are tasked with horror-based makeup, design, and performance challenges meant to test their skills and prove they have what it takes to remain in the competition. For the monsters that fail, grueling mental and physical "Extermination Challenges" await with...
The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Christmas Carnage
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Snow is falling and the bodies are piling up for Joe Bob's Christmas Carnage, when Joe Bob and Darcy will host two holiday horror flicks featuring so much bloodshed that Santa will think twice before coming down this chimney....
Movie Credits
VHS Massacre Too
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
The last stand of the American exploitation film. In a post video store era, media consolidation has led to the censorship and near death of the independent and exploitation film industry. Joe Bob Briggs (Last Drive-in), Debbie Rochon (Toxic Avenger IV), Lloyd Kaufman and James Rolfe (Angry Video Game Nerd) take us on an adventure that leads from the last Blockbuster video store in Bend Oregon to Troma Entertainment in New York, all in an effort to examine how history keeps repeating itself from...
The Barn Part II
Character: Joe
The Halloween ban is now lifted in Helen's Valley, and the sorority girls of Gamma Tau Psi place Michelle in charge of their annual haunted house. Unfortunately for Michelle some uninvited trick or treaters from her past come knocking....
Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Following the events of the original with the survivors attending the funeral of “Rad Chad” Buckley, which quickly devolves into an elaborate series of death traps centered around Chad’s favorite films, forcing the guests to band together and use the rules of horror to survive the bloody game....
Horror Business
Character: Himself
The movie covers the careers of five up-and-coming horror-movie loving directors – Mark Borchardt ('Coven'), Ron Atkins ('Necromaniac'), Dave Stagnari ('Catharsis'), John Gora ('Chirpy'), and Brian Singleton....
Rapturious
Character: Doctor Gabriel
Hip-hop meets horror in this twisted tale directed by Kamal Ahmed (The Jerky Boys). Binging on hard drugs, white rapper Rapturious spins into murderous hallucinations - or is he really committing these blood-splattering crimes?...
Evil Ever After
Character: Marvin
Reformed cannibal, Bernie Grisso re-discovers his appetite after being used as a pawn in a malicious game started by his neighbor Ashley, her rotten group of friends and two sadistic cops. Armed with his legendary family's sword and a ravenous midget guardian, Grisso sets out to teach his tormentors a lesson they won't live to forget....
In Search of Darkness: Part III
Character: Self
The conclusion to the ‘In Search of Darkness’ '80s trilogy. In this epic final chapter, our focus turns to the straight-to-video horror classics that populated the bottom shelves at the video rental store. Imaginative, gory, experimental—but always entertaining—these hidden gems are ripe for rediscovery....
Foodfight!
Character: Additonal Voices (voice)
The evil Brand X joins a supermarket that becomes a city after closing time....
The Storytellers
Character: Scrappy the Janitor
An unemployed young man takes credit for his grandmother's scripts to impress a beautiful Hollywood agent. As his reputation grows, it becomes more and more difficult to keep up the pretence....
Werewolf Santa
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Lucy has a social media channel where she hunts evidence of actual monsters, but it’s not doing great, with just a few viewers following her disappointing posts. Everything changes on Christmas Eve when her camera witnesses Santa getting bitten by a werewolf before he turns lycanthrope himself! As Werewolf Santa starts wreaking bloody havoc in their seaside town, Lucy and her bickering family set off on a madcap adventure armed with a rusty skate and a vague understanding of how to kill werewolv...
One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead
Character: Self
Cast and crew, as well as some famous fans, recall the insanity that was the making of the ultimate experience of grueling terror that is The Evil Dead....
VHS Massacre: Cult Films and the Decline of Physical Media
Character: Self [Joe Bob Briggs from Drive-in Theater]
This lively documentary explores the rise and fall of physical media from the origin of film all the way through the video store era into digital media, focusing on B-movie and cult films. With icons like Joe Bob Briggs (MonsterVision), Lloyd Kaufman (Toxic Avenger), Greg Sestero (The Room), Debbie Rochon (Return to Nuke 'Em High), Deborah Reed (Troll 2), Mark Frazer (Samurai Cop), James Nguyen (Birdemic) and many others....
Tie Die
Character: Sheriff Joe Bob
When a series of mangled bodies begin appearing in the park, Ranger Jones and a state trooper are baffled by the attacks. It's been a long time since a black bear has gone rabid in the park and never to this degree. The timing couldn't be worse as the area is filling up with young musicians, hippies, and earth children for a local music festival. Can they stop the killings before things get worse, or will Ranger Jones miss the encore?...
The Prophet of Prosperity: Robert Tilton and the Gospel of Greed
Character: Self - Archive Footage
Ok, let's admit it. We all miss him. Sure, there's Jan & Paul Crouch and even Pray TV's "hair apparent," Pastor Benny Hinn - but nobody, nobody, nobody can hold a collection plate up to "Brother Bob" Tilton. You know it. we know it. And most of all, he knows it....
Slashercise
Character: Carl
Aerobics, neon, and a real Meathead!...
Barbie & Kendra Crash Joe Bob's Drive-In Jamboree!
Character: Joe Bob
Barbie and Kendra head to Vegas to crash horror host Joe Bob Briggs' annual Drive-In movie meltdown and profess their love to the trash lovin' Texan and his sexy sidekick Darcy. But as the ladies settle in for some primo cinematic slop, they learn that a ruthless land baron is planning to turn their crush's outdoor horror movie palace into a golf course!...
Hollywood Boulevard II
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
A studio finds itself in the middle of a bizarre murder mystery when an exploding teddy bear kills the latest star. Soon more actresses get violently eliminated as the desperate search for the killer begins....
After Sunset: The Life & Times of the Drive-In Theater
Character: Self
A video documentary/road trip that celebrates the drive-in movie theater's impact on the United States, and pays homage to the people who keep the few remaining ones fully operational. Features interviews with horror movie maker John Carpenter, movie critic John I. Bloom (aka "Joe Bob Briggs"), Michael Wallis, author of "Route 66: The Mother Road," and others....
American Scary
Character: Himself / 'Joe Bob Briggs'
A fond remembrance of and tribute to the uniquely American institution of the horror movie host....
The Sleeper
Character: Dr. Briggs
It's 1981 and the girls of Alpha Gamma Theta sorority are having a party. As the new pledges arrive, so does an uninvited guest. Little do the sisters know someone is watching them in the shadows. As the girls shower, study, eat and sleep the stalker studies the girls. One by one he finds the girls at their most vulnerable and murders them. The police hunt for the missing girls and their killer, but will they find them in time? Or will the girls be forced to fight for their lives.....
The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees
Character: Self
A documentary charting the rise and fall (and inevitable undead rise) of fictional killer Jason Vorhees from the Friday the 13th series, which takes in the "video nasty" phenomenon in general....
Ghosts of Goldfield
Character: Clancy
A group of five led by Julie set up their filming equipment in the hotel of the derelict town of Goldfield, hoping to capture footage of the ghost of Elisabeth Walker, a maid tortured and killed in room 109. Troubled by visions, Julie discovers that a necklace, handed down to her from her grandmother, is somehow connecting her to this tragedy....
Drive-In Movie Memories
Character: Himself
A nostalgic, informative history of drive-in movie theaters, featuring extensive archival photographs and interviews with Leonard Maltin, John Bloom, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Barry Corbin and many others... Drive-In Movie Memories is a film celebration of America's greatest icon of youth, freedom and the automobile. What began as an auto parts owner's business venture to make some easy money accidentally became a magical place where romance, fun and a sense of community flourished. This film chronicles...
Casino
Character: Don Ward
In early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger....
Great Balls of Fire!
Character: Dewey 'Daddy-O' Phillips
The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into conflict with others in the industry, and even earned him the scorn and condemnation of the public....
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
Character: Himself
Feature length documentary about the making of the film featuring interviews with producer Michael Bay, director Marcus Nispel, executive producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, screenwriter Scott Kosar, and the cast and crew....
Joe Bob Briggs: Dead In Concert
Character:
A filmed version of drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs' one man show, "An Evening With Joe Bob Briggs," featuring stories, comedy and music, performed in front of a live audience....
Poetry Slammed
Character: Warren
Hex-Man D-Lord wants nothing more than to win the Ultra States Poetry Slam, the most prestigious poetry slam in the world. But the intimidating The Groove stands in his way, and with the unorthodox training methods Hex-Man's coach Julius uses to prepare Hex-Man for the Ultra States, Hex-Man just might have a chance to take down The Groove....
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Take an outrageous ride through this wild world of exploitation films with this thoroughly entertaining documentary, HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS – THE GODFATHER OF GORE! Featuring cult director John Waters, Drive-In Movie Critic Joe Bob Briggs, Herschell Gordon Lewis himself and a “cast of thousands,” you’ll witness the innocent bare-naked era of Nudie-Cuties before Lewis schocked the world with “Blood Feast,” the first ever gore film!...
Scare Package
Character: Joe Bob Briggs
Chad Buckley is a horror aficionado, and he's lonely. Chad spends his days at his struggling genre video store arguing with his only regular customer, Sam. When an unsuspecting applicant shows up, Chad begins to teach him about the rules of horror and his video store at large, much to the chagrin of Sam. During Chad's on-boarding process, we weave in and out of different hilarious horror shorts, each one geared at a different set of horror tropes. As this new applicant learns the ropes, he begin...
Hogzilla
Character: Andy McGraw
A tabloid news crew ventures into the backwoods of Central Florida to investigate reports of an aggressive feral hog who the locals call Hogzilla. What they find, though, are demons, devils, creeping things and pure evil....
In Search of Darkness
Character: Self
An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema....
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Character: Self
The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hour-plus sequel to the Rondo Hatton-nominated In Search of Darkness, adding 15 new interviewees and 40+ returning favorites for the biggest and most comprehensive ‘80s Horror documentary cast ever assembled....
Survival of the Film Freaks
Character: Himself
Survival of the Film Freaks is a documentary exploring the phenomenon of cult film in America and how it survives in the 21st Century. Through interviews and fan events, the documentary will trace decades of film fanaticism up to the present, where the 'digital age' has transformed the way we experience movies....
Cryptids
Character: Harlan Dean
An anthology film about a paranormal radio show accepts calls from individuals who have encountered creatures from the unknown....
Harry and the Hendersons
Character: Feet
Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine the "body" they find it's a "bigfoot". They think it's dead so they decide to take it home (there could be some money in this). As you guessed, it isn't dead. Far from being the ferocious monster they fear "Harry" to be, he's a friendly giant....
Face/Off
Character: Prison Medical Technician
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge....
Bloody Summer Camp 2: Red Horizon
Character: Teddy
After being shut down for eight years, Camp Trustfall is reopened in 1994 by a new owner. The first summer has come to an end and the counselors are closing down the camp for the year when one by one, they start to disappear....
Scare Package
Character: Joe Bob Briggs (segment "Horror Hypothesis")
Chad Buckley is a horror aficionado, and he's lonely. Chad spends his days at his struggling genre video store arguing with his only regular customer, Sam. When an unsuspecting applicant shows up, Chad begins to teach him about the rules of horror and his video store at large, much to the chagrin of Sam. During Chad's on-boarding process, we weave in and out of different hilarious horror shorts, each one geared at a different set of horror tropes. As this new applicant learns the ropes, he begin...
The Stand
Character: Deputy Joe Bob Brentwood
After a deadly plague kills most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a maleficent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil....