- Inducted into the Horror Host Hall of Fame in 2012, as his character Joe Bob Briggs.
- Attended Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Lives in Hoboken, NJ and New York City.
- Gave expert commentary for the DVD release of I Spit on Your Grave (1978) (aka "I Spit on Your Grave").
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 130, pp. 38-40. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- Loves drive-in movies.
- In 2022, John Bloom - "Joe Bob Briggs" was a runner up in the category of Favorite Horror Host of 2021 in the 20th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards.
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