Worn video copies of Joe Bob's previous shows have been widely circulated among fans and movie buffs, so the first 11 minutes of his introduction is edited to mimic the fuzzy look of videotape, complete with occasional glitches. There's a big glitch as he begins to discuss Tourist Trap (1979), and then the picture converts to digital clarity.
Producer Matt Manjourides had met with Joe Bob Briggs 10 years prior to The Last Drive-In to discuss creating a show but no studio picked it up at that time. 10 years later while shopping a film at Frontiers at Fantasia Film Festival, Matt met with Shudder executives and when asked about other projects he was working on Matt remembered the decade old Joe Bob reboot and pitched it to the Shudder Execs. They were green lit within 2 months.
The original marathon was shot in 2 days in Newark, NJ at the same studio that Ink Master is shot in.
The Last Drive-in Premiere on Shudder overwhelmed the servers at AMC and crashed the entire network including Sundace Now and IFC.