Yeah, it didn't exactly leave me feeling like a spring chicken either... Man, I loved those teenage soap operas back in the day! Dawson's Creek was good programming for its day, but the real tour de force sleeper was Felicity, which can still standup to a rewatch even today. I mean, Keri Russell at the epicenter of some angsty 90s college life melodrama? Umm, yes please, thank you and may I have another? 😊
Mark Hamill apparently did his cameo on the insistence of his sons as they were BIG fans of CLERKS (the HEY KIDS caption was added when someone, either Affleck or producer Scott Mosier, said that Hamill was so covered up, no one could tell it was him). During the filming of his part, Kevin Smith's parents visited the set, and during the break, Hamill asks Kevin's mother Grace how it felt to see her son accomplishing such a big film. Grace just said, "Well, he was playing with you as an action figure when he was a kid and he's playing with you now as an action figure..............so really, not much has changed."
I love stuff like that. Reminds me of meatloaf in pick of destiny or voldomort in harry potter. They weren't going to do it until their kids started freaking out.
@@treeofrage7622 Well, same with Frank Langella who played Skeletor in MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE. He did the role mainly because his son loved the action figures and the cartoon. He still says to this day it's his favorite role he's ever played.
Ashleigh calling the iMac "Old-ass" made me want to cry because I so vividly remember when they first came out and how cool I thought they looked and it still feels like only 10 years ago 😂
I bought one of those models, the G4 Cube. The day I bought mine it was discontinued. Didn’t sell well because people didn’t think it would be a powerful computer but for the time it was.
While in film school Kevin was told that filmmaking was not about making movies with his friends. But here's the thing. Kevin wanted to make movies with his friends and that's how this whole thing started. A lot of the talent in this film are just friends of Kevin Smith and thought it would be a fun time. Despite how crazy the movie is there is an actual coherent story behind everything. Kevin has always been a good writer and it's part of the reason he's been involved with many comic books, but whenever he decides to make a movie he usually casts his friends first and it's one of the bigger reasons why there's so much good chemistry in his films.
That's my exact thought behind Yoga Hosers. If you go into that movie expecting a serious comedy, you are wrong. It's the crew looking to have some fun. In some insane coincidence, Kevin Smith's daughter and Johnny Depp's daughter became friends at their school. I realize that they went to the same school for two years, but still. So, Kevin asked Johnny to play a part in Tusk, and the rest is history.
He's also famous for this thing he does where if fans of his work want to work on his film/tv show sets, he'll happily put them to work, even if it's just as set assistants, giving them invaluable experience and a leg-up in the industry. He decided a long time ago that the "traditional model" of making movies simply wasn't going to be the way he does things. He's a great guy.
No, this was said to him during a meeting over the casting for CHASING AMY, where the Weinsteins were telling him to cast "name actors" they had contracts with like Drew Barrymore.
@@van8ryan Thanks for clarifying. Its been a while. Still, I prefer his way of filmmaking. He's not perfect, but I feel he's more passionate about it then a lot of other filmmakers.
Though it was not originally intended as a spinoff. Robin made such an impression on the producers in that episode that they went back and added the last scene to establish that it wasn’t actually a dream
A cameo you would never recognize is the pizza delivery guy was played by Joe Quesada, who is a famous comic book artist and writer. He was also the Executive Vice President and Creative Director of Marvel Comics until 2022.
Jay was going through a hell of a time when he was making this film. He'd had a drug problem for years (the scene in Dogma where he's asleep in the bar wasn't a gag, he'd actually fallen asleep during filming so they shot the scene around him.) Kevin wrote a book, Silent Bob Speaks, the vast majority of which is a huge six-part essay detailing the journey they went through together to get him off drugs. The saddest part is that while Smith was editing this film, jay was outside the editing suite asking more money as he'd already spend his paycheque on heroin. Smith finally told Mewes he was going to give up on him unless he got his shit together. By the time Clerks 2 came around he'd been clean for a few years, and these days, he's happily married with 3 kids, and routinely fills out theatres on his stage tours.
After the filming for this movie ended Smith told Mewes point-blank to get sober or he would never speak to him again. So Jay eventually did and I'm glad, I can't imagine the two of them never working together again.
@@markp7262 He does play a bit too much Fortnite for my liking, but its fun watching him game and interact with his fans and oddly enough he still only gets maybe 50 people per stream - stupid Twitch algorithm probably.
Nuh uh, it happened to someone for realsies, my brother told me, who heard it from his friend's cleaner's sister's teacher's daughter, it's totally real!
Kevin Smith said that his inspiration for this movie was Looney Tunes cartoons. That's basically what this movie was, a big cartoon version of the View Askewniverse.
I don't know if this was brought up but Will Farrell's character name of Marshall Willinholly was a call back to an old TV Show called Land of the Lost (Marshall, Will and Holly). Ironically Farrell would also star in the movie adaption of Land of the Lost.
There were a couple of other Land of the Lost(LOTL) references ..... The diner scene was in Sleastak county. The Sleastaks were the big baddies in the show. Chaka, the director, has the same name as the primate that helped out Marshal, Will and Holly in the show
I could have sworn she had already watched it and should have been recognizing the cameos. I must be confusing her with some other reactor(s) on that movie.
The funny thing about American Pie is it has so many funny people alongside of some of the most boring people imaginable like Tara Reid and Thomas Ian Nicholas.
Kevin Smith originally wanted to use Prince's music for this, but Prince turned him down, saying that instead, they could use The Time. So that's what they did.
The extras and deleted scenes are hilarious. Jude Nelson’s many improvisations of “Let’s go back to the station house…” And the extended Jon Stewart and Will talking about The C.L.I.T.
Only problem I had with the series was that EVERY box set I got had a defective disc. 3 and the videos always would freeze. 😢😢 Had to download the second half.
@@Xonslaught1 As is the case with all of the View Askew movies. Hell, Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier even did a commentary track for Road House since they’re so good at it.
True but Judd Nelson as the sheriff would've been tough bc of age and facial hair so can at least give her a pass on that one but so many more she should have gotten so many others unfortunately But at least that's her thing lol she'll be getting so many references in the future hahaha
There are tons of references to the movie PURPLE RAIN, especially the stage performance at the end. Jay keeps referring to his relationship with Bob as "Morris and Jerome"... two characters from PURPLE RAIN, who are also the 2 guys performing the song on stage. And the song they perform is called "Jungle Love", performed in PURPLE RAIN, but is perfect for this movie because of the monkey. Basically, it would have been good to also watch PURPLE RAIN before this movie. Which you really should react to anyway, because it's a great movie... only a few small channels have reacted to it.
Mark Hamill is well known for two roles: Luke Skywalker, and the voice of the Joker in SC animation. Less known is he played "the Trickster" in the Flash TV show from the nineties. The outfit he wore here is a reference to the Trickster.
He has also voiced the Trickster in DC animation. There is a fun short where the Trickster and the Joker kidnap Mark Hamill, so he's doing everybody's voice.
It's now extremely hard to remember what a daring, shocking thing it was back then to release a movie that depended on your having seen four previous movies to fully understand what was going on. Smith was way ahead of the curve.
Really? Because I yell out, “Riley Finn!” Talk about six degrees of ‘Buffy’ with the ‘Scooby Doo’ shit and Eliza Dushku. I really need to rewatch ‘Dollhouse’ again…….
Forgot that I'd heard that that was actually that character's name. Always sounded like everyone was calling her Claire. And who would doubt that? Claire is a name, clear is an adjective.
Ali Larter! She was also in Heroes (tv series), played the sorority sister Elle Woods defends in Legally Blonde, and had a guest role in season 2 of Dawson's Creek.
26:32 you would need to watch the movie American Pie to understand. The other guy played the title character on a show called ‘Dawson’s Creek” 1998-2003
@@awkwardashleigh Mork returns was the best episode of happy days when Richard cuttingham aka Ron Howard aka Sam raim Gwen Stacy aka Bryce Dallas Howard 's father and director of splash with the mermaid with Tom hanks that you reaction to on the channel and the setting of happy days was the 1950s even though they film it in the 70s and Mork is on earth in the 70s and 80s and Richard said to Mork about life in 1970s and he asked Richard did he like peanuts and he said that he could take them or leave them and then Robin Williams as Mork said well, you'll like Jimmy a reference to Jimmy Carter when he was a peanuts farmer . He was even doing the jack Nickolason impressions before he was the genie and Mork met Robin Williams in one episode ,it's cool and weird to see Robin Williams meeting a another Robin Williams character . This is comedy gold .
At this point Kevin Smith is friends with basically everyone who did a cameo. Ben Affleck very much a close friend. Kevin's love of Star wars got him into George Lucas' circle. George Carlin and Chris Rock were both in Dogma and they bring in all the stand-ups. Kevin Smith is just one of those guys who seems to be friends with everyone.
I was able to catch an advanced showing of this movie so you know the theater is packed with Kevin Smith fans. When Silent Bob screamed at Jay about the sign on the back back of the car, the entire theater fuckin cheered. It was amazing.
Ashleigh is amazing. It was funny enough to make her laugh enough to make the time worthwhile. She didn't get a huge percentage of the movie and other pop-culture references yet was still enjoying it. She needs to watch it again in 20 years when she'll recognize all the references. It'll be twice as funny.
That scene with Jon Stewart and Will Ferrell doing the news broadcast was mostly adlibbed and the original DVD release had an outtake that was *much* longer. Kevin Smith essentially just let them run with it and they did. It's hilarious if you're able to find it
When a movie came out on dvd, a lot of times, they would have an audio track called "the commentary," where the actors and filmmakers would discuss the movie while it's playing. The view askew commentaries were absolutely legendary as they just bullshit the entire film. Definitely recommend watching that, too.
Carrie Fisher agreed to do the movie for a chair (or maybe a table) that she wanted. Kevin tells the story of her on set and how she went and had a long conversation with Jason. Apparently it had a serious impact on him and his decision to become sober. It's worth checking out... like most of Kevin's live performances. References include American Pie, Scream, Planet of the Apes, Land of the Lost, The Fugitive, Dawson's Creek, Mork and Mindy... well, pretty much every pop culture reference possible.
Another reason to watch the American pie films, this film is a reunion movie with sws, Shannon Elizabeth as justice, and Jason Biggs as himself as Jay as chronic.
I honestly look forwards to your reactions to movies and tv shows. It brightens up my day, so a BIG thank you from me to you. Also please NEVER EVER cut out the mistakes you make in your videos... they are endearing and always make me smile. In a world where everyone puts on fake smiles and fake perfect lifestyles it is refreshing and wonderful to see you rocking your awesomeness on here. Please never change
It's a real joy to see you enjoy the exploits of Jay & Silent Bob. They really left a mark on pop culture. Besides movies, they have cartoons, comics, action figures and even had their own commercial shorts on MTV. They're the 90's answer to Cheech & Chong!
Hey Ashleigh, there was an after-credits scene, don't know if you saw it; it starred Alanis Morrisette reprising her role as God in Dogma, she closes a big book with Viewaskewniverse written on it, as this was supposed to be the last film in the series. Thankfully it wasn't.😊
Good Will Hunting, Serenity, and Clerks 2. What a banger week coming up! I hope with how much you liked Firefly/Serenity that you'll move on to Buffy at some point. It's everything you loved about Firefly but with more episodes, a badass female lead, and it literally paved the way for so much you're watching in movies and TV it will blow your mind. It's also amazing and hilarious and you'll cry harder than you ever have in your life. Anyway, whatever you move on to next, keep up the awesome content!
As a massive Star Wars fan, I can't imagine how much Kevin was giggling to himself in glee the whole time getting both Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher in this.
A lot of it has to do with the relationships the director, Kevin Smith (Silent Bob), had with folks. In the Ben Affleck, Matt Damon scene they even mention it when they say your friends ask you to do a payback movie. There the view askew repeats like Jason Lee, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Shannen Doherty. Chris Rock and George Carlin were both in dogma. Kevin Smith is a huge Star wars fan which you can pick up on in the dialogue and clerks. That's why you see Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill show up.
I believe he even got married at Skywalker Ranch, so he knows George Lucas at least somewhat, and all the star wars connections seem like acquaintances/friendships he already had (maybe through conventions originally?)
He even does this on the cw superheroes shows he's directed. The recent films have had cameos from Chris wood and Melissa Benoist since he directed episodes of Supergirl.
From the moment you watched clerks, I was so excited for you to go down this rabbit hole! These guys are the best. Maybe not for everyone but these guys are always there for a good laugh!
When I saw the title I immediately made a high-pitched squeal of joy. Yes, I've been waiting for this one! Also yes, hubbans needs to get educated on our beloved View Askew Dynamic Duo. :) Many of the cameos are from previous View Askew movies: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Shannon Doherty, George Carlin, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, & Joey Lauren Adams. Others were because of their working relationships/friendships to returners, their relationship to Miramax (which produced the movie), or their previous working relationships with Kevin Smith himself (who has acted in other properties as well as directing and screenwriting). Kevin also set out to make a super-comedy ensemble cast movie like ones in the past, the kind of screw-ball comedies that are popular with us Gen Xers - movies like Smokey and the Bandit, Clue, Airplane, and Mel Brooks movies like Blazing Saddles and Spaceballs. And lots of people wanted to get in on that, including big names like Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Will Ferrell, and Jon Stewart (who is famous for his run on The Daily Show on Comedy Central, which if you haven't seen, I highly recommend, but it's also something like 15 seasons). Fun fact: this movie was originally meant to be the end of the View Askew universe, which is why Kevin wanted to "go out with a bang," and also why it has the cameo of God (Alanis Morissette) closing the View Askew book as the post-credit scene. So when Kevin decided to make Clerks 2, this is why it had the subtitle of "back to the well," as kind of sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek reference to that. And a not-so-fun fact: Jason Mews (Jay) was struggling heavily with drugs & alcohol during the production of this movie, which threatened to shut down production at any moment and made the production a huge headache for Kevin; and Kevin told him point-blank once the production wrapped that if Jason didn't get sober, Kevin would never speak to him again. That was the first kick-in-the-butt moment on Jason's road to recovery - and now he has a wife and two precious kids, and he and Kevin regularly do a podcast together (Jay and Silent Bob Get Old) with an audience that serves as a way for Jason to talk about stuff, be accountable, and remain sober (which he has been since 2010).
I have SUCH a woman crush on Eliza Dushku, and have since she was Faith, in the TV show Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I'm not sure why so many big names came into this movie. Probably just for the sheer fun of it. I mean, who wouldn't want to hang out with some of the coolest stars in Hollywood? It's kinda like Scream 2 (we NEED to get Ashleigh to watch Scream next Hallowbeans, or did she already?) where so many young actors (and some older ones) wanted to be in that movie and have their characters killed off. Minor Spoiler....... I can never get over the fact that Foreman from House MD is playing a college kid in Scream 2!
@@snarkysquirrel Yes, and Tru Calling! I was SO PISSED they cancelled that show right when it got super interesting! IZombie kind of took over the plotline though.
@@theaikidoka Yeah, it was cool. And that's what I've heard. I've also heard Sarah Michelle Gellar was a beeyatch, but James Marsters told me she's really very nice, so...maybe whomever met her just did so on a bad day.
@@DravenGalThese days, I go by the average answer that people have given about how 'a person is actually' as how those interactions go is so varied. Did the person who thought SMG was unpleasant just catch her rushing to get lunch and the bathroom after ten hours on set, or on a press junket? Besides, it makes me feel better to think that the characters I like are also likeable in reality.
The two actors playing actors playing Jay and Bob: - The one playing Jay is James Van Der Beek who was on a teen drama TV show in the 90s called "Dawson's Creek" and his character was Dawson. - The one playing Bob is Jason Biggs and he was in a hit movie called "American Pie" and his character, um, has sex with a pie. 😅 Shannon Elizabeth (the woman playing Justice) was also in "American Pie", as was Sean Williams Scott (Goat F*cker who Jay kicked out of the van). Also, you missed Judd Nelson (Bender in "The Breakfast Club") as the sheriff. And Jamie Kennedy as Chris Rock's PA. This movie is chock-full of cameos and other movie references. 😊
Tangential to the ViewAskew-verse is Jersey Girl. It has nothing to do with any of them, BUT it is a comment by Kevin Smith on fatherhood and life in Jersey. Not a comedy. It got a lot of hate, but I loved it.
The late, great George Carlin (the hitchhiker / Cardinal Glick in Dogma / Rufus in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure & Bogus Journey) appeared in that as Gertie's Grandpa & Ollie's dad, Bart Trinké.
I watched the crying game, then watched Hot Shots..... In the credits of hotshots there are many Easter eggs, one of them being a spoiler about the crying game......😅 Too funnie 😊
The kidneys thing was a reference to an old urban legend about folks being drugged and waking up to find their kidneys had been removed. Like most (all?) urban legends, there is no specific event it is based on.
This is a movie of its time. Dawson's Creek, American Pie, Will Ferrell's name, there are so many details in this movie. I remember seeing this movie in theaters, I was a big Mallrats and Dogma fan, and me and my friends were at that right age that this was our humor.
32:18 This is definitely a real band, and no, it’s not a reference to the Blues Brothers. This is Morris Day and the Time, a band that was formed in the early 80s by Prince and appeared with him in the 1984 film PURPLE RAIN (which you MUST see); they had a couple of hits from that film, “The Bird,” and the song they’re performing here, “Jungle Love.” Kevin Smith was born in 1970, so he’s very much Generation X (like me; in fact we share the same birthday, although I’m older than him by 4 years), and the music from PURPLE RAIN was extremely popular amongst our generation, so it makes sense that these guys would be in this movie.
I didn't see if anyone else mentioned it, but the whole presense of the orangutan is a reference to the Clint Eastwood movie "Every Which Way but Loose" and where Will Farrell jumps out of the tunnel and falls down the damn is a reference to Harrison Ford in "The Fugitive".
Just a side note, Missy is played by Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, wife of Kevin Smith, who of course plays Silent Bob (and wrote and directed the movie.) As far as why so many names hired on to the movie, apparently Kevin Smith is a peach of a guy who is fun to work with as a director.
This was the first time since Jedi that Hamill and Fisher were in a film. "you are the ones who are the ball lickers" was based on a story where one of Smith's friends yelled it after someone drove past and yelled at him.
I think the best explanation of what made everyone hop on this movie (beside the obvious good connections that his casting director had) is that Kevin Smith is one of Hollywood most genuinely nice guy, he had the luck to work with some of the great stars when they were starting out (like Ben Affleck), sure, but he's also sincerely excited to work with all the others even more renowned stars; he has the time of his life doing what he do and loves it while also showing genuine affection and praising everyone he works with, that's why everyone loves him and is willing to star in his movies even if it's just a small cameo. A few years back (I think it was 2016 or 2017) he interviewed Stan Lee (with whom he had been a close friend since Mallrats) during one of the Comic Con, and he basically was the one doing all the talking for the whole interview, but the funny thing was that Stan Lee himself said that he usually had the tendency to talk over or overtake his interviewer but never with Kevin because he was always so nice and kept saying nice things about him in his funny (and sweary xD!) way that he never wanted to interrupt him even if he was the one that was supposed to be interviewed. To me that summarize perfectly why pretty much everyone loves him. :)
Have you seen the Jason Mewes/Kevin Smith rap battle? It's so funny because despite their trading insults and disses, you can see that these guys really love each other.
I've always said this about Kevin Smith: People will say he's not the best filmmaker, but that's because he's really a master storyteller. Movies are just one of the ways he tells stories. You can just let him talk and he'll weave you tale after tale.
The reason they were so many cameos is that view askew was such a cult hit that with each movie more and more people what to be in it. Also for a while Kevin Smith had a good deal of influence in the movie industry. For instance he was a major reason Ben Aflick and Matt Damon were allowed to make Good Will Hunting
no thanks, i went before I came here. but seriously, the scene with the girls avoiding the laser grid that ends when the blonde lands and farts - the whole set-up includes wirework and CGI - a lot of money spent just to do make a fart joke@@rmhartman
I actually started with dogma then watched this movie introduced to me by friends and absolutely loved it so much i had to go back to watch all the other Kevin Smith movies who I now love every single one of his movies!
So this film holds a special place in my heart. First, it was the first Kevin Smith film I ever saw. Second, just like huben I had zero frame of reference for everything I was seeing. I immediately borrowed the other films from a friend, played catch up, and completely fell in love with the series. Lastly, I saw the first showing opening day and there was a total of 6 or 7 ppl in the theater, including myself. As soon as the baby J&Bob morph in2 adults, a woman several rows in front of me got up and walked out before J could finish the song😆😆😆😆
"Justice" wearing glasses, is a reference to the term "blind justice". ..or maybe it was "Love is blind", as she is playing Jay's love interest. Kevin Smith (Silent Bob) mentioned in the behind the scenes, or the commentary.
Ashleigh not getting the Dawson's Creek and American Pie reference make me feel totally ancient.
Yup. The Dawson and the Pie Fucker. 😂
Yeah, it didn't exactly leave me feeling like a spring chicken either... Man, I loved those teenage soap operas back in the day! Dawson's Creek was good programming for its day, but the real tour de force sleeper was Felicity, which can still standup to a rewatch even today. I mean, Keri Russell at the epicenter of some angsty 90s college life melodrama? Umm, yes please, thank you and may I have another? 😊
And then there's the bit where Ben Affleck has to explain what the internet is, just to make sure we're all up to date. Yikes.
You don't have to wait, our lives are halfway over... 😮💨
@RScholar Team Noel all the way!
Mark Hamill apparently did his cameo on the insistence of his sons as they were BIG fans of CLERKS (the HEY KIDS caption was added when someone, either Affleck or producer Scott Mosier, said that Hamill was so covered up, no one could tell it was him).
During the filming of his part, Kevin Smith's parents visited the set, and during the break, Hamill asks Kevin's mother Grace how it felt to see her son accomplishing such a big film. Grace just said, "Well, he was playing with you as an action figure when he was a kid and he's playing with you now as an action figure..............so really, not much has changed."
classic
I love stuff like that. Reminds me of meatloaf in pick of destiny or voldomort in harry potter. They weren't going to do it until their kids started freaking out.
That certainly hints at where Kevin Smith gets his sharp wit from.
@@treeofrage7622 Well, same with Frank Langella who played Skeletor in MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE. He did the role mainly because his son loved the action figures and the cartoon. He still says to this day it's his favorite role he's ever played.
“He plays Tracy on 30 Rock but I don’t know his real name” made me laugh the most.
Yup 😂😂😂😂
Yeah I snorted good.
😂😂😂😂😂
Fun fact, if you watch "Sream 3," you'll see Jay and Silent Bob walking around the Studio as part of a tour group.
Yep, with Gale Weathers flipping Jay off.
Kevin’s wife, Jennifer Shwalback was one of the Jewel thieves. His daughter, Harley Quinn, played baby Silent Bob at the beginning
Didn’t kno his daughter was him as a baby
She was the driver - - - Who was silent??
Schwalbach
Fuck off, that stupid oaf actually gave his daughter a capeshit name? Call CPS asap
The one always in the pigtails.
Ashleigh calling the iMac "Old-ass" made me want to cry because I so vividly remember when they first came out and how cool I thought they looked and it still feels like only 10 years ago 😂
I remember when we got them in my HS library I thought it was so cool
I bought one of those models, the G4 Cube. The day I bought mine it was discontinued. Didn’t sell well because people didn’t think it would be a powerful computer but for the time it was.
I remember my Tandy computer! It was like yesterday 😂
I felt myself age like that guy that drank the wrong cup in Last Crusade
Still have my Atari 800.
While in film school Kevin was told that filmmaking was not about making movies with his friends. But here's the thing. Kevin wanted to make movies with his friends and that's how this whole thing started. A lot of the talent in this film are just friends of Kevin Smith and thought it would be a fun time. Despite how crazy the movie is there is an actual coherent story behind everything. Kevin has always been a good writer and it's part of the reason he's been involved with many comic books, but whenever he decides to make a movie he usually casts his friends first and it's one of the bigger reasons why there's so much good chemistry in his films.
That's my exact thought behind Yoga Hosers.
If you go into that movie expecting a serious comedy, you are wrong.
It's the crew looking to have some fun.
In some insane coincidence, Kevin Smith's daughter and Johnny Depp's daughter became friends at their school.
I realize that they went to the same school for two years, but still.
So, Kevin asked Johnny to play a part in Tusk, and the rest is history.
Also he went to school with Ben and Mat and was the one who got thier script sold and made! And yeah he always had fun bringing his friends!
He's also famous for this thing he does where if fans of his work want to work on his film/tv show sets, he'll happily put them to work, even if it's just as set assistants, giving them invaluable experience and a leg-up in the industry. He decided a long time ago that the "traditional model" of making movies simply wasn't going to be the way he does things. He's a great guy.
No, this was said to him during a meeting over the casting for CHASING AMY, where the Weinsteins were telling him to cast "name actors" they had contracts with like Drew Barrymore.
@@van8ryan Thanks for clarifying. Its been a while. Still, I prefer his way of filmmaking. He's not perfect, but I feel he's more passionate about it then a lot of other filmmakers.
8:43 I'd forgotten just how funny that Carrie Fisher cameo was. With Silent Bob desperately telling him no. 😀
"70s bush" almost killed me, NGL
And Buddy Christ on her dashboard.
"Mork from Ork" refers to the alien that Robin Williams, who won an Oscar for "Good Will Hunting", played on the 1978 sitcom "Mork & Mindy".
Which was a spinoff of Happy Days.
Though it was not originally intended as a spinoff. Robin made such an impression on the producers in that episode that they went back and added the last scene to establish that it wasn’t actually a dream
"Nanu nanu."
@@dracos24Along with Laverne and Shirley 😊
@@waynecanning4122I forget the name of the brewery where they worked
A cameo you would never recognize is the pizza delivery guy was played by Joe Quesada, who is a famous comic book artist and writer. He was also the Executive Vice President and Creative Director of Marvel Comics until 2022.
The guy responsible for destroying Spider-Man.
"What the fuck is the Internet" is still one of the funniest movies lines to me. Perfect delivery.
And Ben doing (some kind of?) sign language to emphasize "fictional characters" kills me every time.
I mean to be fair, nearly every line Jay delivers begins with "what the fuck is" lol
Jay was going through a hell of a time when he was making this film. He'd had a drug problem for years (the scene in Dogma where he's asleep in the bar wasn't a gag, he'd actually fallen asleep during filming so they shot the scene around him.) Kevin wrote a book, Silent Bob Speaks, the vast majority of which is a huge six-part essay detailing the journey they went through together to get him off drugs. The saddest part is that while Smith was editing this film, jay was outside the editing suite asking more money as he'd already spend his paycheque on heroin. Smith finally told Mewes he was going to give up on him unless he got his shit together. By the time Clerks 2 came around he'd been clean for a few years, and these days, he's happily married with 3 kids, and routinely fills out theatres on his stage tours.
After the filming for this movie ended Smith told Mewes point-blank to get sober or he would never speak to him again. So Jay eventually did and I'm glad, I can't imagine the two of them never working together again.
Jay also has a twitch stream on which he does a lot of video gaming.
@@markp7262 He does play a bit too much Fortnite for my liking, but its fun watching him game and interact with his fans and oddly enough he still only gets maybe 50 people per stream - stupid Twitch algorithm probably.
@@LordLOC Yeah, I'm not a big fan of Fortnite, or even Call of Duty-style games. I'm more of a fan of social deduction, puzzles, and RPGs.
Quinton Tarantino was shone an early cut of the film and his only criticism was "Why the fuck, wasn't I in this movie!" 😂
that a valid question lolololol
Because quinton Tarantino effing sucks and would have ruined the movie by even being on the set
@@awkwardashleigh Probably because they didn't have anything left in the budget after putting LITERALLY EVERYBODY ELSE IN HOLLYWOOD in it. :D
My favorite throw-away line "I wasn't with a hooker today!"
I agree this movie really sucks
The guy walking up in a motel bath full of ice after having their kidneys stolen is an urban legend.
Nuh uh, it happened to someone for realsies, my brother told me, who heard it from his friend's cleaner's sister's teacher's daughter, it's totally real!
Every Gen Xer heard this story and was terrified of strangers and motels and ice. lol
It happened to me!!! Twice 😮😮😮
Didn't they make a movie based off the premise of people stealing people's kidneys and what not?
@@jgust2154 There are actually multiple movies and tv episodes of different shows based on the kidney theft urban legend. lol
Kevin Smith said that his inspiration for this movie was Looney Tunes cartoons. That's basically what this movie was, a big cartoon version of the View Askewniverse.
Running into a painting of a road is a total cartoon move.
"I don't know who Judi Dench is." Hurt my soup and I yelled "What?!" in a VERY high pitched voice 😂
Same! 😂😭🤣
What kind of soup ?
Omg! Not Dame Judi.
Time for Casino Royale.
@@tempsitch5632 Something classy, I hope. We are talking about Dame Judi Dench, after all.
The band & song at the end wasn't a Blues Brothers reference, it was a reprise of Jungle Love from Purple Rain, referenced in the first few minutes.
The freeze-frame ending was a slight nod to Cheech & Chong's Still Smokin', I believe.
I watched Morris Day and The Time's official video of Jungle Love, and got a whole new insight on Jay and SBob's Hetero Life Mates connection!
If Ashleigh doesn't watch Purple Rain soon, I'll be so disappointed in her!
Not really but she NEEDS to react to it!
OMG I had forgotten about George Carlin's part in this movie explaining the rules of the road to j and silent Bob. 😂😂😂I love it so much, RIP George
I don't know if this was brought up but Will Farrell's character name of Marshall Willinholly was a call back to an old TV Show called Land of the Lost (Marshall, Will and Holly). Ironically Farrell would also star in the movie adaption of Land of the Lost.
I can't wait until she watches that, chorizo tacos!!
@@Theycallmejugzy Don't play around cause I'm super hungry right now.
@mcnasty6971 Do you belive in life after love?
ON A ROUTINE EXPEDITION!
There were a couple of other Land of the Lost(LOTL) references ..... The diner scene was in Sleastak county. The Sleastaks were the big baddies in the show. Chaka, the director, has the same name as the primate that helped out Marshal, Will and Holly in the show
You should definitely put American Pie on your list. It’s hilarious. Three of the people in this movie were actually in American Pie.
I could have sworn she had already watched it and should have been recognizing the cameos. I must be confusing her with some other reactor(s) on that movie.
The funny thing about American Pie is it has so many funny people alongside of some of the most boring people imaginable like Tara Reid and Thomas Ian Nicholas.
This was THE MOST Ashleigh movie I've ever watched Ashleigh review.
This
Kevin Smith originally wanted to use Prince's music for this, but Prince turned him down, saying that instead, they could use The Time. So that's what they did.
The extras and deleted scenes are hilarious.
Jude Nelson’s many improvisations of “Let’s go back to the station house…”
And the extended Jon Stewart and Will talking about The C.L.I.T.
Jay and Bob make a cameo in Scream 3. Like in the background.
Clerks The Animated Series is hilarious and definitely worth your time
Only problem I had with the series was that EVERY box set I got had a defective disc. 3 and the videos always would freeze. 😢😢
Had to download the second half.
And it’s only 6 episodes, so I say go for it. The cartoon movie though, I cannot recommend.
@@jrobwoo688 And each episode is just over 20 minutes, so all of them together is basically one movie.
The commentary on the DVD is just about as funny
@@Xonslaught1 As is the case with all of the View Askew movies. Hell, Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier even did a commentary track for Road House since they’re so good at it.
There are SO MANY cameos in this movie that went right over Ashleigh’s head! lol
Mark Hamill's double-cameo was just, total winner.
@@dracos24Avenge me ! 😫
@@pcjamoke that was not Jim Carey, That was Seann William Scott "Stifler" From American Pie.
True but Judd Nelson as the sheriff would've been tough bc of age and facial hair so can at least give her a pass on that one but so many more she should have gotten so many others unfortunately
But at least that's her thing lol she'll be getting so many references in the future hahaha
There are tons of references to the movie PURPLE RAIN, especially the stage performance at the end. Jay keeps referring to his relationship with Bob as "Morris and Jerome"... two characters from PURPLE RAIN, who are also the 2 guys performing the song on stage. And the song they perform is called "Jungle Love", performed in PURPLE RAIN, but is perfect for this movie because of the monkey. Basically, it would have been good to also watch PURPLE RAIN before this movie. Which you really should react to anyway, because it's a great movie... only a few small channels have reacted to it.
Mark Hamill is well known for two roles: Luke Skywalker, and the voice of the Joker in SC animation. Less known is he played "the Trickster" in the Flash TV show from the nineties. The outfit he wore here is a reference to the Trickster.
He has also voiced the Trickster in DC animation. There is a fun short where the Trickster and the Joker kidnap Mark Hamill, so he's doing everybody's voice.
@@rmhartman And he gets rescued by Swamp Thing... which is ALSO him.
He also plays Trickster in the DCAU and the CW Flash show,
I would love for you to watch some of George Carlins(the hitchhiker in this and the priest in Dogma)stand ups. They are brilliant and still hold up
So many peeps in this movie. I think I even saw Judd Nelson. Haven't seen him in a min
If you even think you saw someone you knew in this, it was probably them, hahaha!
my favorite line from this movie: "applesauce, b^tch"
The best part was they got the same actor who played the jerk from the movie to revise his role from the scene.
That song at the beginning used to be my ringtone. It went off in a meeting and I got told off. 🤣
Ooh looking forward to Clerks 2
Ooooooh yes :-)))))
editing it right now!!!!
@@awkwardashleigh Clerks 3 awesome too. Been waiting for you to get to it.
@@awkwardashleighI laughed so hard in the theater when I saw Clerks 2. I got dizzy and had a hard time breathing.
It's now extremely hard to remember what a daring, shocking thing it was back then to release a movie that depended on your having seen four previous movies to fully understand what was going on. Smith was way ahead of the curve.
Comic book/cartoon logic. They don't spend 5 minutes introducing Bugs Bunny every time.
Everytime I see Mark Blucas I yell out "Mark Blucas!?"
Really? Because I yell out, “Riley Finn!” Talk about six degrees of ‘Buffy’ with the ‘Scooby Doo’ shit and Eliza Dushku. I really need to rewatch ‘Dollhouse’ again…….
The girl in the middle who looks familiar plays clear water in Final Destination. Crazy movie to check out. And definitely check out Bring It On.
Forgot that I'd heard that that was actually that character's name. Always sounded like everyone was calling her Claire. And who would doubt that? Claire is a name, clear is an adjective.
Ali Larter! She was also in Heroes (tv series), played the sorority sister Elle Woods defends in Legally Blonde, and had a guest role in season 2 of Dawson's Creek.
@@Matchgirl42 She also played Claire Redfield in the Resident Evil movies with Mila Jovovich.
26:32 you would need to watch the movie American Pie to understand.
The other guy played the title character on a show called ‘Dawson’s Creek” 1998-2003
FYI- Shannon Elizabeth, the actress playing Justice, was in American Pie.
@@ArtByDesign80as was Sean William Scott, the guy kicked out of the van for ******* sheep
@@DRockeh and his sheep******* character in this movie is a complete 180 from Stiffler in American Pie 😂
Mork From Ork is a reference to Robin Williams character Mork from the TV show Mork and Mindy. It was one of Robin Williams earliest roles
ohhh I had no idea.
Also a Happy Days spin off, like Laverne and Shirley.
"Nanu nanu."
@@awkwardashleigh Mork returns was the best episode of happy days when Richard cuttingham aka Ron Howard aka Sam raim Gwen Stacy aka Bryce Dallas Howard 's father and director of splash with the mermaid with Tom hanks that you reaction to on the channel and the setting of happy days was the 1950s even though they film it in the 70s and Mork is on earth in the 70s and 80s and Richard said to Mork about life in 1970s and he asked Richard did he like peanuts and he said that he could take them or leave them and then Robin Williams as Mork said well, you'll like Jimmy a reference to Jimmy Carter when he was a peanuts farmer . He was even doing the jack Nickolason impressions before he was the genie and Mork met Robin Williams in one episode ,it's cool and weird to see Robin Williams meeting a another Robin Williams character . This is comedy gold .
@@awkwardashleigh You should definitely check out some Mork and Mindy episodes.
"I don't know who Judy Dench is"....Me...gasps in British National Treasure!
At this point Kevin Smith is friends with basically everyone who did a cameo. Ben Affleck very much a close friend. Kevin's love of Star wars got him into George Lucas' circle. George Carlin and Chris Rock were both in Dogma and they bring in all the stand-ups. Kevin Smith is just one of those guys who seems to be friends with everyone.
Morris Day & Jarome are part of the group The Time. Jungle Love is 1 of they're songs
OH ee oh ee oh.
their songs. ;)
They were also the rival band of Prince and his Revolution in the film... Purple Rain. ☺️ Love that film. The sequel seemed more like a pipe dream. 😂
@gaix1 I liked the sequel. Though I mostly just think Prince is hotter in Graffiti Bridge than Purple Rain.
One of my favorite line deliveries is from Brett saying “You’ve got a sick and twisted world perspective.”
"What is your damage, little boy?"
It took me a minute 😄
Oh, what a lovely tea party.
I was able to catch an advanced showing of this movie so you know the theater is packed with Kevin Smith fans. When Silent Bob screamed at Jay about the sign on the back back of the car, the entire theater fuckin cheered. It was amazing.
Ashleigh is amazing. It was funny enough to make her laugh enough to make the time worthwhile. She didn't get a huge percentage of the movie and other pop-culture references yet was still enjoying it. She needs to watch it again in 20 years when she'll recognize all the references. It'll be twice as funny.
26:10 This is director Wes Craven, who directed the SCREAM films, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984), and several other horror classics.
"Tickets? Since when did they start charging for the bus? Didn't we used to ride that shit to school for free?"
That scene with Jon Stewart and Will Ferrell doing the news broadcast was mostly adlibbed and the original DVD release had an outtake that was *much* longer. Kevin Smith essentially just let them run with it and they did. It's hilarious if you're able to find it
You know it and their staying power is so strong they are still a big part of modern comedy.
It always blows my ming seeing that Quick Stop. I grew up maybe 3 miles away from it
When a movie came out on dvd, a lot of times, they would have an audio track called "the commentary," where the actors and filmmakers would discuss the movie while it's playing. The view askew commentaries were absolutely legendary as they just bullshit the entire film. Definitely recommend watching that, too.
It's odd that that needs explanation.
Don't miss the Roadhouse anniversary release with Kevin and Scott Mosiers' commentary.
"what's with the knife? We having cake or something?" 😂
Carrie Fisher agreed to do the movie for a chair (or maybe a table) that she wanted. Kevin tells the story of her on set and how she went and had a long conversation with Jason. Apparently it had a serious impact on him and his decision to become sober. It's worth checking out... like most of Kevin's live performances.
References include American Pie, Scream, Planet of the Apes, Land of the Lost, The Fugitive, Dawson's Creek, Mork and Mindy... well, pretty much every pop culture reference possible.
This was my absolute fav movie as a teen. Lol Sean William Scott’s character was insane lol take that you dirty sheep F’r! 😂
Another reason to watch the American pie films, this film is a reunion movie with sws, Shannon Elizabeth as justice, and Jason Biggs as himself as Jay as chronic.
The toddler playing Silent Bob is Harley. She's Kevin Smith's daughter.
the Pigtail criminal is Kevins wife
Fun Fact: We had a cat that we named Boo Boo after this movie. Precious baby passed away last year at approx 18 years old.
I honestly look forwards to your reactions to movies and tv shows. It brightens up my day, so a BIG thank you from me to you. Also please NEVER EVER cut out the mistakes you make in your videos... they are endearing and always make me smile. In a world where everyone puts on fake smiles and fake perfect lifestyles it is refreshing and wonderful to see you rocking your awesomeness on here. Please never change
It's a real joy to see you enjoy the exploits of Jay & Silent Bob. They really left a mark on pop culture. Besides movies, they have cartoons, comics, action figures and even had their own commercial shorts on MTV. They're the 90's answer to Cheech & Chong!
MTV Commerical Shorts: ua-cam.com/video/Eg6WrIboNkc/v-deo.html
“Payback movie because your friend says you owe him.” Kevin Smith produced Good Will Hunting.
For 4/20 Cheech & Chong Up in Smoke.
Watch it elevated.
Cheech & Chong were legendary in the 70s.
It's funny even un-elevated. That is why C&C are geniuses.
AMEN ASHLEIGH!!!
Up in Smoke and Nice Dreams are the best!
Hey Ashleigh, there was an after-credits scene, don't know if you saw it; it starred Alanis Morrisette reprising her role as God in Dogma, she closes a big book with Viewaskewniverse written on it, as this was supposed to be the last film in the series. Thankfully it wasn't.😊
Good Will Hunting, Serenity, and Clerks 2. What a banger week coming up!
I hope with how much you liked Firefly/Serenity that you'll move on to Buffy at some point. It's everything you loved about Firefly but with more episodes, a badass female lead, and it literally paved the way for so much you're watching in movies and TV it will blow your mind. It's also amazing and hilarious and you'll cry harder than you ever have in your life.
Anyway, whatever you move on to next, keep up the awesome content!
The nun in the car was Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) ✌🏻 and the hitchhiker was George Carlin (RIP to both of them)
7:42 That is the late George Carlin, one of the great comics of our time. He's done a lot of standup that you might enjoy, food for thought.
7 Dirty Words and The 10 Commandments are good starters
As a massive Star Wars fan, I can't imagine how much Kevin was giggling to himself in glee the whole time getting both Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher in this.
A lot of it has to do with the relationships the director, Kevin Smith (Silent Bob), had with folks. In the Ben Affleck, Matt Damon scene they even mention it when they say your friends ask you to do a payback movie.
There the view askew repeats like Jason Lee, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Shannen Doherty. Chris Rock and George Carlin were both in dogma.
Kevin Smith is a huge Star wars fan which you can pick up on in the dialogue and clerks. That's why you see Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill show up.
I believe he even got married at Skywalker Ranch, so he knows George Lucas at least somewhat, and all the star wars connections seem like acquaintances/friendships he already had (maybe through conventions originally?)
He even does this on the cw superheroes shows he's directed. The recent films have had cameos from Chris wood and Melissa Benoist since he directed episodes of Supergirl.
From the moment you watched clerks, I was so excited for you to go down this rabbit hole! These guys are the best. Maybe not for everyone but these guys are always there for a good laugh!
If you've seen Office Space, Diedrich Bader was Peter's neighbour Lawrence.
and he was in The Drew Carey Show.
He was a great Jethro Bodine in The Beverly Hillbillies.
He and Ben Affleck would go on to play Batman. Affleck in live action, bader voice acting for cartoons
Don't forget him as Rex Quan Do in Napoleon Dynamite also.
@@greghampton71 "Bow to your sensei!"
“I don’t know what cornhole means. But I don’t think it’s a good term “
Depends on your perspective 😁
His royal gawdness Kevin Smith put it all together because he is just that awesome!
You better watch Purple Rain. It's an amazing and inspiring film.
Naw, it's really gay, except for the Morris Day & The Time onstage.
I second this. ☔️ The music is incredible too.
I love how this movie has so much cursing that you weren't able to even come close to ing it all out.
When I saw the title I immediately made a high-pitched squeal of joy. Yes, I've been waiting for this one! Also yes, hubbans needs to get educated on our beloved View Askew Dynamic Duo. :) Many of the cameos are from previous View Askew movies: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Shannon Doherty, George Carlin, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, & Joey Lauren Adams. Others were because of their working relationships/friendships to returners, their relationship to Miramax (which produced the movie), or their previous working relationships with Kevin Smith himself (who has acted in other properties as well as directing and screenwriting). Kevin also set out to make a super-comedy ensemble cast movie like ones in the past, the kind of screw-ball comedies that are popular with us Gen Xers - movies like Smokey and the Bandit, Clue, Airplane, and Mel Brooks movies like Blazing Saddles and Spaceballs. And lots of people wanted to get in on that, including big names like Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Will Ferrell, and Jon Stewart (who is famous for his run on The Daily Show on Comedy Central, which if you haven't seen, I highly recommend, but it's also something like 15 seasons). Fun fact: this movie was originally meant to be the end of the View Askew universe, which is why Kevin wanted to "go out with a bang," and also why it has the cameo of God (Alanis Morissette) closing the View Askew book as the post-credit scene. So when Kevin decided to make Clerks 2, this is why it had the subtitle of "back to the well," as kind of sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek reference to that. And a not-so-fun fact: Jason Mews (Jay) was struggling heavily with drugs & alcohol during the production of this movie, which threatened to shut down production at any moment and made the production a huge headache for Kevin; and Kevin told him point-blank once the production wrapped that if Jason didn't get sober, Kevin would never speak to him again. That was the first kick-in-the-butt moment on Jason's road to recovery - and now he has a wife and two precious kids, and he and Kevin regularly do a podcast together (Jay and Silent Bob Get Old) with an audience that serves as a way for Jason to talk about stuff, be accountable, and remain sober (which he has been since 2010).
I have SUCH a woman crush on Eliza Dushku, and have since she was Faith, in the TV show Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I'm not sure why so many big names came into this movie. Probably just for the sheer fun of it. I mean, who wouldn't want to hang out with some of the coolest stars in Hollywood? It's kinda like Scream 2 (we NEED to get Ashleigh to watch Scream next Hallowbeans, or did she already?) where so many young actors (and some older ones) wanted to be in that movie and have their characters killed off. Minor Spoiler.......
I can never get over the fact that Foreman from House MD is playing a college kid in Scream 2!
if you like eliza did you watch dollhouse?
@@snarkysquirrel Yes, and Tru Calling! I was SO PISSED they cancelled that show right when it got super interesting! IZombie kind of took over the plotline though.
Dollhouse was an incredible concept, sadly curtailed mid-overall plot. Joss is a great writer, just a garbage person.
@@theaikidoka Yeah, it was cool. And that's what I've heard. I've also heard Sarah Michelle Gellar was a beeyatch, but James Marsters told me she's really very nice, so...maybe whomever met her just did so on a bad day.
@@DravenGalThese days, I go by the average answer that people have given about how 'a person is actually' as how those interactions go is so varied. Did the person who thought SMG was unpleasant just catch her rushing to get lunch and the bathroom after ten hours on set, or on a press junket? Besides, it makes me feel better to think that the characters I like are also likeable in reality.
The two actors playing actors playing Jay and Bob:
- The one playing Jay is James Van Der Beek who was on a teen drama TV show in the 90s called "Dawson's Creek" and his character was Dawson.
- The one playing Bob is Jason Biggs and he was in a hit movie called "American Pie" and his character, um, has sex with a pie. 😅 Shannon Elizabeth (the woman playing Justice) was also in "American Pie", as was Sean Williams Scott (Goat F*cker who Jay kicked out of the van).
Also, you missed Judd Nelson (Bender in "The Breakfast Club") as the sheriff.
And Jamie Kennedy as Chris Rock's PA.
This movie is chock-full of cameos and other movie references. 😊
Tangential to the ViewAskew-verse is Jersey Girl. It has nothing to do with any of them, BUT it is a comment by Kevin Smith on fatherhood and life in Jersey.
Not a comedy.
It got a lot of hate, but I loved it.
The late, great George Carlin (the hitchhiker / Cardinal Glick in Dogma / Rufus in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure & Bogus Journey) appeared in that as Gertie's Grandpa & Ollie's dad, Bart Trinké.
I loved the Sweeney Todd references in it.
"He plays Tracy in 30 rock.. but I don't know his real name" lololololol
Ashleigh doesn’t know “The Crying Game”? That would be a hell of a reaction.
Was thinking the same thing.
FOR SURE!😆
I watched the crying game, then watched Hot Shots..... In the credits of hotshots there are many Easter eggs, one of them being a spoiler about the crying game......😅 Too funnie 😊
The kidneys thing was a reference to an old urban legend about folks being drugged and waking up to find their kidneys had been removed. Like most (all?) urban legends, there is no specific event it is based on.
Just one kidney, you die if they're both taken. :)
Morris Day and Jerome are in the band, The Time, who sing the aforementioned Jungle Love in the movie Purple Rain.
This is a movie of its time. Dawson's Creek, American Pie, Will Ferrell's name, there are so many details in this movie. I remember seeing this movie in theaters, I was a big Mallrats and Dogma fan, and me and my friends were at that right age that this was our humor.
Yes indeed the Nun was Carry Fisher! Great review!
Hi can I ask a cool question please
The band at the end (Morris Day and the Time) is a real band who were heavily featured in Prince's movie "Purple Rain"
This is my iconic movie of my childhood. So many quotable quotes.
32:18 This is definitely a real band, and no, it’s not a reference to the Blues Brothers. This is Morris Day and the Time, a band that was formed in the early 80s by Prince and appeared with him in the 1984 film PURPLE RAIN (which you MUST see); they had a couple of hits from that film, “The Bird,” and the song they’re performing here, “Jungle Love.” Kevin Smith was born in 1970, so he’s very much Generation X (like me; in fact we share the same birthday, although I’m older than him by 4 years), and the music from PURPLE RAIN was extremely popular amongst our generation, so it makes sense that these guys would be in this movie.
The Clerks cartoon is very weird, but incredibly funny. Worth your time.
Nothing can kill the Grimace.
Oh I love Clerks 2! It was our ‘Christmas day sitting in our pjs eating brunch’ film this year 😊
I didn't see if anyone else mentioned it, but the whole presense of the orangutan is a reference to the Clint Eastwood movie "Every Which Way but Loose" and where Will Farrell jumps out of the tunnel and falls down the damn is a reference to Harrison Ford in "The Fugitive".
If Ashleigh likes Jay & Silent Bob type stuff, she should DEFINITELY watch Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke. "oh shit 5-0! beoutbeoutbeoutbeoutbeout!"
Just a side note, Missy is played by Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, wife of Kevin Smith, who of course plays Silent Bob (and wrote and directed the movie.)
As far as why so many names hired on to the movie, apparently Kevin Smith is a peach of a guy who is fun to work with as a director.
This was the first time since Jedi that Hamill and Fisher were in a film.
"you are the ones who are the ball lickers" was based on a story where one of Smith's friends yelled it after someone drove past and yelled at him.
I think the best explanation of what made everyone hop on this movie (beside the obvious good connections that his casting director had) is that Kevin Smith is one of Hollywood most genuinely nice guy, he had the luck to work with some of the great stars when they were starting out (like Ben Affleck), sure, but he's also sincerely excited to work with all the others even more renowned stars; he has the time of his life doing what he do and loves it while also showing genuine affection and praising everyone he works with, that's why everyone loves him and is willing to star in his movies even if it's just a small cameo.
A few years back (I think it was 2016 or 2017) he interviewed Stan Lee (with whom he had been a close friend since Mallrats) during one of the Comic Con, and he basically was the one doing all the talking for the whole interview, but the funny thing was that Stan Lee himself said that he usually had the tendency to talk over or overtake his interviewer but never with Kevin because he was always so nice and kept saying nice things about him in his funny (and sweary xD!) way that he never wanted to interrupt him even if he was the one that was supposed to be interviewed. To me that summarize perfectly why pretty much everyone loves him. :)
Have you seen the Jason Mewes/Kevin Smith rap battle? It's so funny because despite their trading insults and disses, you can see that these guys really love each other.
I've always said this about Kevin Smith: People will say he's not the best filmmaker, but that's because he's really a master storyteller. Movies are just one of the ways he tells stories. You can just let him talk and he'll weave you tale after tale.
The reason they were so many cameos is that view askew was such a cult hit that with each movie more and more people what to be in it. Also for a while Kevin Smith had a good deal of influence in the movie industry. For instance he was a major reason Ben Aflick and Matt Damon were allowed to make Good Will Hunting
This film has the most expensive fart joke in cinema history.
Care to elucidate?
no thanks, i went before I came here. but seriously, the scene with the girls avoiding the laser grid that ends when the blonde lands and farts - the whole set-up includes wirework and CGI - a lot of money spent just to do make a fart joke@@rmhartman
We rented this when I was 9, my first Jay and Silent Bob movie, I loved it then and still love it now. Been looking forward to seeing you watch it!
32:20 THAT... is Morris Day and the Time. This is absolutely the MAAAS note Jay references earlier in the movie.
I actually started with dogma then watched this movie introduced to me by friends and absolutely loved it so much i had to go back to watch all the other Kevin Smith movies who I now love every single one of his movies!
the animated series is GOLD
So this film holds a special place in my heart. First, it was the first Kevin Smith film I ever saw. Second, just like huben I had zero frame of reference for everything I was seeing. I immediately borrowed the other films from a friend, played catch up, and completely fell in love with the series.
Lastly, I saw the first showing opening day and there was a total of 6 or 7 ppl in the theater, including myself. As soon as the baby J&Bob morph in2 adults, a woman several rows in front of me got up and walked out before J could finish the song😆😆😆😆
"Justice" wearing glasses, is a reference to the term "blind justice". ..or maybe it was "Love is blind", as she is playing Jay's love interest. Kevin Smith (Silent Bob) mentioned in the behind the scenes, or the commentary.
Big plus for Ashleigh being a Stroke 9 fan! Lol