Yeah one of the hardest things for me to stay clean these past 2 and a half (I had a 5 year stint as appose the hell of 15) was having no one who I felt was a real friend. The best thing was getting a few of those people to see me as me again from before the gear use. Probably the biggest cause of continued addiction (after internal problems) is being ostracised because of the social stigma of the ''Dirty junkie'' stereotype, in a way everyone becomes complicit in your own downfall thanks to not giving a crap about you.
Recovering heroin addict myself. 13 years of use on and off. New-ishly sober. I don’t keep count anymore. I just stay sober one day, one hour, one moment at a time for now. That being said you’re so right about Kevin and Jay. Jay is so incredibly blessed to have a friend who loves and has so much faith in him. I’m so glad he’s doing well and I can’t wait to see the movie 🖤 Congrats on 7 years bro, that’s so fucking huge!
You should listen to the Jay and Silent Bob get old smodcasts. Deals with Mewes’ struggles with addiction and they talk about their entire friendship in detail.
@Roy Lay i understand that but they both were in the movies and both experienced alot of the same things. I think kevin is just better with explanation than jason. Love them both!!
@@tinayoung2216 Kevin doesn't know how to shut the fuck up, to the point he writes some of the longest monologues in his movies, about comics and Star Wars with filthy language. He didn't want to memorize all of the dialogue while he was also directing, so he made his character silent, originally he was Randall.
If Jay had been able to put a stop to the drugs around the Clerks 2 days, he probably would've made it big in Hollywood. Dude looked like a super model.
Yeah him losing his teeth and his sunk in sinuses from the drug use is a tragedy... hey, at least we still have him and his story has a happy third chapter.
VicRules666 he was a pretty good looking dude... definitely wouldn’t cleaned up nicely. He was also pretty buff at one point. Women loved that dude back in the day.
"if anybody outside of New Jersey find him funny..." and here I am (as an example out of many around the whole globe), a guy from Germany, who think *both* are really funny and genuine guys. If Kevin never made these movies, the whole world would have missed out two really amazing originals. Thank you Kevin, for showing us Jason and your great chemistry together! You are great! 😁👍
I'm from South Africa and I sometimes feel my husband and I was the only ones in the country who watched it (my husband by force🙂) but ever so often i find someone from SA who also loves Jay and Silent Bob. Oh and My favorite part of the Movie is the Buffalo Bill part
This is why oral history is the most powerful method of interviewing...no one - the interviewer - interrupts the narrative flow and what comes out of it is gold!
BIG congrats to jay for getting clean, and props to kevin for sticking by him. Jay was like my teenage crush, and a part of American culture so I'm glad we didnt lose him
Jason kudos to you for being so open about your struggle with drugs in your mental health you are an absolute inspiration to everyone keep up the awesome work!
On the day my son got out of rehab, Jay was doing a show in our town and I took him to see it. My son is 20 years old about to be 21andnI had never let him watch a Kevin Smith movie even though I own several. So his first experience of Jay was live. I told my son if I could get clean and I was a nobody, and Jay could get clean and he was a somebody than he(my son) could get clean too cause to me he's not just anybody he's everything. I appreciate both these guys, they're real people at the end of the day.
Sam Corcoran 16 years ago when I was working at a movie theatre I remember we would tell our guests “nah, don’t look at fandango, those guys are hell bent on trying to make every movie look bad, check Rotten Tomatoes.” And then I feel thats where the dynamic shifted back to fandango reviews are probably more honest now than RT.
The reason why its at 55% on rotten tomatoes is because those who are in charge of rotten tomatoes were infact born in '95-'99 and don't understand what it's like to hang out at a Mall and socialize with other people without them being glued to a iPad or busy finger banging their smart phones.
Does anyone here know how RT works? It's a review aggregate site. It means that 55% of critics gave Mallrats a positive review. Attack the critics for their poor taste, not RT for accurately displaying info.
I'm really glad Jay's life has come together like it has. I used to have the same addiction issues and have been clean a long time and am now an only parent.
Jay isn't looking so good. At first glance I was wondering if he was using again. I've been a fan since I saw Clerks in the mid 90s and I sincerely hope that he's still clean.
@@acetate909 He's clean, but the drugs took an irreversible toll. You can tell he has dentures these days, and once your teeth get pulled, it actually changes the structure of your jaw and skull and the way the soft tissues of your face interact with the bone structure. Plus he's just old, nobody escapes that.
@@SBeckerDTD Like Stephen Colbert said the other night, the last time Kevin was on his show, Stephen asked him ONE question and Kevin talked for the WHOLE 12 minutes nonstop without ever actually answering it. Kevin is the god of speech. It's what he does. The only time I really see him NOT dominate a conversation is on his podcasts like Fatman On Batman/Fatman Beyond where he and Marc Bernardin genuinely share the spotlight, or Hollywood Babble-On where Ralph kinda takes the lead. Marc is a fucking GENIUS, and is always saying profound and brilliant shit, so Kevin is kind of always waiting to be blown away by whatever Marc's about to say. Kevin shuts up because of how much he clearly respects Marc and just wants to hear what he has to say. With Ralph it seems like it's because Ralph is a radio host and is bombastic and commanding of the airspace, and he's always doing impressions. And no matter how gifted at talking Kevin is, it's just easier to watch a force like Ralph do his thing and just go along for the ride.
Gotta admit I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I often get bored of "interviews" etc and end up switching off. But this was just so great to hear Kevin and Jason's stories.
I mean it worked out well for Seinfeld and Kramer. Michael Richards absolutely brought that character to another level. George also brought his own spin to Larry David since George is pretty much Larry.
@Robert Osborn Yeah, Jason was awesome. I was hearing his colloquial-isms, before I ever saw him at all. And when I did, I saw the raw power right off the bat. It is magnetic.
Kevin Smith always makes me nostalgic. I was experiencing the same struggles as Jay during the same time. But I was also young, with good friends and having fun for a lot of that time and we watched and referenced these movies often.
"do people in Chicago think he's funny"...I'm Australian and a big fan of Jay/jason. Kevin is a good bloke to for getting him clean. Both have "million dollar heart's" Rip Stan Lee.
It's kind of amazing that despite the bad addiction he had in the early 2000s, Jason hasn't aged all that much. Must take care of himself more these days. He looks a little more tired, but that's about it.
When i was younger and strike back first came out people used to tell my friend marc and i that we were like them. I was loud, crass and always lookin to get stoned and flirting with girls. While he was quiet and reserved and ate like a machine lol and always just watched my bullshit unfold. So i eventually just called him lunchbox and it stuck all through highschool til he passed away. I wish he was around for the reboot. Nostalgia can be a mothabitch.
Can’t even describe how important Kevin and jay are for me, and as a young dude having seeing Stan lee in mallrats was amazing, jay and silent bob forever much love
"This guy is a genius and he's very orally fixated, so that's the kinda guy for me." - Kevin Smith about Jason Mewes Said on "An Oral History", as well as Kevin wearing THAT shirt. Hah.
One of my fondest early memories is hanging out with my big brother at his friend’s apartment and they had Clerks going on in the background while playing D&D. I was fixated on the movie at like 12 years old.
Awesome video!!! I'm a huge fan of ViewAskew Universe since Clerks to their latest releases a few years ago. I wish they could've talked about the first music video they were featured, 'Can't Even Tell' by Soul Asylum. Maybe this appearance helped Jay & Silent Bob cheering when Mallrats came out.
"Plus, he had a car and drive us everywhere!" Jay just digging Kevin's grave!!! LOL When I was 13 or 14 years old it was cool hanging out with the Juniors as a Freshman in High School. The people I met during my freshman year in High School still, TO THIS DAY. I think about those experiences all the time. We all kind of grew apart, but they were amazing to my coming-of-age.
"He was a heroin addict and drug addict for fifteen years" Jason proceeds to cringe but takes it. I give him alot of credit for that, I would have been super offended having someone disclose something so personal in an interview.
Maybe because who knows it was mainly common knowledge around fans, and knows hes not that person anymore. But yeah, still feels a little weird hearing it.
He was clearly very nervous after that and moved a lot around in his chair, clinging to the arm rests and so on. I bet he has always been insecure and this was a big test for him. On the other hand Kevin is probably the only person that can do that to him and in the end Jason comes out a little bit tougher and more secure. Jason, you stole out hearts with what you are, don't be afraid.
Yeah even though their friends it's kinda weird of Kevin just airing his dirty laundry out like that in public. I didn't know all of this. Not cool IMO
My first KS movie was Mall Rats - late at night, I switched through the channels and got stuck at that movie. Became one of my alltime favorites and made me a big fan of Kevin... Thanks for that :)
My dear friend Dave T (RIP) was Jason Mewes, but 10 years prior. I love Jay & Silent Bob movies because of the incredible similarities. Reminds me of my old friend.
"At the end of the day, people won't remember what you said or did, they'll remember how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou Many thanks Jason and Kevin. Especially you Jay! You made us feel wonder-full!
Right? I can easily listen to these guys talk all day long. I checked the time on the video thinking I was only halfway through and was completely surprised and bummed the video was almost over. Lol
I knew since day 1 that these two would be friends for life... I'm so happy to hear how Kevin was there for him throughout it all and its great to hear how Jason wanted to get clean himself... that's the hardest step, admitting ur problem... that being said I have loved and laughed at every movie these two have done together or separate...
Saw bits and pieces of this as a teen, and finally saw clerks from beginning to end the other day, One of the the best, if not the BEST comedy I've ever seen. True meaning of better late than never.
jay always reminded me of my late buddy, eddie carpenter. i grew up in new jersey too as did eddie. i guess its a jersey thing. im glad your still around bro.
His heterosexual life mate..... serious you only find one true friend in your life... believe it or not.. It took 46 years to find my best friend... now we are in the vintage toy business together... kinda like American pickers but we hunt toys and comics....
Love this. Always been a huge Kevin Smith fan... (saw the cartoon series) but there's always been something really truly awesome about the "Jay" character and "Silent Bob" character relationship that you wished you had a friend like that in your life. I'm purposefully separating who Jason Mewes has portrayed because he might not have really started out acting but he ended up acting "Jay" in the subsequent years plus I think sometimes the general public forgets that a person is not the same person they are at 35 that they were at 19 or 24 or 30. I'm really glad that that awesomeness that was Jason Mewes being himself at first changed & grew & survived. It's just impossible for so many people to overcome the addiction but he has himself in a good place. And for all that I am not a comic book collector, I loved them as a kid... a girl kid. But this was before graphic novels were any kind of thing... so I was a book girl. But even the library chick can get addicted to her own prescription painkillers for Fibromyalgia and Crohn's disease. Now, I'm dying from a rare autoimmune disease called Primary Scerlosing Cholangitis which is giving me cirrhosis. I overcame the painkiller issue using CBD oil and using Suboxone when they were getting me off the opioids. I know that eventually I won't have a choice about them when the cirrhosis and pain gets bad enough but until then... you gotta realize that EVERYONE'S dying, but not everyone is actually living. So you live the best life you can... even though you are always paying for maintenance medication for the immunosuppressive therapy, the anticonvulsant nerve drug & the extremely mild muscle relaxer from the almost constant myalgia issues oh & the yearly colonoscopy, ultrasound, and MRCP (type of MRI with injected dye), also required gynecologist & dermatologist visits (the Crohn's meds has a high level of causing cancer in those areas especially besides the kidney), and the required full blood work up 4 times a year- and that's just the maintenance, that's when absolutely nothing is wrong. Excessive stress like RIGHT NOW with the whole horrible COVID-19 actually causes autoimmune diseases to flare up but unless I have a death wish. Just live 100%. Today's my actual 39th birthday & my 16th wedding anniversary. Last year I was too depressed to go out. This year I wanted to hit another escape room then my favorite veal parmigiana with maybe some Italian Limoncello Cream Torte from Cheesecake Factory or some awesome Wally's Bakery Vanilla Buttercream petite fours (been around for over 50 years by a German baker who studied in Vienna and is a top pastry chef who taught his wife and son how to make the best petit fours and run balls & learned how to make a mocha cake for our Filipino dad... miss Mr. Wally, god bless his soul)... but I realized that sadly this year was going to be a bad burfday.Go Mewes and go Smith. I envy your friendship deeply.
Kevin talking about Stan in 'Captain Marvel' and having the script for 'Mallrats', almost makes me want to see 'CM' now... almost. RIP Stan "The Man" Lee. 😢
Seriously, if you're avoiding it because of all the garbage that's been flung around, you're doing yourself a disservice. Don't form an opinion based on other people's opinions. Decide for yourself.
@@TitoTimTravels i mean its not bad but in my opinion its certainly not the most fun I've had watching a marvel movie that title goes to either of the guardians or ragnorak
My favorite Jay seen of all time is at the end of Dogma. Why are you hugging my head, who the f are you and WTF happened to that guy's head? Still has me holding my sides when I see it. Besides being oblivious to what is going on he still questions without care of language and who he is talking to.
I have insanely high hopes for this film because I saw Strike Back during my Freshman year of college. I was in a podunk town with few friends in school and feeling socially outcast from the frat/sority party scene of a party school in nowhere Texas. I went to the theatre with two friends and for an hour and a half LAUGHED straight. I always said, it's not the FUNNIEST movie, but I never stopped laughing from credits to credits. Not every joke lands, but Mewes is so entertaining that he can make anything funny.
I just wish they were doing a traditional release rather than just the 2 day thing and a tour. Granted, it would be awesome to actually watch the movie with these 2 but I'm willing to bet the tickets would be super expensive.
24:45 The biggest compliment my mother ever paid me was when I was in a play called "Veronica's Room." Toward the end of the play, something violent and terrifying happens to my character. I greeted my mom after she saw it that night, and she said, "I was so invested and worried about the character that I forgot you were my daughter." That's what Kevin says here about Jay and Harley. I love that.
As a heroin addict of 15 years, clean and sober for 7.....Jason has a hell of a friend in Kevin Smith.
Yeah one of the hardest things for me to stay clean these past 2 and a half (I had a 5 year stint as appose the hell of 15) was having no one who I felt was a real friend. The best thing was getting a few of those people to see me as me again from before the gear use.
Probably the biggest cause of continued addiction (after internal problems) is being ostracised because of the social stigma of the ''Dirty junkie'' stereotype, in a way everyone becomes complicit in your own downfall thanks to not giving a crap about you.
I read Kevin’s blog about his relationship with jay. It’s an awesome read
Micheal Huff keven was on the methadone program too but they don’t want to say that
congrats on being clean so long man! Keep it up!
Recovering heroin addict myself. 13 years of use on and off. New-ishly sober. I don’t keep count anymore. I just stay sober one day, one hour, one moment at a time for now. That being said you’re so right about Kevin and Jay. Jay is so incredibly blessed to have a friend who loves and has so much faith in him. I’m so glad he’s doing well and I can’t wait to see the movie 🖤
Congrats on 7 years bro, that’s so fucking huge!
2 guys, who made friendship more entertaining then art.
antoine pruyssers than
Kevin’s love for Jay is the purest thing in this world ❤️
Hetero life mates
Right? I love 'em both.
Love them but the low volume to exploding loud was abit annoying.
Danny Spence if you're on heroin you throw yourself under the bus. You just blame others for it
Right I see that too👍
Kevin knows Jason has problems talking about himself, so he fills in the gaps. I find it so admirable. True friendship.
Someone should tell kevin that them telling stories about jay as a kid is pure gold and would make a great set of vids for his UA-cam
Kevin actually released some old homemade footage (pre-Clerks) on his channel of Jay and him riding together in his car talking shit.
Noah Harned whhaaatt??
You should listen to the Jay and Silent Bob get old smodcasts. Deals with Mewes’ struggles with addiction and they talk about their entire friendship in detail.
Favorite line: This job would be great if it weren’t for the f’ing customers.
That's basically what the Evening With Kevin Smith series is. Been out for about 20 years.
Does anyone else find it ironic that Silent Bob does all the talking for Jay?
It’s literally not ironic
@Roy Lay i understand that but they both were in the movies and both experienced alot of the same things. I think kevin is just better with explanation than jason. Love them both!!
@@tinayoung2216 Kevin doesn't know how to shut the fuck up, to the point he writes some of the longest monologues in his movies, about comics and Star Wars with filthy language. He didn't want to memorize all of the dialogue while he was also directing, so he made his character silent, originally he was Randall.
@@tinayoung2216 he was supposed to play Randal and he got to lazy to direct himself
Bob and silent Jay
This is one of the best Kevin and Jason interviews I've ever seen.
Absolutely agree
@@jobeious same
You’re one of the best Kevin and Jason interviews I’ve ever seen, mate, if anyone is...
Jay's and Silent Bob's entrance in Dogma is probably their golden moment in the series. Underrated too!
Dogma is my fave!
Snooch to the muthaphukin nooch!
Knowing Jason is a good dad, actually made me feel so happy.
Why he shouldn’t ?
I didn’t know he was and dad until this interview. I love it. I am a recovered addict and seeing him flourish warms my heart.
@@Medes06 be quiet hater
I always feel like there is never going to be enough Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes in this world...
If Jay had been able to put a stop to the drugs around the Clerks 2 days, he probably would've made it big in Hollywood. Dude looked like a super model.
Yeah him losing his teeth and his sunk in sinuses from the drug use is a tragedy... hey, at least we still have him and his story has a happy third chapter.
@VicRules666 not the hair and the clothes, but he was pretty in his day..
VicRules666 he was a pretty good looking dude... definitely wouldn’t cleaned up nicely. He was also pretty buff at one point. Women loved that dude back in the day.
He used to go out with a bunch of the hollywood addict elite and slay all kinds of booty. I maintain my point. Guy had the looks.
He looked pretty good even when he had his hair short I didn't even recognize him
It's so cool to see both of these guys so healthy and to see Jay sober. It would have been tragic to lose either of them to their vices.
"if anybody outside of New Jersey find him funny..." and here I am (as an example out of many around the whole globe), a guy from Germany, who think *both* are really funny and genuine guys. If Kevin never made these movies, the whole world would have missed out two really amazing originals. Thank you Kevin, for showing us Jason and your great chemistry together! You are great! 😁👍
Second that.
I'm from South Africa and I sometimes feel my husband and I was the only ones in the country who watched it (my husband by force🙂) but ever so often i find someone from SA who also loves Jay and Silent Bob. Oh and My favorite part of the Movie is the Buffalo Bill part
in Hungary, Jay and Silent Bob strikes back is one of the biggest cult movies of all time
I'm from Jersey and am always surprised people outside of Jersey love these two as much as we do.
This is why oral history is the most powerful method of interviewing...no one - the interviewer - interrupts the narrative flow and what comes out of it is gold!
BIG congrats to jay for getting clean, and props to kevin for sticking by him. Jay was like my teenage crush, and a part of American culture so I'm glad we didnt lose him
Kevin is one of the most genuine persons in hollywood. That's why I love him.
his pretentious big-man-voice is annoying, hes got seth macfarlane small fat man syndrome.
@@MrUnder30seconds you having a stroke dude
@@MrUnder30seconds dude you have the ultimate troll profile set up, do you really think anyone will take you seriously?
@@ddandymann nothing wrong with being a troll, dont be trollsist.
He eats pizza just like everyone else in hellywood
i see Jason Mewes automatically "goodbye horses" starts to play in my head.
Robert * the best part about that is Kevin smith put that in the movie bc jay would do that to him all the time.
Oh
He’s kinda looking like Buffalo Bill these days
I was dying in the movie theatre.
whenever I hear 'Goodbye Horses' I automatically think of Jay and say 'Ooh'.
Jason kudos to you for being so open about your struggle with drugs in your mental health you are an absolute inspiration to everyone keep up the awesome work!
On the day my son got out of rehab, Jay was doing a show in our town and I took him to see it. My son is 20 years old about to be 21andnI had never let him watch a Kevin Smith movie even though I own several. So his first experience of Jay was live. I told my son if I could get clean and I was a nobody, and Jay could get clean and he was a somebody than he(my son) could get clean too cause to me he's not just anybody he's everything. I appreciate both these guys, they're real people at the end of the day.
Mallrats 55% on rotten tomatoes is all you need to know about rotten tomatoes.
Sam Corcoran 16 years ago when I was working at a movie theatre I remember we would tell our guests “nah, don’t look at fandango, those guys are hell bent on trying to make every movie look bad, check Rotten Tomatoes.” And then I feel thats where the dynamic shifted back to fandango reviews are probably more honest now than RT.
That it's correct? 65% of the population doesn't like Kevin Smith movies.
You mean all we need to know about you.
The reason why its at 55% on rotten tomatoes is because those who are in charge of rotten tomatoes were infact born in '95-'99 and don't understand what it's like to hang out at a Mall and socialize with other people without them being glued to a iPad or busy finger banging their smart phones.
Does anyone here know how RT works? It's a review aggregate site. It means that 55% of critics gave Mallrats a positive review. Attack the critics for their poor taste, not RT for accurately displaying info.
such a great friendship between Kevin and Jason.Kevin truly had his friends back and stuck by him despite what producers thought.awesome story
I'm really glad Jay's life has come together like it has. I used to have the same addiction issues and have been clean a long time and am now an only parent.
Jesse Siepmann good for both of you, sincerely. keep on that path, for you, and especially your kid. 👍🏻
im addicted yo anime
Jay isn't looking so good. At first glance I was wondering if he was using again. I've been a fan since I saw Clerks in the mid 90s and I sincerely hope that he's still clean.
I hope he isn't. I think he is just aging finally.
@@acetate909 He's clean, but the drugs took an irreversible toll. You can tell he has dentures these days, and once your teeth get pulled, it actually changes the structure of your jaw and skull and the way the soft tissues of your face interact with the bone structure. Plus he's just old, nobody escapes that.
Jay is my favorite character in every Kevin Smith film he was in... dude has massive charisma.
One of the best duos in Hollywood, so happy to see them back at it.
never realized what a sad story jason's childhood was.. kevin has been a true friend and really had his back all these years.
congrats on getting sober Jay, not everyone gets out of that hole alive. Glad you're still with us and doin good bud.
This interview was like Kevin and Silent Jay.
Very honest and earnest interview though. I loved it.
It's hard for anyone else to get a word in with Kevin lol dude is a natural talker and story teller lol
I've seen them talk about how they really are opposites in real life and Jason is a really shy and quiet guy and Kevin is the loud one.
@@SBeckerDTD Like Stephen Colbert said the other night, the last time Kevin was on his show, Stephen asked him ONE question and Kevin talked for the WHOLE 12 minutes nonstop without ever actually answering it.
Kevin is the god of speech. It's what he does.
The only time I really see him NOT dominate a conversation is on his podcasts like Fatman On Batman/Fatman Beyond where he and Marc Bernardin genuinely share the spotlight, or Hollywood Babble-On where Ralph kinda takes the lead.
Marc is a fucking GENIUS, and is always saying profound and brilliant shit, so Kevin is kind of always waiting to be blown away by whatever Marc's about to say. Kevin shuts up because of how much he clearly respects Marc and just wants to hear what he has to say.
With Ralph it seems like it's because Ralph is a radio host and is bombastic and commanding of the airspace, and he's always doing impressions. And no matter how gifted at talking Kevin is, it's just easier to watch a force like Ralph do his thing and just go along for the ride.
You can say that Mewes is his muse.
The Gilman I hate you 😂
And he's very amewsing XD
Genius observation!
Nah, Selma Hayek was his muse
Kevin Smith said those exact words years ago.
The story of these two peoples friendship is enough to bring a tear to anyone's eye
I started to tear up when they talked about Stan. R.I.P.
Yeh man , Stan is our Moses , except he kept goin up that mountain and coming back down with the goods . . .
@@theholygoat8826 Your comment is criminally underrated
I love their relationship; so much history, love and support. Awesome
Gotta admit I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I often get bored of "interviews" etc and end up switching off. But this was just so great to hear Kevin and Jason's stories.
i wanna hear a podcast of jason mewes and steveO. would be hard to tell the difference almost
@Alex Dahl Wow! I reported them too and it actually work!!
@@chadd990 Comedy gold 😂
@@chadd990 My report is still pending! How will I ever sleep at night
That was wonderful!
I've been a fan of Kevin and Jason for over 25 years, and I will still be a fan until I die!
How dare they try to cast someone else as Jay!
I mean it worked out well for Seinfeld and Kramer. Michael Richards absolutely brought that character to another level. George also brought his own spin to Larry David since George is pretty much Larry.
It would have been that star wars christmas thing I keep hearing about, and not wanting to ever see.
@Robert Osborn Yeah, Jason was awesome. I was hearing his colloquial-isms, before I ever saw him at all. And when I did, I saw the raw power right off the bat. It is magnetic.
The money always thinks they know better.
That would've been a major loss on their part
The C.L.I.T. Commander is my favorite bit. Followed by all their scenes in Mallrats.
Mallrats - Flying Jay
Buffalo bill
Kevin Smith always makes me nostalgic. I was experiencing the same struggles as Jay during the same time. But I was also young, with good friends and having fun for a lot of that time and we watched and referenced these movies often.
"do people in Chicago think he's funny"...I'm Australian and a big fan of Jay/jason. Kevin is a good bloke to for getting him clean. Both have "million dollar heart's"
Rip Stan Lee.
I'm from Chicago I believe he's funny.
I love these two dudes so much. Their friendship is truly one of a kind. I'm so happy to see Jason is staying sober. .
It's kind of amazing that despite the bad addiction he had in the early 2000s, Jason hasn't aged all that much. Must take care of himself more these days. He looks a little more tired, but that's about it.
Don't we all? I look tired as fuck and have never done heroin
He’s def aged
It's still the early 2000s, dumbass. Will be until 2500.
@@xancypillosi9497 So have I.
When i was younger and strike back first came out people used to tell my friend marc and i that we were like them. I was loud, crass and always lookin to get stoned and flirting with girls. While he was quiet and reserved and ate like a machine lol and always just watched my bullshit unfold. So i eventually just called him lunchbox and it stuck all through highschool til he passed away. I wish he was around for the reboot. Nostalgia can be a mothabitch.
See it and smoke one for him bro
Rest in peace bro
My best friend just passed away unexpectedly, back in July. We loved quoting lines from these movies. I feel your pain bro.
@@mylions95 My sincerest condolences.
My heart goes out to you.
Can’t even describe how important Kevin and jay are for me, and as a young dude having seeing Stan lee in mallrats was amazing, jay and silent bob forever much love
"This guy is a genius and he's very orally fixated, so that's the kinda guy for me." - Kevin Smith about Jason Mewes
Said on "An Oral History", as well as Kevin wearing THAT shirt. Hah.
I love their origin story. It's very much a "how we met" romance that is beautiful to me. I love these guys and I cannot name a better duo.
I had that big massive smile the whole 24 min, now my face hurts like I just got beaten up! Love these guys! 💕🤣🤘🏼🥰🥰🤘🏼😂💕
Jay and slient bob are living legends
TENASCIOUS d WERE A BAD COPY
One of my fondest early memories is hanging out with my big brother at his friend’s apartment and they had Clerks going on in the background while playing D&D. I was fixated on the movie at like 12 years old.
Awesome video!!! I'm a huge fan of ViewAskew Universe since Clerks to their latest releases a few years ago. I wish they could've talked about the first music video they were featured, 'Can't Even Tell' by Soul Asylum. Maybe this appearance helped Jay & Silent Bob cheering when Mallrats came out.
"Plus, he had a car and drive us everywhere!" Jay just digging Kevin's grave!!! LOL When I was 13 or 14 years old it was cool hanging out with the Juniors as a Freshman in High School. The people I met during my freshman year in High School still, TO THIS DAY. I think about those experiences all the time. We all kind of grew apart, but they were amazing to my coming-of-age.
I grew up with these guys, have followed their journey since I was a kid. So happy to see where Jay has come. haha SNOOOCHIE BOOCHIES!
"I dont know stan lee"
"I do"
"Hollywood is great"
I need friends were that stuff happens
Zack Morris as Jay is one of the craziest casting what if's of all time
Anybody else as Jay is a horrible idea! Jay is the best thing about these movies!
"He was a heroin addict and drug addict for fifteen years" Jason proceeds to cringe but takes it. I give him alot of credit for that, I would have been super offended having someone disclose something so personal in an interview.
Maybe because who knows it was mainly common knowledge around fans, and knows hes not that person anymore. But yeah, still feels a little weird hearing it.
Maybe he wants people to know it was tough but he beat it and so can they.
He was clearly very nervous after that and moved a lot around in his chair, clinging to the arm rests and so on. I bet he has always been insecure and this was a big test for him. On the other hand Kevin is probably the only person that can do that to him and in the end Jason comes out a little bit tougher and more secure. Jason, you stole out hearts with what you are, don't be afraid.
It's no secret
Yeah even though their friends it's kinda weird of Kevin just airing his dirty laundry out like that in public. I didn't know all of this. Not cool IMO
My first KS movie was Mall Rats - late at night, I switched through the channels and got stuck at that movie. Became one of my alltime favorites and made me a big fan of Kevin...
Thanks for that :)
I honestly think kevin saved jay. Love them both so much though. Huge part of my teenage years.
My dear friend Dave T (RIP) was Jason Mewes, but 10 years prior.
I love Jay & Silent Bob movies because of the incredible similarities. Reminds me of my old friend.
The ending scene with Stan Lee in the new Jay and Silent Bob Reboot had me BAWLING. And then I cried again the next day just thinking aboot it.
"At the end of the day, people won't remember what you said or did, they'll remember how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou
Many thanks Jason and Kevin. Especially you Jay! You made us feel wonder-full!
that 25 mins went by so quick - well done allround kev and jay :)
Right? I can easily listen to these guys talk all day long. I checked the time on the video thinking I was only halfway through and was completely surprised and bummed the video was almost over. Lol
What a beautiful friendship and it shines through in every movie they do together. I was, am and always will be a Smith and Mewes fan. Respect.
Jays intro in clerks is still one of the best!
I knew since day 1 that these two would be friends for life... I'm so happy to hear how Kevin was there for him throughout it all and its great to hear how Jason wanted to get clean himself... that's the hardest step, admitting ur problem... that being said I have loved and laughed at every movie these two have done together or separate...
"It doesn't matter which faith you have, just that you have faith."
Saw bits and pieces of this as a teen, and finally saw clerks from beginning to end the other day, One of the the best, if not the BEST comedy I've ever seen.
True meaning of better late than never.
“Wouldn’t be in charge of a dozen eggs”. Best line
I just love that we (I) have gotten to watch the friendship of these two grow on film!!
jay always reminded me of my late buddy, eddie carpenter. i grew up in new jersey too as did eddie. i guess its a jersey thing. im glad your still around bro.
I’m in NY. Know same characters
These guys were everything to me back in the day! I'm so happy to see them both doing so well.
His heterosexual life mate..... serious you only find one true friend in your life... believe it or not.. It took 46 years to find my best friend... now we are in the vintage toy business together... kinda like American pickers but we hunt toys and comics....
You can tell they both really love what they do, and that's why the final product is an absolute masterpiece.
I have loved Kevin's movies and these characters since Clerks. Loved this
This is one of the greatest interviews ever.
Love this. Always been a huge Kevin Smith fan... (saw the cartoon series) but there's always been something really truly awesome about the "Jay" character and "Silent Bob" character relationship that you wished you had a friend like that in your life. I'm purposefully separating who Jason Mewes has portrayed because he might not have really started out acting but he ended up acting "Jay" in the subsequent years plus I think sometimes the general public forgets that a person is not the same person they are at 35 that they were at 19 or 24 or 30. I'm really glad that that awesomeness that was Jason Mewes being himself at first changed & grew & survived. It's just impossible for so many people to overcome the addiction but he has himself in a good place. And for all that I am not a comic book collector, I loved them as a kid... a girl kid. But this was before graphic novels were any kind of thing... so I was a book girl. But even the library chick can get addicted to her own prescription painkillers for Fibromyalgia and Crohn's disease. Now, I'm dying from a rare autoimmune disease called Primary Scerlosing Cholangitis which is giving me cirrhosis. I overcame the painkiller issue using CBD oil and using Suboxone when they were getting me off the opioids. I know that eventually I won't have a choice about them when the cirrhosis and pain gets bad enough but until then... you gotta realize that EVERYONE'S dying, but not everyone is actually living. So you live the best life you can... even though you are always paying for maintenance medication for the immunosuppressive therapy, the anticonvulsant nerve drug & the extremely mild muscle relaxer from the almost constant myalgia issues oh & the yearly colonoscopy, ultrasound, and MRCP (type of MRI with injected dye), also required gynecologist & dermatologist visits (the Crohn's meds has a high level of causing cancer in those areas especially besides the kidney), and the required full blood work up 4 times a year- and that's just the maintenance, that's when absolutely nothing is wrong. Excessive stress like RIGHT NOW with the whole horrible COVID-19 actually causes autoimmune diseases to flare up but unless I have a death wish. Just live 100%. Today's my actual 39th birthday & my 16th wedding anniversary. Last year I was too depressed to go out. This year I wanted to hit another escape room then my favorite veal parmigiana with maybe some Italian Limoncello Cream Torte from Cheesecake Factory or some awesome Wally's Bakery Vanilla Buttercream petite fours (been around for over 50 years by a German baker who studied in Vienna and is a top pastry chef who taught his wife and son how to make the best petit fours and run balls & learned how to make a mocha cake for our Filipino dad... miss Mr. Wally, god bless his soul)... but I realized that sadly this year was going to be a bad burfday.Go Mewes and go Smith. I envy your friendship deeply.
14:02 lmao Kevin's face is just trying not to lose it on Jason 😂😂😂lmao "that i cried?" Just all suddenly
Cant wait to see Jay and silet bob reboot
1:46 Mewes with the "Nang!" LOOOL The way he does it is almost subconscious. There's a big word for you, Jason.
I never get tired of seeing a video about how people love each othrt
Jay and Silent Bob will forever be legends of an era.
Kevin , what a proper bloke , pure faith in his pal and his own judgment . Two Fonzies and a Samuel L . . .
Fantastic interview. The Goodbye Horses scene from Clerks 2 is f-ing hilarious- definitely up there with the best scenes with Jay and Bob.
Perfect outgoing music. Nice touch.
Kevin is a genius. And Jayson is one of the funniest men alive. And they both have hearts of gold. Thanks for everything you do ❤️
Kevin talking about Stan in 'Captain Marvel' and having the script for 'Mallrats', almost makes me want to see 'CM' now... almost. RIP Stan "The Man" Lee. 😢
Give it a try. It is one of the most fun Marvel movies in a long time.
Seriously, if you're avoiding it because of all the garbage that's been flung around, you're doing yourself a disservice. Don't form an opinion based on other people's opinions. Decide for yourself.
@@TitoTimTravels i mean its not bad but in my opinion its certainly not the most fun I've had watching a marvel movie that title goes to either of the guardians or ragnorak
Well that made me cry.
Straight up rad humans who constantly learnt as they grew.
My favorite Jay seen of all time is at the end of Dogma. Why are you hugging my head, who the f are you and WTF happened to that guy's head? Still has me holding my sides when I see it. Besides being oblivious to what is going on he still questions without care of language and who he is talking to.
This is such a wholesome interview.
This really warms my heart. Beautiful.
James Van Der Berg and Jason Biggins as Jay and Bob is a great counter burn on the studio for trying to replace the heart of the franchise!
One of the cutest friendships on this a here planet earth 👆
Its so brave for Jason to let Kevin share his journey to soberiety
Jason Mewes is so brilliant as Jay.
iTS hard having famous friends or successful ones,,, it does eat you,,,,
@@kevcatnip7589 get back on your meds
My favorite moments is the death star dialog in clarks, and Silence Of The Lambs parody.
Seth green got his hands on everything goddamn
@Zappa Man too far
@Zappa Man You're not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Zappa Man THANK YOU.
Seth green would of been the worst jay
@@xancypillosi9497 Only Jason Mewes is Jay.
I’m incredibly proud of these two. I can’t wait to see the double feature on Thursday with my BF!!
Kevin should have never stopped making View Askew/J&SB flicks.
erm he hasnt
what do you think reboot is ?
Keep on that straight n narrow Jay ! We rooting for ya!My cousin lost his life from heroin addiction, I wish he was still around.
Jay is quite literally Kevin's "muse."
This has to be one of the best interviews ive ever seen. God I'm bingeing the lot
I have insanely high hopes for this film because I saw Strike Back during my Freshman year of college. I was in a podunk town with few friends in school and feeling socially outcast from the frat/sority party scene of a party school in nowhere Texas. I went to the theatre with two friends and for an hour and a half LAUGHED straight. I always said, it's not the FUNNIEST movie, but I never stopped laughing from credits to credits. Not every joke lands, but Mewes is so entertaining that he can make anything funny.
I just wish they were doing a traditional release rather than just the 2 day thing and a tour. Granted, it would be awesome to actually watch the movie with these 2 but I'm willing to bet the tickets would be super expensive.
What joke didn’t land in that movie?
24:45 The biggest compliment my mother ever paid me was when I was in a play called "Veronica's Room." Toward the end of the play, something violent and terrifying happens to my character.
I greeted my mom after she saw it that night, and she said, "I was so invested and worried about the character that I forgot you were my daughter."
That's what Kevin says here about Jay and Harley. I love that.