- New York traffic’s always a problem, and it sounds like the gang was just running a little too late this morning to make the scheduked Stern Show appearance — And those of you who’ve listened in the past know how Howard gets when guests run late! He and Kevin are both fans of each other, though, and always get along great, so we’re sure that a reschedule will be worked out, but perhaps not until the next big event (when Dogma comes out, for example). Howard was even kind enough to give Kevin a plug for his stuff which usually doesn’t happen when a guest misses the slot, so we’re sure everything is just fine. Marksman summarized the entire appearance very well, for those of who wondering what DID happen, so we’ll let him take it away:
7/20/99 – Howard has Joey Ramone on early in the show, mentioning every once in a while that Kevin Smith will be appearing later on. He was scheduled for 8:30AM, and by 9:00 Howard was already complaining about how people don’t respect his show. Some of his comments were that “Nobody is ever late for Letterman’s show”, and that “People have no respect for me”.
At about 9:20, Howard mentioned Kevin’s lateness again and half jokingly said “If you’re listening Kevin, just turn around and go home. I just wanna do the news and get outta here.” They cut to a commercial where there must’ve been conversations going on about canceling and rescheduling the appearance.
By 9:30, Gary was reporting that they were just passing 40th St. and it seemed like the decision had already been made to cancel. Howard did mention that they’d reschedule Kevin’s appearance for a later date and that there were no hard feelings. In his last round of grumbling about it, Robin added “What if actors didn’t show up on the set for one of his films?”, and Howard replied “He’d say ‘Hey, that’s cool man, it’s independent film.'”
Just before 10:00, Howard mentioned the Virgin Megastore appearance, but he got it all wrong, announcing that Kevin would be signing the Clerks DVD tomorrow the 21st He then joked about how old Clerks was and that Kevin should make a new movie instead of pitching old stuff. There was never any mention at all of Dogma or even an upcoming film. Howard genuinely knew nothing of it.
My Opinion – Anyone who’s a Stern fan knows that Howard gets annoyed when guests are late. He takes it as an insult to his own status as a celebrity host. When Alanis Morrisette promised an appearance when her new album came out, then ditched Howard’s show for unknown reasons, he was totally unforgiving and even went on the offensive. This could happen with Kevin, but it’s very unlikely. Howard, Kevin, and Jay all enjoyed the last appearance, and they both have a common enemy (of sorts) in Chevy Chase. Howard mentioned more than once that he digs Kevin and his films, but he takes offense when guests are late.
I think that if Howard knew of Kevin’s new film and of his troubles with the Catholic League and the AFA, he’d be very interested in lending his support to the cause. Is it possible that Kevin only wanted to plug DVD’s and chit-chat about his comic and cartoon projects?
So there ya have it, folks. Sounds like they worked everything out, and that a future appearance will definitely happen. We missed hearing the guy, too, but are sure it’ll all be worth it for the next time! By the way, we DO assume the main reason to go in was the plug the appearance, but as all of you who read this site know, Kevin has a TON of projects going on, so we’re sure he would have casually dropped in some of that other stuff (as well as told the Chevy story, since we KNOW how both Howard and Kev feel about the guy). And we’re sure Kevin and Howard will talk about the League when Dogma sees release; it’ll make for some great radio.
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