For those of you who just CAN’T WAIT to see the Clerks cartoon series next Wednesday, we’ve included a description of the general happenings in the show. We highly recommend you wait until the show airs to read any of this stuff, but if you’re curious about the show’s events, swoop the empty area below to read it. This description DOES contain spoilers regarding the plot of the show, though it doesn’t give away each and every joke or scene. We found this episode, #4, which WILL be the first one to air we’re afraid, to be the funniest of all 6. Here’s our summary. Read at your own risk:
The jury includes a bunch of black NBA all-stars (we’re then transported to a telecast of the all star game, where they’ve replaced the missing all stars with WNBA players, who then cry once they take the court). Then, in a confusing moment, Dante & Randal visit a character we’ve never seen before for advice on winning over the jury. It’s very out of place for the episode and we later see why: This character was actually added to the show in episode #3 to add cultural diversity to an otherwise all white cast. This gag would have been much funnier if we’d known why the character was used for apparently no reason. The first casualty of a great gag lost due to the airing order of the episodes.
Randal attempts to use some awfully stereotypical slang to way the jury. When this fails, he begins to call witnesses. Taking advantage of his opportunity to call any witness to the stand that he likes, proceeds to call George Lucas to quiz him regarding inconsistencies between Star Wars and The Phantom Menace. He demands his ticket price back, and gets it. Next, it’s Spielberg for “Hook”. Randal continues marching on through famous directors until he’s got a nice wad of cash. His final surprise witness is Silent Bob, whom he calls just to try and ascertain WHY he’s called “Silent Bob”. Bob’s non-responsedoesn’t seem to answer the question, and Randal rests the case.
When verdict time rolls around, we’re treated to a few fantastic dream sequences/false endings, and then one of the funniest moments we’ve EVER seen in a cartoon: When the actual final verdict is about to be read, a disclaimer fills the screen stating that the rest of the show needed to be finished by Korean animators to meet deadlines. The cartoon then turns into an all-out overseas mish-mosh of Japanimation style stuff, Speed Racer, Pokemon, you name it. Characters fight, fly, and zip all around the screen. A large monster whips a room of overworked Korean animators in a sweat-shop like environment. It all happens so fast. There’s no way we could EVER describe this sequence and do it justice. It must be seen to be believed.One of the funniest, most creative endings ever for an animated program, for sure.
EPISODE SCORE (OUT OF A POSSIBLE 5):
VIEWED FIRST: ****
VIEWED IN PROPER SEQUQNCE: *****
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