• The People for the American Way Foundation’s Spirit of Liberty Awards in took place in Beverly Hills on Monday night, and Billboard.com ran an article on the event, featuring this quote from Kevin:

A News Askew reader was at the event in person, and sent in this summary for us:

Again, congratulations to Kevin on this very prestigious award. Well done!

• This report comes in from a daytime TV viewer:

The Lansing State Journal’s review of the film also has the best things to say about Lee’s performance. Open Your Eyes was good, so Vanilla Sky is definitely worth your time this weekend (before the incredibly cool Lord of the Rings hits next week).

• Reelbuff.com is currently running a survey where you can choose your favorite Kevin Smith film.
• Every year, KROQ Radio in Los Angeles puts out an annual X-mas album and this year, track 13 is called “Silent Bob’s Christmas Memory.” Of course, he says nothing, but DJs Kevin & Bean thank Smith and Smith wishes them a merry Christmas. You can listen to the track HERE. If you’re in the LA area, you can pick up the whole CD for just 5 bucks.
• And finally today, will Mewes be vising the Creek sometime soon? This answer comes from a question posed at the official Dawson’s Creek website:

• Here ya go, folks! With much thanks to Will for his encoding expertise, we’re proud to present last night’s edition of Roadside Attractions with Kevin Smith from The Tonight Show! In this first edition, Kevin visits some famous sites in the New York area. He also does a brief walk out appearance with Jay Leno himself to introduce and wrap up the short. Pick your flavor below, keep in mind the 128k versions are of course better quality but will take a bit longer to download:

We’ll keep you posted on when the next edition will air. From the sound of things, it won’t be long, as Leno usually likes to air his new feature segments fairly close to one another.

• Magazines like Video Business and Billboard are running a nice pullout ad for Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back’s video release, complete with a JSBSB Door Hanger (like those “do not disturb” things they have at hotels). Kevin as Silent Bob on one side with a SSSSHHHHH! and Jay on the other with his fist Empire logo thing going. They’re pretty cool, and apparently will be distributed en masse across college campuses nationwide very soon. Look for them. Given the fact they’re being marketed towards colleges, though, it’s a shame they didn’t put some funnier dialogue on them, making Jay’s the loud side and Bob’s the quiet side. Still, a cool item to look for. Screener copies and posters for the film are now hitting video stores as well, so everything is on the track for both the VHS and DVD release on February 26, 2002. We’re still looking for a preview copy of the DVD to review for the website, so if anyone out there in the biz can provide one, please let us know!

• Again, we normally don’t run ebay auctions unless there’s some cool rare items there, and these are two you might want to check out – Some rare Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back UK promotional posters. Check each of them out HERE and HERE.
• This site features an article on Ben Affleck as being a great choice for Daredevil. The author has posted pictures of Ben in various action poses along side of Daredevil, showing the similarities.
• Here’s an update from Diamond Previews on the Mallrats DVD release in the UK:

• Sadly, or maybe this is an honor, the Clerks cartoon has now made the “Museum of E-Failure”, a collection of snapshots of websites that aren’t updated or for no-longer existing shows, products, etc. Check that out HERE.
• Howard Kaylan of classic group “The Turtles” plugs all five of Kevin’s films in the latest edition of Eddie’s Media Corner (#10) on the official Turtles website. There’s also a mention in the previous edition (#9), where he says “Smith is a genius, and I do believe that if I could ever just sit down for an hour or two with Jay and Silent Bob, we could solve all the problems of the universe.”
• And finally today, the film “Wild Bill and Gore Strike Back” featuring our ex-pres and vice pres, appearing the theMadblast website, features some Jay & Bob references after the first minute or so. You’ll need Flash installed to check it out. Catch ya later…

• Kevin just stopped by the WWWBoard to let everyone know he’ll be on the Tonight Show on Tuesday (12/11) instead of Wednesday (12/12). Here’s the whole scoop:

• Hey folks, we’ve received the final DVD jacket and artwork from Kevin for the Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back special edition DVD, due this February! Yep, it looks like this one got done at a lightning pace, but that doesn’t mean it’s lacking in features at ALL. The disc is LOADED, with a new commentary track, tons of deleted material (as always), the Comedy Central special on the flick, newly recorded introductions, and TONS more. Check out the synopsis, price information, and the FULL feature list below:

Title: Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back

Synopsis: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a tale of adventure on the open road. The punchy Jay and his hetero life-mate, Silent Bob find new purpose when informed a movie is being made based on their likeness. They set out to get the “fat movie cash” they deserve and along the way, they learn the rules of the road, ride with a group of gorgeous jewel thieves and incur the wrath of a hapless wildlife marshal.

Studio: Dimension
MPAA Rating R
DVD SRP 29.99
DVD MAP 19.95

DVD Special Features

Feature Commentary Track w/ Director Kevin Smith, Producer Scott Mosier and Jason Mewes
Deleted Scenes with Intros by Kevin Smith and Guests
The Secret Stash w/intros
Gag Reel w/Intro
Internet Trailers w/Intro
TV Spots
Still Galleries
Storyboard
Behind The Scenes Featurette
Morris Day and The Time – Learnin’ the Moves
Music Video – Afroman “Because I Got High” and Stroke 9 “Kick Some Ass”
Comedy Central’s Reel Comedy: Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
Cast and Crew Filmographies (Still frames)
Guide to Morris Day and The Time (Still frames)
French Language Track
Spanish Subtitles
DVD-ROM MATERIALS

Open-Mic Commentary
Screenplay Viewer
Cast and Crew Filmographies
Guide to Morris Day and The Time
Weblinks

SPECIFIATIONS

Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound – Special DVD Mix
Widescreen (2.35:1) – Enhanced for 16:9 Televisions

Thanks also to Robyn Nelson, the webmaster of Fresno’s DVD Connection, who contributed to this story.

• Hey folks, how goes the holiday shopping? Thanks for taking the time to stop by the site during this busy time of the year. We were sorry to have to announce the Villanova cancellation yesterday (I was extra sorry, as I didn’t find out until I got to the gate at Villanova!), however, we’re sure it was for good reason and that Kevin will get back there just as soon as he can. There’s a lot of good news today, though, including Tonight Show information and more that’s gonna have you quite excited, and we’ll even have a full spec list and more on the February release of Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back on VHS and DVD. Cool stuff! For today, just Kev’s recent post and a couple of quick newsbites. Let’s go…

• Kevin checked in (this was pre-Villanova cancellation, mere hours before, by the way) with some news on his upcoming TV appearances (great stuff there) and the announcement on his continuing gig with the Tonight Show, not to mention some reassuring words on the Green Arrow delay. Here’s the man himself:

• Film Threat’s Chris Gore has dubbed the TV version of MallRats the worst TV edit of an R-rated movie ever! Check that out HERE. Gore seems to really hate Mallrats though, and we here (and certainly you) dig it…The TV version is a lot of fun, for the dialogue substitutions alone (as Gore says) but you ALSO get to see some of the deleted scenes actually put BACK into the flick! Worth a viewing sometime, for sure.
• And finally today, here’s a short article discussing the details and features on the upcoming UK DVD release of Chasing Amy.