• Jay & Silent Bob’s Secret Stash and View Askew Productions present the invitation-only event of the year! You’ve heard the tales of our last “Stash Bash” and you wished you could have been lucky enough to attend! Well get out your writing pencils and pack your bags because it’s time for STASH BASH 2: WELCOME BACK JAY!!

This is a party that has been 4 years in the making. In honor of Jay’s release from rehab and his newfound clean way of life, we’ve decided to throw a party the only way we know how. Alcohol and drug-free! Celebrate with us as we open the doors to the Stash to invited guests only on Sunday, September 28, 2003. Mingle with the people behind the View Askew-niverse and set your eyes on exclusive footage from Kevin Smith’s next film, “Jersey Girl.” An entire day of fun is guaranteed for all!

Admission to this event will be FREE. However there is a catch! All potential invitees must write a 50 word essay on why they feel they should be able to attend! Yes – we’re making you work this time!

All entries MUST be 50-words or less. When you’ve finished your literary masterpiece, you can submit it in one of two ways:

E-mail that essay (in plain text) to stashbash@viewaskew.com. Please be sure to include your name, address, phone number and e-mail address.

Snail mail it to:

Stash Bash 2
View Askew Productions
PO Box 400
Red Bank, NJ 07701

DEADLINE for entries is 12:01am Eastern Standard Time September 12th!! ALL entries MUST BE RECEIVED by then.

Invitees will be notified by September 17th via e-mail.

Again please be sure to include your name, address, phone number and e-mail address.

Visit the Official Stash Bash 2 Website and keep checking here at News Askew for all the latest on this event. We look forward to meeting each and every one of the lucky attendees on the 28th. Good luck, and we’ll see some of you there.

• Last Tuesday, we announced that Mallrats will screen in Los Angeles at the NuArt, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd (at the 405 Fwy), in West L.A. (310-478-6379) this coming Friday, September 5th, at MIDNIGHT. Kevin hasn’t seen the flick in a while, so he’s decided to attend the event, hopefully have the chance to do an intro and even a Q&A session afterwards for you night owls. So, if you’re in the area, call the NuArt, and see if you can get yourself some advanced tickets, because this event is now sure to sell out FAST! Tickets are a mere $9.25 per person and on sale now at the box office. The theater only seats 450, and we expect this will now sell out very, very quickly. Some folks are even getting together for a pre-party before the event. Don’t miss a rare chance to catch Kev doing the Q&A thing live after a View Askew classic. And a word to the wise: Take a nap before you show up for the event.

Check back with us tomorrow for an announcement and some exciting details regarding an event here on the east coast.

• Clerks: The Animated Series is back in rotation on Comedy Central. Check your local listings for dates and times to catch these classic episodes.
• Kevin’s Elijah/Sean Lord of the Rings comicon photo gets Farked this weekend, with some interesting takes (the Weekend at Bernie’s shot being a personal fave).
• Possible good news for UK fans: The BBFC website indicates that the British censors have begun classifying the extra features of the Mallrats special edition DVD, indicating that it will finally be released on DVD in the UK very soon.
• Australian magazine ‘Who Weekly’ announced in their entertainment section that Columbia Tristar have cancelled the planned October 23rd Australian Cinema release of Gigli. Instead, the film will go direct to video in early 2004 under the alternate title “Tough Love”.
• In a competition at blackstar.co.uk, one question for the £100 trivia quiz prize is about Kevin’s creation of Jay and Silent Bob. You must be a site member (and we assume, a UK resident) to win the cash.
• Kevin gets a mention amongst very good company in this Guardian UK article comparing Orson Welles to today’s directors.
• A video interview with Kevin discussing J&SBSB is up at Channel4’s site.
• Clothing giant American Eagle’s new marketing campaign is “Reissues”, ranging from the ’60s to the 90’s. In their Style section, they give the details about what inspired each of their reissues, and under ’90s, the #1 inspiration is “Clerks “Inaction Figures” reissue — Kevin Smith’s Clerks”. Under the Entertainment section below that, it includes this mention: “Bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam skyrocketed out of obscurity and into the mainstream while auteurs like Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino secured their places in cinema history with gritty classics like Clerks and Reservoir Dogs.” See for yourself right HERE.