• Well, it seems that Comedy Central did NOT have a newly edited version of Jay & Bob put together, at least, not in the way we’d hoped.
  Scenes were excised from the film and dialogue muted, for the most part — The alternate takes that were filmed have yet to see the light of day. Perhaps
  if the film ever makes it to even MORE mainstream networks, we’ll get to see some of that other stuff. You never know. But hey, we always enjoy catching
  a glimpse of ourselves on network TV. It’s that narcicism. Jay & Bob airs in butchered form throughout the month on Comedy Central.
• Chicagoland View Askew fans take note: On Sunday, July 25th at 10pm, the Marcus Cinemas at 16350 South LaGrange Road in Orland Park,
  Illinois will be screening “Clerks.” Tickets are only $5.00! Visit their website for more info. Don’t miss out on your
  chance to catch this true classic on the big screen as it celebrates its 10th anniversary.
• This site’s been around for a while, but for those of you still bumming over the loss of the Clerks TV pilot on the Clerks X discs, you
  CAN read more about the ill-fated show HERE. It breaks down the entire episode along with pictures,
  mini-bios of the cast, and then some. Better than nada!
• There’s a small Kevin Smith reference in Chuck Palahniuk’s (author of Fight Club) new book, Stranger Than Fiction. A chapter in which
  Palahniuk praises another author, Amy Hempel, is entitled “Not Chasing Amy”. His stuff’s very fascinating, and definitely worth checking into if you can
  drag yourself away from the tube for a little while.
• Chasing Amy gets brought up in this Salon.com article regarding a book
  on film critic Pauline Kael.
• One of the best reality series of all time makes its Season 2 DVD debut next week – Yep, that’s right, it’s Project Greenlight 2! This
  show is one of the few that we’re actually riveted by whenever it airs, so if you missed its HBO run, do NOT miss this set. Here’s the details:

Greenlight 3 is in process now and should air on Bravo, though no airdates have been set up yet.

• The new interview with Matt Damon is now hitting newsstands in the latest Playboy issue. Subscribers should start receiving their copies
  next week. We’ll get a transcription of anything Askew-related up for ya here.

• DVD Supersite The Digital Bits ran a report over the long holiday
  weekend which detailed the extras included on the Clerks X DVD, due on September the 7th. They very kindly note that Kevin and View Askew
  always put a ton of work into their DVDs, so it’s nice to see that the community at large agrees that it doesn’t get much better than our
  special editions.

So, as for extras, there’s not much new here, aside from the fact that the documentary now has a clever title we hadn’t seen before: “Snowball
Effect” (as well as the fact that it runs a full 150 minutes, WOW). Now, the potential BIG news here was that the Clerks TV pilot was again
thrown onto the list. Well, we immediately did some fact checking, and we’re sorry to report that word has come down from above that the
press release is INCORRECT in that regard, and the Clerks TV pilot will NOT be in the set. Sorry, folks. We wanted to see it, too.

However, take a look at what the Bits had to say, we think it’ll have you drooling and marking your calendar days with glee as the 7th
of September draws closer:

We’re going to try and get our hands on both of these releases as soon as possible, and hope to give you some exclusive looks at all of the
amazing content coming your way in just a couple of short months. Stay tuned, more news later.