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  • The newly-released region 2 Clerks X DVD is kicking butt in the UK. It’s clocking in at Number 5 on the HMV DVD charts. Number 8 in the Virgin Megastore DVD charts. For a 10 year old film that’s already been released for years, that’s not bad. Not bad at all. The release is getting really good displays in HMV and Virgin on Oxford Street, London. You can see them very clearly from the other side of the street.
  • For the first time in history, Clerks will air UNCUT on basic cable. The familiarly-named “Secret Stash” is a program on Comedy Central that airs the uncut verison of films. On August 6th, Clerks is showing for the first time.
Clerks

Saturday, August 6 – 1a / 12c

Starring Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes. Kevin Smith’s groundbreaking first film, airing completely uncut and unedited, follows a day in the life of two convenience store clerks who hate their customers, their jobs, and just about everything else. Remember, just because they serve you, doesn’t mean they like you.

On that same Saturday, the edited version of Dogma is airing twice at 10:30 am and 6:30 pm EST.

  • Jon Favreau had some kind words regarding Kev’s recent “Dinner For Five” guest hosting gig in an AICN interview:
QUINT: Man, you start getting all the noms right when you bring in guest hosts and disappear for a couple of episodes…

JON FAVREAU: Well, I was busy with this, but guest hosting was also… Well, a guy like Kevin Smith, that was such an easy one. He’s such a personality and he’d been on the show a couple of times. He’s such an uncensored guy anyway that that’s what you want for the show. And he brought great guests. Jason Lee is somebody we’ve always wanted to have and to bring on Stan Lee and Mark Hamill. I woulda never thought to bring them on. He picked the whole thing.

“When John told me about his crazy idea, I thought, ‘Great, I’ll give you money,’ ” said Mr. Smith, who said he was indebted to Mr. Pierson for selling his first feature, “Clerks,” to Miramax. “But I told him, ‘Don’t expect to see me there with all those bugs and dirt roads.’ “

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  • An Ohio.com piece reveals Jason Lee’s reluctance to take on a TV role, and also hints that Kevin may come on board to direct an episode of “My Name Is Earl”. Some snips:
“The reason I didn’t want to do TV was that I didn’t want to be known for being `that guy on a TV show,’ and nobody knows my real name,” Lee said. “I remember working on Kissing a Fool with David Schwimmer in ‘97. Whenever we were out in public, people would call him Ross, you know? And I could see it was really hard for him to deal with that.”

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And what about his directing buddy Smith? “He’s a big fan of (the show),” Lee said. “He’s already said, `I want to direct an episode.’ And of course, sure. We’d love to have that happen.”

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  • Finally this evening, Contact Music has again taken a quote from Kevin’s press and made a small piece of it. The fun part isn’t so much the quote, but his supposed nationality that had us chuckling. So here ya have it:
Canadian film-maker KEVIN SMITH is preparing for the backlash to his long-anticipated CLERKS sequel – even though he’s still working on the script.

The CHASING AMY director is adamant that THE PASSION OF THE CLERKS will leave audiences either sickened or in fits of laughter when it finally hits cinemas.

He says, “I’m writing it now. It’s about what happens when that lazy, twenty-something malaise lasts into your thirties. There are gonna be lots of folks expressing disappointment or downright hostility with the idea of this movie. Let ‘em vent.”

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