At 8:11pm, to rapturous applause, Kevin strolled out in his full regalia: “Hack” jersey #37, jean shorts, van slip-on shoes, and the actual Silent Bob jacket. Wow. It was a bit surreal, as he looked exactly like he always does, and somehow it didn’t seem real – here he was, buddy to Ben Affleck, director of “Clerks”, a man with a direct line to Harvey Weinstein – standing 6 feet in front of us! Unbelievable.

No surprise, but Kevin owned the crowd from the minute he walked on stage. Granted, anyone paying $60 (Canadian funds, or “coloured money” as Kevin called it) to hear a director talk, they’re going to be fans, but I was truly impressed by how smooth the dude was. Granted, the evening was much more “A” as opposed to “Q & A” (as Kevin himself admitted), but he could talk and talk and talk and regale and entertain the entire time. He would take jokes and wise-cracks he made at 8:20pm and throw ‘em back out at 11:20pm. Always quick with the quips, self-deprecating to many faults, and drop-down funny, he was a hoot to watch and had the audience in stitches all night.