• Kevin ran a MARATHON Q&A session Thursday night in Indianapolis that lasted in the early hours of Friday morning, around 2:45 AM to be exact. Fans lined up with endless questions spanning the six and a half hour event, which featured some classic stories and some yet untold tales, which you’ll just have to go and see Kevin LIVE to hear about yourself. His words on the event:

A few pics above from various sources, as well. Enjoy. As always, we urge you, don’t miss Kevin when he comes to your town. The hours he puts in are among the best value out there for your entertainment dollar.

• A clip from “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” was shown during a 20/20 report on Friday night. The episode was about manners in America today. During one spot about a child who grew up swearing constantly, they used the scene where Ever Carradine as Jay’s mom swears at young Jay and Bob outside the Quik Stop. A fun little shout-out on a very major network program!
• The IMDB’s “Truly Trivial” ran a question we wonder if you know the answer to yesterday:

Click here if you don’t know!

• We all know that the voice of Jason Mewes is featured in “My Big Fat Independent Movie”. However, there’s more goodies on the DVD — First up, an easter egg featuring video of Mewes doing the voice work. To access it, go to the EXTRAS menu then move right until you’ve highlighted one of Sam’s guns.

Also, in the audio commentary, writer Chris Gore talks about the fact that even though they had a script, Mewes was better when he could just deliver lines off the top of his head. He also said his one regret was that, other than Mewes, the movie does not make reference to a Kevin Smith film.

• An article at news website “The Slate” on Jason Lee has a full paragraph on Kevin’s involvement in his career:

Read the full article over at Slate. It’s a short, but niece piece on Lee history.

• IGN alludes to Kevin’s famous cash-raising efforts to make Clerks in their article titled “Make Your Own Movie…Cheap”. They title option number five the “Kevin Smith Plan”, putting all your purchases towards your film on credit cards.
• And finally today, here’s another possible Red Bank attraction in the works that you might be able to try at Vulgarthon: A charter boat. On February 13th, the Red Bank Mayor and council will vote on the approval of a boat titled “MV Patriot” to dock at the Marine Park and offer water-based tours of the area. Currently there is no way for families and small groups to enjoy the river, see the sights, the wildlife, foliage and view the magnificent sunsets as seen from the water. Supporters are urged to show their support by attending the meeting of the 13th and contacting their local representatives and letting them know of their support for the project.
• That does it for us…Enjoy the big game today!

• Kevin’s put a preliminary date out there for the next Vulgathon – East Coast style, baby! That date is May 31st. We love east coast events because we can drive there…Plus, there’s just something about that charm of being in the Motherland, the heart of it really – Red Bank, New Jersey. With the original Stash, Jack’s, and other landmarks such as Quick Stop just moments away. And then there’s all those kickin’ hotel room parties. We’re stoked. While the date’s not yet solid, it certainly seems like this event WILL happen, and feature the amazing extended Jersey Girl cut, some encores of rarely seen flicks, and perhaps a big surprise or two.

Keep it here at News Askew for all the latest developments on this exciting news. And for now — Save that May 31st date. You just might need it.

• Kevin took some time to answer comments over at this Sundance Q&A article posted at the Entertainment Weekly website. Not too much new for those of you who regularly read here and “The Board”, but if you’d like to follow along, check it out. The Q&A is about Sundance, but the talkback area covers mostly Clerks 2.
• The great Brian O’Halloran will be hosting the Program Board @ Miami University (Ohio)’s Student Film Festival Red Brick Showcase” and doing Q&A on February 22nd! For more details, visit their website. Bri’s a blast to see in person, and one of the nicest guys in the biz we’ve ever had the pleasure to meet. Be sure and make the event if you’re in the area.

• Here’s a fresh photo of Kevin on the snowy grounds of the Sundance Film Festival a couple weeks back. Check out the “winter” footwear! Thanks to Cinematical.

• One of the most magical moments in being a fan is seeing Kevin do the live Q&A thing. Since way back when he was screening Chasing Amy and starting on the college circuit, there’s always been some magical way Kevin can take control of a room and captivate an audience. When you have a chance to see Kevin in person, don’t miss it.

“Stunt Bump”

• Watch Jason Mewes discuss the mythical “stunt bump” with a couple unsuspecting crew members (the illustrious Scott Mosier included) in the latest in our ongoing “Train Wreck” series over at Clerks2.com. Zak and Joey yet again throw in some hilarious edits and sound cues that are nothing short of hilarious. Mewes is yet again in top form as well. Continually some of the best free entertainment out there on the web. The footage shot seems to be never-ending at this point, we’re told, so expect lots more to come. Thanks, guys.

• Auctions Askew makes an encore appearance, with the biggest stuff EVER SEEN in one of these events. We want to stress a couple things, right up front. First off, this is likely to be the last auction we’re doing for quite some time, so if you’ve been saving up, now’s a great time to blow your wad ‘o cash. Also, this stuff is HEAVY. We’ll ship it to you if we have to, but we HIGHLY RECOMMEND you pick it up from us locally, if possible. Easiest on the shipping costs, as well as safer for your winning purchase.

That being said, we’re calling this the big-ass heavy screen used props from ‘Dogma’ (and one from ‘Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back’) edition of Auctions Askew.

All items are from Kevin’s personal collection which has been stored in a climate controlled storage space. From left to right:

* The Quick Stop/RST Video glass case showcasing the fictional band ‘Random Meat’ which is featured prominently during the 70’s flashback at the beginning of ‘Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back’

* The Holy Bartender bar stool from ‘Dogma’ featuring long lost assprints from Chris Rock.

* The Holy Bartender Bar Chair from ‘Dogma’ which was graced by Salma Hayek

* The Holy Bartender coat rack from ‘Dogma’

* The Holy Bartender red bar table from ‘Dogma’ which once held the blessed golf driver used to destroy Azrael.

Let it be known that these are some of the ultimate items to show off as part of your View Askew colleciton. Easy to spot in the flicks, and truly one of a kind. Bid early, bid wisely, and good luck to ya! We’re thinking one rich person could buy all that stuff and restage a good portion of that Dogma bar scene…

• One lucky scooper got to see both of the Sundance offerings that we’ve been chatting about over the past few weeks: Malcolm Ingram’s “Small Town, Gay Bar” (a View Askew production), and Joey Lauren Adams’ “Come Early Morning”. He filed an excellent, concise report with us on his experiences seeing the films, which we’re now running in its entirety straight ahead:

• Kevin reports that Clerks 2 is as “done as it can be at this point”, and that they’re a month ahead of schedule. Fantastic news!
• Jason Lee brightened up the View Askew boards with a kind post yesterday — Despite Earl’s fame, you can see he hasn’t forgotten the fans who’ve been with him for a long time:

Take care Jason, and happy to hear you’re feeling better.

• Don’t forget, folks — Kevin comes to Indianapolis THIS THURSDAY! Catch a blurb with their local paper, the Indianapolis Star, with features some quotes from a new phone interview with Kevin.
• Speaking of appearances, if you’re interested in some tix from a DIFFERENT session, we’ve got a dude looking to sell his 4 Calgary Q&A tix (he can no longer make the show). Contact Brent at calkevtix@hotmail.com. He’s letting them go under face value after surcharges, $55 each. Orchestra Level, Row C, Seats 12-15.
• In their recent issue, Enternaiment Weekly features the top 10 most influential movies from Sundance. Clerks makes the list:

We wouldn’t necessarily call his many guest shots, comic books, and of course, Clerks 2 LOW PROFILING it, but hey. The news archives here speak for themselves!

• We’d like to congratulate Roy Zaletski on being the first fan we know of to bring home his new baby (Andrew) from the hospital in his spiffy new Mooby’s shirt. And of course, congrats on bringing another View Askew fan into the world, as well.
• In this interview with Matt Zoller Seitz, a critic that Kevin credits for the inspiration to make CHASING AMY, author Alonso Duralde discusses that film’s inclusion in his book.
• Apparently, that Freddy Vs. Jay & Silent Bob video has an “official site” and originated in Scotland, of all places. Visit the site for tons of stills and, of course, that oddly compelling video iteself.
• Poker expert Phil Gordon mentions that Kevin played in a tournament with him during Sundance last week in his latest column.