• With the biggest event in View Askew history now in the books, we look back on a fantastic time, the great people we met, and the event itself, brilliantly organized and orchestrated by Ming Chen. For those of you there: Thanks so much for making this a total blast. By far, the best fans in the world are View Askew fans, and you’re all class acts. Special thanks also to all the celeb guests who we had the chance to spend some time with: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Brian O’Halloran, Malcolm Ingram, Mattt Potter, Jen Schwalbach, and Susannah Grant. One of the most magical things about the Red Bank Vulgarthons is the amazing accessibility to everyone, and the interactions between fans and creators. With a two day event, this was probably the most laid-back, easygoing crowd we’ve ever seen. Many folks stayed for both days, allowing them time to see films they want to see once, twice, or not at all — So the action outside the theaters was just as exciting as what was going on inside.

As we roll into the weekend, keep an eye on our Vulgarthon 2006 page for updated coverage and photos from us. Also, as news, tales, and photos from all of YOU come in, we’ll be supplementing our coverage with that as well. Thanks again to everyone involved for making Vulgarthon 2006 our best event yet.

• We’d like to thank Will, quite possibly the best capture guy in the View Askew world, for taking the time to create custom versions of Kevin’s Opie & Anthony studio appearance earlier this week. He’s taken out all the fluff, all of Kevin’s non-studio time, but left in stuff to allow everything to remain in context. So, while it’s not the entire show, it’s everything you should need to hear to not miss any of the hilarious Kev moments.

Don’t forget to listen to Will’s excellent View Askew & pop culture podcast, Radio Askew. They’re up to episode #36 and going strong. Great show.

• Clerks II is winning the Movie Poll over at Joblo.com called ‘Which movie shown at Cannes are you most looking forward to seeing?’. And rightfully so!
• Seems Affleck had some minor health issues earlier this week, according to the IMDB. We wish him well:

• And while we’re doing gossipy stuff, here’s what MSN has on Matt Damon’s upcoming baby arrival:

• Check out the Chasing Amy reference in #10 (Sixteen Candles) of this fun MSN article on movies that would have been better without happy endings:

• Are you home and looking through all those amazing Vulgarthon pics you took? Got a favorite shot or two? Send them our way! We’re screening the best shots from the event to add to our coverage, like the one you see above – The Mooby’s Crew from the front of the line (courtesy Robbie). With a bit of fancy Photoshop work there, of course. We’re especially looking for some Day two shots of the event. Of course, while we can’t use them all, we’d love to see your favorites and include some with our continuing coverage. Thanks again for your support, and we hope you had a blast at the event.

• We’d like to give Sami, aka DanteChick20, mad props for transcribing what she recalls from the Jersey Girl extended Q&A session at Vulgarthon. Here’s her excellent summary of what took place. Oh, and a bonus tidbit we just remembered from the Clerks II Q&A session – Kevin actually wrote the role of Becky for his wife Jen, but after it was determined a major star needed to be in that role, he changed her voice for Rosario and fit Jen into the role of Emma. Good stuff. Here’s the Q&A:

• Carlin jumped at the chance to be in the flick, although was upset that he didn’t get to strangle the little girl (he told Kevin to write a movie in which he would be a minister that strangled children).
• He held onto the scene of Jennifer Lopez and Gertie dancing at the end for as long as he could. He really wanted to keep it, but because of the Bennifer press he knew he couldn’t. But, he held onto it until the last cut stage
• They had to pay through their teeth for “Landslide”. He showed the movie to Stevie Nicks and she sold them the song for 200,000.00. He said it was the most expensive song he purchased for a movie.
• The little girl that played Gertie got better at acting as the movie went on. When they were doing the initial days of shooting she really didn’t get into it. Even Ben and Jen (wow, 2 separate people) went to Kevin and said “I don’t think she can do this”, but after some creative editing on Kevin’s part it turned out great. Then by the end of the movie she got better.
• The role of Arthur Brickman, played in the movie by Jason Biggs, was supposed to go to Mewes, but because of his drug habit at the time, it was suggested to Kevin that he pick someone else.
• He always knew there was going to be a pageant in Gertie’s school, and he always knew it was going to be a song from Sweeney Todd because he loves the musical.

  That’s all I can remember. After he answered the initial question, there was always a story to go with it as well which is cool. But, I remember mostly the answers. Hope this helps :).

• Howdy folks! Phew! Well, we hope you enjoyed the coverage and photos from the AMAZING day one coverage of Vulgarthon. It was an absolutely fantastic day, one of the best events EVER – The guests were all incredibly accessible to fans throughout the entire day, and the fans themselves were amazing as well. We had a total blast meeting and hanging out with so many of you. Unfortunately, due to the day jobs, we had to make a last minute cancellation to the hotel reservation last night and hit the road to get back to work today – Major project going on that Brad just couldn’t get away from. So, if you’re reading this with your wireless internet from the event, or if you’re home the days AFTER the event, guess what? It’s YOUR TURN!

We want to hear from you on your day two experience! Send us your stories, news, photos, coverage, and become a part of our growing Vulgarthon 2006 coverage. We’ll be spending time over the next couple of days polishing up our day one coverage from the road with more details, higher resolution, cleaned-up photos, and more. So yep, we’d love your day one photos, experiences, stories, as well. Send it all to us! We know there were a ton of you there. So let’s hear about YOUR Vulgarthon experience. Your story and photos just might become a part of our On Location database forever.

Kevin’s Myspace blog has a great post up about the event which also refers users to our coverage from this year as well as previous years (Thanks Kev!). It’s killing us to not be there for day two, as we think the attendees were the best EVER, and we miss each and every one of you. Please be sure and drop us a line, whether it be today, tomorrow, or even in the next week, and let us know about your Vulgrathon 2006 experience, in words and/or pictures!

See you back here later with more updates on Vulgarthon and of course everything else going on in the world of View Askew. Thanks for stopping by.

• The Vulgarthon 2006 photos from yesterday will now all expand to much larger, higher-resolution versions of the thumbnails you saw yesterday. Be sure and head back to our coverage to take a closer look and some of the exclusive photos from our own lenses that we captured at the event. We’ll be adding more photos and content in the coming days, so keep your eyes on that Vulgarthon 2006 page!