In 2 weeks, it’ll be ten years since the first “Vulgarthon”.

Man, I feel old.

Check out this nearly-decade-old article on things that never really came to pass (like the View Askew Institute).

Ah, youth; where have you gone?

It’s neat looking back at articles like this, and also a fine opportunity to advertise our own News Askew archives. While there’s still some cleanup left to do on the massive archive of news we have here from the transition to the new software, you can indeed see we had the text of this sucker posted back in January of 1998. Very cool to see Ming’s stylized piece of this up with all the photos after all these years. Don’t forget, our archive search is speedier than ever and can also find you those tidbits from the past you might be looking to dig up!

Check our our own coverage of the first Vulgarthon as well, complete with our own photos and observations from that fantastic day.

CINEMABLEND – “Kevin Smith Wants You In His Next Movie”

“…It’s not clear exactly what sort of scene he’ll be using these extras in, or even how many he needs. He is pretty clear that those chosen aren’t getting more than minimum wage. He also asks that all photos included with your mail-in applications be fully clothed, so it’s probably safe to assume he doesn’t want you in the movie’s porno scenes, so… who cares why he wants you. It’s a new Kevin Smith movie, and you can be in it without showing your dick. Who the heck wouldn’t want to be a part of that? Seth Rogen wants to be in it. What, you’re better than Seth Rogen? I think not. “

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THE HOLLYWOOD NEWS – “Be In Kevin Smith’s Next Movie”

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JOBLO – “Be A Porno Extra”

Ed. note – Our pal JoBlo always comes through with the photos, this time with two very sexy shots of star Elizabeth Banks to further entice you!

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PASTE MAGAZINE – “Kevin Smith Wants You To Be In His Porno”

“…The job only pays minimum wage, but its spiritual dividends are virtually endless. Keep in mind that the filming takes place in Pittsburgh, so if you don’t live near there or have an extreme amount of free time on your hands, it’s probably not the job for you. Zack and Miri goes into production in January for a probable release in late 2008.”

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CINEMATICAL – “Who Wants To Be In A Kevin Smith Porno?”

“…Now, I’m pretty sure that they don’t need extras to be in the film’s porn, nor fluffers or anything of that sort, but if you’d like to be seen somewhere in the film, Smith is opening the floodgates. As the director says, it could be “just your shoulder, and only for a second,” but I’m sure that it would be a great experience.”

Kevin’s got the address and all the info you need at his blog. Yes, best of all, you even get PAID (our Dogma pay slips are still archived here on the site somewhere). We hope to see many a News Askew fan on the set come this January/February!

We’re sure that Marilyn and Jeremy would love to meet some of their View Askew fans and sign some stuff for you. Jason Mewes was scheduled for this at one point, but unfortunately had to cancel. We also heard rumblings of a possible Brian O’Halloran appearance, but that’s still up in the air. For a fan of the Askewniverse though, this is certainly a great chance to meet two icons from the first two flicks, and a spectacular chance to get that DVD or poster signed.

Speaking of Marilyn, her new horror film “Dead and Gone” is going through the contract stage, and set to hit video sometime in 2008. We’ll let you know when it’s available.

“I wish I could have made his version,” Smith said. “The parameters that we had in our version of ‘Green Hornet’ – he’s not suffering from the same parameters At the time they were like ‘We want to make a big straight-forward action movie” – the wrong approach for the character, Smith insisted.

“You can’t really compete with Spiderman and Batman and stuff like that with Green Hornet,” the director contended. “So it’s best to take a different approach to it all-together.”

Which, according to Smith, is what Rogen is finally getting a real chance to do.

“He’s Seth Rogan, the man of the moment. He can do anything he wants with that project,” Smith said. “It’s not a comedy what he’s doing, but he gets to do his with a better sense of humor than we would have been allowed to. He’s in a great free place to do something fresh with that material.”

Q: With its fascist interior design, we never think of the Death Star as having restaurants, happy hours, luxury flats and recreation areas.

A: We start from the point that not everyone on board was a villain. As Kevin Smith pointed out in Clerks, someone had to be the plumber. That’s where we’re coming from. There’s got to be bars, places to eat.

The book, which focuses on the life as an everyday worker on the space station, sounds like a fun read.

Jason Reitman, the 30-year-old director of “Juno,” added that the youth brigade was something of an old story. “I feel like I am just following in the footsteps of Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Kevin Smith, Wes Anderson, the list goes on,” he said.

Kevin Smith’s uber-grungy Clerks captured the low-key, agreeable vibe of smartass go-nowhere buddies hanging out and talking shit. It was cinematic democracy in action, a triumph of proletariat ingenuity over technical wizards with film-school degrees and elaborate storyboards.