- More from Carlin! He appeared on the Imus in the morning radio program and chatted about “Jersey Girl” for quite a while. He revealed that his role will be a SERIOUS role, with some of his regular humor but a lot more on the serious side. He mentioned that he wanted to prove he was capable of serious acting as well as humor. Should be excellent to see!
- View Askew actually picked up a few of those Bikkie awards we mentioned in an earlier update, including Best Comedy and Best Onscreen Duo, and Most Memorable Line! Check out all the results HERE.
- Corona’s very detailed and addictive Coming Attractions website ran some gag stories to celebrate April 1st yesterday, one of which was for a fake film called “Dude, Where’s My Wife?” that they had Kevin writing, as well as a “2001” Remake that would star Jason Mewes.
- “Big Trouble” (featuring Askew regular Jason Lee as part of a big ensemble cast) is finally nearing theatrical release, and we’ve got a couple reports from folks who caught a test screening of the film. Two very good reviews, too, so this sounds like one you’ll want to check out! Watch for some minor spoilers ahead:
I saw a sneek preview of Big Trouble last night. Good, funny movie. It takes a while to start, but that’s because they’ve got 20 characters all mixed together in the plot. Jason Lee was great. Not that his was a difficult role to play, but it was just fun. He’s in it a lot more than I thought he would be. And he starts the whole thing off too. He kinda sets the tone for how strange the plot is. If you get the chance, I’d go see it.
Saw a preview screening of Jason Lee’s long-delayed ‘Big Trouble’ from Barry Sonnenfeld. All in all, it was a pretty damn funny movie. Lee plays a homeless guy named Puggy who looks a lot like Jesus and has an obsession with Fritos — that’s a running gag throughout the movie. His part is actually pretty big in the film and he plays a pivotal role. Janeane Garafalo also has a decent part in it playing smart cop to Patrick Warburton’s dumb one. It’s definitely worth checking out and Lee is pretty good in it. I guess I can see why they delayed the film a little while, as there’s a climax that includes a plane, a nuclear bomb and some funny mockery of airport security.
- For April Fool’s day, the staff of the Daily Pennsylvania (student run newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania) ran some fake articles, one of which happened to be related to Kevin Smith coming to teach a film class there. It’s a fun article, and one you’ll enjoy reading over.
- Following up on the previously viewed VHS copies of Jay & Bob at Blockbuster Video: Some stores have previewed copies of the film already, others will put them out at the end of the month. The previewed copies are going for around $9.99. If you don’t own a DVD player yet, you might want to pick one up.
- And finally today, it seems to happen every damn year…
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