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November 20th, 2001 @ 6:26 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Kevin Donlan, Rachel Brennan, Mike Erno, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Mike Ripplinger, James Trombacco & Daniel Zelter

  • Chalk up another memorable, well-written piece from the folks at the “Whatever Dude” website. This one is about the wisdom of Randal in “Clerks”, and basically goes down the list of his most insightful quips and discusses their truthfulness. Here’s a preview:
“I don’t appreciate your ruse ma’am…your ruse…your cunning attempt to trick me…I hope it feels good to be right. There’s nothing more exhilarating than pointing our the shortcomings of others.”

Now, of course it would have been polite for Randal to simply look up from his reading and help the customer out, but you have to give it to him….he has a point. The woman actually took more pleasure in pointing out Randal’s inconsistent behavior than she would have if she had gotten a response from him. And isn’t it always easier to point out other’s shortcomings than our own?

Check the whole shabang out HERE.

  • Clerks producer Dave “Thanks For Watching!” Mandel will be starring on a TV show about video games tonight! It’s called “Dave and Steve’s Video Game Explosion” and it will be on 1:10 am est/10:10 pm pst Tuesday, Novermber 20, 2001 and 2:00am est/11:00 pm pst wednesday, November 21, 2001. On TBS. In your TV guide or Tivo, the show is called Burly TV (after the College Cable network that produced it). Dave requests you check out the TBS website link HERE and “write letters to TBS and stuff and tell them you love the show.”
  • The IMDB has started a top 250 and bottom 100 films list. Clerks is the only View Askew flick to make it to the top 250 but is sitting at 193, listed above such classics as Airplane!, King Kong, MASH, Deliverance, and Gandhi.
  • We don’t often mention ebay items, but these little guys are just too cool for you to miss! You may want to bid on these cute little South Park figures, turned into Jay & Bob! Check them out HERE.
  • According to the B.C. Film Commision, the flick that Jason Lee’s filming in Vancover is “A Guy Thing” with Julia Stiles. The lensing is scheduled to continue there until February 4th, 2002.
  • And finally today, according to this article, Kevin will write an “essay on comics, TV, and the Man of Steel” in the new TV Guide, which features “Smallville”. The issue is scheduled to ship on December 5th.

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