“It’s been roughly two years since Mr. Kevin (“the Clerks. guy”) Smith and his other hetero life-mate (and producing partner), Mr. Scott Mosier, launched their own podcast series, entitled SModcast. Since then they’ve posted seventy-six pieces of what I can only describe as some of the most absurd, silly, raunchy, and down-right brilliantly funny audio bliss ever! And since that time I’ve been a devout listener, always waiting patiently each week for their next new posting — sometimes even having to wait up until a month or so for a new one to show up (I dare not complain, Smith’s a busy man).

For those of you unfamiliar with SModcast, the premise is as follows. Each week Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier find time amongst themselves to sit down and, well, shoot the shit for lack of a better term. In the beginning each show lasted roughly fifty-two minutes, plus or minus, with only a few notable exceptions. Once the series began to reach double digits, however, the show began to change up. SModcast was created partially as an attempt by Smith for he and Mosier to get together each week and catch up on things, but as the show progressed it became apparent that such a notion wasn’t always feasible. And so with it’s thirteenth episode, “SFodcast (or SWodcast),” SModcast found itself with an absent Scott Mosier and special guest, sitting in, Walt Flanagan (“Fanboy,” to the fanboys), one of Smith’s best friends from his youth. And while there is not, and probably never will be, a SModcast without Smith himself, we found that from time to time there will be one without Mosier, at which time we will be treated to a special guest…”

Read the whole article over at Lockergnome.

“…These filmmakers such as Kevin Smith, Quentin Tarantino and M. Night Shyamalan proved that you didn’t need computers or big bangs to be able to reach the audience. These filmmakers brought a real renaissance to independent film and set up a nice dichotomy in the decade between the decadence of special effects-driven event movies and personal talkies of smaller films.”

View each video direct from the NHL website by clicking the links below:

Segment One – Kevin visits the Pregame Show (3:48)

Segment Two – A Visit to Kevin’s Suite for Game 7 (3:10)

We’d also like to take this moment to promote the NHL and the wonderful game of ice hockey — Pass the word on and check out some playoff games, or at least the Stanley Cup finals this year. And congrats to our local hometown Hershey Bears here in PA, who are once again going to the Calder Cup finals this year. Go Bears!

The 64 Kbps stereo copy. (2:02 runtime, 56 MB file size, right-click to save). Or…

Here’s the 24 Kbps mono copy. (2:02 runtime, 21 MB file size, right-click to save).

As always, thanks to Will for his encoding skills — Following this show, Opie went on to attend the New Jersey Devils playoff game at The Rock with Kevin — A game I was lucky enough to be invited to as well, with thanks to Kevin and Ming. What a place!

“Films will be viewed through the lens of auteur theory, since that seems the most appropriate to the director/writer.

This is the second time the course will be taught, and there are, as of this writing, still seats available for this course, although not many.”

We’re awaiting some further details on how one can register for the class – Though we’re guessing a call to the University for more info couldn’t hurt. Sounds like a fun weeklong course, that’s for sure.

Like Pegg and Frost, Jay and Silent Bob refer to each other – well, one of them does – as ‘my hetero-life-mate’. Their double act developed over the course of four previous Smith films, but it was here, in his broadest and most outrageous comedy to date, where they took central stage, showcasing a relationship that was as fucked-up as it was tender. They’re the perfect duo.

Most Bromantic Moment: The whole thing. Theirs isn’t a relationship where an excuse must be contrived for them to have an argument, just so they can reconcile later in an emotional scene with soaring strings. These guys stick with each other through thick, thin and really, awfully, very stupidly thick.

Who’s The Beard? After a fashion, jewel thief Justice (Shannon Elizabeth), who pines after Jay, for some reason we still can’t entirely fathom.

SModcast 81: Satan’s Dookie. –

In which our heroes throw their support behind the controversial PreCrime Bureau.

The SMod is super-sized this week, too, running in at a hefty 1:11. Grab it, and enjoy some early week entertainment from Smith and Mosier.

“All those innocent contractors brought in to do the job were killed — casualties of a war they had nothing to do with. All right, look: you’re a roofer, some juicy government contract comes your way. You got a wife and kids, the two-story in suburbia. This is a government contract, which means all sorts of benefits. Along come these left-wing militants that blast everything within a three-mile radius with their lasers. You didn’t ask for that. You have no personal politics. You’re just trying to scrape out a living.” — Randal (Jeff Anderson), on why the destruction of the second Death Star was unfair, in Clerks.

Surf on over to watch the clip.

“It [Role Models] came out the same time as Zack and Miri Make a Porno, which is, to me, a wonderful lead performance from Elizabeth Banks and if you haven’t seen it, I would highly recommend it.”

We’ve been fans of Wain’s work since way back in “The State” days, so very cool to hear that.

We’re told, by the way, the interview is planned to run at least 7 or 8 segments, so we’re only halfway there. Search our archives if you missed any of it — Our plan will be to write an all-inclusive post of the segments once the saga is complete, also. For now, check out Stranahan’s YouTube page for previous segments and other examples of his work.

SModcast 80: R.I.P. – In which the future dies.

Grab it now, and listen before the rest of the world — As readers of our sites, you’re the first to get SModcast every week, before the iTunes folks get it. And speaking of iTunes…

While SModcast remains one of the most popular and downloaded ‘casts on the net, the show’s only got a mere 248 reviews (at presstime) over at iTunes. While many users are commenting on Quick Stop Entertinment and Kevin’s blog, we’d like to encourage you to PLEASE take a moment, if you like the show, to write a nice review for iTunes exclusive. You can do it right through iTunes (assuming you are running the app) in the Podcast area.

As always, enjoy SModcast and thanks for listening — Keep on supporting our sponsors, Omni Consumer Products — They help keep QSE coming your way week after week. And of course thanks to Kevin and Scott for the ongoing entertainment, helping make Mondays a better day around the world.

SModcast 77: Nipple Rot –

In which our heroes trudge through the DMZ, examine various creams and elixirs, and rocket into the future.

Another free hour of entertainment and amusement — Still and always the funniest, most honest podcast out there. iTunes subscribers get it later this week, you can get it NOW! And while you’re there, as the page says, support SModcast’s sponsors – They make putting it all together possible.

First up, this flash-based game is NOT safe for work, visually and especially with the audio, but it sure is fun. It’s a stick-figure sex game based on the drawings from the U.S. poster for the film. You just gotta go give it a try.

In the press, following in the footsteps of the U.S. battle against censorship, The Age runs a nice article that summarizes the battle to get the film out intact stateside, though it didn’t face any new challenges for cuts in Australia. We believe these are quotes are from a new interview since they’re listed as chatting with AAP. The info is similar to what we’ve seen before, but it’s always nice to see a new interview and new quotes, like this one:

“…Just before filming was set to begin, Rogen was coming off worldwide promotional trips for Knocked Up and Superbad.

“Seth wrote me an email that said ‘I always wanted to work with you, I don’t want to work with you under these circumstances where I’m exhausted. I just want to sit on my couch, play video games and get high for three months’,” Smith chuckled.

“I was like ‘Can’t argue with that’.”

Read the full article, “Censors Tested with Zack & Miri Make a Porno”, at The Age website.

SModcast 76: The Great One

In which a hero returns from the wild, another hero is discovered, and yet another hero can’t stop bawling.

The MP3 version of SModcast #76 is immediately available for fast, free download, exclusively at Quick Stop Entertainment.

We’re off to work for the day, and will listen on the job (as we assume much of you will now do as well). Enjoy! There’s time for a few newsbites, with some still left in the inbox, so look for a second posting later on today. Read these ‘bites while you wait for your MP3 download to finish…

SModcast 74: Rurally Gay – In which proctology is discussed at length.