• Kevin’s popular UCLA and Secret Stash-based web class/series “Sucks Less” takes a week off due to the Thanksgiving holiday, but the gang was kind enough to still provide us with an equally entertaining installment this week: The Blooper & Outtakes Edition! Links for both PC and Mac users at the usual spot, the mtvU.com website. Watch Kevin crack up the crew, the crew crack up Kevin, and more general fun and flubs from the Secret Stash in Westwood. Sadly, only a minute and a half of this stuff, though we hope to see more outtakes in the future. They’re always good fun.

“Sucks Less” resumes regular episodes with Episode 4 this Thursday, where the gang will show you 3 more ways to kill time on your weekend.

• Episode four of the fun “Sucks Less” series has arrived — Yep, it’s Thursday already! In this week’s episode, the UCLA kids cover the topics of “Squirrel Fishing, Film Fest Volunteers, Street Wars, and the devastation of a really bad haircut”. Kevin takes a fun detour from the Stash intros and outtros this week, yet contributes a hilarious montage to kick it all off. And, of course the stuff continues to be enticing for a fun weekend for those of you in the spots covered. But what about other parts of the country? Well, that’s where you come in.

You see, Kevin’s also announced a really fun contest — Have you been watching the show and getting the urge to do a piece of your own? Well, your chance to film a segment of your own for the “Sucks Less” series has arrived! How cool is that? Sounds like they want you to be a student to do it, but from anywhere in the country. If you get picked, not only will you have the fame of being a part of “Suck Less with Kevin Smith”, but mtvU will pay you $75 bucks on top of it all. Not bad eh? Details from the mtvU site:

Sometimes it’s tough not to be a student. This would be a blast to take a shot at. Sucks Less continues to be an entertaining 8 minutes week by week. It’s a shame this can’t run forever (but hey, here’s hoping they can do it every semester!). Get over to mtvU and check it out!

• We all know what Thursday means now, folks — Not only is the weekend just one day away, but Kevin and his UCLA crew are back again with another fun-filled edition of stuff to fill up your weekend with – “Sucks Less” Episode 3 is up now for immediate viewing at mtvU.com!

This week, the gang visits Samba Night at a local L.A. cafe, learn how to get free ice cream, and um….Xtreme Ironing? Yes, you heard it right. You must see this one.

As before, both PC and Mac users are supported with the video, which is wrapped up with more hilarious intros and outtros straight from the Stash in Westwood. Dig in to the 8 minutes of fun now!

• It’s arrived! The anticipated episode ONE of Kevin’s new web-based series, “Sucks Less With Kevin Smith”, is now available for immediate streaming at the MTVu website. And what a fun show this is, too! The class filmed intros and outtros to 3 mini-segments at the Westwood Stash, with a bit of fun dialogue exchange. Students produced and filmed the segments themselves, which this week, take us to a haunted house, a roller derby, and a nerdcore rap concert. The show moves quick, doesn’t bore, and Kevin makes for a fun host to pull it all together. We’ll be looking forward to these each Thursday, and we’re sure you will as well.

Not only is the episode there, but they’ve also posted a neat Behind The Scenes video, as well as an option to e-mail Kevin and the team your ideas of what to do this weekend.

New episodes premiere every Thursday on mtvU, on mtvU.com, and on amp’d mobile phones. We’ll of course let ya know when they’re up, too.

• Can you smell the excitement in the air? View Askew’s biggest DVD day EVER is coming next month, with Evening 2: Evening Harder, Clerks II, and Now You Know all hitting on the same day. We haven’t screened Evening 2 yet, so we’re as excited as the rest of you to see it. IGN’s taken some of the pain of waiting away, with a bagful of NEW VIDEOS and previews for the disc. You can get to the first of three pages at this link.

You can watch NINE CLIPS IN ALL, including a trailer, Kevin chatting on Canada’s love of hockey, clips from the Q&A portions, and more. And man, are they ever FUNNY. Watch Kevin go international with clips from Canada and the UK. They’re censored but you can still make out the jokes. This could very well top Evening One as one of the best party DVDs ever. Try it sometime — Evening With is one of the most crowd entertaining DVDs that we’ve ever seen. And don’t worry, the released version will be totally uncut and uncensored.

• Wanna check out some new “My Name Is Earl”? Here’s your chance. NBC hooks us up with the first 10 minutes of the much-anticipated MNIE season premiere — It looks like the show hasn’t lost its stride at all. Another hilarious season on the way, starting this Thursday. In the meantime, why not watch those 10 minutes right now?

In other Earl news, a few fresh scans today — The come to us from the UK DVD magazine “DVD Review”. First, an interview with Jamie Pressly about Season one set, and second, the review for the actual discs. It’s rated a ‘must see’ with 5 stars for the show and a 4 for extras! And finally, that FHM blurb announcing the disc.

And finally, look for the cast pairing we’ve been waiting for – THE Burt Reynolds guest stars with Jason Lee in Season 2!

“Call 911″

“Show Me Your Marble”

• Probably our favorite moment in Train Wreck history is the subject of the new “Call 911″ video — And not just because we were there! It’s brilliantly edited and scored, and features probably the best practical joke in View Askew history — We weren’t in on it either, nor were many of the onlookers outside the Quick Stop that day…And you literally could hear gasps then stunned silence everywhere. It was incredibly well acted by Jeff and Brian especially, and just as tense everywhere as the look on Kevin’s face when he ran to pick up those paper towels. Great stuff.

Next, in “Show Us Your Marble”, learn the ropes of the Marble Club, a fascinating game that the folks on the set of Clerks II use to pass the time (and sometimes make or lose a few bucks). They come up with the most creative ways to gamble, these film crews…

Enjoy both videos free of charge at the official Clerks II website!

• Film Threat reports to us they’ll be running a new video interview of a Clerks II cast member every day this week! They also warn us that these interviews will ALL contains spoilers, so please only watch at your own risk, or come back and watch after you see the film! The first day, Trevor Fehrman, is now available for your viewing pleasure HERE.

The rest will include Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes, Brian O’Halloran and Jeff Anderson and finishing up with Kevin.

• Check out Rosario Dawson’s “Good Day LA” interview in wonderful streaming format at their website but DO BEWARE of a big Clerks II plot spoiler in the scene shown to open the interview (also given away unfortunately in some of the TV commercials). Enjoy!

We’ll keep you up to date on new interview video clips as they become available.

• Last night, Kevin logged one of the most visible appearances during the Clerks II promotional tour, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. As always, audiences were rolling with laughter as he told the tale of the anal fissure, then a nice segue into Clerks II promotion, where the now famous Jay scene that you’ve seen in most trailers and ads is shown to the audience. The clip runs nine minutes in length, and we’ve got it available on our new News Askew YouTube channel. Enjoy!

• We were having so much fun watching this over and over again when it came out that we forgot to mention it — Yes, an R-rated, or “Red Band” trailer of Clerks II is now available online. When watching the TV ads, it just proves how filthy the flick is, considering almost every line of every scene needs altered or trimmed to make G-rated TV. So this time, you can finally catch some of the uncensored dialogue the way it was meant to be heard and seen on the screen.

There’s a lot of spoilers in this trailer, so please stay away if you want to go in clean, which we do always recommend. It’s the third trailer down at this page. Two weeks until Clerks II hits screens folks!!! TWO!!!!