• It’s a day late due to a crazy weekend, so thanks for your patience: We’re proud to present another edition of our View Askew time capsule, News Askew Retro. This week, part TWO of the Clerks Feature Study. What you’re about to listen to is a case study of “Clerks”, conducted by a group of film students. They consider the film an excellent example due to the small budget and, obviously, huge success.

The timeframe of this study is about a year after Clerks was purchased off the independent film market, and marks the last major screening of Clerks BEFORE it went to a worldwide release.

Kevin, Mosier, Pierson, Hawk, and Sloss are in attendance to share stories of the experience of making Clerks with the audience. Check out the youth in Kev’s voice, in what’s likely to be one of the first lengthy Q&A sessions ever recorded on audio. Again, we’re very proud to present this one. It’s a true View Askew time capsule. Enjoy.

If you missed last week’s check the archives or scroll down for Part 1, dated last Sunday, or simply visit the Retro page to catch up on this and all items so far! We’ll be back with more Retro this Sunday night.

• Here we go again, folks — Another Sunday edition of Retro, featuring an audio clip never heard on the web anywhere before. Ever. This one’s the first of two parts, and easily the lengthiest bit of Retro so far. What you’re about to listen to is a case study of “Clerks”, conducted by a group of film students. They consider the film an excellent example due to the small budget and, obviously, huge success.

Kevin, Mosier, Pierson, Hawk, and Sloss are in attendance to share stories of the experience of making Clerks with the audience. Check out the youth in Kev’s voice, in what’s likely to be one of the first lengthy Q&A sessions ever recorded on audio. Part One today, you gotta wait 7 stinkin’ days for Part 2. We’re very proud to present this one. It’s a true View Askew time capsule. Enjoy.

• What did it sound like when Dogma’s ad campaign took to the FM airwaves? We’ve got it for you in this week’s Retro — Not quite as dated as some of the gems we pulled up, though it’s not on the DVD nor heard anywhere else since aired. Listen air hear what clips we used to entice those in their cars to the theaters, circa 1999, the year of Dogma! Back with more Retro next and every Sunday.

• So we talked about it last time…Now you wanna SEE it? Kevin presents a well-deserved “Spacey” award to comics legend Stan Lee, and the video’s right here in glorious Quicktime.

Kev Presents A Spacey To Stan The Man!

Yahoo News has a full summary of the show , and here’s an excerpt:

• Here it is, folks! A slightly late Christmas present, but a cool one all the same. Your first look at clips from the upcoming HUGE
  DVD set: “An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder”! As only the Canada Q&A has taken place, all the stuff you see edited together here, in a
  fast-paced trailer format, is from that showing. You’ll find a bunch of funny lines here, though many out of context, so of course you’ll want to pick up the
  full edition when it streets sometime in 2005. Watch for click clips of laying the podium down, Harley’s intro, an audience member dressed up as
  Jesus, and much more. Merry Christmas, and enjoy your first look at “Evening 2″ footage!

WATCH THE EVENING WITH KEVIN SMITH 2: EVENING HARDER TRAILER HERE!

• We’ve got another look at Jersey Girl for ya, in this first ever full online clip from the film, called “Let Me Take You Out”. In it, Maya (Liv Tyler) won’t take no for an answer when she asks Ollie (Ben Affleck) out for lunch. Enjoy it in Windows Media or RealPlayer format via Yahoo Movies. IGN’s got it as well, and adds a QuickTime option. Enjoy!

• Not only can you catch the JG trailer in Quicktime now at the Apple site, one of the most popular out there, but the other big sites have also picked up the trailer for your enjoyment. If you’re having trouble with the main site, there’s plenty more places you can currently view it. Here’s a few:

The trailer will also be up on MSN and Hollywood.com sometime later this week. Look for more promotional material to start showing up at additional sites very, very soon. We’ll keep ya posted!

DOWNLOAD THE QUICKTIME TRAILER HERE!!!

• Due to being away for the holidays, we’re a bit late on this, but better late than never — And hey, who doesn’t like to get a few presents AFTER Christmas? First off, you got probably the most infamous piece of animation that you’ve heard about, that Powerhouse animation footage done for the Clerks cartoon movie. Great stuff (not to mention the fact that it’s being more widely seen bodes well for the cartoon movie. THEN, you’ve got something totally out of left field, the HOSTIES animation realized! This little gem was meant to appear in Dogma and never got finished, now you can finally see the commercial as it was meant to be seen. Here’s Ming with the full report:

• The second half of Kevin’s appearance on Jay Leno (from last Friday) where he presented the second half of the New Jersey “Roadside Attractions” segment is now available at the View Askew site in both Quicktime and Windows Media formats. This is the one that spends a great deal of time at the Stash, so if you were there, download it and check yourself out! That’s you on TV! See Kevin talk to Walt! See props from the films in living color! See the Quick Stop! And see Kevin visit an area attraction that’s been here as long as we can remember, the safari at Six Flags Great Adventure. Enjoy.