Jersey Girl TV Spot #1 (Quicktime)

Jersey Girl TV Spot #2 (Quicktime)

• If you’ve turned on a television lately, chances are you’ve seen an ad for Jersey Girl. They’re showing a couple good gags from the film but, luckily, the same few scenes, so there’s a LOT of the film left to discover in theaters. Prime programming has been airing ads, including The Tonight Show, and, one of the most watched programs in the country now, American Idol. Viewer awareness is definitely at an all-time high for a View Askew film.

  Two of these commercials are now available online, in case you’ve yet to see ’em or just want to watch them again:

• We were surprised but very pleased to see that Kevin dropped some early plans for the Jersey Girl DVD today. As you might know, a DVD takes quite a bit of time to produce, so in order to make an aggressive street date (in this case, October 2004), materials will need to get started on very soon. Here’s what we know so far:

• Will hit shelves sometime in October 2004.
• Will include a commentary with Kevin, Affleck, maybe more.
• All deleted and alternate scenes will be included.
• Best of all, will include a 2 hour director’s cut of the film!

• Jersey Girl made its first festival appearace at the SXSW festival in Texas this week, and Yahoo has the story:

• Kevin will be doing his famous Q&A thang at the University of Maryland on FRIDAY NIGHT, April 2nd. We’re considering coming in for this one, so just let us know where all the big keg parties are happening after the fact. No more details or ticket prices at this point, but we’ll keep ya posted. We do believe this one’s gonna be open to both students AND the public. If you work with the folks there, drop us a line with some details and some info for us so we can set something up with ya.

• Just like we warned ya, there’s a TON more appearances coming up, as well as some changes (this is the first that we saw the Raquel Castro date change for the Tonight Show, take note). This list just came across the desk today, so consider it up to date…

We’ll keep you posted as we learn of more appearances and any schedule changes. As always, check your local listings, the internet, or your Tivos to locate these shows, as some of them air on various networks and at different times.

• Despite his crazy schedule promoting Jersey Girl, rest assured, Kevin WILL be in attendance at Wizard World in LA this weekend, Saturday and Sunday. No exclusive inaction figures this time, but chances are you’ll be able to pick up the classic rare ones at the View Askew booth. Bring some bucks!

  

• Here’s something we thought was really great but missed mentioning. As part of that fake SF Chronicle site with the Jersey Girl review last week, the creator also included a long list of want ads alongside the review. They blended in so well, we didn’t notice until after we ran the piece. But we’ve got them now, and thought you’d enjoy the very creative work of the mysterious author. Click away!
• TV Guide online has a small new story on Liv Tyler and working with Ben in Jersey Girl. Here’s a snip:

• As we reported yesterday, Larry King praised Jersey Girl quite a bit during his chat with Ben Affleck on his program last night. Here’s a photo from the show, featuring Ben and the award he asked for earlier this week:

• USA Today talked to Affleck about Jersey Girl and the usual amount of other topics, including his recent hilarious SNL appearance (that Gigli/Frondi sketch was a true gem). Here’s a taste:

• The BBC World show “Talking Movies” is featuring Kevin and JG this week, with a good interview. If you can’t see the BBC World channel, hop over HERE where you will find a transcript of the interview and a streaming video also (if they manage to sort out a problem that means it’s not available at the moment.)

  Note that after a week the transcript should move into the archive section, but the media will disappear to be replaced by the next program. So watch now!

• You can find a few more photos of the celebrity arrivals at the Jersey Girl Hard Rock Cafe post-party over at Iwon.com.
• More Kevin interview questions, this time with MIT, can be found HERE. Some interesting comments, including:

• Happy St. Patty’s Day to you all, go out and have some green beers, then, in your drunken moments of clarity, tell all the fellow bar partrons to see Jersey Girl on the 26th! See ya next time.

• Larry King, who’s seen on CNN nationwide, had nothing but great things to say about “Jersey Girl” on his program tonight. That’s great news! Here’s yet another wonderful review that just came in for the flick:

• Don’t forget, Jersey Girl week continues on The Tonight Show this week, with a guest appearance (NOT a Roadside Attraction) from Kevin Smith himself. Watch him shamelessly pimp the new flick, and share some couch time with Jay. You’ll find that on NBC.

  Before that, though, catch Ben Affleck tonight on Larry King Live at 9:00 PM. That’s on CNN, which comes with all your basic cable packages, so yep, you have it.

  Tonight, on Starz, at 8:30 PM , their “On The Set” feature on “Jersey Girl” begins to air.

  Coming up later this week, Sunday March 21st, at 11:15 AM – Bravo will feature a 15-minute segment titled “The Making of Jersey Girl” followed by Ben Affleck’s “Inside The Actors Studio” with Ben Affleck (11:30 AM).

  We’ll try and remind you of as many of these events as we can, though we suggest you watch the countdown ticker in the sidebar there, as it should always indicate the TV appearances that are happening in the near future. Schedules change a lot and appearances get announced at the last minute at times, so we WILL do our best to make sure you don’t miss all of this coverage over the next couple of weeks. Thanks for sticking with us.

• You knew it was building up to this — Antony Teofilo’s big interview with Jersey Girl star Ben Affleck is now available over at Movie Poop Shoot. Antony covers all kinds of topics, from Push, Nevada, to Daredevil, to working with Damon. It’s a nice little piece, and recommended!
• It sounds like Aint It Cool’s own Harry Knowles dug Jersey Girl from this small mention of the film at his site today :

We’ll keep watch for his review.

• The Village Voice’s Michael Musto chimes in on Jersey Girl today. Here’s what his column had to say (spoilers ahead):

• In E! Online’s “Clip of the Day”, Affleck dishes on Jersey Girl and Jennifer. You can access the clip from their front page.
• Entertainment Tonight has another column today with Affleck discussing his desire to go “back to basics” with Jersey Girl:

• And finally in the JG newsbites today, another great review from 2 local San Francisco papers. Click the scan above to give it a look.

• Yarrr! Catch Kevin as Captain Scurvy, as he appeared on MAD TV this past weekend. Ming’s got the clip now available in Quicktime Format HERE. It’s a really funny segment, and Kevin does a fine fine job with it. Recommended viewing.
• Once again, DJ from Drawing the Line has slipped a small View Askew (Clerks Cartoon) reference into his strip. Check it out at the DTL site.
• UK tabloid “The Sun” apparently loved Question #9 from Playboy in which Kevin revealed a bizarre request made by the self-proclaimed “King of Pop” himself:

MSN picked up the newsbite as well.

• According to this report from the latest Harry Potter film, it seems that Alan Rickman is keeping a Harley Quinn doll given to him by Kevin very close by. Cool stuff.
• And finally today, ya gotta dig Affleck for this movie. The guy WANTS his Razzies! Let’s hope they make good and see the he receives his prizes. He earned ’em, after all. We’ll see ya again soon, things don’t slow down here enough to take a break these days!