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Post by themaskedavenger on Nov 7, 2009 20:29:49 GMT -5
So Bobs hardcore?
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Post by bob on Nov 7, 2009 21:49:02 GMT -5
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Post by bob on Nov 8, 2009 23:56:19 GMT -5
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Clerks: The Animated Series
Clerks (retronym: Clerks: The Animated Series) is an American animated television series based on Kevin Smith's film of the same name. It was developed for television by Smith, Smith's producer Scott Mosier and former Seinfeld writer David Mandel with character designs by Stephen Silver.
The main characters, Dante Hicks, Randal Graves, Jay and Silent Bob, as well as the setting and basic premise, are taken directly from the movie. The show differs from the movie in many ways, however, due to the additional freedom animation provides, as well as the language and content restrictions that broadcast TV demands. For example, the characters of Jay and Silent Bob were changed from drug dealers to mischief makers (selling firecrackers instead of marijuana), and the explicit sexual dialogue in the film (which was enough to initially achieve an NC-17 rating in the US) is almost completely absent. The series also introduced a new villain, Leonardo Leonardo, whose name was inspired by Leonardo, New Jersey, the town in which the series, and the film, takes place. Leonardo was voiced by Alec Baldwin.
The show has a pace quite different from the film (more in line, perhaps, with the frenetic pace of Smith films like Mallrats and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back), and the creators regularly play around with the medium, parodying different stereotypical plot devices. For example, the first episode opens with a voiceover from Jeff Anderson narrating "Previously on Clerks" which then features a TV color bar test pattern, since there was no prior episode. The second episode is a clip show, a common format for long running sitcoms where the characters reflect on previous events from the show and the majority of the show is archive footage commonly shown as flashbacks. In the Clerks clip show, there is a long sequence of scenes — several of which are nested multiple levels into each other — that look back on "previous" episodes (and the current episode itself), even though only a single episode had been produced before that one, and so most of the "clips" were actually original material created solely for the joke of the clips themselves.
As with the film, most of the characters are either cynically irresponsible or completely psychotic, with Dante being the only really sympathetic "normal guy" around. As a result, Dante is usually the straight man to the hijinks of the other characters. Indeed, Dante seems to be the more intelligent one of the duo most of the time, in contrast to the film - the humor is essentially the same, but Randal's sarcasm, irony and witticisms are played as idiocy.
Besides the original voices of the film characters and Baldwin, the show sported an impressive list of guest performers. Gwyneth Paltrow, Charles Barkley (who appeared in five out of six episodes of the series, making him an unofficial cast member on the show), Grant Hill, Reggie Miller, Kenny Mayne and Dan Patrick playing themselves as well as Gilbert Gottfried playing Patrick Swayze and Jerry Seinfeld, Michael McKean playing Professor Ram and The Creepy Guy, Kevin McDonald playing Batman Fan in Episode 6, Julia Sweeney playing the mom in Episode 6, Al Franken playing the Mayor of Leonardo, Michael McShane playing the police chief of Leonardo, James Woods playing Major Baklava and Judge Reinhold playing a judge version of himself. Walt Flanagan and Bryan Johnson voice Walt Grover the Fanboy and Steve-Dave Pulasti respectively, two characters they have repeatedly portrayed in Kevin Smith's films, in a number of episodes.
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Post by Shovelman on Nov 9, 2009 7:51:44 GMT -5
I loved that show, have it on DVD....I think it's bugged and corrupted though but I still love it
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Nov 9, 2009 9:14:21 GMT -5
I saw some of that on Adult Swim a while back. Didn't care for it.
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Post by The Raven on Nov 9, 2009 12:03:47 GMT -5
I really don't care for Kevin Smith or his films, but I did like this cartoon a lot.
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Post by bob on Nov 13, 2009 0:26:29 GMT -5
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Post by themaskedavenger on Nov 13, 2009 0:33:30 GMT -5
Thunder really? ? God that crap was so terrible I didnt watch it.
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Post by bob on Nov 13, 2009 0:38:39 GMT -5
I was super big into wrestling in highschool so yeah....I watched
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Post by Shovelman on Nov 13, 2009 7:56:21 GMT -5
I saw Thunder during WCW's dying days....it was wrestling
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Nov 13, 2009 10:04:05 GMT -5
I liked WCW right up until the end, and that included Thunder.
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Post by Kermit The Hulk on Nov 13, 2009 13:18:17 GMT -5
Thunder was entertaining, in a "Plan 9 From Outer Space" sort of way.
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Post by bob on Nov 13, 2009 13:22:38 GMT -5
I remember once they were having a battle royal...when Macho Man entered kicked some ass then left the buidling
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Nov 13, 2009 22:46:34 GMT -5
I think I might remember that.
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Post by Kermit The Hulk on Nov 13, 2009 23:26:36 GMT -5
I remember once they were having a battle royal...when Macho Man entered kicked some ass then left the buidling Well, that's just how Macho Man rolls.
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Post by themaskedavenger on Nov 14, 2009 2:34:42 GMT -5
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!! DIG IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Kermit The Hulk on Nov 14, 2009 12:20:43 GMT -5
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!! DIG IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SNAP INTO A SLIM JIM!!!!
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Post by bob on Nov 15, 2009 5:38:13 GMT -5
53 I didn't even know Nitro exsisted until I read online that Hogan turned heel at BATC 96 and it was mentioned that Nitro was a definate can't miss the next day
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Post by Shovelman on Nov 15, 2009 10:06:07 GMT -5
I saw that during WCW's dying days as well...it was wrestling
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Nov 15, 2009 10:34:11 GMT -5
I miss Nitro.
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