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Following the events of the movie 'Clerks', Dante Hicks still works at the Quick Stop, and his best friend Randall Graves still 'works' at the video store (even though he spends most of his time figuring out ways to get Dante into trouble). However, with the arrival into town of diabolical billionaire megalomaniac Leonardo Leonardo, their lives are about to get more unusual, even if their jobs remain as unsatisfying and tedious as before. Soon, Dante and Randall find themselves thrown headlong into crazy adventures involving, in no particular order, a monkey, Little League Baseball, Korean animators, Canadian exports, lesbian ex-girlfriends of Randall, Judge Reinhold, the Matrix, refridgerator door locks and numerous unwarranted 'Star Wars' references. And as always, they receive very little in the way of constructive help from slackers Jay and Silent Bob.

When the studio bought the series, they apparently did not realize that the characters of Jay and Silent Bob were drug dealers. When they were informed, studio executives insisted that this be changed, and the two became firecracker dealers for the cartoon.

The first aired episode is a parody of "Best of" show episodes, meant to reflect back on the first episode. The first episode never aired, so the entire episode was filled with flashbacks to an unaired episode.

The sixth episode they had written was prophetically titled "the last episode ever". However they didn't even get to the sixth show.

Canceled after only two episodes aired.

The aired episodes were the fourth then second in that order.

The original voice for Leonardo Leonardo was going to be played by Alan Rickman, but was replaced by Alec Baldwin courtesy of ABC.

In episode five, the yearbook features a picture of Randal holding a gun to another student's head. The caption underneath reads "best hall monitor".

Director Trademark: At 37 seconds into the DVD Main Menu, a dog takes a leak on Silent Bob's shoe. This is a reference to the movie Clerks.

In the lost pilot episode, Randal is charging an old lady for her groceries and the total comes to 37 cents, a reference to his cult classic and basis for the series, Clerks.

In the beginning of the final episode, where Dante appears in the nude covered by a mosaic, the animation team actually drew Dante anatomically correct and covered it with a mosaic.

In the circus episode, the twins are characters spoofed from the movie Freaks

The ending to Episode 6 (The Last Episode Ever) is a parody of the Looney Tune cartoon, Duck Amuck

At the start of Episode 3, Randal and Dante read "letters from viewers." The first letter is signed Jennifer Schwalbach, a reference to Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, the wife of series creator Kevin Smith.

In the final episode, we see one of the writers holding a book called "How to Write Cartoons", by Seth McFarlane. This is a reference to the show's more successful rival cartoon series, "Family Guy"

In the unaired last episode ever, Dante worries that ABC will cancel them. Randal insists that it couldn't happen and, to prove his point, holds up a trade paper declaring, "ABC loves Clerks," underneath this it reads, "Also Sports Night," another acclaimed series cancelled that year.

Director Trademark: [Kevin Smith] [jaws] Twice in episode 3, when the clerks were talking about the virus outbreak, Randal compares it to Jaws, "There's water in the toilet. Sharks swim in water. I rest my case." Again later, they mention "Jaws".

Factual error: Gwyneth Paltrow's name is misspelled in the credits of episode 2.

Continuity error: In episode four when the NBA All Star jury is entering the courtroom, there are a few seconds when they are standing in front of the jury box. For a split second, the front wall of the box goes from behind them to in front of them, making it look like they are standing in the box, but then it switches back to being behind them.

Each episode begins with a tongue-in-cheek disclaimer. The joke at the end of the disclaimer changes with each episode.

Some episodes begin with Randal announcing "Clerks is drawn before a live studio audience," a parody of similar announcements made during 1970s sitcoms.

The DVD collection fgures a few outtakes from the two aired episodes, along with 'animatics': pencil-sketch versions of the episodes, featuring some footage that was removed before the actual eps.

Episode 2 features a scene where Dante and Randal watch a film called "Flintstone's List," an obvious takeoff on "Schindler's List." While it appears on the DVD, it was cut from the TV airing.

 

 

Randal Graves: State your name and latest film.

George Lucas: George Lucas, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

Randal Graves: And, do you think Phantom Menace is as good a movie as Empire?

George Lucas: Well, certainly, I, uh, think it's the best movie I've made yet.

Randal Graves: Permission to treat this witness as hostile. Mr. Lucas, how do you explain that in Star Wars, Obi-Wan tells Luke that when he met his father he was a great pilot, but in Menace he's just a little boy?

George Lucas: Uh, well, my... my kids thought...

Randal Graves: And how come Obi-Wan tells Luke that Yoda is the Jedi that trained him, but in the movie Liam Neeson trains Obi-Wan?

George Lucas: Uh, well, the power of myth...

Randal Graves: Isn't it true you knew this was a bad movie, that you wrote it over a weekend but kept telling people it was done for years?

Lawyer: Objection, your honor. The pod race was pretty cool.

 

Brian O'Halloran - Dante Hicks

Jeff Anderson - Randal Graves

Jason Mewes - Jay

Kevin Smith - Silent Bob

Alec Baldwin - Leonardo Leonardo

Dan Etheridge - Mr. Plug

Al Franken - Mayor

Mario Joyner - Lando

David Mandel - 'Thanks for Watching' Guy

Kevin Michael Richardson - Announcer

Tara Strong - Giggling Girl

 

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