Does anyone remember or know about the short lived Clerks animated series?
 

We all know about the Clerks movies, but there was also a cartoon back in the early 2000s. A 6 episode only cartoon series. So yeah, very short lived. I remember watching it back when I was like 14 years old and liking it. It's not great, but it's fun enough. Plus, it only had 6 episodes so it never got a chance. It had potential. My favourite episode was the Pharaoh Arcade game episode.

Here's a great moment from the series. The ending of the 4th episode:



Yes, "A bear is driving the car" is from this show :lol:

Of course. I enjoyed the one where (the honorable) Judge Reinhold puts George Lucas on trial for the Star Wars prequels, even if it wasn't entirely fair.

That's the episode where the clip I posted above is from. Jay sues Dante for having slipped on the floor in the Quick Stop convenience store lol

F*ck, boy, look who yer askin'. :tlol:

"Is this a gay thing?"
"NO."
"Are you suuuuuuuuuure...?"
"................................................Y es...."

"Is it safe?"

:lol:

"Pack of f@gs?"
"YOU'RE a f@g!"
"No, mate, a 'f@g' is a cigarette..."
"I'm not your 'mate', f@g..."

"Why are we walking like this?"

"An ALL-PAINTER THREE-WAY, MAAAAN!!!"

I actually own the series twice over; my wife and I each had a set before we cohabitated. So now there's two.

Haha that's a funny coincidence.

Btw, this show taught me that the guys who set up feris wheels and rides at carnivals are often junkies. I've always noticed that in the city carnivals I've been to but I guess I thought it was just a phenomenon of my country. But turns out ti's universal.

I love the very short lived animated series, wish it at least got a full season.

Apparently Kevin Smith got screwed by the network it aired on. Apparently in USA only episode 2 and 4 aired on tv. That sucks. Episode 2 was a clipshow from the 1st episode. It was done ironically as a parody of clip show episodes. If you hadn't watched episode 1 before it you'd miss the joke.

The series only aired in my country around 2005 or so and they aired every single episode.

Yeah, ABC (owned by Disney) got immediate buyer's remorse on THAT deal. They essentially cancelled it before it aired, then switched the date/time of airing and aired Episode 2 instead of Episode 1 (as Prowler mentioned), so they had all this data to say, "See? There's no interest" and yank it from the schedule.

I suspect that they greenlit it not really knowing what they had, but figuring they could counter-program it against Simpsons or Family Guy. Then they watched the movie, to get some idea what the show was about, and... well, it's easy to imagine the chain of events from there.

For what it's worth, it probably wouldn't have lasted long anyway, if for no other reason than Jay Mewes spent that whole decade in and out of heroin addiction, which constantly derailed all of Smith's plans for their characters across all media, several times. It may have lasted more than 6 episodes - they probably would have had at least a full season of 13 - but it probably wouldn't have been renewed after that.

It's a great little thing that exists and it ended before it got stupid. A shame, but ultimately for the greater good, I think.

So what you're saying is, we can blame Disney for this show not getting much of a chance in the first place? I'm ok with that. :tgrin:

I have the Clerks Animated Series on DVD. It has all the episodes. Since it only lasted for 1 season.

Years after that. They made the Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie.

That's it in a nutshell, sir.

Disney can be blamed for most things, and I'm okay with that as well. :lol:

Apparently, in the eyes of people, if you're responsible for creating Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and The Lion King means you're allowed to get away with anything forever. It's like society as a large has given Disney a free pass to do anything they want. I don't even see that much aversion to Disney buying out a lot of stuff. It's kinda scary, actually.

I agree. But we're presently in one of those eras where people are okay with monopolies because they're presently having their tastes catered to, so "who cares" if the majority of all their entertainment and consumer products are coming from the same place. It comes and goes, always has, shfiting with the tide of public opinion at any given moment in time. 15-20 years, we'll be back to the government putting caps on things, except this time instead of splitting up all the telephone companies they'll be setting limits on how many super-hero movies and animated films anyone is "allowed" to produce in a given year, and things like that.

When I was a kid, we spent a lot of time studying why monopolies are bad, but in the last few years I've seen many, many people fall on the "Who cares?" side of things. I find that horrifying, but people generally aren't great at foresight, especially when they're having a good time with the status quo.

I mean, consider the extremely vocal sentiment against AEW, or even Ring Of Honor and others by a very loud segment of the pro wrestling audience. "We don't NEED anything but WWE. If you want 'competition', there's NXT (which is owned by the same company and operated by the same individuals, so... what? :lol:)" and all that. It's tough to say if they're a "majority" of wrestling fans, but not a day passes where I don't see at least a few fans whining online about how other groups are somehow hurting the business by existing. Despite the fact that everyone IN the business is horrified by the possibility of Vince one day owning the entire North American market, for obvious reasons.

And, to bring it all the way back around... Hunter has openly entertained the notion of one day selling WWE lock, stock and barrel to - you guessed it - Disney. :roll: Which means that one day in OUR lifetimes, the "Mouse House" is going to be telling you what "professional wrestling" is and how it should be presented. And a LOT of people think that's actually a good thing, somehow.

It is what it is. Right now, people are collectively very pro-monopoly. But one day it'll shift again.

Yeah. Monopolies aren't good. I've always heard that competition is a good thing and that lack of competition leads to laziness. You see that in sports often. The most competitive leagues tend to be the most entertaining ones. And when your rivals are stronger you feel more motivated to go the extra mile when it comes to improving your team's squad.