- Weinstein and Blockbuster! This just in from Variety — In an unprecedented deal, Weinstein Co. films will be EXCLUSIVELY available for rental ONLY through Blockbuster Video starting this January — That means that you Netflix memebers, Hollywood Video members, and the like will NOT be able to rent any future Askewniverse stuff unless you get it from Blockbuster. Interesting, no? In return, Blockbuster will offer front-of-store placement and other marketing exposure for Weinstein titles. Genius Products stuff (Clerks II, Now You Know) will not be affected by this deal, which gives them exclusive rental rights to their titles for 3 years.
In an interesting follow-up, we heard that the “Passion of the Clerks†subtitle has now been removed from the Blockbuster computer system (as informed by a BBV employee).
- Just to keep our archives complete — Here’s a scan we mentioned earlier in November that just came in. A blurb with Kevin from SPIN Magazine about his favorite music (and guilty pleasures). Click it for a closer look.
- Jason Lee’s psuedo-band “Phish Tahko†made IGN’s Top 10 TV Shows list with stiff competition like The Brady Six and Zack Attack from Saved by the Bell. Thought it’d be worth mentioning. They say:
Earl Hickey, before he discovered the concept of karma and reformed his wicked ways, didn’t always do the smartest things. So it wasn’t exactly inspired for him, along with his brother Randy and their friend Ralph, to form a band, seeing as how they weren’t all that talented. However, that didn’t really concern them, as all they really wanted to get out of it was sex from some random, local girls, and in that respect, the band was a success (though that doesn’t work out as well for Earl, who ends up sleeping with Ralph’s considerably older mother instead). Their first show was Phish Tahko’s one and only performance, until the day Earl decides to make amends to Tom, the old man they’d originally picked as their lead singer, only to kick him out. For one night only, the reunited Phish Tahko once again rocks the socks off the Crab Shack, as they do a less than memorable, but certainly energetic, version of The Edgar Winter Group’s “Frankenstein.†And yes, we are aware — as we’re sure the Earl producers are — that, as an instrumental piece, “Frankenstein†requires no lead singer.
- And finally, in the weird news of the day, a Dutch hip-hop crew called “De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig†have a new single out called “Voor jou†— A spoof, of RNB songs. The video, by Michiel Krop and Stijn Windig from Lemonade Animation, features cameos of both Jay and Silent Bob in inaction form. You can look for them on YouTube. Jay skates by about 2 minutes in, Dark Knight Bob appears on a motorcycle early on. Thanks for flying with us today!
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