• According to his latest blog, Kevin loves this “short effin version” of Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, which takes the film and cuts it down, basically, to the mother of all words (mostly uttered by Jay). Ironically, our favorite portions of this edit are the little extra bits (aside from that big F) that the editor sneaks in. Kevin says:

Watch for yourself via YouTube or Break.com.

• One vigilant scooper from the North travelled down to a New York Best Buy last night and happened upon one of those limited edition Mooby Meal boxes, out EARLY! So thanks to him, we have some new high res shots of the contents of this beauty. We’ll be at our local Best Buy to pick these suckers up tomorrow, you can bet on that.

Of Canadian interest: Not as impressive as the Best Buy USA exclusive, Canadians get a free original ‘98 Clerks Comic book with the purchase of Clerks II on DVD. None of the other stores seem to have any deals of any sort.

• Joblo.com is running a feature on the ten funniest cameos ever — Jay and Silent Bob in Scream 3 and “Everybody” in JSBSB take 4th and 3rd place respectively.

They also include a couple of great pics including Jay and Bob from Degrassi and George Carlin following the rules of the Book. Check it all out.

• And speaking of Degrassi, Kevin gets a mention in the Wall Street Journal in a Degrassi article touting the program’s appeal to adults as well as teens:

• Reality TV junkies might have noticed the great John Pierson giving the new Real World cast their job assignments in this week’s episode (airing all the time, every day). The crew is set up in Austin this year and features a blonde nudeness-prone nymphomaniac. Okay, guys, NOW you wanna watch? We do assume it was the first and only appearance for Pierson in the season.
• You can find more info on obtaining the DVD for “Double Dare”, the stuntwoman documentary that we mentioned has some behind the scenes J&SBSB stuff, HERE. You might be interested to know that the stuntwoman in those scenes also doubled Uma Thurman in “Kill Bill”.
• Today’s “Word of the Day” on iwon.com seems to have been written by a fan:

• Find another View Askew screenshot in Invisibles Quiz #237 from Filmwise. We’re guessing the 37 made it a must.

• We’ve officially posted the preorder page for the next wave of our beautiful, insanely popular View Askew inaction figures. Yes, the Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back series is HERE! Graphitti lists the set for $65.69 for all seven figures. We now have these available directly through the Stash, so get your orders in immediately, before they’re GONE.

• As we mentioned last update, San Diego showcased some amazing new View Askew merchandise currently in the production pipeline, and yep, thanks to Kevin himself (for providing those beautiful top 2 shots of the upcoming J&SBSB set) and our good friend Matt at Action-Figure.com, we’ve got a TON of beautiful photos to look at. Let’s let Matt take away with his own words regarding the major coolness he witnessed out west this weekend:

Graphitti Designs had a number of new items based on the Kevin Smith Films on display at their booth at San Diego Comic Con…

The 4 members of The C.L.I.T. - Sissy, Chrissy, Missy and Justice all alert and off to do a heist.

Jay and Silent Bob in thier super hero alter ego’s as Bluntman and Chronic ready to keep the Knocker at bay.

Marshal Willenholly - barking orders.

All will have new packaging art in a similar style to the Clerks, Mallrats and Dogma figures.

Chasing Amy are already in the works and Graphitti hope to release Holden, Banky, Alyssa and Hooper X

They are also working on a View Askew first - A Marina Diner scene Jay and Bob Diorama from Chasing Amy that will be part of the Clerks animated line of figures.

On display was the prototype of next years Con exclusive figure that will be at all the shows throughout 2005

The Kevin Smith figure captures the main man in his traditional sports shirt and shorts.

Every place the exclusive is offered the shirt will be in the colours of the local sports team.

Next up are the Jay and the Silent Bob wobblers.

An offical name will be anonounced soon first three will come out will animated style and can keep you company in your car.

Graphitti also had limited run Music whore girly fit t-shirts and the first six askew posters.

They were also promoting Kevins new West coast store in LA soon.

So, there ya have it! Jay & Bob figures, those sweet bobbleheads (you know every View Askew fan needs THOSE on their desk), and check out those shots of the Kevin Smith figure, along with our first look at the Jay & Bob versions of Willenholly, Jay, & Bob! Too, too cool. And a diorama to boot? Graphitti, you’re way too good to us. Like the headline says, boy, are we ever gonna need a bigger desk.

Huge, HUGE thanks to Kevin and Action Figure for their always incredible work in getting photos to the public. Keep in mind, these are of course the prototypes, but we’ll let you know as we hear more about release schedules for all this great stuff. The Stash will be taking preorders as always, and these should be ready in time to show up under your Christmas tree. Keep it here.

• Well the day is finally here, you can now own your very own copies of “Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back” AND the long-awaited and rarely seen “Drawing Flies” on DVD! Both are also out in VHS versions at your local video store. We of course urge you to check out both of these flicks, and, if you’re a DVD owner, BUY ‘EM! Our Jay & Bob DVD review went up last week, and, with apologies to Malcolm, our Drawing Flies DVD review is still on the way. We wanted to get the review up by today, and it’s partially written already, but instead of doing it half-assed we want to do it right. So, bear with us, we promise to have that for you very soon, and that the disc isn’t deserving of the reviews that have been popping up elsewhere. Be sure and buy copies of both! You can get them at the Stash, signed by their respective directors, a great deal. Enjoy the discs, folks, and watch for our full-length “Drawing Flies” review this week.

• Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back has the honor of being “Movie of the Day” at the web’s largest movie database, the IMDB:

• Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back continues to move across the world, though some slight shifts in release dates have been confirmed. Both the Australian and German releases have been moved to 2002, February 28th to be exact. In Israel, the film will open on November 1st, as scheduled, at least according to previews screening in theaters there. We’ll keep on top of these and other release dates, as fans from around the world finally can get their look at this closing chapter of the View Askewniverse.

• According to IMDB, Jay and Silent Bob Strike back had the HIGHEST per-screen average box office this past weekend. J&SBSB earned $3,985.00 per screen while American Pie 2 earned $3,965.00 per screen. So, chances are if Jay & Bob were on the same amount of screens as Pie, it could have taken the #1 spot. Of course, Pie was on over 3,300 screens, a really crazy number. In Canada, the film came in at #5 last week.

Box Office Mojo is tracking the flick’s daily box office, including percent changes in business.

Yahoo Movies reports that Jay & Bob moved up to Number TWO after Monday’s box office takings. The gap between it and American Pie 2 is roughly $40,000, a far cry from the $1.5 million over the weekend! Cumulative total: Almost $12.3 million after 4 days.

This weekend, the new blood comes from Lion’s Gate’s “O”, which we actually screened last night and dug, as well as Jeepers Creepers, which promises a return to the horror genre in its purest form. Both flicks will likely bring in some crowds, but they also cater to different audiences than J&SBSB, so expect Jay & Bob to bring in some more cash as well, especially if the word of mouth from last weekend carries on.

• The IMDB has posted these new shots from Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, the first we’d seen these anywhere. Keep in mind that you can find out entire archive of photos from the set over at Scooping The Monkey, all archived for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!