All Tickets are a mere $30 Canadian ($25.75 in US funds) and can be purchased online right at the View Askew website. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO USE A VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS THAT YOU CHECK OFTEN WHEN YOU ORDER. That’s because you gotta print your own tickets, no paper tix are available. Let’s run down the deets:

Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009

Time: 8:00pm

Location:
The Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts
88 Dalhousie St
Brantford, ON

1-800-265-0710 (Toll Free)
1-519-758-8090

SPECIAL GUEST!

Canadian and Producer SCOTT MOSIER who will be participating in a LIVE SMODCAST with Kevin Smith! You read that right - A LIVE SMODCAST ON STAGE WITH SCOTT MOSIER!!

For driving directions and more, visit the official View Askew.

Seats are first come first served, meaning if you line up early, you’ll get the best seats. Nothing reserved. So hey, that’s cool. Fortune favors the bold.

By the way, don’t forget, a fresh new SMod hit QSE exclusively earlier this week. You can grab #84, titled “Outbreak”, at the usual spots in MP3 format or thru your iTunes subscription:

SModcast 84: OUTBREAK!

In which a hero falls to a bug and another hero falls off a moral and societally normal cliff.

Don’t forget to leave those comments over at QSE or at Kevin’s blog or Twitter, to let him know how much you love and appreciate SModcast — The best reason to get outta bed on Monday mornings.

Which Kevin Smith duo is your favorite? (Suggested by “Zombie-Kermit”)

Check out all the choices at the IMDB Poll site, with choices including “Zack & Miri”, “Loki & Bartleby”, “Dante & Randal”, and, of course, “Jay & Silent Bob”.

I quickly grabbed my “Clerks 2” DVD that I had been carrying for just the occasion and jumped over the seat in front of me to wait in line for my chance to meet him. I felt like a schoolgirl with a crush when I finally met him. I vaguely remember the words “You’re great” and “I loved you in Clerks” rushing out of my mouth as we snapped a picture together.

“Wow,” he said, “you sure are a fan. Do you want the bottle cap from the soda that I was drinking from?”

“Sure,” I said, trying desperately not to seem more of a fan boy then I already was. He handed the bottle cap to me and smiled, “Here you go, buddy.”

The film “Zack and Miri Make a Porno”, starring Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks, was advertised by Entertainment Film Distributors on posters on the side of buses.

Many complainants were concerned with the use of the word “porno” in the title, and the fact that the poster could be seen by young children, who may then ask what it meant.

The ASA, however, said the ad did not contain any explicit imagery, and did not in itself breach any rules.

The ASA said: “We did not consider that the ad would cause widespread or serious offence or harm to children.”

Complaints not investigated.

For the full list, see BBC News — You might be surprised to see what else shows up.

For the most part this round are actual costumes used in the production of the flicks, going all the way back to “Dogma” and up through “Clerks II”. Some gems include Jason Lee’s white Azrael suit, Mark Hamill’s screen-used “Cocknocker” costume, and Jay & Bob’s Ninja masks from J&SBSB. Prices for these one of a kind pieces of View Askew history are extremely reasonable, with expected ending ranges between $300 and $500. There’s well over 20 items in this list, so be sure to head on over and at least take a peek at this stuff - If you don’t bid, it’ll likely be the last time you ever see it!

Good luck - As always, we’d love to see some of this stuff wind up in the hands of News Askew fans.

Kevin purchased a luxury box at The Rock to run though the playoffs this year, since he’s now living in the area scouting for the new flick, which starts shooting in June. He originally was writing blogs from the NHL as a part of this initiative, but the blogs have since moved to his Twitter and his Silent Bob Speaks page to avoid any potential censorship.

Yahoo Sports recently ran a story lamenting the loss of Kev’s voice on the NHL.com website:

It’s disappointing to see the NHL play it so safe with what was rather benign content from one of the few household names in its “celebrity” blogging community. (No disrespect intended to the great Jay Baruchel and Jason Reitman.) The League’s gotten a bit more accepting of unconventional voices on its official Web site this postseason; it’s a shame to see one of them silenced because of an overly puritanical approach to editorial.

Of course, the upside is that we’ll now be able to read Silent Bob’s thoughts on Rangers fans without filters, constraints or concerns for good taste. Which could rank up there with the “Good Will Hunting 2″ parody in “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” for comedic genius.

GO DEVILS!!!!

“I got home, chipped for about 10 minutes, did a three song Rockband duel against Patty who dropped off Mushu for me, and then I did my workout that I was supposed to do in the morning. Tonight I’ll probably watch some TV and talk some trash with the kids in the forums. I’m really having fun with the smack talk! It reminds me of that scene in Jay and Silent Bob where they read all the bad things people say about their movies online. They freak out, and in the end of the movie, they go door to door and beat the crap out of every 14 year old who was smack talking them. Classic scene.”

Reading that’s sure got the hold’em itch going…it’s a sickness!

Comic book legends may be nerds, but it doesn’t mean they don’t get lucky in the romance department — Lee cited his ”running tally” with rocker Mick Jagger while imparting some romantic advice to Brodie (Jason Lee) in Kevin Smith’s sophomore film. (Lee, apparently, was in the lead).

Probably the coolest and most unique items this week — Giant, screen-used gold “Mooby’s” corporate HQ lettering from “Dogma” — That’d be a cool rec room wall addition. And, a super rare “Jersey Girl” cast and crew jacket — Check out that Highlands logo!

Check out photos and details of these items at more at the exclusive Auctions Askew page. Bid early, bid smart, bid often — And good luck to all our readers lusting after these treasures.

Thailand’s film censors block ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’

The National Film Board is standing by its decision to ban “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” in Thailand, citing that its explicit sexual content goes against moral principles here.

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) initially gave “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” an NC17 rating (banning viewers under 17) for “some graphic sexuality”. However, director Kevin Smith appealed and the film finally got an R with no cuts. The R, or “Restricted” rating, requires viewers under 17 years old to be accompanied by an adult.

Set in the United States, the comedy tells the story of friends embarking on a project to make a porn movie.

‘May encourage copycats’

“The screening of this film may encourage copycats here,” Culture Ministry permanent secretary Vira Rojpojchanarat said yesterday.

The film’s distributor, M Pictures, argued that “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” was a satirical take on contemporary US society and was suitable for viewers aged over 18.

When the National Film Board decided to ban the film during its meeting on Monday, M Pictures appealed and a panel was set up to review the board’s ruling.

After viewing the film, the panel upheld the decision to ban “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” from Thai screens.

Well, we’ve been working on this site for almost 12 years now, and this is the FIRST major banning we can recall - At least in a really long time. It may be time to go fire up the Bluray on this Devils/Flyers/Lost-free evening — it just feels so subversive now…

Kevin’s taken entry two, which comprises of a lot of his twitter posts made in real time during the last two games. You can read the entire thing at the blog site, though here’s Kevin’s intro explaining the move:

Okay, so for those who remotely care about NHL and the Stanley Cup Playoffs, I’m blogging on behalf of the NJ Devils for NHL.com.

Or I was.

With zero acrimony whatsoever, and nothing but love for the NHL, I’m here to announce the Devils Playoffs blog will move back here, to SilentBobSpeaks.com. Even though I was able to find a way around swearing in the blog, the NHL site is - understandably - a lot less liberal than my website. So rather than submit multiple drafts of a blog in order to make it more general audience friendly, we’ve decided that maybe it’d be best to move the blog back here, where I can let my hair down more.

No cause for alarm or outrage. S’not a big deal. No reason to be pissed at the NHL or me. This just makes more sense - as sports generally play to family audiences, and I generally play to reprobates and Persons of Interest.

We’re happy to see new content back at SBS. Now, we’d like everyone to say a prayer for our personally beloved Flyers, who are struggling, for a W tomorrow — And of course, cheer along with Kevin and the rest of View Askew as the Devils bring it back to The Rock tomorrow night, with the best-of-7 series tied at 2 games each (with Carolina). A win tomorrow night is key for both the Devils AND the Flyers. Big hockey night this Thursday.