Thanks to all our scoopers above who sent in summaries of the appearance. They were all pretty much the same, so we're summing them all up with this one below. In short, the major revelation is that Kevin expressed interest in working with Bill Murray, who just happens to be "not ready for prime time" (an ex-Saturday Night Live cast member) as he alluded to in an earlier post. Could he big one of the big talents appearing in VA5? Also, View Askew 5 is up to its SEVENTH draft. Here's more:

1. Kevin started about 8:05 and they kicked him off a little aftermidnight. He wasn't ready to end yet, and they gave him time enough atthat point to show us the last episode of Clerks: TCS and answer a fewmore questions before retreating out to the lobby area for autographs/photos/etc.

2. It was VERY funny...almost all Q&A, and people seemed pretty intoit. The theatre was relativley packed...there were some empty seats in thebalcony...but, in my opinion, anyway, it was prety well-attended.

3. Kevin was interested in the election, primarly, he said, because TheMan takes 51% of his pay check and he was hoping for some lowertaxes. He said he wasn't particularly for either Bush or Gore, and hedidn't vote...mainly b/c he was in LA for VA5 instead of his registeredstate of NJ.

Shortly after the show started, some dude in the front row got on the cellwith his Mommy to get an update on the election numbers. He then askedKevin if he wanted to talk to his Mom. Kevin did, and it was prettyhysterical.

The ESU activites group (which, by the way...seemed to bedoing a GREAT job keeping shit rollin') contiunally fed Kevin electoralcollege numbers so he could update everyone. At one point, Kevin's cellphone rang. After he answered, he said, "I'm going to count to three thenI want you to repeat what you just said to me...1, 2, 3..." Kevin put thephone up to the mic and we hear something like, "Hi, this is so-and-sofrom the California Democratic Party and I just wanted to see if you had achange to vote today..." Kevin explained that he didn't, any why, and thegirl pressed him with questions like, "If you DID live in California andyou HAD voted, would you have voted for Gore?" After a bit of this, Kevinjust said, "FUCK NO." Then, again, he says, "wait, wait...I'm going tocount to three and you repeat that..." And when she does...it's his wife,Jennifer. She prank called the joint. Heh. I dunno if it was staged ornot, but it was pretty damn funny.

4. The typical things were discussed: Superman, Clerks: TCS, what's upwith Fletch, getting hate mail durring Dogma, etc, etc. All stories weredamn funny. The auidience seemed into it the whole way thru, Ithought. Some things I hadn't heard were WAY too much info about a pornvideo Mewes and his new Fiance made and showed Kevin, how he landed thedeal with Psycomic, and a few others. Oh, and someone asked, "As adirector, what would you have changed about Mewes' porn video?" Kevin wenton to explain that you need to really "get the camera in there," "getgraphic," and give us more than one angle. Quite funny shit.

5. No real news from the show, although I did ask Kevin if Mohr would bein VA5 and he gave a resounding "No." Too bad. Someone later asked ifthere were any actors Kevin really wanted to work with and Kev quicklyresponded with Bill Murray. Hmm...HE'S not quite ready for prime time... 6. Someone did it. Some fucker asked, "What's a nubian?" Dude,c'mon. Grr. Oh well. Kevin layed into him with, "here we are, three and ahalf hours into the show, and I thought we were finally going to make itthru a show without some dude asking the same thing that someone asksevery fucking time I do one of these things..."

7. Kevin made his fair share of Kansas jokes (although he did promiseupfront not to mention the Wizard of Oz, which drew much applause), but Idon't think anyone was offended because we're all pretty much sick ofKansas, too. Plus, the dude's from Jersey. What can he really say? :)

November 2, 2000

Not that Damon takes each role so seriously. He often works with writer-director Kevin Smith, who tends to write acerbic comedies (Clerks, Dogma).

After making The Bourne Identity, a thriller filming in Europe, Damon hopes towork with Smith again. He described a cameo Smith already has written for himand Affleck, mocking their status as Hollywood big shots.

"It's a scene with Ben and me just selling out," Damon said. "We're making GoodWill Hunting II and trying to get as much money as we can.

We're in a scene in a bar, and Ben says, 'You've lost your edge,' and I say, 'I haven't lost my edge. It's hunting season!' then pull out a gun while (director) Gus Van Sant is at the monitor counting a stack of money."

Damon laughs at the thought. Four years ago, he wasn't thinking about sequels;he was thinking about survival.

"That's why I don't complain now about anything," he said. "I can tolerate thetreadmill. I really do enjoy the work. This is what I want to do."