According to Comicbook, Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mallrats) recently revealed a project that he has been working on that he believes is the funniest thing he has worked on. Recently, Smith screened a Clerks: The Animate Series at his Smodcastle Cinema movie theater. This animated series was originally un-viewable in the Viewaskewniverse.
Smith on his podcast said, “You know the Clerks cartoon we made six ABC air two and then canceled it and then they put it out on a DVD um years ago called like Clerks The Cartoon Uncensored or something like that. But I’ve never watched it with a bunch of people and so we had 230 people packed in watching it. That show was funny man. Honestly, pound for pound, minute for minute, the funniest thing I’ve ever been involved with. Of the stuff I’ve made, my movies aren’t nearly as funny as the Clerks cartoon because the Clerks cartoon was like not just me. Generally it’s always just me writing my flicks, but the Clerks cartoon there was me and Dave Mandel, Scott Mosier, Brian Kelley, who went on to write for for The Simpsons. Steve Lookner, Paul Dini wrote an episode so like the oke per minute ratio is really high so it was playing like through the roof. It was awesome.”
According to Comicbook, Clerks: The Animated Series made its first appearance in 2000, arriving years before Clerks II. The cast includes Brian O’Halloran (Chasing Amy) as Dante Hicks, Jeff Anderson (Now You Know) as Randal Graves, Jason Mewes (Clerks III) as Jay, and Smith as Silent Bob. Alec Baldwin (It’s Complicated) as Leonardo Leonardo, Charles Barkley (Space Jam) as Himself, Gwyneth Paltrow (Iron Man) as Herself, even included voices by Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Michael McKean (Coneheads), Kevin McDonald (Sky High), and many more.