The comic 'Bluntman and Chronic' is based on real-life stoners Jay and Silent Bob, so when they get no profit from a big-screen adaptation they set out to wreck the movie.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a tale of adventure on the open road. When Dante and Randal (of Clerks fame) get a restraining order to keep the punchy Jay and his hetero life-mate, Silent Bob, from selling drugs in front of the Quick Stop convenience store, their lives are suddenly empty. They find new purpose when their friend, Brodie, informs them a movie is being made featuring two infamous characters based on their likenesses. After visiting one of the creators of the Bluntman and Chronic, Holden McNeil, they set out to get what fat movie cash they deserve and hopefully put an end to people slandering them on the Internet. Along the way, they learn the rules of the road from a hitchhiking George Carlin, ride with a group of gorgeous jewel thieves, and incur the wrath of a hapless wildlife marshal for liberating an orangutan named Suzanne. The quest takes them from New Jersey to Hollywood where a showdown involving the police...
Written by Lordship
Originally, Kevin Smith wanted Quentin Tarantino to appear in the film as himself as the director of "Bluntman and Chronic Strike Back" in one of the earlier drafts of the script. Then-current Miramax chairman Harvey Weinstein was to appear as himself too.
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Goofs
Continuity:
When Brodie is restocking the comics and talking to Jay and Silent Bob in Brodie's Secret Stash, a guy is standing there reading a comic book. In the next shot, he is standing there with his arms closed. There was a shot in between where Brodie slaps the comic book out of the guy's hands because he is damaging the spine, but it was cut.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Silent Bob's Mother:
Bobby Boy, stay here while mommy picks up the free cheese, kay? Here, this will keep the sun out of your eyes.
[puts a baseball cap on his head backwards]
Silent Bob's Mother:
You be good, now.
[walks in store, then Jay and his Mom arrive]
Jay's Mother:
Alright, don't you fuckin' move you little shit machine. Your Momma's going to try to score. Passerby:
What the hell? 'Scuse me. Who's watching these babies? Jay's Mother:
Uh... the fat one's watchin the little one? Passerby:
Oh yeah, nice parenting. Leave 'em out here like that and see what happens. Jay's Mother:
YO, FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING SQUARE! Passerby:
Oh yeah, keep on truckin'! Jay's Mother:
[to infant Jay]
Did ya hear that fuckin' guy tellin' me how to fuckin' raise ya? What a motherfucker, man! Who the fuck does that fuckin' guy think he is? What's the worst fuckin' thing that can fuckin' happen to ya just standing outside a fuckin' store, right? Fuck!
[Jay's mother walks into the record store, leaving infant Jay and Silent Bob in their strollers]
Baby Jay:
[his first words]
Fuck... fuck... fuck... fuck... See more »
Crazy Credits
As Morris Day and the Time perform "Jungle Love" at the end, the shots used to identify the actors are often outtakes, ending with a terrific blooper of Jason Mewes flubbing a line.
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