Clerks 

The continuing adventures of clerks Dante and Randal, who try to make the best of their menial labor, with no help from Jay and Silent Bob.

Creators:

David Mandel, Scott Mosier, Kevin Smith

Stars:

Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jeff Anderson	...	Randal Graves 6 episodes, 2000-2001
Jason Mewes	...	Jay 6 episodes, 2000-2001
Brian O'Halloran	...	Dante Hicks 6 episodes, 2000-2001
Kevin Smith	...	Silent Bob 6 episodes, 2000-2001
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Narrator / ... 6 episodes, 2000-2001
Alec Baldwin	...	Leonardo Leonardo 5 episodes, 2000-2001
Charles Barkley	...	Charles Barkley 5 episodes, 2000-2001
Diana Devlin		5 episodes, 2000-2001
Tara Strong	...	Giggling Girl 4 episodes, 2000-2001
Dan Etheridge	...	Mr. Plug 4 episodes, 2001
April Winchell	...	Reporter / ... 4 episodes, 2000-2001
Jeff Bennett	...	British customer 3 episodes, 2000-2001
Bryan Cranston	...	Various / ... 3 episodes, 2000-2001
Walter Flanagan	...	Fanboy / ... 3 episodes, 2001
Elon Gold		3 episodes, 2000-2001
Bryan Johnson	...	Steve-Dave Pulasti 3 episodes, 2001
Michael McShane	...	Locksmith / ... 3 episodes, 2000-2001
Jim Wise		3 episodes, 2000-2001
Brian Posehn	...	Albert / ... 3 episodes, 2001
Gilbert Gottfried	...	Jerry Seinfeld / ... 2 episodes, 2000-2001
Michael McKean	...	Creepy Old Guy / ... 2 episodes, 2000-2001
Dana Gould	...	Guy in '80s flashback 2 episodes, 2000-2001
Kerri Kenney	...	Mother / ... 2 episodes, 2001
Michele Maika		2 episodes, 2001
Matthew Maher		2 episodes, 2001
Phil LaMarr	...	Axel Foley 2 episodes, 2000-2001
Mario Joyner	...	Lando 2 episodes, 2000-2001
Lauren Tom		2 episodes, 2000-2001

Storyline

Following the events of the movie 'Clerks', Dante Hicks still works at the Quick Stop, and his best friend Randall Graves still 'works' at the video store (even though he spends most of his time figuring out ways to get Dante into trouble). However, with the arrival into town of diabolical billionaire megalomaniac Leonardo Leonardo, their lives are about to get more unusual, even if their jobs remain as unsatisfying and tedious as before. Soon, Dante and Randall find themselves thrown headlong into crazy adventures involving, in no particular order, a monkey, Little League Baseball, Korean animators, Canadian exports, lesbian ex-girlfriends of Randall, Judge Reinhold, the Matrix, refridgerator door locks and numerous unwarranted 'Star Wars' references. And as always, they receive very little in the way of constructive help from slackers Jay and Silent Bob.

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Plot Keywords:

clerk | jay and silent bob | store | best friend | friend | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sexual humor

Details

Official Sites:

View Askew Productions

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 May 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Clerks: Uncensored

Company Credits

Production Co:

Disney Television Animation, Miramax, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min 22 min (6 episodes) 130 min (DVD) 143 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When the studio bought the series, they apparently did not realize that the characters of Jay and Silent Bob were drug dealers. When they were informed, studio executives insisted that this be changed, and the two became firecracker dealers for the cartoon.

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Quotes

Man: [running in from the street] Run for your lives! Someone let the gorilla out of his cage and he's attacking everyone in sight!
[Gorilla arm pulls him back out the door]
Dante Hicks: Oh, no! Caitlin!
Man: [runs back in] Except Caitlin Bree and Dan Whiffler who are having sex in a car!

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Crazy Credits

Some episodes begin with Randal announcing "Clerks is drawn before a live studio audience," a parody of similar announcements made during 1970s sitcoms.

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Alternate Versions

Episode 2 features a scene where Dante and Randal watch a film called "Flintstone's List," an obvious takeoff on "Schindler's List." While it appears on the DVD, it was cut from the TV airing.

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Connections

Referenced in The Twelve Steps of Jason Mewes: Get Greedo (2013)

User Reviews

Hilarious, but disjointed.

It's really too bad that Clerks was up against the two highest rated events of the summer season- Survivor on CBS and the NBA Finals on NBC. I'm sure that the unfortunate scheduling contributed heavily to the lack of ratings; in some markets, including mine, the second episode wasn't even shown, because of the heavyweight competition. (Luckily, my local station sent me a videocassette of ep. 2.)

Both episodes of Clerks were hilarious, but not uniformly so. There are parts of both episodes that dragged, and parts of both that actually kind of shocked me. (Randall explaining to the jury how alike they and Dante are; the Indian convenience store). My friends and I, while enjoying the show immensely, realized there was no way the average viewer would even understand much of the cartoon, let alone appreciate the in-jokes and find the whole affair funny- in fact, there are parts of each that many would find downright offensive. While we wish the show would have continued (and perhaps with more equal competition, the show could have matured into something really good), perhaps it's best that the shows just come out on video for the benefit of the converted.

My main problem with the show was the stylistic similarity to "The Critic"- most of the jokes were not only pop-culture based, but they were essentially non-sequiters, contributing nothing to the story. Their use in the original movie fit in with the feel of the film- that of bored coworkers who are just killing time. They felt awkward, though, nestled in the sitcom-like plot of the cartoon.

All in all- recommended for the Clerks fans out there; everyone else may want to see the movies before seeing the cartoon.