Jason Mewes: Silent Bob, Podcasts And New Movie Roles (VIDEO)

Jason Mewes is one half of the famed indie film team Jay and Silent Bob. Needless to say, he is not the silent one.

The foul-mouthed icon sat down with the Huffington Post to discuss his days making beloved comedies with his best friend, director Kevin Smith, as well as his new projects: his own channel on the Smodcast Podcast network and playing murderers on the big screen. And he also settles an important debate for his fans: Hollywood or New Jersey?

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[pokladd]

06:34 AM on 06/01/2011

He can't distribute a film in Canada. It is considered International. It has been known for a while that the independent distribution was US only and Smith would engage international distributors. ..
http://bit.ly/iTdbrJ

[injinplease]

11:58 AM on 05/19/2011

Kevin Smith can take a break from recoloring 'Mall Rats 2 revenge of the pledge, " Clerks 2 electric boogalou ." Suck-wells don't work for him no matter how great he feels about his work .

[jokamachi]

01:40 PM on 05/19/2011

Clerks 2 in color was just plain weird.

[BebeLush]

11:32 AM on 05/19/2011

They've always made me laugh. Another movie would be great.

[wook72]

09:52 AM on 05/19/2011

God, I hope not.

[cinemaven]

12:58 AM on 05/19/2011

I've seen Smith live twice, the second time with a bunch of the smodders after the Walter Gretzky (Wayne's adorable dad) Street Hockey tournament. He's brilliant.. he can talk for hours and keep you entertained. If Sheen had taken a page from Smith's book, his live shows wouldn't have tanked so badly.

I'm happy for Mewes that he's sober and doing well and I'll watch anything Smith makes because even his lesser works are funnier than a lot of the buddy movies that pass for comedies.

There aren't enough hours in the day to listen to all the smodcasts and that's a shame because they're all worth listening to.

[AngusC]

11:44 PM on 05/18/2011

Please God yes.
I love those guys.

[nsmavrik]

08:14 PM on 05/18/2011

If there is ever a new Jay and Silent Bob movie, I can honestly say I have the best idea ever.

Jay and Silent Bob meet Cheech and Chong

[Nichodeemous]

12:00 AM on 05/19/2011

Though I have fond memories of C&C, I think Harold and Kumar would make a better team up if they ever went with a franchise merger like that. Cheech and Chong are both getting pretty old now. Maybe they could put all three duos together and have them meet at the apartment of James Franco's character from Pineapple Express. I'm sure Seth Rogen would appear in that movie for free.

[freddychef]

12:51 AM on 05/19/2011

all of them together in 1 epic stoner flic!

[arrock]

01:56 PM on 05/19/2011

I think you guys are onto something here...On a side note I cant wait for Harold and Kumar 3 due out late 2011...Long live NPH!!!!!!!

[LuxorLava]

05:05 PM on 05/18/2011

He looks like he's still on the smack! He could have at least had makeup done before the video shoot so he didn't look half dead & herpified!! WTF JAY??? Smack is whack!

[FlangeSqueal]

12:42 PM on 05/19/2011

Too bad he also went to DentalImplantsR Us and had a bad set of uppers installed !

Dude - take a shower - get straight - and we MIGHT see you later.

[Jeff Cunningham]

04:06 PM on 05/18/2011

I've always understood it this way: after Red State, Kevin Smith had one more movie in him (a hockey film called Hit Somebody), and after that, he would retire from film-making. He's really dove into the podcast/internet radio thing, and it wouldn't surprise me if there were other writing ventures he wanted to pursue. And frankly, as much as I love his Jay & Silent Bob movies, I hope he is done with them -- because, really, what's left?

[jcarterla]

03:31 PM on 05/18/2011

They should take a long break and have a movie that shows them as old men.

[Samantha Monteleone]

10:24 PM on 05/18/2011

Rofl. I know. Good idea.

[InedaName]

03:31 PM on 05/18/2011

I think Smith should do a Clerks movie every decade. I want to see how Dante and Randal get along in this economy as 40-something service workers. I see Clerks 3 with Dante as a single dad trying to protect his child from Randal's bad influences.

[stupidllama]

03:36 PM on 05/18/2011

ya, except they would not be service workers anymore since they bought the quik stop at the end of 2 but still im with ya.

[anonymous777]

03:21 PM on 05/18/2011

ummm is he nodding a bit in this video?
good luck with sobriety.
clerks 2 is one of my fav movies.

[outloud]

04:19 PM on 05/18/2011

You mean he was supposed to be sober? Looked pretty sleepy-eyed to me.....but maybe that's just his face....?

[JoeMentia]

03:09 PM on 05/18/2011

I love all of the View Askewiverse films, even the one most others hate. And I could keep watching Jay & Silent Bob in new stuff for the next 20 years. I think they have the potential to be the Abbott & Costello or Laurel & Hardy of our time. But if Smith is burnt on it and feels that he is out of ideas, I support his decision to bow out of the industry.

[donnyraindog]

02:37 PM on 05/18/2011

I think dogma one of the more underrated comedies everwould love to see something along those lines!

[arrock]

03:59 PM on 05/18/2011

Indeed a great movie...." Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, outside of soccer" My fav line from that

[viewfromuphere]

04:07 PM on 05/18/2011

can't agree enough with that opinion....some good acting and good writing in that flick.

[Montcalms Revenge]

02:29 PM on 05/18/2011

I loved "Clerks". Saw it 5 times in the theater when it came out... after that it's pretty much been downhill for Kevin Smith and the Jay and Silent Bob characters. Some funny lines\scenes in the other movies but nothing close to the comedy genius of the original. Sorry. In my opinion of course...

[CraiginPhoenix]

02:34 PM on 05/18/2011

I thought Chasing Amy was the best movie Kevin Smith made, and then it was (a steep) downhill from there.

My opinion....

[Montcalms Revenge]

02:37 PM on 05/18/2011

"What's a Nubian?"... I'll grant you that scene was HYSTERICAL! ;-)

[Kenny Wolf]

09:18 PM on 05/18/2011

Agreed, Chasing Amy had some of the sharpest dialog imo that Smith has ever written. It was a powerful yet vastly underrated movie that deserves more credit and yes the following movies that Smith has done since pale by comparison.

[arrock]

05:52 PM on 05/18/2011

BESERKER!!!!!!!!!!!