You can listen to the first Smodcast by Kevin Smith and his long time producer, Scott Mosier. Whether this is the first of many regular podcasts, or the first in a series of one, this could be a lot of fun for Kevin Smith fans. Since the DVD commentaries are just as good, or in some cases better than the films he’s been making, this might be just the format for Smith to wield his unique voice.
Kevin Smith comes up a lot around here. He was at one time a hero, and now a bit of a pariah for not delivering on projects and for relying almost solely on nostalgia to make a living. However, it must be said that the guy can tell a story and is clearly a natural wit to be reckoned with. In the vein of The Ricky Gervais Show, this could be quite entertaining.
Give it a listen, and let us know what you think.
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I thought it was a good first show. He goes into his normal “cum” jokes, some where funny, some wheren’t but that’s okay. His banter with his producer is entertaining, and it seems like this is more then just a “One time” deal. So I look forward to more. Hopefully, unlike Gervais, he won’t end up charging for it. (Though I buy the Gervais ones anyway)
Do you buy the Gervais ones? I didn’t ever convince myself to do it.
I was thinking about it, and I don’t know what I would do if I had to pay for my favorite podcasts. I think I’d pay for TWiT, but it would have to be a smallish fee. But if all of Leo’s listeners paid $5/year for twit, he could pull in plenty of cash.
Now that This American Life is available as a free podcast, I think I’d be upset without it, and would pay for it if it went back to that. I’ve also thought about paying for Car Talk.
Wow, now that I’ve written this, it sounds like market research, which it’s not. I’m approaching this strictly from the “podcast consumer” standpoint.
You’re way over my head dude. I don’t know who this guy is.
You don’t know who Kevin Smith is?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Smith
I listened to it. I may give it a second try too. I’m a huge Kevin Smith apologist and I don’t even know what to say about the first show. Was the 10 minute conversation about Gleaming the Cube necessary? I’m all for nostalgia but come on
He looks familiar. I’m 2 weeks older than him. Good Will Hunting is the only thing he has been a part of that I have seen. The comics he did were done (for the most part) during my 23 year hiatus from comics. I guess you can miss a lot in 23 years.
Do you buy the Gervais ones? I didn’t ever convince myself to do it.
I didn’t buy them… but I did hear them. They were pretty good, although Ricky and Steve are more fascinated by Karl than I am, by like a lot.
You know, Josh, I happened to be browsing iTunes the other night, and practically all of NPR is free now. Fresh Air! (which I’ve been waiting for forever) Car Talk Question of the Week! This American Life! You name it.
I’ma listen to this Smith thing shortly. I wonder if I may not have outgrown the distinguished Mr. Smith; let’s find out.
I guess you can miss a lot in 23 years.
Y’know, the Berlin Wall fell. Yea. David Hasselhoff and Scorpion both made songs about it.
Oh, and Jason Todd and Hal Jordan both died. But they’re back already.
I laughed a little at this. It seems just like the mis-directed conversations I have with my frineds. Since long before linkletters Slacker people have been talking like this. Hell the interweb is full of conversations like this. unfortunally, when I speak to people at work about putting my finger in a strippers asshole no one laughs. They look at me like I’m a creepy stalker or something, not a Genius. Whats the difference between Kevin Smith and everyone else? He made one (1)great movie (Clerks) and a bunch of crappy movies.
when I speak to people at work about putting my finger in a strippers asshole no one laughs
I get huge laughs with that
is it your delivery?
Y’know, the Berlin Wall fell. Yea. David Hasselhoff and Scorpion both made songs about it.
Oh the Hoff and the hours of amusement he’s brought me
is it your delivery?
It must be. For some reason the women I work with find it “ofensive” and “degrading”. stupid 90s PC buzzwords.
some people are just touchy
need to pick the right audience for the anal-digital contact jokes
and atm is for a whole other class of people entirely
I will try to ease them in with the Easter Bunny vs Jesus jokes first.
Do you buy the Gervais ones?
I buy them when there all done (Seasons as they put it) It’s only five bucks, and it gives me enough of a laugh that I feel like it’s worth it.
“some people are just touchy
need to pick the right audience for the anal-digital contact jokes”
I can say, by experience, that’s true. That said, I did hear a great joke last time I was in SF — “How do you get a nun pregnant?”
Josh:
Car Talk airs on AFN (US Military radio) at 8:00 am Saturday, and boy oh boy am I many times indebted to those guys when I have to wake up in time to teach a 10 am class on Saturdays…
Given a choice (and more time in my life), I would probably spend more time listening to Car Talk or This American LIfe than Kevin Smith. I’m thinking after the first few episodes it might start to go into “joke recycle mode” but I’ll try it out… But generally, I try and vary my media diet. I think Smith is powerfully funny, but it just seems like more of what I already have on tap, rather than something from a different direction…
Jimski – that was the think with ricky and steve…I got over the Karl jokes by the end of the first batch, and besides that, I didn’t know what else they were doing.
Although, the funniest joke in the history of podcasting was “Paul the Party Animal Parker” from that show.
And I didn’t know that Fresh Air, which was the last holdout, has gone free. Oh joy of joys. I never listen to radio anymore since I’ve been in New York, and don’t drive much. So good.
Wow, the “smodcast” is just about nothing. Actually, it sounds a lot like I would imagine a real conversation between convenience store clerks sounds like.
I feel like I’ve outgrown Kevin Smith. He tells a good story and I appreciate a lot of his humor. But not all of it, like I used to. Dunno why.
I’m glad to see that the Car Talk guys have a podcast, even if it’s just 10 minutes. They’re hilarious.
That’s not very unusual among the iFanboy crew.
I demand eveyone download and listen to the Adam and Joe XFM podcast. there is a 2 episode best of compilation available on iTunes (for free, obviously)
It’s great! Do it!
“I feel like I’ve outgrown Kevin Smith. He tells a good story and I appreciate a lot of his humor. But not all of it, like I used to. Dunno why.”
After this and Jimksi’s review, I’m not going to bother myself with Smith’s podcast. I love his past work, but I think the tenor of the country is more interested in positive, constructive and helpful type of discourse, funny or not, which explains why people here are less interested in Kevin Smith just jabbering on and bitching about his or that. Funny before, but now the country’s mood, I think, is shifting.
I think Smith needs to retire from the world and all human interaction (except his family, of course), retire to a very rural area, and just stay there for a year or so in isolation until he writes another script as good as Dogma or Chasing Amy.
In other Kevin Smith news:
February 9, 2007 — THERE’S less of Kevin Smith to love. The portly director of “Clerks” and “Jersey Girl,” who weighed 230 pounds last year, has dropped 22 pounds since Jan. 2 by adhering to portion control and chugging Optifast. “I’ve never been a drinker or drugger, but where I’ve historically indulged like Tony Montana was with junk food. I never had a bowl of cereal; I’d eat a box,” Smith says on his blog, adding his goal is to drop more than 50 pounds altogether.
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Good for him.
how tall is he?
he looked way bigger than 230
5′ 8 1/2″
ok makes sense then
never realized he was so short