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It's Thursday January the 4 around 6:51AM and

Wasting An Evening with Kevin Smith

I wasn't always the biggest Kevin Smith fan. Clerks was nearly unwatchable. Mallrats was dreadful. But then Mr. Smith seemed to catch his groove. Well, until Jersey Girl. And then a while back I watched his DVD "An Evening with Kevin Smith". Clearly he is better live than behind the camera. That said, this past week I watched Clerks II and his follow up DVD "An Evening with Kevin Smith: Evening Harder" (here's a three minute clip for ya) But seriously, watch these discs and you'll be hooked on Smith - Affleck haters or not. And here is some more things that i dug up after the impromptu Smith-A-Thon...

1. Kevin Smith picks David Cross's Diarrhea Moustache for his iTunes Celebrity Playlist. And here's why:

"While the faux title of this track is giggle-inducing enough, it's a bait-and-switch: David Cross likes to mislabel all of his tracks. Instead of diarrhea moustaches, we're treated to a spellbinding and hysterical anecdote about a night when Cross got so plastered, he could barely communicate. With "Shut Up", Cross has released the best comedy album of the last five years, bar none. If your idea of funny is Dane Cook, this may not be your brand of whimsy; but if you like nasty, frank, and bitchy laughs, get nailed to this Cross."

Love it. Especially the Dane Cook call out.

2. Kevin Smith filmed a small part in the new Die Hard movie. Of course this gives Smith the opportunity to talk about what a pimp Bruce Willis was (is) in Moonlighting:

"'The Son Also Rises', at the close of which Addison is dancing with Maddie Hayes at his father’s wedding to Anita Baker’s 'Sweet Love'. Check out that scene, if you ever get a chance: the man is a goddamned pimp. And since David Addison is, essentially, just Bruce Willis with a different name, Willis is, by extension, a goddamned pimp too." Holy crap, it's true watch the clip. Amazing. Truly Amazing. And as a special bonus: Bruce Willis as Bruno with Respect Yourself. OMG!

3. All of this makes even the thought of him acting in a TV pilot is pretty funny. However, I'm not sure what to make of his role in Catch and Release.