A few days after Christmas, my girlfriend, and I actually drove from Maine to see the Quickstop and the comic book shop, and we brought along my father‘s ashes because he was the one that got me in to Kevins movies when I was 10 years old at something that we shared I love for. And recently losing him to heart issues it just seemed like the right time to do it so thank you Kevin Smith.

Around the 1:00:00 mark, when his wife is talking about the movie.... THAT shit hits home for me, too. I worked in a liquor store in Baltimore for 13 years. It was there that I met my first wife. She gave me the inner strength to leave that place, and I found work at a plant nursery working with her. Best job I ever had, despite it being physically taxing. We were allowed to work together because we made a great working team. The two of us together were greater than the sum of our parts. The company recognized that. She was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer, lived through a surgery and went into remission for a while... however, it came back and in 2006, she passed away with me holding her hand. (Clerks III Spoilers ahead....) When Becky showed up while Dante was visiting her grave site, that made me break down in tears. Rose, my first wife, is in a jar very near to me when I'm at my computer. Before she died, she told me that "When the time is right, I'll send you someone so that you won't be lonely for the rest of your life." Also, the number 3 surrounded Rose, so it came as no surprise that after the 3rd anniversary of her death, that an old school friend came walking back into my life. We didn't date back in school, but we were friends. This time, however, we kissed.... and magic happened. We started dating, and one night, Rose came to me in a dream. Anyone who has had this experience knows that you can tell the difference between a "normal dream" and a "visitation". It was then that Rose confirmed to me that Katina was the one she sent. It was also her 3rd visitation to me... I related to Dante in that scene at the grave side because of that experience. I'm more cynical and snarky than Randal is, normally. But that scene made tears roll down my face. Yes, I still hold the memories from my first wife, and in some ways, I hold on too tightly to her. Katina has become my second wife, and we've been married for 11 years now. 2022 was a rough year for me, mentally.... as I was very melancholic for some reason. Then this movie came along, and donkey-kicked me right in the heart. You see, Katina was born with a heart defect, and had to have surgery for it. She had that surgery right before the pandemic hit. She's doing fine, but this was her 3rd corrective surgery. There's that 3 again.... So, yeah, I consider Clerks III to be an amazing movie, and one that I will likely cry while watching every time I do watch it. I didn't get to see it in theaters, and that's probably a good thing. I'd have bawled like a baby during it, if the home video version (and my reaction to it) is any indication. Bad enough I did that in private...... but to have done it publicly..... oh, HELL no.

2024 just watched this again! It is still BETTER than 99% of movies today.

The thing that sets Kevin's movies apart is that they don't talk down to us. They talk TO us.

After seeing clerks 3 in theater and growing up watching all the movies this one hit me hard getting older it made me go to the doctors for a checkup, and try to eat better.

My friend died out of nowhere from a heart attack at 27 years old last year and this movie hit hard.

Clerks 2 is a perfect film, its my favourite film and I've never watched any film more than that film, its my go to film whenever I feel down or need a pick me up or reminder about focusing on the things that matter.

I loved the Clerks cartoon. I had to go online and order an American copy which ran on a different region that most DVD players wouldn't play. It had moments of genius - the second episode being a clips show, the episode that had the ending rewritten by Korean animators, Charles Barkley being a weekly costar. It was a shame it wasn't given a chance.

The Clerks Trilogy is Amazing. I Honestly Love All 3 Movies Equally cause they all go together and Tell a Great Story. Each in a different decade. Randal, Dante, Jay & Silent Bob were Always my Top 4 Favorite Characters in The View Askew Universe. The Scenes of them all together in Clerks 3 were amazing. Thanks For All the Great Laughs, God these Films are Amazing, Kevin Smith Rocks!

I will always remember when I saw Clerks the first time, 100 lifetimes ago, in July of 1993. I've been a diehard fan ever since. Your movies are a category of film all it's own, like John Hughes movies. The Kevin Smith movies have been a huge part of my life, and I'd like to thank you for sharing. You've made a difference, my friend, and it means a lot. ❤❤

Dude I CRIIIIIEEEEED at the end of CLERKS III - that was shockingly beautiful, bittersweet, gorgeous. The love in Kev's films is apparent... that's what I love. I love the dude's passion, heart, and genuine nature. And SLACKER is one of my faves as well. But what a trilogy it's been with CLERKS - I was pleased with the way he wrapped that story up - it was nostalgic AND tragic yet life-affirming, love-affirming... Just genuine. I dunno how to say it better. Some filmmakers just shine through in the films they make - you can tell there's love there.

I first saw this movie in 1995, AFTER I'd seen Mallrats. Mallrats introduced me to Kevin Smith's movies. Clerks made me a big fan. Kev's been my favorite filmmaker ever since.

When CLERKS first hit the screen, i was running my brother's gas station in nearby downtown Milwaukee. Needless to say, I'm grateful to have grown up with these fine human beings...however the distance in space and time. 🌱🎬

Clerks 3 hit me in the nuts really hard. Grew up with these movies. And not one till Clerk 3. Was as emotionally involved as the others. Yet it reminds you of your own life if growing up in that generation. What Kevin created was relative to everyone who was growing up at that time as a teenager to college age. Why I loved it so much. Cause we all knew someone like Jay,Silent Bob, Dante, and the others. For us it was local Taco Bell parking lot. But all of us from this generation. Can relate to it personally. Clerks 3 was the best finish to the story and it was very personal for all of us I think. Outside of Kevin and those who took part in the film/s. I admit, was first movie in a long time, since I was a kid, I cried like a little bitch by the end of it.. Where Fast Times at Ridgemont was a mirror image of a generation. Kevin's Clerks series is a reflection of a generation and how its grown in age.. Best movie ever!

Clerks 2's Jay and Silent Bob, to me at least, is the duo's best appearance

For me... It was the soundtrack! Small comic and anima shop in VA... I walked in "Willie wookie! Moowwaa!" and had to ask what I was listening to? "From a movie called Clerks!" Bought a copy two days later and been a fan ever since! That was 1996... Won a radio contest while stationed in IH, and saw Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back for free!

I work at a plant that handles potentially dangerous materials, needles to say, there are frequent alerts and sometimes we have to gather at a “safe location”. Last year we had such alarm while I was on an OT shift and when such alarm required us to be held up for hours, I was very disappointed when only one coworker got my “I wasn’t even supposed to be here today” reference

Having the original film actors do the voices for the animated series was such a cool idea, that almost never happens in animated adaptations of live action movies or tv shows.

Great to see this. These films have meant a lot to me over the years.

Thanks for posting this! I've seen the movie about 20 times and I don't have the DVD yet. 🤦

love how when they start talking about clerks 2, the music from back to the well starts playing

Thanks for uploading this. I hope they release a box set with all 3

Clerks 3 was SOOOOO awesome we loved it so much in our 50's now and it all hit home so hard perfect we need an Elias movie now!!!!

Thank you, Bob Hawk!

He's a beautiful soul. I can't help but get excited FOR him because his enthusiasm and his empathy and joy and soul is contagious. I don't even care if he makes a clunker here and there, I love the dude's whole energy and the fun he's having, and in this jaded, "corporate hellscape" of a media landscape these days, I love when someone is making stuff they're truly excited about sharing and having a blast and being authentic!

Great to see Scott and Dave in this.

I was working as a clerk for ten best years of my life and i saw alot of myself in those movies...1,2 and 3 i laugh so hard but i was heart broken in the 3rd one but i still got a laugh and i say thank you Kevin smith. when i was 23 people always said i look like dante and i never knew that movie was until years later.. Now i'm 50 and i relate to the character and yes my woman still dogs me about seing the doctor and after seing the last movie i owe it to myself to check my heart..because i dont want my story to end just yet. again...Thank you Kevin.

This is a amazing documentary just like a keven smith movies well put togetehr great job

Thank god Kevin Smith was able to retain ownership of the characters Jay and Silent Bob right away. Can you imagine if Disney owned them? Everything after would suck!

Monmouth County boy here , love everything KS does !

I saw clerks in the movie theater back in 1995. It was in a small movie theater in Utrecht, Netherlands. We were laughing our heads off.

Thank you Mister Smith

This was a great watch and i've always been a huge clerks fan. Just recently heard about clerks 3 and i can't wait to see it. I've been dealing with homelessness and i'm amazed at the release date and me not knowing it came quite awhile ago.

That was beautiful, man…

24.50"this is my surprise?" Always classic 😂

What an emotional roller coaster.

was always a big fan kev my silent friend you rock

Kevin talking about the scene in Clerks 2 where Randal towers over Dante in the jail is amazing.

For me it's Clerks 2. That movie hits so hard. It sends a great message that it's ok to live your own life; not the life you think you ought to have because it's what everyone else seems to be chasing.

Thank you for uploading this. They falsely claimed this documentary was on the DVD even though it's not.

54 seconds in and we get Scott Mosier!! Got damnit I miss SModcast! Aquatic Justice is still my favorite SModimation! I am so happy that Grace got to take part in this, she's a wonderful Mother!

I liked Clerks and absolutely LOVED Clerks II. I have yet to watch the latest but I've heard so many good things about it.

I watched 3 on streaming (purchase) release, and once more with my wife. But I cannot watch this film ever again. My lifelong best friend is terminally ill and 3 just hits too close to home.

Kevin's writing is really insightful. That's why that "crappy little movie" Clerks became a sensation that spawned all these spinoffs and sequels. Kevin's funny and also soulful!

That's beautiful man

I just watched Clerks III and I am blown away!! I wonder if Kevin Smith cried like a bitch when he was finally done writing that script, because I know CIII made MY eyes leak by the end... From the very first to the last, it can be said that the Clerks movies aren't just movies to be watched, they are an enigma to be experienced. Like sooo many others out there, I also forfeited my blockbuster account for not returning the copy of clerks, when it first hit the shelves... Thirty years later, I can still say WORTH IT!!

So grateful for all of these movies 🎬

Absolutely brilliantly written and acted films.

Thank you Bob Hawk

This was so good

26:00 I remember how back in the day, when it first came out, the DVD of the clerks cartoon was like, the "cool" pick for when you went to rent something to watch. It was what the younger people who worked @ my local video store would recommend etc

This is totally fantastic a true filmmakers dream and passion

I just got my copy of Clerks 3 on Blu-ray yesterday and watched this and the making of Clerks 3 and re-watched clerks 3 with the commentary. I'm really glad I was able to get it on Blu-ray because it's been hard to find in stores and the regular DVD version doesn't have this or the making of Clerks 3. I had low expectations for clerks 3 and I'm glad I did because it was actually awesome and really heartwarming. And I love all the references in clerks 3 to the cartoon series which I have and love. The trailer seemed alright, but I was thinking to myself that the actual good parts are probably the movie itself, so I gave it a chance. Honestly I love all the of the movies in the trilogy equally. Kevin should just say fuck it and make clerks a quad trilogy and use stuff from the original clerks 3 screenplay about Randel finding love and having a child. Through in some stuff about him trying to find himself without Dante and him moving on and him navigating fatherhood and dealing with the guilt that Dante didn't get to have this whole family and fatherhood thing. Then it would feel like it's truly come full circle. Someone out there should pitch that to him.

Going back to where you started is not the same as having never left

Clerks 3 was a miserable experience

The first time seeing clerks was when I brought clerks x, that's when I started to fall in love with Kevin smith's movie. How on Earth can you not like Kevin's movies. My favorite movie will always be Jersey girl with my favorite stand up comic George Carlin. His clerks movies will alway touch people of all kinds.

I love Kevin Smith and all of his movie characters .

Killer movie I was a junior in hs and went after work to see this like 3 days in a row

I remember when Kennedy from mtv was at Woodstock 94 and she was talking about how some film called clerks was playing. It was nighttime and most of the people were sleeping but it was cute

CLERKS...one of the best movies ever IMO :) watch it all the time..

Cinevizual, can you please upload the commentary from your Blu-Ray? It's really hard for me to get a copy, because I live in the opposite part of the world(

I won't lie, I'm so stoked for clerks 4, kids growing up, and clerks 5 grumpy old guys...

Great documentary

-56:48 That kind of sounds like Jeff Anderson didn’t want to do it at first but was pressured by Kevin crying

What Kevin and the Clerks ensemble do is embody some sort of evocative, esoteric metaphor that instantly hits for certain kinds of people. If you're not in it, you might not get it. Fortunately, a LOT of people get it. We just can't convey why.

Kevin smith is the reason i started art. I always loved his comics books and his artistry i even got a chance to meet him at a comic con and get autograph a couple of my sketches i drawn and he loved them. I drew him and jay infront of quickstop and i drew him and jay holding the monkey when they saved the monkey from the lab. 😂 He loved them and i gave him the monkey one i was so shocked he liked it that much such a down to earth guy and jason is awesome too definitely who they are on film as in person. Snoogins

I clearly remember the day I first saw Clerks. Back then we would grab 5 or 6 movies from the Hollywood Video and just check them out. I remember seeing the trailer for it on some of those tapes... so the next time at the video store I grabbed it not knowing one thing about it. I was at a friend's house smoking bowls and watching the start of the flick. I had never seen anything like it. Aside from the black and white aesthetic it just had this realness to it... like I had found some footage of real people living their lives somewhere. It didn't feel like a typical 'movie'.... it felt authentic and relatable. I felt like these guys weren't playing characters but just being themselves. It was the first and probably only time I thought making a movie myself with some friends might actually be possible. That was just the look... the other key dimension is the dialog. It sounded like how my buddies and I would talk, just random observations and gross potty humor and sex jokes. I felt like these we're people you could meet and would give you the time of day instead of being unapproachable stars. I really can't say enough about how influential this film was to me... it sparked a long obsession with independent films and the View Askew universe. Thank you so much to Kevin and everyone involved with this classic franchise. It really is a work of pure art.

Having pretty much grown up with the Clerks movies and the viewaskew universe clerks 3 is a great movie but it is very emotional

I love every Jay and Silent Bob/Clerks movie!!!!

“This tastes like piss and flies”

I absolutely love the clerks cartoon

I have started a script in my head. I hope my friends will help me film it!

That time traveling guy from "Misfits": I'm not even supposed to be here!

Great Movie! I definitely have the Blu-ray!

I am so happy to see Jason with better dentures....that was so off putting the past ten years. He just didn't look like himself. Well done sir.

Kevin Smith from Clerks 2 to Clerks 3 are completely 2 different people

Great documentary. I had just recently bought a Chewlies Gum t-shirt. It's great when someone recognizes what it's from. I do have a Porch M***ey shirt too. That one didn't go over so we'll but I still think it's fricken hilarious in it's relation to the movie.

I wonder how many View Askew fans are unaware that Scott Mosier co-Directed the highest grossing Christmas film of all time

Kevin Smith was the perfect guy to give enough authenticity to completely sell out.

well I didn't click on this expecting to cry, but here I am.

I wish Kevin Smith could escape his nostalgic I almost died phase. I didn't hate Clerks 3 but it wasn't very cheery was it. The second movie was perfect to smoke a bong and watch with a friend and giggle like idiots. I don't think I will be rewatching the third one any time soon.

If you get a chance. Watch the Snowball Effect from the Clerks X DVD Special Features. I love Kevin's behind the scenes docs.

40:00 It's time to rewatch Clerks II

Best movies with out special effects and character driven

There's a Clerks 3?

22:15 And that was the whole story basis for Jay and Silent Bob Reboot ...

I would love clerks to come back an animated series🎉🎉

831 Kevin. Thank you. Can't stop crying, so sad, so happy. Your pal Al. Peace.

The spiritual successor to clerks is waiting.

I wish you would have had the same thought when you did he-man

I started working in 'customer service' type jobs RIGHT around the time I first saw "Clerks"; have said since; that "Clerks" is a prerequisite for working with the public; DON'T be like Randall!!!!!

Rosarioo you make me feel 16 again

I gotta go find clerks 3.

47:08 I’ll say, Star Wars Universe, Marvel Cinematic Universe, DC Animated Movie Universe, Lego Universe, Sin City Universe and here the View Askewniverse. She still hasn’t done the Star Trek Universe and she says she’s a huge ST fan girl so… 🤞

Like so many, Kevin Smith became what he was originally against.

kevin smith is like kojima, he lost the mojo

It's so strange to see Silent Bob speaking!

I like how they avoid mentioning the elephant in the room. Weinstein owned Miramax and this dude was buddies early on.

2:30 No intention to see Jay & silent bob more than once? Then why in the hell does it say in the credits for clerks: "Jay & Silent Bob will return in Dogma"?!?

Thumbnail pic ....Moser reminded me of Andrew Huberman.