Win A Copy Of Kevin Smith's New Book
from the connecting-through-contests dept
We recently wrote about how Kevin Smith was connecting with fans in a variety of ways, and after doing so, some of "his people" (see? I got this movie business lingo down) contacted us to see if we wanted to give away some copies of his new book, Shootin' the Sh*t with Kevin Smith: The Best of SMODCAST. So, we said sure, because we're told by people all the time that Techdirt readers "just want stuff for free." These aren't signed books or anything -- we tried, and apparently we're not cool enough and the signed ones are a reason to buy, so if you want that, pay up, cheapskate. But, hey, these books are still free. What are you complaining about?Anyway... I've put together some trivia questions, which shouldn't be that hard to answer if you listen to Smodcast regularly (or if you're a creative Googler). Alternatively, write up a comment about something having to do with Kevin Smith or his movies, and make it funny, cool or original (preferably all three). Anyway, we've got five books. There are three trivia questions. The first person to answer any one of the trivia questions correctly gets a book (if you know the answer to more than one question, don't be that guy -- we know you're awesome; just let someone else get it). Then we'll take the two best Kevin Smith stories and award the books to them. If, by Monday night, no one's been able to figure out the answers to trivia questions (and, who knows, maybe I'll give hints), then for every unanswered trivia question, we'll pick another "Kevin Smith story" writer. Oh yeah, make sure you include a working email in the email box so we can contact you and work out the details. If we can't reach you or you don't respond to our emails in time, the free book goes on to the next winner... That's about the deal. This is intended to be fun, so don't go nuts over it. Silent Bob wouldn't approve.
Trivia questions (remember, just answer one):
- When Clerks was first shown at Cannes, what famous rocker did Scott Mosier have to go wake up on that rocker's yacht one morning?
- Kevin's got some dogs (three, I believe). One has a habit of interrupting SModcast with barks, and recently traveled to NY to bark on a special east coast SMod. Name the dog...
- Smith recently got to meet the father of one of his heroes, who he's suggested there should be a new religion around. Who did he meet?
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The dog's name...
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Comment: 12:11pm. Article Posted: 12:23
You want an RtB? Better chance of winning contests!
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Ironically, a feature I requested have the option to be disabled!
It just happened to turn out that I was going to submit a story about an Oregon man who distributed Oregon's public law but was found to be in copyright violation!
I enabled the CB feature to see if TD was working on the story, when I saw the Kevin Smith article open.
As a fan of Kevin, I read the article. When I saw the dog question, I knew the answer, so I posted it.
Now my CB is disabled again. Heh, I wonder what the chances are of this happening again are.
SIDE NOTE: Just a thought, seeing how the CB feature could be useful for submitting stories, any reason why it couldn't be placed on the right side?
I know this sounds picky, but that "wasted space" atop the page irritates me. It's hundreds of pixels that take away article positioning.
No offense, but I really don't want to see half my screen taken up with a message asking someone to shut Techdirt up.
Feedback, baby. Just had to offer it.
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*Ding* Winner.
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Rocker
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Actually, that's not the answer we were looking for. At least, I have not heard of any stories of Mosier waking up Pirner on his yacht...
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My Kevin Smith fan fic
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Father
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Yes, the answer is Walter Gretzky, who is Wayne Gretzky's father... After talking it over, we think it's fair to give the book to Dark Helmet, who didn't specifically name Walter, but knew who he was.
We'll find something else to send mobigeek though, as a consolation prize. :)
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In the spirit of sharing, I'd be happy to mail the book to mobigeek when I'm done reading it, assuming he'd mail it back :)
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Woohoo! Consolation, yet again!
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Did we just nail this
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...that coupled with a firm understanding of how to properly google a query...
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copying
Seriously, 15 minutes is not all that surprising ;)
anything free with an incentive + not something that takes years to figure out = will be solved faster than one can blink, no matter how obscure
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"Connect with Fans plus Free Shit"
Also dibbs on second iteration of Wayne Gretsky.
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Kevin had to bring his wife to the doctors last year for a rather embarrassing yet painful problem. What was it?
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That answer is.....WRONG
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Kevin said the doc used a little silver shovel and likened it to mining for gold.
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2. shecky
3. walter gretzky
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*Ding* that is the correct answer.
Unless CHT turns up some evidence of Mosier, Pirner and a yacht in Cannes soon, Kurt gets this one...
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2) goes to R. Miles with an answer of Shecky
3) goes to you, Dark Helmet, with an answer of Wayne Gretsky's father
but mobiGeek may get a consolation prize for the answer of Walter Gretzky
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funny influence of kevin smith
honestly, he writes good stuff, it's hilariously entertaining, what else is to be expected?
What other movie stars humorously confront urban rumors or controversial ideas like how women count the number of people they've slept with but don't count blowjobs while calling us sluts, etc. Double standards are covered in subtle ways :)
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Besides, I can work and read Techdirt at the same time just fine.
A story about Kevin Smith's work: Dogma (Kevin Smith wrote, directed, and acted in) gave me my current standing on religion. The idea is good, but once you build a belief stricture around it, it turns into a bad thing. That movie has ended quite a few arguments between me and my vary religious roommate.
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Thank you Kevin for changing my life
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What...
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Who?
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Kevin Smith is Awesome!
He also married a "hot" Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, I use "hot" because she could kinda go both ways on that one.......... and that should have been long enough to get that last part.
And to be honest, when I was younger I identified with him alot because I was a fairly quick adolescent and liked how he would only talk about, as I said before, deep & profound topics or atleast present it as such.
I also have to admit I didn't realize he had a podcast, its actually been a while since I have followed up on him. I'm more than a little rusty on what he has been up to these days. I'm definitely gonna check out his podcast and of course... a copy of his book would be bad either *wink wink.
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I was a fairly quiet adolescent... not quick. I guess my mind was going a little quick on that one.
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Some thoughts on some quotes from Kevin.
"How lame do you have to be to spend your time like that on the Internet? Can't you do something more constructive, like surf the porn? Or go into the real world and interact with people rather than cyber-sniping."- Found this one to be really funny commentary on some of the posters here; just hope I don't fall into this category, yikes.
"Each flick I`ve done is kind of a snapshot of where I was in my life when I wrote it; `Clerks II` really speaks to where I am in life at the moment. You don`t have to be an analyst to look at the movie and go, `The Quick Stop means a little more than the Quick Stop, and Florida represents something more than just going to Florida.` That`s kind of where I am. There`s definitely something bittersweet about arriving at `Clerks II."- I feel that this is also true for everybody who really enjoyed Clerks when they were younger; just thinking about where you were in your life when you first saw it compared to when you saw Clerks II. For me, when Clerks first came out I was only in about 3rd grade, so the first time I saw Clerks wasn't probably a good 6 years after it came out. But even from then until I saw Clerks II, I am happy with where I am but still look back and think, damn those were some good times. Which I guess is the bittersweetness he is referring to in arriving at Clerks II.
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Kevin Smith killed my podcast
I finally listened upon my douchebag cousin's insistence. I laughed, hard.
Haven't recorded a podcast since. But I'm almost caught up on SMod.
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Kevin Smith story
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Not worth a book, but...
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I liked Kevin's comment after the Wayne Gretzky action figure gift--- "Put some clothes on so I can hug you"
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Kevin Smith Story
During the movie, our body language is shifting. We're growing a bit closer. I reach my hand out, and she put her hand in mine.
...eventually, we kiss!
Now, almost 10 years later...I'm still with the girl (getting married next summer).
Kevin Smith will always hold a special place in my life...book or no book.
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Every con
The funny part is that half of them don't even realize it.
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Apostrophe
It's just an apostrophe. Learn how to deal with it. It's 2009. It's just an ASCII character.
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I don't know why you keep posting this. We've already responded to you.
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My Story to win a free book.
I had the best night ever tonight. As you probably know, I am a huge Kevin Smith fan. Those of you who share my affinity, probably know about his new movie Zack and Miri Make a Porno (opening October 31st). And if you keep up on any news from the Smith camp, you know that Kevin was planning to do the very first test screening "somewhere in the midwest" this week. On Tuesday to be exact. Well, a few days ago the wonderful and beautiful Destiny emailed me, and said "I've got tickets to a screening of [you guessed it] Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and if you can make it up you're welcome to come along." As you might have guessed, I was fucking stoked. I emailed back immediately and told her yes, yes, a thousand times yes. I will be there.
So, that's part one. I got to see Z&MMaP a full 5 and a half months before it comes out. Not only that, but this is the very first time an audience will see the movie. On to part two.
So, as we are sitting in the theater, waiting for the movie to start, I see Zak Knutson. The Donkey Fucker from Clerks II. So we talked about how cool that was. And then, a few moments later Harvey Fucking Weinstein, formerly of Miramax, currently with The Weinstein Company. The production house responsible for almost every Kevin Smith movie. Not to mention he is one of THE most important people in indy movies. So that was really fucking cool.
Now, an aside. When I heard about this test screening, I remembered hearing about the Test Screening process. Everyone watches the movie (with some minor differences than the final cut, mostly small edits and possible different soundtrack choices) and then afterwards everyone fills out what is basically a comment card. Asking what you thought of many different aspects of the movie. And after everyone has filled out their card, there are a few people who get chosen for a Focus Group, and the focus group goes and talks more directly about what they liked and didn't like. And often times, this may include the director. On with the story.
So as we're waiting, after we've seen Zak and Harvey, the guy next to us tells us that he saw Kevin in the back parking lot earlier. So now we're super excited. Kevin is in the house. So we all want to get picked for the Focus Group. But alas, none of us do. So we leave. Or do we...
(A one paragraph cliffhanger? Who is this asshole?)
We go out to the hallway, and we kind of loiter, just to see who might come out. I was really hoping for a picture with Harvey. And as we're waiting, we see first Uber Producer Scott Mosier, and just a few steps behind The Man himself, Kevin Smith. So we get even more excited. We decide we're not leaving without saying hi.
So we decide that since he came in the backdoor, he'll probably go out the same door. So we get in the van, and drive around the back of the theater. After we wait about 15-20 minutes, out they come. Kevin first. So we calmly walk over, and say hi. And after asking for an autograph, and a few pictures, we got to talk with him. He asked us what we thought of the flick, and we all dug it, so we told him so. We talked about how far we drove just to see the show. Discussed how good Seth Rogen was, and how good the cast was, and Mewes. Btw, when you see the movie, those are all his real tattoos. Who knew? And I pointed out that I noticed a funny little sign, and he laughed because he didn't think anyone noticed. And we end up talking to him for like 15 minutes. And then I went over and asked Scott for an autograph and a picture, and he asked what I thought of the movie, and I told him I loved it. And we talked about how great all the new faces fit into the View Askew family. And after a picture, I went back over to find Jeremy telling Kevin about how he peed behind the bush. I leave that kid alone for 5 minutes...I swear to god. So we talk for a few more minutes with Kevin, and then Zak came over. And we talked to Zak for about 10 minutes and found out that they are doing another feature length Documentary on the making of Z&M so thats awesome. And after a picture with Zak, and yet another autograph, we left. And I don't know about anyone else, but I haven't been happier in a very long time.
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who did Kevin Smith meet?
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