# You saw "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back". What did you "catch" in the film? SPOI **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150 "2001-08-26T02:45:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![23skidoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f04885/32.png) [@23skidoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/23skidoo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/1 "2001-08-26T02:45:08Z")
Kevin Smith must like “Land of the Lost” alot to name Will Ferrell’s character “Marshall Willenholly” and Chris Rock’s character “Chaka”. In a scene on the studio lot, you can see a green awning that says “BUNGALO”, but you can only see the first four letters clearly… "B…U…N…_Hey!_ In a scene on the set of “Good Will Hunting 2”, you can see a pink neon sign that says “COCKTAIL”, but you can only see the first four letters clearly… "C…O…C…_Hey!_ I know I must be missing quite a few more. Anyone else find something neat? ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/2 "2001-08-26T03:21:11Z")
The silent member (well, mostly) of the jewel thief babe-a-thon was played by Kevin Smith’s wife, Jennifer. Their daughter played little Silent Bob in the prologue. The Potzer, Inc. reference to _Chasing Amy_ that I mentioned in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=83681). ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/3 "2001-08-26T03:30:23Z")
My movie geek friends have been telling me for months how great Kevin Smith movies are, so I finally broke down and went to see this one with them last night. My reaction was eh. Competent filmmaking, nothing specatatular, nothing that tells me I should go back and see the others. Friends are going back tonight. I saw nothing worth revisiting. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/4 "2001-08-26T03:38:26Z")
In the Scooby Doo scene, “Freddy” was played by Marc Blucas. He was Sarah Michelle Gellar’s love interest on Buffy… and she is going to play Daphne. Did you stay all the way to the very end with Alanis Morissette and the Gay Disclaimer? ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/5 "2001-08-26T03:39:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andygirl \* > \*\*Did you stay all the way to the very end with Alanis Morissette and the Gay Disclaimer? \*\* No. ☹ I usually do stay for the credits, but for some reason I didn’t today. There really even wasn’t an overwhelming urge to go to the bathroom. I guess I’ll have to go and see it again… ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/6 "2001-08-26T04:43:05Z")
I loved the movie, I feel that it was his best to date, in terms of comedic value. I caught the not-so-obvious Star Wars references (i.e.: NOT the bong-saber duel.), the Smokey and the Bandit reference, but I didn’t see the Jaws reference (aside from Brodie.) All in all, good un-clean family fun. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/7 "2001-08-26T05:50:00Z")
No Julie Dwyer reference. The shutters at the Quick Stop are still closed. “Bunch of savages in this town.” ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/8 "2001-08-26T06:20:44Z")
So I caught something (and immediately pointed out to my friends) that it seemed no one else in the theater did. When Jay and Silent Bob are in the animal testing facility, there is a big warning sign on the wall next to the animal tranquilizer. It looks like those warning cards that you find in airline pockets (it’s even labeled B 737-300/500, an apparent nod to the Boeing 737). It has little cartoon representations of various actions to take. However, the action that is depicted by the first row of panels (the only one I got a good look at) is “Inserting brain plug,” and the pictures show someone taking a hammer to a monkey’s head. Well, at least I thought it was funny. ---
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/9 "2001-08-26T06:43:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andygirl \* > \*\*Did you stay all the way to the very end with Alanis Morissette and the Gay Disclaimer? \*\* Damn it, no. I had heard about the disclaimer, what was the Alanis thing? ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/10 "2001-08-26T06:45:59Z")
- When the girls are partying the day after the heist, they have a banner that says, “37th Heist”. - Clerks - “Snoogans?” - Mallrats/Chasing Amy - “You’re a tracer.” - Chasing Amy - “Make like a circus seal.” - Clerks And so many more. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/11 "2001-08-26T06:58:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by andygirl \* > > \*\*Did you stay all the way to the very end with Alanis Morissette and the Gay Disclaimer? \*\* > > No. ☹ I usually do stay for the credits, but for some reason I didn’t today. There really even wasn’t an overwhelming urge to go to the bathroom. > > I guess I’ll have to go and see it again… \*\* I’ve been embarrassed to be in the Jay and Silent Bob threads because I did the same thing. I am a _ **huge** _ Kevin Smith fan, and I just flaked. I’ll go see it again. For the record my take: I loved most of it. I think Mewes has come a long way since _Clerks_. I thought the Hollywood scenes were a little too goofy. Maybe this is what he was going for – making fun of Hollywood schlockiness – instead he just came off looking schlocky. But I recommend it. Kevin Smith is _the_ man. Anyone who has risen in movie making like him – writing, directing and financing his own stuff on a wing and a prayer and coming out smelling like a rose – is OK in my book. ---
**Author:** ![fippo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@fippo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fippo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/12 "2001-08-26T10:43:03Z")
When Jay and Silent Bob are being chased by security through the studio back lot, they bust through a crowd. (I think this is right before the get the bike.) If you’re fast, you can see one of the guys in the crowd is dressed like DareDevil. In case you don’t know, Kevin Smith wrote DD for Marvel’s **Knights** series. Also, the scene for the Bluntman & Chronic movie being shot is Scene 37. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/13 "2001-08-26T13:25:41Z")
I’ve seen it twice. Definitely stay for the credits. If you’re a speedy reader, you can read all the hilarious thank-yous at the end. The “No animals were harmed…” fine print’s funny, too. Alanis appeared at the end, holding a brown leather book emblazoned “Askewniverse”. She then dances around a bit. It’s a short, cute scene. According to [IMDb](http://us.imdb.com/Credits?0261392), Adam Carolla (of Loveline fame) was in the movie, as “Unknown”. Did anyone see him? What scene was he in? ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/14 "2001-08-26T14:35:00Z")
Among the “Thank yous” at the end were two that really made me laugh: AFFLECK – Once more into the breach, dear friend. MATTY – For charging less than the breach guy. Just to show what a Smith geek I am, during the Hollywood chase scene, I turned to Leigh-Anne and said, “Wow, this far into the movie and we haven’t seen Walter and Steve-Dave yet.” ---
**Author:** ![Kyuzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@Kyuzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyuzo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/15 "2001-08-26T14:45:56Z")
The chase through the Miramax move lot contained several references to Pee-Wee running through the movie lot in Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. [aside]I thought it was _hilarious_ when James van der Beek tells Jason Biggs: “You wouldn’t last a day in the Creek.” [/aside] ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/16 "2001-08-26T16:24:25Z")
Alanis and the Gay Disclaimer are independent events. Basically, Smith got flack for the “anti-gay” language of the film from a gay group and added a disclaimer at the end saying that homophobes were dumb. By the way, the Scooby joke is also more funny when you realize that the guy who is playing Freddy in the movie is Freddie Prinz Jr., Gellar’s boyfriend. Also, Daredevil is in the chase scene. Smith has written some Daredevil comics. The editor of Marvel (who has written for Daredevil and who Smith has worked with quite a bit) played the pizza delivery guy. ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/17 "2001-08-26T17:07:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Number Six \* > \*\*My movie geek friends have been telling me for months how great Kevin Smith movies are, so I finally broke down and went to see this one with them last night. My reaction was eh. Competent filmmaking, nothing specatatular, nothing that tells me I should go back and see the others. Friends are going back tonight. I saw nothing worth revisiting. \*\* Ah, but there’s your problem, **Six**. You can’t even _begin_ to appreciat “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” for what it is until you have seen the other movies. Almost all of the major gags in the movies were based off of tie-ins to Smith’s other movies, sort of inside jokes for those who have seen them. I can certainly understand how someone who hadn’t seen “Clerks,” “Mallrats” or “Chasing Amy” (not so much “Dogma”) would not think of “Jay and Silent Bob” as anything special, because you would have missed most of the jokes. My advice: watch the other movies, then watch “Jay and Silent Bob” again. I’m almost sure that you’ll like it better. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/18 "2001-08-26T23:55:48Z")
1. When the guys are in the comic store talking to Brodie, there is an enlarged Variety newspaper in the background that says, “Brodie Bolts.” At the end of Mall Rats, it says Brodie went on to host the Tonight Show. Why is he in the comic store? He bolted. 1. Jay called God a she. 2. The references to Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. And Kevin Smith was mad at Tim Burton for stealing a scene from one of his works? The fake alley-way Jay and Bob run into is identical to the one in Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure(a Tim Burton film). 3. You can see the dude from Mall Rats still staring at the 3-d picture outside the movie theater. 4. Shannon Elizabeth’s husband(or boyfriend) plays the assistant to Chris Rock. There were more, but I forgot. I saw it awhile ago. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/19 "2001-08-27T00:00:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mahaloth \* > \*\*4. You can see the dude from Mall Rats still staring at the 3-d picture outside the movie theater. \*\* Wasn’t this the Clerks Willam (Scott Mosier, aka the producer/uncreative half of View Askiew), and not the Mallrats Willam (Ethan Suplee), though? ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150/20 "2001-08-27T00:54:17Z")
The movie made a big deal about Mark Hamill, but I was the one in the audience who said “Hey, that nun is Carrie Fisher!” (blank look from my friends) “You know, Princess Leia?” But nobody mentioned the chick who died doing laps … [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-what-did-you-catch-in-the-film-spoi/78150.md?page=2)