"Clerks" (2000) TV series

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

31 May 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Animation

Plot:

The continuing adventures of clerks Dante and Randal, who try to make the best of their menial labor, with no help from Jay and Silent Bob.

Plot Keywords:

Jay And Silent Bob | Video Store | James Bond Spoof | Hockey | Based On Film

Cast

Jeff Anderson	...	Randal Graves (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Jason Mewes	...	Jay (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Brian O'Halloran	...	Dante Hicks (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Kevin Smith	...	Silent Bob (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Also Starring / ... (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Alec Baldwin	...	Leonardo Leonardo (5 episodes, 2000-2001)
Charles Barkley	...	Himself (5 episodes, 2000-2001)
Diana Devlin	...	Also Starring (5 episodes, 2000-2001)
Tara Strong	...	Giggling Girl (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Dan Etheridge	...	Mr. Plug (4 episodes, 2001)
April Winchell		(4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Jeff Bennett	...	Also Starring (3 episodes, 2000-2001)
Bryan Cranston	...	Helicopter Pilot / ... (3 episodes, 2000-2001)
Walter Flanagan	...	Fanboy / ... (3 episodes, 2001)
Elon Gold		(3 episodes, 2000-2001)
Bryan Johnson	...	Steve-Dave Pulasti (3 episodes, 2001)
Michael McShane	...	Also Starring / ... (3 episodes, 2000-2001)
Jim Wise		(3 episodes, 2000-2001)
Brian Posehn	...	Albert / ... (3 episodes, 2001)

Series Directed by
Chris Bailey		(5 episodes, 2000-2001)
Nicholas Filippi		(2 episodes, 2000-2001)
Steve Loter		(2 episodes, 2000-2001)

Series Writing credits
David Mandel		(6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Scott Mosier		(6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Kevin Smith		(6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Paul Dini		(2 episodes, 2000)

Series Produced by
Chris Bailey	....	supervising producer (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
John Bush	....	producer (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Billy Campbell	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Brian Kelley	....	supervising producer (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Steve Lookner	....	co-producer (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
David Mandel	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Scott Mosier	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Kevin Smith	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 2000-2001)

Series Original Music by
James L. Venable		(4 episodes, 2000-2001)

Series Film Editing by
John Royer		(4 episodes, 2000-2001)

Series Art Direction by
Alan Bodner		(4 episodes, 2000-2001)

Series Production Management
Steve Arenas	....	post-production manager (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Brant Hawes	....	production manager: digital (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Angela Macias	....	production manager (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Bob Osher	....	executive in charge of production (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
P.J. Aminpour	....	post-production supervisor (3 episodes, 2000-2001)

Series Art Department
Tom Bernardo	....	storyboard revisionist (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Bev Chapman	....	property designer (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Nicholas Filippi	....	storyboard supervisor (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Carin-Anne Greco	....	storyboard revisionist (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Roy Meurin	....	storyboard revisionist (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Eugene Salandra	....	lead storyboard / lead storyboard artist (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Deke Wightman	....	storyboard revisionist / storyboard (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Peter Paul Bautista	....	storyboard revisionist (3 episodes, 2000-2001)
Tim Maltby	....	storyboard revisionist (3 episodes, 2000-2001)
David Schwartz	....	storyboard revisionist (3 episodes, 2000-2001)
Fred Gonzales	....	storyboard revisionist (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
Eddy Houchins	....	storyboard / storyboard revisionist (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
Al Zegler	....	storyboard revisionist (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
Ryan Anthony	....	storyboard (2 episodes, 2000)
A.J. Jothikumar	....	storyboard / storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2001)
Chris Rutkowski	....	storyboard / storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2001)

Series Sound Department
Chris Longo	....	sound supervisor / post-production sound supervisor / ... (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Fil Brown	....	sound re-recording mixer (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Kris Daly	....	foley recordist (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Melissa Ellis	....	sound re-recording mixer (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Phyllis Ginter	....	foley artist (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
J. Lampinen	....	digital audio transferer (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Robbi Smith	....	dialogue editor (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Paca Thomas	....	sound designer (4 episodes, 2000-2001)

Series Visual Effects by
Dave Bossert	....	effects design (4 episodes, 2000-2001)

Series Animation Department
Tristin Cole	....	clean-up artist: location / background clean-up artist (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Richard J. Gasparian	....	timing director (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Russell Calabrese	....	timing director (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Mark Cote	....	clean-up artist: character (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Devin Crane	....	animation layout artist (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Fran Doyle	....	overseas animation supervisor (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Marsh Lamore	....	timing director (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Michel Lyman	....	timing director (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Mike Pettengill	....	animation layout artist / animation layout artist: background (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Eugene Salandra	....	additional character designer / character designer (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Toby Shelton	....	supervisor: animation layout (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Teri Shikasho	....	color key stylist (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Stephen Silver	....	lead character designer (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Christopher Tindle	....	animation layout artist (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Brian Tribble	....	animation layout artist (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Greg Guler	....	clean-up artist: character (3 episodes, 2000-2001)
John Fang	....	clean-up artist: location (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
Ralph A. Eusebio	....	animatic editor (unknown episodes)
Jim Mahfood	....	character designer (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Jamie Thomason	....	voice casting (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
David Wright	....	casting manager (4 episodes, 2000-2001)

Series Editorial Department
Mark Bollinger	....	post-production coordinator (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Keith Cook	....	on-line editor (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Ralph A. Eusebio	....	editor: leica reel (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
James Harrison	....	pre-production track editor (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Jennifer Harrison	....	assistant film editor (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Tom Pniewski	....	scanner: black & white (4 episodes, 2000-2001)

Series Music Department
Marc S. Perlman	....	music editor (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Craig Sharmat	....	composer: additional music (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Eli Holzman	....	production executive (6 episodes, 2000-2001)
Chris Bailey	....	supervising director (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Brian Cole	....	technical director (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Skip Craig	....	track reading (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Jennifer Eolin	....	script coordinator (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Jim Finch	....	continuity coordinator (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Todd Ford	....	production coordinator (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Andrew Ice	....	location designer (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Keiji Kishi	....	production coordinator (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Jeffrey Krul	....	assistant to executive producers / assistant to executive producer (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Kevin Marburger	....	production coordinator (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Simon Rodgers	....	key location design (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Thomas Shalin	....	production coordinator (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Cristina Versage	....	production coordinator (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Darcy Vigneault	....	assistant to producer (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Nadia Vurbenova	....	background paint (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Wade Wisinski	....	production coordinator (4 episodes, 2000-2001)
Kathryn Gilmore	....	continuity coordinator (3 episodes, 2000-2001)
Felipe Morell	....	location designer (3 episodes, 2000-2001)
Richard Sullivan	....	continuity coordinator (3 episodes, 2000-2001)
Nathan Kane	....	background paint (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
Jungja Wolf	....	continuity coordinator (2 episodes, 2001)

Production Companies

• Miramax Television
• Touchstone Television
• View Askew Productions
• Walt Disney Television Animation
• Woltz International Pictures

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
• Buena Vista Home Video
• Buena Vista Television

Also Known As:

Clerks: The Cartoon (Australia)
Clerks: Uncensored (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexual humor.

Runtime:

22 min | USA:22 min (6 episodes) | 130 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:R | USA:TV-14 (TV rating)

Company:

Miramax Television

Trivia:

When the studio bought the series, they apparently did not realize that the characters of Jay and Silent Bob were drug dealers. When they were informed, studio executives insisted that this be changed, and the two became firecracker dealers for the cartoon.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of episode 4, when Judge Reinhold is working at the Quik-Stop, his shirt frequently switches from blue to yellow.

Quotes:

Randal Graves: [Randal's opening argument to the all-black jury of NBA players] Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. Dante Hicks is just like you. He lurves grape soda. He knows what it's like when the guy at the supermarket won't take your "food stamps". Or how it feels to wait all month for your "welfare check".
[waving his arms from side to side]
Randal Graves: Hey! Ho! Hey! Ho! Thank you.
Judge Reinhold: Wow...
Dante Hicks: Great... now the jury hates us.
Randal Graves: Nonsense. I've got them eating out of my hand.
[a basketball hits Dante in the face]

Movie Connections:

References Schindler's List (1993)

Great Cartoon from an Okay Director

I enjoyed the six episodes of "Clerks" and wish they would have made more episodes. I personally think it was foolish of Kevin Smith to reject offers from HBO, as I think his 'toon would have thrived on that channel. ABC mutilated this toon by only showing a third of the episodes, and that's a shame. The wit and humor is impeccable, and Smith understands that cartoon humor is more plastic and unbelievable than the world he portrays in his real-life movies. The actors, for people who don't do voice over work for a living, are fantastic, and really give it their all to bring life to their cartoon counterparts. The parodies of 1980s movies are usually funny, and Smith's sense of nostalgia and bawdy sense of humor greatly work in this cartoons' favor. I like this cartoon much more than "Family Guy," and, had it lived on premium cable, it would have no doubt won Emmys. Do rent or purchase the six-episode, two DVD set. This is one of the cartoons following in the wake of the "Family Guy" boom that was actually good.