Kevin Smith at the Count Basie Theater

I took my wife (for her birthday present) to go see Kevin Smith last night in Red Banks, NJ. We had a great time, but what a drive! (2 hours). Having gotten up at 5am to get the kids ready for school and head off to work, we didn't get home until near 1am this morning.

Now I've seen Kevin Smith live before, but I hadn't seen him at a Q&A at a theater. I had only seen him at Wizardworld where he only spoke for an hour or so. Man, can Kevin Smith talk. He went on (taking questions) from the audience for 3 hours and 20 mins. without a break and we had to leave. We had heard that he had spoken for 7 hours the last time he was there and I have to say that the thought of sitting in that tiny seat at the Count Basie Theater for 7 hours and then driving home in the middle of the night (2 hours!) was not at the top of my list of fun things to do.

Thankfully, my wife agreed that we leave early and we still didn't get home until 12:45am. Having kids and needing to get up early, that was the best we could do. Kevin Smith was fun to listen to as he answers questions in all honesty. When he was asked a question from a young woman about how she can switch from the television industry to making documentary films, his answer was short and to the point: "Just make Clerks."

He admitted that he didn't have a secret to be successful and that he simply took a leap of faith to max out credit cards and borrow from family and friends ($27,000) to make his movie. Luckily, his film was a success and the rest is history. I have to say that I did feel rather happy that I had decided to podcast "Dorothea's Song" and to publish it on Lulu.com.

Here we are 14 years later and Kevin Smith is still making movies. "Zack & Miri Make a Porno" (his latest film) was number 2 in the box office last week and from the reviews I've read it seems to be rather funny! I can't wait to see it.

Comments

[Robert McKay]

I'm so jealous! I would love to see Kevin Smith talk. You totally should have gone to the Quick Stop in Red Bank. :) Zack and Miri was hilarious by the way. Everyone in the theater was laughing so hard that we missed several lines.