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The Best Show on WFMU => Dear Tom => Topic started by: erechoveraker on October 18, 2008, 12:26:16 PM

Title: Dear Tom
Post by: erechoveraker on October 18, 2008, 12:26:16 PM
Just wondering if you watched Leno last night?

(if not - http://www.nbc.com/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno/video/clips/kevin-smith-hits-rock-bottom-101708/772903/)

That was actually kind of shocking to see how bad he looked, he's easily twice as big as the last time I've seen him anywhere. And how bad must your health be for Jay Leno to actually be concerned for you? Yikes.

Maybe you should throw Richard Simmons into the Hate Pit so Smith can actually live to see 40, yeah?

That's all I've got. Thanks.



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Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: Tom Scharpling on October 18, 2008, 04:28:25 PM
Yikes. I might have to call the mercy rule on this guy. It's not fun picking on someone that mentally troubled, eating himself to that point.

You're better than that, Kevin!* Knock it off! Lose the weight and enjoy your life!

Your friend and fellow New Jerseyan -

Tom.

*Except as a filmmaker.
Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: erechoveraker on October 18, 2008, 05:32:55 PM
Yeah, there was a lot of self-loathing going on there, it was really disturbing. Sad too, considering how hard he's tried to get that moron Jason Mewes off the junk, but someone needs to give Kevin an intervention now and fast.

Mercy rule may be a good idea, at least until after the diet.
Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: daveB from Oakland on October 18, 2008, 10:50:39 PM
Good lord. It looks like he's grown physically taller, as well as wider. Leno looks like a munchkin next to him. It's as if he's sitting atop a tall stack of phone books, but I guess that's just his natural undercarriage.

He does have some talent for telling a story, even when it's a gross story. That talent doesn't carry over to his filmmaking, but when he's just one guy talking, he can be engaging.
Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: yesno on October 18, 2008, 10:57:53 PM
"I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, I speak like a child."
-Vladimir Nabokov

"I think I'm a genius, I make movies like a pubescent comic book nerd, I seem like a nice enough guy."
-Kevin Smith
Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: jake8jazz on October 19, 2008, 01:53:25 AM
That was painful to watch as well as listen to, what is wrong with Kevin?
Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: jake8jazz on October 19, 2008, 03:37:57 AM
oh and hey ere, is that a picture of Sarah Palin being rude to a black bear?
Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: Sarah on October 19, 2008, 06:01:36 AM
I was unimpressed by his storytelling style.  Not only was it way too studied, it moved far too slowly.  He strikes me as a practiced bore, one who has worked for years to perfect the art of keeping attention focused on him for as long as possible.
Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: andrew in philadelphia on October 20, 2008, 09:39:24 AM
wow - he looks... big. i hope he can get it together enough to drop some lbs. cause walking/shuffling around like that ain't healthy.

Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: Martin on October 20, 2008, 10:41:13 AM
I can't watch that clip where I live. Can someone sum it up for me? K-Smith is bigger than usual and tells lame stories?
Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: erechoveraker on October 20, 2008, 10:53:17 AM
I can't watch that clip where I live. Can someone sum it up for me? K-Smith is bigger than usual and tells lame stories?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbCFSJiftH0

Dunno how long it'll stay up.
Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: Martin on October 20, 2008, 11:31:05 AM
Thanks!

What a depressing clip. He is huge. It almost looks fake, cartoonish.
Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: dave from knoxville on October 20, 2008, 01:24:48 PM
I can't watch that clip where I live. Can someone sum it up for me? K-Smith is bigger than usual and tells lame stories?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbCFSJiftH0

Dunno how long it'll stay up.

HE ATE HARRY KNOWLES
Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: joanna on October 20, 2008, 02:49:41 PM
i couldn't even finish it. as soon as i realized that his way of dealing with his weight gain was to make "fat dude goes poop" jokes at his own expense, i closed that window right on up.

if you're going to get massive, at least be distinguished about it. criminy.
Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: Spoony on October 20, 2008, 03:58:12 PM
Never mind how he looked, what the hell was that story? My god, he created it so vividly, it was like I was in the stall with him.

I've never seen Jay look that uncomfortable. That is some great moderating, Jay... way to keep the show light. I think he wanted it to end as badly as I did. Carsen used to have a tight enough grip on the show to prevent it from getting anywhere near that creepy. And Jay was his replacement?

Tom, I hope you teach the H-Man to keep a tighter grip on the reigns then this.
Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: TacoSmith on October 20, 2008, 05:55:44 PM
I'm going to admit right now that I laughed when he said he was going to have to leap off the toilet like that scene in Lethal Weapon 2. Maybe he should go on the next season of Celebrity Fit Club. If he's willing to go on "Yes, Dear" I can't imagine he's above being on a VH1 "Celebreality" show.
Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: Kid Pain on October 20, 2008, 06:24:59 PM
Quote
NY POST
PAGE SIX
PIGOUT OVERLOAD
October 19, 2008 --

YOU may not be seeing Kevin Smith for a while. The famed director of "Clerks," and most recently "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," writes on his MySpace Celebrity blog: "I've porked the [bleep] out, man. I'm really, really fat right now. Fattest I've ever been." The overeating auteur then promises, "As soon as this flick's out, I'm taking my life back . . . gonna drop out of sight and drop a bunch of pounds. It's the deal I've made with myself."

A hearty thank-you to gross obesity!

I caught his appearance on Leno and it gave me douche chills. Hated all of it. I have to say his most infuriating appearance is on the dvd extras of hot fuzz. He's introducing Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to an audience and his line is something like "There are only 10 cocks in the world I would suck, and these guys have two of them." Just not necessary. 
I was offered his new evening with Kevin Smith dvd today (for free) and I turned it down.

Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: TacoSmith on October 20, 2008, 06:36:32 PM
He's introducing Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to an audience and his line is something like "There are only 10 cocks in the world I would suck, and these guys have two of them." Just not necessary. 
That sounds like an alternate universe Best Show topic.
Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: todd on October 21, 2008, 10:38:32 AM
I'm not joking: I just realized that my mental image of Zachary Brimstead is Kevim Smith combined with that fat Bob Odenkirk character on Mr. Show that ate everyone in his party immediately after a plane crash.
Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: Denim Gremlin on October 22, 2008, 01:59:11 AM
I'm not joking: I just realized that my mental image of Zachary Brimstead is Kevim Smith combined with that fat Bob Odenkirk character on Mr. Show that ate everyone in his party immediately after a plane crash.

what trips me out is that his head has remained relatively normal sized. like somebody wearing one of those sumo suits.
Title: Re: Dear Tom
Post by: Bryan on October 22, 2008, 11:58:06 AM

what trips me out is that his head has remained relatively normal sized. like somebody wearing one of those sumo suits.

Yeah, the whole effect is quite disconcerting and fakey looking.