Kevin Smith to be given UCLA's Jack Benny Award

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UCLA said:
For Immediate Use (Coverage not Promotion)
March 17, 2006

Writer-Director-Actor Kevin Smith to be Honored with the
24th Presentation of the UCLA Jack Benny Award for Comedy

Writer-director -actor Kevin Smith will accept the UCLA Jack Benny Award for Comedy at a special ceremony on Wednesday, April 12. The award will be presented by the students of the UCLA Campus Events Commission in recognition of Smith’s outstanding contribution to comedy.

Special Events Director of UCLA Campus Events Commission, Nish Chari, said of the event, “We are incredibly proud — on behalf of the UCLA student body — not only to honor Kevin Smith for his outstanding contribution to comedy as a writer, director, and actor, but also to recognize the incredible legacy of Jack Benny. Much like Jack Benny and past recipients of the award, Smith’s films have had an undeniable impact on the world of comedy.”

A special video retrospective of Smith’s career will precede the award presentation. The clip package will include work from his classic films Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, as well as a sneak peek from his upcoming film, Clerks II, featuring the original cast members Jason Mewes, Brian O’Halloran and Jeff Anderson, as well as Rosario Dawson. There will be a question and answer period with the UCLA audience following the award presentation.

Past recipients of the prestigious UCLA Jack Benny Award include Johnny Carson, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Rodney Dangerfield, George Burns, Joan Rivers, David Letterman, Bill Murray, Lily Tomlin, Robin Williams, John Cleese, Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Carol Burnett, Candice Bergen, Roseanne Arnold, Leslie Nielsen, Kelsey Grammer, Ellen DeGeneres, Conan O’Brien, Adam Sandler, and most recently Mike Myers.

Regarding the award, Smith said, “Point blank, this sh*t means the world to me. Getting an award for being funny - as opposed to, say, funny-looking - lifts my self-esteem just enough to keep my overdose pills on the medicine cabinet shelf instead of in my gut for at least one more year. I like college students and I like awards, so receiving an award from college students - the audience that has always responded the most enthusiastically to my flicks - beats winning an Oscar in my book (though, strangely, not a Golden Globe). I can't thank UCLA enough for this honor, as it just might make me more attractive in my wife's eyes - which may translate to more n**kie for me.”

The ceremony will be held in Royce Hall on the UCLA campus at noon. Admission is restricted to students, faculty and staff.
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Just wonderin' what everyone on here thinks about that?
 
When I think classic films the first things that come to mind are Touch of Evil, Psycho, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Easy Rider, Gone with the Wind, The Sound of Music, Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon, On the Waterfront, Rebel Without A Cause, and of course... Clerks? WTF?

Kevin Smith is uniformly one of the worst directors in the history of cinema. Furthermore, his writing, while it appeals to me for its immaturity, is garbage. I think that honoring him for his work in commedy as some sort of lifetime achievement award makes this award not worth this tin foil they will present it to him on.

That being said, good for him, congrats Kevin, now go F*ck yourself.

-Jeremy
 
well who can contest his contribution to humanity.... JAy and Silent bob... and millions of 12 year olds running around saying Snootchie Bootchies....

I hate His films....

i only liked chasing Amy.
 
TimurCivan said:
I hate His films....i only liked chasing Amy.
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I like his films, but I think he is a hack. My like for him is because its stupid and pointless and sometimes I want that. This award is a joke.

-Jeremy
 
I don't think he's all bad, but I don't think he's a movie demi-god either. There are some great scenes in Clerks (in spite of the horrendous acting), I hated Chasing Amy, Dogma was just boring and pointless, Jay and Silent Bob was clearly just done to rake in some ca$h after some mediocore box office, and Jersey Girl was bland trying to be cutesy. Though it was fun to watch the little girl walk all over Ben Affleck's "acting".
 
Ought2bCommitted said:
What do YOU think of it since you started the thread?
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Contractually, he can't comment on it one way or the other. You know, the old "death-is-the-great-equalizer" thing.
 
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TheYankee said:
I like his films, but I think he is a hack. My like for him is because its stupid and pointless and sometimes I want that. This award is a joke.

-Jeremy
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I agree he's a hack...and I don't like his films. :thumbdown

TheYankee said:
Kevin Smith is uniformly one of the worst directors in the history of cinema. Furthermore, his writing, while it appeals to me for its immaturity, is garbage. I think that honoring him for his work in commedy as some sort of lifetime achievement award makes this award not worth this tin foil they will present it to him on.
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That pretty much says it all. :thumbsup:
 
Ya'll know how I feel about Smith.

The sign of the apacalypse is upon us. Previous recipients of the award are:

Bill Murray, Leslie Nielsen, Johnny Carson, George Burns, Steve Martin, and Carol Burnett ...

Kevin Smith is a talentless hack. He must be sucking someone off.
 
John_Hudson said:
Ya'll know how I feel about Smith.

The sign of the apacalypse is upon us. Previous recipients of the award are:

Bill Murray, Leslie Nielsen, Johnny Carson, George Burns, Steve Martin, and Carol Burnett ...

Kevin Smith is a talentless hack. He must be sucking someone off.
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Ug.... look at that list. Depressing to know Smith's will now be a part of it.
 
John_Hudson said:
Bill Murray, Leslie Nielsen, Johnny Carson, George Burns, Steve Martin, and Carol Burnett ...

Kevin Smith
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That his name should even be mentioned with theirs..."oh the humanity"... :eek:
 
just another sign that our culture and what we think of it is in the toilet.

sound: flush... overflow..

call the plumber.
 
All I can remember was a clogged toilet overflowing and water collecting all over the house.

Hey, KOVAROVA's come to the party...this place is starting to wake up. :thumbsup:
 
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