#669 - Just a Slob Like One of Us

Michael and Us

Luke Savage and Will Sloan

Society & Culture

4.5 • 697 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

At the turn of the millennium, one New Jersey-based auteur nailed his 130 minutes' worth of theses on the Catholic Church's door. We discuss Kevin Smith's DOGMA (1999) - the much-maligned director's biggest swing for the fences. PLUS: Is there a revolt within the Conservative Party of Canada? Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus TORONTO: See Will introduce Steven Seagal's On Deadly Ground at the Fox Theatre on Wednesday, November 19 - https://www.foxtheatre.ca/movies/important-cinema-club-on-deadly-ground/

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0:00.0	Well, welcome to Smodcast. I'm Will Sloan, here as always with.
0:03.9	Kevin Smith.
0:05.2	That's right. And before we get into our episode, I just want to share in the online world, a big source of the economy is reaction videos.
0:13.8	You know, we react to, you know, movie trailers, various things of that nature.
0:18.5	And I have a video here from six years ago. Kevin Smith reacts to the Star Wars, The Rise of Skywalker final trailer. And I think we're going to react to Kevin Smith. All right. Let's do it. Hit me with it. That finish. And we're about to have it. So JJ did Force Awakens. Ryan Johnson did... Opening in-media res here.
0:38.0	JJ's back to finish out the Star...
0:40.1	Not just the trilogy, but the Star Wars saga.
0:42.9	Not just the trailers online.
0:45.6	We're going to watch it right now.
0:47.2	You know you don't work for JJ Abrams, right?
0:49.3	Turn up the volume.
0:51.5	And here we go. Okay. That didn't work. Now we go okay that didn't work now we go all right there it is Lucas film logo
1:01.9	always good sign okay jungle planet man oh helmet falls Ray running that little ball
1:10.4	that's what Luke was practicing on, man.
1:12.4	This is our first taste of 1977 and it tastes like a happy child, mid.
1:16.9	A child, like a warm pop tart. We're a bowl of alphabets. Everybody say, hey, is Ray?
1:23.1	And silent, Bob, I could never be a dead on there's too much running around.
1:26.9	He could never be a chat high. Is he even watching the trailer anymore? He knows holding court. Oh, my God, man. Snap Lexley, and Snap Lexley's not in that crowd. I don't give a sick. If Snap Lexley's not in that crowd. I can't, you know what?
2:02.8	Too much is happening. I'm going to pause this. I'm going to start again. Please don't pause it. It's overwhelming. I've never done this before, man. Like, too much is happening. Let's go back to the start. Okay. Oh, my God. Enough. That's enough of that. Oh, my God. I mean, by all accounts, he's a very nice guy.
2:03.6	I'm sure. And he's very good to his fans. I'm sure. And when you watch that video, just remember, like, this man used to show his movies at the Con film festival. Okay. This man, it was Tarantino, it was Linklitter, it was Jarmish. And it was Kevin Smith. And these were our indie icons.
2:21.2	Anyway, this is the Michael and Us podcast. It's not Smodcast. I'm sorry.
2:25.8	Yeah, false advertising. Sorry for setting up expectations like that.
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