My Quest to Interview Film Maker, Kevin Smith

My Quest to Interview Film Maker, Kevin Smith

As we close in on another year, I was told as a Golden rule, to set some goals. In the latest Mooch Minute, I named several future goals I would like to reach, but left one out, something that I will call “My Quest”.

Quest - [noun] a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance of fame"; "a quest for wealth"

I figured, in case you we unsure of the meaning of Quest a definition would help. While many would simply say, “Rob, is it really a quest?” Most would probably think that this might be a passing request or something that could be as easy as an email request (already did that); handled behind the scenes...I am here to enlighten you on the reason for “The Quest”.

Kevin Smith, the man behind such cult classics like Clerks 1&2, Mallrats, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Chasing Amy and even Zack and Miri Make a Porno. He has shown that the everyday, average Joe can make it. Many find inspirations in various spots like paintings, poetry, movies. For me, it’s sometimes what other achieve is the greatest inspiration…for me, Kevin Smith has cracked the code for geeks worldwide, has reached his goal and continues to look for more.

Smith, originally known for his foul mouthed, View Askew Universe comedies is becoming someone who shares his life on many levels and proves self Humor can be the key to continued success. This is the same Kevin Smith who pokes fun at himself for his weight problems, films that have been considered bombs and goes as far to document his love affair for Fleshlights. While honesty is supposedly the best policy (at least that’s what we have been told our entire lives) so few actually follow this in modern life.

Each week, I will document on film, through pictures and on the podcast my Quest to meet and interview Kevin Smith. If you are on Twitter, follow Kevin at @thatkevinsmith and let him know, Rob Dimension just wants a few minutes of his time. With Smith releasing Red State, the timing is perfect for me; I report and review Horror Movies!! I’m perfect for this…plus, those that know me..I am a HUGE Kevin Smith fan, collecting his films (yes, even the bad ones), reading his books, buying his merch…I want to talk to Kevin and ask the questions for ALL OF US! If he is so unhappy with some much of the media…I’m his guy!!

So, if you want to help me on this quest…retweet me, email me, message me…follow me..Whatever you can do. Have an idea? Let me know…wanna help? Let me know. Smith will be in our area in March/April. Will I get my chance? Stay tuned and find out.

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Rob Dimension is the current co-host of the Late Night Horror Hosting series "Late Night at the Horror Hotel" which can be seen in over 22 States and on over 40 stations. Rob is also the current host of Horror Society LIVE, every Wednesday night at 9pm est.

Starting at the end of January, Dimension and Pigamortis are launching their new web series "NecroCOMICon" and has just released their first Podcast titled "Epic Fail". They also are owners of Gimmick Enetrtainment Inc, a professional production company.

Dimension has been a writer, reviewer and blogger for several years now, having some of his work published Worldwide, including writing for Beckette Magazine. For more information, email Rob at RobDimension@msn.com

Mooch Minute 12/24/10 Naughty or Nice???

Mooch Minute 12/24/10 Naughty or Nice?

The fat man should be doin' his thang tonight, you know...goin' from house to house, eatting your cookies and stealing wallets...what? Oh, I meant Fat Tony, yeah...Santa is coming too. Is it too late to decide if you have been naughty or nice now? Been a doucher all year? Knocked up a couple under-age girls?...ummm..yeah, me either.

I think being naughty or nice is in the eye of the wrong or good do'er. Let's speak from experience...The Mooch, well, I have been a 50/50 split. Not always doing the right thing, but never doing the wrong thing...see what I did there? All in all, it's been a great year and I always give thanks this time of year.

Big thanks goes out to John Cannon and Sal Valente, without both of these guys, nothing that has happened this year would have gotten done. I have always been a guy that doesn't forget where I came from, so for those two guys, I wish them nothing but the best..seriously.

Opportunities have come my way, but I have worked my ass off to get a lot of them. I am looking forward into 2011 and see a great future. Things I want to achieve in 2011:

• Learn the editing process more
• Write and direct a short film
• Build our Podcast to large listening fan base
• Have one of the most fun TV/Web series out
• Get more involved in the Comic industry
• Act in at least 5 films
• Perform Stand Up Comedy

Ok, so as you can see...big list, but I am pretty focused. Merry Christmas everyone....Enjoy your time with your families!!

Mooch Minute 12/23/10 - Angry Shoppers & On Your List

Mooch Minute 12/23/10 - Angry Shoppers & On Your List

Tis the season to be grumpy...wow, so the Mooch took his little ones to the mall last night. I am always shocked by people's anger around the holidays, I mean..I am angry all the time, it's not seasonal. From the loss of the common "Thank you" and " Excuse me" to just being downright shitty. I think the best way to look at the Holidays is : If you are pissed that you have to give gifts, then don't give them. It's that simple. Gift giving is a way to show thanks, admiration or out of friendship.

Mooch thought - if you are heading out shopping between now and Christmas eve...up until 5pm or whenever the store closes, be nice. Remember the people working have lives, the other shoppers are feeling the pinch, just like you. Take the extra second and say "Thanks" or "Excuse me"...just how I recognized that those people didn't...maybe someone will recognize that you did!

What's on your list? For the Mooch...it's gonna be a very Smchistmas..if that's even pronouncable. When we made the recent trip over to Kevin Smith's comic shop in Red Bank, NJ...Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, I grabbed a bunch of stuff for Christmas...not just for me, but for the entire family.

Here are a few of the items:

• Monroeville Zombies Sweatshirt
• Night of the Living Kev (Autographed zombie version InAction figure)
• Clerks Lunch Box (1 for ea of my kids ...they were $5 each...plus look awesome)
• Older Yet None the Wiser (InAction figure)
• Jay and Silent Bob T shirt (for my son...)
• Clerks T shirt (for my lovely Wife)
• My Boring Ass Life Book by Smith
• plus a few other dvds, odds and ends....

Whats crazy...I will head over again and grab some more stuff. I actually want to Clerks X dvd set, the 10 year anniversary release..I only see it over there...plus I still want a Mooby's Sweatshirt, I am a big fan of Clerks 2. I know, crazy stuff...what can I say...the dude's an inspiration for someone like me - this is how I see myself (not self loathing at all either, just realistic) - I am a new film maker, I will call myself that...I write about what I know and involve my friends and instead of just talking about it...I'm doing it.

Not sure if another Mooch Minute will be up before Christmas but if not - Merry Christmas to all

Say....can I borrow a couple of bucks???

Mooch Minute 12/22/10 Epic Fail from the Inside

Mooch Minute 12/22/10 Epic Fail from the Inside


Well, The Pig and Mooch sat down and we completed our 1st Podcast yesterday. The topic was Dungeons and Dragons, who we could see as the spokesperson, players, how we got started and much more. Good time but we are already thinking of ways to improve it. It should be up by tomorrow (Thursday)


Would anyone want to SEE us do the podcast? You could WATCH or listen...interested? We are looking for your feedback, so be a part of the fun.


Christmas will be here, just a handful of hours away now...what are you getting? What do you want? I have a special gift that I am requesting...I won't get it in one day...I will have to work for it. More info later....stay safe from rabbid shoppers!

Mooch Minute 12/18/10 - D&D Famous Players List

Mooch Minute 12/18/10

Famous Dungeons and Dragons Players List

As we gear up for our 1st Epic Fail Podcast, we had a great discussion about the Spokesperson for Dungeons and Dragons question we aske. Remember, if you were a non-player or even a player trying to recruit new players...who do YOU think would be the possible sway factor to get new players to play. Below is a list of Famous people that play D&D.

While the answer may not be someone famous, this is a great list of potentional front men or women.

(Credit to http://www.edmplanet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=86735 for this list)

1. Stephen Colbert (also went to Gen Con (a dnd/comic/roleplaying convention))

2. Vin Diesel (Wrote the introduction to a book about DnD)

3. Mike Myers

4. Dwayne Johnson AKA The Rock

5. Matt Groening

6. Dame Judy Dench (Introduced to the game by Vin Diesal)

7. Jenny McCarthy

8. -=Edited out cause I was wrong.=-

9. Edwin McCain (Not sure if he still does but did when he was a kid)

10. Wil Wheaton (played on the set of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Still plays to this day)

11. Daryl Hannah

12. Robin Williams (Plays both the Online DnD Game and the Tabletop one)

13. Lexa Doig AKA Rommie and the computer AI from Andromeda

14. Ben Aflac (Forced to play by Kevin Smith on a set once and fell in love. Prefers to play Wizards over fighters.)

15. Mat Damon (Forced to play by Kevin Smith on a set once and fell in love. Prefers to play Fighters over Wizards.)

16. Matthew Lillard (Said so on G4's attack of the show then stole all of thier D&D Minatures Models)

17. Jon Stewart (He also sneaks sutile D&D jokes into his show that only us D&D nerds get to laugh at.)

18. Jim Breuer

19. Brian Warner AKA Marilyn Manson

20. John Carmack and a good portion of the original id Software crew (Some of the characters and story elements in Quake were based off of D&D session iirc)

21. Sebastian Bengtsson

22. Joakim Bengtsson

23. Robert P. Olsson

24. Björn-Erik Karlsson

25. Daniel Antonsson

26. Tommy Karlsson

27. Kevin Smith (Can't I forgot him until now)

28. Eddie Izzard

29. Johnny Vaughn

30. Michael Greco

31. Dave Gorman

32. Charles Manson (He actually ran a game in prision! That is to say until California banned the running of Tabletop RPGs in prision.(This might actually be just a rumor but I don't mind))

33. Scott Edgar (Found the actual quotes! "I also play Dungeons and Dragons with my mates, which everyone reckons is tragic, but I reckon is heaps of fun.")

34. Jon Favreau (Another one with a quote! "I'm a very lazy person by nature. I have to be really engaged, and then I go straight from lazy to obsessive. I couldn't study chemistry, but I could memorize all the books for Dungeons and Dragons. It was ridiculous.")

35. Curt Schilling from, I think, the Red Sox or at least use to be.

36. Todd Pratt from, I think, the Braves or at least use to be.

37. Jimmy Wales (One of the starters of Wikipedia)

38. Jacques Villeneuve (Use to drive race cars. Ironicly he prefers to play Monks in D&D which move faster then all other characters)

39. Rivers Cuomo from Weezer and, it is rumored at least, the rest of the band.

40. Everyone in Marcy's Playground (They even wrote a song called "A Cloak of Elvenkind" Which is a Major Magical Item in Dungeons and Dragons)

41. Everyone in Flashlight Brown (They even wrote a song called "Ready to Roll" which references 20-Sided Dice and A LOT of other D&D related things)

42. Gary Gygax (He was famous enough to play a character on Futurama(himself) so I put him on the list)

43. Seth Greene (Even made a Robot Chicken episode that refenerced THAC0 which was part of the Advance DND (or 2nd Edition) rule set)

44. Trey Parker

45. Matt Stone

46. Patton Oswalt (even talked the Reno 911 guys into doing a DnD part on the show. It was very funny)

47. Stephen King (And certain things from dnd are referenced in The Dark Tower series)

48. Steve Rune Lundin AKA Steven Erikson

49. Joss Whedon (Director of Buffy The Vampire Slayer)

50. Jack Black (He also references DND in the song "Wonderboy")

The following people stole DnD stuff from the teen choice awards. I included pictures when I could find them:

51. Ryan Cabrera

52. Nick Cannon

53. Jon Heder

54. Jesse McCartney (http://i5.tinypic.com/477z19v.jpg)

55. David Boreanaz

56. Lauren Graham (http://i4.tinypic.com/2uhq1dk.jpg)

57. Hulk Hogan (http://i7.tinypic.com/2mzlevt.jpg)

58. Metallica (At least they played Call of Cthulhu and Dungeon and Dragons before Hetfield went into rehab)

59. Conan O'Brian (Use to play at least. He has mentioned it on his show)

60. Darby Conley (though he is C-List at best)

61. Andrew W.K.

62. The band Amon Amarth (Can I get a Wha wha from all my metalheads?)

63. My Chemical Romance (They played with Thrice during the Vans Warp Tour. My Chemical Romance's lead singer Gerard Way plays a Half-Elf Ranger)

64. Thrice (Played with My Chemical Romance during the Vans Warp Tour.)

65. Alice Cooper Played D&D (And even replayed the events of a game on an episode of That 70's Show)

66. Some/All of Barenaked Ladies

67. Raymond E Feist (He Actually uses a self created world in his books that was originally created for his Dungeons and Dragons game back home)

68. Kari Byron (Played DnD and has thought about getting Adam and Jaime to play with her.)

69. Brian Posehn

70. Jason Mewes (Though when asked about it he says "DND IS FOR FAGGOTS" then turns to Kevin Smith and starts laughing)

71. Robert Jordan (And his sons which he taught how to play)

72. Weird Al Yankovic

73. Mastodon's Drum Brann Dailor

74. Neil Fallon and MAYBE the other members of Clutch (They even wrote an unreleased song called 24 Earth Years which mentioned playing AD&D back in the day)

75. David X. Cohen (In David's piece in the 30 year D&D hardback book, he says he never had time to play during Futurama, but most the writers did, and they kept D&D books in the office as "referrence" material.(He did get to play while working on The Simpsons though))

76. Alexis Cruz (He also LARPs. HAHAHA Nerd)

77. David Cross (He also mentions a group of comedians he plays with but wouldnt name them.)

78. Billy Crystal (He also plays 40K With Robin Williams)

79. R.A. Salvatore (Though I guess he would have too)

80. Some of the members of Dragonforce (And DND themes have worked their way into Dragonforce songs over and over)

81. David Duchovney (actually mentioned it on Conan O'Brien not too long ago)

82. The band Dayglo Abortions (Even wrote a song about it called Dragons)

83. Donald Faison (He plays Monks)

84. Insane Clown Posse

85. Emilio Estévez

86. Glenn Danzig



Mooch Minute 12/17/10 - Driving without directions

Mooch Minute

12/17/10

"Driving without Directions"

Nice title huh? It's my attempt at witty humor, my metaphor for my current writing. Yesterday I started writing the Mooch Minute, had some views, so I will continue writing. How interesting will it be? That will depend on my day to day thoughts….which vary from The Office tweets to cool Lunch boxes, sorry….my mind wanders.

I was picking my Daughter up from work and was envisioning the opening of the new show. I jotted down my ideas, now the hard part is to transfer idea to film. Sounds like a “who cares” moment, but the opening is important…you know how people say; you get one chance to make a first impression? I think that easily transfer to anything you’re watching too. Who knows…maybe I am over thinking.

You ever have the out of body experience...but based on age? It happened yesterday as I was walking around, aimlessly in Target, looking for gifts. I was in the electronics selection...then it hit me..."What the hell is all this shit?" I instantly felt like an old man, confused and the person I used to make fun of. Out of touch? It's the mental denial factor, thinking that I am not old, I'm hip....nope...I'm old.

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Decemeber 16,2010

by - The Mooch

Well, interest has been high about the new show...which is great. I guess from my stand point, the nerves are starting to twitch, you know...the bubble guts.

When we started Late Night at the Horror Hotel we had nothing to lose, we were new so failure would be easy to accept. Not that we are popular, award winning or even winners at this point, but we still made some waves since March. This time around, we are doing something much different, so I look at it as a bigger challenge. We are working on this new show, writing, directing and editing is all on us.

Lately, I feel like I have been on Kevin Smith overload, hey....we each find our own motivation differently. His style of films, from jokes to content just fit my current mindset. While writing, I look for the potty humor, the things that people over look and what doesn't matter to almost everyone...matters to me. Kinda weird, could be me hitting 40 this year, but my train of thought seems to be reverting backwards...haha. Very childish.

Anyways, as we embark on another weekend of filming....let's see where this road leads us. Hopefully, anyone that enjoyed Late Night will now take a look at NecroCOMICon.....we are trying to give you something different, yet fimilar...if that makes sense.

Say....can I borrow $5???

The Mooch