- They flash back to episode one a total of 6 times
- Dante and Randal met at Randal's lemonaide stand in the 70s
- In the 1985 scene, Ronald Regan, leg warmers, breakdancing, and parachute pants can be seen
- In the flashbacks, Randal wears a "Down with Sadaam" and a "Down with Paul Reiser" t-shirt
- In Randal's head, Dante wears a diaper and beats a cat
- Randal married to a mail order Asian groom!
- The flying seagulls don't go anywhere
- The closing segment is a tribute to the closing minutes of the movie "Stand By Me", with Jay as the narrator
Episode 2
Original Air Date
June 7, 2000
Summary Capsule
Dante and Randal get locked in a freezer and have flashbacks to episode 1
Justin's Review
Okay, this episode made no sense. I don't mean it made no sense in watching it, because there were laughs to be had. And I don't mean the episode itself made no sense, because it did and spoke deeply to my soul. I merely state that ABC's decision to air this as the second (and last) Clerks episode made no sense. Why? Because the main running gag is that episode 2 is a clip show (a show padded with flashbacks), which mainly drew off of showing episode 1 clips (the only previous show) over and over. Whether that works for you or not, well, it's a matter of opinion. But it made NO sense to air this when episode 1 never made it to TV. There simply weren't any reference points to guide the viewer.
That said, Dante and Randal (and Jay and Silent Bob) get themselves locked into their store's freezer. They use this as a lame excuse to recall past memories (including last week) countless times. It's a funny idea, but I don't know if it came off well in the transition. Instead of being more plot-based, it's a string of one-joke gags (a lot like the style of Family Guy, I thinks). I really liked them getting out of the freezer, then promptly locking themselves into RST Video (with the AC jacked up).
There's a clever little parody included that was banned from the televised version: Flinstone's List (dinosaurs and Nazis, oh my!). There's really not much more to say about this episode. If you dig the premise, you'll probably like it. Otherwise, it's just so-so. And being so-so is so so-so.
But dig the "Rainy Day Fun with Jay and Silent Bob" segment at the end... it just cracked me up non-stop (so THAT'S how they do magic tricks!). Poor Charles Barkley gets dissed again.
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Groovy Quotes
Cop: Crime scene, nobody enters.
Dante: I work here.
Cop: Poor bastard.
Randal: It's Hoth cold!
Dante: Move around. Make more Star Wars references, it helps us stay warm.
[Randal opens a porn magazine and the pages stick together. Dante gives him a look.]
Randal: It's frozen!
Randal: The weed of crime bears bitter fruit you old hag!
Dante: How did you get in here?
Jay: The metal thing... with the knob...
Jay: Man it's cold in here. Like that planet Hoth in Empire.
Dante: We've already made that Star Wars reference.
Jay: If we had a lightsaber, I could voom-voom snick-snick-snick WHAAAA JEDI! Slice up Tubby here, crawl in and stay warm for the night.
Jay: Deja-frickin-vu.
Tashira: [yells] I am pleased!
Randal: Hehe... domo Tashira-san!
Randal: I can't believe I married two guys in one year.
Randal: Hello, anyone? Lady with the dead baby?
Dante: It's official. God is mocking us.
Dante: Screw you, Ms. Hepburn!
Lady: It's Ted Danson!
Dante: Hey, it's Ted Danson.
Randal: It's payback time. [throws bottle]
[At a convenience store in India]
Customer: Aah! Milk!
Girl: I know, let's make a movie! Take off your shirt!
Girl: Omigod, it's Jay and Silly Bob!
Silent Bob: That's Silent Bob.
Jay: [explaining a magic trick] First, we cut a circle of paper and tape it to the glass. That way the quarter is covered when we put the glass over it. Then we say the magical words "Ala-Kanootch!" and invoke the Dark Lord. Say, "We offer this girl's soul to you, master!" And... the quarter is gone! Ta-da!
Girl: That's great!
Boy: I'm scared.
