Sunday, January 13, 2008

A Place of Jersey History

My husband surprised me this weekend with a trip to Red Bank, NJ, aka "the motherland" of Kevin Smith, creator of the greatest collection of NJ-based films in history.

Even before I was a NJ resident, I was a HUGE fan of Kevin Smith movies. You just can't beat the lude, crude humor of Jay & Silent Bob, Holden & Banky, Alyssa, and all of the other great characters from "Clerks", "Mallrats", "Chasing Amy", "Dogma", and "Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back". (Smith, of course, has made other films, but the above mentioned are the ones I've seen...many many times each).

We got to visit the "Jay & Silent Bob's Secret Stash" store, which was actually used to film scenes whenever Smith's characters were at "Brody's" comic book store. Here's a photo of the store front:


Inside the store, there are all kinds of movie props, scripts, movie action figures, T-shirts (my fave was the "CLIT: Coalition for the Liberation of Itinerant Treedwellers", a reference to "Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back"), and of course, comic books.

I was also lucky enough to come across this bumper sticker that is ABSOLUTELY perfect for display on my blog:

After this very cool adventure, I must admit that Jersey is really growing on me!

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