April 4, 2026, 11:00 p.m. ET
Kevin Smith is a first-rate, grade-A talker.
The filmmaker and Gen-X poster child has used his voice to build and sustain a fanbase for more than three decades, following “Clerks,” his breakthrough black-and-white 1994 comedy about a couple of foul-mouthed New Jersey convenience store workers and the world they inhabit.
His universe expanded with follow-ups “Mallrats,” “Chasing Amy,” and “Dogma,” all of which feature Smith as his trench coat-wearing Silent Bob character, and his sex-crazed stoner bud Jay, played by Jason Mewes. His world outside the movies grew as he became an early adopter of both blogging and podcasting, and he’s been a fixture in the world of comic books and fan conventions since before the Marvel Cinematic Universe was a thing.