It’s August 25, 2001, and Jay and Silent Bob have officially struck back!

Just one day after Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back hit theaters, Mark and Carol are heading back to the View Askewniverse to review Kevin Smith’s outrageous 2001 comedy on Retro Late Fee — the podcast that asks, What if we were actually living 25 years ago?

In this episode, we take a look at Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, starring Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith, as the foul-mouthed duo discover that Hollywood has made a movie about their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, without giving them a piece of the action. Naturally, Jay and Silent Bob decide to take matters into their own hands and embark on a ridiculous road trip to Hollywood to stop the movie from being made.

We'll talk about Kevin Smith, the View Askewniverse, the returning Clerks characters, the movie's enormous collection of celebrity cameos, the Bluntman and Chronic movie-within-a-movie, and all the ridiculousness that made Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back one of the most recognizable comedies of 2001.

And because this is Retro Late Fee, we're not looking back from 2026 — we're experiencing the movie as it exists on August 25, 2001. No hindsight. No knowledge of what Kevin Smith, Jay, Silent Bob, or the View Askewniverse will do next. Just two people talking about a brand-new movie the day after it opened in theaters.

So grab your popcorn, fire up the VCR, and take a trip back to the summer of 2001 for our Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back review!

Retro Late Fee is a nostalgia podcast covering movies, television, music, pop culture, and entertainment exactly as if it were 25 years ago. If you love 2000s movies, 1990s nostalgia, Kevin Smith movies, View Askewniverse films, retro movie reviews, and pop culture from 2001, you're in the right place.

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) • Kevin Smith • Jason Mewes • Silent Bob • View Askewniverse • Bluntman and Chronic • Clerks • 2001 movies • comedy movies • retro movie review • nostalgia podcast • Retro Late Fee

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