CyberHippie Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 TORONTO - Clerks director Kevin Smith to appear on new DegrassiU.S. filmmaker Kevin Smith, best known for his "Jersey Trilogy" of Clerks, Mallrats and Chasing Amy, will appear on teen TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation, broadcaster CTV announced Tuesday.Kevin Smith at his office in Los Angeles. (AP photo) Smith, whose films also include Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Dogma and Jersey Girl, will appear in the season's final three episodes, which will air in early 2005.In a November 1996 article for Details magazine, Smith detailed how he became a fan: watching episodes of Degrassi Junior High during an early job at a convenience store. He eventually named a character in Clerks "Caitlin," after a leading Degrassi character, and included references to the series in that and other films.He recently praised the new Degrassi's storylines – which have included a 14-year-old's decision to have an abortion with no regrets and a recent school-shooting episode – in an interview with Entertainment Weekly."When I heard some of the storylines they're doing, my head exploded," he told the magazine. "I'm known for frank subject matter and I wouldn't touch that stuff." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 I knew that about Smith and I'm pleased to see that his dream will come true. Oddly enough, I was talking to Darrin " Moose " Brown two weeks ago. He was the bully that died of AIDS on the show. I also went to school with Kyra Levy ( the girl in the wheelchair Maya ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOutGuy Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 thats funny Jaimoe, i went to school with Caitlyn.. Stacie Mystysian (sp) up till Grade 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Years ago, I was watching TV, and "The Kids of Degrassi Street" (the first "Degrassi" show) happened to be on. My Dad walked by the TV, and stopped dead in his tracks. "That's the Degrassi grocery," he noted. "Yeah, well, it's 'The Kids of Degrassi Street'," I replied. "I used to live near there." That's one of the things I like about all of the Degrassi shows: they're firmly based in reality, not TV studios. The other big thing I like about them is that they focus on the kids, unlike most other school-set shows (e.g., "Welcome Back Kotter", or "Head Of The Class"), which have one adult as the main character, who sits around and solves problems for the kids. In the Degrassi shows, if anything, the adults cause problems for the kids (at least from the kids' point of view). Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 I've talked with Stacie a few times. Nice person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted October 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 thats funny Jaimoe, i went to school with Caitlyn.. Stacie Mystysian (sp) up till Grade 6 lol, back in the day I was in love with her. tee hee hee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 One of my first times at a bar when I was 19, and guess who I run into. I did a shot at Bar Code with Wheels! I didn't introduce myself or embarrass him, I just called him over to the bar and handed him a shot of Jager. I love every incarnation of that show but Junior High is still my favorite. And Claude killing himself in the bathroom still rivets me when I see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 I can't drive past the Port Hope sign on the 401 without thinking about the episode where Wheels hitchhiked to see his dad play drums in a local watering hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalacePrincess Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 ha, that's really funny! go kevin smith. degrassi (all the oldskool versions -- kids of the street, jr. high & high) is still to this day is one of my favourite tv shows EVER! although i do agree jr. high was the best of the 3. i danced right beside "lucy" for hours at a small show in toronto once.... i wasn't enough of a dork to introduce myself & gush over her degrassi role (admittedly, at least half of that was plain old chickening out :, although i was enough of a dork to hiss "ohmygod! that's lucy from degrassi over there!!!" to various people over the course of the night & i did call just about anyone i knew who would care the next day. i remember someone telling me they saw spike & liz (together no less!) at a festival once... and this girl i know through work had a few university classes with kathleen. OH!!! and i saw "ms. avery" at science fair once. ooh la freakin' la! haha ah, degrassi... who knew it would inspire such a cult-like following. apparently it's a big hit in the states too (as kevin smith has proved here!). hey, just about any of the characters would make GREAT halloween costumes! hahahahhaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purple foot Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Remember the episode where the girls smoked pot at the slumber party? That was a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Freak Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 I saw the skinhead girl(for the life of me I can't remember her name on the show) at a Stray Cats show in '88(I think), she had just found a string of tickets for the show. I thought the anorexia/diet pills episode was well done, although I did not watch it with the passion that some of you did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted October 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Remember the episode where the girls smoked pot at the slumber party? That was a good one. The blonde girl who had the doobies was modeling lingerie on breakfast television one morning. Weird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchoulia Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 My friend Matt said he ran into Lucy at a Dead show in the early 90s...and I saw her a few weeks ago on Queen street, looking gorgeous, with a gorgeous child in her arms--it seems wrong that Lucy's a mom! Also, a friend I was in university with is now the head writer/executive producer of the Next Generation--I wonder if he can hook me up to hang out with Kevin Smith? I freakin' love that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Check out actor/director Anais " Lucy " Granofski's film work. She's pretty impressive and busy: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0335200/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoolady Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 I can't drive past the Port Hope sign on the 401 without thinking about the episode where Wheels hitchhiked to see his dad play drums in a local watering hole. Hillarious!!! Rubberdinghy and I do the same thing! Every time we drivr to T.O We love Degrassi, especially the Degrassi movie!!! We also try to watch the new ones, not as good as the "old school" dayz, but still good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentlemonkey Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Kevin Smith rules. I got to meet Joey Jeremiah (pat mastro-bueno ?)at Zaphods one drunken night.. i asked him where his hat was, and then aftter he answered with a funny reason, i told him his breath smelt like hash- which it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Some friends of mine used to run into Joey Jeremiah in a pool hall all the time. Apparently, he's more obnoxious in real life than on the show. Love that show though; ever since the Kids of Degrassi Street days. (I can't believe I just admitted that! : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalacePrincess Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 hey jaimoe, is maya really in a wheelchair? superfreak, if you're talking about the girl with the big mohawk (in liberty spikes) that was...trish! she was also on the kids of degrassi street, but her character's name was connie on that. (unless you're talking about the girl with the chelsea, in which case that was liz). my ex-boyfriend was going to steal me one of the degrassi street signs when he lived in toronto... one of the many, many things he never got around to doing for me. sigh. haha stonemtn, somehow i believe what you say about joey jeremiah.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 hey jaimoe, is maya really in a wheelchair? No, but Kyra has braces on her feet and lower legs. I believe she had polio as a kid. She walks without crutches too. She sings in a band and she gave me her CD. I don't like it at all. Her guitarist is good however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted October 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Someone my wife works with bought a box of Degrassi photos off ebay for like $15, from joey jeremiah. She said the pictures are halarious, they are all partying, wasted, passed out etc... And there are captions on the pictures. Priceless! I wonder what Kevin Smith would have paid for those, certainly more than $15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 I love Canada. Gotta love same-sex marriages. Good for you guys Cyber-Hippie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchoulia Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 When Pat Mastroianni (sp?) was getting married a few years ago, he had a stag/doe that he ADVERTISED ON THE RADIO so random people would come and contribute to his wedding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 When Pat Mastroianni (sp?) was getting married a few years ago, he had a stag/doe that he ADVERTISED ON THE RADIO so random people would come and contribute to his wedding. Why didn't I think of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 "I can't drive past the Port Hope sign on the 401 without thinking about the episode where Wheels hitchhiked to see his dad play drums in a local watering hole." .....ah....Mike and the Drifters! Those boys rock hard! I too, am a Degrassi head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairySari Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Does anyone actually watch the Next Generation? It's worth it just to see what those grown up degrassi kids are up to. Spike is now married to Snake, Joey is dating Caitlyn again, some of the other characters show up occassionally - Liz was spike's midwife when she and snake had a baby. In the most recent episode I watched, Joey's ex showed up, so he cracked a joke about Tessa Campanelli showing up next. It was gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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