SModcast is the meandering palaver of a pair of dudes whose voices are so dull, they don’t deserve to be on the radio (and, hence, aren’t). Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier are SModcast.The best thing about SModcast? It don’t cost nothing.
SModcast 94: Bar SMitzvah –
In which our heroes discover the Middle East.
[CONTENT WARNING] SModcast features harsh language and even harsher notions of propriety. Listener discretion is advised.
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September 28th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
I think the point of banning the Toronto Film Fest was in regards to the fact that the Film Fest was being used to promote the political aspirations of a state…I think that is what is important about the boycott…not the fact that it was israel. Anytime that film is being used to further politics it is appropriate for film makers to comment or respond.
September 28th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
I heard the Live SModcast from Red Bank was hilarious. We live to wait !!
September 28th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Love the ‘cast. Listen every week that you guys put one out. I want to add it to my website if I can. Thanks
September 28th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Does Moves mean “last Smod for a while” or “last live SMOD for a while”?
September 29th, 2009 at 8:06 am
I thought his friends called him moves? are you his friend or just some gay boy?
September 29th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Kev and Scott, I love the movies and SModcasts and know that your hearts are in the right place and all that, but holy jumping jesus on a pogo stick how fucking bone ignorant clueless can two people be? I’m not saying everyone should be a Renaissance man with multiple Phds or anything like that, but would it kill you to read a fucking newspaper once in while or turn the news? You don’t have to be a Jeopardy champ, but you owe it to yourselves to have some basic general knowledge of the world around you. Simple historical literacy would be a start.
And don’t give this “well it doesn’t personally affect me, so I don’t care about it” bullshit. You think 9/11 happened because Americans were too well-informed about the history of the middle east? Everything is connected to everything else eventually and just because you entertain for a living doesn’t mean it isn’t useful to know some shit about something other than Star Wars, the Oilers and Batman.
You’re movie guys – at least go rent “Exodus” before you start talking about the middle east. Being ignorant is not something to be proud of or something you should be defending. “Idiocracy” wasn’t meant to be a documentary.
September 29th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
The Red Bank show was fantastic. Mosier was funnier than I had aver heard him and of course Kevin was great. The meet and greet after was great and they personaly signed the books to myself and my wife. Cant wait for this to happen again!!!
September 30th, 2009 at 7:19 am
This is the first time I comment on smodcast even though I have been a fan for what seems like a long time. I would just like to say that strangely enough I got kind of proud of being a Swede. We usualy dont feel wery proud of ourselfs and dont have a grate sense of patriotism. I guess that Is one of the ways that we actually are more progressive. The funny or parodoxical thing about that though is that the avrage Swede feels a kind of pride in the fact that we dont feel any national pride.
Anyway, thank you for doing Smod and an agnostic blessing from Sweden.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
I made the mistake of listening to this podcast whilst on the tube in London. At the best of times it’s a tough journey because you’re trying not to look in to the eyes of the people squashing in to you…but avoiding eye contact whilst laughing in their faces makes it tough and it makes them angry :<
September 30th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
*SModcast not podcast
Please forgive me!
September 30th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Ok, I promised myself I wasn’t going to sound like a bitchy internet douchebag here, so I’ll do my best.
I love SModcast. I’ve listened to every episode, many of them multiple times, and I have never once been offended by an episode. This latest one really pushed me to the edge, and while I really did try to just let it slide, I kind of couldn’t, as a self-respecting guy, not say anything.
I am an Asatruar. Yes, I worship the Scandinavian gods, including Thor, Odin, Freyja, etc. There are about a million of us worldwide, and I feel like I should at the very least bring this to people’s attention. I realize Kevin didn’t set out to piss anyone off and it was only general ignorance that sparked his comments, but all the same, he said a lot of things that just plain would not fly if you were saying them about any more mainstream and/or “Accepted” world religion. A lot of the Hindu gods are, to most westernized people, strange-seeming (probably more so even than the Norse gods), but if you went around joking about it and calling Hindu “The Most Embarassing Religion in the World,” you’d start a riot.
Anyway, I just kind of needed to put that out there on the behalf of myself and my co-believers worldwide. I’d have tremendous respect for Kevin if he’d be so kind as to issue an apology of some kind either in audio or text form, but I’m not going to cry out for his blood if he doesn’t. It’s enough that he at least knows that he upset some people and should maybe be more careful about saying things like that in the future.
So that’s it. Not here to stir up shit or anything, and I didn’t mean to come across as hostile in any part of what I wrote.
Peace.
October 1st, 2009 at 11:38 am
Wow… kev… wow… the ignorance…
I’m from Israel, and you need to get most of your facts straight, you should book a show here or some thing I’ll be glad to explain this shit ina stoned friendly way.
October 1st, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Evidently Smodcast has become a hotbed of debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Or at least enough of one for the Israeli Foreign Ministry to sponsor a banner ad that leads to a website full of half truths. It’s easy to offer facts. It’s even easier to only provide select facts from a particular perspective. If anyone wants to read an analysis on the Gaza conflict that isn’t propaganda try these reports from the International Crisis Group. Web addresses below.
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5838&l=1
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=6071&l=1
October 1st, 2009 at 3:52 pm
OK, just my two cents, cause i see there are some people saying some interesting things on the comments.
I think people are jumping down kev’s throat a bit too much here. he learned about this stuff the DAY before he recorded this–and acknowleged as much in the episode! He specifically said that he is just giving his first thoughts on the topic, and that he needs to learn more to make a valid opinion. Thats exactly what I love about kev and scott and smod in general–they arn’t afraid to say what they are thinking, even if it is sort of ignorant. The important thing is that they KNOW its ignorant, which they do. Really, he does need to learn more before making this his real view in the mater, but luckily he has tim, yeah?
I respect him for giving these thoughts, and acknowleging that he needs to learn more. its totally understandable that he would think this after only hearing the begining of the story.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:54 pm
also, @albin–
not feeling an intense national pride is a part of being progressive 🙂
October 1st, 2009 at 8:57 pm
I miss weekly SMod 🙁
October 1st, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Hey guys, I follow Norse Paganisim. There are a lot of Heathens in Colorado. Read up!
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:03 am
Religion is an outdated construct that people invented to boost themselves to power and create fear so they could control the population. Scott’s solution for solving all problems created via religion (“Stop believing in it”) is so simple and yet so TRUE. The citizens of the world need to stop killing each other over silly trifles and imaginary friends.
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:47 am
Very nice Dave M.
Us Americans are finally shaking off our ignorance. The importance of understanding that region of the world can’t be understated.
If only all the world was more like Sweden….
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:42 pm
when will the SMod from Red Bank be up? will it even go up?
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:21 pm
@T.J. Hafer
Expecting an apology because you are offended about what someone says about your religious choices is about as plausable as expecting an apology if you get offended because of what someone says about which political party you belong to. It’s a choice dude, you choose to believe in different imaginary friends to other pople, don’t get pissy because people don’t respect you for believeing that thunder is created by one of the made up characters in your head.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Yeah, I’m not going to take the bait on that one, shorty. Although I understand the core of the argument–and what I’m trying to say is that, in this specific case, I don’t think Kevin would have said what he did if he knew there were people out there that actually believe that. He’s a really tolerant, open-minded guy, and I wanted to hopefully make him aware of the fact that he may have seriously upset some people because it seems like something he’d actually care about and want to apologize for.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:08 am
@ T.J. Hafer
You have all the right to believe in and practice that religion, just like I (and any one else) have all the right to say I think it’s silly and makes me… er anyone else chuckle.
You’re right, Kev even said he thought there couldn’t possibly still be people out there that practice that religion because, well, it’s stupid. Then again, compared to any other religion, which of them aren’t stupid?
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:48 am
Canada didn’t “try” to burn down the white house… we did!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:29 am
Boo Hoo I’m offended. Get over yourselves.
October 3rd, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Wow. For something nobody asked you to listen to, people are getting rather heated. Also, that Asatruar follower saying ” he said a lot of things that just plain would not fly if you were saying them about any more mainstream and/or “Accepted†world religion” obviously never listened to SModcast before. I belive there has been close to an hour long discussion about Scott ole-timey boxing an eye-beam shooting Jesus and questions about the Holy Afterbirth. Just saying I think Christianity is just about as mainstream as it gets based on popularity. None of this really matters anyways, but don’t expect to get anything but more smodcast, they don’t owe anybody any kind of appology for anything. Don’t like it, don’t listen.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:29 pm
It’s true Kev and Scott bash on religion a lot, but for one thing it’s different for a Catholic to bash Catholocism, and for another thing, they’ve never directly insulted the followers of any particular religion- they just talk about how silly the religion itself is, which I agree, pretty much every religion is kinda silly. Even mine, but I have good reasons for choosing it.
Anyway, I’ll clarify once again that I don’t really care what anyone thinks. If you’re reading this and you’re an athiest and you don’t mind telling every religious person in the world is fucking stupid and should die in a fire…. you’re entitled to that opinion. But I’m not talking about you. I’m talking about Kevin, who I think would actually feel bad about what he said if he had the information I have presented.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:38 pm
On second thought, the above comment about calling religions silly vs bashing their followers isn’t exactly what I was going for, I kind of contradicted myself.
Let me just leave it at this: Knowing what we know about Kevin as a person from almost 100 SModcasts, let’s present a hypothetical scenario. If Kevin for some reason thought that Hinduism were a dead religion and spoke about it in a way that was ignorant and overall offensive to its followers, then found out that it’s actually one of the most popular religions in the world, don’t you think he’d want to aplogize? Remember, not talking about anyone else’s personal views- just our favorite podcast host. You can plug in pretty much any other “accepted” religion in there. Islam, Shintoh, Buddhism… I can’t imagine that he wouldn’t feel bad about it, and all I’m saying is that Asatruar should get the same treatment.
Of course if Kevin did just come out and say “No, I’m not sorry, you guys are all fucking crazy beleiving in your fake-ass storybook gods, fuck you,” I’d be surprised, but I’d accept that. It just doesn’t sound like him.
October 3rd, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Please help! Which smod is the one that talks about “The Room.”?
October 4th, 2009 at 9:05 am
@ CHASE
It’s def one with Bryan Johnson. I remember he talked about meeting Tommy Wiseau and him seeming to be all pilled up or something. I love Bry smodcasts and that was a favorite, too bad I don’t know which number it is. sorry
October 4th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Just wanted to tell you, although not many people believe in the nordic gods. There are some people here in iceland who still believe in them and icelandic people also honor their traditions and stuff. I would also like to let you know that “the bible” for ásatrú is called Snorra-Edda. And it’s an book believed to be written around 1200(odd since Icelandic people took up christianity 200 years before that). But anyway, just wanted to let you know.
October 4th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
@ chris
its the one with walt and brian. its got “dr” in the title.
October 4th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
@Gordo
Since when are British troops considered Canadian?
October 4th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Woo hoo new smod tonight
October 4th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Mr Smith tweeted earlier that the redbank live SMod will be going up later tonight, woohoo cant wait.
October 4th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Thanks! It was #35.
@kza
What’s really interesting is that you said “@chris” which is my first name. Chase is my middle name. Dude, i think your psychic. lol
October 4th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
ooh, fuck yeah
October 4th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
So, judging by the posts here, it might be best for Kev and Mos to stick to stories about shitting themselves and weed, as half the people here are fucking infuriated that a man would choose not to educate himself about politics on the other side of the world, and the other half seemed to have been bored shitless.
I appreciate all the smodcasts though, the good and the bad.
Except the one with really shitty audio. Fuck that noise.
October 7th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
from an israeli:
didnt get 2 read all the comments- cause i dont really care- but from most i saw no one pointed out few things that r going on- it looks like you dont know what the israeli side in all of this.
look i know it verry “in” 2 bash israel lately 4 e-v-er-y-t-h-i-n-g that is going on here in our little land- but it so complex!!!
israel (the way i c it ) is not the “bad guy” “the evil”- its just ppl who want 2 live their lifes (majority r secular ppl). its not a matter of Pal getting their own land – the question is how you get there and make every body happy.
its not like the bad jews 1 day came to a land and just wished to threw every body away from there (it got todo with the establishment of Jordan, wars, ethnic clenzig on both sides, pogroms on jews from arabs, defenitions on who is Pal’, who is refugee, water, borders and many more issues)
sorry it was this long.
but i blame this situation on so manny other things thn just the jews who live here- andf i studied this issue alot (i live here).
all this is beside the point. the statment that the letter of the “boycotters” is problematic:
“the israeli propaganda machine???!?!~?”
we live here 2. we have a cuture, a life tht we wanna show and proud of (tht sometimes dont involve the Pal conflict)
but mst importantly: we have a side in this 2: notthing wrong with showing it….
im proud of u if u read all of this 😉
October 7th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
1 more thing: almost non of what they said were facts.
the “yum-kipur war” is NOT the 6 day war.
and of course almost nothing else was true…
October 18th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
lol @ Malicoire
fuck that noise!
January 5th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
This SModcast just proves that you don’t have to actually know anything about anything in order to piss everybody in the world off whether you be Jewish, Muslim, Pagan or whatever. Still funny as hell though.