From the cradle to the Graves
Lionsgate
Smith started by sharing the oft-quoted line from his breakout film: “Man, this job would be great if it wasn’t for the f**king customers.” Then, if he had kept the voiceover in the movie, he revealed that a character he called The Voice of Smod would say the following over the last shot of the movie:
Randal Graves spent the rest of his life running Quick Stop Groceries whenever he wasn’t making movies, with each film financed solely by Crimson Crypto Studios. At a screening of his final film, the Asbury Park Press asked him to sum up a life spent satisfying both the public’s demand for cigarettes and soda as well as their appetite for the many movies he made after his celebrated debut “Clerk.” 90-year-old Randal Graves replied, “I always thought the jobs would have been great if it weren’t for the fking customers. But as it turns out, these jobs were fking great because of the customers.”
Rather than a post-credits scene, we get a pre-home release director’s commentary track in “Clerks III.” And while the theatrical ending works as it is, this is still a sweet sentiment from both the fictional and the real-life filmmaker, so it was nice that Smith included that at the end of his “Clerks” trilogy.
“Clerks III” is playing in theaters from Tuesday, September 13, 2022 to Sunday, September 18, 2022 thanks to Fathom Events, but you can catch it on tour this fall with a Q&A featuring Smith himself in a city near you.
Does Clerks 3 Have A Post-Credits Scene?
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When you think of post-credits scenes, the first thing that probably comes to mind is the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Since the House of Ideas started putting them at the end of their movies in 2008 to tease whatever they had in store next, many other movies (mostly ones with superheroes in them) have followed suit and they’ve become trademarks of the genre at this point.
However, post-credits scenes aren’t that new. “The Silencers” featured one in 1966. John Hughes utilized them in “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” And who can forget Animal’s lovely send-off at the end of “The Muppets Movie”? So when it comes to Kevin Smith’s “Clerks III,” does the New Jersey native follow in the footsteps of some classic comedies that came before him? Well, the answer to that is a little complicated. To address the question in this article’s title directly, no, there is no post-credits scene in “Clerks III.” However, something does happen in the credits that might be worth sticking around for if you’re a fan of the Quick Stop’s star employees. (There are SPOILERS for “Clerks III” from this point forward. Please proceed with caution.)
However, post-credits scenes aren’t that new. “The Silencers” featured one in 1966. John Hughes utilized them in “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” And who can forget Animal’s lovely send-off at the end of “The Muppets Movie”? So when it comes to Kevin Smith’s “Clerks III,” does the New Jersey native follow in the footsteps of some classic comedies that came before him?
Well, the answer to that is a little complicated. To address the question in this article’s title directly, no, there is no post-credits scene in “Clerks III.” However, something does happen in the credits that might be worth sticking around for if you’re a fan of the Quick Stop’s star employees.
(There are SPOILERS for “Clerks III” from this point forward. Please proceed with caution.)
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From the cradle to the Graves
Smith started by sharing the oft-quoted line from his breakout film: “Man, this job would be great if it wasn’t for the f**king customers.” Then, if he had kept the voiceover in the movie, he revealed that a character he called The Voice of Smod would say the following over the last shot of the movie:
Randal Graves spent the rest of his life running Quick Stop Groceries whenever he wasn’t making movies, with each film financed solely by Crimson Crypto Studios. At a screening of his final film, the Asbury Park Press asked him to sum up a life spent satisfying both the public’s demand for cigarettes and soda as well as their appetite for the many movies he made after his celebrated debut “Clerk.” 90-year-old Randal Graves replied, “I always thought the jobs would have been great if it weren’t for the fking customers. But as it turns out, these jobs were fking great because of the customers.”
Rather than a post-credits scene, we get a pre-home release director’s commentary track in “Clerks III.” And while the theatrical ending works as it is, this is still a sweet sentiment from both the fictional and the real-life filmmaker, so it was nice that Smith included that at the end of his “Clerks” trilogy.
“Clerks III” is playing in theaters from Tuesday, September 13, 2022 to Sunday, September 18, 2022 thanks to Fathom Events, but you can catch it on tour this fall with a Q&A featuring Smith himself in a city near you.
Rather than a post-credits scene, we get a pre-home release director’s commentary track in “Clerks III.” And while the theatrical ending works as it is, this is still a sweet sentiment from both the fictional and the real-life filmmaker, so it was nice that Smith included that at the end of his “Clerks” trilogy.
Randal Graves spent the rest of his life running Quick Stop Groceries whenever he wasn’t making movies, with each film financed solely by Crimson Crypto Studios. At a screening of his final film, the Asbury Park Press asked him to sum up a life spent satisfying both the public’s demand for cigarettes and soda as well as their appetite for the many movies he made after his celebrated debut “Clerk.” 90-year-old Randal Graves replied, “I always thought the jobs would have been great if it weren’t for the fking customers. But as it turns out, these jobs were fking great because of the customers.”
“Clerks III” is playing in theaters from Tuesday, September 13, 2022 to Sunday, September 18, 2022 thanks to Fathom Events, but you can catch it on tour this fall with a Q&A featuring Smith himself in a city near you.
