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Kevin Smith made his name with realistic banter between comics lovers in Clerks, Mallrats, and Chasing Amy. Now he’s angling to capture the real thing.
The indie moviemaker put out a casting call for comics geeks to show up last week at his The Secret Stash shop in Red Bank, N.J., with plans for a three-day shoot starting June 14. 
“He’s not looking for actors, he’s looking for real people who live and breathe the comic book lifestyle. Must be funny outgoing and have a knowledge and passion for comics, superheroes, movie memorabilia and everything that goes with it,” read the recruitment post on Facebook.
Last night he tweeted that the show would be on AMC, which recently announced plans for a stronger reality-show lineup. The pitch for comics fans also included a request for collectors. “It’s Pawn Stars for Fanboys, and if you have something to sell/trade/or value, we want you to bring it to us!,” the post added.
AMC did not immediately return requests for comment.
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If Walt Flanagan is on the show, I’ll watch it. Tell ‘em, Steve Dave!
You think because a guy reads comics he can’t start some s***!
How did I miss this? I follow Kevin Smith on both Twitter AND Facebook.
Because NO ONE can keep up with all the tweets Kevin does.
Man, dude has lost some weight! Good for you Kev, now tell Southwest to go f–k themselves.
Please tell me how to sign up
Too bad it will be limited to new yawkers and jersey trash. talk about a bunch of douche bags
The article says it will be on AMC. Wouldn’t that be a national broadcast?
The guy is just pathetic. He can’t even be decent enough to just go away.
You’re pathetic, why don’t you go away?
For those of you who dont follow, Kev wasnt pushing for his shop to be a show, hes friends with the creators of the show who were looking for any show ideas and Kev threw out why not a do a show about a comic book store like Pawn Stars, and just offered up his shop to do a test, and after the execs listened to Tell Em Steve Dave podcast they fell in love with the guys and asked Kevin to do the show there.. Good for Walt dudes hilarious to listen to I think the show will be awesome! and hopefully its true that the Clerks Cartoon might be back in the works!!
Looking forward to this program!!
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