Brian O'Halloran interview on KDGE - +other stuff

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: I live in Arlington, Tx and caught the interview on the Dallas station KDGE this morning. If Brian reads the board, I wanted to let him know I thought the interview was great. I'm even more jazzed about watching the cartoon tomorrow night and hearing Brian's voice on my radio on the way to work this morning was a pleasant surprise. : This is my first time to post on the board, and now that I'm finally registered I figured I'd write about something I've been wanting to tell View Askew/the fans for a while. : The first Kevin Smith film I ever watched was Mallrats. Me and some friends rented it from Blockbuster one evening and this film buff friend of mine insisted on renting it. I'd barely even heard of Kevin Smith, but went along with it. I thought the film was ok; it was a good flick to sit back with a few beers and a few friends and just hang out with. : My second exposure to Kevin Smith's work was Chasing Amy. I was blind dating off the internet at Match.com and my date and I were going to see a movie, but I'd gotten the theaters wrong. I can't remember what I'd planned on taking us to, but it wasn't playing at the theater we wound up at. Looking up at the marquee we both saw "Chasing Amy". Both my blind date and I had heard all the hype about "Clerks", but never saw it, had seen "Mallrats" and thought it was ok, and had heard all the hype about "Chasing Amy" and decided it might be more entertaining than what we'd originally planned, so we checked it out. : My date and I grew very close throughout the evening, but we grew much closer during the film. Words can't begin to describe what I went through mentally and emotionally that evening, but what had begun through email and grow through the time I spent with her galvanized while I watched the film with her. My date and I loved "Chasing Amy", and after the film we spent hours out in the parking lot next to her car talking about the film, our own attitudes towards sex and relationships, and a whole host of other things. I think all of the components for us to be close were there without that evening, but the film and everything else definately had a catalytic effect. : Fast forward three years later and I'm very happily married to the woman I took to see "Chasing Amy" on June 13, 1997. Like I said earlier, I'm not saying the film is responsible for me falling in love with my wife, but it provided lots of entertainment, and it gave me and my then future wife a great deal to talk about, share, and learn about each other that evening. I'd like to thank View Askew and everyone else involved for making that picture, and for all of the great work they've been responsible for. : -MattMan

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