Hey, Kevin Smith has argued philosophical points about God, while still fitting in a poop monster. He can mix the two er, disparate elements together AND make it work- IMO, anyway.

Good grief. Have you seen a Kevin Smith movie? they are nothing but junior high sex joks and Star Wars references. How that is advancing cinema is beyond me.

At least Lord of the rings comes from literature. King Kong, too, is a variation on Romo and Juliet. Smith can't muster much more than blow job jokes and swiping material from comic books.

And that, mi amigo, is the dumbing down of American cinema.

Since when is Kevin Smith is considered to be at the forefront of "dumbing down of American cinema"? If anything, he should be credited for just the opposite. Anyone else I see writing these days is just rehasing old classic hits -- King Kong, LOTR, just to name two right off the top of my head -- or making sequels to movies that had no right in being a first -- Big Momma House TWO?

Try a better example, I think we all agree that Chapelle isn't any honorific, actor-genius but just a damn funny, stand-up comic -- who happened to bail on a very successful show because he couldn't deal with the pressure of having a hit show.

I note the crowd of students in the studio applued the loudest and enjoy the mot actors like Kevin Smith, George Carlin, and Mike Myers--folks one would not consider master thespians. Chapelle fits right in with the dumbing down of American cinema. Why not have him on?