As a teenager I just thought Randal was funny because of his anarchistic nature, but as an adult he's seriously admirable in as much as that he lives his life entirely by his own rules. He makes the most out of any situation, despite spending his days at a thankless job, and treats the video store and convenience store as his own kingdom.
Randal was the pessimist, who didn't give a fuck, and Dante was the pragmatist, who just went along to get along... and somehow, they managed to be friends.
As a former shift leader for numerous fast food restaurants, I always lived by the rule that title doesn't dictate behavior. I broke EVERY RULE in the book and had the absolute best time.
@@SelectiveApathy82 I mean if you've ever worked at a restaurant you'd know every single person in the back is breaking a bunch of "rules". Most notably, every single cook is high on something.
This movie is a low budget production and a good one to boot. They aren't going to allow product placement to interfere with the script. Anti-capitalism at its finest.
I wonder how many young men in 1994 applied to work as a convenient store clerk after watching 'Clerks'...in hopes of finding a new best friend working next door, an interesting group of customers coming in and out, and attracting two girlfriends?
I worked at a 7-11 in 2021 and the old man’s purchase would have been about 14$ with 11 bucks for the cigs and 3 for the paper, so bizarre to see it to be only 3 bucks for both in the 90s
Imagine all the movies and tv shows that wouldn’t even work today. Such as going to rent a movie, George trying to get the tape from a answering machine.
It’s what I love about movies - they become products of their time. Almost like time capsules. I don’t think any single piece of technology challenged standard storytelling plots more than the smartphone: virtually every movie where something urgent is happening has to show the phone either dead, with no reception, or tucked away somewhere just out of earshot.
@@tylerkriesel8590and if you're a regular who smokes, they probably know exactly what you want. I'd go up ask for a pack of smokes and the clerk knew exactly what I meant.
true. when you work in a customer service or retail role though and constantly see a shitton of people pass by every day, they all start to blur together after a while and just become annoying
@@jasewildheart he’s talking about the two customers. I remember back when I was a clerk, I couldn’t stand the store regulars who would stay and try to hangout. Fuckin’ leave, man.
There is no way in hell you could get randell to give a shit, I knew a guy that was just as sarcastic as randall, he could out argue anybody, I actually started to call him randall after I saw this movie.
2:40 This besides the Salsa shark scene is what made Randall my favorite character despite working a dead end job he knows he's the master of his own destiny.
@@shamiir18 I really pity people like you. Your life is so bankrupt that the biggest thrill in life for you is calling out incorrect spelling. I'm sorry we all can't be super genius spelling wizards like you
Randal absolutely had the right attitude about working customer service. No need to take it seriously at all, its not a high paying important job. The who cares attitude is the right attitude.
Nope, just closed. Got to go to Big Choice Video for a few minutes. Anything you want, write it on a piece of paper and stick it under the shutters. I'll come back, wipe my ass with it, and make you get it yourself.
Underrated joke: people keep asking "Are you open?", despite a large sign saying they're open. As someone who's worked in these types of jobs, I can assure you, people never fucking read.
@@thesonofsuns7479 Mercifully, my self-confidence is such that I don't worry about what fictional characters might think of me. Not that he would, at any rate.
Used to work at a gas station. Some "regulars" would literally ask for "a pack of smokes" fully expecting me to remember what brand. They'd get annoyed when I'd make them specify.
Unpopular opinion: Both Randall and Dante are not ideal characters to emulate. They're both examples of opposite personality types. The ideal way to go through life can be found somewhere in the middle between Randall and Dante.
Actually Randal ended up selling smokes to child by mistake and Dante admitted to being at work thus , that’s why Dante got fined for selling to a minor
Randall isn’t nearly as smart as he is. Dante’s just not a good debater. The actual argument wasn’t that “title dictates behavior” it was that title *should* dictate behavior, or that one should live up to the standards of their title. Obviously you can be a jerk and a bad employee if you want but if that’s the case you don’t deserve the title. I imagine the only reason Randall doesn’t get fired is a combination of Dante covering for him and his boss being as much of a lazy jerk as he is. He’s no philosopher and ultimately I think the movie is aware of it.
@ well then just let me do that 🙄 maybe I think it’s fun? Who needs you inflicting your boring judgments on people? Do you think the world would be more interesting if we thought *less* about things? If I’m wasting my time what exactly does that make you?
@ idk what to tell you, I was on TH-cam when you commented 🤷🏻♂️ it’s a pretty popular site as it turns out. The larger point of course is that you’re very intent on making somebody you don’t know feel small. You make fun of me for caring about a movie and then you make fun of me for responding to your mocking me. I’m pretty sure there’s nothing I could do that you wouldn’t respond to with more mockery; why is that? I’ve never understood people who derive pleasure from belittling others. Know that every time you lash back with some snarky comment, I just kind of pity you more. Just live your own life, bud.
How long before Dante calls the cops? Ha shrugs it off," seen it before. Just so as long he pays for the mess!....compared to Caitlyn's strange encounter in the restroom...nothing should surprise him....especially since ITS SUPPOSED TO BE HIS DAY OFF !!!
I keep trying to get into this movie bc it’s so well liked but it seems like they’re just racing each other to read the lines faster lmfao have any of them ever heard a real conversation before
I love clerks too. But the acting is so obviously ...acting. These guys were just waiting to say their line after each other. Ita charming....but to say this is cinema or deep.. is a bit much.
Hmm. Does that mean it would suddenly become cinema of the movie was the same but the acting was better? Just kidding. But I think what this movie lacks in acting, it makes up for in relatability to the commoner. With the exception of kids movies, comedies never ever make it to the Oscars and that's kind of a shame too.
God this film sucks I don’t know why people cream them self’s over this pile of dung. Just listen to the delivery of the lines it sounds like they are reading a book.
I hated every minute working a register, but loved the people I worked with. Clerks was OUR movie.
Yes its like how joe rogan talks about the stand up comics clicks we have our own in a lot of ways
Butcher Seven Actual same time with me
OMG IM SO QUIRKY
I hated both.
@@OrangeDiamond33 Damn, calm down there man.
“I’d like to think I’m a master of my own destiny”.
Wise-ass words to live by.
His destiny was to work at Quick stop for the next 10 years and then a burger joint. 😂
"cute cat, what's it's name?"
"annoying customer"
I love that line
🤣🤣🤣
The "FUCKING DICKHEAD" is great too
Fkin dkhead!
Comedy gold 😂😂😂
That cat has more manners!
This is the most relatable film ever.
I used to work in a video store, but used to go to a different video store to rent films.
Let me guess, you went to a different video store so the people you work with wouldn’t know you watch gay porn right?
@@OrangeDiamond33 Boom! Its a roast!
@@OrangeDiamond33 Oh okay you're one of those.
Porn..multi billion dollar industry, yet many deny watching it...🤔go figure.!
I used to work at a bar but when to a different bar to drink. Why tf would I give my money right back to the people who already underpaid me?
I never realized that Randall let the black cat go, to cross the customer's path to give him bad luck. Lol
That, sir, is a big brain analysis. Never even thought of that
He could've been doing it to Dante.
Holy shit. What else did I miss? Time for a rewatch.
As a teenager I just thought Randal was funny because of his anarchistic nature, but as an adult he's seriously admirable in as much as that he lives his life entirely by his own rules. He makes the most out of any situation, despite spending his days at a thankless job, and treats the video store and convenience store as his own kingdom.
Randall's cool except he's actually kind of a piece of shit.
Cream Cannon he absolutely is...
Randal is basically the worlds most lovable loser lol
Pro tip : watch series at flixzone. Been using them for watching all kinds of movies lately.
@Tanner Kristopher Yup, I've been watching on flixzone for months myself =)
"You know I'm your hero." I still use that quote from time to time. LOL
Randal was the pessimist, who didn't give a fuck, and Dante was the pragmatist, who just went along to get along... and somehow, they managed to be friends.
noy pessimist, but nihilist
"Cute cat whats its name?"
"Annoying customer."
"Fucking dickhead.."
Classic
Randal has to be among the 100 greatest movie characters of all time. Even if he is #100
They both are. I don’t know what number Randal is but Dante is #37!
@ChuddSlagg It’s sad that you even have to ask.
He made the list at least.
Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones and Randal Graves .......
@@dcsmooth He wasn't even supposed to be there!
As a former shift leader for numerous fast food restaurants, I always lived by the rule that title doesn't dictate behavior. I broke EVERY RULE in the book and had the absolute best time.
Yeah sure OK, Mr. "Rebellious" 🙄🙄
@@SelectiveApathy82 I mean if you've ever worked at a restaurant you'd know every single person in the back is breaking a bunch of "rules". Most notably, every single cook is high on something.
Real Cool 👍
I love how every customer just says pack of cigarettes, if I gave someone the wrong pack in my store they would flip the fuck out
It's possible they're regular customers and know what kind they smoke. At least they do at my gas station lol.
They cant say the brand ya mook
This movie is a low budget production and a good one to boot. They aren't going to allow product placement to interfere with the script. Anti-capitalism at its finest.
I thought same. Guessing due to copyright etc they couldn’t say brand names
@@jackiebaron5119 Cringe.
I wonder how many young men in 1994 applied to work as a convenient store clerk after watching 'Clerks'...in hopes of finding a new best friend working next door, an interesting group of customers coming in and out, and attracting two girlfriends?
Randal is the best character in this movie.
blooddiamond no,he isn’t
CT Dawg Yes, he is.
Best character in a movie, period.
Randal is the greatest. Dante is a bitch
blooddiamond I like Jay the best but Randall is pretty badazz
I worked at a 7-11 in 2021 and the old man’s purchase would have been about 14$ with 11 bucks for the cigs and 3 for the paper, so bizarre to see it to be only 3 bucks for both in the 90s
“You know I’m your hero.”
Indeed you are, Randall Graves
"You are a danger to both the dead and the living."
“I like to think I’m a master of my own destiny.”
This might be the best scene in the history of cinema.
It's not even the top 5 best scene in this movie
one of the best scenes in the whole movie.
I know from working as a clerk that Randall is definitely my hero
You're not some loser clerk even in your 30s, are you?
If title dictated behavior, a koala-fish-mutant-bird wouldn’t be allowed to stop the world from ending.
This is SERIOUSLY an underrated comment.
@@EdmanXERO Agreed this is big brain level comment. Good shit. Have a thumbs up.
I like how that guy tries his best not to cuss, by saying freaking, but still says fuck.
Imagine all the movies and tv shows that wouldn’t even work today. Such as going to rent a movie, George trying to get the tape from a answering machine.
It’s what I love about movies - they become products of their time. Almost like time capsules.
I don’t think any single piece of technology challenged standard storytelling plots more than the smartphone: virtually every movie where something urgent is happening has to show the phone either dead, with no reception, or tucked away somewhere just out of earshot.
@@geneparmesan8748 Wow! Incredible observation!! I had to sit and think
The Clerks movies are as much as a tale of 2 bros, the yin to the other’s yang, as much as Harold and Kumar
Facts
-"I wanna rent a movie"
-"you wanna rent a movie?"
-"I wanna rent a movie"
-"you work in a video store"
-"I work in a shitty video store"
realmadrid2012ful what’s that for?
Customer: “Cute cat what’s his name?”
Randall: “Annoying Customer”
Customer: Fucking dickhead..
“I wanna go to a good video store so I could get a good movie”
"Oooooh NAVY SEALS!!" 😆😆😆
These were the days when Gatorade came in a glass bottle.
OrangeDiamond322 wtf 😂😂😂
@@OrangeDiamond33 Hairy bush's were the norm man.
Takehiro Taniguchi I know I remember. As a teenager I had to deal with many.
If you get one then EVERYONE'S gonna get one!
This movie was released in 94. They were putting Gatorade in plastic bottles before then
I wonder why when customers come in and request a pack of cigs, no particular brand is ever established.
Obviously for copyright reasons, or the fact they probably didn’t want to sponsor a tobacco company.
@@tylerkriesel8590and if you're a regular who smokes, they probably know exactly what you want. I'd go up ask for a pack of smokes and the clerk knew exactly what I meant.
I’m glad Clerks was recommended, anyone else think so?
Sure!
I actually searched for this
"You see that guy behind the register? Me & Silent Bob have been coming here and sticking gum in the locks everyday for 25 years."
This was always the funniest scene in the whole movie. Randall is my hero ;)
This is funny because he literally says to Dante “you know I’m your hero.”
@@IamGenoBlack exactly.
I feel bad for some of these customers. Like those two guys weren’t even being overtly rude, they just wanted human connection.
true. when you work in a customer service or retail role though and constantly see a shitton of people pass by every day, they all start to blur together after a while and just become annoying
Spitting water in someones face isn't overtly rude?
@@jasewildheart he’s talking about the two customers. I remember back when I was a clerk, I couldn’t stand the store regulars who would stay and try to hangout. Fuckin’ leave, man.
randal and dante were clearly having a conversation and dickhead kept trying to interrupt for attention, id say thats pretty rude.
The craziest part about this scene was that the cigarettes were $3.
We all want to be like Randal
Not me, he's unconsciously dangerous!
Randal is absolutely correct. Title does not dictate behavior.
Randal Graves is my spirit animal
If I were Dante i would not give him 🔑 to the car at all until he starts being nice to the customers for the rest of the night until closing time.
CT Dawg yeah you tell him
CT must be fun at parties.
There is no way in hell you could get randell to give a shit, I knew a guy that was just as sarcastic as randall, he could out argue anybody, I actually started to call him randall after I saw this movie.
CT Dawg are you even suppose to be here today?
The customer is always an asshole!
0:25 dude randall deserves to get socked so hard 🤣🤣😂💀
Tbh this is my favorite scene of the movie. XD
It is a great scene. My favorite is the Death Star contractor conversation.
I just rewatched clerks 3 last night and damn it hit hard lol
We were miraculously saved at the zero hour by a kiwala fish mutant bird.....crazy shiiitt lol
Fun fact: the cats name is Lenin's tomb
2:40 This besides the Salsa shark scene is what made Randall my favorite character despite working a dead end job he knows he's the master of his own destiny.
Randal, you are my fucking hero.
Randal casually spitting water in a random man’s face 😂
Randall is a berserker
Schenectady? Pizza? Cream Cheese? Perhaps Kosher?
*Sighs*
Randal: what’s that for!?
It's rare that you hear Americans use the term "dickhead"...
I love how they just ask for "cigarettes."
I love how Dante uses big words to make himself sound intelegent
You mean intelligent?
Honestly thats kind of just Kevin Smith dialogue in a nutshell.
Lol what exactly are the "big words?"
I think the joke might have been lost on these replies
@@shamiir18 I really pity people like you. Your life is so bankrupt that the biggest thrill in life for you is calling out incorrect spelling. I'm sorry we all can't be super genius spelling wizards like you
Randal absolutely had the right attitude about working customer service. No need to take it seriously at all, its not a high paying important job. The who cares attitude is the right attitude.
Unless you're the customer.
Clerks live by this law 😂
Simon Willis With the barrage of stupid questions, who can blame them?
You open?
Dante:(annoyingly) YES
I ASSURE YOU WE ARE OPEN
Somebody stuck gum in the locks.
@@littlekingtrashmouth9219 Bunch of savages in this town.
Nope, just closed. Got to go to Big Choice Video for a few minutes. Anything you want, write it on a piece of paper and stick it under the shutters. I'll come back, wipe my ass with it, and make you get it yourself.
Honestly I don’t know why that last guy didn’t just leave lmao. Neither of them indicated they were interested in a conversation.
I literally treat my co workers like I was randall
Favorite scene in the movie 😂
And, I think we remember, as it all turned out, the world was saved in the last minute by a Koala Fish Mutant Bird.
I like to think i'm a master of my own destiny
Love zero dislikes
That guy would actually hurt Randall for reals for spitting water at his face on purpose
Nah that guy is old, beside Dante said that he’s surprised that he didn’t kill him.
Pretty sure the old ass man would have a heart attack after a couple punches 😂 Randall wasn't big and buff but he had youth on his side
Underrated joke: people keep asking "Are you open?", despite a large sign saying they're open. As someone who's worked in these types of jobs, I can assure you, people never fucking read.
He's talking about the Aptera.
Smh wish he would at least give an explanation as to why he didnt want to do clerks 3 when he was the star in more ways then one
the Fucking older I get ... the more I relate to Randall
All Dante needed to say is Randal could get fired
Do you really think that would work on Randal?
Retails jobs blow...
Gen X in a nutshell.
I never thought I say this but America needs Randal Graves right now against the SJW PC bullcrap.
If you have an actual issue with SJW's then you're probably just on the internet too much.
@@Magooch86 Say that now
@@zufgh Gladly. He's right. People who are scared of "SJWs" are little idiots. Randal would make fun of people like you.
@@thesonofsuns7479 Mercifully, my self-confidence is such that I don't worry about what fictional characters might think of me. Not that he would, at any rate.
@@Magooch86 Right, it's not as if their stupid policies are affecting wider society or popular culture or anythi- oh wait, hang on......
"Pack of cigarettes." Doesn't say what kind but gets a pack.
Used to work at a gas station. Some "regulars" would literally ask for "a pack of smokes" fully expecting me to remember what brand. They'd get annoyed when I'd make them specify.
Probably couldn’t say it due to License & Trademark
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Randall would have been charged with a hate crime in 2024
Unpopular opinion:
Both Randall and Dante are not ideal characters to emulate.
They're both examples of opposite personality types.
The ideal way to go through life can be found somewhere in the middle between Randall and Dante.
Koala fish mutant bird...
me thinks the black cat was foreshadowing - that hood was the teenager Dante didn't ID and later on got fined for selling smokes to
Actually Randal ended up selling smokes to child by mistake and Dante admitted to being at work thus , that’s why Dante got fined for selling to a minor
I would NEVER employ any of the commentators on here in my establishment!
Been to NYC a year ago. How do you know the movie is old? A pack of Cigs cost 3 bucks...
Ma Von that was $3 for the smokes & the tabloid
Cute cat what’s its name? Annoying customer. Haha
It's not often you hear the term "dickhead" in an American context. It's more of an Australianism.
look i know its amovie but holy fuck how does randall still have a job?
Because his boss obviously doesn’t care either.
Randall isn’t nearly as smart as he is. Dante’s just not a good debater. The actual argument wasn’t that “title dictates behavior” it was that title *should* dictate behavior, or that one should live up to the standards of their title. Obviously you can be a jerk and a bad employee if you want but if that’s the case you don’t deserve the title. I imagine the only reason Randall doesn’t get fired is a combination of Dante covering for him and his boss being as much of a lazy jerk as he is. He’s no philosopher and ultimately I think the movie is aware of it.
You’re looking way too much into it
@ well then just let me do that 🙄 maybe I think it’s fun? Who needs you inflicting your boring judgments on people? Do you think the world would be more interesting if we thought *less* about things? If I’m wasting my time what exactly does that make you?
@@joemcguire9988 Lol dude I commented on a 3 year old comment and you responded within minutes, there’s more to life than being online
@ idk what to tell you, I was on TH-cam when you commented 🤷🏻♂️ it’s a pretty popular site as it turns out. The larger point of course is that you’re very intent on making somebody you don’t know feel small. You make fun of me for caring about a movie and then you make fun of me for responding to your mocking me. I’m pretty sure there’s nothing I could do that you wouldn’t respond to with more mockery; why is that? I’ve never understood people who derive pleasure from belittling others. Know that every time you lash back with some snarky comment, I just kind of pity you more. Just live your own life, bud.
@@joemcguire9988 I’m not reading your paragraphs bro. You’re chronically online, it’s okay to admit
Randall was the original joker
Yes. The Man .
Te. Man . ✌️
🚫🙏🤬
🙏
Man's.back. yes.
Egg ,milk checking nervous meltdown observation...another day in a New Joisy neighborhood corner store. Scoffing ha.😃😎🤔
How long before Dante calls the cops? Ha shrugs it off," seen it before. Just so as long he pays for the mess!....compared to Caitlyn's strange encounter in the restroom...nothing should surprise him....especially since ITS SUPPOSED TO BE HIS DAY OFF !!!
Randal Graves was marriage material
I keep trying to get into this movie bc it’s so well liked but it seems like they’re just racing each other to read the lines faster lmfao have any of them ever heard a real conversation before
Any other present or former convenience store clerks ?
ANYBODY!!
I worked at a shitty liquor store in Brooklyn, NY for 3 years and hated all the god damn customers
I worked as a clerk over the summer and I hated a large majority of the customers.
Worked as a gas station clerk for a summer in college. Nothing motivated me more to study and get a degree than that job.
I wish I could do that at my workplace 2:10
number 3 is comming out, comming out, comming out..... :) :) :)
I love clerks too. But the acting is so obviously ...acting. These guys were just waiting to say their line after each other. Ita charming....but to say this is cinema or deep.. is a bit much.
Hmm. Does that mean it would suddenly become cinema of the movie was the same but the acting was better? Just kidding. But I think what this movie lacks in acting, it makes up for in relatability to the commoner.
With the exception of kids movies, comedies never ever make it to the Oscars and that's kind of a shame too.
It adds to the charm. Clerks is a really famous indie movie, having professional and ground breaking acting would, in a weird way, remove the charm.
That customer was a dick though.
CLERKS 3 FTMFW
And the Oscar goes to…not these guys!!
First :D
the writing is so cheesy it reeks of amateur dialog
Every movie they made after Clerks, mallrats Dogma etc stunk. Just unoriginal unfunny crap trying to piggy back off of Clerks success.
margo din I absolutely love Dogma
God this film sucks I don’t know why people cream them self’s over this pile of dung. Just listen to the delivery of the lines it sounds like they are reading a book.
It’s loved because it relates to people who work as clerks and had a really small budget of 20,000 dollars.
It takes a certain sense of humor to like this movie. It's hilarious!
You'd get it if you ever worked retail/customer service. It might be from the early 90s but the principle is timeless
Then why are you commenting then?
@@xennial80sxberner I worked at a help desk for 2 soul sucking yeas
I wanna play hockey 🏒 on top of my employers roof!
that's 'shill carlos'!!! he is 'a danger to both, the dead & the living'!!!