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Smith comments, "They've got their Ash movie deal with DreamWorks now, but we've got the first Ash appearance in a movie."

Ash artwork – This illustration, which was featured in the film, was the first time Smith worked with artist/writers Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti, the creators of Ash who drew the piece.

Magic Eye poster – In the film, Ethan Suplee's character tries unsuccessfully to see a sailboat in an autostereogram, though the hidden image in the store's version of the poster is of the film's logo.

Three extra feet of leather was sewn into the coat in order to achieve a cape-like effect.

Silent Bob's hard hat and coat – The hard hat was a bicycle helmet that was customized to look like Batman's cowl.

Silent Bob's wardrobe – The dark jacket and the other articles worn by Smith's character in his first film were the clothes he himself used to wear, but stopped wearing when the character became famous.

Various props and memorabilia from Smith's films have decorated the Red Bank store. The new location opened on February 22, 2021. On November 25, 2020, Smith announced on his Twitter account that he was closing the current Red Bank store at 35 Broad Street on December 28, and moving the store down the block to a long-vacant corner location at 65 Broad Street. Laser Blazer eventually closed on Decemdue to declining sales. Laser Blazer remained open and used the area for Blu-ray Discs.

The Stash at Laser Blazer closed on January 11, 2009. The store relocated inside the Laser Blazer DVD retailer in Los Angeles, California. Ī second Secret Stash in the Westwood area of Los Angeles was opened in September 2004 and was managed by long-time associate Bryan Johnson, who has appeared in Smith's films as Steve-Dave. at 35 Broad Street, A change jar by the cash register has collected money for Operation Kindness, a local animal shelter championed by Smith's mother. The store opened Mawith a gala "Stash Bash".

Smith had the film crews from Mallrats and Chasing Amy, who spent two weeks renovating the location. A new logo for the store was designed by comics writer/artist Matt Wagner. Feeling that such visitors deserved a less mediocre store to travel to, Smith moved the store two years later to a 4,000 square foot location and had his production designer on Chasing Amy and Dogma to help design the store's appearance, and filled it with every prop and artwork possible from Smith's films, such as the Bluntman and Chronic pages from Chasing Amy that had been drawn by Matt Brundage and Mike Allred and the Buddy Christ statue from Dogma. The store was rechristened Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, after the two characters played by Smith and Jason Mewes in Smith's films.Īccording to Smith, the store attracted not only the typical local customers, but also those from other states, countries and continents. The store was repainted, filled with some film props, and its facade outfitted with a logo designed by Smith's friend Scott Mosier. He bought it for $30,000 USD, using the money he earned from Clerks, and took it over in January 1997, putting his friend and colleague Walt Flanagan, whom he characterizes as "our resident comics genius", in charge of running the store. When Smith learned the owner was permanently closing the store and moving to Taiwan, he expressed interest in purchasing the store for its back stock and client list. It was where Kevin Smith began purchasing his comics in approximately 1995-96, and as seen on the DVD for Chasing Amy, appears in the first deleted scene of that film. The original Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash began as a small comic book store in Red Bank, New Jersey called Comicology. The storefront of the now-closed Secret Stash in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.