Vid: Clerktime (2023)

[bstro]

This is a new old vid.

Clerktime was the first vid I ever made back in 2005/2006. But I had an issue where the rendered video contained awful stuttering that I was pretty sure was due to interlacing. I couldn't figure out how to fix it, so I put the project aside and started another one. I eventually ended up exporting the most affected segments of the vid, cleaning them up in a paint program, and importing the fixed frames. There was probably a more efficient solution, but I couldn't find it at the time.

The blog I posted vids back then is long gone, as are the copies of the vids I had. (I had backups, but each got moved around and eventually lost over the years.) I re-created Light into Darko several years ago and had been wanting to re-create Clerktime as well. I came across my old project file but there was no sign of my work correcting the corrupted frames, and I did not want to go through that work again. Besides, the files are also standard definition, and who wants that?

But, wait, what is this Google has found for me? Some kind soul on the internet has...upscaled Clerks: The Animated Series to 1080p? Not only that, but they had the same interlacing issues I did, and the fixed them! Fantastic!

Pulled up my old project, cut the upscaled episodes into clips to fit it, made some tweaks here and there including a couple custom transitions, and (once again) we have Clerktime (2023).

Vid Title: Clerktime
Principle Characters: Dante, Randel, Leonardo Leonardo
Footage: Clerks: The Animated Series
Song Title: Once in a Lifetime
Song Artist: Talking Heads
Originally Completed: March 2006
Remastered and Tweaked: August 2023

Watch on YouTube

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And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground

And you may ask yourself, "How do I work this?"
And you may ask yourself, "Where is that large automobile?"
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful house"
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful wife"

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was [repeat]

Water dissolving and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Under the water, carry the water
Remove the water from the bottom of the ocean
Water dissolving and water removing

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, into the silent water
Under the rocks and stones, there is water underground
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Leting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground

You may ask yourself, "What is that beautiful house?"
You may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?"
And you may ask yourself, "Am I right, am I wrong?"
And you may say to yourself, "My God, what have I done?"

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, into the silent water
Under the rocks and stones, there is water underground
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, look where my hand was
Time isn't holding up, time isn't after us
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was (I couldn't get no rest)
Same as it ever was, hey let's all twist our thumbs

Here comes the twister Letting the days go by (same as it ever was, same as it ever was)
Letting the days go by (same as it ever was, same as it ever was)
Once in a lifetime, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground