Posted by Vincent at ppp72.monmouth.com on March 21, 1998 at 14:47:24:
In Reply to: A question about the dead guy in the bathroom? posted by The Last Mo-Fo on March 21, 1998 at 09:38:16:
: Okay in Clerks, he died...ya now that old guy while beating his meat. The next shot is of the ambulance as we see the erection. Wilhelm then enters. A shot back to Dante...and then a shot back to the ambulance: the erection is gone, and Wilhelm is eating something...is this what I think it is?
No, Willem is eating the same sandwhich that he had offered to Silent Bob earlier, and the reason the erection disappears is that Willem put his hat over it- the actual footage of him taking off his hat and setting it over the erection was cut, but look closely, and when Willem enters the ambulance, he has his hat on, and before the door gets slammed, it's off.
The shot is kind of dark so it's hard to see, but having eben present for the editing and shooting of CLERKS, believe me, that's what happened.
TCCITEO