Secret Stash

The Secret Stash is a name given by the United States cable television channel Comedy Central to its mostly-uncensored early Sunday morning (late Saturday night) programming which generally consists of R-rated films or stand-up comedy. Examples include South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (the first movie to be shown on Secret Stash on its debut in 2003), Dazed and Confused, Van Wilder, Half Baked, Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke, Clerks, Beer League, Jackass: The Movie, Scary Movie 2, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile, and stand-up comedy performances from Lewis Black, Dave Chappelle, and Christopher Titus, among others.

The mostly-uncensored material includes the retention of words that would normally be censored on cable. Nudity is left out (with the exception of Rear Nudity), as well as some drug references. However, during the airing of Rodney Carrington's stand-up special, "Rodney Carrington: Live at the Majestic", on June 23, 2007, nudity was left intact. During Carrington's song, "Show em To Me", there were numerous shots of audience members (male and female) flashing their breasts. Another instance of nudity came with the showing of How High on July 15, 2007, during the opening sequence where a topless woman was shown sleeping in Method Man's apartment.

Comic Book Men

Comic Book Men is an American reality television series airing on the AMC network. It is set at Kevin Smith's comic book shop, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, in Red Bank, New Jersey.

Production history

Filmmaker Kevin Smith was drawn to television through his love of podcasting, through which he says he realized his true calling: telling stories with words rather than pictures. His website, SModcast.com, features a number of podcasts, including I Sell Comics!, hosted by Mike Zapcic and Ming Chen, and Tell 'Em Steve-Dave!, co-hosted by Walt Flanagan and Bryan Johnson. The latter was the inspiration for Comic Book Men. Brian Quinn, the third co-host of Tell 'Em Steve-Dave!, was unable to be featured in the series due to the conditions of his contract for the TruTV series Impractical Jokers.

NJ.com reported in July 2011 that AMC was interested in the TV show that was being developed by Smith, which was set at Smith's store, and described as "Pawn Stars for geeks". The series would be part of AMC network's active entry into reality television. AMC decided to pick up the show to follow The Walking Dead. The working title was Secret Stash, before it was finalized as Comic Book Men.