Kevin Smith launches Mooby’s delivery service in LA for COVID-19 charity

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

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We all want to do our part during times like these. Some have chosen to host dance parties online, giving people a reason to dance and forget their troubles. Others have seen fit to volunteer for organizations that find them on the front lines, willing and able to do whatever it takes to get us all back to some manner of normal. If you're filmmaker Kevin Smith, you join the folks of No Us Without You, a fundraiser that provides food for families of undocumented restaurant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Early Monday morning, Smith announced that the fictional fast-food chain Mooby's from his View Askewniverse films will be transformed into a very real food delivery service exclusively through Postmates in Los Angeles. For the initiative, Smtih has partnered with the same team that established the Saved By the Max and Good Burger pop-up restaurants for Mooby's. To guarantee maximum tastiness, all food to be made available via the Mooby's menu – including exclusive items – will be created and prepared by Chef Royce Burke and the Secret Lasagna team.

This limited time dining experience begins on April 19 and will run through April 25.

“Ever since I put my first Mooby’s in my fourth film Dogma, I’ve always dreamed of taking the fictional food eatery into the real world,” said Smith via Instagram on Monday. “Now, the team behind Saved by the Max is making that dream a reality, complete with the money raised going to benefit No Us Without You. And then, maybe one day when this pandemic passes, we’ll open the doors on an actual pop-up Mooby’s for real!”

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ever since I first introduced the fictional fast food joint in my films, folks have said “You suck at movies, so open a Mooby's!” Now the folks who did @savedbythemax is building the @moobyspopup – an IRL eatery in Los Angeles that opens later this year, pandemic depending! But as a preview of what’s to come, a Mooby Meal will be available for delivery in L.A. via @postmates starting THIS SUNDAY and running til 4/25! Our takeout Mooby Meals include "Mooby's Messy Lasagna Sandwich" with a side of "Hater Totz" and "Chocolate Covered Pretzels" for dessert! And for your “toy surprise”, we include an autographed Reboot card from me, that will also entitle the bearer to front row slots when the pop-up is finally open to the public! And we’re donating the proceeds to @nouswithoutyou (providing meals to families in need effected by Covid 19). If you’ve ever seen #dogma, or #jayandsilentbobstrikeback, or #clerks2, or #jayandsilentbobreboot, you’ve seen fake people eat at a fake fast food joint! Now, BE a fake person eating actual food from a real restaurant! Many thanks to @heyitsderekberry and the #savedbythemax folks for making a dopey dream come true! Follow @moobyspopup and on the high holiday of 4/20, live the Mooby’s slogan “I’m Eating It!” (Mooby Meals will be prepared by Chef @royce_burke and the @secret_lasagna team. Limited amounts daily, all of which will be offered first come, first serve. Hours 12pm-8pm. Follow @MoobysPopUp for more info!)

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Items set to be included as a part of the Mooby's Menu are dishes like "Mooby's Messy Lasagna Sandwich" with a side of "Hater Totz" & "Chocolate Covered Pretzels". Oh man, I see what they did there. Maybe give that bag a sniff before you decide to dig in, yeah? The menu for delivery will be available starting April 19  from noon to 8 pm via Postmates in Los Angeles.

Additionally, if you're uncomfortable with the idea of eating outside food at this time, you'll be pleased to know that a full Mooby's pop-up is expected to launch in L.A. later this year. Bong!

Source: Instagram

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Born and raised in New York, then immigrated to Canada, Steve Seigh has been a JoBlo.com editor, columnist, and critic since 2012. He started with Ink & Pixel, a column celebrating the magic and evolution of animation, before launching the companion YouTube series Animation Movies Revisited. He's also the host of the Talking Comics Podcast, a personality-driven audio show focusing on comic books, film, music, and more. You'll rarely catch him without headphones on his head and pancakes on his breath.