I’m not even supposed to be here today.

But “Clerks” just got added to the National Film Registry. So let’s raise a lasagna to Dante Hicks, Randal Graves and Kevin Smith, director of the 1994 classic that launched a New Jersey convenience store (and Smith himself) to stardom.

The movie, filmed at Leonardo’s Quick Stop, joins 24 other films chosen for the registry this year, including “Purple Rain,” “Amadeus,” “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “Platoon,” “She’s Gotta Have It” and “Boys Don’t Cry" (see full list below).

Films selected are deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and must be at least 10 years old. For 2019, “Clerks" received the most public votes.

“Happy to be all over you, @FilmRegistry!” Smith tweeted on Thursday. “Thanks for including us with our cinematic betters! Dante would love it, Randal would debate whether Clerks even merited this honor over Porky’s. Jay & Silent Bob would capitalize on it and start selling a strain called #NatFilmRegistry.”

This year, Smith, a Red Bank native who grew up in Highlands, marked the 25th anniversary of “Clerks," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994. The movie introduced the world to lovable stoners Jay and Silent Bob, played by Smith and his fellow Highlands local Jay Mewes.

Happy to be all over you, @FilmRegistry! Thanks for including us with our cinematic betters! Dante would love it, Randal would debate whether Clerks even merited this honor over Porky’s. Jay & Silent Bob would capitalize on it and start selling a strain called #NatFilmRegistry. https://t.co/lqlK0JOPP3 — KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) December 12, 2019

Smith, 49, is in the middle of promoting the latest film in his Jersey-set View Askewniverse with the “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot” tour, which launched in October in Asbury Park and continues in January after a break this month. He’s also working on making “Clerks III" a reality after holdout Jeff Anderson (who plays Graves) agreed to sign on this fall.

“Trust me, if ‘Clerks III’ happens, it’s going to be in New Jersey," Smith told NJ Advance Media in October. “It’s going to be in Leonardo, or it ain’t going to be made.”

At his Asbury Park appearance in October, Smith announced that he would be reopening his SModcastle podcast theater near the Quick Stop in Leonardo.

Here are the other films being added to the National Film Registry:

“Amadeus” (1984)

“Becky Sharp” (1935)

“Before Stonewall” (1984)

“Body And Soul” (1925)

“Boys Don’t Cry” (1999)

“Coal Miner’s Daughter” (1980)

“Emigrants Landing At Ellis Island” (1903)

“Employees Entrance” (1933)

“Fog Of War” (2003)

“Gaslight” (1944)

“George Washington Carver At Tuskegee Institute” (1937)

“Girlfriends” (1978)

“I Am Somebody” (1970)

“The Last Waltz” (1978)

“My Name Is Oona” (1969)

“A New Leaf" (1971)

“Old Yeller” (1957)

“The Phenix City Story” (1955)

“Platoon” (1986)

“Purple Rain” (1984)

“Real Women Have Curves” (2002)

“She’s Gotta Have It” (1986)

“Sleeping Beauty” (1959)

“Zoot Suit” (1981)

Have a tip? Amy Kuperinsky may be reached at akuperinsky@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @AmyKup or on Facebook.

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