Pork pie hat the "man-about-town", but its resurgence in the United States in the 1920s is credited to the silent film actor Buster Keaton who wore them in many of his films. The hats from his films were ones the actor made himself by converting fedoras and other hats into pork pies, creating more than a thousand in his lifetime. This kind of pork pie had a very flat top and similar short flat brim. Arguably the heyday of the pork pie hat occurred during the Great Depression. In this incarnation, the pork pie regained its snap brim and increased slightly in height.
Jay and Silent Bob bicycle over a ramp (a reference to the iconic E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial moon scene), propelling them through the window of a nearby building. By sheer luck, they land in the dressing room of James Van Der Beek (of "Dawson's Creek") and Jason Biggs (of "American Pie"), who happen to be playing Jay and Silent Bob in "The Bluntman and Chronic Movie"; Silent Bob is somewhat upset that his comic-book counterpart is being played by the "pie fucker". After learning this, Jay and Bob form a huddle in the corner and decide to beat up Biggs and Van Der Beek, but