What's your favorite Cheech & Chong movie?

[red dog 1]

"Up In Smoke"...their 1st movie was very good.

However, IMO, their 2nd movie, "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie" was their best.
I think the funniest scene from "Next Movie" was when Tommy Chong comes out of his sister's house with a huge baggie full of laundry detergent he borrowed from his sister, plus a jar full of his sister's pee (to give to his probation officer) and after getting into the van which Cheech is driving, Cheech sees the baggie, & thinking it's cocaine, says:"What's that?..and Chong replies: "What does it look like?"
Cheech replies: "It looks like coke" - then he says "Give me some" & Chong says, "Naw, I don't think so, this has to last me".....But Cheech is persistent & says, "OK, just let me smell it"..and Chong says, "OK, but only smell it"..and he opens the baggie to let Cheech smell it, and Cheech instead sticks his face into the baggie & laughs & then caughs & says," Hey, this isn't coke!" & Chong says, "It's laundry detergent I got from my sister"...Cheech is still coughing from inhaling
the soap powder & grabs the jar of urine & drinks some of it while Chong says "Don't drink that, man" while Cheech spits out urine & soap bubbles, and, while still coughing from inhaling the soap powder, Chong hands him the jar of pee & he drinks it again, with the same result as before............Hilarious scene from a hilarious movie.

[RKP5637]

1. I liked the one where they were riding around in a van, old milk truck? made of pot?

I just recall tons of pot smoke as they rode along. I love them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't recall the name of that one.

[red dog 1]

3. That was "Up In Smoke"

[RKP5637]

5. Thanks!!!!! n/t

[Nay]

30. God, that one was funny. Weren't they also driving along in the pot van at 5 mph

on the highway, thinking they wouldn't attract the cops' attention if they went 5 mph??? I laughed so hard at all their movies. So silly and so funny.

[RKP5637]

32. Something like that! I think that was one of their best!

[n2doc]

2. My buddies and I laughed our asses off at that movie

Good times. Good times.

[GReedDiamond]

4. I'd have to go with Up in Smoke...

...besides being hilarious, the production of the movie helped to jump-start the Los Angeles punk scene of the late 70s-early 80s, which I was involved in. Those were great times!

I've met Cheech several times, he's a nice, regular kinda guy.

[RKP5637]

6. I loved the 70's and early 80's - part of my head is still there. I thought those times would

last forever.

[GReedDiamond]

10. We worked with the California Marijuana Initiative...

...in '83, helping to set up a July 3-4 smoke-in outside of the US Federal Building on Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles.

My band, The Hundredth Monkey, performed, along with Black Flag (with Henry Rollins on vocals), Chuck Dukowski's band Würm (Chuck was bass player from Black Flag), and a bunch of other bands I can't recall now.

Also, the legendary pro-cannabis advocate Jack Herer, author of The Emperor Wears No Clothes, was one of the speakers we had on stage that weekend. Jack was still writing the book at that time, and I'd hang out with him back at my art studio in Pasadena, and he'd tell me about the book he was working on.

The smoke-in went off without a hitch, with zero police interference -- a good time was had by all.

On October 30 of '83, we set up a "Rock Against Reagan" event at the same Federal Building, which featured again, The Hundredth Monkey and the great Minutemen, and an interesting band from back east (Ohio?) called Stick Against Stone.

This time there was a massive police presence, including snipers in surrounding hi-rise buildings, and a counter-protest by pro-Shah of Iran supporters, who, unlike us, had no permits for their demonstration. The difference between the July 3-4 event and that of October 30 was startling and frightening. I'm guessing the TPTB did not want another repeat of a peaceful, fun and informative event as we had in July.

By the end of 1984, D. Boon of the Minutemen was dead, and the first wave of L.A. punk had passed. It was downhill all the way, from there.

Now I'm 61, with the brain of a 16 year old punk rocker with 45+ years of life experiences, good and bad -- but mostly good.

(Cue the Mary Hopkins' song Those Were The Days my friend, we though they'd never end.)

[RKP5637]

16. Thanks for the summary! Yep, my brain is still back there. I'm mature and all, but really my

point of reference in life is back in the 70's early 80's. And then it all started fading. Those were magical times!!! The death of David Bowie has really shaken me up too! I love his last videos, so true to form!!!

[GReedDiamond]

17. I just got back from the grocery store...

...they were playing a David Bowie song as I got in line at the checkout.

I had to fight back bursting into tears!

Didn't expect that to happen.

[RKP5637]

18. I had the strangest dream the night after he died. Must have been from watching his last videos

that day. And I had also just gotten the CD on Amazon, and they had given to me a free MP3 stream.

I was in the garage and for some reason on my PC. He walked in and stood next to me, made some comment about the PC speed or something. I said can you stay awhile. He just looked at me, turned, looked back and walked on down the road. It was just really vivid.

I think it was the result of having watched his last two videos on youtube earlier that day. I woke up after that and stayed up, it was almost morning. I cried when he died. He had just synced into my brain for so many years.

[GReedDiamond]

19. His death came out of nowhere...

...nobody I know expected it.

He left a tremendous body of work -- timeless stuff.

Somewhat back on topic, at least we still have Cheech & Chong, although I heard recently that Tommy has some kind of health issue.

Saw them perform live with (the Lonnie Jordan version of) WAR, in 2014. They all were great.

Hope Tommy gets better quick.

[RKP5637]

20. Get well Tommy!!!

[red dog 1]

22. + 1

[lunasun]

29. yes Chong has cancer diagnosed 3 years ago

[GReedDiamond]

36. I looked into it, and it seems...

...he was pronounced cancer free within a year of the original diagnosis, but he announced in June 2015 that it had come back.

Here's a link I found: http://www.celebstoner.com/blogs/tommy-chong/2013/05/06/tommy-chong-im-cancer-free!/

[mikeysnot]

33. For the record - D. Boon died Dec 22, 1985.

right before Christmas, the same day Joe Strummer died, but not same year...

He was one of the unfortunate 27 club in rock.

[GReedDiamond]

34. Thanks for the correction.

Memory isn't what it used to be...if it ever was.

[mikeysnot]

37. I hear ya!

I happen to see them right before he died, so I remember it well. Heard the news on MTV of all places.

Fucking sucks. I did not have enough film to take a bunch of shots of them but managed this one...

[GReedDiamond]

38. It looks like you posted a photo...

...but I'm not seeing it. (Wish I could though.)

[mikeysnot]

40. it is a pick of D. Boon

Playing at the Metro in Chicago, Nov 1, 1985.

[TheBlackAdder]

7. 'Up in Smoke" and 'Next Movie" are great!

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When "Next Movie" came out, I wasn't sure how to take Cousin Strawberry. But, after a few viewings, I really dig that character. I saw it the other day, and I still laugh at it. They use "shit" "bullshit" "chickenshit" "horseshit" It's funny how he says "Holy sheepshit" and others will say 'Holy camel shit".


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[red dog 1]

12. Cousin Strawberry was Cheech's cousin in "Up In Smoke".....

Tom Skerritt played the role...He was a Vietnam Vet who occasionally "flipped out" and thought he was back in Vietnam.
(I loved it when he was walking quietly down the stairs, thinking Cheech & Chong were burglars, and at the bottom of the stairs he stepped on a glass which went "Crunch&quot

In "Next Movie"..Cheech's cousin was named Red & was, of course, played by Cheech himself.
It was Red who liked to say "Holy Sheepshit"

[TheBlackAdder]

13. Thanks, I dropped the ball on that. Confusing the Red hair for Strawberry.

.

Strawberry was the one who shot his bird, didn't he?

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[red dog 1]

15. He sure did!

[Glamrock]

31. I wasn't lookin at his neck man

[red dog 1]

41. LOL!!!

[immoderate]

8. Ah, uhm, uhm-uhm, er, ahh, ...

You mean, like now?

--imm

[B Calm]

9. Which one had Cheech on top of a step ladder doing back strokes pretending to swim? They

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were in a green house full of mature marijuana plants and a cop helicopter was forcing the roof to come apart. The roof was painted to look like a swimming pool.

[CBGLuthier]

26. Nice Dreams, the one I kind of like best

It just gets so weird towards the end.

[B Calm]

35. Nice Dreams, yep my favorite too. That lizard was hilarious!

[PSPS]

11. The Welfare Office scene in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie

Here's a scene that is a trip to watch even if you're straight. I can't imagine what it must have been like filming this scene. Tommy Chong directed the movie and you can tell even he's cracking up during the filming. How would you write something like this in the screenplay?

That's Tony Viscarra on the nod, a very young Michael Winslow doing the sound effects, veteran character actor John Steadman as the laughing old timer and Evelyn Guerrero is Cheech's girlfriend.

[red dog 1]

14. I loved that welfare office scene in Next Movie

At the beginning of the scene, Cheech's girl friend who worked there was trying to signal him to "Go Around" to the back where she was, but Cheech thought she meant that she wanted to go "Around the World",,,which is a reference to a particular sexual act.

[eridani]

21. Hard to chose between "Up in Smoke and "Next Movie" n/t

[red dog 1]

23. Yeah, I agree

"Up In Smoke" & "Next Movie" are both great comedies.

I just think "Next Movie" was a little less corny than "Up In Smoke"...but I've seen them both many, many times.

BTW, I think Stacy Keach was great in "Up In Smoke"
I'm glad he got that role, especially after being busted for possession of cocaine & subsequently "blacklisted" by Hollywood

[CBGLuthier]

27. He was busted for coke, not pot

[red dog 1]

42. Thanks for the correction

[stonecutter357]

24. "Up In Smoke"

[Mnpaul]

25. Hey, watch this - is a great live show

Their reunion show on stage in Austin doing their greatest bits. They are not only on stage but in the line outside playing fans trying to get in and in the balcony playing the part of two gay characters. Bush bashing in Texas is always great and Tommy's wife also gets in on the fun.

[brewens]

28. Up in Smoke almost doesn't count because it was really just like a greatest hit compilation

on video. It would have been awesome had I not pretty much known all the lines already. Between myself and my buddies, we'd had all their albums for years.

[loveproblem]

39. Nice Article

The best article

[red dog 1]

43. Welcome to DU!