Wednesday, February 16, 2022

TV Version of Cheech and Chong's Next Movie has Finally Been Found

From wikipedia: There are two versions of this film. One is the theatrical version while the other is a heavily edited version aired for television only. The edited version adds in cut scenes such as an animated intro, their neighbor being revealed to be a transvestite, footage on the spaceship and all drug-related scenes cut or altered. Most notably is the contents of Red's duffel bag, which in the TV version contains not hundreds of Thai sticks, but diamonds. A novelization, also written by Cheech and Chong, features many photos of these omitted elements.

The original theatrical release & early home video editions have Cheech singing the song "Ya-Ya" in the scene where he is ironing his clothes for his date. Current releases changed this audio to him humming a different song. Also in the theatrical release, Paul Reubens' character, in an attempt to convince the 9-1-1 operator to send help immediately, finally implores: "Look, I think they're Iranians!" The newer video releases have the line re-dubbed as: "Look, I think they're hippies!"

We here at this website own a bunch of the animated cels, but have never seen the film.

The missing version has finally been uploaded.

From the uploader:

I've been meaning to post this for a while now.  This is the elusive TV version of Cheech and Chong's Next Movie.  I recorded it off of WXON channel 20 back in the early 80s. This is slightly different from the version that aired on Comedy Central in the 90s.  The music is great and the narrative is completely different. All the drug references are removed.  There are plenty of extended scenes that weren't in the original theatrical release.  The music store scene being my absolute favorite.  I hope one day to see a proper release of this gem.

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Cheech and Chong on Sammy Hagar's Rock & Roll Road Trip

AXS TV posted video of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong on Sammy Hagar's Rock & Roll Road Trip.  It was filmed at Tommy's house.  They perform Save the Whales.

Tuesday, February 01, 2022

‘Champions’: Woody Harrelson, Kaitlin Olson, Cheech Marin & Matt Cook To Topline Bobby Farrelly’s Special Olympics Pic For Focus Features And Gold Circle Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Woody Harrelson (True Detective, Zombieland), Emmy nominee Kaitlin Olson (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Hacks), Grammy nominee Cheech Marin (Born in East L.A, From Dusk Till Dawn) and Matt Cook (Man With a Plan, The Comeback) will lead Champions, a recently-wrapped film that Bobby Farrelly (Dumb and Dumber, There’s Something About Mary) directed for Focus Features and Gold Circle Entertainment.

Champions is based on the Goya Award winning Spanish film Campeones, which Universal Pictures International released in 2018. It centers on a stubborn and hotheaded minor league basketball coach who is forced to coach a Special Olympics team when he is sentenced to community service. Actors with intellectual disabilities rounding out the cast to ensure authenticity in the storytelling include Madison Tevlin, Joshua Felder, Kevin Iannucci, Ashton Gunning, Matthew Von Der Ahe, Tom Sinclair, James Day Keith, Alex Hintz, Casey Metcalfe, Bradley Edens and Champ Pederson.