Any Cheech and Chong fans here?
thomas conroy
compilation of moments from various B-movies, most of which are fairly trashy
and unintentionally very funny (like "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and "The Thing
With Two Heads"). The clips are introduced by various 70s Comedy Stars, like
John Candy, Gilda Radner, Dan Akroyd, and also, Cheech and Chong. There's a
bit in which they're in a movie theater, Chong has the munchies and buys like
$50.00 worth of junk food, and then the two of them comment on the clips of
such gems as "The Increadible Shrinking Man" and "The Blob". I then remembered
that the one C&C album I ever owned (I believe it's called "Los Cochinos")
has a bit called "Pedro and Man at the Drive-In." which is this really funny
sketch in which they sneak their friends into a drive-in in the trunk of their
car, only to have the key break off in the lock; like in "It Came From
Hollywood," "Pedro and Man" also has Chong ordering a surplus of movie food at
the snack bar. Los Cochinos also features "Basketball Jones" and "Sergeant
Stadenko," who was also a character in "Up in Smoke," the first, and arguably
the funniest, Cheech and Chong movie.
The first Cheech and Chong I ever heard was Sister Mary Elephant
("Class....Class... SHUTTTTTTTTTTTT UPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!.....Thank You.)
Naturally, as a repressed, frustrated little Catholic schoolboy, I thought, at
the time, that this was the funniest stuff I had ever heard.
So, any other Cheech and Chong fans here? If so, what are your thoughts and
reflections on their humor?
Tom
Jay Phillips
> con...@bu.edu (thomas conroy) wrote:
>
> > So, any other Cheech and Chong fans here? If so, what are your thoughts and
> >reflections on their humor?
>
As a high schooler out in the sticks, C & C was pretty radical stuff, and
I don't remember their movies making it into the local showhouse.
However, a friend of mine had several of their albums which he had taped,
and we would ride around listening to them in his Ford Galaxie 500, which
he had outfitted with a Craig AM/FM/cassette w/ 4 channel sound; pretty
hot stuff at the time!
After I got some of their albums, I always used to listen to them on my
home stereo's headphones to avoid any unnecessary confrontation and/or
explaination with my (probably) rightfully concerned parents :-) This did
produce an added plus to listening in that even today, there is a lot of
stuff in the background of some of those tracks that won't really come
thru on speakers, even up loud. With the headphones, you're right in the
room, and there are some pretty funny riffs occurring underneath the main
voiceover. Also, along with Monty Python, I think they did some great
sound effects.
I have seen a couple of their albums on CD, but does anyone know if there
is a complete compilation around? Thanks!
Jay
Paul Goldschmidt
remember one segment at the end of the show where they asked the audience
if anyone was tripping, then started making all these weird halloweenish
noises and contorting themselves while the lighting crew hit them with
rapidly-changing colored spotlights. I remember most of the audience
ho-humming their attempts to freak us out...
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Kathy Diemer
>C&C's humor? Very 70's. And very funny. Would go over like a Led
>balloon (Zeppelin) today, though. I guess you'd just have to have been
>there.
Not so...Cheech and Chong's best lines still live, here and there, if
you are listening.
Beavis and Butt-head have a bit when they are watching the "Get Out Of
My Room" video when they are talking about the Blind Melon Chitlin
bit.
"Isn't this the guy who wants to show his schlong?"
"Yeah...'goin' downtown, gonna see my gal'..."
(It's very close to that, anyway, you get the idea.)
Martin Sagara
: right before they smoke a huge joint filled with Cheech's old socks.)
Yeah! Remember the 12" by 12" rolling paper that came with the
album? I'd like to see 'em try to include THAT in a CD case now!
Sorry, just lamenting the passage of album art and gimmicks. ;^)
BTW: At work, we seem to be having an undeclared contest to see
who can come up with the most obscure C&C lines.
Martin
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djd
Other than the timeless "Dave? Dave's not here."
Eric Towell
>Jason Cook (jdc...@ptd.net) wrote:
>: right before they smoke a huge joint filled with Cheech's old socks.)
>Yeah! Remember the 12" by 12" rolling paper that came with the
>album? I'd like to see 'em try to include THAT in a CD case now!
>Sorry, just lamenting the passage of album art and gimmicks. ;^)
>BTW: At work, we seem to be having an undeclared contest to see
>who can come up with the most obscure C&C lines.
>Martin
Try, "They want our BigSticks, Man" from 'Nice Dreams'. . .
...or (my personal favorite) " You get a G.D. job before sundown--or
we're shippin' you off to military school--G.D.--Finkelstein Shit
Kid--S.O.B." (the intro to "Up in Smoke," as I recall). . .
BTW: did anybody else's mother DESTROY their copy of "Earache My Eye?"
Eric T.
Rich Burroughs
>>BTW: At work, we seem to be having an undeclared contest to see
>>who can come up with the most obscure C&C lines.
>>
>>Martin
>Other than the timeless "Dave? Dave's not here."
Lest us not forget the songs... i.e.
na na na, na na na, na na na
my scrotum...
And speaking of lines...
Looks like s***
Smells like s***
Tastes like s***
Aren't you glad we didn't step in it!
If you remember the seventies, you did not "live" them!
Rich Burroughs
Jackson, TN USA
Trace A. Magill
> >>BTW: At work, we seem to be having an undeclared contest to see
> >>who can come up with the most obscure C&C lines.
> >>
> >>Martin
>
> >Other than the timeless "Dave? Dave's not here."
>
>
> Lest us not forget the songs... i.e.
>
> na na na, na na na, na na na
> my scrotum...
>
How 'bout this:
"My mama talkin' to me tryin to tell me how to live" nananah nananah nnnaaah!!!
"But I don't listen to her because my head is like a seive" music again
My favorite verse:
"Basketball coach done kicked me off the team" music refrain
"For wearin high-heeled sneakers and acting like a quuueeeeEEEEENN!!!"
Trace
"Up in Smoke" thats where I wanna be....
Jay Phillips
tama...@mail.utexas.edu (Trace A. Magill) wrote:
> In article <4j7eo3$h...@news.usit.net>, ri...@usit.net (Rich Burroughs) wrote:
>
> > >>BTW: At work, we seem to be having an undeclared contest to see
> > >>who can come up with the most obscure C&C lines.
> > >>
-gunshot-.....glass breaking....."Okay, the next one's going through your
kneecap..... *perfect* piano notes playing...."That's good, I knew you
could do it...
I think the name of the C&C track was "Jimmy"
Jay
Trace A. Magill
jpm...@alpinet.net (Jay Phillips) wrote:
>
> -gunshot-.....glass breaking....."Okay, the next one's going through your
> kneecap..... *perfect* piano notes playing...."That's good, I knew you
> could do it...
>
> I think the name of the C&C track was "Jimmy"
>
> Jay
Strother Martin mode on:
YOU GETTA A GODDAM JOB BEFORE SUNSET, OR WE'RE SHIPPING YOU OFF TO MILITARY
SCHOOL WITH THAT GODDAM-FINKLESTEEN-SHITKID...SONOFABITCH!!!
Trace
"I wonder what Great Dane tastes like???"
Michael L. Pierich
>In article <4j7eo3$h...@news.usit.net>, ri...@usit.net (Rich Burroughs) wrote:
>> >>BTW: At work, we seem to be having an undeclared contest to see
>> >>who can come up with the most obscure C&C lines.
>> >>
>> >>Martin
>>
>> >Other than the timeless "Dave? Dave's not here."
Amatuer!
How about the Pope saying, "She's-a gotta have-a beeg ones, like that!
Boom-ba boom-boom!"
Or the classic, "Push da car? Get yo' momma to push da car!"
Michael L. Pierich
Halifax, PA
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djd
writes:
>tama...@mail.utexas.edu (Trace A. Magill) wrote:
>
>>In article <4j7eo3$h...@news.usit.net>, ri...@usit.net (Rich
Burroughs) wrote:
>
>>> >>BTW: At work, we seem to be having an undeclared contest to see
>>> >>who can come up with the most obscure C&C lines.
>>> >>
>>> >>Martin
>>>
>>> >Other than the timeless "Dave? Dave's not here."
>
>Amatuer!
>
>How about the Pope saying, "She's-a gotta have-a beeg ones, like that!
>Boom-ba boom-boom!"
>
>Or the classic, "Push da car? Get yo' momma to push da car!"
>
Got me. I bow respectfully to the net.C&C.wizard.
Duane
djd...@ix.netcom.com
thomas conroy
: Paul did a live show here in LA about a year ago. I couldnt talk anyone
: into going with me, so I stupidly didnt go. He still writes music, though
: he made a mint off of royalties from "The Love Boat" theme. His brother
: Mentor Williams is also a well known & respected songwriter (he wrote
: "Drift Away"- made famous by Dobie Gray)
Another bit of Paul Williams trivia. He played Virgil, the genius orangutan in
"Battle For the Planet of the Apes." I caught it on USA Up All Night recently.
DHC
Bambu! Now that was a rotten roach. Their first movie "Up in Smoke" was
also a favorite. A couple of lines from the movie that stand out:
"How am I driving?"
"I think you're parked man."
"Hey man, give me a cookie."
"Don't beg me man, get you"re own cookie."
DHC
Bob Davis
Yeah
How about Big Bambu ???
Great Album & GREAT sleeve too !!!
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I saw C&C at Broome Community College back in '73. Toward the end of their
set, Cheech got on the mike and said "Hey, are any of you guys tripping"?
No sooner did he say that the stage lights started changing colors
*really* fast, and the guys started making faces and contorting their arms
and hands in weird ways and making Halloween noises (boooooo!!!). Not much
happened in that audience except a few chuckles.
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Officer- "May I see your license?"
Cheech- "Aren't they on the back of the car?"
Snydli
especially when Chong was playing the guitar with a pipe wrench.....
There was mention of C&C on a John Larroquette Show episode in its first
season. For those of you unfamiliar with the show, John plays a character
who is a recovering alcoholic who manages a bus station in St. Louis. In
one episode,
he sponsors an alcoholic named Dave at an AA meeting, but someone sneaks
marijuana-laden brownies into the meeting. Dave gets up in front of the
group and
says, "Hi, I'm Dave, and I'm an alcoholic." The group replies......you
guessed it....
"Dave's not here, man....."
I am the oldest of four brothers, the second oldest is ten years behind
me, and for the most part missed most of the greatness of C&C. Thus, the
joke shot right past them and they all looked at me funny when I just
about fell out of my chair
laughing so hard.
"Young man, give me that knife...... thwip.....SPUNG! Thank
you....."
Lyn
These guys were a huge crack-up. I recently bought two CD's by them. What a riot they were. I used to laugh so hard tears would come to my eyes and my side would ache. They must have been high 24/7, or at least when there were performing/recording.
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re: obscure c&c lines
How about,
"Hey, I like the way you used the corn in there for texture. You're a
regular Rembrandt!" (skit about 2 dogs)
James Bartlett
"I played Black Sabbath at 78 speed."
"What happened?"
"I saw God!"
"Wow, I've done that...with Grand Funk."
jim
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Mellow.....Mellow....Mellow