# Best Cheech and Chong movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 20, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheech-and-chong-movie/486746 "2009-02-20T17:51:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheech-and-chong-movie/486746/21 "2009-02-24T03:17:20Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > For me Up in Smoke just retreads too many of the album bits, word for word without adding anything. And it just gets too, um, silly for me, i.e. the whole pot turning you into a lizard thing. Hey man, lay off the, ummmm, _nostalgia_. That was Nice Dreams :). ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheech-and-chong-movie/486746/22 "2009-02-24T07:26:39Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Up In Smoke, hands down. One of the funniest movies ever made. > > But for an alternate, I’m gonna go way out on a limb here and list a movie I’ve always loved but never met anyone else who even _liked_ it: The Corsican Brothers. I haven’t seen it in over 15 years so I don’t know if it would hold up, but it used to leave me in stitches. It’s the only C&C movie I’ve ever seen, and I love it. I suspect it’s not your ‘typical’ C&C movie, though, since it has only a pot reference or two in passing. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheech-and-chong-movie/486746/23 "2009-02-24T07:29:36Z")
Nothing even comes close to [Up in Smoke](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_In_Smoke). I’ve seen all of their movies, and I’ll go so far as to say that Up in Smoke is the only decent one in the bunch. I must have seen it a hundred times when I was a teenager. A ton of quotable lines, and really good music. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheech-and-chong-movie/486746/24 "2009-02-24T08:02:31Z")
HA! I just found the original [trailer to Up In Smoke](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2pXxHW1DHs) on YouTube. I couldn’t believe the show the Snorting of the Ajax! You’d never get away with that nowadays. (The movie is much MUCH funnier than the trailer) ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheech-and-chong-movie/486746/25 "2025-04-25T18:43:50Z")
They have just released a new documentary: > **[Cheech & Chong talk about their 'last' road trip — though it probably isn't](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/cheech-chong-documentary-last-movie-rcna202670)** > > The "Up in Smoke" comedy legends team up in a new documentary, "Cheech and Chong's Last Movie," and share in an interview how comedy can still be transgressive and relevant. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheech-and-chong-movie/486746/26 "2025-04-25T22:08:52Z")
_Nice Dreams_ was the first C&C movie I ever saw, and I still have fond memories of it. > [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > For me Up in Smoke just retreads too many of the album bits, word for word without adding anything. I never had any of their albums, so for me it was new and funny. Personally, I like _The Corsican Brothers_ **because** it is a departure from their usual routine. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheech-and-chong-movie/486746/27 "2025-04-25T23:40:02Z")
I was a bit disappointed in The Corsican Brothers because I was expecting another stoner movie. But I remember liking the “herpes” bit. I’d vote for Up In Smoke if you’re only going to see one, although I think it kinda lost steam towards the end. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheech-and-chong-movie/486746/28 "2025-04-26T04:57:01Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > I was a bit disappointed in The Corsican Brothers because I was expecting another stoner movie. But I remember liking the “herpes” bit. As a kid, I laughed at the conversation where the dude was talking about his sword and the girl thought he was talking about his dong. “Why, I’ve mistreated it for years. So foolish. I used to go around stickin’ it into everything. Stuck it into watermelons - just practicing. One day I stuck it into the dirt, broke the tip off.” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheech-and-chong-movie/486746/29 "2025-04-26T13:59:27Z")
> **[Cheech & Chong - My Sword](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th_LMP-SBdU%2F)** > > Good clip from Cheech and Chong's Corsican Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheech-and-chong-movie/486746/30 "2025-04-26T14:08:47Z")
Watch the first two in order. You’ll be fine if you skip the rest, though they can be somewhat entertaining if you’re in the right mood. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheech-and-chong-movie/486746/31 "2025-04-30T20:50:46Z")
I grew up with Up in Smoke and Next Movie on laser disc so they are special to me. I think Next Movie gets props for being an early Pee Wee Herman apperance. I also love 70s Los Angeles so street scenes in that one are like heaven for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheech-and-chong-movie/486746.md?page=1)