Cheech and Chong's Next Movie

Plot synopsis:
As the movie opens, Cheech & Chong are siphoning gas from a tow truck to fill the tank of their "borrowed" car. As they drive away, Chong rolls and lights up a joint, igniting the gas fumes and causing an explosion in the car. Cheech is dropped off at a movie studio to ask a girlfriend for clean clothes, claiming his state was caused by rescuing a baby from a fire. Meanwhile, Chong returns the car to their prudish neighbor, resulting in a confrontation as the neighbor rants. Chong returns his sentiments by shooting exhaust fumes out of the house window, killing the neighbor's rose bushes. After smoking up, Chong plugs in his guitar and starts wailing away loudly, annoying the entire neighborhood. Cheech arrives, barely managing to pull the power on the amplifier. Cheech drives Chong to pick up a urine sample for his probation officer (last time, he used an unwashed mayonnaise jar; this time, his sister's urine, and she's pregnant!). While driving down the street, Cheech swerves the van causing the urine to splash all over Chong. Chong pulls out a large bag of what appears to be cocaine, refusing to share until Cheech asks to just "smell" it. Chong shoves the bag in Cheech's face, revealing it to be a bag of his laundry soap. Cheech grabs and drinks from the urine sample, spits it out, and Chong hands the urine to him again! The next morning, Cheech awakens to find the van has been stolen. The phone rings, Chong answers and hands it to Cheech, only to find that Cheech has been fired and that his employer has retrieved the van. The day continues as the guys go to the welfare office causing a ruckus as Cheech attempts to fornicate with one of the office workers on her office floor. Later, Cheech invites the worker over the house, practically pushing Chong out the front door. Upon finding that Cheech's cousin (Red) is in town, Cheech sends Chong to meet with Red. Chong finds Red arguing in a hotel lobby with Pee Wee Herman over an unpaid bill only to discover that Red is trying to get back his large duffel bag, stuffed full with marijuana buds. The two break into another room through a window, make their way to Red's room, and successfully grab Red's luggage. Meanwhile, Pee Wee has called the police and while leaving, Red records the police sirens and bullhorn comments on his boombox. The two end up at a brothel and, as they're leaving, Red plays the police sounds on his boombox, emptying the brothel completely, including a tied-up girl. She takes them to the home of her "trick" and before long, all of them, save Cheech, end up in a comedy club. Meanwhile, Cheech has fallen asleep waiting for Donna, the office worker, dreaming vividly of her. Back at the comedy club, Pee Wee Herman shows up and a riot ensues. As Red & Chong leave, Chong complains that they left the herb behind. Red takes Chong to one of his marijuana fields to get more with the police in hot pursuit. The police set off the booby-traps as Red and Chong are abducted by aliens. Back at the house, Donna shows up while Cheech is dreaming that the neighbor has interrupted his fun. He shouts out in his sleep "Get out! Get the f*** out, you f*** a**hole!" Donna, thinking he's yelling through the door at her, leaves angrily. Cheech falls back asleep, continuing to dream. Chong appears in the dream as a warlord and, upon awakening, realizes that Chong is now home, wearing a horned helmet, and holding a vial of "space coke." Cheech samples the coke and goes into a rage, tearing a hole in the side of the house and doing the same to the neighbor's house. The movie ends with Cheech & Chong flying high into the air to the great doobie in the sky.

Tags: humor, adult comedy

Review:
Hey, I grew up on Cheech and Chong films.
This is probably the second best of the lot, closely following "up in smoke".If you don't like Cheech Marin or Tommy Chong, this movie probably isn't for you.
If you like Tommy Chong in that 70's show, you will most likely like this movie.
And if you have any interest in Paul Reubins in his pre-pee wee herman years, this is the movie for you.The story isn't much, but it has a semblance of a story to keep things moving fairly smoothly- unlike some other Cheech and Chong films.
This movie is less a variety show than later Cheech and Chong films.
And most fans of that 70's show will probably like this movie.Go watch this movie and Up in Smoke now!!.
A typical romp through Cheech and Chong's reality which includes drugs, singing, more drugs, cars and driving, even more drugs, Pee Wee, aliens, gasoline, laundry, stand up comedy, surprisingly more drugs and SPACE COKE !!.
It is not as coherent or plausible as Up in Smoke but it still is incredibly funny, without becoming as strange as Nice Dreams.
Also funny is Cheech's song (Mexican-Americans) and Chong's follow up song.
Another notable scene is the welfare office scene with Jones (human noise machine), from the Police Academy series, and the old laughing man.
Second film starring the Cheech and Chong duo..
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980) was the second film to star to pot loving duo of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong.
One day, Cheech wants to get his freak on so he tries to get Chong out of the house.
Just watch CHEECH & CHONG'S NEXT MOVIE to find out!!Tommy Chong takes over the directorial reigns for the sequel.
Funny but not as good as the first film.
But Cheech and Chong fans will enjoy it.
If you love this movie, you have to watch the edited version the next time it's on Comedy Central!.
Anyway, instead of the marijuana which Cheech and Chong are supposed to have in their possession, they are said to have diamonds!
Not they're best, but still gives a debut for Pee Wee. Richard Cheech Marin and Thomas Chong's (or really Cheech and Chong) Next Movie doesn't match up to the original and best (Up In Smoke), but it is still funny.
A new plot has Chong taking care of Cheech's weird, blond cousin (also played by Cheech), while they have hijinks stirring with the real Cheech waiting for a date.
A little flat at times, but it delivers the goods in spots, primarily in Paul Reubens (credited here as the hotel man but sounds and acts like a early Pee Wee) with his first role cameo.
So I decided to see what would be on at 1:00 in the morning and Cheech & Chong's Next Movie was being aired so I checked it out.I've seen a number of their films and while they aren't the greatest comedies ever made they are much better than what is coming out these days.
The characters that Richard Marin and Tommy Chong have created are so likable despite their many vices.
Of course, L.A. has always been a crazier city than Ottawa.In Next Movie, Cheech and Chong (unrelated to the characters of Pedro De Pacas and Anthony "Man" Stoner from Up In Smoke) are basically doing their thing in L.A., trying to find work and later go on Welfare.
It's pretty much a "Day In The Life" of two stoners in L.A. in the first half of the film.In the second half, Cheech announces to Chong that he has a hot date and needs Chong to clear out as he plans to clean up their dumpy bungalow.
He tells Chong to go see his cousin Red (also played by Cheech).
And it is the Mary-Jane that sets them on a wild adventure through the city.While the film isn't as laugh-as-loud as the first, there are plenty of outlandish moments, such as the antics of characters at the Welfare Office or seeing Cheech & Chong steal gasoline for their car.
A good soundtrack is also offered.While Up In Smoke and Nice Dreams are the better films, Next Movie is still quite good.
This movie is fun to watch , doesnt have much of a plot (well, there isn't a plot), but there are good jokes and situations that you will laugh at.
The basic storyline is Cheech is trying to have a nice date, while Chong is partying with Cheech's cousin (They smoke dope , go in a music store, a massage parlor, a comedy club, and even go into someones house they don't even know!
One of Cheech and Chong's best movies.
The part where Chong is on stage trying to re-tell a joke Cheech told earlier is classic!
Cheech and Chong are now sharing accommodation in a condemned building, while their next door neighbour constantly tells them what he thinks of them.
Their follow up to "Up In Smoke" sees the risible doped up duo slumming it out again in some zany comical episodes in "Next Movie".
Just like the gags do, the characters come and go with one very memorable performance from comedian Paul Reubens as a pipsqueak hotel clerk and another from Sy Kramer as their uptight neighbour Mr. Neatnik.
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong work of each other naturally well with ace timing as the bumbling, carefree potheads Cheech and Chong.
I've only caught the first three films of the series and even though I think this one is the lesser of the three (the others being "Up In Smoke" and "Nice Dreams") it still has its fare share of unexpected laughs.
Second of Cheech and Chongs drug trilogy is easily the worst of the 3, but not incredibly bad, with guaranteed laughs for fans of the duo.
As with the other movies, the story is almost non-existent, and just there to provide the basis for a lot of gags and laughs.
This has the funnist jokes out of all the Cheech & Chong flicks.
Well this movie is pretty good and great to rent when you want to see a good classic.
The best Cheech & Chong movie so far!!
Of all the Cheech and Chong this is most certain the best so far.
Cheech loses his job and gets his welfare clerk girl Donna in trouble.
Cheech's cousin Red (Cheech Marin) can't pay his hotel bill and the clerk (Paul Reubens) is holding his luggage.
Cheech and Chong Strike Again.
The two stoners (Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong) and their friends go through another series of crazy, drug-influenced misadventures.Almost everyone agrees that this second Cheech and Chong film is not as good as the first ("Up In Smoke").
Still fun and funny, but not the cultural milestone of the first film.Where this film excels is in the casting of Paul Reubens, Phil Hartman, Elvira, Edie McClurg and the Groundlings.
And, before the Pee-Wee Herman movie did it, the use of the song "Tequila".
Cheech and Chong undergo several adventures at: A movie set,their house,a neighbor's house,the welfare office,a hotel,a brothel,a music store,a rich girl's house,a comedy club,the ultimate weed field,and a ufo!!
Cheech plays two roles, himself, and his red-headed party animal cousin Red. Chong is wonderfully deadpan, and Pee-Wee Herman shows up in the hotel and the comedy club!
The second movie featuring the stoner duo has them continue their goofy adventures.
"Cheech & Chong's Next Movie" is one cool litany of silliness!
I understand that a heavily edited version appears on TV; like hell I'll watch an edited version of Cheech & Chong.
A really funny one.Along with the main stars, the movie also has Evelyn Guerrero, Edie McClurg, Paul Reubens (as Pee-Wee Herman for the very first time) and Cassandra Peterson (sorry, not as Elvira).Yes, it's very much a period piece, but how can you not die laughing at what C&C do?.
The opening sequence alone is worth the cost of admission, as Cheech and Chong drag that big ol garbage can across the parking lot, filled with gas.
I watched this film recently and it holds up, being just as funny upon each viewing.
When you see the opening scenes with Cheech & Chong trying to siphon gas from a car, losing most of it because of a milk carton clog and the rest of it from reckless spillage, you know this film is going to be different.
This brain-dead character is the epitome of boredom, and when left to his own devices he invariably ends up revving his motorcycle inside the house, making as much electric guitar noise as is theoretically possible, and consistently annoying the neighbors.The second part of the movie, unfortunately, lapses into a series of mediocre setpieces, featuring Cheech's cousin Red (actually Cheech Marin himself) wandering through hotels, nightclubs, and the Sunset Strip.
The movie then just gets bizarre rather than funny.This film is certainly the best Cheech & Chong movie and is is good for a few good belly laughs, but they are a little bit few and far between.
This is definitely a stoners-only movie, and even then there are some scenes that are appalling.
So, basically, don't watch this movie if you don't like marijuana.
In fact, everyone in the movie except for Cheech and Chong is pretty much non-existent.
This reminded me of my favorite stoner movie of all time, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, in some ways - but not the good ones.
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate this movie, and there ARE some laugh-out-loud moments indeed.
So, since most of the movie is based on gags that revolve around this, I didn't find much of it funny.
And I usually like stoner movies.Now believe me when I say, you have to be completely blasted to sit through this.
Because the whole movie itself seems like a dream.
There are some very cringeworthy moments in the movie, and most of them courtesy of Cheech.
Chong is a bit more interesting, civilized and leveled character, and the best scenes all involve him.
So it all depends on your point of view really.I guess this is a movie to be enjoyed really really wasted, when you don't want to think at all, and with stoned friends who might have seen it before a couple of times.
The only problem is, your night will probably have been more fun than this movie.Up in Smoke is a lot better, this is for C&C aficionados only.
One of Cheech & Chong's best.
If your a heavy Cheech fan you may be a little disappointed because he sees limited action in this movie.
Disappointing Follow Up. Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980)** (out of 4)This follow up to UP IN SMOKE really doesn't have any plot but just a bunch of gags dealing with Cheech and Chong getting into various bits of trouble and yes, most of it deals with pot.
CHEECH AND CHONG'S NEXT MOVIE is a surprisingly lame and tame movie that hasn't aged very well at all.
I remember watching this back in the day and thinking it was at least a middle ground C&C movie but when viewed today I have to wonder if I was smoking something myself.
Even some of the opening bits aren't nearly as funny as one would hope for but if a gun was at my head I'd say that the pee and bag of "cocaine" would be the best of the film.
Needless to say, both Cheech and Chong are very good in their roles and we also get a fun performance by Paul Reubens.
I guess fans of the comedy duo will want to see everything the group did but there's no question that this here isn't one of their best..
I first saw this film 10 years ago or so, and I still crack up every time I watch it.
The jokes perfectly lampoon the pothead lifestyle, far better than latter day knockoffs like Half-Baked attempt to.There isn't a plot, so to speak; the film is more of a collection of various skits; as the films protagonists wander around Los Angeles in their legendary haze.
Many people cite Up In Smoke as C&C's best work, but I would have to say that Next Movie is superior.So if you're in the mood for an hour and half of belly laughs, light up, tune in, and let your mind float away =)Oh, and FREE TOMMY CHONG!.
This was stupid funny movie..
Cheech and Chong are the dopiest wasted guys ever...
Now Cheech is a sellout working on kids movies.....
This movie is like far out man I mean its like ..
(man)  That's what came to mind as I watched this movie, Man!
Cheech Y Chong seem to be having fun, and I had fun, too.
Cheech and Chong are back but this time as themselves not as Pedro DePacas and Man. Paul Ruebens a.k.a. Pee Wee Herman also stars in this film.
Cheech also plays his redheaded wild eyed loud and noisy Cousin Red who takes Chong a really wild night through Downtown Los Angeles.
Cheech and Chong gave it there best shot with this film but did not hit hit the bullseye.
If you look at the neighborhood that Cheech and Chong live in during the day shots you will notice that it is none other than the Universal Studios backlot.
Paul Ruebens plays a stuckup snobby Hotel Clerk who at night becomes comedian Pee Wee Herman.
The big bag of weed storyline got changed for Comedy Central tv and the new storyline is a big bag of diamonds that aliens come to Earth for, therefore figuring in the U.F.O. scenario at the end of the movie in the Marijuana field.
Anyway thats about all I can say about Next Movie except that it could have been better if C&C stuck with Pedro and Man..
The bag that "Red" drops to Chong has diamonds in it instead of marijuana, but the conversation still remains the same ("...it's worth ~$3000/lb").
Cheech and Chong are now sharing accommodation in a condemned building, while their next door neighbor constantly tells them what he thinks of them.
While, Chong is lazing about, Cheech has got himself a job and also a girlfriend.
While, Chong is lazing about, Cheech has got himself a job and also a girlfriend.
So, Cheech kicks Chong out of the house to have some fun with his cousin Red who's in town.
So, Cheech kicks Chong out of the house to have some fun with his cousin Red who's in town.
This is Their follow up to "Up In Smoke" another classic stoner movie.
if you are a Stoner you will love this movie like another Cheech & Chong movie its totally worth watching and getting for your collection..
there's nothing like seeing a full-on stoner film in an Air Force theater to really appreciate its finer points..
As C & C's "Next Movie" it marked a fairly big shift in quality from "Up in Smoke".
Chong really seemed to have learned his craft in the interim and the pacing and action in this movie are very different (and much slicker).It's hard to describe what this movie is "about" because it's really not about anything - just a simple, but incredibly convoluted story involving one or two days in the life of our heroes, with the humorous addition of Cheech's alter ego, Cousin Red. While Cheech sits home waiting for his date Donna to finally show, Chong and red have an amazing adventure with a bunch of random people they find along the way (and Red's duffel bag filled with 20 pounds of weed - that red thinks is worth 
I'm not sure why this rather strange film works, but it does...the world is presented in a light way, the interactions are humorous, the characters are bizarre (in fact, Cheech, Chong and Red manage to come out looking like the most "normal" folks in the story) yet all seem to fit in this strange world somehow.
If you like stoner humor, or even if you don't, this movie can be a fun watch if you happen to be in the right mood.
The thin line between stupid and humor gets crossed many times in this movie - but there are enough genuinely funny moments to make it a decent watch..
You can't set your sights too high when the first words that are heard in the movie are those coming from Chong saying, "This is bullsh*t".
Seeing that Tommy Chong directed this movie, I'll take him at his word.
The thing is, although I would agree that 'Next Movie' is largely bullsh*t, it doesn't really matter to Cheech & Chong as they continue to look entirely comfortable going down the same road of comedy, doing the same things for laughs.
Did I just describe 'Up In Smoke' or 'Next Movie'?
Fans of Cheech & Chong will defend the movie, but you would expect as much.
On the rare occasion that a laugh comes at you from out of nowhere it almost always arrives not from Cheech & Chong, but rather from one the talented extras in the cast.The performances from the rest of the cast, most notably Paul Reubens and Edie McClurg are what stand out as good.
Watching Paul Reubens loose his composure at the hotel desk, then later at the nightclub are by far the best scenes in the movie.
Edie McClurg has a very small part in the film, but is funny in every scene she's in.
But the attempt from Cheech to play a new character named 'Red' doesn't really add much to 'Next Movie' and comes off as desperation wrapped in a wig with an endless supply of weed and zig zags.
Edie McClurg has to be grateful that she had a career after the opening credits introduced her to movie fans who first caught this in theaters, while Paul Reubens/Pee Wee Herman is likely glad to be anywhere at this point.