Cheech and Chong

Cheech and Chong is the name of the first comedy album released by Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong in 1971. The album was nominated for Best Comedy Recording at the 14th Grammy Awards, but lost to Lily Tomlin's This is a Recording (featuring her character Ernestine the Telephone Operator).
The album's most famous routine (titled "Waiting for Dave") consists of a situation in which Cheech (playing "Dave") attempts to get Chong to open the door because he's got "the stuff" and he thinks the cops saw him. A dazed Chong doesn't register Cheech's pleas to let him in when he identifies himself, responding, "Dave's not here!"
"Waiting for Dave" was parodied by comedian Ray D'Ariano, whose 1972 LP Are You On Something? featured the track "Cheech and Ernie". As the title implies, the cut finds Bert knocking at the door and calling out for Ernie to let him in because he's got "the stuff" and "that big bird" saw him coming over. The oblivious Ernie responds that "Bert's not here right now."
==References==
* When the Electric Mayhem discover Cheech and Chong still hanging out in the basement of The Shack in The Muppets Mayhem episode "The Times They Are A-Changin'," the pair decide they ought to get going and ask Zoot for a dime to use a payphone. Zoot levitates a dime from his palm prompting Chong, "Hey, thanks Dave!" Cheech: "Whoah, how you do that, man?" (Coincidentally, the name of Zoot's performer is Dave Goelz).
* In an August 2, 2023 TikTok video, Bert uses the video doorbell when he locks himself out of his apartment. When Ernie answers, he doesn't see Bert and asks who it is. His roommate responds that it's Bert, but Ernie says that "Bert's not here."
==Connections==
from movies starring the duo as their album characters
*Sandra Bernhard played a girl nut in Nice Dreams (1981)
*Dave Coulier played man with tongue in Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
*Arjan Ederveen played a bellboy in Still Smokin (1983)
*Phil Hartman played Chick Hazard in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980) 
*Phyllis Katz played a woman in the hotel in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980)
*Edie McClurg played Gloria's mother in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980) 
*John Paragon played a film director in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980) and red carpet man #1 in Things are Tough All Over (1981)
*Paul Reubens played a desk clerk and Pee-wee Herman in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980) and Howie Hamburger Dude in Nice Dreams (1981)
*Ruby Wax played a restaurant patron in Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
*Rita Wilson played a hostage in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980)
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