Cheech and Chong Reunion Up in Smoke
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James Joyner @ Gone Hollywood | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 |
Cheech Marin says those spreading rumors of a Cheech and Chong reunion movie are smoking something other than tobacco products.
Those rumors about an on-screen reunion of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong? Reefer madness, Marin says. The 59-year-old actor — half of the Cheech & Chong comedy duo that embodied 1970s and 1980s marijuana humor — said there will be no future joint efforts with Chong.
“We’ve tried to do it a bunch of times and we always end up at the same place,” said Marin at a recent press tour to promote the animated film “Cars,” set for release June 9. “All the old animosities resurface.” In “Cars,” Marin voices Ramon, a vintage low-rider who befriends lead character Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson).
“I’m real comfortable leaving Cheech & Chong right where it is,” Marin said. “I was a big Laurel & Hardy fan when I was a kid. I used to watch them on TV all the time and then one time I saw a Laurel & Hardy film they made when they were a lot older and it creeped me out. I just never wanted to do that.”
Marin said voicing roles in animated films such as “Oliver & Company,” “FernGully: The Last Rainforest” and “The Lion King” has given his career a second act. His screen credits also include roles in the “Spy Kids” movies and the TV series “Nash Bridges.”
“That was always a point of conflict with Tommy and I,” he said. “I wanted to kind of keep moving and do other stuff and he wanted to stay at that same thing. My natural inclination was to keep moving.”
The Cheech and Chong movies were very much tied to their eras and, indeed, are rather lame now–at least when viewed sober. Plus, there’s just something sad about stoners in their 60’s.
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Hi. Or should I say high. Lol. Ya know, I’m a person who believe sequals just don’t work out. Although I’ve seem some very good ones. Hence, 2010, Jurrasic Park 3, Aliens, Indiana Jones 3, and some others. But as a big fan of Cheech and Chong, I think to myself: “ok, it’s been 20 years and these two are old enough to know what makes a good sequal and what creates a bad one.” Deep down inside, I always believed a comeback on this level, as old as these two really are, would work extremely well. I think Cheech Marin should go for it. Who cares at this point in your career if you win or lose. I think Cheech is worried about failing. I have to say Cheech. You’ll always be a winner to us fans. Just go ahead and do it for the fans sake. I hope you do. Tommy has nothing left to offer. So he’s holding onto the only thing he has left, and I understand that from my perspective.
Sincerely,
Devin