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I. Am. A big Cheech and Chong fan!
I grew up on that stuff. Great!
My first exposure was this (the father-son dialog is classic):
Then they stripped out the dialog and put out a video for it later:
(I still sing that song around the house to this day)
There is something about having nothing on this earth, but being proud and happy about the little bit that you do have. I’ve been there brother:
Or how about Sister Mary Elephant:
Love the summer vacation story!
You have to remember, they were famous for the albums first, then the movies came out after they hit it big.
I still watch the movies sometimes and like them, but the albums were their best stuff.
I think they are one of those “you had to be there” thing…if you’re just stumbling onto them now, it’s way to late to understand.
Or maybe you just need to get high first.