Cheech and Chong are BACK, and Hey Watch This is their first movie together in 25 years. Hey Watch This uses footage of one of their shows on the 2009 tour – showing Cheech and Chong at their absolute finest. The time apart has not taken away from the chemistry they’ve always had when working together. Opening with a crowd of people outside the theater waiting to get inside chanting “CHEECH & CHONG” over and over again.The stage is set . . .
We meet other characters as well, Doug and Dougie the gay movie critics, and “Fake” Cheech and Chong are sitting up in a balcony smoking and watching the show as well.
The show opens with Shelby Chong (Tommy Chong’s wife) on stage doing a stand up bit about Tommy going to jail for 9 months and other random facts. Up in the balcony “Fake” Tommy says she’s a little small for him, but she is HOT! “Fake” Cheech just looks at Chong and goes, yeah right. Meanwhile Cheech and Chong are going outside to “light up” before they go out on stage. They end up getting locked out and have to find a way to get back inside. The two do some running around, try to get past security (who doesn’t believe it is them) and finally get let back in by the stage director as Shelby is finishing up her set.
Cheech is the first one out on stage, and the hilarity ensues as soon as Cheech starts up his “car” and starts singing “Love Machine” much like in the beginning of “Up in Smoke”. We meet Doug/Cheech and Dougie/Chong (gay movie critics) ripping into the real act with brute one-liners . . . boy he got FAT! Chong comes out and gets in the “car” and Doug/Cheech says, WOW he got OLD! We soon find out the duo is doing a fresher version of the opening when they meet each other for the first time. This has added some new elements, and is even funnier now then it was when the movie first came out in 1978! And, no, they don’t light a real joint, but “Fake” Tommy throws a joint out towards the stage for them. When the skit is done Tommy goes up to the stage director and tells him there are two dicks in the balcony throwing shit, “. . . it’s joints but still get them out!”
Next up it’s everyone’s FAVORITE game show “Let’s Make a Dope Deal!” If you know Cheech and Chong, you know that this is one of their funniest comedy skits, and it has gotten BETTER!!! Cheech is your host, and Chong is the contestant. Watching them in this bit rocked, even though Chong keeps getting the answers correct, Cheech keeps lowering the amount of weed Chong wins. I Love this skit! To see them do it again is great.
Cheech and Chong go through an array of skits for the rest of the show, and stoned or sober this movie is a classic, from the classic comedy duo. I found myself laughing hysterically through the whole movie, and I was sober myself! This movie is a good time for all, and as Tommy Chong said in our interview, there are no inside jokes. I agree with what Doug said at the end of this movie and give it one thumb WAY UP!!!!! This movie shows that no matter how much time passes, if it’s funny the first time, it will ALWAYS be funny. I suggest you listen to the interview, because it really is a great companion piece to this movie without spoiling all of the elements that make this movie great!
