Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980) : Cheech and Chong, the amiable potheads from "Up In Smoke," are on the loose again and Los Angeles may never be the same. Following the same picaresque form as their first film, "Next Movie" chronicles the random misadventures of the aging hippies as they wreak havoc on a massage parlor, squire a wealthy matron around town, and try to collect welfare.


Born In East L.A. (1987) : One-half of the hip comic duo behind such classic albums as Big Bambu and hit movies like Up In Smoke, Richard "Cheech" Marin wrote and directed this film based on his best-selling record parody. In his first solo screen appearance, Marin stars as Rudy Robles, who is accidentally deported to Mexico without I.D. or knowledge of Spanish and can't convince the U.S. officials to let him return. Unable to contact his vacationing family or communicate with his newly immigrated cousin, Javier (Paul Rodriguez), Rudy embarks upon a series of wild schemes to get across the border any way he can. Along the way, he takes a variety of very odd jobs from a sleazy entrepreneur, Jimmy (Daniel Stern), in order to raise money while falling head over heels for a stunning senorita, Dolores (Kamala Lopez).