Cheech and Chong's Next Movie

According to Tommy Chong and various sources, this movie made more money on a second-run on double-bill with The Blues Brothers (1980) than it did on its first release. Interestingly, Paul Reubens appears in both films.

In the scene where Red and Chong walk into the music store, Chong picks up a Fender Stratocaster and starts playing. The camera cuts around the store and, when it cuts back to Chong, he is suddenly playing a Gibson Les Paul.

The music was played just a second before the Universal logo appeared.

In the "Diamonds" TV edit, the scene with the stolen slot machine is significantly lengthened. The scene shows Mr. Neatnik (Sy Kramer) being inadvertently squashed by the slot machine when it falls out of the van, and Cheech and Chong eventually pulling it off of him. He sits up and cries, "My hands! My hands!" The theatrical version ends there. The TV version continues on, with Neatnik actually following the duo into their house and yelling about pressing charges before he notices all of the movie memorabilia that Cheech has stolen from the movie studio. Neatnik proceeds to identify the various garments and which actresses wore them in which film, swooning over each one. Cheech and Chong largely ignore him until he states he is willing to drop the charges if they will let him have the garments (which sets up a later TV-exclusive scene revealing him to be a transvestite); Cheech dismissively agrees and Neatnik helps himself. The scene ends there.

Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997)