What do you think is the most underrated Cheech & Chong movie?
TC: Probably “Things Are Tough All Over.” Yeah, it was a little touchy because it came as the oil embargo was happening, and we were making fun of Arabs in it. We became Arabs, in fact. But it was fun. I really enjoyed the movie and so did Cheech, but it, uh, didn’t really kill at the box office. (Laughs) BE: How do you rate “The Corsican Brothers”? TC: Well, personally, I liked it. I mean, I directed it, but it was my wife’s first role ever, and I thought she did really good, and I thought Cheech’s performance was just outstanding. But it was the first movie where Cheech didn’t want to do any drugs in it. He’s, like, “Let’s not do the drugs. Let’s not be the dopers in this movie.” And it was the only movie that really failed at the box office, but Orion went out of business almost simultaneously, so that didn’t exactly help, either. But, yeah, I enjoy it. That was our swan song, the last movie that Cheech and I did together, so it had a lot of meaning to me. BE: There’s been talk of a
