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Immigration raids nothing new. Cheech and Chong get deported in 1978 from East LA to Tijuana. Up N Smoke
Up N Smoke Movie ^ | 1978 | Cheech and Chong

Posted on 06/10/2025 10:33:52 PM PDT by vespa300

Oh man it's just imigra. I forgot, it's the wedding. They're looking for illegal aliens. I forgot it's the wedding. They are gonna deport these dudes. Yeah, my cousin's getting married down in TJ so he calls immigration on himself. They come down with a big bus and take the whole wedding party down to TJ. Plus they get fed lunch man......

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KEYWORDS: bornineastla; cheech; comedy; humor; immigration
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America been getting crapped on for decades as it turns out.
1 posted on 06/10/2025 10:33:52 PM PDT by vespa300
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To: vespa300

Whole movie is free right now on Youtube......fyi...funny movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnwHm59vv40


2 posted on 06/10/2025 10:37:22 PM PDT by vespa300
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To: vespa300

Stacy Keach was a hoot in that movie.


3 posted on 06/10/2025 10:39:40 PM PDT by abb
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To: vespa300

Where are all the in depth stories of the poor innocents who have been deported?


4 posted on 06/10/2025 10:40:20 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: abb

yeah....he was and the dumb cops. funny movie.


5 posted on 06/10/2025 10:43:26 PM PDT by vespa300
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To: vespa300

I thought Born in East LA to be very funny.


6 posted on 06/10/2025 10:56:44 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He was so fat that it took a year for his memory foam mattress to forget him. )
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To: vespa300

LOL... I’ve heard of this many times in Arizona. They used immigration for a free ride home.


7 posted on 06/10/2025 11:06:29 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: vespa300

Took my ex to that movie on our first date. Should have known it would not last when she didn’t laugh at the movie.


8 posted on 06/10/2025 11:08:35 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: Jonty30

An underrated classic, full of some classic gags.


9 posted on 06/10/2025 11:53:08 PM PDT by rhoda_penmark
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To: vespa300

Vespa, you get +2 from me for this post.

Timely, hilarious.
Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong and Stacy Keach.

Used to listen to Cheech & Chong on the 8 track in a big ol’ Dodge police auction car. Couldn’t open the back doors from the inside.

Born in East L.A. was good too.


10 posted on 06/11/2025 12:59:35 AM PDT by KitJ (Shall not be infringed...)
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Listened to Big Bambu on my record player.
Came with a giant rolling paper, lp sized.
Took it to the Florida Junior College Student Government Association convention back in the late 70’s. It was held at the Fountainbleu Hotel in Miami. The hallways were filled with smoke and smell. The house detective was walking down the halls yelling “keep it in the rooms”. Crazy hippy days. But a great time when girls were girls and they appreciated guys who were guys. Bell bottoms and halter tops on the girls. You met talked and became friends. No war on men yet.


11 posted on 06/11/2025 2:08:26 AM PDT by Waverunner
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To: KitJ

Used to listen to Cheech & Chong on the 8 track

Yup...had their bits memorized...


12 posted on 06/11/2025 2:17:55 AM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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Dave’s not here man.


13 posted on 06/11/2025 3:54:14 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: circlecity

Who?


14 posted on 06/11/2025 3:56:58 AM PDT by Semper Vigilantis (Those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.)
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To: KitJ

Thanks......yeah, funny movie. Couple of potheads in East L.A. on a mission to score some maui wowie..........thanks.


15 posted on 06/11/2025 4:26:25 AM PDT by vespa300
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To: vespa300

I actually partied with Cheech and Chong in Rochester, NY around 1979. A place I was bouncing at had them and we invited them to a after hours party at someone’s house - Cheech was down to earth and shot the breeze over a few drinks - Chong was just like you see him - he disappeared upstairs where the weed was burning and we never set eyes on him again that night.
Also got to play pool with Harry Chapin - heard “Taxi” on our stage before it hit the vinyl - and John Prine did a gig there.


16 posted on 06/11/2025 4:46:19 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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Wow.....neat stories. I guess Chong is a real pot head. I liked that song by Chapin too. I remember hearing it one late night in the 70s. Never forgot that for some reason. A very pretty part in the song is the solo chorus or whatever by someone.....a high voice. Thanks.


17 posted on 06/11/2025 5:00:00 AM PDT by vespa300
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Cheech meets with “Curtis”, who dresses like Superfly, when he uses the windshield of Cheech’s ride to demonstrate that the diamond he’s fencing is real. It leaves a huge scratch on the glass and then Cheech freaks out...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJvgRFLunOo


18 posted on 06/11/2025 5:34:11 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: vespa300

Anyone remember the term blue light babies?


19 posted on 06/11/2025 5:40:14 AM PDT by enduserindy
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To: Adder

Some of the musicians who played on “Basketball Jones” include...
George Harrison
Carol King
Jim Keltner
Michelle Phillips
Tom Scott
Billy Preston
and more...


20 posted on 06/11/2025 5:49:19 AM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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