These two young directors did an amazing job layering their routines under cartoons, which also lets them appeal to today's "much grosser, much more graphic" comedy sensibilities. Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie pairs classic routines like "Drive Inn" and "Sister Mary Elephant" with colorful cartoons — and yes, animated Marin again wears a belly shirt with confidence.Culled mostly from their first four albums on Lou Adler's Ode record label - Cheech & Chong, Big Bambu, Los Cocinos and The Wedding Album - Animated Movie is a hoot. Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong voice all the characters, including Paco and Man, Herbie and Ralph (the dogs), Bob Bitchin, Laidback Lenny, Righton Washington, Sister Mary Elephant, Ashley Roachclip, Alice Bowie and Sgt. Stedanko. For those of a certain age and disposition, cannabis-comedy routines such as "Dave's Not Here" and the game-show parody "Let's Make a Dope Deal" will bring back fond memories--if they haven't gone up on smoke. I loved it!!!
