Audio Cassette review:
Cheech & Chong - Big Bambu

Cheech & Chong - Big Bambu

Band: Cheech & Chong Title: Big Bambu Rating: Release Date: 17 October, 1990 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Sister Mary Elephant 2: Ralph and Herbie 3: Streets of New York or Los Angeles or San Francisco Or... 4: Rebuttal: Speaker Ashley Roachclip 5: Continuing Adventures of Pedro de Pacas and Man 6: Bust 7: Television Medley: Tortured Old Man 8: Television Medley: Empire Hancock 9: Television Medley: Let's Make a Dope Deal 10: Television Medley: Unamerican Bandstand

Customer Reviews Who'd-a thunk it? I can just hear Pedro de Pacas' sidekick Man; "Pedro becomes a pig? Bummer, man!" This album was my follow-up purchase to their first album after hearing the duo's Holiday hit "Santa Claus and His Old Lady" the previous year. Between release of this album and now, Cheech Marin became a bona fide actor and co-starred with Don Johnson on "Nash Bridges". I bought their earlier album looking for that track, and to this date, no C&C album has featured it. You have to get Dr. Demento's "Greatest Christmas Novelty CD Of All Time", but that's another story. This album grabs you from the first track "Sister Mary Elephant", and I was reminded of it this past Sunday in church, where four baptisms were held. The predictable noise level caused by siblings present forced the Father to practically bellow his sermon, despite the p. a. system, and I commented to my choir director that the padre could have used the help of The Screaming Nun; "Good morning, class. . . Class. . . . SHUUUUTUUUUUUP!!!" You will also get a foretaste of Marin's versatility in the next album "Los Cochinos", when Marin uses a great Quebecois accent to interview Chong in the part of a crab louse "Buster da body crab" in one sketch on that release. A lot of the humor in C&C's work is sophomoric to say the least, aimed at the Animal House demographic whose sons watch Comedy Central's Carlos Mencia today, but the content of these men's humor obscures the fact that they are brilliant. big bambu have listened to all of it as yet, but from what i have heard it is good. No Sophomore Slump On This One! Their first album was a hit, but these guys were now in the same league as the biggest rock bands of the time, something unheard of in the comedy field. By the time Richard and Tommy were ready to record again, they had become BIG STARS, which was somewhat unexpected. To support their first album, when they came to Denver, they played a great little club called Ebbets Field in downtown. When BIG BAMBU arrived, they were playing arenas. They were the hottest ticket going. And they deserved it: BIG BAMBU was a great follow-up, from the huge rolling paper which came with the original LP to tracks such as "Sister Mary Elephant" (a hit single), "The Continuing Adventures of Pedro de Pacas and Man", our two favorite canines, "Ralph and Herbie", a right on the target skewering of every television cliche imaginable including the famous "Let's Make a Dope Deal", and so much more. These were all bits that you memorized and shared with your friends, falling into hysterics every time. Their first three albums are their very best, and all worth adding to your library. Of course they're silly, timely, sophomoric, socially astute, scatological, and sometimes profound. That's what makes the best comedy. Thank you, Tommy and Richard. You're the best. . You can see a complete list of all Cheech & Chong discography, or go back to the Cheech & Chong tabs