more Cheech

Hey This is so cool! I love the response to this blog.
I am not knocking Cheech for doing other projects. Hey
this is a free country and you are allowed to follow
your dream regardless however don't forget where you
come from and respect your fans who gave you the fame
that enabled you to follow your "dream". It hurt me
when Cheech agreed to do a solo movie "Born in East
L.A. because he cut me out entirely which hurt me
financially as well as professionally. I wrote most of
the material that went into our projects records,
movies,songs etc yet I shared 50 - 50 with Cheech. I
directed four of the movies officially and two
unoffically ( Up In Smoke and Things Are Tough All
Over) and I still shared 50- 50 with Cheech. Cheech
had first billing and I put his wife Rikki in Next
Movie even though she had no previous acting credits
or experience. I bent over backwards to please Cheech
in everyway I could yet when he recieved an offer to
do a movie without me he took it. He broke up the
team. When I asked about our act he said and I quote
"its yours" " you got it".And he removed every vestage
of Cheech and Chong from his house.
Cheech cut me out of his life as well. I was not
invited to his wedding to Patty. And as you see he
cut me out of his credits on "Duets". Cheech recently
offered me a job through his manager where I would be
part of a cast of a play he was writing. However if I
was to sign on I would have to give up alll my own
projects including performing live with Shelby. I
would have to quit writing the play Up In Smoke and I
would be just an actor. Of course I turned this
fabulous offer down.
The insulting part of the offer was that it came from
Ben
Cheech's manager and not Cheech.
I really don't know the Cheech that recently performed
on Duets. I am like our fans, whom I adore, who would
rather rent Up In Smoke when they need a Cheech and
Chong fix because the Cheech in Up In Smoke is the
Cheech I will always remember and love.......tc