Young people today probably have very little clue as to the downright torture us old folks used to have to go through to score weed. Unless you were rich or in the biz the quality was low, weights were inconsistent and usually measured with just the fingers on your hand. Most deals involved other sets of fingers dipping into the bag as well before it got to you. The world of home delivery and a million strains, Sunset Sherbert this and Strawberry Banana that simply did not exist.
Most stoners were reading High Times and that's where The Freak Brothers come in as their comics were promoted and available for mail order. You could also buy them in head shops. The ongoing series followed three hippy dudes and their adventures always trying to score weed. Now, in the new animated series (streaming for free on Tubi) the Freak Brothers arrive by time warp to our day and age where they are now in weed seventh heaven due to it's legal availability. New adventures ensue.
With voicing by Woody Harrelson and John Goodman among others, this new version is about as good as we can hope to expect and I found the animation and production top notch. The situations of course are much different, we live in a different world now, some of the episodes I found a little too vulgar and gory. Somehow the old comics had more innocence to them even though weed was very illegal then.
On the other hand, Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie which I recently rented has mediocre at best animation and two pretty unauthentic voices for our beloved pair of stoner friends. The premise is nice as it's basically a greatest hits run-thru of all the classic Cheech & Chong skits from their old albums and stage shows. I was blessed enough to see them do this stuff onstage at the LA Forum in 1973 opening up for the Rolling Stones at the impressionable age of eleven. Ahhh, the good ole days.
The Freak Brothers (TV Series 2021-) 3.0 stars/5 Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie (1973) 1.5 stars/5
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