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Movie studio Paramount “thought it was a good idea.” The movie ended up being distributed by Columbia Pictures instead, without Cheech and Chong (Reitman didn’t go into details about why Marin and Chong were out, but some sources say that the duo’s manager demanded too much control and/or money). The group (Reitman, Goldberg and Blum) figured there would be no problem talking to the comedy duo who had just done Up in Smoke. In what may be my favorite commentary tidbit ever, Writer Dan Goldberg ( Meatballs, Heavy Metal, Feds) recalled Reitman coming up to him at the Meatballs premiere and saying, “I have an idea for a movie: Cheech and Chong join the Army.” Lenny (Co-writer Len Blum ) and Dan said, “That’s a great idea” and for the next year they wrote Cheech and Chong Join the Army, though they never spoke to either Marin or Chong. Director Ivan Reitman ( Ghostbusters, Meatballs, Twins, Kindergarten Cop, Six Days, Seven Nights, My Super Ex-Girlfriend) says people always tell him that this is their favorite movie of his. Throw in John Larroquette, John Candy and Warren Oates, mud wrestling and a couple of topless women, and you’ve got yourself one of the funniest, silliest comedies to ever drolly go behind the scenes of military life.ġ.
There’s a John Winger in every platoon and the rest of the soldiers are usually thankful for him.
What he does get right is the need for humor and the coming together of a group of vastly different people, thrown into a disarming situation. With a veritable who’s who of comedy gracing its cast, Ivan Reitman’s version of Army training has a few moments of truth and a lot of fun, wishful thinking.
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