EDITOR’S NOTE: Far Out Man was on USA Up All Night on September 3, 1993.

A hippie, the Far Out Man (Tommy Chong, who also directed and wrote this film), goes on a road trip with his son, Kyle (Paris Chong, Tommy’s son), to see America. This is a vanity project to the point that Chong also has his daughter, Raw Dawn, play herself, his wife, Shelby, play his ex, Tree, his daughter, Robbi, is a dancer, and even his former brother-in-law, Flloyd Sneed, shows up as a drummer. Cheech Marin plays himself, hidden in the back of Far Out Man’s vehicle. It wasn’t always that way — Chong replaced William Lustig as director, and I want to know that story.

Labelled “A Tommy Chong Attempt,” this has plenty of people playing themselves, like Judd Nelson and C. Thomas Howell — married at the time to Raw Dawn — who at one point yells at a cop, “Hey, don’t you know who I am? I’m C. Thomas Howell! I was the black dude in Soul Man!”

Plus, you get Martin Mull as the therapist, Dr. Liddledick, Michael Winslow as a cop, Paul Bartell as the high school principal, Weebee Cool, and a band made up of Don Dokken from Dokken, John Norum from Europe, and Paul Monroe from XYZ. Reynaldo Rey plays their manager, who gets high on over-the-counter aspirin smashed up and overdoses, then is brought back to life by the guitar of Fthe ar Out Man.

Between that scene and C. Thomas Howell and Judd Nelson are trying to remember who they are, which made me laugh. It’s in no way as good as Chong’s earlier films, but even a lesser Chong movie can still be funny.

You can watch this on Tubi.