What Could Have Been...

[JimGinPA]

Hollywood Was At One Point Discussing A FRIDAY THE 13TH Film That Starred Cheech & Chong

Hollywood was inches away from getting a cinematic masterpiece, but they couldn't see the vision. The news comes from Mick Garris' podcast Post Mortem which had Tom McLoughlin as their guest. According to director McLoughlin, Paramount wanted to do Freddy vs. Jason a full 17 years before they actually were able to, which prompted him to make an alternative suggestion in the meantime:

“I said, ‘You know what? You guys own Cheech and Chong. What if we do Cheech and Chong-meets-Jason? They’re like camp counselors or something. It’s like, ‘Hey, man, I saw Jason out there.’ ‘No, man, that’s a myth.’ But he said, ‘You know what? No.’”
It sounds like a silly idea, but I think in hindsight we can all agree if they would've went into the future and saw Freddy vs. Jason, they would've just went ahead with Cheech and Chong. I'm really disappointed this didn't happen guys, do you think there's still time for this to happen?

[madaboutharry]

1. That would have been a classic.

[yuiyoshida]

2. Two other famous comedians did that...

Abbott and Costello meets... The Werewolf... Frankenstein... Dracula..The Creature from the black Lagoon, The Mummy, etc.. etc. I thought they were really too silly, but they really were popular, so I have heard.

[PJMcK]

3. That was my first reaction, too!

Hi, yui! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.

[yuiyoshida]

4. you too