CM: Cheech Marin TC: Tommy Chong)

CM: (Playing piano) "Mamamasita, donde esta Santa Cleesethe vecto wit da
Bony kneeshe comin' down da street wit no choos on his feetand he's
Going to" No, no, that's ain't it "Mamamasita, donde esta Santa
Clausda guy wit da hair on his jawshe's" Nah Hey, man, come
Over here, man I need some help, man

TC: Yeah, man, I can dig that Like, what are ya doin', man?

CM: Aw, I'm trying to write a song about Santa Claus, man, but it's not
Comin' out

TC: About WHO, man?

CM: About Santa Claus, man You know, Santa Claus, man?

TC: Oh, yeah, man I played with those dudes, man

CM: WHAT?

TC: Yeah, last year at the Philmore, man Me and the base player sat in, man

CM: Oh, hey, man, you think Santa Claus is a group, huh? No, it's not a
Group, man

TC: Wha? They break up, man?

CM: No, man It's one guy, man Y'know, he had aa red suit, man, on with
Black padded leather choosyou know the guy, man

TC: Oh, yeahhe's with Motown, ain't he? Yeah, I played with that dude,
Too, man He's a good singer, man

CM: No, no, hold on, man He's not with Motown, man

TC: Well, then he's with Buddha, man

CM: Aw, man, you don't know who Santa Claus is, man!

TM: Yeah, well, I'm not from here, man Like, I'm from Pittsburgh, man I
Don't know to many local dudes

CM: Ohhh, I see Well, hey, man, sit back and relax and I'll tell you da
Story about Santa Claus, man Listen:

Once upon a time, about, hmmm, five years ago, there was this groovy dude
And has name was Santa Claus, y'know? And he used to live over in the
Projects with his old lady, and they had a pretty good thing together
Because his old lady was really fine, and she could cook and all that
Stuff like that, y'know Like, she made da best brownies in town, man!
Oh, I could remember 'em now, man I could eat ONE of 'em, man

TC: Wow, did you know these people, man?

CM: Oh, yeah, man They used to live next door to me, y'knowuntil they
Got kicked out, man

TC: Wha? They got kicked out of the projects, man?

CM: Yeah, you what happened, man? They used ta live with all these midgets,
Y'know, and da midgets used ta make a lot noise, y'know, like pounding and
Hammering and pounding all night, man

TC: Typical freaks, huh?

CM: Oh, yeah, man, they were REALLY freaks, man As a matter of fact, they
All moved up north together, y'know

TC: Oh, they had to go get their head together, man?

CM: Yeah, get their head together And they started a commune, y'know It
Was called theuh"Santa Claus and his Old Lady Commune"; it was a
Real famous one up there, man And they used to sit around and groove
All the time, y'know

TC: Oh, yeah?

CM: Yeah, a really good time there, man

TC: That sounds heavy, man

CM: Yeah, they eat da brownies, man, and they drink da tea, manand what
They did most of da time, though, was make a lotta goodies, y'know? And
They had everything they needed; they only needed to come into town
Maybe once year or something like that

TC: To pick up the welfare check and the food stamps, right

CM: Yeah, man No, no, what they did, man, is that, once a year, when they
Made all the goodies, y'know, they used ta put 'em in a big chopping bag
And, then, they used ta take da chopping bag and give 'em to all the
Boys and girls all da way around da world, man!

TC: Hey, well, that's hip, man! That sounds real nice, man

CM: Oh, yeah, they were really nice people man And so much class, man
They had so much class, y'know Like, give or take da way they used ta
Deliver da toys, y'know It's, like, Santa Claus used ta have this
Really charp chort, man, y'know? It was lower to da ground, had twice-
Pipes, candy-apple red and button top Oooo, clean!

TC: Hey, that sounds like a hip snowmobile, man

CM: No, no, it wasn't a snowmobile; it was a sled, y'know One of those big
Sleds, y'know? And he used ta have it pulled by some reindeers, y'know,
Like, reindeers?

TC: Some WHAT, man?

CM: Some reindeers, y'know He used ta hook them onto da sled, and then he
Used ta stand up inside da sled and hold on to da reins, and then call
Out their names, like, "On, Donner! On, Blitzen! On, Chewy! On, Tavo!
C'mon, Becto!" And then, the reindeers used ta take off into da sky and
Fly across da sky, man!

TC: Wow, man! That's far out, man!

CM: Yeah! And then, when they flied across da sky, they used ta come down to
Place like, oh, Chicago, LA, Nueva York and Pacoima and all those
Places, y'know, and then land on top of people's roofs, and then 'ol Santa
Claus would make himself real small, y'know, like, a real small guy, and
He'd come down da chimney and then he would give you all da stuff that he
Made, man Anddig this, manhe did it all in one night, man!

TC: Hey, just a minute, man Now, how'd he do that, man?

CM: Oh, well, man, he took da freeway How else, man?

TC: No, man No, man, how'd he do all that other stuff, man? Like, how'd he
Make himself small, man And, how'd he, like, how'd he get the reindeer
Off the ground, man?

CM: Oh, well, man, he had some magic dust, man

TC: Some magic dust?

CM: Yeah, magic dust, y'know? He used ta give a little bit to da reindeer, a
Little bit to Santa Claus, a little bit more for Santa Claus, a little
Bit more

TC: And this would get the reindeer off, man?

CM: Aw, got 'em off, man?!? Are you kidding, man? They flew all da way
Around da world, man!

TC: Hey, that's far out, man! Hey, I come I never met this dude, man?

CM: Oh, man, he doesn't do that bit anymore, man It got too dangerous, man

TC: Yeah, I can dig that, man, 'cause that's a dangerous bit, man!

CM: Yeah, lemme tell ya, it sure was, man Like just two years ago, man, he
Got stopped at the border, y'know, and they took him into another room
And took off his clothes, man, and searched him and searched his bag of
Goodies, manand then, when he was leaving, man, he was flying through
The air and somebody took a chot and his reindeer, y'know

TC: Aw, that's a drag, man

CM: Yeah, it really was, man And then, man, he went down south, man, and
They tried to cut of his hair and his beard, man And all the time, he
Was getting stopped and pulled over and asked for his ID, manjust
Everywhere he went, he ran into too much recession, man

TC: No, man, you mean he ran into too much REPRESSION, man

CM: Aw, "repression""recession"it's all da same thing, man

TC: Yeah, man But, it's a drag, man, 'cause we could sure use a dude like
That right now

CM: Oh, he still comes around, man

TC: Oh, yeah?

CM: Yeah, but he comes in disguises now

TC: Aw, he went "underground", man

CM: Yeah, "underground", man

TC: I can dig it

CM: Yeah But you ought to see his disguise; nobody would ever know it was
Him, man

TC: Oh, yeah?

CM: Yeah He's gotta job in front of da department store, ringing this bell
And playing this tambourine next to this black pot, y'know?

TC: AW, I'VE SEEN THE DUDE, MAN!

CM: YEAH! You know who I'm talking about, man!

TC: Yeah, man! I played with that cat last year, man!

CM: WHA?!?!?

TC: Yeah, we played in front of a store, man! We made a lot of bread, man!

CM: Aw, hey, wait a minute, man! Santa Claus is not a musician, man!

TC: I'm hip, man! That cat didn't know ANY tunes, man!

CM: Oh, hey, wait a minute, manno, he's not hip to that at all, man

TC: No, but I played with THIS dude, man

CM: Are you sure, man?

TC: Positive!