- In the "Diamonds" TV edit, the scene with the stolen slot machine is significantly lengthened. The scene shows Mr. Neatnik (Sy Kramer) being inadvertently squashed by the slot machine when it falls out of the van, and Cheech and Chong eventually pulling it off of him. He sits up and cries, "My hands! My hands!" The theatrical version ends there. The TV version continues on, with Neatnik actually following the duo into their house and yelling about pressing charges before he notices all of the movie memorabilia that Cheech has stolen from the movie studio. Neatnik proceeds to identify the various garments and which actresses wore them in which film, swooning over each one. Cheech and Chong largely ignore him until he states he is willing to drop the charges if they will let him have the garments (which sets up a later TV-exclusive scene revealing him to be a transvestite); Cheech dismissively agrees and Neatnik helps himself. The scene ends there.
- An edited TV version shown on the Comedy Central cable network removes most of the drug references. For example, instead of "bag of weed," "bag of diamonds," was used, which made for a strange ending.
- Also in the TV version, much of the music was replaced with music that exists elsewhere in the movie (notably "Tequila" was replaced during the scene where Cheech and Chong fix their van up).
- As of December 2001, Comedy Central is showing a semi-restored version (edited for language, obviously) that includes all the drug use and original incidental music ("Tequila", and most notably, the awe-inspiring guitar solo by Steve Lukather). However, the statement by Peewee Herman to police is still missing: "I think they're Iranians!"
- In the original theatrical release, Chong is lifted up into the space ship, then we don't see him again until he wakes Cheech. When the "bag of diamonds" version is shown on TV, it often includes a few minutes of Chong aboard the spaceship.
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By what name was Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980) officially released in India in English?
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