Our new column, Staff Picks, takes you back to a time when video stores reigned supreme andthe "Staff Picks" section was the placetofind outwhat films were worthy of one's time.Of course, our version of Staff Picks has a decidedly skintillating angle, as we suss out the films from a particular subgenre are the best to find great nudity. This week, join us as we roll a joint and pick out five stoner comedies that also manage to pack in a lot of skin!
With more states legalizing recreational marijuana—including Skin Central's home state of Illinois—the desire for stoner comedies has reached a fever pitch. While lots of stoner comedies do have nudity, it's usually fleeting, lasting one scene, and often played for comedic effect. Unfortunately this is persistent throughout the subgenre, making it difficult to recommend certain stoner comedies. There are a ton of stoner comedies out there, ripe for the picking, but if you're looking for something with more than just some quick skin—taking a few hits from the dong after taking some from the bong—we've rounded up five picks that should suit your needs nicely.
Cheech Chong's Still Smokin' (1983)
All roads in and out of stoner comedy town must run through at least one Cheech Chong flick, but their penultimate collaboration is easily their most skin-filled! Here the dynamic duo head to Amsterdam for a film festival, where they are immediately mistaken for Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton. Things don't make much more sense from there as they basically run through a bunch of bits from their albums. Overall, it's not the strongest effort from the two, but it certainly beats their last proper film together, the following year's The Corsican Brothers.
Obviously the fun of this one is these two professed stoners living it up in the land of legal weed and prostitution, but all the skin comes from a trip to the spa! In this nearly 15 minute long sequence, the guys—Cheech in particular—become obsessed with Linnea Quigley and a group of topless women enjoying their day at the spa...
The stills may not seem impressive, but the movie grinds to a halt for this extended topless scene from 80s skin queen Linnea, along with all her pals!
Half Baked (1998)
Perhaps the best movie to watch while stoned, this 1998 comedy starring Dave Chappelle is probably the closest any film has ever come to mimicking the experience of being high. Characters, plots, and even entire storylines come and go while the action moves along in this one, leaving any sober people watching in the dust. While the film has plenty of sex, talk of sex, and characters having sex, the only nudity comes an hour and thirteen minutes in, but we couldn't leave this flick off of any proper list of the best stoner comedies!
While battling with drug dealer Samson (Clarence Williams III), the film's heroes have to face off against lethal female assassin C.J. Fidler. Lucky for them, and us, she full on pops a titty while fighting Scarface, and the film stops to admire the moment in full before restarting the plot...
Super Troopers (2001)
While not exactly a film about people who smoke weed all the time, marijuana plays a prominent role in the plot of this 2001 cult classic from comedy troupe Broken Lizard. The film opens with one of the cruelest gags ever played on a group of stoners and only gets more crazy from there. As the State Troopers at the heart of the film battle with local police over a major drug bust, the film goes off on all manner of tangents that are sure to please anyone in an altered state of mind that's having trouble focusing on the plot.
One such detour at the 44 minute mark finds Maria Tornberg going topless to jump on a bed with a guy while wearing one of the troopers' hats...
Harold Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
The biggest stoner franchise since Cheech Chong hung up their bong are the hungry pair of college guys in this trio of comedy classics! After heading to White Castle in 2004, John Cho and Kal Penn were back in action for this 2008 sequel with substantially more skin than either of the other two films in the series! While attempting to evade capture after a run-in with a racist Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, the guys hit up aparty where we get treated to Lola Lust's beautiful bottomless scene...
and some terrific TA from Claudia Pena...
And later, Kal Penn has performance anxiety with Chantel Silvain and her topless buddy when visiting a brothel with Neil Patrick Harris...
The Beach Bum (2019)
Finally, let's go with a recent entry in the subgenre, probably the best movie of 2019 to watch while high, Harmony Korine's The Beach Bum. Centered around bohemian poet Moondog (Matthew McConaughey), the film follows the meandering path of its protagonist as he lazes away his days smoking weed, hanging with famous friends like Snoop Dogg and Jimmy Buffet, and banging women like Sharon Pfieffer in taco stands...
When we first meet Moondog, he's lying between topless babes London Seabreeze and Dvorah Marie...
His famous pals also like to party with topless chicks such as Jenny Ariza and Andrea Bennetti...
This is probably the most skin-filled flick on our list and one you should definitely make an appointment with the next time you're planning on smoking up! Frankly, any of these flicks fit that bill!
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