COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov.

By Nick Chordas, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Apr. 25--A user comment on the Internet Movie Database hails "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" as "everything 'Dude, Where's My Car?' should have been." Strong words, indeed.

SAN FRANCISCO _ Writers/directors Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg could have been sucked into the vile greed of commercialism when they started to work on their new movie.

AUSTIN, Texas _ John Cho and Kal Penn, who portray the troublemaking twosome at the heart of the 2004 cult hit "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle," admit they were just a little jumpy about the sequel.

By Cary Darling, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Mar. 9--AUSTIN -- Perhaps no city in America reverberates with more of a Harold & Kumar vibe than Austin during South by Southwest.