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On [[July 30]], [[2008]], the team reunited to publicly announce their fall comedy tour, titled "Cheech and Chong Light Up America/Canada".<ref>AOL News [http://news.aol.com/entertainment/movies/article/cheech-and-chong-like-reuniting-man/108473 "What's That Smell? A Cheech, Chong Tour"], [[2008-07-30]]. Retrieved on [[2008-07-30]].</ref> This announcement was made at a press conference in [[Philadelphia, USA]], the first U.S. city on their tour. [[Ottawa,_ON|Ottawa]] was the first city worldwide on September 5, 2008.
On [[July 30]], [[2008]], the team reunited to publicly announce their fall comedy tour, titled "Cheech and Chong Light Up America/Canada".<ref>AOL News [http://news.aol.com/entertainment/movies/article/cheech-and-chong-like-reuniting-man/108473 "What's That Smell? A Cheech, Chong Tour"], [[2008-07-30]]. Retrieved on [[2008-07-30]].</ref> This announcement was made at a press conference in [[Philadelphia, USA]], the first U.S. city on their tour. [[Ottawa,_ON|Ottawa]] was the first city worldwide on September 5, 2008.


On November 5, 2008, Cheech and Chong reunited for a timely message in a video on [[Funny Or Die]] to encourage people to get out and vote on Wednesday, November 5th, the day after the election! The video is titled [http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/0602e5e7f7/cheech-and-chong-get-out-the-vote-from-cheechandchong "Cheech and Chong Get Out the Vote!"]<ref>[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/0602e5e7f7/cheech-and-chong-get-out-the-vote-from-cheechandchong "Cheech and Chong Get Out the Vote!"]</ref>
On November 5, 2008, Cheech and Chong reunited for a timely message in a video on [[Funny Or Die]] to encourage people to get out and vote on Wednesday, November 5th, the day after the election. This occurrence was similar to an event in ''[[Weekend at Burnsie's]]'', an episode of the animated series [[The Simpsons]], which aired in 2002. The video is titled [http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/0602e5e7f7/cheech-and-chong-get-out-the-vote-from-cheechandchong "Cheech and Chong Get Out the Vote!"]<ref>[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/0602e5e7f7/cheech-and-chong-get-out-the-vote-from-cheechandchong "Cheech and Chong Get Out the Vote!"]</ref>


On November 30th, 2008, Cheech & Chong were honored during a [[roast (comedy)|roast]] special on [[TBS]] hosted by [[Brad Garrett]] which included other guests, among them Chong's wife. The event was filmed at [[Caesars Palace]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] during [[The Comedy Festival]].
On November 30th, 2008, Cheech & Chong were honored during a [[roast (comedy)|roast]] special on [[TBS]] hosted by [[Brad Garrett]] which included other guests, among them Chong's wife. The event was filmed at [[Caesars Palace]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] during [[The Comedy Festival]].

Revision as of 05:15, 23 December 2008

Cheech & Chong are a comedy duo, consisting of Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong, who found a wide audience in the 1970s and 1980s for their stand-up routines, which were based upon the era's hippie, free love, and especially drug culture movements.

Background

The duo released a number of successful comedy albums, and starred in a series of low-budget films, becoming a highly successful comedy team. Their best-known comedy routines include "Earache My Eye," "Basketball Jones," "Santa Claus and his Old Lady", and "Sister Mary Elephant." Perhaps their all-time most famous line is "Dave's not here," from their self-titled debut album.

Their early success culminated with the release of their first feature-length movie, Up in Smoke, in 1978. Relatively successful, it became something of a cult classic and was successful enough to earn them the right to make a sequel, Cheech & Chong's Next Movie, in 1980, and Nice Dreams in 1981.

Solo careers

In 1985 the duo released their album Get Out of My Room, which included the novelty hit song, "Born in East L.A." (based on Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A."). This song would later serve as the basis for the 1987 film of the same name, in which Cheech Marin played the starring role.

Immediately following the release of the album, Cheech Marin separated himself from the pair's drug-inspired act by working on a solo career. In addition to starring in the aforementioned Born in East L.A. movie, he has performed character voices for several animated feature films, including Disney's Oliver and Company (1988), The Lion King (1994), and Cars (2006). Marin also starred in various comedy films, including The Shrimp on the Barbie, and in several television series: Nash Bridges (which featured Chong in one episode and treated fans to "Dave's not here, man", to which Marin replied "Let's not go there") and The Golden Palace, as well as a recurring guest role on Judging Amy. He had a memorable part as a bartender in the film Desperado, as well as other roles in successful Robert Rodriguez films such as From Dusk Till Dawn and Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and has a recurring role as Hugo Reyes' (Hurley) father in the popular ABC series Lost. Recently, he appeared in the movie Christmas with the Kranks.

Tommy Chong also pursued a solo career, starring in such comedies as Far Out Man, in which Marin made an appearance. He co-starred on the FOX Television series That '70s Show in which he played Leo, a burned-out hippie very similar to his character Anthony Stoner (Man) in the movie Up in Smoke (1978). Chong also had a cameo in the U.S. Bicentennial movie spoof The Spirit of '76. In Dave Chappelle's 1998 comedy film Half Baked, Chong played "Squirrel Master" in the prison.

Reunion

After their contentious parting in the '80s, the duo had a less-than-stellar friendship. Chong recalled going to Cheech's birthday party in 1994 and seeing Cheech "on the couch with his arm around his wife like we had just met. It wasn't comfortable."

They somewhat reunited to voice characters for a 2000 episode of the animated television series South Park, though their voices were recorded separately.

The duo had plans to reunite for another film when Tommy Chong's California-based company, Chong's Bongs, was raided by federal officials on February 25, 2003, as part of a federal crackdown on "drug-related paraphernalia." Tommy Chong pleaded guilty to charges of distributing drug paraphernalia in May and on September 11, 2003, was sentenced to nine months in federal prison, fined US$20,000, and forced to forfeit US$120,000 in assets. He served the time between October 8, 2003 and July 7, 2004.

With Chong released, the duo planned to resume production on their latest opus. A variety of titles were rumored, including Grumpy Old Stoners. Cheech and Chong announced on September 8, 2005 that the reunion film had been canceled. In a 2007 interview, Chong hinted that the reunion may be back on.[1]

On June 3, 2008, Tommy Chong announced that, starting in September 2008, he will be reuniting with Cheech Marin for a comedy tour. Shelby Chong, Tommy's wife, will be opening.[2]

On July 3, 2008, Tommy Chong (on a live webcam chat) reconfirmed that he and Cheech will be doing another film, based on their reuniting and live bits from the aforementioned comedy tour.[citation needed]

On July 30, 2008, the team reunited to publicly announce their fall comedy tour, titled "Cheech and Chong Light Up America/Canada".[3] This announcement was made at a press conference in Philadelphia, USA, the first U.S. city on their tour. Ottawa was the first city worldwide on September 5, 2008.

On November 5, 2008, Cheech and Chong reunited for a timely message in a video on Funny Or Die to encourage people to get out and vote on Wednesday, November 5th, the day after the election. This occurrence was similar to an event in Weekend at Burnsie's, an episode of the animated series The Simpsons, which aired in 2002. The video is titled "Cheech and Chong Get Out the Vote!"[4]

On November 30th, 2008, Cheech & Chong were honored during a roast special on TBS hosted by Brad Garrett which included other guests, among them Chong's wife. The event was filmed at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas during The Comedy Festival. [3] [4]

Discography

Singles

  • Santa Claus And His Old Lady / Dave -- Ode 66021 (12/71)
  • Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces / Don't Bug Me -- Ode 66038 (8/20/73)
  • Sister Mary Elephant (SHUDD-UP!) / Wink Dinkerson -- Ode 66041 (1973)
  • Earache My Eye featuring Alice Bowie / Turn That Thing Down -- Ode 66102 (8/10/74)
  • Black Lassie featuring Johnny Stash / Coming Attractions -- Ode 66104 (1974)
  • (How I Spent My Summer Vacation) or A Day At The Beach with Pedro & Man, Parts I & II -- Ode 66115 (9/75)
  • Framed / Pedro's Request -- Ode 66124 (1976)
  • Bloat On featuring The Bloaters / The Bloaters' Creed (Just Say "Right On!") -- Ode 50471 (1977)
  • Up In Smoke / Rock Fight -- Warner Bros. 8666 (8/78)
  • Born In East L.A. / I'm A (Modern) Man -- MCA 52655 (1985)
  • I'm Not Home Right Now / Hot Saki -- MCA 52732 (1985)

Albums

Filmography

  1. Up in Smoke (1978)
  2. Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980)
  3. Nice Dreams (1981)
  4. It Came From Hollywood (1982)
  5. Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
  6. Still Smokin' (1983)
  7. Yellowbeard (1983)
  8. Group Madness (1983)
  9. Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984)
  10. Get Out of My Room (1985)
  11. Far Out Man (1990)
  12. a/k/a Tommy Chong (2005)
  13. Cheech & Chong Light Up America (Documentary film about their 2008 reunion tour)(TBA)
  14. Cheech & Chong: Gone With The Smoke (TBA)

Notes and references

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ AOL News "What's That Smell? A Cheech, Chong Tour", 2008-07-30. Retrieved on 2008-07-30.
  4. ^ "Cheech and Chong Get Out the Vote!"

See also

Harold & Kumar

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