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Cheech and Chong shared behind-the-scenes memories from making their legendary film Up in Smoke. They never expected the movie to become a cult classic but said the chemistry and improvisation ...
Besides standup comedy and music, Marin and Chong have acted in dozens of films and TV shows, including joint projects like “Up in Smoke,” “Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie,” “Nice Dreams ...
The saga of Rainbow Farm is too wild not to be true, and now the tale of the gay-owned “pro-pot campground” that went up in flames is getting the larger-than-life treatment it’s always deserved.
Although Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong pioneered the stoner comedy genre, the cult film franchise nearly looked much different. ... the pair released their first feature Up in Smoke in 1978.
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong grab a drink at Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar and eat crawfish before seeing fans at Rouses Market in New Orleans.
Marin, who grew up in Watts the son of an LAPD police officer, met Chong, whose father was Chinese and whose mother was Scotch Irish, after fleeing to Canada to avoid the Vietnam War draft.
CHONG: We used to meet on the road sometimes. One time we got in a big discussion. His thing was: We gotta get on a spaceship. This Earth is getting messed up.
NEW YORK (AP) — The irony tickles Cheech and Chong: The Palisades fire smoked them out of their homes. “I had to de-smoke my house,” Tommy Chong says, giggling. “Can you imagine that ...
Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin. "I've been quoting from 'Up in Smoke’ since I was in diapers,” said Yuri Mladenoff, adding he’d been waiting since 6 a.m.
Their movies, starting with “Up and Smoke” (which Adler directed), made them even bigger stars, though Adler had signed them to such a chintzy deal that though the film grossed $50 million in ...