Tommy Chong News

Attempting to interview Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong together is like trying to wrangle two middle school class clowns - if those middle schoolers have been married and divorced a couple of times, spent a few years in jail, smoked prodigious amounts of marijuana and jump-started a movie genre.

Or a lot too long. And in case anyone's wondering how to end a show right, how to strike exactly the right note before the final credits roll - this is how.

Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin figures that funny just happens. Growing up in a strict house in south L.A. with a dad in the L.A.P.D. -- that's right, one-half of the most successful stoner-comedy duo in history had a cop for a pop -- he took in everything around him and learned how to make it laughable.

Jim feels like a guinea pig in a test of humanity when the family pet needs a costly operation, and he's the one holding the purse strings.

Jim feels like a guinea pig in a test of humanity when the family pet needs a costly operation, and he's the one holding the purse strings.

Cheech & Chong will bring their first comedy tour in 25 years to Ames, but just remember that Stephens Auditorium today is a non-smoking facility.

Nine years later, the godfathers of the stoner flick give birth to their first movie, "Up in Smoke."

Caption: Cheech Marin , Los Lobos, and Tommy Chong Cheech Marin, Los Lobos, and Frank Romero are honored by CRLA at Tequio Fundraiser gala Los Angeles , California .... COMEDIAN MARIN WEDS CHEECH & CHONG star CHEECH MARIN has married classical pianist NATASHA RUBIN in a sunset ceremony at their Malibu, California home.

Caption: Cheech Marin , Los Lobos, and Tommy Chong Cheech Marin, Los Lobos, and Frank Romero are honored by CRLA at Tequio Fundraiser gala Los Angeles , California .... COMEDIAN MARIN WEDS CHEECH & CHONG star CHEECH MARIN has married classical pianist NATASHA RUBIN in a sunset ceremony at their Malibu, California home.

Caption: Cheech Marin , Los Lobos, and Tommy Chong Cheech Marin, Los Lobos, and Frank Romero are honored by CRLA at Tequio Fundraiser gala Los Angeles , California .... COMEDIAN MARIN WEDS CHEECH & CHONG star CHEECH MARIN has married classical pianist NATASHA RUBIN in a sunset ceremony at their Malibu, California home.

Kitty decides to redo the basement, with Leo's cousin Theo as the contractor; Fez takes ballet classes to meet girls.

HOLLYWOOD Paramount Licensing recently announced new licensee products for its 1970's film Up in Smoke.

That '70s Show 10:00PM - 10:30PM Donna and Eric's tiff leads to a mutual withholding of affection; Red becomes nice after a near death experience; Kelso thinks he saw a UFO.

Therea s nothing like lighting one up at the Waikiki Shell. We mean, of course, a cigarette in the designated smoking area.

Honestly, writing a story about Cheech and Chong without using drug references is not possible.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 24-30: May 24: Actor-comedian Tommy Chong is 71.

Ex-convict Tommy Chong and his pal Cheech Marin are smoking hot, just as they were 30 years ago.

You can thank South Park for the current Cheech & Chong tour. It was because of the television cartoon comedy that Cheech Marin & Tommy Chong got back together.