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  Cheech Marin
Cheech's vision of Chicano art and expression are being brought to life in a blockbuster museum exhibition duo, collectively entitled Chicano.
Cheech was born in South Central Los Angeles and raised in Granada Hills, a suburb of Los Angeles.
Cheech and Chong were a critically acclaimed duo for 15 years, but have worked separately for the past 11 years.
www.chicano-art-life.com /cheech.html   (963 words)

  
 Cheech and Chong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong were an American comedy duo who found a wide audience in the 1960s and 1970s for their stand-up routines, which were based upon the era's hippie, free love and (especially) drug culture movements.
Cheech and Chong in an episode of South Park.
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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cheech_and_Chong   (384 words)

  
 Low Times for Tommy Chong - Oct 10, 2003 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Chong was weeded out by the feds last February as part of Operation Pipe Dreams--Attorney General John Ashcroft's crackdown on fl-market drug-paraphernalia sales on the Internet.
Chong's pipe dreams of freedom may not be completely up in smoke--the judge has set an Oct. 16 hearing on a request by the funnyman's lawyer to have his client released while he appeals the sentence.
Chong's daughter, Rae Dawn, wrote the script with the intent of bringing the drug buddies back together in an ironic star turn as anti-drug counselors.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,12671,00.html?tnews   (444 words)

  
 Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong Biographies
Directed by Thomas Chong from a screenplay he wrote with his partner, Cheech Marin, the Columbia Pictures release takes the uninhibited pair to their next cinematic plateau.
In their first movie, "Up in Smoke," Cheech and Chong were out of work, deep in debt, and hustling for a buck by doing anything the law disallowed.
Cheech, born Richard Marin in the barrios of East Los Angeles, earned his nickname from "cheecharone," a Chicano delicacy made of deep-fried pork skins, also known as cracklings.
www.cheechandchong.com /biography.html   (1427 words)

  
 Up in Smoke (1978)
The car that Chong drives at the beginning of the movie is actually owned by Jack Nicholson.
Continuity: When Chong is playing the drums at the Roxy after being "revived", his drum strokes clearly don't go with the music.
Basically an excuse for Cheech and Chong to get into a series of marijuana adventures, "Up in Smoke" is a hoot from beginning to end.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0078446   (457 words)

  
 Cheech & Chong High on Reunion! - Jan 30, 2003 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rae Dawn Chong says her childhood memories on the sets of such Cheech and Chong cannabis-flavored classics as 1978's Up in Smoke, 1980's Next Movie, 1981's Nice Dreams and 1983's Still Smokin' inspired her to take a crack at writing one herself.
Cheech and Chong had a falling out in the mid-'80s blamed on the usual creative differences.
Rae Dawn Chong, best known for playing opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1985's Commando, smooching C. Thomas Howell in 1986's Soul Man and appearing on such TV series as Judging Amy, says the timing is right for a reunion movie, especially with Canada's current push to decriminalize pot and several states permitting medical marijuana use.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,11213,00.html   (618 words)

  
 Cheech and Chong | St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture Summary
Cheech and Chong were a comedy team of the early 1970s that opened for rock bands, recorded a series of popular comedy albums, performed on the college circuit, and appeared in their own movies.
In 1971, Cheech and Chong was nominated for a Grammy for Best Comedy Recording, and their 1972 album Big Bambu retained the record of being the largest-selling comedy recording for many years.
Cheech Marin, on the other hand, went on to a successful career as a director and actor in several films and television shows.
www.bookrags.com /research/cheech-and-chong-sjpc-01   (519 words)

  
 CBC Arts: Cheech and I didn't inhale: Chong   (Site not responding. Last check: )
According to Chong, there was only a single instance of the duo filming a scene while under the influence, which came during the making of 1978's Up in Smoke.
Chong said he has no regrets about being a role model for an entire generation of tokers.
They had started working on the script when Chong was sentenced to nine months in jail for selling pot pipes, a stretch he finished serving in July.
www.cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2005/02/14/Arts/cheechandchong050214.html   (429 words)

  
 PHE: CHEECH AND CHONG 2-PACK   (Site not responding. Last check: )
But here's the dope anyway: Cheech and Chong make their film debut in this riotous rock'n'roll comedy, bringing with them the same madness, lifestyles and sketches that sold over 10 million records in the early '70s.
Cheech and Chong's marijuana-laced humor keeps their spirits high and leads them to an outrageous finale in L.A.'s Roxy Theatre, where Cheech performs in a pink tutu and Chong dresses as a large red quaalude.
It's Cheech and Chong at their wildest, craziest, most medicated, doing all those zonked-out characters and hilarious routines that put them where they are today-out of the country.
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 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Cheech and Chong 'plot comeback'
Cult comedy duo Cheech and Chong are to reunite for their first film in almost 20 years, according to a report.
Cheech and Chong were stars of six wacky comedies about dope-loving hippies in the 1970s and 80s, and decided on a comeback when they realised how popular the films still were, the report said.
Chong's biggest role since the pair's last film was a recurring part in That 70s Show.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/3090533.stm   (363 words)

  
 Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams (1981)
Meanwhile, Chong has unwittingly exchanged all their money for a worthless bank check -- and the only way to get it back is to escape into a nearby insane asylum.
Cheech and Chong themselves have a few good gags along the way, and even at its worst, the movie remained painless.
Cheech and Chong’s Nice Dreams appears in both an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 and in a fullscreen version on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the widescreen image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
www.dvdmg.com /nicedreams.shtml   (1567 words)

  
 Cheech & Chong reunion not a pipe dream
Suffice it to say that Cheech and Chong have come a long way from Sgt. Stedenko, Basketball Jones and the rest of the hazy, crazy characters they brought to life back in the 1970s and '80s.
In other words, said Chong, "More of the same." But starring guys as likely to be members of AARP as NORML.
Chong has a great story about how Disney chief Michael Eisner, then a honcho at Paramount Pictures, was so put off by a rough cut that he sold the film back to producer Lou Adler.
www.suntimes.com /output/rosenthal/cst-ftr-phil14.html   (743 words)

  
 Cheech & Chong - Friends of Cannabis - Pot Stars
Cheech goes on to say they might do something together, but it won't be a film.
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong loved the original script, but the powers that be (the film studio) did not.
Richard "Cheech" Marin and Thomas Chong were one of the most popular and succesful comedy teams of the 1970s.
www.friendsofcannabis.com /friends/cheech_and_chong.htm   (1204 words)

  
 Cheech & Chong Dish Straight Dope - CBS News
(AP) Cheech and Chong may have joked about marijuana in their movies, but the comedians say they didn't touch the stuff when the cameras were rolling.
Chong and former partner Cheech Marin appeared together for the first time in 20 years at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.
Chong said he isn't ashamed of introducing millions of kids to marijuana in the 1970s.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/02/14/entertainment/main673999.shtml   (334 words)

  
 cheech and chong
Cheech and Chong Dot Com is your complete source for Cheech and Chong news, albums, movies, biographies, news and free downloads.
Cheech et Chong sont indisciplinés, extravagants et complètement déjantès...
Los Angeles où Cheech, en tutu rose et Chong, enrobé dans une...
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 Amazon.com: Cheech & Chong: Cheech & Chong: Music
Their brand of humor wasn't particularly innovative--after all, making comedy for stoners is like preaching to the choir--but it was unquestionably of its time, and more importantly, it took greater steps toward anesthetizing the "drug menace" than any government program ever has.
A whole new kind of comedy album was born with the debut of Cheech and Chong.
Cheech and Chong were our street comics, and God bless them for being there when we sorely needed laughter.
www.amazon.com /Cheech-Chong/dp/B000002KJ8   (518 words)

  
 a/k/a Tommy Chong - A film by Josh Gilbert
a/k/a Tommy Chong chronicles the entrapment and incarceration of comedy icon Tommy Chong of the legendary comedy duo, Cheech and Chong.
After fully armed SWAT teams raided the comedian's home and his business, Chong Glass, Chong was sentenced to 9 months in federal prison for "conspiracy to manufacture and distribute drug paraphernalia through his family business, specializing in handmade glass water pipes, or "bongs".
Of the 55 defendants prosecuted, Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong was the only one with no prior convictions to receive jail time.
www.akatommychong.com   (174 words)

  
 DVD Empire - Item - Cheech & Chong Still Smokin' / DVD-Video
Chong at their wildest, craziest, most medicated, doing all those zonked-out characters and
It was "Dumb and Dumber" that brought comedy to a new low and made America laugh at all of the thing's they couldn't laugh at during the eighties.
Drugs were a staple of their act during the era of "Just Say No." They took chances and became the numb and number of that era.
www.dvdempire.com /Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=18654&partner_id=29346865   (216 words)

  
 Free Cheech and Chong Music Online, Music Downloads, Music Videos and Lyrics - Rhapsody Online
The drugged out underground/counterculture antidotes of Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong almost seem anachronistic in present day light, but before the 1980s unleashed Reagan's war on drugs, Cheech and Chong were the progenitors of stoner comedy.
But as the 1970s turned into the '80s and the nation's young people were advised to "Just Say No," Cheech and Chong's popularity inevitably waned enough to warrant a breakup.
The drugged out underground/counterculture antidotes of Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong almost seem anachronistic in present day light, but before the 1980s unleashed Reagan's war on drugs, Cheech and Chong...
www.rhapsody.com /cheechandchong   (302 words)

  
 Cheech and Chong's Next Movie Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
Synopsis: Cheech and Chong, the amiable potheads from UP IN SMOKE, are on the loose again and Los Angeles may never be the same.
Cheech and Chong, the amiable potheads from UP IN SMOKE, are on the loose again and Los Angeles may never be the same.
Cheech and Chong are working on another stoner comedy, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/cheech_and_chongs_next_movie   (369 words)

  
 CMT.com : Cheech & Chong : Biography
At their peak in the 1970s, Cheech and Chong represented the mainstream embodiment of the attitudes and lifestyles of the underground drug culture.
While Chong largely drifted into obscurity, Marin enjoyed a renaissance in the middle of the 1990s, appearing in the Robert Rodriguez films Desperado and From Dusk Till Dawn; a prominent supporting role in Ron Shelton's romantic comedy Tin Cup led to a co-starring role opposite Don Johnson in the CBS detective series Nash Bridges.
In 1997 Chong made a guest appearance on the program, marking the duo's first public reunion in a number of years.
www.cmt.com /artists/az/cheech_chong/bio.jhtml   (433 words)

  
 Cheech and Chong 7 (TBA) - Cheech Marin , Tommy Chong   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Cheech and Chong 7 (TBA) - Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong
Cheech and Chong reunite to smoke up once again.
Cheech and Chong On 'Cheech and Chong 7'!
www.countingdown.com /movies/3171853   (138 words)

  
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Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, affectionately known as the iconic, hilarious, counter-culture, no-holds-barred comedy duo Cheech and Chong, are to have five of their movies released together in one set through UCA on 15th November in the Cheech and Chong Collection.
Discovered by music industry Svengali Lou Adler whilst performing stand-up in LA nightclubs, Cheech and Chong were a 70’s and 80’s phenomenon, with their first movie grossing over 100 million dollars at the US box office.
This boxset includes Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie, Nice Dreams, Things Are Tough All Over, Gert Out Of My Room and Cheech Marin’s Born In East LA, which is exclusive to this release.
www.megastar.co.uk /registration/quiz/index.ehtml?kwd=cheechchong121104   (241 words)

  
 Cheech and Chong's - Nice Dreams Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
Synopsis: Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong bring their marijuana-fueled comedy act to the screen for a third feature film effort.
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong bring their marijuana-fueled comedy act to the screen for a third feature film effort.
Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams is fashioned for the loopy minded and the laid back.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/cheech_and_chongs_nice_dreams   (389 words)

  
 DVD.net : Cheech & Chong's Next Movie - DVD Review
Then again, get stoned, switch to surround mode and pretend that Cheech and Chong are behind you while you watch the movie.
If you’re a Cheech & Chong fan, a pothead, a throwback to the eighties, a goof-off, a small dog or a juvenile delinquent, then this is your cup of bongwater.
Sure, the difference is that nowadays they try to hide the laughs under a thin veneer of plot and character development, but at the very heart of them they’re just as pointless as this excuse for a few slim guffaws and snorts.
www.dvd.net.au /goto.cgi?http://www.dvd.net.au/review.cgi?review_id=1768   (1181 words)

  
 Cheech, Chong reunion a high point of Comedy Fest | AspenTimes.com
The audience, which gave the two a raucous standing ovation, was not disappointed, listening spellbound, some would say entranced in the moment, as the counterculture figures, together for the first time in 20 years, spun stories from their early days on the road.
Marin and Chong, who went their separate ways after their sixth movie in 1984, exchanged easy banter early and often, with Cheech making several cracks about Chong's sexual experiences in prison.
Cheech andamp; Chong: Together Again, a career retrospective, was hosted by rapper Xzibit of MTV's "Pimp My Ride." He asked Chong how he ended up behind bars for nine months for selling marijuana paraphernalia across state lines.
www.aspentimes.com /article/20050212/NEWS/102120009   (653 words)

  
 E! True Hollywood Story: Cheech & Chong - TV.com
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong achieved success with their own blend of humor, featured in movies such as "Up In Smoke," "Nice Dreams," "Still Smokin'" and "Things Are Tough All Over."
We don't have allusions for Cheech & Chong.
We don't have notes for Cheech & Chong.
www.tv.com /e!-true-hollywood-story/cheech-&-chong/episode/191190/summary.html   (116 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Cheech And Chong's Up In Smoke [1978]: DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Buy Cheech And Chong's Up In Smoke [1978] with Cheech And Chong's Things Are Tough All Over [1982...
Cheech And Chong's The Corsican Brothers [1984]; DVD ~ Cheech Marin;
Cheech and Chong's dope-laced humour has sold millions of records.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005UPNE   (609 words)

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