Cheech And Chong High On Reunion Plans

(AP)  Now that their feud is over, Cheech and Chong are high on plans to reunite for their first comedy tour in more than 25 years.

Cheech Marin told AP Radio that he and Tommy Chong "looked at each other going, 'If we're ever going to do something it has to be now because you're not getting any younger and neither am I.'"

The duo who gained fame for their marijuana humor tossed around some ideas and figured a comedy tour would be "the most fun" and "the least hassle," the 62-year-old Marin said.

Marin and Chong, who broke up amid creative differences, have tried to reunite before, but have always fought too much. Marin laughed and said: "It takes about 3 minutes for that to happen. There's this veiled hatred." But he added: "We've kind of resolved that."

"We've gotten to the age where we don't feel like fighting anymore because the end is a lot closer than the beginning," he said.

Marin said he thinks pot humor can be as funny today as it was back in the '70s.

"I think it's time for a revival of dope jokes. It's a much bigger audience now, it's much more widespread and institutionalized," he said in an interview earlier this month.

Details of the "Hey, What's That Smell?" tour were to be announced Wednesday at a news conference in West Hollywood, California, according to concert promoter Live Nation.

(AP Photo/Nancy Kaye)

During their original run, Marin and Chong (pictured left in 1981) released nine comedy albums between 1972 and 1985, were nominated for four Grammy Awards and won one. They also starred in eight feature films, almost always portraying a pair of comical stoners stumbling through life.

While Chong has continued to do standup, Marin has concentrated on films and TV appearances.

"I guess Cheech forgot how tough standup is," Chong joked last month after Marin said they were considering reuniting.

"But he's got the incentive and the enthusiasm and he's ready," he said of his former partner. "My boy is back."

[sickoandwibb]

Cheech and Chong rule and I hope all politicians are stoners too.

[honestabe8]

Liberals love their dope...it''''s what shapes their Alice-in-Wonderland way of thinking about the world.

Cons love the charade that we have to beg for Jesus to intercede so his daddy''s temper tantrum doesn''t fry us. It shapes their slave way of thinking about the world

[gomanny1]

Where do I buy tickets!!!!!!!!!
can''t wait!!!!!!!!!!!

[oneamerican_]

Liberals love their dope...it''s what shapes their Alice-in-Wonderland way of thinking about the world.

Too bad they will never escape their lookingglass world trap.

[nolalou]

and in a related article:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/30/frank.marijuana/index.html

[denialator]

These two were the most unchristian people I have ever seen! They should find Christ and put down the dope! - Posted by GOP_forever at 10:22 AM : Jul 30, 2008

You wouldn''''t know a true Christian if he kicked your arse!!


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Posted by redbds

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Probably true, "redbds", but the truth is that Cheech Marin has been a converted "Christian" for some time now and has a pseudo-ministry working with stoners, crack-heads, alcaholics, and teens all over the world.

I am a Christian Conservative, i.e. a Registered Independent voter, formerly "Republican" and dearly love both "Cheech Marin" & "Tommy Chong" as two very special and talented actors, not to mention brave souls for putting themselves out there for the hypocrites to take pot shots as "GOP_Forever" just did.

We all should take lessons from such examples of what not to do with our freedoms, and how to become productive citizens, and not just critical of others.

"It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things." Theodore Roosevelt

[monkfellow]

Brownies, anyone...?

[my5200-2009]

Then I''ll be second in line!!

[antoniof123]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

[no2zeebas]

Far out man! I''ll be first in line to see em...Hopefully they''ll do a movie or two as well...