Cheech and Chong are (hopefully) back!

[GreenDestiny]

The Associated Press: Cheech and Chong reunite as feud goes up in smoke

WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that their feud is up in smoke, 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.'"

They 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 dope 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, Calif., according to concert promoter Live Nation.

During their original run, Marin and Chong 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."

GreenDestiny Reviewed by GreenDestiny on 07-31-2008. Cheech and Chong are (hopefully) back! The Associated Press: Cheech and Chong reunite as feud goes up in smoke WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that their feud is up in smoke, 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.'" They tossed around some ideas and figured a comedy tour would be "the most Rating: 5

[Dutch Pimp]

"Dave's not here, man."

[cygnustaxt]

Interesting, I hope their humor is as good as it use to be. I saw some of chongs stand up and it wasn't like hilarious or anything like it was. Cheech has been doing a lot more serious shit lately too so lets still hope he's still got it.

[Breukelen advocaat]

I'm considering getting tickets to see them at Radio City, in NYC, Jan. '09. The show is called "Light Up America". They've only done one gig of the tour so far, in Vegas, the other day. They're appearing in Atlantic City in Dec., which I'm also thinking of going to.

[dano420]

yeah daves not here yet but they will be in november tickets in wis go on sale in like 2 weeks 30 bucks not bad cant wait got some lemon diesel sitting aside for the show

[seattlesmoke247]

cool!

[RedLocks]

cool!

on a semi related note.. Few years back we got the tickets for the off broadway show "Marijuana Monologues" Think my girl got em for my b-day or something being I had gotten her tickets for her b-day for the play this one's name was a spoof off of. Anyways, so we get there, and the dmn playhouse is CLOSED.. wtf, screw you ticketmaster.. Soon after the show ended and I never got to see it, awe wells.

anyways, yay for Cheech and Chong comin back, be cool if they made a new movie, kinda like Grumpy Old Men but Stoned Old Men instead heh