Cheech and Chong reunite!
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By MICHAEL WEINFELD, AP Entertainment Writer Wed Jul 30, 10:07 AM ET
WASHINGTON - 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."
Associated Press Writer John Rogers in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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Chong is brilliant. I am proud to say I DJed his first art show.
About a week later I met him at the gallery, he stopped by for some reason and just started spinning yarns. Dude had me nearly falling out of my seat.
He told this hilarious story of being on stage at a "Smoke Out" concert and they had him up on stage to take a toke on a 6' bong. He to such a big hit that he was hacking and coughing to the point of nearly puking. Everybody thought it was part of the act and was cheering him on. Of course with his charismatic T.Chong delivery shit was hilarious had me in fucking tears. I didn;' hurt that I happened to be stoned before he walked in the door.
This was about 6 weeks before he got set up/ entrapped by John Ashcroft and sent to Club Fed.
I'm not sure what the point is, but that Chong is a 1st class artist and I am sure this reunion will be hilarious.
trickmilla07.30.08 - 7:48 pm
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