Friday, May 28, 2010

Cheech & Chong to be on Daytime Emmys

The Daytime Emmy Awards is paying tribute to Dick Clark this year with appearances by Simon Cowell, Cher, Jay Leno and Garth Brooks.  The show will also include performances or appearances by Sin City acts like the Blue Man Group, Wayne Newton, Cheech & Chong, Jeff Foxworthy and Cirque du Soleil.

The show is June 27 and CBS.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Tommy Chong Turns 72

The dopemaster, Tommy Chong, turned 72 today. Tommy was born May 24th, 1938 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Chong Talks About the Origin of the Bit 'Dave'

Tommy Chong was on KTNV's action news promoting this weekend's Cheech and Chong: Get It Legal shows in Vegas.  During the interview, Tommy once again talks about the origins of their 'Dave' bit.  Tommy once again stretches the truth about the origins of their 'Dave' bit.

Another version of the story which Tommy doesn't mention during this interview is that Cheech was knocking on the door of where Cheech and Chong were recording some bits.  The door was locked, Tommy was fucking with Cheech and the entire thing was recorded.  Then, they re-recorded the bit for their album.  Tommy says the original tape has since been lost and he says the original tape was funnier than the one on the album.

The truth...
The bit 'Dave' which is featured on their first, self-titled album, was written by this guy named Dave in the comedy troop they were part of in Canada.  Duh, didn't everyone think it was odd that Cheech was asking for Dave?  The real Dave is mentioned briefly in one of Tommy's books.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Cheech & Chong Coming to New Hampshire

The Cheech & Chong: Get It Legal tour is coming to Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. 

July 6
Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
Hampton Beach, NH

On sale: Friday, May 21 @ 10AM local time via the Ticketmaster link above.

Mary Beth Loose Cannon Loses Primary

Nice!  Mary Beth Buchanan, the former US Attorney General, that wrongfully prosecuted Tommy Chong for conspiracy to sell bongs through the internet, has lost Pittsburgh's 4th Congressional District Republican primary.

Buchanan only had 33% of the vote.

This is the same Mary Beth Buchanan that raided Spectrum Labs and confiscated a/k/a Tommy Chong DVDs.

This is the same Mary Beth Buchanan that prosecuted the makers of the Whizzinator.

Monday, May 10, 2010

Cheech & Chong Coming to Mass and Rhode Island

The Cheech and Chong: Get It Legal tour is coming to Boston and Hyannis, MA, as well as Newport, RI.

July 8 - 9
Wilbur Theatre
Boston, MA

July 10
Newport Yachting Center
Newport, RI

July 11
Cape Code Melody Tent
Hyannis, MA

Boston and Newport
On sale: Friday, May 14, 4:20 local time.

Hyannis
On sale: Saturday, May 15, 10AM local time.

Monday, May 03, 2010

Director, Josh Gilbert, Responds to Chong's Disparaging Comments

Last month, Tommy Chong, made disparaging comments about a/k/a Tommy Chong Director, Josh Gilbert, to Eye Weekly.

This is typical of Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin and Shelby Chong. They badmouth me, the owner of this site/former owner of Cheech and Chong Dot Com/the guy that got them to reunite, in one of the Extras on their new live tour DVD/Blu-ray, Hey Watch This.

Today, Eye Weekly published a response from Josh Gilbert. It's a good read and is just the tip of the iceberg of what really went down.  The entire story is shocking and atrocious.