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In 1994-1995, George Carlin had a sitcom called The George Carlin Show. Tommy Chong was in Season 2, Episode 2.
George intercepts a package meant for his neighbor (guest star Tommy Chong) which turns out to contain marijuana (of course), and attempts to get rid of it.
The series itself wasn't great. Excessive laugh track. But for some reason, IMDB rates most episodes very positively...except this one. This episode only received 6.6/10.
While sifting through our archives, we came across the original photos from the 2004 premiere of Christmas with the Kranks.
I didn't even know the event was taking place until the last minute so I left work, bought a disposable camera and waited outside Radio City Music Hall for the premiere to finish.
Back then, there was zero security and zero barricades so you could just walk up to people as they left. I had never met Cheech Marin before so I was nervous.
The doors opened and attendees started flooding out. I scooted over to Cheech, who attended the event with William H Macy. I asked if he was Cheech's date. They laughed.
Everything was happening so fast, I was only able to get photos of some of the celebs.
From our original article:
People began arriving shortly after 6PM. On hand were William H. Macy, Tim Allen, Eddie Murphy, Jake Busey, Caroline Rhea, Jamie Lee Curtis, WWF's Mankind and Dan Aykroyd, many of whom star in the film.
The Weedmaster had a chance to speak with Cheech during the long wait for his car. When asked about the reunion movie, he said that New Line is still in the process of writing the script and that the pot hair tonic concept is still the basis.
The Weedmaster also asked him about where the Basketball Jones cartoon originated (the one featured in Being There). He said it was created by a friend of Lou Adler's to promote the Basketball Jones single and that the Being There producers just decided to use it. He didn't know where to get the full version, but we assume that Warner Bros owns the rights.
BTW, the full version of Basketball Jones
It's been 21 years so we rescanned them at a higher resolution and fixed the color as best as possible.
Director: David Bushell, Producers: David Bushell, Robbi Chong
Cheech and Chong’s Last Movie explores the legacy of pioneering comics Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong with a mix of archival madness and cinematic road trip. The result is a true-life tale of fame and friendship stranger (and funnier) than fiction. (World Premiere)
The documentary a/k/a Tommy Chong by the brilliant Josh Gilbert did a great job detailing Cheech and Chong's history. We recommend checking that out first.
