Join Chong and Others at Oscar Party

This Sunday, Tommy and tons of other celebrities will be at an AIDS charity Oscars party.Where: The Abbey Food & Bar / 692 North Robertson Boulevard / West Hollywood
Update: Chong will be broadcasting from the party live exclusively on the Allan Handelman Show. Listen here.
Update: Chong was a no-show. Allan was unable to reach Chong via his cell.
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LA Weekly Chong Interview

LA Weekly conducted a great interview with Tommy Chong at his Calfornia home. During the interview, they discuss his incarceration, Dennis Miller encouraging him to start doing stand-up again and the Cheech and Chong reunion. He said he and Cheech are looking to do a tour and write new music.
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More Film Details

While meeting with press at the HBO Comedy Festival in Aspen, Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong provided more details on their reunion film. Cheech says the script is nearly finished and they want to start filming right away. Both would like the film to be released this summer if possible.
Also of interest is that New Line Cinema may not be distributing the movie after all. They would not elaborate. That leaves two questions unanswered...Who is the director? and Which film company will distribute the film?
However, one thing is undeniable. The film is going to be great. Earlier today, they appeared on AMC's Peter Bart and Peter Gruber's Sunday Morning ShootoutÓ. They are just as funny now as they were 20 years ago.
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Aspen Reunion Recap

The Aspen Times (photo courtesy of Aspen Times) and Denver Post provide a recap of Thursday's "Together Again" reunion of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong. It was the first time they were on stage together in 20 years. The event was hosted by rapper and host of MTV's "Pimp My Ride", Xzibit.
The St Regis Ballroom was packed. It was standing room only. It began with a film retrospective and was followed by a Q & A session.
Update: Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong also did some stand-up and played Up In Smoke live.
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Tonight's The Reunion

Cheech and Chong will be onstage tonight, together, for the first time in 20 years. The event takes place at the HBO Comedy Festival in Aspen, Colorado, followed by an appearance at 1 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Ballroom for a live taping of Peter Bart and Peter Gruber's Sunday Morning Shootout (Air Date: Sun 02.13.2005, 11AM ET/PT AMC).
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NPR Interviews Chong

Today, National Public Radio conducted the most thorough interview we've heard with Tommy Chong since his release.
Touring...Chong says he's only able to perform in Canada until his probation is over (this Spring).
Arrest...He gave more details on his arrest. He says that undercover agents went to his son's bong factory and purchased $5,000 worth of bongs. These headshop owners/agents said they wanted to purchase even more bongs and asked Chong Glass to ship the bongs to the fake headshop. It was total entrapment. These agents had been trying to get Chong glass to ship bongs to Pennsylvania for months. They flew to the factory out of desperation.
Chong received the harsh nine month sentence because Tommy told the press that the only weapons of mass destruction George Bush found were his bongs. They even mentioned what Chong said during his sentencing.
Arnold Schwarzenegger...Tommy met Arnold at a gym and smoked pot with him shortly after Arnold came to the US. Arnold is in denial about it.
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Chong Discusses Thursday's Aspen Reunion

The Denver Post sat down with Tommy Chong to discuss this Thursday's reunion in Aspen. It will be a tribute to Cheech and Chong which will include a Q & A session.
During the interview, Tommy also mentions, that the reunion film is in the "rewrite-the-script stage."
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Chong To Be On Dennis Miller

Tommy Chong will be on Dennis Miller this Wednesday, 02.02.2005. Dennis Miller airs weeknights at 9PM EST on CNBC.
Update: During the interview, Dennis and Tommy briefly discussed C & C's Feb 10 Aspen reunion and said it will lead to future C & C endeavors...if Cheech can fit in the dresses. Chong also promoted THE MARIJUANA-LOGUES tour. Don't miss this tour. We've seen it and it's fantastic.

Review: Chong At Yuk Yuk's

Tommy and Shelby recently appeared at Canada's Yuk Yuk's.
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Chong Discusses Prison And Return To That 70's Show

The Calgary Sun sat with Tommy to discuss prison, the Cheech and Chong reunion film and his return to That 70's Show.

Chong Marijuana-Logues National Tour

Following the hit off-Broadway run, Ideal Entertainment Group and Magic Arts & Entertainment are bringing THE MARIJUANA-LOGUES starring TOMMY CHONG to cities across the North America beginning February of 2005.
Chong, best known for his legendary contribution to American counterculture in the comedy team Cheech & Chong, will continue with THE MARIJUANA-LOGUES, a stage show written by Arj Barker, Doug Benson and Tony Camin and directed by Jim Millan.
It's an evening of side-splitting humor that has a nation buzzing. Chong lights up the live theater stage with his unique perspective on life. (Disclaimer: This production does not glorify drug use. Rather, it illustrates that cannabis culture is a thing of substance, humor and creativity.) From hazy to highbrow, THE MARIJUANA-LOGUES proves that the stories surrounding the bud are as varied as those who indulge.
Purchase tickets here. note: for some reason, ticketmaster put different locations under each link.
NOTE: TOUR CANCELLED
Feb 18 Orpheum Theatre Vancouver, BCFeb 19 Moore Theatre Seattle, WAFeb 20 Keller Auditorium Portland, ORFeb 25 Music Hall Tucson, AZFeb 26 Wilshire Theatre Los Angeles, CAMar 4 The Palace Theatre Cleveland, OHMar 5 Royal Oak Music Theatre Detroit, MIMar 11 Palace of Fine Arts Theatre San Francisco, CAMar 18 Kezwick Theatre Glenside, PAMar 25 State Theatre Minneapolis, MNMar 26 Paramount Theatre Denver, COApr 16 Eureka Theatre Eureka, CAApr 29 Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJApr 30 Canon Theatre Toronto, ONMay 6 Pabst Theatre Milwaukee, WI

Stars Come Out For Bob Hope Classic

Stars Come Out For Bob Hope Classic 01.26.2005
A host of celebs came out this morning for the Bob Hope Classic golf tournament.
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Chong Discusses Johnny Carson

The Edmonton Sun spoke to Chong regarding the death of Johnny Carson. During the interview, he says that Cheech and Chong tried to get on the Tonight Show numerous times, but that Carson wouldn't have them on because of their image.
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Cheech To Play Bob Hope Classic

Cheech Marin and a host of other celebrities will be participating in this year's Bob Hope's Classic golf tournament. The event takes place at a number of golf courses January 24-30.
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Chong Touring Once Again

Tommy Chong and his wife, Shelby, are hitting the comedy circuit. They'll be at Toronto's
Yuk Yuk's comedy club January 29th.
Pauly Shore

Pauly Shore Is Dead

We first told you about this flick on 2001. Originally titled You'll Never Wiez In This Town Again, Pauly Shore's latest effort, Pauly Shore Is Dead is coming to DVD Jan 25th. The premise...Pauly loses everything he owns and decides to fake his own death. Needless to say, he gets caught.

The cast list is AWESOME. Most of the actors play themselves including Tommy Chong, Tommy Lee, Jerry Springer, Jaime Bergman of Howard Stern's Son Of The Beach, Ben Stiller and more.

Cheech Stars In New Pixar Movie

Pixar posted a teaser trailer for their latest film, Cars. It is set to be released in 2006 and stars Bonnie Hunt, Paul Newman, Owen Wilson and Cheech Marin.
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RIP Dimebag Darrel

Five people were shot dead at a Damageplan concert. The band contains ex-members of Pantera.
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Opening Night For Marijuana-Logues

Tonight marked Tommy Chong's New York Marijuana-Logues debut. See potshow.com for ticket information.

This is the first time we've seen this show. It's funny, not just a little funny, but a lot funny. The Actor's Playhouse is a small venue so every seat is a good seat. Essentially, it's a parody of the Vaginia-Logues. Three stoners, on stage at the same time, read their journals. The show is constantly evolving. The performers add new jokes daily and often improv.
Tommy was fantastic. He doesn't have the entire script memorized yet and one or two of the jokes written by the other performers didn't flow well. This worked to the show's benefit. When Tommy was tripped up, he would leave the script and throw in his own jokes. His jokes brought the biggest laughs. He and the other performers often threw in references to Tommy's arrest. We, the audience and the other performers constantly laughed out loud.

Tommy will only be with the New York Marijuana-Logues til December 19th. Then, the show heads to the West coast. If you're in the area, do not miss this opportunity to see it.
We had a chance to speak with Tommy Chong after the show.

He revealed that the director, Larry Charles, left the reunion movie project to work on a television series. New Line is currently looking for a new director. If New Line is reading this, they should hire David Leiner, the director of Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle. That's just a Cheech and Chong Dot Com wish.

There is also a rumor floating around that Tommy Chong cannot be near bongs or drug-related items during the filming of their new movie. Wrong! When the films starts filming this spring, his probation will be over. Furthermore, these items are props.

One of the most frequently asked questions we receive is "Who is performing the Hell On Wheels song in Next Movie?". Tommy confirmed that it's Steve Lukather of the band Toto.
In the following articles, Chong discusses the show and says he is finishing up his auto-biography and will be returning to That 70s Show next season.

New York Post
Playbill
AP
Hollywood
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AP Photo Of Chong At His Home

Guardian Interviews Cheech and Chong

British newspaper, Guardian Unlimited, recently sat down to conduct an interview with Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong. It's one of the better interviews we at Cheech and Chong Dot Com have read.
During the interview, Cheech mentioned that he still gets huge residual checks for the movie Up In Smoke. When asked about Tommy's imprisonment, Cheech calls Ashcroft a "fuckin' Nazi." Chong considers it good publicity.
Here's a great quote from Cheech: "We did six records, then six movies," says Cheech. "Now we need to do six of something else, so we get 666 - and then our master Satan can return!"Read this article.