RIP Pat Morita

Pat Morita, Mr Miyagi from the Karate Kid, passed away yesterday. His is survived by his wife, Evelyn Guerrero, Donna from the Cheech and Chong films, and three daughters.

Jaime Camil Later Than Expected

Jamime Camil, formerly in Mambo Kings, will be joining Latinologues later than expected because he's finishing filming of I Love Miami. He'll begin his role as ex-member of Menudo on December 6th.
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Bosquez Returns To Logues

CBS 2 anchorman, Mario Bosquez, will return to Latinologues November 22nd. He will once again play a latin soap opera star just as he did during his first appearance, November 1st.
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Crime Ring In Holland?

Holland fans, we need your help. This person has been sending us phony money orders. Please do some research and let us know what you find out. Who is he? Contact your local authorities.
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Interview With Rae Dawn Chong

Asian Week magazine interviewed Tommy Chong's daughter, Rae Dawn, about growing up with a mixed racial background, her career, as well as growing up as a celebrity daughter.
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Molina To Appear In Latinologues

On November 19th, Raul de Molina, host of Univision's El Gordo y La Flaca, will make a guest appearance in Latinologues .
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Mambo King Camil To Join Latinologues

On November 25th, Jaime Camil, formerly of Mambo Kings, will join the cast of Latinologues . He will be portraying a new character, "ex-member of Menudo." He will remain with the production until the end of it's run.
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SurfControl Bans This Site

Many companies use SurfControl to block emails from certain web sites. Damn censors! We emailed SurfControl and this was their response:

"This website, www.cheechandchongfans.com, meets our criteria for the Illegal Drugs category. Not only does the drug humor "Glamorize" using marijuana, but they include multiple banners on their sites for drug test screen beating agents and some other drug related clothing and odds-and-ends.

Thanks for sending on, for your quick perusal, here is the criteria for our Illegal Drugs Category:

Recipes, instructions or kits for manufacturing or growing illicit substances for purposes other than industrial usage Glamorizing, encouraging, or instructing on the use of or masking the use of alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs, or other substances that are illegal to minors.

Information on "legal highs": glue sniffing, misuse of prescription drugs or abuse of other legal substances.

Distributing illegal drugs free or for a charge

Displaying, selling, or detailing use of drug paraphernalia"

Sorry we can't accommodate your request, but to keep it in perspective, your customers can access your newsletter from their personal systems."

cptechsupport@surfcontrol.

Cheech Tattoo

Sebastian, a German Cheech and Chong fan, recently got this Cheech tattoo. He's getting his Chong tattoo shortly.

Boycott Google!

Stop using Google! Google will not allow Cheech and Chong Dot Com to advertise on their site because they consider this site a "drug related."
In addition, they will not allow any domain that contains the name "chong" to advertise. Apparently, ever since Tommy was arrested, they think that every Asian named "chong" is related to drugs.

Latinologues Extended

On the CBS Morning Show, Rick Najera revealed that Latinologues has been extended through the end of the year. That's right. It's been so popular that it's running until December 31st.
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Chong at Wonders of Cannabis Festival

CraigX provided us with photos from this past weekend's Wonders of Cannabis Festival. Craig has a recurring role on Showtime's, Weeds. Both he and Chong spoke at the event.
During interviews, Tommy kept the anti-Cheech sentiment to a mininum, but there was the occasional jab.

Tommy said that he is going to be more active in the pot movement and that his wife, Shelby, encouraged him to participate in this festival.

CBS Anchorman Latinologues Guest Appearance

On Nov 1, CBS Channel 2 anchorman Mario Bosquez will make a guest appearance in Latinologues . He will play a Latin soap star. Bosquez's appearance will be filmed for an upcoming segment on CBS' "Morning News" program in November.
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Vote For Cheech & Chong

Parade magazine wants you to vote for the best all-time comedy team. Vote for Cheech and Chong! If they win, maybe this will make them reconsider the reunion.
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Final Season Of That 70s Show

Tommy is returning for the eighth and final season of Fox's That 70s Show. He's now part of a new opening credits song.
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CBS News Interviews Cheech Marin

CBS News posted a video interview with Cheech Marin and the cast of Latinologues on their web site.

When asked about comedy during the 70s, Cheech said "Laughter was much better back then. It was cheaper! We've come a long way The audience is much more intelligent. I'm much more comfortable being out on the edge than being the center of the mainstream".

Meanwhile, Hispanic Business Magazine named Rick Najera one of the most influential latinos in America.

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Photos From Harvest Fest

Brett Alexander (comedian, actor, musician, creator of the Cheech and Chong signature guitar series) provided us with photos from Harvest Fest. It was a lot of fun even in the rain. The Cheech and Chong bots looked great. His friend, Pete, is on guitar.

Latinologues Opening Night

Tonight, we went to the opening night of Latinologues , the Broadway play Cheech is directing. It was much better (we didn't think it could get any better) than the preview we went to a few weeks ago. There was more improv and new jokes. We laughed our asses off. People were laughing so hard that they couldn't catch their breath. The actors kept having to take long pauses, waiting for everyone to settle down.

The aftershow party at Havana (46th, betw 6th & 7th) had numerous models and celebs which we could not identify. Check out the footage below and let us know who these people are.

We sat at a table with Latinologues writer RickNajera, Cheech, what we think was Cheech's girlfriend, Geraldo and Geraldo's wife.

Rick Najera is a super nice guy. He's the type of guy you'd go to a bar and drink beers with. I asked Cheech about his current projects, but once again did not want to discuss the termination of the C & C reunion. Cheech Marin is a humble individual, appreciative of everything in his life. All he would say was that "tommy is a unique individual". We genuinely think Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong really wanted to do the movie, but things just didn't work out. Cheech doesn't have anything bad to say about anyone.

We asked Cheech about Senor Dracula, a Spanish version of the film Dracula which he is directing. The film is still being written. Efren Ramirez, the actor that played Pedro in Napoleon Dynamite, appears in the film.


While we were there, we spoke to Cheech about a top secret project we here at Cheech and Chong Dot Com are working on. He was very interested. In mid-November, we will make a formal announcement. There will be tons of fanfare and we think all Cheech and Chong fans will love it.

Other celeb sightings...Rosie Perez. She looks great.

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Actors thank the audience.
Random video from aftershow party which shows the ambience.

Latinologues Articles

Over the next few days, we'll be posting articles and interviews regarding this Thursday's Broadway opening of Latinologues . The show is fantastic.
Purchase tickets for Thursday's star-studded opening here.
NY Daily News

NY Daily News

AP

NY Newsday

USA Today

The Journal News

Playbill

Hollywood Reporter

FBI May Change Hiring Policy

Apparently, the FBI has a policy which prevents them from hiring certain people that have previously used drugs.

AP interviewed Tommy Chong regarding this policy.

"I don't think you could find anybody who hasn't tried marijuana, and I take a lot of credit for that," said Tommy Chong, the comedian whose films with Cheech Marin provided over-the-top portrayals of marijuana culture during the 1980s. "They're going to have to change their policy."

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Update: This article and Tommy's quote has appeared in nearly every newspaper around the world.