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32-403: Big Bambú is the second album by Cheech & Chong , released in 1972 . The name Big Bambu is a reference to the actual Bambu brand of rolling paper . The original LP concept and album package was approved by the producer Lou Adler and designed by Ron Larson and manufactured by Sound Packaging Corp. to look like a giant rolling paper package, and contained a giant rolling paper with

64-505: A Funny or Die video titled "Cheech and Chong Get Out the Vote!" The video, which encouraged people to get out and vote, was released the day after the United States general election . On November 30, 2008, Cheech & Chong were honored during the roast special Cheech & Chong: Roasted on TBS hosted by Brad Garrett which included other guests, among them Chong's wife. The event

96-662: A viral video posted on YouTube which at first appeared to be a trailer for a (non-existent) upcoming movie titled Cheech & Chong's Magic Brownie Adventure , but which at the end revealed itself to be a commercial for Fiber One 100-calorie snack brownies. In 2012, Chong revealed to CNN's Don Lemon that he was battling prostate cancer . It was unknown how this would affect any future projects. On September 28, 2014, they were guests of Doug Benson on his podcast Getting Doug with High . The pair appeared together on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on April 23, 2018, in response to recent news that John Boehner had joined

128-479: A Joni Mitchell song ("Twisted" on the album Court and Spark ). In 1985 the duo released their album Get Out of My Room , which included the novelty hit song " Born in East L.A. " (based on Bruce Springsteen 's " Born in the U.S.A. "). This song later served as the basis for 1987 film of the same title , in which Marin played the starring role. Immediately following the release of the album, Marin separated himself from

160-427: A musician. City Works performed as part of a "hippie burlesque " at Shanghai Junk, a strip club owned by Chong's family. Marin briefly joined City Works as a replacement for the original straight man. According to Chong's book The Unauthorized Autobiographyæ , the two came out one night to warm up the crowd for a new musical group of Chong's, but never relinquished the stage due to the audience's strong laughter. As

192-563: A radio program appearance on The Bob & Tom Show . In March 2009, they recorded two shows at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio for a DVD release of the reunion tour. In 2011, both performers were guests stars on the animated sitcom The Simpsons , on the episode " A Midsummer's Nice Dream ". The episode focuses on a fictitious separation of the duo, with Homer taking Chong's place. In August 2012, Cheech & Chong appeared at

224-449: A reference to their iconic "Dave" skit from their 1972 debut album. In 2000 both performers voiced characters in the animated television series South Park for the episode " Cherokee Hair Tampons ", but their voices were recorded separately. Both Marin and Chong indicated in a 2003 episode of Biography that they were willing to reunite. The duo had plans to reunite for another film when Chong's California-based company, Chong's Glass,

256-577: A singing segment they started to perform their song "Mexican Americans", but it turned into "Get It Legal", in reference to their current U.S. tour. On March 1, 2010, Cheech & Chong were the guest hosts of WWE Raw in Oklahoma City . On April 20, 2010 ( 4/20 ) Cheech and Chong's Hey, Watch This , the DVD filmed in San Antonio on March 14, 2009, was released. In September 2011, Cheech & Chong appeared in

288-488: Is "Dave's not here", from their self-titled debut album . Their early success culminated with the release of their first feature-length movie, Up in Smoke , in 1978. It became something of a cult classic , and was also successful enough at the box office (grossing over $ 44 million despite a low budget) to warrant two sequels: Cheech and Chong's Next Movie in 1980, and Nice Dreams in 1981. These were followed by

320-471: Is deposed. As Luís prepares for the dual wedding between the brothers and princesses, he suddenly fears for their future , and Lucien sweeps in to rescue him as they both leave the princesses at the altar, resolved to cross the globe and start a revolution in America. After their saga concludes, Los Guys resume playing in an outdoor cafe, covering Chuck Berry 's " Nadine ," to an indifferent audience. Much of

352-465: Is to disguise themselves respectively as a gay Spaniard hairdresser and Nostradamus , who are prepared to visit the queen with the Marquis du Hickey. Despite a setback in which they are temporarily imprisoned because Lucien would rather fight outnumbered than flee from danger as Luís wanted, Lucien manages to escape. At Luís's execution, Lucien and the peasants storm the festivities, Luís is freed and Fuckaire

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384-915: The Hoyt Axton track "No No Song," on Axton's album Southbound . They are credited with "attempted temptation" in the liner notes. In 1979, Cheech & Chong were given the Comedy Medal from Mira Costa College. In 2007, Brett Harvey 's marijuana advocacy documentary The Union: The Business Behind Getting High starred Tommy Chong as a commentator about marijuana related issues and his drug paraphernalia charge in 2003. The film had many other notable names such as former Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell , Canadian marijuana seed retailer Marc Emery , Canadian baking marijuana icon " Watermelon Girl ", and other marijuana advocates like Author & Former 'Pot TV' Manager ChrBennett and former High Times editor Steve Bloom . On November 5, 2008, Cheech and Chong reunited for

416-535: The hippie and free love era, and especially the drug and counterculture movements, most notably their love for cannabis . The duo met in Vancouver, British Columbia , in 1969. Chong was a Canadian citizen, and Cheech had moved there from Southern California to avoid the draft at the height of the Vietnam War . Chong had formed an improv group called "City Works" after seeing Second City Improv while touring as

448-535: The 13th annual Gathering of the Juggalos in Cave-in-Rock, IL. In February 2014, Cheech and Chong appeared on an episode of Tom Green Live . In March 2014, they announced they were working on a new movie, with writer/director Jay Chandrasekhar . In 1974, Cheech & Chong contributed background voices on the song " Twisted ", on Joni Mitchell 's album Court and Spark . In 1975, Cheech & Chong featured on

480-409: The 1994 animated film The Lion King were storyboarded as being characters modeled after Cheech and Chong. Due to the duo not getting along with each other at the time, and Whoopi Goldberg taking interest in the role of Shenzi, Chong was not cast, but Cheech played the part of Banzai. Cheech %26 Chong%27s The Corsican Brothers To date, it is the last live-action film starring the duo, and

512-487: The board of a marijuana company. The pair expressed displeasure that marijuana was no longer rebellious, Cheech remarking that he could now buy weed "from a store in a strip mall" when before he could only buy it from "behind a store in a strip mall". They then joked that they would no longer be doing stoner comedy and would do comedy about things that were still illegal, such as unpasteurized dairy products, importing exotic reptiles, taping and distributing football games without

544-593: The consent of the NFL, and burning leaves without a permit. Cheech & Chong were selected by the Red Hot Chili Peppers to present to them the Global Icon Award at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards on August 28, 2022. On April 17, 2024, Cheech & Chong were added to Call of Duty: Warzone & Modern Warfare III as a part of a purchasable bundle worth 3,000 CoD Points (equivalent to 30 USD). In this bundle,

576-419: The film's humor comes from anachronisms : The Corsican Brothers is set in the 1840s (in the film it is portrayed closer to 18th-century, pre- revolution France ), but Nostradamus, who lived and died three centuries prior, makes an appearance, and Luís is said to have spent time in a modern-day Mexico. Leonard Maltin said the film was "Staggeringly unfunny even by C&C standards; the previews for Start

608-558: The improv group had not been a financial success at the strip club—they drew a large but low-spending crowd—the two decided to form a comedy duo and play different venues. Successful as a duo, they eventually moved to Los Angeles. The pair performed stand-up shows, released many successful comedy record albums, and starred in a series of low-budget films. Some of their best-known comedy routines and songs include " Earache My Eye ", " Basketball Jones ", " Santa Claus and His Old Lady ", and " Sister Mary Elephant ". Perhaps their most famous line

640-635: The less successful Things Are Tough All Over (1982) and Still Smokin (1983). The pair attempted a departure from their stoner comedy with 1984's Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers . Their most recent starring vehicle as a duo was 2014's Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie . Chong directed four of their films while co-writing and starring in all seven with Marin. They also appeared in smaller supporting roles in Graham Chapman 's Yellowbeard and Martin Scorsese 's After Hours , as well as

672-415: The only one that does not heavily revolve around the normal elements of stoner comedy (being that there are very few references to marijuana ). Instead the film elects to be a straightforward farce of swashbuckler films. Los Guys, a rockabilly band, has developed a racket playing loud music on the streets of France and accepting payment for them to stop playing. While at a nearby restaurant counting

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704-422: The pair's drug-inspired act by working on a solo career. After their contentious parting in the 1980s, the duo spent years without working together. In 1992 the two worked together for the first time in several years, voicing characters in the animated film FernGully: The Last Rainforest . In 1997, Chong made an appearance on Marin's TV series Nash Bridges , in an episode titled "Wild Card," which contained

736-511: The player receives both Cheech & Chong as playable characters, as well as three weapon blueprints with special "Pain Puff Tracers" and the "Doobie Dismemberment" effect upon killing an enemy, a unique execution, loading screen, weapon charms, and decals. In 1980, there were plans to make a film called Riding High with Cheech & Chong . Ivan Reitman conceived Stripes as a Cheech and Chong vehicle. Cheech and Chong's manager thought

768-428: The proceeds from their latest "gig," two lead band members meet a gypsy storyteller. She tells them the story of The Corsican Brothers . The story begins with the birth of two superfecund twin brothers, Louis and Lucien (played by adult Cheech and Chong as babies, children and adults), each by a different aristocratic French father; the two fathers end up dead in a botched duel over their partner's infidelity, with

800-613: The record. Vinyl copies with the rolling paper have become collectible and hard to find. The original CD packaging has been slightly reformatted, and does not contain rolling papers. In generally positive review published in Rolling Stone , Janet Maslin singled out the duo's voice work for particular praise. "The thing Cheech and Chong are great with is voices. Each has terrific ears for dialect, anything from spare change wino to jiveass soul, and there are at least 20 distinct personae showing up here, all of them cleverly done." The album

832-406: The royals' harsh treatment of peasants in the country, particularly that of the queen's regent , the sadistic ( in more ways than one ) Fuckaire, who usurped the king after his disappearance. The cowardly Luís is reluctant to help his brother's revolutionary plans, but both find themselves drawn to two of the queen's daughters (played by Cheech and Chong's real-life wives). The crux of Lucien's scheme

864-483: The script was very funny; however, the comedy duo wanted complete creative control, so Reitman told the screenwriters to rewrite it for Bill Murray and Harold Ramis . Screenwriter Tom McLoughlin also pitched a sequel to the slasher film Friday the 13th in which Cheech and Chong, playing camp counselors, faced off against killer Jason Voorhees , as a comedy horror movie in the vein of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein . The hyenas Banzai and Shenzi in

896-550: The twins raised as orphans. At age nine, their trait of feeling pain from the other's injuries becomes apparent (it becomes the film's predominant running gag ); they accidentally burn down their house while playing with this power, and they decide to split up. At age 30, they reunite: Louis (now Luís) wound up in Mexico working low-end jobs (though he claims to be a wealthy businessman) and Lucien, who stayed in France, has grown resentful of

928-686: Was filmed at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas during The Comedy Festival . On April 17, 2009, while on the Sydney leg of their "Cheech and Chong Light Up Australia" Tour, they had to delay the start of their show as it became the target of a drug operation by the New South Wales Police. About 25 police and four drug dogs were involved, searching around 50 people, with six people caught in possession of small amounts of cannabis . On January 25, 2010, Cheech & Chong appeared on Lopez Tonight . During

960-506: Was nominated for Best Comedy Recording at the 15th Grammy Awards , but lost to George Carlin's FM & AM . 3:08 1:08 3:57 Cheech %26 Chong Cheech & Chong are a comedy duo founded in Vancouver and consisting of American Cheech Marin and Canadian Tommy Chong . The duo found commercial and cultural success in the 1970s and 1980s with their stand-up routines, studio recordings, and feature films, which were based on

992-552: Was raided by federal officials in February 2003, as part of a federal crackdown on "drug-related paraphernalia". In a plea bargain which allowed his son and wife to remain out of jail, Chong pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to distribute drug paraphernalia in May, and in September 2003 was sentenced to nine months in federal prison, fined $ 20,000, and forced to forfeit $ 120,000 in assets. He

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1024-566: Was released in July 2004. His cellmate was Jordan Belfort . With Chong released, the duo planned to resume production on a reunion film. A variety of titles were rumored, including Grumpy Old Stoners . But they announced in September 2005 that the reunion film had been canceled. Beginning in September 2008, Cheech and Chong reunited for the Light Up America comedy tour which opened in Ottawa , making

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