Word: chong
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...been a good summer for Tommy Chong. The hippie icon celebrated his 70th birthday, published his 2nd book, Cheech and Chong: The Unauthorized Autobiography, and recently announced the end of his 26-year feud with Cheech Marin - they're reuniting next month for a national comedy tour, "Light Up America," Chong sat down with TIME to discuss stoner comedy, the politics of pot and the legacy of the counterculture...
TIME: Tell me about your book. Why did you decide to write it? CHONG: Everything that happens to me is very cosmic. And this book became very cosmic for a lot of reasons, you know. Because Cheech and Chong, we were way more than just a comedy team. We really were the Mum & Dad of the counterculture. Cheech and Chong, we were the ones who took it into your homes, into your head through the albums. And now that Mum and Dad are back together again, everybody's happy. Cheech really feels strongly that we could go down in history...
What do you think the fans are expecting? They probably won't expect what we look like. We look like the runner-up in a Cheech and Chong look-a-like contest. [Laughs] But they hear Cheech's voice and they hear my voice, everybody's going to go, "Ah, okay." We're all about being funny and making people laugh at stupid things...
...think about the latest batch of stoner films - Pineapple Express, Harold & Kumar? I read some reviews about Pineapple Express and one was very interesting. They said these movies, including ours, are an experience. It's like a contact high. If you look at all the Cheech and Chong movies, no one ever got hurt, no one ever got killed - the most you ever got was high...
...think race factored into your career? For some reason, Cheech and Chong, we obliterated the race line, just obliterated it. Because no one knows who we are. Everybody thinks we're them. That really is our magic...