Cheech & Chong's Hilarious Story of How They First Met

[@MrPrincepop]

1973, nine years old was the first time I heard 'Dave's not here'...been a lifetime fan ever since!

[@billt6116]

"An ear ache my eye! how would you like a butt ache?!" 😅

[@lpd1snipe]

That's my phone ringtone

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

I was 8, in 1973, around about then, my sister ( who was 16 ) and her friends were in her bedroom, giggling furiously and telling each other not to make too much nose or my mum would catch them. I went in "What are you doing sissy?". And they couldn't chuck me out or I would have squalled, so I was told to sit quiet in the corner. Didn't know what was what, until Sister Mary Olliphant came out of the speakers. :) .

[@lechatbotte.]

One of my favorite skits ever.

[@MichaelMattison-ko9mk]

Same here. Trippin In Court

[@stevewright2972]

Back in the mid 90's I was on my Lunch Break and I walked by this couple in front of a Flower Shop and thought the guy looked familiar. I raced back when I realized the dude was Tommy Chong with his wife. Super Friendly and outgoing.

[@Kmudaify]

I was recently at a "dispensary" in Missouri. They had "Acapulco Gold" on the menu. I sang them the "Acapulco Gold" song. They had never heard it. "No stems no seeds that you don't need. Acapulco Gold is.... %inhaling sound%.... bad ass weed!" Caused a good laugh in the room. Still funny, 50 years later.

[@MichaelMattison-ko9mk]

Gotta roll one now 😡

[@ped832]

I too remember those lyrics. I and 3 friends sang that song like a barber shop quartet in high school. We made the girls giggle. It was around ‘73 if I remember.😊

[@thelonesomefisherman7425]

Hmm... The Acapulco Gold song? I have to wonder if there's two songs with that title because I don't recognize the lyrics in the O.P. I know a song called Acupulco Goldie by Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show, written by Shel Silverstein. The lyrics say nothing about stems and seeds in this song. It's about a guy who gets drunk and stoned with a prostitute in a Mexican cantina who robs him when he passes out. Edit I did not know that Cheech & Chong did a bit called Acupulco Gold. I just found it after I made my post.

[@DarrellWefel-ts2kr]

You Two ? Were the Legends of My Youth !!! Thank You, For All THE SMILES !!!

[@drwisdom1]

Back in the early 1970s I went to a concert and Cheech and Chong were the warm up act. They had us laughing so hard it was better than the concert. I bought all their albums and about a dozen years ago had Mr. Chong sign my "Big Bambu" LP and huge paper at a book signing.

[@zekragash4294]

Saw them in about '74, in concert. Did their album stuff. Don't remember much about it, other than I had heard it all before.

[@t2k777]

very cool

[@brucefreadrich1188]

Cheech ruled at Jeopardy. That cat is smart.

[@sosimilkameen]

Cheech & Chong mugging Jonny Carson on a balcony! Hilarious

[@NVArt001]

I grew up watching their movies and listening to their albums. Pure comedy geniuses.

[@jeffwooten5205]

I love and miss these guys I have seen all, and own most of their movies. Thanks guys for making me laugh!

[@The4Crawler]

When I got my first apartment after graduating college, the resident manager at the 10 unit complex I moved into reminded me of Tommy Chong, same appearance, talked the same way, totally laid back and he enjoyed the weed most of the time. I hadn't started my new job yet and was waiting on my bank account to be transferred so I only had a few bucks in my wallet. The manager was cool with paying him when I got the money.

[@somejackball]

i discovered them way back in Military School in the mid 70s, several cadets/friends had their albums.. we'd listen to Cheech & Chong all the time

[@RaymondBCrisp]

"Dave's not here" remains one of my favorite skits.

[@markscheetz1608]

Before the movies they released albums. We use to roll one up and play them.

[@lescorlett4133]

I started listening to my brothers Cheech & Chong albums back in '78 when I was 12 years old. By the time I could get my hands on their movies in the early '80's they had become the blueprint for my late teens and early 20's. Much love and respect to them both. ❤

[@CatchersCatch]

These guys have Funny Bones - pure comedy, great comedians.

[@3lullabies]

Tom Green is a great host. Good questions. Never seen him outside his show before.

[@brucefreadrich1188]

I could hardly recognize him without his annoying on.

[@5jr.racing982]

Really? I find him kinda cringe...look how he's sitting...dufus😮

[@TimeTraveler-2099]

I'm so glad thoes two were able to workout their problems that broke up the act decades ago. And become good friends again.

[@googs1354]

born is in east la should be in the top 100 comedy movies of all time

[@eduarDOGames560]

Wassssapenning!!

[@ront769]

@@eduarDOGames560 I couldn't come up with a clever line from the movie. You nailed it!

[@brianthomason5022]

Cuz i was boorrrrn in east la!

[@goldwingerppg5953]

I was a teenager when “Up In Smoke” came out and I never laughed so hard in my life. It is still one of the funniest movies I’ve ever watched, however, I have to admit I was stoned when I watched it for the first time.

[@marksadler4457]

I woke up regularly to these two doing ear ache my eye before going to school. :)

[@grayharker6271]

While going through green berets training, we sang "Earache in my eye" running in formation!

[@stevewright2972]

That was my Favorite Record.

[@grayharker6271]

I had a squad leader that told me the first time he heard Cheech and Chong was in a sand bagged bunker in Vietnam!

[@SaintMartins]

Cheech & Chong's history is similar to the origin of the Rock band Heart. Nancy Wilson moved across the border to Vancouver, Canada because her boyfriend was dodging the Vietnam war draft too. While there she wanted to start a band so she called her sister Ann Wilson in Seattle and asked her to move to Vancouver to be in her band Heart ! The rest is history !

[@michaelbinbc]

This isn't exactly what happened. They already had a band in Seattle called The Army, later changed to Hocus Pocus, then eventually White Heart. Mike Fisher, who'd already dodged the draft and moved to Vancouver, crossed the border to see family back home. It's then that he met Ann at a Hocus Pocus show. She followed him back to Vancouver, and eventually formed Heart with the guys from White Heart. Nancy came up 2 years later. Fun fact: Heart used to do Led Zeppelin covers in clubs around town and Vancouver Island, and they were nicknamed 'Little Led Zeppelin.'

[@drewschrep]

I like Tom Green a lot more now than when he was younger (age and health problems will mature a fella real quick!).

[@mariyamwaniki]

I like grown up men too. It takes them a little longer but the wait is worth it.👍

[@stephenjones8885]

Yes... I had a moment of thinking "is that the same Tom Green?"

[@drwisdom1]

Regarding Cheech and Chong making LPs. One has to realize that they were a counterculture comedy act that would never be played by 1970s mainstream media. If it wasn't for LPs they couldn't have succeeded.

[@stephenletts4942]

they toured...

[@MichaelMattison-ko9mk]

Not here. Albums were great. Visually and audio-wise

[@jameshudson169]

my brother loved Up in Smoke so much he went and saw it again.

[@charlie-obrien]

We had to go once to fall out of our seats laughing and a second time so we could remember what we had seen. It was the 70's!

[@NVArt001]

I have all their movies on DVD.

[@polloqpolloq]

'Lost due to incompetence' is my Cruisin' thru my gated community go to....thanks guys, all my cares gone for over 50+ years....Rock On !

[@Vanmanic]

Big Bambu paper will never be forgotten.

[@tombassman]

Wow, they look so well and happy. Good to see em

[@andrewgalindo6959]

I grew up in the 70's listening to their albums while sitting around with my friends saying all the lines right along with the albums. Those were some of the best days of my life and memories that I hold very dear. I loved all the albums, Thank you guys for giving such great laughs and memories.

[@TheGentlemanScholar]

Thanks for the Manchester tour Giz!

[@2fishes-q5h]

Cheech and Chong came and performed, on stage at the Fox Arlington theater in Santa Barbara, early 70s... skits we first heard on vinyl records, they did on an empty stage with 2 folding chairs! True story, all fact no brag! They were comedic heroes in my circles!

[@edubfromktown]

They set the standard for what many have "emulated" for decades! So awesome.

[@nitajean9885]

Thanks. Nice to see a couple old pals 💜

[@FeatnikSF]

What isn’t mentioned in this version of their history is that they read all of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comics by cartoonist Gilbert Shelton and used the dope gags for their material. I worked for the publisher, Rip Off Press, and this was a known fact. At some point Cheech and Chong admitted being “inspired” by comics. I enjoyed Cheech Marin when he was the sidekick on the TV series Nash Bridges, filmed in San Francisco. We would see the cast of the show around town, in restaurants and public places.

[@rskeyesful]

1973 --- RR --- Bangkok, Thailand --- So many Firsts and one of them was Cheech and Chong...

[@kevinh6622]

My brother had the Wedding Album in the early 70's. We listened to that thing over and over. I was 8. I loved Ear Ache my Eye and Black Lassie. 🤣

[@johnlooney2319]

Cheech and Chong, just looking at them I feel so juvenile. We played their albums so much, they were memorized. Cant believe they put Chong in jail for selling bongs.

[@cardiganjackstriggerhappy43]

The day Legends were made

[@Graybeard_]

I was 17 when Up in Smoke came out. I lived in California. A bunch of us went to see the movie, and had to smoke weed the whole movie. One of the girls who was with us was a little paranoid that we would get caught (busted) for smoking weed in the theater even though we went all the way to the upper back seats. When the lights went up at the start of the intermission, there were dozens of smoke columns rising up. Almost everyone in the theater was smoking pot, including the two ushers. Life was grand back then!

[@scuss2]

Exactly. Our local rock radio station used to have Midnight movies and Up in Smoke was on the big screen. The whole theater was up in smoke. It was a blast, and all stoner age groups were there. Because of dry mouth or the munchies the concessions ran out of soda pop and popcorn. One big laughing stoner party. Then I told my high school classmates "about the time us baby boomers retire" various States will legalize Marijuana. Yup! I was 54 twelve years ago and cost a lot of money to get on the Medical Cannabis Program. Medical Patients don't have to pay tax on their Cannabis products. The Big Bambu Album came with a giant rolling paper, and 4 of us bought a Lid (ounce) for 10 bucks usd each, cleaned the bud of seeds and stems then it took 4 sets of hands to roll it, we had to break what we didn't smoke in fourths so we would have something to smoke for the next week.

[@JebusHypocristosX]

These two legends.

[@russellzauner]

10 year anneversary of the clip, thanks

[@JohnHawley-c5n]

It sickened me that Chong spent time in prison for selling bongs.

[@johnspooner1403]

When their first album came out, I was in grade 9 in Cultus Lake, BC. They seemed ao exotic and other worldly, but little did I know they were only an hour’s drive west of me.

[@the_lost_navigator]

DANA-DANA-DANA-DA-DA-DAAAA ♫ My Mama sock it to me tryin tell me how live... DANA-DANA-DANA-NA-DA-DA-DAAAA but I don't listen to her cause my head is like a sieve... DANA-DA-DANA-DA-DAD-DA-DAAA ♫... My Brother had the Album with the giant rolling paper in it. RESPECT eh!

[@kennethohnemus3192]

Big Bamboo

[@charlie-obrien]

I remember how hip and cool I thought I was as a teenager for having Cheech & Chong albums and sharing with my friends. we were real rebels! Then one day I came home and my dad and his buddies, steelworkers who were around 50 at the time, were in the basement of the house listening to my Ch&Ch records and laughing their butts off. Hilarious then and still today, it wasn't just dope humor, but well crafted comedy. From inside the trunk: "Hey man, what's going on out there?... "I think it's raining man..." Sounds of tinkling.

[@finalenforcer]

Probably drove my parents nuts playing "Earache my eye" basically every morning while I got ready for school... Lol

[@donaldteal6315]

Great to see living legend's All the best Cheech and Chong God bless you and your family's ✝️🕊️🇺🇸

[@ronrice1931]

I'd never seen Tom Green interview somebody before. He is very good at it!

[@josephcampbell9351]

Shout out too you Mr. Green!! You are without question one of the first Podcasters!!! Cuedo’s Tom😊

[@MasterofPuberty]

Never seen Tom Green so starstruck. This is adorable.

[@peternewman958]

I had records and 8 track cartridges of them, then they came on tour in Australia and I saw them in Adelaide live. Funniest show ever and they really stirred up the police who were also there looking for smoke. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@timdownunder]

Perth Concert Hall, Western Australia 1974. Never laughed so much - it was painful. 😂

[@cdjhyoung]

In '75 I was working in a factory. The night cleaning crew were these three old brothers (like 70's old). Saturday night was their party night, and I got invited to one of their parties. Some old worn out ladies, some rally cheap wine, doopies up the wazoo and Cheech and Chong endlessly on the BETA MAG. Like us 23 year olds, they had every word of every routine memorized.

[@fredrickemp7242]

Every one in my school we’re talking to each other doing Cheech & Chong voices and they would actually switch to a one and mid sentence they would switch and do the other ones. It was so popular that even the teachers were doing it.

[@eddieo2824]

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[@rareform6747]

The bar tender never gets killed ......

[@roughrider6129]

What's in the guitar case?

[@Mahnamahna1100]

Wish they'd make another movie

[@michaelbinbc]

They just released 'Cheech and Chong's Last Movie' in March 2024, premiered at SXSW. Not sure where else to watch it though.

[@michaelbinbc]

I'm in Vancouver, and saw these guys on stage in 2013. They said Up in Smoke was based entirely on the Vancouver stoner scene. Sgt. Stedenko was actually based on real-life Vancouver RCMP drug squad member, Abe Snidanko. Google him. After the movie came out, his cover was blown, so they had to ship him to another country. When he retired, Cheech and Chong sent him an autographed photo... lol. And the club Tommy owned is now a bank. 😋 I met Tommy on Granville Street here in Vancouver back in 1994. He used to hang out at Marc Emery's Hemp BC bookstore. One day he's standing in front of a theater on Granville, handing out pamphlets about a film called Sex, Drugs and Democracy... all about life in Amsterdam. It was a pretty cool movie.

[@cynthiarowley719]

Tommy invented Canadian Burlesque

[@denniscashell2407]

Dave's Not here😅

[@scubajeeper1]

Hey man, what’s wrong with the TV? I don’t know, it’s been like that all day………..click😂

[@floydfan5993]

we used the giant rolling paper that came with the albums a few times.

[@wayneherman9246]

They are the best

[@Rick-np9vz]

Most of my introduction to Cheech and Chong was on eight track tapes!

[@MOColumbia]

Lets just say, it was the best selling because of, well, the Big Bamboo rolling paper, you could roll a 1/4 pound in that thing, and we did, many times. I bet I bough that album a dozen times just for the paper.🤪

[@scuss2]

Our local record store kept selling out of the Album. We too, would clean 4 ounces of weed and roll it up then, 4 Circle of friends show up at a local park and myself and another friend started laughing and making comments. Hey man We will bet all of you that we rolled the biggest joint in the world. We're going to be famous! Then we were asked "where do you get a rolling paper that big"? The Big Bambu Album by Cheech and Chong.

[@bretthagey7916]

AGGGH YA STUCK IT IN MY EYE, MAN. Classic :-)

[@kurtvanluven9351]

If that is a current photo, Tommy looks great. I know he is old because I am OLD and when they put out their first album, I was 8 years old!

[@ckegman6103]

big bamboo that all I have to say... Biggest Spliff I ever rolled.. LOL

[@kennethohnemus3192]

I suppose y'all have heard the updated version of the song Up in Smoke?

[@mikeh-p7q]

"The Corsican Brothers" Best movie.

[@ronblack7870]

i liked it but it didn't do well as i recall.

[@barrymccreary9565]

Early seventies was in navy in sicily they put a big rolling paper in their big bamboo lp the rest i forget i mean we rolled a blunt

[@nexussever]

The first time that I went to Amsterdam, I went looking for a coffee shop (that is a place where you can buy marijuana.) I was walking in the center of town, looked up and saw a big billboard on the side of the building with Cheech and Chong's faces on it with "Nice Dreams" on it. I knew that I found the place. 🤪

[@chargerdave2046]

It's me man!

[@jamesfrancis5910]

I grew up on Cheech and Chong.

[@rtazman2004]

The first time I heard Cheech and Chong was from a tape that my sister gave me after I asked to borrow at 100 times I will listen to that thing over and over and just sit there and laugh till I was tired in my eyes rolling down my cheeks Franklin & tape recorder over and tell him my friends you got to hear this Manticore start doing the skits from Ralph and Harvey to Sister Mary elephant and definitely one of the earache my eye LOL how's the list goes on forever then we grew up listen to Cheech and Chong and I still do LOL and of course March's movies have Cheech and Chong Up In Smoke nice dreams intercourse the list that goes on😂👍👍❤️🤍💙🦅🇺🇸😇🙏🏻

[@ZombifiedPreacher1]

The original Tenac

[@thomaslarue1454]

Live in Chicago

[@Tedroy]

The shocker here is that Tom Green is all grown up.

[@patriciafeehan7732]

The Big Bamboo.

[@ant-1382]

Go to the back of my parents property pass around a couple J's. Then sneak back and put on up the smoke album, in the down stairs den. Laugh our selves silly. Mom would come in never did figure out what it was all about. Ah but that was the 70's.

[@hushmoney2058]

You Guys ....

[@genepozniak]

🤣

[@eligebrown8998]

That FBI agent that got chong arrested should have hone to pridon for what he did.

[@a-fl-man640]

i'm just a love machine

[@Cuilirish]

I thought Ed Sullivan was a drunk!

[@joshuapotts7634]

Their brand of humor is canceled and gone forever...even being a fan of it can get you in big trouble lol. When I was a kid in the early 80s I was watching Cheech & Chong's Next Movie with my friends. We were black, white, Mexican, Puerto Rican. Chong started singing his "Beaners" song and we all started laughing. Black friend asked Mexican friend, "Do you guys really eat that many beans?" "Hell yes we do...want some?" Laughed even harder. Good times, gone forever. No humor allowed anymore.

[@stevelawrie9115]

I'm pretty sure these guys we're not real stoners. I'm sure that there may have been the occasional whoops but they couldn't have done the comedy they did off face. 😀

[@michaelbinbc]

They got so high filming the first movie that they wasted so much film. They never smoked on set after that. They're as real as it gets man. I saw them on stage here in Vancouver back in 2013... they said Up in Smoke was entirely based on Vancouver's hippie scene. Sgt. Stedenko was based on real-life Vancouver RCMP drug squad member Abe Snidanko. After the movie, Abe's cover was blown, and had to be transferred out of country. Cheech and Chong sent him an autographed photo when he retired. 😎

[@markadams7597]

Still bizarre, still odd, and still dull....

[@lrs7777]

Tommy talks too much.

[@joevaroskovic8475]

That shows you how society is you look at these people and you idolize them turn off better than you can you listen to all the garbage another nasty things in their movies which comes from the devil and you idolize them I'm not trying to be mean I pray for these people so they don't lose their souls

[@kshepard52]

I KNOW it's bullshit when they claim to have hired Eeyore.

[@MorrisTillberg]

I remember getting stoned, and listening to their cassette tape, that was before Up in Smoke movie came out.

[@thatfeeble-mindedboy]

Tommy’s voice is so iconic… when I was in high school, one’s rank in the pecking order was determined by how much : Cheech and Chong, George Carlin, National Lampoon, or Monty Python material one had memorized, and could spontaneously inject, at precisely the appropriate moment “… oh wow … he poot th’cigrette out’niz eye, myann…” or “That was bloody awful, and you shan’t be allowed to do it again..” Still works in a room full of baby boomers if they’re at least 60… why, I’d have em all on the floor down at the nursing home …