News of the day! It appears that Cheech and Chong will be putting their differences aside and launching into a comedy tour! We get wind of this story thanks to our friends at Latino Review:
According to a report on the Associated Press, Cheech and Chong are high on plans to reunite for their first comedy tour in more than 25 years. Cheech Marin told AP Radio that he and Tommy Chong “looked at each other going, `If we’re ever going to do something it has to be now because you’re not getting any younger and neither am I.'”
They tossed around some ideas and figured a comedy tour would be “the most fun” and “the least hassle,” the 62-year-old Marin said. Marin said he thinks dope humor can be as funny today as it was back in the ’70s. “I think it’s time for a revival of dope jokes. It’s a much bigger audience now, it’s much more widespread and institutionalized,” he said in an interview earlier this month.
Details of the “Hey, What’s That Smell?” tour were to be announced Wednesday at a news conference in West Hollywood, Calif.,.
I am very, very excited and hope to catch one of their shows. Chong sells out rooms like few others when he comes to Canada and does sets at Yuk Yuks. I can only imagine the frenzy that will occur when this team of titans hits the road after 25 years off of the stage.
When I was a fledgeling teenager my brother and I would pester my mom relentlessly until she let us rent Cheech and Chong films. I loved them then and I love them now, I will consider it a milestone in my own life if I get to see them live on stage. This is huge fuckin’ news, with luck we will see a resurgence of retired comedians follow; Steve Martin – I am looking at you.
