Cheech and Chong look back on the 40th anniversary of 'Up In Smoke' and explain why they were sober filming it. ... Topics: #Marijuana Tags: CHEECH AND CHONG, MARIJUANA. Listen To This.

Cheech and Chong's popularity seemed to parallel the public's view of marijuana. A Gallup Poll in 1978, the year "Up in Smoke" was released, found that fully 28 percent of Americans favored ...

Chong added, “I got off cigarette smoke, tobacco, with marijuana because every time I felt like a cigarette, I’d light a joint. And I could only smoke a little bit, so I’d put it out.

That sense of community propelled Cheech and Chong into superstars after Up in Smoke became a surprise hit when it opened in 1978, its impact reverberating over decades. Ice Cube has said he’d ...

It’s 1978, and Cheech and Chong are rolling down the California highway in their low rider “Love Machine” in a scene from their first movie “Up in Smoke.” But they’re also rolling the ...

ASPEN, Colo. – Cheech and Chong (search) may have joked about marijuana in their movies, but the comedians say they didn't touch the stuff when the cameras were rolling. "We tried one time and ...

When it comes to cannabis culture, no two names are more prominent than Cheech and Chong. Entertaining the marijuana masses for over 50 years, the duo defined stoner comedy. After meeting in ...

"They got this big old bong, and then they would put an eighth of weed in the bowl, and then they would fire it up with like a blowtorch," Tommy Chong, now 84 years old, recalled in an interview ...

When Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong made their feature film debut in 1978 with Up in Smoke it was a game changer.. Made for $2 million, it took $44 million at the box office - adjusted for inflation ...

It’s 1978, and Cheech and Chong are rolling down the California highway in their low rider “Love Machine” in a scene from their first movie “Up in Smoke.” But they’re also rolling the ...