Cheech and Chong To Tour Au... Jan 25, 2009 12:16:14 by Paul Cashmere - January 25 2009 Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong are coming down under. The “dopiest” comedians of the 70s and 80s will make Australia a part ...View Full Article
Reunited Cheech and Chong S... Jan 25, 2009 12:16:14 Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong made their greatest mark in the movies, riding their stoner humor to pop culture idolatry in the late '70s and early '...
Counterculture comeback: Ch... Jan 25, 2009 12:16:14 Filmmaker Josh Gilbert created the documentary entitled "a/k/a Tommy Chong." Chong is a regular contributor to Cannabis Culture magazine and sits o...
Cheech & Chong still smokin' Jan 25, 2009 12:16:14 Keep up with the brisk banter between Richard ''Cheech'' Marin, 62, and Tommy Chong, 70, and you easily burn off enough calories to keep out of the...
Before branching out into film, Chong was a guitarist and songwriter for MotownbandBobby Taylor & the Vancouvers. Among his compositions for the group were "Does Your Mama Know About Me", which hit #29 on the USpop chart and #5 on the US R&B chart.
In the late 1980s, Chong became a naturalized citizen of the United States
Chong was a recurring character and later a regular character as the hippie "Leo" during the second, third, and fourth seasons of That '70s Show.
In 2003, Chong was one of those targeted by two American investigations code-named Operation Pipe Dreams and Operation Headhunter, which sought out businesses selling drug paraphernalia, mostly marijuana pipes. He was charged for his part in financing and promoting Chong Glass/NiceDreams, a company started by his son Paris. Chong agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute drug paraphernalia in exchange for non-prosecution of his wife, Shelby, and his son. While most of the approximately 55 individuals charged as a result of the operations were sentenced to fines and home detentions, Chong was sentenced on September 11, 2003 to 9 months in a federal prison, forfeiture of $103,000, and a year of probation. While government officials denied that Chong was treated any differently from the other defendants, many felt that he was made an example of by the government. Soon afterwards, marijuana advocates started the "FreeTommy Chong!" movement that calls for his release. Chong served his sentence from October 8, 2003 to July 7, 2004, and in December 2004 was to appear off-Broadway in a one-man Show entitled "The marijuana-Logues", a parody of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues.
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