Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong will descend like a cloud on the Verizon Wireless Theater this Friday night for the Houston leg of their comedy tour, "Get It Legal." On their second reunion tour in three years, or what they remember of it, these men (who could be the last true comedic duo still standing), talked to Art Attack about the finer things: flying first class, the best type of weed and parenting---in addition to why the estranged partners decided to give it another go.
Cheech, the Chicano nicknamed after a Mexican pork-rind, and Chong, a half-Asian, full-subscriber to the hippy code (peace, love, and good smoke), together prove one thing: they're still funny as hell. Note how they take a routine Q-and-A and turn it on its head, much like they did with America's culture, or what it was until they offered up an abrupt counter, then stood back in the haze and giggled at it.
We offer up a couple audio files ('cause you can't deny those distinct voices) and a transcribed excerpt of our talk.
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hangover cures, coconuts
hangover cures, coconuts
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getting old
getting old
Art Attack: On Prop 19, Even though it didn't pass, did you ever think you'd see the day when marijuana was being dispensed to the public like it is today? Medically legal now in thirteen states, dispensaries seem vaguely reminiscent of your renovated ice cream truck in Nice Dreams.
Tommy Chong: We were really ahead of the thing, weren't we?
Cheech Marin: It was always legal to us!
AA: Will you see it legalized across the country in your lifetime?
CM: I think in the next three years it will be legal for any purpose across the United States.
AA: Even in Texas?
CM: Even in Texas.
TC: Especially in Texas. Once they have left the union. In the Republic of Texas. It will probably be the only place in America where you can buy pot legally.
CM: When the country gets polarized, like it was when we first started, and as it is now, the far ends of the spectrum meet. The Tea Party wanted legalization of marijuana. I'm gonna go rebel soon and start medical beer.
TC: You get those ideas when you smoke medical pot.
CM: I need a medical beer, officer.
