Cheech & Chong

Cheech & Chong are an American comedy duo formed by Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong. Their counterculture humor, often centered on cannabis, reached a wide audience through records and films such as Up in Smoke.

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Up in Smoke: A 1978 stoner comedy film starring Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong as two hapless musicians. The duo’s first feature film became their best-known cinematic vehicle.
Cheech Marin: An American comedian and actor best known as one half of Cheech & Chong. Marin’s Mexican American background and character work helped shape the duo’s comedy.
Stoner comedy: A comedy genre in which cannabis use or cannabis-centered characters drive the humor and plot. Cheech & Chong helped popularize the genre’s familiar comic pairing and situations.
Cheech Marin solo career: Cheech Marin’s work as an actor, comedian, and voice performer outside Cheech & Chong. Marin’s later roles show how his career extended beyond the duo’s established characters.
Cheech and Chong's Next Movie: A 1980 comedy film starring Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong in a loose series of comic episodes. Its episodic structure extends the duo’s characters beyond the road-trip plot of their debut.
Tommy Chong: A Canadian-American comedian, actor, and musician best known as one half of Cheech & Chong. Chong brought musical experience and the laid-back persona that became central to their act.
Cannabis in popular culture: The representation of cannabis in entertainment, media, and public life. Their films made cannabis references a prominent part of mainstream comedy.
Tommy Chong solo career: Tommy Chong’s acting and comedy work outside his partnership with Cheech Marin. Chong’s independent performances separate his individual persona from the duo’s shared act.
Nice Dreams: A 1981 comedy film in which Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong play ice-cream sellers involved in a marijuana scheme. The film places their familiar counterculture characters inside a new comic plot.
Counterculture of the 1960s: A broad movement that challenged mainstream social norms, especially in the United States during the 1960s. The duo’s themes and comic outsiders emerged from the counterculture’s challenge to convention.