LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – After 25 years apart, Cheech and Chong didn’t have to worry that the humor they perfected, if not pioneered, would be stale.
Green leafy gags are hip again. And the duo that personified the genre in the 1970s is back after bogarting their successful multimedia career with an acrimonious split.
Richard “Cheech” Marin and his partner in da kine, Tommy Chong, are in the midst of the six-month Light Up America tour, their first together since 1983. And despite lots more gray or missing hair, it’s like the party never stopped.
The impeccable comic timing remains, and despite the ugly breakup, their chemistry was evident. There wasn’t the forced camaraderie that’s so obvious in many reunited acts. And the material is as effective as ever.
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