Cheech and Chong Go Up in Smoke

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Everybody knows Cheech and Chong as the world’s ultimate stoner icons, buthow did they rise from obscure road comics to writing, directing and starring in one of themost influential movies of all time? In 1967 in Vancouver, Canada, a draft resister from East LA named Richard Marin met a musician named Thomas Chong - whose family owned a local burlesque house. Fusing their comedic super powers in a crucible fueled by love for weed and improv, Cheech and Chong grew from performing in between burlesque acts, to Grammy-nominated comedians, leaving one world left to conquer: Hollywood. Up in Smoke may not be the first ever stoner comedy, but it’s the one thatchanged popular entertainment forever. And if you’re asking yourself “How Did This GetMade?,” rest assured that it happened in the most Cheech and Chong way possible. And Abdullah and Bean try to piece together the many ways that Up in Smoke predicted the future, despite having a plot that barely makes sense. LISTENING NOTE: Roll up a comically oversized joint for this episode! PATREON Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to video shows and seshes, plus access to cool rewards like a signed book or signature lighter. And it truly helps us make the best show possible.

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0:00.0	This podcast is for adults 21 years of age or older.
0:04.1	We talk about cannabis history and advertise cannabis products.
0:07.6	If you're not 21, come back when you are.
0:13.0	Spoke Media.
0:15.9	Howdy, folks, it's Abdullah and Bean.
0:18.4	And welcome back for yet another edition of great moments in
0:24.1	weed history. On this show, Bean and I, who are both accomplished cannabis journalists and
0:29.3	makers, go through one of the more fascinating points in the very long history of human
0:35.0	cannabis relations. I myself have no prior knowledge of the story we're
0:39.7	about to hear. Bean has written and researched it, and he's about to tell it to me. Bean, what do we
0:44.6	got going on today? All right. Well, I'm going to need you to roll up a real fatty for this one,
0:49.2	like a comically large joint. Because I'm about to tell you a story about sort of larger than life weed heroes, two friends
0:59.5	who just took their love of comedy.
1:03.4	Tell me if this sounds familiar.
1:04.6	They took their love of comedy.
1:06.2	They took their love of weed.
1:08.5	They turned it into art and they changed the world.
1:12.1	I'm pretty excited to hear about this.
1:14.0	I mean, there's so many different people that it could be.
1:17.3	I'm trying to think of legendary weed duos, and there's definitely a handful that come to mind.
1:22.5	I'm pretty freaking excited.
1:24.5	All right.
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