Cheech and Chong’sself-titled debut comedy album was first released this month back in 1971. In this scintillatinginterview with Ed Dwyer from the August, 1980 issue ofHigh Timesmagazine, Cheech and Chong elucidate on everything from Montezuma’s Revenge to how poor theyusedto be. Who was t...
This sort of spontaneous imitation can be unnerving, but Cheech and Chong’s comic roots are in improvisational theater—they’re as skilled at reacting as they are at acting. “Waiting for Dave” was conceived entirely in the studio during a recording session for their 1971 debut al...
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Cheech and Chong are best known as a 1970s-era stoner comedy act, but a song from one of their albums, “Earache My Eye,” has proved to have an unexpectedly long life. Part of a larger skit on their 1974 “Wedding Album,” the song was released a...