Cheech & Chong: The Unauthorized Autobiography
by Tommy Chong
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Dave's Not Here, Man But America's favorite stoner comedian, Tommy Chong, is back and funnier than ever as he takes us on a nostalgic trip through his career with partner Richard "Cheech" Marin. Over the course of their decades-long partnership, Cheech and Chong performed to sold-out crowds across the country, made nine hit albums, starred in eight blockbuster movies, and created memorable and iconic characters that still resonate with fans today. But the good life didn't just appear in a show more haze of smoke. It all started during the late 1960s in a strip club in the fragile heart of Vancouver's Chinatown, where Tommy was winding down his career as a Motown recording artist and starting an improv comedy troupe, and Cheech was a draft-dodging, pottery-throwing, underground music reviewer. Together they came to define the hippie-era counterculture, and theircelebrated movie debut, Up in Smoke, remains one of the highest-grossing Warner Bros. films ever. In his very own unauthorized autobiography, New York Times bestselling author and pop culture hero Chong reveals his unique relationship with Cheech and recalls the inspiration for their most beloved bits. He introduces famous guest stars like Peter Sellers, John Belushi, Jimi Hendrix, Dan Aykroyd, John Lennon, Diana Ross, and Jack Nicholson, and examines the influences that had the greatest impact on his comedy -- from R&B musicians and Redd Foxx to Lenny Bruce and (of course) marijuana. Finally, with keen insight and utter candor, he explores the rift that has separated the legendary comedy team for more than twenty years. From pot smoking to politics to the universe at large, Cheech & Chong: The Unauthorized Autobiography is the closestyou'll ever get to sitting in a van made entirely of marijuana, trading stories with an unlikely legend, and feeling...well...funny. show lessTags
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One would think this would be a humorous book because it is written about one of the funniest comedy teams since Wile E. Coyote & the Roadrunner...but it's not.
In fact it's quite the opposite....the fact that Tommy had 5 children by 3 different women....living with one woman (his "soul mate") and their child while still married to another woman who was raising his children (one by another relationship)...didn't impress me much.
Originally, Tommy was a R&B musician who traveled from Calgary to Vancouver to California and back....he chose to ignore his Chinese heritage to live as a Black" man.
His various bands never really made it...but he did have a contract with Motown. At one point Motown fired him for being late to a rehearsal...he was show more at the U.S. Treasury Dept. getting his Green Card. His bands opened for the likes of the Stones.... Tommy co-owned various R&B, Blues, & strip clubs in Canada, but eventually they closed.
He had performed some light comedy prior to meeting Richard (Cheech) Marin, but once the two of them met up with Lou Adler...the rest fell into place.
The book is by no means intellectual or comedic, but it is a plainly written, easy to read basic biography. No emotional abusive family saga that seems so prevalent with most stars who have ghost-written biographies these days. show less
In fact it's quite the opposite....the fact that Tommy had 5 children by 3 different women....living with one woman (his "soul mate") and their child while still married to another woman who was raising his children (one by another relationship)...didn't impress me much.
Originally, Tommy was a R&B musician who traveled from Calgary to Vancouver to California and back....he chose to ignore his Chinese heritage to live as a Black" man.
His various bands never really made it...but he did have a contract with Motown. At one point Motown fired him for being late to a rehearsal...he was show more at the U.S. Treasury Dept. getting his Green Card. His bands opened for the likes of the Stones.... Tommy co-owned various R&B, Blues, & strip clubs in Canada, but eventually they closed.
He had performed some light comedy prior to meeting Richard (Cheech) Marin, but once the two of them met up with Lou Adler...the rest fell into place.
The book is by no means intellectual or comedic, but it is a plainly written, easy to read basic biography. No emotional abusive family saga that seems so prevalent with most stars who have ghost-written biographies these days. show less
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