Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong
Thomas B. Kin "Tommy" Chongis a Canadian American comedian, actor, writer, director, activist, and musician. He is well known for his marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy albums and movies with Cheech Marin, as well as playing the character Leo on Fox's That '70s Show. He became a naturalized United States citizen in the late 1980s...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth24 May 1938
CityEdmonton, Canada
CountryCanada
I never had a criminal record. They were kinda banking on the fact that I was dirty as can be.
I was the original guy that started that group, Bobby Taylor was, I started off with a group called The Shades we were in Calgary.
Just recently up in Utah, some guy got 55 years for selling an ounce of pot to an undercover agent.
People didn't relate to me as being Chinese or white, just being a hippie, a long-haired hippie.
Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me.
I've always been into improvisation.
I'd rather have my kid smoking pot than drinking.
You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush - if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn't need a costume. You'd give them a treat and compliment them on what great-looking demons they were. They are demons. There's no doubt about it.
The Shades never recorded anything, Little Daddy and the Bachelors recorded a couple of records, ya.
There's a hierarchy in prison, and I was right at the top.
Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call.
We won a contest at the teen fair in Vancouver and the first prize was a recording contract and we recorded at a radio station on the stairway, and we did a record and it got put out.
The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy.
Cigarettes, I won't do cigarettes, nicotine will kill ya.