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
Cheech and I used to call ourselves musicians; we never called ourselves comedians. We were musicians that were funny.
I've met a lot of jazz musicians in my day, and they're all funny.
The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy.
Just recently up in Utah, some guy got 55 years for selling an ounce of pot to an undercover agent.
You know, I left the country when Reagan got in; I went to France. And when George Bush Jr. got in, my instincts told me it was time to go - I'd felt that we had grown above that, you know?
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.
Life, especially in America, is ruled by corporations.
But you can't exercise and be high. It's impossible.
The GRAMMY was a huge deal. It's the height of any musical career.
A lot of prophets have gone to jail.
I'm just glad I can make a difference in someone's life.
I never did smoke that much pot; never was a big pothead.
My incarceration was actually a positive thing from the beginning. I needed a gimmick to get my act going again, it gave me material.
Ya, we had a number one record, ya we, there's a lot of history there, we uh, we discovered the Jackson Five, opening for us one place.