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Friday, July 1, 2011

Drugs Tommy Chong Will Ruin Your Holiday

Posted by Ned Lannamann on Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 3:28 PM

Have you seen these spots that have been airing on late-night TV these past couple weeks? Yeah, that's Tommy Chong, and yeah, he'll be at Mary Jane's House of Glass in Vancouver, WA, on Monday, the Fourth of July—signing "all sorts of crap." Sigh. That's some commercial. I wonder how many takes it took to shoot.

Oddly enough, this video was uploaded to YouTube in June 2010, which means they've either been planning this a year in advance, or Chong has done this before, or the commercial's amazing post-production swirly-smoky effects took a year to put together. Sigh. (Actually, there seems to be evidence on the internet of Chong appearing at Mary Jane's on July 1 of last year, so perhaps this is an annual tradition).

Sigh. Look, man, I love Tommy Chong. But this video bummed me out, man. It really harshed my mellow. NOT TO WORRY: We can erase the taint of this atrocity as soon as next week, because the movie that made Cheech & Chong a household name—Up in Smoke, which I still think is still totally hilarious and great—is playing next week at the Laurelhurst, from July 8 through July 14. See you there. Cough.

 

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Feels bad, man. Shit, Cheech, throw your old buddy a bone or something.
Posted by cat & beard on July 1, 2011 at 3:59 PM · Report
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when are Ricky and Norm going to release their first feature?
Posted by whahappen on July 1, 2011 at 5:40 PM · Report
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B rated Old Skool Stoner, Tommy Chong.
Posted by Tom [______] . on July 2, 2011 at 11:37 AM · Report
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My dad took me to see Cheech and Chong's "Nice Dreams" at the Laurelhurst when it first came out like 30some years ago. Seems fitting that "Up in Smoke" will be playing there soon.
Posted by Baron von Turdwell on July 2, 2011 at 10:22 PM · Report

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