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
Everything that happens to me is very cosmic.
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.
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?
What made me a comedian was that I wasn't really a songwriter, I was more of a poet.
They just wanted to show the entertainment world that we're vulnerable.
The way jazz works is that we take a theme, and then we write using the same structure, same chord changes, and then we can do different tunes.
The thing is about Cheech & Chong, we've brought more families together than Dr. Phil.
Music has always been a big part of Cheech & Chong's career, so it's just natural. You know, I was a musician before I met Cheech and had a record with Motown, and so I've got the cred.
Look what happened to me for a bong,
'That '70s Show' was one of the highlights of my life. I didn't expect to be on it as long as I was.
I've met a lot of jazz musicians in my day, and they're all funny.
I know, because I tried all sorts of ways of being in character, and the best way is to be totally straight.
I know the musical world as well as I know the comedy world.
No. Maceo played sax, didn't he, well they used to sit in.