Cheech & Chong are a Grammy Award–winning comedy duo consisting of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong. The duo found commercial and cultural success in the 1970s and 1980s with their stand-up routines, studio recordings, and feature films, which were based on the hippie and free love era, and especially drug and counterculture movements, most notably their love for cannabis.

From 1978 to 1983, Tommy Chong directed four of their films while co-writing and starring in all with Cheech Marin.

The pair attempted a departure from their stoner comedy with 1984’s Cheech & Chong’s The Corsican Brothers. To date, their most recent starring vehicle as a duo was 2014’s Cheech & Chong’s Animated Movie.

In 1985 the duo released their album Get Out of My Room, which included the novelty hit song “Born in East L.A.” (based on Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.”). This song later served as the basis for 1987 film of the same name, in which Cheech Marin played the starring role.

Immediately following the release of the album, Cheech separated himself from the pair’s drug-inspired act by working on a solo career. Among his achievements, was 1990s “The Shrimp on the Barbie.”
Chong went on to do a few other things, including starring and directing “Far Out Man,” in 1990.