Chong, Tommy
Tommy Chong is not only famous for his Cheech and Chong movies, but lately he's famous for having been arrested and jailed for operating a website that sells drug paraphernalia. He's now staring in the Marijuana Logues and took some time out to answer a few of our questions.
DM) I grabbed the staff and had them compile their favorite questions. One of the guys asked, "With society's focus on morals values, if you were starting off on your career now, would you be able to do the type of comedy that you were famous for, with the references to marijuana and all?
TC) (laughs) Probably, more and more so. Every good story has to have conflict. In comedy that's where it came from. Lenny Bruce was persecuted when he started out in the Eisenhower era. He was persecuted for swearing. Although it kind of killed him