And, sure, those movies deserved their R ratings, but years later I recognized that Cheech & Chong were not demonic madmen, ...

Richard “Cheech” Marin’s 1987 film, “Born in East L.A.,” is resurfacing amid America’s conversation over immigration policy.

CHONG: I got fired from Motown. MARIN: They found out he was Chinese. MARTÍNEZ: (Laughter). It was in that nightclub that Tommy Chong first met Cheech Marin in 1969. Cheech grew up in LA but went ...

The comedy duo of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong became the standard bearers of pot humor in the 1970s. They're now the subjects of the documentary "Cheech & Chong's Last Movie." ...

TOMMY CHONG: (As character) Who is it? CHEECH MARIN: (As Dave, whispering) It's me, Dave. Open up, man. I got the stuff. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: In the 1970s, Cheech & Chong were the OGs of pot humor.