THE MOST FUN YOU’LL NEVER REMEMBER
Written by on November 19th, 2008 in 1.
Cheech & Chong, the stoner pair who dominated the comedy scene in the 1970s and ’80s and recently reunited for their Light Up America tour, will take their place in THE COMEDY FESTIVAL hot seat to be roasted by close friends and fellow comedians in TBS’s one-hour comedy event CHEECH & CHONG ROASTED. Emmy®-winning comic actor Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond, ‘Til Death) will host the festivities, which are set to feature scorchingly funny testimonials from such scheduled roasters as comedian Tom Arnold, television journalist Geraldo Rivera, comic magicians Penn & Teller and That ‘70s Show’s Wilmer Valderrama, comedian Greg Giraldo, The Rev. Al Sharpton and Tommy Chong’s wife, actress Shelby Chong, with special appearances by actor Steve Carell and comedian Andy Dick.
CHEECH & CHONG ROASTED will take place in The Palace at Caesars Palace Friday, Nov. 21, at 8 p.m. (PT), with the show premiering on TBS Sunday, Nov. 30, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT). Robert Morton (Late Show with David Letterman, Chocolate News) will serve as executive producer with Ben Feigin of Anonymous Content and Josh Klein of The Group Management. John Moffitt (Bill Maher: The Decider, Mr. Show with Bob and David) is directing.
Cheech & Chong – aka Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong – made a name for themselves with their drug-laced humor, which kept audiences rolling in the aisles with such comedy routines as “Earache My Eye,” “Basketball Jones,” “Santa Claus and His Old Lady” and “Sister Mary Elephant.” They transferred their success to the big screen with a number of hit movies, like Up in Smoke, Nice Dreams and Things are Tough All Over. After several years working on solo careers, the pair recently hooked up again to take their comedy on the road with an American and Canadian tour.
CHEECH & CHONG ROASTED host Brad Garrett earned five Emmy nominations and three Emmys for his work on the long-running series Everybody Loves Raymond. He can currently be seen in the comedy series ‘Til Death. Named Best Comedian by the Las Vegas Review Journal in 1989, he has appeared in numerous television series and films, including Mad About You, Seinfeld, Clubland, Sweet & Lowdown and Don King: Only in America, and provided voice work in such films as Ratatouille, A Bug’s Life, Riff Raff, Underdog and Casper