Cheech & Chong Essentials

Emerging from a cloud of weed smoke, Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong became the rough-cat kings of ‘70s comedy through a riotous mix of cinematic skits, music, social satire, and, yes, a whole lotta pot talk. With the game-show send-up “Let's Make a New Dope Deal” and paranoid drug-runner saga “Cruisin' With Pedro de Pacas,” the duo celebrate and skewer the stoner lifestyle, while “Sargent Stadanko” presents a cutting caricature of a straitlaced cop. But Cheech & Chong don't just exude anti-establishment, rock ‘n' roll attitude in their routines; with the proto-metal boogie of “Earache My Eye,” they crank out a rock classic to call their own.