Hey man, I’m Tommy Chong, half of Cheech & Chong & 77 yr old comedian, director, writer, entrepreneur, activist and the gateway drug to marijuana…AMA!

I loved you in that 70's show! What is your favorite memory from the show?

I guess the last show. When Kitty called me by name instead of Leo. "I'm going to miss you Tommy." They took it out. That was the sweetest thing. She didn't like me when I first joined. She was very cold. But she had to warm up to me because she had to. Hehehe.

Thanks for the reply!

How could anyone not like you? :o Thats a really sweet memory, though! Do you still talk to any of the cast?

Danny Masterson. I see him more than anybody. And Wilmer.

I know you're wondering. But they never got high.

Any chance of another cheech and chong movie?

When hell unfreezes.

So you're saying there's a chance? Excellent!

Hahaha. Yeah. Yeah, there is.... I mean, we've been on stage saying it for years. There's gonna be another Cheech and Chong movie, my wife does a bit... we're gonna call it "Grumpy Older Stoners."

What's your one favorite thing to do while you're high?

Smile.

Paint with my cat. Where's r/photoshopbattles? http://imgur.com/K9QNOR5

That is the most majestic picture I've ever seen.

(Insert meme here)

My grandma died yesterday and its brought some odd peace about death to me.

Are you afraid of death?

No, actually, I just went through a near death experience when I had the cancer operation. I'm kinda looking forward to it. Because I know it's going to be the ultimate high.

Hey Tommy Chong! I have 3 questions:

Whats your favorite strain of marijuana?

If you could smoke with anybody in the history of mankind who would you smoke with and why?

What are the chances you'd smoke with a fan like me?

Thanks for doing this AMA!

Anything given to me by a naked woman.

Uhhhh, Paul McCartney, because he's the only Beatle I haven't smoked up with. I smoked in front of Ringo because he was just out of rehab, and smoked in front of Lennon because he was worried about immigration, but me and George Harrison were very close smoking buds. Buds. Hehe. And the other guy there was Wally from Leave it to beaver.

Fuck yea George!! Thanks again for the AMA Tommy

My pleasure

In your experience, is having sex high that much better?

Yes it is.

From my Father: How much fun was it to make your movies?

Far as I remember, it was a lot of fun. It was never work. Nobody on the set ever complained. When we did a movie in France (cuz I was the director) we shot in a chateau. We'd have our 2 hour lunch under a tent by the moat with French wine on every table. Can you imagine that?

Hey Tommy! Can you name the weirdest smoke circle you have been in??

This is kinda weird. I think we did it.

Do you see marijuana being legalized federally anytime in the not-to-distant future?

I think when Obama leaves, he'll do a fuck you to the Republicans and reschedule it. That's all we need to do: reschedule it.

Hey Chong, I'm about to move to Colorado. Boulder really. So in your opinion, what's the best way to celebrate?

My son lives there! I LOVE Boulder. It's the hippy Valhalla. Best way to celebrate would be with dignity. It's a Chong's Choice strain. Hahah.

Tommy Chong! How long have you and your wife been together? And are you taking any strides in our country as far as marijuana legalization goes? Do you have a voice in this? Much love man you're awesome

Well, she admitted to 40 years. It's been longer, but that's what she'll admit to. She used to just say "over 20 years."

Absolutely taking strides. I lead by example. If you notice the movies, in 1978, we showed the world that marijuana should be legal by creating two characters that went through a whole movie without hurting anybody or being hurt.

What's a secret you've never shared with anyone? Don't be shy with me now.

Well, it used to be my dick reduction....

They used to call him Tommy Schlong

The Chong Thong is a concept we never took to a higher level

What do you think is the biggest factor that has changed America's more progressive view on pot?

The cellphone. Because when anybody says anything, people are on their phone checking it for the truth. When Sanjay Gupta talked about how marijuana helped a child with epilepsy. Once it changed his mind, everyone fell into place. If anything, Up in Smoke delayed it.

How can you argue against a kid who hugged his mother for the first time thanks to pot??

Hey Tommy! Do you ever take any THC breaks? That first bake after your haven't in the while is the best! Cheers man

Oh yeah! I took a three year break when I got busted for bongs. I remember when I quit and I remember when I started up again. In between, I enjoyed the rest. I really enjoyed it. It was funny because when I was in jail, the government kept trying to have people offer me dope and drug test me right away. They were trying to bust me so they could put me in solitary, but they couldn't do it because I was on to them. That's the great thing about pot is you don't need to smoke it -- it's not like nicotine.

Where is your favorite place to smoke? In your house and then maybe in the world?

Hmm... probably Vancouver. On the beach. The sun's going down. I'm a beachcomber, so I'm discovering the beach, I've got these geese honking away, and there's nothing nicer than lighting up a doob and just..... looking.

When I was a poor kid in Calgary my dad would talk about the beach. It just seemed like heaven. Why would he want to leave? That's my heaven.

At home, on my roof. I do a bit in the show: I'm so used to hiding from somebody that I can't really get high unless I feel like I'm hiding from somebody.

Favorite way to smoke the ganj?

The kombucha bong. Home made. Check this out. I'm gonna make a video.

For those of us who can't stand kombucha, what's your 2nd favorite way?

Chong Water

Can you remember the order of the circle during the whole sesh?

It depends on who you're smoking with. If you're smoking with Snoop Dog you don't have to worry about it, because the joint stops there.

Hey, man. Great to see you on here. Very much a fan. And thanks for supporting Bernie.

I figure if anyone would know, you would. I've been partaking for about a year and a half now, and can hardly get to a [5] anymore. Is there a way to help get slightly higher without taking a T-break?

Thanks, man.

Don't think about it. That's the perfect place to be. When you put goals, it's frustrating. Don't frustrate yourself. Just enjoy each toke. Enjoy the process. So many people -- we're all trained to be 'ends justify the means' -- but if you live as long as I do, you realize there's no end. There's just plateaus.

Favorite Go-To Late Night Snack after token?

Whoa.... uhhh... it's actually 85% chocolate, with raw almonds, and kombucha. Citrus flavor. Then after I drink that bottle, I peel off the label and put it in my to-be-made bong collection. I'm kinda a mini-hoarder.

Who was the most memorable person you've ever smoke with? Up in Smoke is one of my my favorite films btw.

Uhh, William Burroughs and Timothy Leary, I guess. While we smoked up, Burroughs was telling me about the joys of heroine.

Hi tommy! Big fan of yours. What is your opinion on dabs, wax, extracts, etc.? Do you think these newer methods of getting high stray into dangerous or uncharted territory? I'm asking this because I have friends who have started dabbing and have found that their tolerances are completely destroyed and merely smoking a joint does nothing for them now. Just curious about your two cents. Thanks!

Well, I don't dab that much, so I couldn't tell ya. I have no idea. I used to do hash back in the day and we only needed a bit. Back in the day, you were credited for smoking the littlest amount to get you the highest, as opposed to the most to get you the highest because then it would last longer. We'd take a little piece of hash, heat it up, pass it around and that would get us all high.

Because, so many people are trying to die from ODing on marijuana because it bugs them that no one has died from it. These guys are extreme, trying to be the one who passes out and almost dies, but they never do and they're like "maybe next time."

How much do you estimate you have spent on weed throughout your entire life?

I stopped having to buy pot a long time ago. It helped.

Didn't think about that.

I'd be in a shit ton of debt

Tommy, I'm such a huge fan of yours, and it's my dream to share a bowl with you - I'm also an aspiring stoner actor/ivist. How well do you handle being stoned on set?

One of the reasons why we wrote our own movies was because I could never remember any kind of lines. In fact, that was my big thing about working the 70s show and all that. I couldn't remember. I still have a hard time memorizing, but I can create like that. As long as I don't have to use my brain for anything other than connecting with the muse.

What are some of your favorite albums to listen to/movies to watch after a sesssion?

I go way back> I'm an old motown guy. Probably my favorite music of alltime has to be What's Going On with Marvin Gaye. That was my alltime favorite record. Followed very closely by Miles Davis, Kind of Blue, followed very closely by anything by Wes Montgomery.

Then I like all the new music: Sammy Smith -- I'm dancing tango to his Academy Award song. My tango teacher, she's this beautiful 6'2" Lithuanian lady, just so beautiful, and we're dancing that together.

I have another question! How was voice acting for zootopia? I'm excited to see it :)

Love doing voiceovers. Would love to do put my voice on some more things - movies, videogames, that kinda stuff. Maybe a Waze GPS voice. Would anyone use me as their GPS?

Holy shit, I would love to have Tommy Chong, via Waze, map out my trip for me.

Let Waze know. Start a petition. I'm in!

Hey Tommy, you have many angles in the cannabusiness.. such as futurola, chongs-choice, and many others. I saw reddit promoting that you have a new podcast launching soon... What is this radio show going to be about???

The podcast is inside Chong's brain. What's going on. The first one we did, we talked about my dance with cancer. Went from dancing with the stars to dancing with the scars.

Did you ever get a chance to produce that million dollar bong?

Working on it. Hehe. Still working on it, but it's coming!

Will you look up a band called Rainbow Kitten Surprise and tell me what you think of them?

Of course. And thank you. Sounds great.

What is your favorite regular polygon?

Anything equiangular.

Hey Tommy, any tips on how to make your high even better?

Smoke more.