Cheech Chong

 Cheech & Chong are a comedy duo made up of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong.The duo enjoyed the success of their commercial and popular shows during the 1970s and the 1980s thanks to their stand-up routines, studio recordings and feature films, all of which were based on the free-love and hippie era, and especially drug and counterculture movements, most notably their passion for cannabis.The duo first met in Vancouver, British Columbia, in the latter half of the 1960s. Chong was a Canadian citizen, and Cheech had relocated to Vancouver from the southern part of California to avoid the draft at the height of the Vietnam War. They performed stand-up comedy shows, released many successful comedy record albums and also appeared in a number of low-budget films. The most well-known comedy routines and songs include "Earache My Eye", "Basketball Jones", "Santa Claus and His Old Lady" and "Sister Mary Elephant". Their most famous line is "Dave’s not here" the song was released on their debut album. It was their debut feature-length film, Up in Smoke in 1978. It became a cult hit and also a huge success at the box-office (despite having a modest budget, it made more than $44million).