Las Vegas Weekly

November 22, 2008 · 8:29 AM

Morning Call: A quizzical look at the Cheech & Chong show at The Comedy Festival

By John Katsilometes

The cast of "Cheech & Chong Roasted" at Caesars Palace.

Photo: TBS

Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong -- more popularly recognized as the legendary comedy team of Cheech & Chong -- sat for a good stoning last night during "Cheech & Chong Roasted" at the Palace Ballroom at Caesars Palace. Thanks to a frequently faulty podium made from a giant bong, a healthy scent of pot smoke hung in the air (at least, it seemed like that fragrance, if memory serves) as emcee Brad Garrett and an eclectic assemblage of celebs took shots as Cheech & Chong sparked the insults.

The lineup was comic Greg Giraldo, comic/filmmaker/TV personality/famed divorcee Tom Arnold, macho journalist Geraldo Rivera, the unflappable comic/magic team of Penn & Teller, heavily self-aware comic Ralphie May, actress and stage presence Shelby Chong (Tommy’s wife of 25 years) and a black guy wearing a “Rev. Al Sharpton” sign around his neck. This, because the actual Al Sharpton was a last-minute scratch, giving Garrett a chance to pull what he claimed was a random guy (name of Anthony Jackson) who sort of looked like Sharpton onstage.

The show was remarkable for its uneven humor -- Valderrama struggled with a herky-jerky teleprompter and brought to mind a quote Johnny Carson once made about Chevy Chase (“He couldn’t ad lib a fart after a baked bean dinner.”) -- and frequent production glitches. The audio was here and there, and keeping the big bong both lit and upright proved impossible. Thus, we offer this "Cheech & Chong Roasted" quiz about the show, which will air on TBS at 10 p.m. on Nov. 30:

1. After making a joke about Chong’s descending (testicles), a heckler shouted to Garrett, “What are you doing looking at his (testicles)?!” What was Garrett’s response?

2. Garrett said the classic Up in Smoke made House Party look like which acclaimed film?

3. Where does Ralphie May say he hides his food so he “can’t find it.”

4. According to May, Cheech & Chong are getting so old they will soon be smoking marijuana for what reason?

5. Geraldo Rivera, after taking inventory of the celebs onstage, said they looked like “rejects” from which popular prime-time show?

6. Where has Rivera claimed to have gotten stoned with Cheech & Chong?

7. After Penn Jillette announced, “We’re probably the only people in this room who have never smoked pot,” what emanated from Teller’s jacket?

8. What malfunctioning part of Tom Arnold’s attire caused a delay in his introduction?

9. When referring to Valderrama’s active sex life, to whom was Arnold referring when he said, “I guess it is possible to f- someone’s brains out.”

10. What did Valderrama say about Rivera’s claim that Rivera has slept with more than 1,000 women?

11. What did Garrett shout at Valderrama as Valderrama stammered through his turn onstage?

12. What did Chong say Arnold’s ex, Roseanne Barr, delivered to Chong after he was released from prison for selling bongs online?

13. What did Chong say Cheech did after Cheech said he wanted to “do something for my people.”

14. What did Cheech say he originally wanted to call the Cheech & Chong reunion tour?

15. What business transaction did Cheech report upon first meeting Chong in Vancouver, B.C.

ANSWERS

1. “Getting your mother out of a bad predicament.”

2. Schindler’s List.

3. Next to his male member because, “I can’t find that, either.”

4. To treat glaucoma.

5. Dancing With the Stars.

6. “Every country in the Western world.”

7. Smoke.

8. His pants zipper.

9. Lindsay Lohan.

10. “I call that a slow Tuesday.”

11. “English! English!”

12. “A basket of smokable goodies.”

13. Learn to speak Spanish.

14. “The Felimony Tour. He got a felony, and I got alimony.”

15. “He wanted me to (perform oral sex) for a dollar! Hey, I needed the dollar!”

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