Tommy Chong's Rock Star Beatle Wish

Before Comedy Central. Before Youtube. Before the first egg popped out the south side of a northbound chicken. There was Cheech and Chong. 8-Tracks, Albums, cassettes and 45's! From Sister Mary Elephant to summertime parody Bloat On. Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong not Gene Simmons of KISS had the 1970's teenage boys wrapped around their art. The comedy duo was pre-2 Live Crew. They were getting away with un-dinner table type language dealing with subjects not so openly discussed. Tommy Chong has built an entire comedy career out of pot, and Paul McCartney is one of classic rock’s most noted connoisseurs of the stuff — so how is it that the two of them have never indulged together? TMZ recently caught up with Chong and —asked him if there was anyone he’d always wanted to smoke with, but had never gotten the chance. “I have never smoked with Paul McCartney. I smoked with every Beatle except Paul, and he’s the only big pothead! When I was with John, he never really smoked, because he was worried about his immigration. Then I was with Ringo and he was on rehab, gettin’ off his booze.” Chong continued to list the stops on his personal magical mystery tour, adding, “The only guy I literally handed the joint to was George. And the only Beatle I haven’t smoked with is Paul, so Paul — one day, you and I are going to burn one.”