Papicock Podcast - Episode 18 - Tommy Chong Retuns
On this extra special episode of Papicock Podcast (Recorded on August 3, 2022), comedian Victor Pacheco sits down to talk with the comedy, movie, and television icon, MR. TOMMY CHONG, AGAIN!!!
Topics discussed include: death, getting old, Victor apologizes to Tommy about something during his first appearance, Tommy congrats Victor, seeing Jo Koy’s movie Easter Sunday, Daly City joke, Tommy goes to Jamaica in the 60s, owning a car or truck, cameo on music video, alcohol prohibition and fentanyl, Tommy’s take on the government, Trump, Americans, Tommy growing up, Tommy’s tattoo, doing time in prison in Canada in the 50s, learning to sing quietly, alcohol and marijuana American history according to Tommy Chong, Victor asks Tommy why non-violent drug offenders get more time than sex offenders, basketball player in Russia, world drug policies affected by American drug policies, Origins of the penitentiary, talking about sex offenders in prison brought upon Bill Cosby and then Jeffrey Epstein, growing up poor, heroin, performing at burlesque shows and jazz musicians, Bob Dylan, basketball and Tai chi, smoking with legends, Tommy’s band Bobby Taylor and The Vancouvers discover The Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, dropping material, watching The Jackson 5 sing My Girl as good as The Temptations, Victor asks Tommy if he ever smoked weed with Michael Jackson, funny Michael Jackson story at the Roxy, meeting Muhammad Ali, Been So Long by The Pastels, Victor gets excited and pitches an idea to Tommy then reveals an upcoming documentary, Tommy explains how the moviemaking business has changed and what works, That 70s Show and That 90s Show, Cheech Marin’s Art Museum in Riverside, the reason Cheech and Chong broke up, Tommy’s new company, Victor shoots his shot with Tommy and gets shot down, mogul mindset, Tommy explains how to make top quality content, living on a manger, we live in a world of good, the teachings of Jesus Christ, Catholics and Born Again Christians, the history of Baptisms according to The Great Tommy Chong, “‘Wash Yo Nasty Ass’ as Redd Foxx use to say”, Free Will, suicide, Tommy has all the answers but Victor fears for Tommy’s safety, Victor is genuinely shocked with the level of truth Tommy speaks and frantically acknowledges this, racism, Tommy’s newfound roots, being protected as a child, playing guitar before Elvis Presley, Tommy’s music history, funny mime story, story of Tommy’s first partner Dave, meeting Cheech and how Cheech and Chong almost didn’t happen, unique way of winning the Battle of The Bands, Love, Victor fanboys it out super hard, Timothy Leary story where Tommy Chong is compared to John Lennon, knowing and smoking weed with George Harrison, The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Tommy agrees to come back, but will he??????