Cheech Is Not My Real Name, Cheech Marin
Cheech Is Not My Real Name, Cheech Marin
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Cheech Is Not My Real Name
...But Don't Call Me Chong

Author: Cheech Marin

Narrator: Cheech Marin

Unabridged: 7 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/14/2017

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Get a look into the mind of Cheech Marin–one half of the renowned Cheech and Chong comedic duo–and follow through the highs and lows of his personal and professional lives. 

An unborn baby with a fatal heart defect . . . a skier submerged for an hour in a frozen Norwegian lake . . . a comatose brain surgery patient whom doctors have declared a "vegetable."

The long-awaited memoir from a counterculture legend. Cheech Marin came of age at an interesting time in America and became a self-made counterculture legend with his other half, Tommy Chong. This insightful memoir delves into how Cheech dodged the draft, formed one of the most successful comedy duos of all time, became the face of the recreational drug movement with the film Up in Smoke, forged a successful solo career with roles in The Lion King and, more recently, Jane the Virgin, and became the owner of the most renowned collection of Chicano art in the world. Written in Cheech's uniquely hilarious voice, this memoir will take you to new highs.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Edwin on March 22, 2017

CHEECH IS NOT MY REAL NAME by Cheech Marin is a wonderfully entertaining memoir of a man who played a Mexican stoner and became famous doing it, but really is a intelligent and fascinating individual that is proud of his life and recognizes he is blessed to have what he has. As a fan, it was hard t......more

Goodreads review by Don on March 26, 2017

(2 1/2) Don't expect a laugh a minute in this book, it has more depth than that. This is an insightful (and still humorous) look into an interesting man with a wonderful entertainment career. Cheech and Chong were a cultural phenomenon, and you get a good look here at how wonderful and fragile partn......more

Goodreads review by Brenda on November 15, 2018

Cheech has led an interesting life, and the book does a great job of recounting it. Of course the most interesting part was his career as part of Cheech and Chong, and specifically their changing relationship. He doesn’t pull any punches and I think that’s why the book is so fascinating. Cheech was s......more

Goodreads review by Gary on February 29, 2020

You will probably like this book if you have ever laughed at these three words: Dave’s not here. Cheech Marin was half of the comedy duo Cheech and Chong, and he knows how to tell a tale. His life story has plenty of inside dope—see what I did there?—on his relationship with Tommy Chong, as well as......more

Goodreads review by Mary on March 18, 2017

It was a funny story just like you would expect from Cheech. His father was a LAPD officer for over 30 years, which I did not know. But coming from the mean streets of LA he did not want to follow in his Dad's foot steps! He was a Draft Dodger in the 1960s during the Viet Nam War and went to Canada......more