Pop Quiz: Tommy Chong

Pop Quiz: Tommy Chong

Aidin Vaziri | When Tommy Chong, 66, got sentenced to nine months in jail last year it wasn't just for conspiring to sell bongs on the Internet, he says, but because he had made millions playing a career pot smoker, most famously in Cheech & Chong films and on "That '70s Show." Oh, and probably because he said the only weapons of mass destruction George Bush found were his bongs. After a successful New York run, Chong was to bring his three-man act, the Marijuana- Logues, to the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre for a pair of shows this week, but they've been postponed until October -- when he'll be off probation.



Tommy Chong
Q: Let me get this straight. They sent you to jail for selling bongs online?
A: No, no, no. The thing is, I never really committed a crime. The only crime I committed was going against the Bush government and their policies. This was their payback.
Q: Every corner store in San Francisco sells bongs.
A: Sure, but that's San Francisco. Actually, in a way, I'm taking the rap for places like San Francisco and Humboldt County and other liberal, live-and- let-live places.
Q: Thanks for all that.
A: Sure.
Q: So what was jail like?
A: Jail was actually quite nice. It was a Martha Stewart-type jail. In fact, we even wore the same outfit.