By April MacIntyre Nov 17, 2008, 17:12 GMT
TBS will air a Comedy Festival that will feature Tom Arnold, Geraldo Rivera, Penn & Teller, Wilmer Valderrama, Greg Giraldo, The Rev. Al Sharpton and Tommy Chong's wife Shelby Chong with special appearances by Steve Carell and Andy Dick.
09/27/2008 - Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong - Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong perform during their "Light Up America Tour" at the Fillmore Jackie Gleason in Miami Beach,Florida, September 27, 2008 - Fillmore Jackie Gleason - Miami Beach, Florida © A. Gilbert / PR Photos
The show will tape on Friday, Nov. 21, in The Palace at Caesars Palace, and premieres on TBS Sunday, Nov. 30
The Festival is a Co-Production with AEG Live, and will return to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for its fourth year Thursday, Nov. 20, through Saturday, Nov. 22
Cheech & Chong will be roasted by close friends and fellow comedians in TBS's one-hour comedy event "Cheech and Chong Roasted."
Emmy-winning comic actor Brad Garrett will host the festivities, which are set to feature scathing odes and tributes from such scheduled roasters as comedian Tom Arnold, television journalist Geraldo Rivera, comic magicians Penn & Teller and That '70s Show's Wilmer Valderrama, comedian Greg Giraldo, The Rev. Al Sharpton and Tommy Chong's wife, actressShelby Chong, with special appearances by actor Steve Carell and comedian Andy Dick.
The stoner roast will take place in The Palace at Caesars Palace Friday, Nov. 21, at 8 p.m. (PT), with the show premiering on TBS Sunday, Nov. 30, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).
Cheech & Chong - aka Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong - made a name forthemselves with their drug-laced humor, which dominated the comedy scene in the seventies with such routines as "Earache My Eye," "Basketball Jones," "Santa Claus and His Old Lady" and "Sister Mary Elephant."
They had hits on the big screen with a number of cult favorite movies, such as "Up in Smoke," "Nice Dreams" and "Things are Tough All Over."
Amid his acting career, Cheech became a fine artist, and tours with his Chicano art collection all over the world.
Chong had a thriving art glass bong business until the Feds in the Bush Administration made him enemy number one and incarcerated him after a lengthy and expensive trial for sending drug paraphernalia over state lines. Chong_interview
Host Brad Garrett has been battling paparazzi of late, and was caught November 11th in Hollywood, where he allegedly went after a pap who refused to stop shooting him and an unidentified woman in West Hollywood, and grabbed the man's camera.
Now in its fourth year, THE COMEDY FESTIVAL, a co-production with AEGLive, is a three-day event taking place Nov. 20-22 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The extensive lineup for the event includes such previously announced performers as Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, Dane Cook, Tracy Morgan, Jeff Dunham, Dave Attell, Jamie Kennedy, Mike Epps, David Alan Grier, The Kids in the Hall, Russell Peters, Kate Clinton, Jim Breuer, Andrew Dice Clay, Jim Norton and John Oliver.
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