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Newsbrief:
"The
Marijuana-Logues"
Tour
Cancelled
After
Parole
Officer
Forces
Tommy
Chong
to
Quit
3/4/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/377/logues.shtml
The touring show of "The
Marijuana-Logues," which has been wowing stoner audiences off-Broadway
for a year, has been cancelled because star Tommy Chong's parole officer
was threatening to send him back to prison. Chong, half of the comedy
team Cheech & Chong, spent nine months in federal prison on charges
he conspired to sell bongs and remains under federal supervision for a
few months more.
The curtain came down quickly
on Chong and the show. "The Marijuana-Logues" road show had only
placed two cities, Vancouver and Seattle, before reports started circulating
that audiences for the pot-friendly show have been lighting up, something
that didn't sit to well with Chong's federal keepers. "The (parole)
officer was compelled to revoke his ability to continue on the shows,"
said Phil Lobel, a publicist for the play, told the Associated Press.
"The last thing he wants to do is go back to prison."
The show will go on, but
not until Chong gets off parole this summer. "I'm still on probation
you know," Chong told the AP before the Vancouver performance. "Doing
a show about weed in the United States -- when you just got out of jail
for selling weed paraphernalia -- makes me a little nervous."
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