Cheech and Chong to light up Fallsview Casino

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Cheech and Chong to light up Fallsview Casino
Reunited comedy duo bring their Light Up Canada tour to Niagara for one night only Nov. 6
NIAGARA FALLS, ON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ – Fallsview Casino Resort
announced today that Cheech and Chong – one of the most popular comedy duos
of the 1970s and 1980s – will bring their Light Up Canada tour to Fallsview
as part of the resort’s autumn line-up.
The reunited Richard “Cheech” Marin and Tommy Chong will perform one
show only in Fallsview’s Avalon Theatre on Thursday, November 6, beginning
at 8:30pm.
L.A. native Marin and Edmonton’s Tommy Chong met at a former Vancouver
topless bar that Chong had turned into a comedy club. The duo hit it off
and took their marijuana-themed act on the road, where they were discovered
in 1970 by a record-company executive. They released nine comedy albums in
the ’70s and ’80s, winning a Grammy for their 1973 album Los Cochinos. They
also made 10 movies between 1978 and 1985, including Up In Smoke (1978),
Yellowbeard (1983) and Cheech and Chong’s The Corsican Brothers (1984).
Their box office popularity ranks them among the most successful comedy
duos in the history of the movie business.
Marin and Chong went their separate ways in the mid-1980s. Marin has
since voiced characters for several animated Disney films and has appeared
as a regular on several TV series, including Nash Bridges and Judging Amy.
Chong is best-known to a new generation of fans as the lovable burnout Leo
on That ’70s Show.
Cheech and Chong
Thursday, November 6
Showtime: 8:30pm (Doors open at 7:30pm)
Tickets start at $50
Legendary comic duo Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong head out on tour for the
first time in more than 25 years and stop to perform live at Fallsview
Casino Resort.
Tickets to the Cheech and Chong show will be available beginning at
noon on Friday, September 12, at all Ticketmaster outlets, by calling
Ticketmaster at 1-877-833-3110 or by visiting http://www.ticketmaster.ca.
Built on a cliff overlooking the world-famous Horseshoe Falls,
Fallsview Casino Resort is one of the largest and most elegant gaming
resort facilities in Canada and the crown jewel in Niagara’s stunning array
of wonders. In addition to the intimate, 1,500-seat Avalon Theatre,
Fallsview features a casino with over 3,000 slot machines and 142 gaming
tables, a 374-room luxury hotel, a full-service spa and fitness centre,
dozens of dining and shopping options and over 30,000 square feet of
meeting and convention space.
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