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Dancing with the Stars 2014: Tommy Chong Still Going Strong Before 'Cheech and Chong' Big Screen Reunion with Cheech Marin (Exclusive)

From the small screen to the big screen, most of us are suckers for reality TV, like "Dancing With the Stars" where former celebrities re-emerge into the spotlight to see if they can dance, to feel-good romantic comedies that tug at our heartstrings. Yet there's another type of comedy that also gives you that warm and fuzzy feeling -- but not in the way you'd expect. It's stoner comedy, and it's making a unique comeback to the box office with the long-awaited, big-screen reunion of "Cheech and Chong," otherwise known as Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong.

Mexico and U.S. Channel Comedy: Cheech Marin Recalls Meeting Mexico's Most Beloved Comedic Star 'Cantinflas' Played by Mario Moreno

Oct 26, 2014 11:30 AM EDT By Melissa Castellanos

Mexico's most beloved comedic film star of all time, Cantinflas (played by Mario Moreno) was considered to be "the best comedian alive," according to the great Charlie Chaplin. Today, his influence continues to thrive not only with Pantelion Films' recent release of his biopic, "Cantinflas," but with modern-day Latino comedic actors, such as Cheech Marin who recalled meeting Moreno in a Latin Post exclusive interview.