Cheech Marin

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Works

5

Cited by

16

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Wireless Power Transfer via Strongly Coupled Magnetic Resonances

   · 2007 · cited 4,475x

2. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

   · 2016 · cited 4,394x

3. Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

   · 2019 · cited 4,028x

4. Long-term cardiovascular outcomes in men with obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea with or without treatment with continuous positive airway pressure: an observational study

   · 2005 · cited 3,913x

5. Topological photonics

   · 2014 · cited 3,319x

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Quotes

• “Right when I was born. I was born and my uncle looked in the crib and I was this curled-up little baby and he says, "Oh, he looks like a little chicharron." The chicharron is a deep-fried pig skin, you know? And I looked like this little curlycue, like a curly fry. And he said, "Oh, he looks like a little chicharron." So that became my family name, Chicharron. And that got shortened to Cheech…”
• “It is very much like Chicano art..It is sophisticated and primitive simultaneously. The scenes would play out and ... the comedy would be absorbed rather than having it jammed down [your throat].”
• “It is a very physically and mentally torturous process. It goes 18-20 hours a day, and if you’re stoned during that whole period, you’re not going to make a good movie, because you just won’t have the stamina to physically and mentally do that. And it’s every day. So we didn’t get stoned making the record, never stoned on stage. But we were very disciplined artists about what we were doing. It didn’t magically happen. Well, it did magically happen, but not without effort.”

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Key facts

Born

Richard Anthony Marin , ( 1946-07-13 ) July 13, 1946 (age 79) , Los Angeles , California , U.S.

Alma mater

California State University, Northridge ( AB )

Spouses

Darlene Morley ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1975 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1984 ) ​ Patti Heid ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1986 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2009 ) ​ Natasha Rubin ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2009 ) ​

Occupations

Actor comedian musician activist

Years active

1971–present

Medium

Film stand-up television

Genres

Character comedy musical comedy political satire sketch comedy stoner comedy

Subjects

Latin American culture drug culture everyday life recreational drug use

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Official website

Cheech & Chong's Global – Cheech & Chong's Global

cheechandchong.com →

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Wikidata facts

Official website

www.cheechandchong.com

Image

Cheech Marin by Gage Skidmore.jpg

Number of children

5

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