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incredibly successful string of albums, films, and concert tours. Their first album
Cheech & Chong went gold; their second, Big Bambu, was voted 1972’s number
one comedy album; and their third, Los Cochinos, won them a Grammy.
In 1978, Cheech and Chong made their film debut in “Up in Smoke,”
which became the top-grossing comedy of the year with receipts exceeding $100
million. The team went on to make the films “Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie”
and “Cheech and Chong’s Corsican Brothers” before they parted ways in 1985.
Cheech went on to write, direct, and star in “Born in East L.A.” in 1987, which
won three awards at the Havana Film Festival and established him as a talented
filmmaker and sharp-witted social commentator.
His other film credits include “Desperado,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Tin
Cup,” “Paulie,” “Luminarias,” the Robert Rodriguez trilogy “Spy Kids,” “Spy
Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams” and “Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over,” “Once Upon a
Time in Mexico,” “Christmas with the Kranks,” and “Underclassmen.”
For TV, Cheech has appeared in the 1994 telefilm “The Cisco Kid,” has
starred in “Nash Bridges,” and has had recurring roles on “Judging Amy” and
“The Golden Palace.”
In fall 2005, Cheech directed the Broadway production of “Latinologues,”
a collection of comedic and poignant monologues revealing the Latino
experience in America. In the art world, the touring exhibit “Chicano Visions:
American Painters on the Verge” is formed at its core by Cheech’s personal art
collection, one of the largest Chicano collections in the world. Cheech has
stepped out in the world of children’s albums as well, recording a bilingual kids’
CD “My Name Is Cheech, The School Bus Driver” with its attendant followup
CD “My Name Is Cheech, The School Bus Driver Coast to Coast.”
TONY SHALHOUB (Luigi) lays down some entertaining tracks as the
friendly and excitable proprietor of Radiator Springs’ Casa Della Tires, where
Ferraris always get preferential treatment.
A triple threat as an actor/director/producer, Shalhoub is best known as
the obsessive compulsive detective hero of “Monk,” now in its fourth season on
USA Network. In fact the Emmy ® , Golden Globe ® , and SAG Award-winner has
a long and varied career establishing him as one of the most versatile character
actors working today.
Shalhoub’s television credits include the telefilm remakes of “Gypsy” and
“That Championship Season,” directed by Paul Sorvino. He was a series regular
on the sitcoms “Stark Raving Mad” and the long-running hit series “Wings.”
His numerous feature film roles include “Galaxy Quest,” “The Siege,” “A
Civil Action,” “Searching for Bobby Fischer,” “The Imposters,” “Primary
Colors,” “Gattaca,” “Big Night,” “Honeymoon in Vegas,” “Quick Change,”
“Longtime Companion,” “Thir13en Ghosts” and “Life or Something Like It.”
For director Robert Rodriguez he has appeared in “Spy Kids,” “Spy Kids 2:
Island of Lost Dreams” and “Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over.” For the Coen Brothers
he has played beleaguered film producer Ben Geisler (“GYE-zler!”) in “Barton
Fink” and attorney Freddy Riedenschneider in “The Man Who Wasn’t There.”
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