How to pronounce “cheech” in English

Cheech and Chong both want to do it.

Cheech. Cheech and Chong.

Cheech and Chong.

In "Cheech is Not My Real Name," Cheech Marin writes candidly about growing up as a wise-cracking kid in South Central LA,

We always viewed Cheech & Chong in terms of music.

When did Cheech & Chong develop?

It was always Cheech and Chong.

And not even the Cheech character was fully formed in Vancouver because they didn't have a lot of low-riders in Vancouver.

And Carmen was Cheech's daughter's name.

But that's what they called me-- Cheech.

If you said Chong and Cheech, it-- It doesn't roll out as well.

I'm taking that from Cheech & Chong, some of my favorite comedians.

That's why that whole scene with George Clooney and Cheech and the building's black, we didn't go over there and touch that up.

We have a lot to talk about with Cheech & Chong, but I want to go back real quick to when you were younger.

And he says, Cheech?

Please welcome to the stage, Cheech Marin.

So your real name actually is not Cheech.

I says, well, Cheech is my nickname.

You know, alone, it was just Cheech and I and the engineer.

If we worked up the pot angle, we would just be "Cheech and Chong," then.

You've seen her work around the 1984 Olympics possibly, LACMA, the Laguna Art Museum, and even Cheech Marin.

I spent some time on the website and I was like, wow, who doesn't know Cheech and Chong?

Well, you know, I had a lot of experience doing Cheech and Chong albums.

and Jerry's hippie ice cream, 1969 Gap jeans, Phish shows, Cheech and Chong, even Whole