Cheech and Chong will get The Simpsons treatment on the show's upcoming season, show-runner Al Jean let slip during a panel at Comic-Con on Saturday (along with news of a visit from the cartoon cast of Glee and Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg).
Slated to air in the spring of 2011, The Hollywood Reporter has learned the episode -- written by Dan Castellaneta (who voices Homer) and Deb Lacusta -- spoofs the more than two decades-long break-up of the iconic stoner duo, in a depiction which Tommy Chong declares is "the best one yet."
So what happens when three of America's dopiest characters get together? Besides an inevitable donut binge, plenty of laughs, Chong promises. Homer, being a big fan of the comedy team, joins Cheech in a new duo called Cheech and Chunky, while Chong pairs up with a Springfield teacher for Teach and Chong.
"Homer thinks Cheech is the party animal, like his character, but soon finds out that the real Cheech is quite a bore," says Chong. "Eventually, the two teams end up on the same bill and argue over who should go on first."
Cheech Marin and Chong recorded their parts with the rest of the cast last month. "It only took a few hours," Chong marveled, "and was a great experience and a thrill to work with the Simpsons family."
Cheech and Chong will get The Simpsons treatment on the show's upcoming season, show-runner Al Jean let slip during a panel at Comic-Con on Saturday (along with news of a visit from the cartoon cast of Glee and Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg).
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