Thursday, 10 July 2014

Cheech & Chong’s Classic "Basketball Jones" Cartoon

“Basketball Jones” is a 1974 animated short film based on the Cheech and Chong song, featuring “Tyrone Shoelaces”, from their album Los Cochinos. The cartoon was created to promote the song’s release in the United States. It is about a black teenager called Tyrone Shoelaces and his love of basketball. It was rumored for many years that famed animator Ralph Bakshi created the short. In fact, it was designed by Paul Gruwell. The song is a parody of the 1972 soul ballad “Love Jones” by the group The Brighter Side of Darkness.

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