cheech and chong

These two prize idiots Cheech and Chong produced several albums in the early seventies that were to the 'freak' audience then the vinyl equivalent of Laurel and Hardy. These spoken word albums used a hip language entirely satirising the late 60's hippy stoner culture. The big success of the albums even brought several films for Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong.
Here's a cartoon version of the always included 'song' on their albums. 'Basketball Jones' was a character on the 1973 Los Cochinos (“The Pigs”) album. The song is about teenager Tyrone (as in "tie your own") Shoelaces and his love of basketball sung in a falsetto voice by Cheech Marin.
Dig the backing band: George Harrison, Klaus Voorman, Carole King, Nicky Hopkins, Tom Scott, Billy Preston, Darlene Love, Ronnie Spector and Michelle Phillips. The animation is by Paul Gruwell and was made in 1974.
The song is a parody of “Love Jones” by the Brighter Side of Darkness.

..and for a short taster of their spoken tracks here's 'Dave's Not Here' from The Big Bamboo.