Basketball Jones

Name: Basketball Jones
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy
Released: 1973-12-12
Duration: 4 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Cheech Marin

1973
4m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

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Basketball Parody Satire Animation Comedy Music Short Sport

Tyrone Shoelaces sings the story of his lifelong love of basketball.Tyrone Shoelaces sings the story of his lifelong love of basketball.Tyrone Shoelaces sings the story of his lifelong love of basketball.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

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Soundtracks
Basketball Jones Featuring Tyrone Shoelaces
Written and Performed by Cheech Marin (as Cheech) & Tommy Chong (as Chong)
Band: George Harrison (lead guitar), Carole King
(piano/background vocals), Billy Preston (keyboards) and Tom Scott (saxophone)
Background vocals (cheerleaders): Darlene Love and Michelle Phillips

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Featured review

8/10

The cartoon video of Cheech and Chong's Basketball Jones is quite enjoyable as a '70s vibe

After years of hearing both this song as performed by Cheech (in falsetto voice portraying Tyrone (Tie-your-own) Shoelaces) and Chong (piano) as well as the original recording it was parodying ("Love Jones" by Brighter Side of Darkness), I finally watched the cartoon video made of this on Vimeo. It depicts the Tyrone character from baby to his celebrity status in the familiar '70s-style animation one would recognize if one had grown up during the era (as I did). I liked it plenty. So that's a recommendation of Basketball Jones.