Cheech Marin on Collecting

Studio 360 | Oct 9, 2011

Kurt Andersen and actor Cheech Marin talk about the urge to collect — from paintings to paperbacks. 

Marin is best known as half of the comedy duo, Cheech and Chong. His collection of Chicano art is touring the country for the next five years and it is on view now at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. 

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