Tommy Chong of the infamous stoner-duo, "Cheech and Chong," is working his way to the top of "Dancing with the Stars," proving -- in his own words -- that "stoners can dance" and may even have the dancing chops to take home a mirror ball trophy. 

At 76, Chong is charming the judges with his slick moves and positive attitude as he has re-emerged into the spotlight and amps up for his "Cheech and Chong" stoner comedy comeback on the big screen. Many "Cheech and Chong" fans have long-awaited for the hilarous duo's reunion, which includes his stoner sidekick, Cheech Marin.

The dynamic duo, who hasn't been seen on the big screen together since 1983's "Still Smokin," but have gone on a cross-country comedy tour in 2008, have shown no signs of slowing down.

As mentioned, Chong has been dancing up a storm in "Dancing with the Stars Season 19" as the oldest "DWTS" contestant alongside Peta Murgatroyd. He recently salsa danced a Paso Doble to Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire, where the two appeared as June and Cash during "DWTS" Week 8 during the "Dynamic Duos night." Marin also appeared in an episode of "Dancing with the Stars" where he appeared alongside Chong in the driver's seat of a hydraulic convertible as Chong went on to dance to Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like It's Hot." 

Marin, who recently spoke with Latin Post in an exclusive interview, recently starred in the beautifully animated movie "The Book of Life," released several children's albums and has been collaborating with renegade filmmaker Robert Rodriguez for many years. He shared his enthusiasm for working with his celebrated co-star Chong as well as their upcoming film.

"The deal is coming through right now as we speak, so maybe by the first of the year we'll start shooting, as soon as he (Chong) gets off 'Dancing with the Stars!'" Marin told Latin Post. "He's doing good! He's still on!"

The two are reportedly teaming up with director Jay Chandrasekhar, a member of the Broken Lizard comedy troupe, who counts 2001's "Super Troopers" and 2006's "Beerfest" among his credits.

"He's working a script right now for us," Chong told CelebStoner.com at the end of March 2014.

"We've had some preliminary meetings. It looks really good. It looks really funny. It will be about us going to a festival called the Burning Joint," Chong added. "All sorts of shenanigans happen. It's going to be a lot of fun."

In 2013, "Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie" was released, however without Chong or Marin's participation.

Cheech & Chong were known for their stand-up comedy routines, comedy albums and feature film comedies in the 1970s and 1980s. Chong directed four of their films, while co-writing and starring in all seven with Marin, including "Up in Smoke" (1978), "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie" (1980) and "Still Smokin" (1983), among others.

"It was great, we had so much fun. In '72 we had a big record. We were a big record act, we had three No.1 records," Marin told Latin Post. "We toured all of the time. It wasn't until right or nine years later that we made our first movie. "We represented middle of the road America. This is what middle of the road America looks like for our generation ... That was just a wonderful time."

While we've seen stoner comedy flourish in the box office with films, "Half Baked," "The Big Lewbowski" and "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle," among others, "Cheech and Chong" have a long comedic legacy and a huge following on the stand-up comedy circuit and through comedic albums and films.

"Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke," which was released in 1978, was among that year's highest-grossing films, The Hollywood Reporter points out.

Were "Cheech and Chong" really high while filming?

"No," according to Marin, who also candidly admitted that, that rule didn't apply to "off-camera or after work."

Chong, a strong advocate of medical marijuana who has also reportedly battled stage 1 prostate cancer with "hemp oil (has oil) and a proper diet," swears by the plant's benefits and attributes it to putting his cancer into remission. He's also not shy to admit that "Dancing With the Stars" is a great platform to reboot his career and shed a light on the need for medical marijuana, but he's doing it in a more subtle way, of course.

"The exposure reinvigorates careers we contestants might have left. We're trying to stay in the spotlight," Chong told TIME in September of 2014. "I want to be the poster boy for the marijuana community. They can point and me and say, 'Look at him! He's 76 years old, he can dance, he's healthy, he has a beautiful wife and he smokes marijuana for medical purposes." 

"Medical marijuana is my passion in life," Chong added. "I went for jail for my beliefs. Now that we're getting legal, I want to focus on the benefits of medical marijuana -- it helps little children with epilepsy and MS, and it helped me with my cancer."

"Tommy, that's his story, cool," Marin added. "It's (marijuana) gaining validity now, and there are a lot of medical uses for marijuana, which is what we always used to say, but they laughed us off. At one point, we said, 'Well, what if we are right? What if it does work?' and all of a sudden, it's proven to be true -- and they are no longer laughing us off."