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Tommy Chong helped Jordan Belford write his book by insulting him and making him write it. He said that the book was like a copy of Tom Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities" and that Belford hadn't written anything yet, so he told him to write what he knew and the stories he had been telling him every night. Belford was mad at Chong for a month after that, but eventually, he wrote the book.
I helped him write his book.
— Episode: #1303 - Tommy Chong
Episode: #1303 - Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong helped Jordan Belford write his book by insulting him and making him write it. He said that the book was like a copy of Tom Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities" and that Belford hadn't written anything yet, so he told him to write what he knew and the stories he had been telling him every night. Belford was mad at Chong for a month after that, but eventually, he wrote the book.
I helped him write his book.
I said, you haven't written shit.
I said, write those stories you've been telling me every night.
He yelled from his car and he goes, hey, I sold the book to Martin Scorsese.