17 Dope Shows Celebrating Legalized Weed
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When you were a kid, perhaps your parents hid their stash of grass while you secretly smoked your own weed. Fast forward to present day: your dispensary carries cannabis and your kid's favorite number is sure to be 420.
In this era of legalization, marijuana law isn't the only thing changing. The way we think and talk about about weed has changed. As we've grown up, so has broadcast television -- with TV stoners evolving from blurry-eyed, cartoon losers into high functioning adults with jobs.
Don't beweed me? On a recent episode of Grey's Anatomy, even the doctors were high on cannabis cookies! These days, getting baked on TV is not only acceptable, it’s often part of the story. (The funny part.) Consider this list of dope shows your gateway drug to high quality, small screen entertainment.
17. Wilfred
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Wilfred the dog (Jason Gann) talks to Ryan ‘Mr. Ed’ style, "Why don't we smoke weed here, then go home and smoke more weed?"
Behold the change in broadcast television over the course of a half-century. In 1963, Mr. Ed the horse ate hay, and 50 years later, Wilfred the dog smokes it -- a major difference between television then and now.
16. Disjointed
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The legendary Chuck Lorre (Big Bang Theory) runs wild with his chance to create content far away from network rules and regulations, resulting in a bizzarely botched attempt to keep pace with the times -- given Ruth's staff of stoner stereotypes constantly blazing up to the tune of a laugh track. (Wah wah.)
Netflix gets an A for effort for branding strains of Disjointed cannabis, selling it in a California dispensary, and encouraging viewers to smoke up while watching.Though this show doesn't do it for me, it's on the list in case it IS up your alley. Just consider yourselves warned and proceed with caution, NOT without weed.
15. Ballers
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The series scores points for having the balls to suggest athletes consider a greener, more natural approach to pain relief. And the medical marijuana—infused laughs? Well, they don’t hurt a bit.
14. Bong Appétit
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Hosted by world-renowned marijuana enthusiast, Abdullah Saeed, notable chefs from Cat Cora to Marcel Vigneron create pot-infused menus -- like 420 Puff Puff Pizza Party, Stoned Shabbat Dinner, and Marijuana Mothers Day. What goes into their elaborate meals? Equal parts imagination and “a shit ton” of weed.
13. Workoholics
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File this series under total guy humor, as these three rather dirty dudes get off on uber-male activities -- like lighting a racoon on fire at a gas station --while never straying from their number one priority -- getting high.
The trio kicks off season 3 by tripping on acid on a business trip, but the series peaks in Season 4, when the guys open a burrito-weed stand that sells "Burweedos." Burweedos. Ha.
12. Bored To Death
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When he and his pot-loving friends, Ray (Zach Galifianakis) and George (Ted Danson) find themselves in over their heads, they embrace marijuana as a lifestyle without negative consequences and an even better chance to succeed.
Superstar guests include genius comedians like Patton Oswalt, Olympia Dukakis, and Kevin Bacon. Plus my all-time fave, Kristin Wiig appears in the first few seasons as Jonathan's client, Jennifer "Trouble" Gladwell, whose boyfriends keep dumping her for being a (very, very bad) barfly.
11. Californication
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Through the course of its 7 seasons, cast members take turns toking up at bat, with Marcy (Pamela Adlon) wishing she could partake while pregnant. “The baby's not gonna go full retard if I get just the tiniest bit whacked, right?”
Hank’s daughter, Becca (Madeline Martin) admits it scares her that she likes being fucked up later in life more than ever, as she wonders, “Is that a family thing?”
( Ummm… ya think?)
In season 7, Hank finds out he has a son from one of his many former flings, Julia, now a wanna be actress with whom Hank reunites and, not surprisingly, beds again -- played hilariously by Heather Graham.
10. Weeds
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Kevin Nealon is particularly hilarious as Nancy’s weed obsessed accountant, Doug, who poses burning questions like, “How do you ask your wife, the woman who makes your kids' lunches, to suck your balls and spread her ass open like a geometry compass?”
There are also plenty of epic cameos, including Snoop Dog, who loves Nancy's MILF weed, Allison Janney as Nancy’s blissed-out lawyer, and Mary Kate Olsen as a holy roller who can’t choose between God and getting high.
9. Parenthood
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In season 2, Adam (Peter Krause) accidentally eats a marijuana-laced lollipop and hilarity ensues. But he's our hero once the series bravely dives into progressive TV territory, when Kristina (Monica Potter) is diagnosed and later survives cancer --with the help of her loving husband and medical marijuana.
8. Freaks and Geeks
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Taken off the air after only one season, most everything Apatow’s done since has been revenge for the people who cancelled Freaks and Geeks. Thus, the under appreciated TV series manifested itself in The 40-Year Old Virgin, Superbad, Knocked Up, and Pineapple Express -- proving revenge is a dish best served (stoned) cold.
7. That 70's Show
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Best known for its smoke sessions in Eric Forman’s basement, the series was filmed before it was acceptable to show drug use. Thus, the downstairs scenes pan around the smoke-filled room to follow the conversation from one stoned teenager to the next.
In Season 2, marijuana-comedy icon, Tommy Chong, joins the cast as Leo, Hyde’s (Danny Masterson) aging hippie boss.
6. The League
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The comedy reaches a crescendo when Taco’s habit spills over into the lives of his more mature friends. Like when lone-female leaguer and mom, Jenny accidentally laces her child's school snacks with Taco’s stash -- getting her daughter, Ellie, and the rest of her grade school class totally LIT.
5. Mad Men
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The boys smoke plenty of dope in the office and after Peggy (Elizabeth Moss) tries it once, she accepts another joint from a stranger in a movie theater, then thanks him with a handjob!
Meanwhile, Don and Roger (John Slattery) travel coast to coast, taking wild LSD trips. In season 5, Don gets CRAZY high on hash at a party in L.A., halucinates, and nearly drowns in a pool, until Roger jumps in to save his best friend and partner, Don -- no doubt, the Maddest of Men.
4. Entourage
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Think of Entourage as Sex in The City for men, but instead of cosmopolitans in New York, it's beer and weed in Los Angeles. The cast blazes up on the regular with star power, smoking kush with their sherpa, played by Val Kilmer and ripping bong hits with Bob Saget, while Vince does all that and more with porn star, Sasha Grey.
3. Arrested Development
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Oscar is distinguished from his balding brother, George by his healthy head of hair –- a result of a complete lack of stress living on handouts from women who find his lion mane irresistible. Women including George Senior's wife, Lucille Bluth (Jessica Walter), who can't keep her hands off Oscar's luciously long locks.
2. High Maintenance
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This awesome, laid back view of urban drug culture follows The Guy on his delivery route, into the homes of some clients you’d expect -- like stoners, partiers, and edible eaters, and others who'll surprise you –- like those who use weed to manage pain and xanax withdrawal.
His BEST deliveries are those The Guy makes to repeat customers like, “Homeless Heidi,” who goes from one dude to another without any of them realizing they're being used for their pads. HIGH-larious!
If you’re one of the few people who's yet to partake in the (not quite nationwide, but certainly widespread) legalized cannabis revolution, High Maintenance may leave you wondering if you’re all alone.
1. Broad City
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If the girl's friendship is the focus of the series, then herbal refreshments are their co-stars. And like any respectable supporting cast, WEED helps Abbi and Ilana shine a bit brighter and laugh a lot harder -- while turning their ho-hum city outings into truly epic adventures.