I bet just this once you’ll pardon the pun if I say that pretty much everyone, myself included, had a high time with Richard “Cheech” Marin and Tommy Chong Saturday night at the Michigan Theater.

Shelby Chong, Tommy’s wife, opened the show with a set of her own, then brought the two stoner comics on stage to a standing ovation. Cheech & Chong presented their greatest bits as a series of sketches, plus added in a few new ones.

Their sold-out show was part of their “Get It Legal” tour, promoting the legalization of marijuana. That it took part on the day Ann Arbor observes the annual Hash Bash, which has the same goal, was — at least one assumes — happy coincidence.

That their riffs on the drug culture are still funny nearly 30 years after they were first introduced has much to do with the way the humor is presented. The pair’s comic pacing was as well-honed as one would expect from a duo that’s been performing together for many years, and their repertoire of characters is matchless. Chong’s “Blind Melon” bluesman routine and Marin’s pink-tutu-clad Alice Bowie in “Earache My Eye” were just two examples, and both brought the house down.

Watch Cheech Marin perform in St. Louis last year in this clip.

The crowd also made plenty of noise for the classic bit “Dave,” “Santa Claus and His Old Lady,” “Basketball Jones,” “Mexican Americans” and “Born in East L.A.” The surprisingly tender ballad “Does Your Mama Know About Me” — cowritten by Chong, and a long-ago hit for the Motown group he was part of, Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers — was a nice change of pace.

Sure, they’re getting older, and granted, the white-bearded Chong is starting to resemble Kenny Rogers while Marin looks more like Yoda from “Star Wars” than ever before. But they can take this material, which could easily sound hopelessly dated, and make it funny. Marin has the kind rubber face and ear-to-ear grin that can make you laugh just by looking at it.

The show ended with the pro-pot tune “Get it Legal.”

Mark Smith and Paul Papson, who drove over from the Detroit area after paying double face value for their tickets on eBay, were enthusiastic as they left the theater.

“I grew up when they grew up. We were smoking dope when they were smoking dope,” said Papson. “They were young when we were young. Great show.”

Dale Long of Lake Orion said the duo brought back memories. “They still work really well together, I think … (The show) met expectations if not exceeded them,” he said.

The crowd was pretty laid-back (well, what did you expect?), a mix of folks old enough to remember the 1970s and others young enough to wish they’d been there. There were some great T-shirts in the audience, my favorite being “Yes we cannabis.” There were a couple of Dr. Seuss “Cat in the Hat” hats, and yes, a hint of the silly smoke was in the air. It was also a generous group — in fact, after the show I saw several people passing the same cigarette around. Imagine that!

“I’m going to keep smoking pot until it’s legal, Chong said at show’s end. Judging from the roar of approval, he’ll have plenty of company.

Roger LeLievre is a freelance writer who covers entertainment for AnnArbor.com