Every now and then an actor catches lightning in a bottle when portraying a pothead, capturing the hilarity of being constantly stoned while not coming off as an insufferable hippie. It’s an elite group who have pulled it off, an elite group the dude who starred in Flyboys AND Tristan + Isolde is attempting to join with his Pineapple Express performance. Can Franco make it happen? He just might. These guys did…

(Editor’s Note: We’re not ancient enough to appreciate Cheech and Chong and we refuse to recognize Sean Penn in a positive manner. Deal with it.)

Brad Pitt as Floyd in True Romance.

EVERYONE can identify with the burnout on the couch watching Freejack at 3PM on a Tuesday. Thank god David Fincher started casting Brad Pitt in his movies, otherwise Floyd’s minute and a half scene with Gandolfini could have been the pinnacle of Pitt’s career. “And they went…”

The Dude Who Played Slater in Dazed and Confused.

We’ll never understand why McConaughey gets all the dap for Dazed and Confused. The dude who played Slater is the one who brought the awesomeness. Who doesn’t know someone from high school who spent two years of their life trying to be Slater?

Chris Tucker as Smokey in Friday.

Say what you will about Tucker’s Jackie Chan-erific career, there’s no denying he killed as Smokey. Friday pretty much sucks ass if he’s not in it (see: Next Friday and Friday After Next).

Jeff Bridges as the Dude in The Big Lebowski.

Arguably the greatest scene ever filmed involving a joint.

Jim Breuer as Brian in Half Baked.

Breuer may or may not have died after filming Half Baked but at least he left the world with an awesome performance. Don’t you like Funyans more now?

Jack Black as Lance in Orange County.It’s easy to forget that Jack Black kind of rocked your face as the stoner big brother in Orange County. Take his t-shirt idea for example. Brilliant.

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