The Top Five Stoners

5 - Jay and Silent Bob (Almost Every Kevin Smith Movie)

4 - David Wooderson (Dazed and Confused)

3 - The Dude (The Big Lebowski)

2 - Jeff Spicoli (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)

1 - Cheech and Chong

It's hard to imagine modern comedy without the stoner. Cheech and Chong were really the trailblazers in this department, unabashedly letting the dope lead them on their bizarre adventures. Yes, there were stoners before - we received votes for Jack Perry in Reefer Madness - and there have been an awful lot of good ones (and bad ones since).

My only regret is that the dudes from the opening of Super Troopers couldn't make the cut. You remember, the guys in the car completely baked out of their gourds who get pulled over by the troopers? Damn funny. But that's just how good this competition was. Still, it's one of the best stoner scenes in the movies, so perhaps we'll bring it back sometime.

Because the top three were almost universal selections, we don't have as many other choices as we normally might. Here are the ones that got away: Roul Duke from Fear and Loathing, Harold and Kumar, Floyd from True Romance, Ron Slater from Dazed and Confused, Alex from Grandma's Boy, Jesse and Chester (Dude, Where's My Car?), Ben Stone (Knocked Up), Silas P. Silas (How High), Craig Jones from Friday, and the entire cast of Half-Baked.