--- title: ‘Cosmos on Weed’ Puts the Grass in Neil deGrasse Tyson description: Parody group shows us what it would be like if Neil deGrasse Tyson got stoned during "Cosmos" canonical: https://time.com/110701/cosmos-weed/ author: Denver Nicks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-23T17:33:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:59.184Z og:title: 'Cosmos on Weed' puts the grass in Neil deGrasse Tyson og:description: Parody group shows us what it would be like if Neil deGrasse Tyson got stoned during "Cosmos" og:url: https://time.com/110701/cosmos-weed/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Cosmos on Weed' puts the grass in Neil deGrasse Tyson twitter:description: Parody group shows us what it would be like if Neil deGrasse Tyson got stoned during "Cosmos" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # ‘Cosmos on Weed’ Puts the 'Grass' in 'Neil deGrasse Tyson'  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks May 23, 2014 5:33 PM UTC  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks May 23, 2014 5:33 PM UTC If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like if _Cosmos_ host Neil deGrasse Tyson was also getting stoned while you watch his show, wonder no more. The good people at the comedy YouTube channel Nacho Punch have released a parody video in which “Neil deGrasse Tyson” rips a bong before beginning “to tell you how f$#%!\*g rad space is.” “We all were created from stars. Everything is star stuff,” says Parody Tyson. “This, this, this pizza. This cheese. And these pepperonis. Stars. They’re all—mmmm….how is that made from stars?” The whole thing gets pretty weird and kind of terrifying, which, if you are in fact lighting up before watching the real Cosmos, might be spot on. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/110701/cosmos-weed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/110701/cosmos-weed/"},"headline":"‘Cosmos on Weed’ Puts the 'Grass' in 'Neil deGrasse Tyson'","datePublished":"2014-05-23T17:33:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:59.184Z","description":"We’re pretty sure these exact conversations happen all over the country while Cosmos is showing","url":"https://time.com/110701/cosmos-weed/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Marijuana","Pot","Parody","Weed","cosmos","neil degrasse tyson"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/110701/cosmos-weed/","name":"‘Cosmos on Weed’ Puts the 'Grass' in 'Neil deGrasse Tyson'"}}]}] ```