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Chico and the Man

Chico and the Man

★ 6.0/10•1974•30m•Comedy
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Chico and the Man is an American sitcom which ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to July 21, 1978. It stars Jack Albertson as Ed Brown, the cantankerous owner of a run down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio, and Freddie Prinze as Chico Rodriguez, an upbeat, optimistic Chicano young man who comes in looking for a job. It was the first U.S. television series set in a Mexican-American neighborhood.

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 13, 1974

Episodes

E130m

Pilot

Conservative elderly man Ed Brown meets a Chicano man who rides in Ed's garage on a bike, looking for a job. After a day of persuasion, Ed agrees to give Chico a job as his mechanic.

Sep 13, 1974

E230m

Second Thoughts

Ed has second thoughts about hiring Chico and tries as best as he can to get rid of him.

Sep 20, 1974

E330m

Old Dog

Ed thinks that he lost his mechanic skills.

Sep 27, 1974

E430m

New Suit

Ed does not want to attend his former Army reunion.

Oct 4, 1974

E530m

Borrowed Trouble

Chico tries to persuade Ed to take a loan from the bank to improve conditions of customer service.

Oct 11, 1974

E630m

E Pluribus Used Car

Louis gives Ed and Chico his used car to sell which gives Chico the idea of selling used cars as a part of Ed's business.

Oct 25, 1974

E730m

Lifestyle

Ed thinks that something kinky was going on between Chico and his girlfriend when he caught them in the back seat of Chico's van.....but was Ed just jumping to conclusions?

Nov 1, 1974

E830m

Veterans

Chico and Ed try getting Veterans financing from the Government.

Nov 8, 1974

E930m

No Room in the Garage

A pregnant Spanish woman comes in the garage and Ed thinks that she is looking for him because he thinks that Chico may be the father of the unborn child.

Nov 15, 1974

E1030m

The Letter

Chico wants to participate with his cousin's business in New York.

Dec 6, 1974

E1130m

Natural Causes

When Ed hears about a death of an friend, he begins to think that he may be the next one to meet his maker.

Dec 20, 1974

E1230m

The Manuel Who Came to Dinner

A car is towed into Ed's garage and when this man comes to the garage, it turns out that this man was a Chicano friend of Ed's from the past.

Dec 27, 1974

E1330m

Garage Sale

An inspecor inspects Ed's garage and when he find a pile of junk in front of an emergency exit, he issues an ultimatum...Either he gets rid of the junk, or he gets a hefty fine. Ed then decides to profit from the ultimatum by having a garage sale.

Jan 3, 1975

E1430m

Out of Sight

Ed is determined to go to court to testify on a car accident that he may have witnessed with his eye problem.

Jan 17, 1975

E1530m

The Beard

Harold, a cheating husband counts on Ed to cover for him on his wild nights out.

Jan 24, 1975

E1630m

If I Were a Rich Man

Ed tries to snap Chico out of falling in love with and spending too much on a woman he has fallen in love with.

Jan 31, 1975

E1730m

Ed Steps Out

A widowed baker buys a bakery in the area and has her dibbs on Ed.

Feb 7, 1975

E1830m

Sammy Steps In

When his car acts up, Sammy Davis, Jr. pulls into the garage to get it fixed. However, he quickly learns that this is just no ordinary garage, with Sammy Davis, Jr. fans crawling out of the woodwork.

Feb 14, 1975

E1930m

The Doctor Story

Ed would rather fix his aching shoulder himself than go to see a doctor.

Feb 21, 1975

E2030m

The Giveaway

Chico is carrying large amounts of cash and working strange hours.

Feb 28, 1975

E2130m

Louie's Retirement

Louie, who has retired, wants to spend his remaining years haning around the garage.

Mar 7, 1975

E2230m

Long Live the Man

Everyone thinks that Ed had died, and when Ed finds out about it, he gets upset because nobody had cried for him when they heard the misleading news.

Mar 14, 1975

Actors

Freddie Prinze

Freddie Prinze

Chico Rodriguez

Della Reese

Della Reese

Della Rogers

Jack Albertson

Jack Albertson

Ed Brown

Scatman Crothers

Scatman Crothers

Louie

Charo

Charo

Aunt Charo

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