Chico and the Man

30min

Comedy

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.

Production Companies

Wolper Productions

The Komack Company Inc.

Episodes

Cast

Pilot

1. Pilot

30min

13th Sep 1974

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.

Second Thoughts

2. Second Thoughts

30min

20th Sep 1974

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

Old Dog

3. Old Dog

30min

27th Sep 1974

Ed thinks that he lost his mechanic skills.

New Suit

4. New Suit

30min

4th Oct 1974

Ed does not want to attend his former Army reunion.

Borrowed Trouble

5. Borrowed Trouble

30min

11th Oct 1974

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

E Pluribus Used Car

6. E Pluribus Used Car

30min

25th Oct 1974

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.

Lifestyle

7. Lifestyle

30min

1st Nov 1974

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?

Veterans

8. Veterans

30min

8th Nov 1974

Chico and Ed try getting Veterans financing from the Government.

No Room in the Garage

9. No Room in the Garage

30min

15th Nov 1974

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.

The Letter

10. The Letter

30min

6th Dec 1974

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

Natural Causes

11. Natural Causes

30min

20th Dec 1974

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

The Manuel Who Came to Dinner

12. The Manuel Who Came to Dinner

30min

27th Dec 1974

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.

Garage Sale

13. Garage Sale

30min

3rd Jan 1975

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.

Out of Sight

14. Out of Sight

30min

17th Jan 1975

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

The Beard

15. The Beard

30min

24th Jan 1975

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

If I Were a Rich Man

16. If I Were a Rich Man

30min

31st Jan 1975

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

Ed Steps Out

17. Ed Steps Out

30min

7th Feb 1975

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

Sammy Steps In

18. Sammy Steps In

30min

14th Feb 1975

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.

The Doctor Story

19. The Doctor Story

30min

21st Feb 1975

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

The Giveaway

20. The Giveaway

30min

28th Feb 1975

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

Louie's Retirement

21. Louie's Retirement

30min

7th Mar 1975

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

Long Live the Man

22. Long Live the Man

30min

14th Mar 1975

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.

First air date

13th Sep 1974

Last air date

21st Jul 1978

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks