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Chico and the Man

Chico and the Man

1974 - 1978

Pilot

13th September 1974
Episode 1
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

20th September 1974
Episode 2
Ed has second thoughts about hiring Chico and tries as best as he can to get rid of him.

Old Dog

27th September 1974
Episode 3
Ed thinks that he lost his mechanic skills.

New Suit

4th October 1974
Episode 4
Ed does not want to attend his former Army reunion.

Borrowed Trouble

11th October 1974
Episode 5
Chico tries to persuade Ed to take a loan from the bank to improve conditions of customer service.

E Pluribus Used Car

25th October 1974
Episode 6
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

1st November 1974
Episode 7
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

8th November 1974
Episode 8
Chico and Ed try getting Veterans financing from the Government.

No Room in the Garage

15th November 1974
Episode 9
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

6th December 1974
Episode 10
Chico wants to participate with his cousin's business in New York.

Natural Causes

20th December 1974
Episode 11
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

27th December 1974
Episode 12
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

3rd January 1975
Episode 13
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

17th January 1975
Episode 14
Ed is determined to go to court to testify on a car accident that he may have witnessed with his eye problem.

The Beard

24th January 1975
Episode 15
Harold, a cheating husband counts on Ed to cover for him on his wild nights out.

If I Were a Rich Man

31st January 1975
Episode 16
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

7th February 1975
Episode 17
A widowed baker buys a bakery in the area and has her dibbs on Ed.

Sammy Steps In

14th February 1975
Episode 18
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

21st February 1975
Episode 19
Ed would rather fix his aching shoulder himself than go to see a doctor.

The Giveaway

28th February 1975
Episode 20
Chico is carrying large amounts of cash and working strange hours.

Louie's Retirement

7th March 1975
Episode 21
Louie, who has retired, wants to spend his remaining years haning around the garage.

Long Live the Man

14th March 1975
Episode 22
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.
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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.

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Chico Rodriguez

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Della Rogers

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Jack Albertson

Ed Brown

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Scatman Crothers

Louie

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Charo

Aunt Charo

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James Komack

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Hal Kanter

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