Chico and the Man
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Chico and the Man

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5.8 / 10
1974
4 seasons
88 episodes
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.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Pilot

    13-09-197430m

    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 mechani...

  • Ep 2

    2.Second Thoughts

    20-09-197430m

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

  • Ep 3

    3.Old Dog

    27-09-197430m

    Ed thinks that he lost his mechanic skills.

  • Ep 4

    4.New Suit

    04-10-197430m

    Ed does not want to attend his former Army reunion.

  • Ep 5

    5.Borrowed Trouble

    11-10-197430m

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

  • Ep 6

    6.E Pluribus Used Car

    25-10-197430m

    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.

  • Ep 7

    7.Lifestyle

    01-11-197430m

    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?

  • Ep 8

    8.Veterans

    08-11-197430m

    Chico and Ed try getting Veterans financing from the Government.

  • Ep 9

    9.No Room in the Garage

    15-11-197430m

    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.

  • Ep 10

    10.The Letter

    06-12-197430m

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

  • Ep 11

    11.Natural Causes

    20-12-197430m

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

  • Ep 12

    12.The Manuel Who Came to Dinner

    27-12-197430m

    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.

  • Ep 13

    13.Garage Sale

    03-01-197530m

    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...

  • Ep 14

    14.Out of Sight

    17-01-197530m

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

  • Ep 15

    15.The Beard

    24-01-197530m

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

  • Ep 16

    16.If I Were a Rich Man

    31-01-197530m

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

  • Ep 17

    17.Ed Steps Out

    07-02-197530m

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

  • Ep 18

    18.Sammy Steps In

    14-02-197530m

    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...

  • Ep 19

    19.The Doctor Story

    21-02-197530m

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

  • Ep 20

    20.The Giveaway

    28-02-197530m

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

  • Ep 21

    21.Louie's Retirement

    07-03-197530m

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

  • Ep 22

    22.Long Live the Man

    14-03-197530m

    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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