Chico and the Man

Chico and the Man

1974 4 Seasons 88 Episodes ⭐ 6.1 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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

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

EP 2

Second Thoughts

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

EP 3

Old Dog

Ed thinks that he lost his mechanic skills.

EP 4

New Suit

Ed does not want to attend his former Army reunion.

EP 5

Borrowed Trouble

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

EP 6

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

EP 7

Lifestyle

Ed thinks that something kinky was going on between Chico and his girlfriend when he caught them in the back seat of Chi

EP 8

Veterans

Chico and Ed try getting Veterans financing from the Government.

EP 9

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

EP 10

The Letter

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

EP 11

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.

EP 12

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 o

EP 13

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..

EP 14

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.

EP 15

The Beard

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

EP 16

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.

EP 17

Ed Steps Out

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

EP 18

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 j

EP 19

The Doctor Story

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

EP 20

The Giveaway

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

EP 21

Louie's Retirement

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

EP 22

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 th

EP 1

Paint Job

Ed and Chico clash over the wall of their alley for an art competition.

EP 2

This Hallowed Garage

The City plans to demolish Ed's garage to open a newer, more enhanced power gas station.

EP 3

Auntie Connie

Ed develops the hots for Chico's visiting Aunt Connie.

EP 4

Play Gypsy

Ed meets a Gypsy who wants Ed to train him on how to be a good mechanic.

EP 5

The Disappearance

Chico thinks that Ed is spending too much time living in the past and not getting on with life.

EP 6

Chico and the Van

A city ""Truent Officer"" let's say tells Chico that his van is illegal in the states, so Chico moves in with Ed.

EP 7

Ms. Liz

Chico falls head over heels for a woman named Liz, in fact he likes her so much that he decides to marry her.

EP 8

Mister Butterfly

A Japenese man visits the garage claiming to be Ed's long lost son.

EP 9

Misfortune Teller

Ed tries to prevent the bank from foreclosing the mortgage on his garage by visiting a fortune teller.

EP 10

Bird in a Gilded Cage

Ed has stirred emotions when he sees his favorite silent film actress waiting tables at a local cafe.

EP 11

The Strike

Chico joins a union for mechanics, but is forced to picket Ed's Garage.

EP 12

The Invention

Ed creates a new invention. He decides to design training wheels for motorcycles. While trying to get the idea patented,

EP 13

The Juror

Chico is assigned Jury duty, and he finds out that the defendant on his jury is actually a good friend of Ed's.

EP 14

The Dream

Chico tries to persuade Ed to retire and move into a retirement home, but Ed will not go for it naturally.... I don't bl

EP 15

The Hypnotist

Chico, not realizing his own strength, hypnotizes Ed and leads him to marrying Flora.

EP 16

Reverand Bemis' Altar Ego

After Chico guest preaches a good sermon at Bemis' church. The people find out that they would rather have Chico preach

EP 17

The Big Brush-Off

Chico is having some women problems. A girl that he likes will not go out with Chico because he looks too much like her

EP 18

The Accident

After Chico gets into an accident, Ed burrows from his own insurance money to send Chico to school.

EP 19

Chico's Cousin Pepe

Chico's blind, skirt chasing, singer of a cousin visits Chico and meets Ed.

EP 20

Return of Aunt Connie

Chico's Aunt Connie visits and when she does, Chico and Ed realize that she is a con artist.

EP 21

Too Many Crooks

Ed, not knowing that he gave a handout to a crook, eventually Ed has all kinds of crooks from the neigborhood coming to

EP 22

The Face Job

Ed's public life is almost destroyed when he is offered a free face lift.

EP 1

Della Moves In

Ed gets a new neigbor, but to his dismay it is a loud mouth liberal woman who now owns his garage and threatens evictio

EP 2

Second Coming of Della

When Ed lays off the fighting with his new landlady, Della decides to renew Ed's lease.

EP 3

Chico Packs His Bags

Chico decides that he would rather move out on his own, away from Ed than give into Ed's rules.

EP 4

Chico's Problem

Chico's girlfriend decides on calling it quits to being a nurse. She then changes her mind after saving Ed's life.

EP 5

In Your Hat

Ed's lucky hat is stolen and while he needs to have an operation, he won't go under the knife until he gets his lucky ha

EP 6

Ed's Recuperation

After finding out that the nurse that Ed hired wants to get married to him, Chico and Della try to talk her out of it.

EP 7

Ed Brown vs. the IRS

Chico and Louie decide that the only way to get Ed's taxes in is to forge his name to the document. This happens after E

EP 8

Morgan and the Man

Chico is reunited with his old high school girlfriend. Thinking the magic is still there, he proposes to her, but she en

EP 9

Mucho Macho Ed

A woman visits the garage claiming that Ed is the father to her unborn kid. When he hears of this, he wonders how. He th

EP 10

Old is Old

Ed gets the idea of hiring a senior citizen for the garage when Della persuades him through a debate that seniors don't

EP 11

Ready When You Are, CB

Everyone has plans to attend to and people to see except Ed for New years. He then uses a CB radio that is in the garage

EP 12

The Dress

Ed donates his deceased wife's dress to raise money for a charity auction. He regrets doing the good deed when he finds

EP 13

Minority of One

Ed is elected President of a Mexican Better Business bureau.

EP 14

Champs Ain't Chumps

Ed displays worry about Chico when Chico decides to want to fight as a professional.

EP 15

Chico's Padre

Gilberto, Chico's father who he hasn't seen in many years, returns to Chico to try and give him a chance to better his l

EP 16

Matchmaker, Matchmaker

Della plays matchmaker at trying to set Ed up with a woman. However when Ed gets word that Della did the matchmaking, he

EP 17

Black Tie Blues

Della wants to attend a formal dance and needs a host to go with her. Nobody wants to go, (Chico, Louie, and Ed) so they

EP 18

Ed Talks to God

Ed does not feel like appearing at his own birthday party. Chico however tries to find a way for Ed to go, so he gets ah

EP 19

Gregory Peck Is a Rooster

Ed sells a rooster that belongs to him, but when he finds out that the rooster's purpose is to cockfight, he tries to ge

EP 20

Louie's Can-Can

Louie hires Ed to be a garbage truck driver, after he is forced to retire his job and decides to open his own garbage co

EP 21

Uncle Sunny

While Ed is away, his daring uncle comes to visit and throws an all-night girl party.

EP 1

Who's Been Sleeping in My Car?

Ed who returns from Mexico, learns that he has an 11 year old stowaway in the back of his car. This little kid is determ

EP 2

Su Casa, Mi Casa?

Ed waits for word from Raul's parents. Later, Ed finds out that Raul is an orphan and needs a parent.

EP 3

Take Me, I'm Yours

When a social worker comes to take Raul away, Ed decides to adopt him as his own.

EP 4

The Third Letter

Ed needs a third reference letter to officially adopt Raul.

EP 5

The Bed

Ed had stuffed 700 dollars in his own mattress. I say had because Raul, knowing that Ed needed a new one, traded the old

EP 6

The Matter of Privacy

Ed tries to teach Raul how important it is to respect one's privacy. The moral blows up when Ed opens a package that is

EP 7

The Proposal

Ed and Della decide to have Christmas dinner together. As they are eating and drinking wine, they both get drunk and bef

EP 8

Aunt Charo

Raul's Aunt Charo comes to the Garage to take Raul back to Spain, but he would rather stay with Ed.

EP 9

Charo Takes Over

Charo tries to drum up Ed's business by taking matters into her own hands.

EP 10

Ed, the Hero

On a class report, Ed writes about Ed. He writes that Ed fixes poor people's cars for free. When word gets out, Poor fol

EP 11

Ed's Team

Raul wants to join a basketball team and he can if Ed sponsors it, so that is what he does.

EP 12

The Americanization of Charo

Aunt Charo takes her citizenship test and becomes an American Citizen.

EP 13

Raul Runs Away (1)

Raul finds out about the first Chico who died (Freddie Prinze). He finds the van hidden in the garage. He goes into the

EP 14

Raul Runs Away (2)

Ed goes to Mexico to try and track Raul down. In an old church they meet and Ed explains that he misses the first Chico,

EP 15

Charo and the Matador

Charo's Matador fiancee Antonio, comes to sweep her off her feet to get married.

EP 16

A New Girl in Town

In an attempt to add more characters to the show, Monica, Ed Brown's niece, tells her tragic story and moves in with Ed.

EP 17

Ed Brown's Car Wash

For her Uncle Ed, Monica decides to drum up business by having an all-girl in tight shirts and shorts car wash.

EP 18

Buenas Dias, Mr. President

Ed becomes agitated when the President decides to visit his garage when he comes to town.

EP 19

Della and Son

Della tries to convince her son Tony to help her and her catering business.

EP 20

Help Wanted

Monica upsets Ed by getting a job at a sleazy restaraunt.

EP 21

The Peeping Tom

Ed is falsley accused by a woman who swears that he is a peeping Tom and is watching her on a daily basis.

EP 22

The Hot Rock

Louie comes up with an invention. He wants to make a barbecue that relies on solar energy. Enthusiascic about the idea,

EP 23

Waiting for Chongo

A motorcycle gang that know Monica comes and pretty much ransacks the garage and Ed doesn't know how to get rid of them.

Popular Cast

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