S01E01 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...
Chico and the Man
Lookin' good!
S01E17: Ed Steps Out
A widowed baker buys a bakery in the area and has her dibbs on Ed.
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 Second Thoughts
Ed has second thoughts about hiring Chico and tries as best as he can to get rid of him.
S01E05 Borrowed Trouble
Chico tries to persuade Ed to take a loan from the bank to improve conditions of customer service.
S01E06 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.
S01E07 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?
S01E09 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.
S01E11 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.
S01E12 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.
S01E13 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....
S01E14 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.
S01E15 The Beard
Harold, a cheating husband counts on Ed to cover for him on his wild nights out.
S01E16 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.
S01E18 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...
S01E19 The Doctor Story
Ed would rather fix his aching shoulder himself than go to see a doctor.
S01E21 Louie's Retirement
Louie, who has retired, wants to spend his remaining years haning around the garage.
S01E22 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.
Cast
Freddie Prinze
Chico Rodriguez
Della Reese
Della Rogers
Jack Albertson
Ed Brown
Scatman Crothers
Louie
Charo
Aunt Charo
