Chico and the Man (1974)
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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Episode 1 - Paint Job
Release Date: 1975-09-12Ed and Chico clash over the wall of their alley for an art competition.
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Episode 2 - This Hallowed Garage
Release Date: 1975-09-19The City plans to demolish Ed's garage to open a newer, more enhanced power gas station.
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Episode 3 - Auntie Connie
Release Date: 1975-09-26Ed develops the hots for Chico's visiting Aunt Connie.
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Episode 4 - Play Gypsy
Release Date: 1975-10-03Ed meets a Gypsy who wants Ed to train him on how to be a good mechanic.
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Episode 5 - The Disappearance
Release Date: 1975-10-10Chico thinks that Ed is spending too much time living in the past and not getting on with life.
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Episode 6 - Chico and the Van
Release Date: 1975-10-17A city ""Truent Officer"" let's say tells Chico that his van is illegal in the states, so Chico moves in with Ed.
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Episode 7 - Ms. Liz
Release Date: 1975-10-31Chico falls head over heels for a woman named Liz, in fact he likes her so much that he decides to marry her.
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Episode 8 - Mister Butterfly
Release Date: 1975-11-07A Japenese man visits the garage claiming to be Ed's long lost son.
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Episode 9 - Misfortune Teller
Release Date: 1975-11-14Ed tries to prevent the bank from foreclosing the mortgage on his garage by visiting a fortune teller.
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Episode 10 - Bird in a Gilded Cage
Release Date: 1975-11-21Ed has stirred emotions when he sees his favorite silent film actress waiting tables at a local cafe.
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Episode 11 - The Strike
Release Date: 1975-11-28Chico joins a union for mechanics, but is forced to picket Ed's Garage.
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Episode 12 - The Invention
Release Date: 1975-12-05Ed creates a new invention. He decides to design training wheels for motorcycles. While trying to get the idea patented, they get swindled out of five hundred bucks for the patent process.
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Episode 13 - The Juror
Release Date: 1975-12-19Chico is assigned Jury duty, and he finds out that the defendant on his jury is actually a good friend of Ed's.
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Episode 14 - The Dream
Release Date: 1976-01-09Chico tries to persuade Ed to retire and move into a retirement home, but Ed will not go for it naturally.... I don't blame him (lol)
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Episode 15 - The Hypnotist
Release Date: 1976-01-16Chico, not realizing his own strength, hypnotizes Ed and leads him to marrying Flora.
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Episode 16 - Reverand Bemis' Altar Ego
Release Date: 1976-01-23After Chico guest preaches a good sermon at Bemis' church. The people find out that they would rather have Chico preach instead of the Reverend Bemis.
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Episode 17 - The Big Brush-Off
Release Date: 1976-01-28Chico is having some women problems. A girl that he likes will not go out with Chico because he looks too much like her ex-fiance.
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Episode 18 - The Accident
Release Date: 1976-02-04After Chico gets into an accident, Ed burrows from his own insurance money to send Chico to school.
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Episode 19 - Chico's Cousin Pepe
Release Date: 1976-02-11Chico's blind, skirt chasing, singer of a cousin visits Chico and meets Ed.
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Episode 20 - Return of Aunt Connie
Release Date: 1976-02-18Chico's Aunt Connie visits and when she does, Chico and Ed realize that she is a con artist.
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Episode 21 - Too Many Crooks
Release Date: 1976-02-25Ed, not knowing that he gave a handout to a crook, eventually Ed has all kinds of crooks from the neigborhood coming to him for a handout as well. Of course it is money they are after.
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Episode 22 - The Face Job
Release Date: 1976-03-03Ed's public life is almost destroyed when he is offered a free face lift.