Chico and the Man

The relationship between a cranky old mechanic and a twentysomething Chicano.

1974 HD 30min United States English

James Komack Freddie Prinze Della Reese Jack Albertson Scatman Crothers Charo

Comedy

sitcom los angeles california mexican american car garage

S1E1 - Pilot 1974-09-13

Conservative elderly man Ed Brown meets a Chicano man who rides in Eds garage on a bike, looking for a job. After a day of persuasion, Ed agrees to give Chico a job as his mechanic.

S1E2 - Second Thoughts 1974-09-20

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

S1E3 - Old Dog 1974-09-27

Ed thinks that he lost his mechanic skills.

S1E4 - New Suit 1974-10-04

Ed does not want to attend his former Army reunion.

S1E5 - Borrowed Trouble 1974-10-11

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

S1E6 - E Pluribus Used Car 1974-10-25

Louis gives Ed and Chico his used car to sell which gives Chico the idea of selling used cars as a part of Eds business.

S1E7 - Lifestyle 1974-11-01

Ed thinks that something kinky was going on between Chico and his girlfriend when he caught them in the back seat of Chicos van.....but was Ed just jumping to conclusions?

S1E8 - Veterans 1974-11-08

Chico and Ed try getting Veterans financing from the Government.

S1E9 - No Room in the Garage 1974-11-15

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.

S1E10 - The Letter 1974-12-06

Chico wants to participate with his cousins business in New York.

S1E11 - Natural Causes 1974-12-20

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

S1E12 - The Manuel Who Came to Dinner 1974-12-27

A car is towed into Eds garage and when this man comes to the garage, it turns out that this man was a Chicano friend of Eds from the past.

S1E13 - Garage Sale 1975-01-03

An inspecor inspects Eds 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.

S1E14 - Out of Sight 1975-01-17

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

S1E15 - The Beard 1975-01-24

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

S1E16 - If I Were a Rich Man 1975-01-31

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

S1E17 - Ed Steps Out 1975-02-07

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

S1E18 - Sammy Steps In 1975-02-14

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.

S1E19 - The Doctor Story 1975-02-21

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

S1E20 - The Giveaway 1975-02-28

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

S1E21 - Louie's Retirement 1975-03-07

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

S1E22 - Long Live the Man 1975-03-14

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.

S2E1 - Paint Job 1975-09-12

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

S2E2 - This Hallowed Garage 1975-09-19

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

S2E3 - Auntie Connie 1975-09-26

Ed develops the hots for Chicos visiting Aunt Connie.

S2E4 - Play Gypsy 1975-10-03

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

S2E5 - The Disappearance 1975-10-10

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

S2E6 - Chico and the Van 1975-10-17

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

S2E7 - Ms. Liz 1975-10-31

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

S2E8 - Mister Butterfly 1975-11-07

A Japenese man visits the garage claiming to be Eds long lost son.

S2E9 - Misfortune Teller 1975-11-14

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

S2E10 - Bird in a Gilded Cage 1975-11-21

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

S2E11 - The Strike 1975-11-28

Chico joins a union for mechanics, but is forced to picket Eds Garage.

S2E12 - The Invention 1975-12-05

Ed 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.

S2E13 - The Juror 1975-12-19

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

S2E14 - The Dream 1976-01-09

Chico tries to persuade Ed to retire and move into a retirement home, but Ed will not go for it naturally.... I dont blame him (lol)

S2E15 - The Hypnotist 1976-01-16

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

S2E16 - Reverand Bemis' Altar Ego 1976-01-23

After 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.

S2E17 - The Big Brush-Off 1976-01-28

Chico 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.

S2E18 - The Accident 1976-02-04

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

S2E19 - Chico's Cousin Pepe 1976-02-11

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

S2E20 - Return of Aunt Connie 1976-02-18

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

S2E21 - Too Many Crooks 1976-02-25

Ed, 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.

S2E22 - The Face Job 1976-03-03

Eds public life is almost destroyed when he is offered a free face lift.

S3E1 - Della Moves In 1976-10-01

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

S3E2 - Second Coming of Della 1976-10-08

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

S3E3 - Chico Packs His Bags 1976-10-22

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

S3E4 - Chico's Problem 1976-11-05

Chicos girlfriend decides on calling it quits to being a nurse. She then changes her mind after saving Eds life.

S3E5 - In Your Hat 1976-11-12

Eds lucky hat is stolen and while he needs to have an operation, he wont go under the knife until he gets his lucky hat back.

S3E6 - Ed's Recuperation 1976-11-19

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.

S3E7 - Ed Brown vs. the IRS 1976-11-26

Chico and Louie decide that the only way to get Eds taxes in is to forge his name to the document. This happens after Ed refuses to pay them.

S3E8 - 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 ends up not wanting to marry him.

S3E9 - Mucho Macho Ed 1976-12-10

A woman visits the garage claiming that Ed is the father to her unborn kid. When he hears of this, he wonders how. He then decides to ask for her hand in marriage.

S3E10 - Old is Old 1976-12-17

Ed gets the idea of hiring a senior citizen for the garage when Della persuades him through a debate that seniors dont have the same rights that younger people have.

S3E11 - Ready When You Are, CB 1976-12-24

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. He comes across a woman who also doesnt have anyone to spend New Years with and she is on the road. Ed invites her to the garage and she shows up. Later, Della, Chico, and the rest of Eds friends decide to surprise Ed by joining him for New years. When the element of surprise hits, that is when the gang meets Eds new friend ""Kissy Face"".

S3E12 - The Dress 1977-01-07

Ed donates his deceased wifes dress to raise money for a charity auction. He regrets doing the good deed when he finds out that a cross-dresser decides to buy the dress. Ed feels that he should not sell it to a man who will soil his wifes good name, so he fights to try to persuade the man into changing his mind.

S3E13 - Minority of One 1977-01-14

Ed is elected President of a Mexican Better Business bureau.

S3E14 - Champs Ain't Chumps 1977-01-28

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

S3E15 - Chico's Padre 1977-02-04

Gilberto, Chicos father who he hasnt seen in many years, returns to Chico to try and give him a chance to better his life by living with him. Chicos father is rich.

S3E16 - Matchmaker, Matchmaker 1977-02-18

Della plays matchmaker at trying to set Ed up with a woman. However when Ed gets word that Della did the matchmaking, he immediately wants to call the whole thing off.

S3E17 - Black Tie Blues 1977-02-25

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 all try and find ways to get out of it.

S3E18 - Ed Talks to God 1977-03-04

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 ahold of a good old friend of Eds and has him impersonate the voice of God by hooking sound equipment and a microphone all over the garage.

S3E19 - Gregory Peck Is a Rooster 1977-03-18

Ed sells a rooster that belongs to him, but when he finds out that the roosters purpose is to cockfight, he tries to get the bird back.

S3E20 - Louie's Can-Can 1977-04-01

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

S3E21 - Uncle Sunny 1977-04-08

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

S4E1 - Who's Been Sleeping in My Car? 1977-09-16

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

S4E2 - Su Casa, Mi Casa? 1977-09-23

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

S4E3 - Take Me, I'm Yours 1977-09-30

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

S4E4 - The Third Letter 1977-10-14

Ed needs a third reference letter to officially adopt Raul.

S4E5 - The Bed 1977-10-21

Ed had stuffed 700 dollars in his own mattress. I say had because Raul, knowing that Ed needed a new one, traded the old one in for a newer one. Anyway, they have to go and try to get all the money back.

S4E6 - The Matter of Privacy 1977-11-04

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

S4E7 - The Proposal 1977-11-11

Ed and Della decide to have Christmas dinner together. As they are eating and drinking wine, they both get drunk and before you know it, Ed proposes marriage to Della and Della accepts. But when they become sober, they realize what they have done and try not to go back on their work no matter what. Will this wedding go ahead?

S4E8 - Aunt Charo 1977-11-18

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

S4E9 - Charo Takes Over 1977-12-02

Charo tries to drum up Eds business by taking matters into her own hands.

S4E10 - Ed, the Hero 1977-12-09

On a class report, Ed writes about Ed. He writes that Ed fixes poor peoples cars for free. When word gets out, Poor folks from all over the neigborhood swamp Ed with trying to get thier cars fixed.

S4E11 - Ed's Team 1977-12-30

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

S4E12 - The Americanization of Charo 1978-01-06

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

S4E13 - Raul Runs Away (1) 1978-01-20

Raul finds out about the first Chico who died (Freddie Prinze). He finds the van hidden in the garage. He goes into the van and plays Chicos old guitar. When Ed hears the music an eerie feeling comes over him. He checks the van hoping that somehow Chico came back. When he finds Raul in the van, he gets mad. He bashes the guitar over the van and screams at Raul. Raul runs upstairs and prepares to run away thinking that he cannot replace the first Chico and that Ed doesnt love him anymore.

S4E14 - Raul Runs Away (2) 1978-01-20

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, but tells Raul that he is afraid that hell get too attached and that Raul will leave him the same way Chico left him. This is a very touching episode and the only episode that was filmed. They filmed it because they went on location to Mexico. They taped all the others in Burbank CA.

S4E15 - Charo and the Matador 1978-01-27

Charos Matador fiancee Antonio, comes to sweep her off her feet to get married.

S4E16 - A New Girl in Town 1978-06-02

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

S4E17 - Ed Brown's Car Wash 1978-06-09

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

S4E18 - Della and Son 1978-06-30

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

S4E19 - Help Wanted 1978-07-07

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

S4E20 - The Peeping Tom 1978-07-14

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

S4E21 - The Hot Rock 1978-07-21

Louie comes up with an invention. He wants to make a barbecue that relies on solar energy. Enthusiascic about the idea, Ed runs to his insurance company and tries to get money to launch the idea.

S4E22 - Waiting for Chongo

A motorcycle gang that know Monica comes and pretty much ransacks the garage and Ed doesnt know how to get rid of them.

S4E23 - Buenas Dias, Mr. President 1978-06-16

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