Chico and the Man - Season 1 - Eps 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 of persuasion, Ed agrees to give Chico a job as his mechanic.
About Chico and the Man
Title: Chico and the Man
First Air Date: 1974-09-13
Last Air Date: 1978-07-21
Status: Ended
Rating: 5.8/10 (from 12 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 4
Total Episodes: 88
Network: NBC
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: Wolper Productions, The Komack Company Inc.
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Freddie Prinze
Chico Rodriguez
Della Reese
Della Rogers
Jack Albertson
Ed Brown
Scatman Crothers
Louie
Charo
Aunt Charo
