Chico and the Man - Season 3 - Eps 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 all try and find ways to get out of it.
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