Chico and the Man
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| Name | Chico and the Man | |||
| Mentioned In | Confidence Man | |||
| Genre | Situation Comedy | |||
| Created by | James Komack | |||
| Seasons | 4 | |||
| Episodes | 88 | |||
| Running Time | 30 minutes | |||
| Channel | NBC | |||
| Original Run | 1974-1978 | |||
| Starring | Jack Albertson Freddie Prinze Scatman Crothers Bonnie Boland Issac Ruiz Ronny Graham Della Reese | |||
Chico and the Man was an American sitcom which ran on NBC from September 13, 1974 to July 21, 1978. The series was created by James Komack. In total, 88 episodes were produced until its cancellation. It was the first U.S. television series set in a Mexican-American neighborhood.
[edit] Summary
The series featured Ed Brown (Jack Albertson), or The Man, the cantankerous owner of a run down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio, and Chico Rodriguez (Freddie Prinze), an upbeat, optimistic Chicano street kid who comes in looking for a job. Ed doesn't want Chico's help. In fact, he distrusts all Chicanos. A hard-drinking widower, he refuses to fit in with the changing neighborhood and has alienated most of the people who live around him. Ed uses ethnic slurs and berates Chico in an effort to get him to leave. But Chico sees potential in the old man and sneaks back in at night to clean up the garage and move into an old van that Ed has parked inside. When Ed sees all the effort Chico has put in, he slowly warms up to Chico and thus starts the relationship. Ed grows to see Chico as a son, although he will deny this fact on many occasions. The chemistry between Jack Albertson's "Ed" and Freddie Prinze's "Chico" was one of the leading factors in making the show a hit in its first two seasons.
[edit] Appearance
In Confidence Man, Sawyer refers to Jack as "Chico", a reference to the character titular character and his characteristic optimistic attitude.
