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Chico and the Man

Season 1, Episode Number 1 (Pilot)

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Released: 1974-09-13

Runtime: 30 minutes

Episode Overview

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.

Series Overview

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.

Genres

  • Comedy

Production Companies

  • Wolper Productions ()
  • The Komack Company Inc. ()

Additional Information

Popularity: 27.6364

Vote Average: 5.8 (12 votes)

Status: Ended

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