James Komack
Director
Chico and the Man (1974)
Season 4
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.
Released Sept. 13, 1974
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.car-garage, tmdb.los-angeles-california, tmdb.mexican-american, tmdb.sitcom, imdb.1970s, imdb.observational-comedy, imdb.mechanic + 11 more, imdb.lowrider, imdb.hispanic, imdb.auto-shop, imdb.sitcom, imdb.junkyard, imdb.character-name-in-title, imdb.laugh-track, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated, awards.golden-globe-nominated, imdb.sitcom-comedy
Production Companies: Wolper Productions, The Komack Company Inc.
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S4E1 - Who's Been Sleeping in My Car?
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.
Sept. 16, 1977, midnight
S4E2 - Su Casa, Mi Casa?
Ed waits for word from Raul's parents. Later, Ed finds out that Raul is an orphan and needs a parent.
Sept. 23, 1977, midnight
S4E3 - Take Me, I'm Yours
When a social worker comes to take Raul away, Ed decides to adopt him as his own.
Sept. 30, 1977, midnight
S4E4 - The Third Letter
Ed needs a third reference letter to officially adopt Raul.
Oct. 14, 1977, midnight
S4E5 - The Bed
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.
Oct. 21, 1977, midnight
S4E6 - The Matter of Privacy
Ed tries to teach Raul how important it is to respect one's privacy. The moral blows up when Ed opens a package that is for Raul.
Nov. 4, 1977, midnight
S4E7 - The Proposal
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?
Nov. 11, 1977, midnight
S4E8 - Aunt Charo
Raul's Aunt Charo comes to the Garage to take Raul back to Spain, but he would rather stay with Ed.
Nov. 18, 1977, midnight
S4E9 - Charo Takes Over
Charo tries to drum up Ed's business by taking matters into her own hands.
Dec. 2, 1977, midnight
S4E10 - Ed, the Hero
On a class report, Ed writes about Ed. He writes that Ed fixes poor people's cars for free. When word gets out, Poor folks from all over the neigborhood swamp Ed with trying to get thier cars fixed.
Dec. 9, 1977, midnight
S4E11 - Ed's Team
Raul wants to join a basketball team and he can if Ed sponsors it, so that is what he does.
Dec. 30, 1977, midnight
S4E12 - The Americanization of Charo
Aunt Charo takes her citizenship test and becomes an American Citizen.
Jan. 6, 1978, midnight
S4E13 - Raul Runs Away (1)
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 Chico's 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 doesn't love him anymore.
Jan. 20, 1978, midnight
S4E14 - Raul Runs Away (2)
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 he'll 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.
Jan. 20, 1978, midnight
S4E15 - Charo and the Matador
Charo's Matador fiancee Antonio, comes to sweep her off her feet to get married.
Jan. 27, 1978, midnight
S4E16 - A New Girl in Town
In an attempt to add more characters to the show, Monica, Ed Brown's niece, tells her tragic story and moves in with Ed.
June 2, 1978, midnight
S4E17 - Ed Brown's Car Wash
For her Uncle Ed, Monica decides to drum up business by having an all-girl in tight shirts and shorts car wash.
June 9, 1978, midnight
S4E19 - Della and Son
Della tries to convince her son Tony to help her and her catering business.
June 30, 1978, midnight
S4E20 - Help Wanted
Monica upsets Ed by getting a job at a sleazy restaraunt.
July 7, 1978, midnight
S4E21 - The Peeping Tom
Ed is falsley accused by a woman who swears that he is a peeping Tom and is watching her on a daily basis.
July 14, 1978, midnight
S4E22 - The Hot Rock
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.
July 21, 1978, midnight
S4E23 - Waiting for Chongo
A motorcycle gang that know Monica comes and pretty much ransacks the garage and Ed doesn't know how to get rid of them.
S4E18 - Buenas Dias, Mr. President
Ed becomes agitated when the President decides to visit his garage when he comes to town.
June 16, 1978, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 2640 min.
Released: Sept. 13, 1974
Last Air Date: July 21, 1978, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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