Chico and the Man
Pilot
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1974-09-13
Synopsis
Sitcom about an aging Jewish garage owner and a Chicano would-be mechanic. Ed Brown, a grizzled, gin-swigging old garage owner, who keeps his booze in the cash register, and who, like Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof," maintains a running dialogue with God; Freddie Prinze is Chico Rodriguez, the Chicano Vietnam veteran who calls himself "Super-Mex" and who wants to run Jack's garage for him, be his partner. He even wants Jack to switch to tequila: "Mexican holy water..."
In the series
This episode is part of Chico and the Man (1974–1978) on NBC.
East L.A. garage buddy comedy with a star exit the medium never forgot.
Key cast
- Jack Albertson as Ed Brown
- Freddie Prinze as Chico Rodriguez
- Scatman Crothers as Louie Wilson
- Della Reese as Della Rogers