Chico and the Man: Episode Guide
This episode guide contains the title, original airdate, brief summary,
and guest stars when available. 88 total half-hour episodes were available for syndication from
the show's 4 seasons. Episodes are in the production order (the order they were
actually made), the episode guide is from the book Television Comedy Series: An Episode Guide to 153 TV Sitcoms in Syndication by
by Joel Eisner & David Krinsky, copyright 1983. If you have any additional details about the
episode or guest stars, please e-mail me.
Season 1 - 1974/1975
1. Pilot Episode (original airdate: 09/13/74)
Chico tries to persuade Ed to give him a job in the garage.
Guest stars: Rodolfo Hayes as customer, Sidney Clute as police officer #1,
Jerry Fogel as police officer #2
W: James Komack, Don Nicholl, & Michael Ross, Bernie West
2. Borrowed Trouble (10/11/74)
Chico tries to persuade Ed to take out a loan and improve the garage.
Guest star: Larry Hovis as First customer
W: Norman Barasch & Carroll Moore
3. The Manuel Who Came to Dinner (12/27/74)
The irate Chicano owner of a car towed into the garage turns out to be a former friend
of Ed's.
Guest star: Danny Nunez as Manuel Carrera
W: Elias Davis & David Pollock
4. No Room in the Garage (11/15/74)
When a Spanish-speaking pregnant girl arrives at the garage, Ed assumes that Chico is
the father of her child.
W: Bill Dana
5. Natural Causes (12/20/74)
After he hears about the death of an old acquitance, Ed becomes convinced that his
own days are numbered.
Guest star: Shirley O'Hara
W: Steve Gordon
6. Second Thoughts (09/20/74)
Ed is trying desperately to get rid of Chico.
W: Adele Styler & Burt Styler
7. Old Dog (09/27/74)
Ed becomes convinced that he has lost his touch as a mechanic.
W: James Komack
8. New Suit (10/04/74)
Ed refuses to attend his old army reunion.
W: James Komack
9. E. Pluribus Used Car (10/25/74)
Chico dreams of going into the used car business when Louie gives him and Ed his
car to sell for him.
W: Larry Markes & Norman Liebmann
10. Life Style (11/01/74)
Ed gets the wrong idea about what Chico and his girlfriend were doing in the back
of Chico's van.
W: Ron Friedman
11. The Veterans (11/08/74)
Veterans Chico and Ed try to get financial aid from the government.
W: Bud Wiser & Robery Hilliard, Michael Morris
12. The Letter (12/06/74)
Chico decides to go into business with his cousin in New York.
Guest star: Bonnie Boland
W: James Komack
13. Garage Sale (01/03/75)
Ed holds a garage sale after the new inspector says he must clean up the place
or get a fine.
W: Ed Jurist
14. Ed Steps Out (02/07/75)
A widow buys a bakery down the street from the garage and soon finds herself sweet
on Ed.
Guest star: Shelley Winters as Shirley Shrift
W: Jerry Ross
15. Out of Sight (01/17/75)
Ed insists on testifying in court as a witness to a car accident, despite his
failing eyesight.
Guest stars: Bruce Kirby as Officer Kirby, Rodolfo Hoyos as Rudy, Alma
Beltran as woman
W: Ron Friedman
16. The Beard (01/24/75)
A philandering husband depends on Ed to cover for him on his nights out.
Guest stars: Jim Backus as Harold Ericson, Audra Lindley as Doris Ericson
W: Robert Hilliard & Michael Morris
17. If I Were a Rich Man (01/31/75)
Chico has fallen head over heels in love and Ed is trying to turn him right side
up.
Guest stars: Isaac Ruiz as Mando, Liberty Williams as Marilyn Simmons, Perry Cook
as customer
W: Jerry Ross
18. Sammy Stops In (02/14/75)
Sammy awes everyone but Ed when he brings his car to the garage to be serviced.
Guest stars: Sammy Davis, Jr. as Himself, Bonnie Boland as Mabel
W: Robert Hilliard & Michael Morris, Martin Donovan
19. Long Live the Man (03/14/75)
Ed is depressed. Everyone thought he had died and he is convinced that nobody
mourned for him.
Guest stars: Isaac Ruiz as Mando, Bonnie Boland as MAbel, Roger C. Carmel as priest
W: Michael Morris
20. The Doctor Story (02/21/75)
Ed's shoulder hurts, but he would rather use a homemade remedy than see a doctor.
W: Ed Jurist
21. The Giveaway (02/28/75)
Chico is suddenly keeping strange hours and is carrying a large amount of cash.
Guest stars: Diana Canova as Patty, Roger C. Carmel as priest
W: Robert Hilliard & Eric Cohen
22. Louie's Retirement (03/07/75)
Louie plans to spend his retirement hanging around the garage.
W: Ben Joelson & Art Baer
Season 2 - 1975/1976
23. The Hallowed Garage (09/19/75)
City officials plan to tear down the garage to make way for a power station.
W: Ron Friedman
24. Chico and the Van (10/17/75)
A city official claims Chico's van is illegal, so he moves in with Ed.
Guest stars: Penny Marshall as Anita, Ralph Manza as Mr. Gomez
W: Ann Gibbs & Joel Kimmel
25. Play Gypsy (10/03/75)
A gypsy wants Ed to teach him to be a mechanic.
Guest star: Avery Schreiber
W: Ron Friedman
26. Auntie Connie (09/26/75)
Ed falls in love with Chico's Aunt Connie.
W: Howard Albrecht & Sol Weinstein
27. The Paint Job (09/12/75)
Ed and Chico have a fight over the alley wall Ed contributed to an art contest.
W: Ron Friedman
28. The Juror (12/19/75)
Chico finds that the defendant in the case he is a juror on is a friend of Ed's.
Guest star: Jack Bernardi
W: Sandy Krinski
29. The Misfortune Teller (11/14/75)
Ed tries to find a way of saving the garage from foreclosure by seeing a fortune teller.
Guest stars: Avery Schreiber, Ronny Graham
W: Sandy Krinski
30. The Strike (11/28/75)
Chico joins the mechanic's union and is forced to picket the garage.
W: Milt Rosen
31. The Disapperance (10/10/75)
Chico is afraid that Ed is spending too much time remebering the past.
W: Michael Morris
32. Mister Butterfly (11/07/75)
A Japanese man claims to be Ed's son.
Guest star: George Takei
W: Ron Friedman
33. Ms. Liz (10/31/75)
Chico falls in love. He now plans to get married and leave the garage.
Guest star: Ronny Graham as Reverend Bemis
W: Jack Mendelsohn & Lynn Roth
34. Bird in a Gilded Cage (11/21/75)
Ed is upset when his favorite silent screen actress become a waitress.
Guest stars: Carmel Myers as Violette Myers, Bill McLean as customer,
Carols Romero as cafe manager
W: Bernard M. Kahn
35. The Big Brush-Off (01/28/76)
Chico falls in love with a girl who won't go out with him because he looks like her
ex-fiance.
Guest stars: Tony Orlando as Thomas Garcia, Irene de Bari as
Maria Esteban
W: Larry Siegel
36. The Invention (12/05/75)
Ed and Chico are cheated out of $500 when they try to patent Ed's invention: motorcycle
training wheels.
Guest star: Ronny Graham as Reverend Bemis
W: Jay Moriarty & Mike Milligan
37. The Dream (01/09/76)
Chico tries to convince Ed into retiring and going to a senior-citizen home.
Guest stars: E.J. Andre as the doctor, Noela Velasco as Va Va, Queenie Smith
as Tammy, Shirley Kirkes as Lola
W: Ron Friedman
Note: Show moved to Wednesdays at 9:00PM.
38. The Hypnotist (01/16/76)
Chico hypnotizes Ed into marrying Flora.
Guest stars: Ronny Graham as Reverend Bemis, Carole Cook as Flora
W: Doug Tibbles & Barbara Tibbles
39. Reverend Bemis's Altar Ego (01/23/76)
After Chico makes a guest sermon at Bemis's church, the parishioners find that they
want Chico and not Bemis to lead them.
W: Arthur Phillips & John L. Greene
40. The Accident (02/04/76)
After Chico's accident, Ed borrows money on his insurance to send him to school.
W: Ron Friedman
41. Chico's Cousin Pepe (02/11/76)
Chico's blind, women-chasing, singing cusin visits.
Guest star: Jose Feliciano
W: Fred S. Fox & Seaman Jacobs
Note: The title song is sung in this episode by Jose Feliciano.
42. Return of Aunt Connie (02/18/76)
Chico and Ed decide that Connie's new boyfriend is a con artist.
Guest star: Cesare Danova
W: Iris Rainer & Morth Scharfman
43. Too Many Crooks (02/25/76)
Ed gives a handout to a bumbling crook, then every crook in the neighborhood
comes to Ed for money.
Guest star: Joey Bishop
W: Arthur Phillips & John L. Greene
44. The Face Job (03/03/76)
Ed is offered a free face lift, which almost destroys his social life.
W: Howard Albrecht & Sol Weinstein
Season 3 - 1976/1977
45. Chico Packs His Bags
Chico decides to leave the garage rather than give in to Ed's demands.
Guest star: Dee Dee Sescher
Note: Show moved to Wednesdays at 9:30PM.
46. Della Moves In (Part 1) (10/01/76)
Ed is threatened with eviction by his new landlady.
47. Second Coming of Della (Part 2) (10/08/76)
When Ed gives up the fight and becomes a recluse, Della gives in and renews his lease.
48. Ed Brown vs. the IRS (11/26/76)
Ed refuses to pay his taxes, so Chico and Louie forge his name to the form.
49. Chico's Problem (11/05/76)
Chico's girlfriend decides to give up nursing, but after saving Ed's life Chico's
changes her mind.
50. Ed's Recuperation (11/19/76)
The nurse that Ed hired is only interested in marriage, so it is up to Chico and Della
to discourage her.
51. In Your Hat (11/12/76)
Ed refuses to have necessary surgery unless he finds his lucky hat which was stolen.
52. Old Is Old (12/17/76)
Ed hires a senior citizen to work in the garage.
Guest stars: Jim Jordan, Charles Lane
53. Mucho Macho Ed (12/10/76)
Ed plans to marry the woman who claims Ed is the father of her unborn child.
Guest star: Maria O'Brien
54. The Dress (01/07/77)
Ed is upset when he donates his late wife's dress to a charity auction and it is bought by a female
impersonator.
Guest star: Charles Pierce
55. Minority of One (01/14/77)
Ed is elected President of the Better Barrio Business Bureau.
Guest star: Nono Arsu
56. Morgan and the Man
When Chico proposes to an old high school classmate, she refuses.
Guest stars: Rose Portillo, Jill Wood
57. Champs Ain't Chumps (01/28/77)
Ed worries when Chico considers becoming a professional fighter.
Guest stars: Milton Frome, Chuck Bergansky
58. Chico's Padre (02/04/77)
Chico's long-lost rich father, Gilberto, returns to give him a better life.
Guest star: Cesar Romero as Gilberto Rodriguez
D: Jack Donohue
59. Ready When You Are, CB (12/24/76)
Ed spends New Year's Eve on the CB with a CBer named Kissy Face.
60. Black Tie Blues (02/25/77)
Ed, Chico and Louie all find ways out of taking Della to a formal dance.
Guest star: Rosey Grier as Himself, Eddie Quillan as hobo
W: John Fenton Murray
61. Matchmaker, Matchmaker (02/18/77)
When Ed finds out that his meeting with his new girlfriend was set up by Della, he breaks off
the relationship.
Guest stars: Jeff Donnell as Peggy Randall, Gary Dontzig as Lawrence Randall
W: Si Rose
62. Ed Talks to God (03/04/77)
Chico tries to change Ed's mind about not attending his own birthday party by having Ed's old
friend impersonate God.
Guest star: Edward Andrews as Blinky Foster
W: Michael Morris
63. Louie's Can Can (04/01/77)
Louie is forced to retire, so he opens his own garbage business and hires Ed as a
driver.
Guest stars: George Gobel as Joe Tubbs, Danny Mora as Salvador, Reb Brown as Frank
W: George Bloom & Beverly Bloomberg
64. Gregory Peck Is a Rooster (03/18/77)
Ed tries to get his pet rooster back from a cockfighting promoter he sold it to.
Guest stars: Pat Buttram as Jed Gibson, Danny Mora as Salvador, Snag Werris as man #1,
Jerry Fujikawa as Chang, Kenneth Henry as man #2, Bill Grant as man #3
W: George Bloom & Beverly Bloomberg
65. Uncle Sonny (04/08/77)
While Ed's away his wild Uncle Sonny throws an all-girl party.
Guest star: Lisa Mordente
W: Henry Irving
Season 4 - 1977/1978
66. Who's Been Sleeping in My Car? (09/16/77)
Ed returns from Mexico with an 11-year-old boy who is determined to stay with him.
W: George Bloom & Beverly Bloomberg
Note: first appearance of Raul, originally made for the 3rd season - aired as
1st episode of 4th season
67. Su Casa, Mi Casa? (09/23/77)
Ed waits for word from Raul's parents, only to learn he is an orphan.
W: Gary Belkin & Jerry Ross
68. Take Me, I'm Yours (09/30/77)
A social worker comes to take Raul away, so Ed adopts him.
Guest star: Barbara Sharma
W: Ben Starr & Chuck Stewart
69. The Third Letter (10/14/77)
Ed needs a third letter of reference in order to adopt Raul.
Guest star: Rodolfo Hoyos
W: Ben Starr & Chuck Stewart
70. The Bed (10/21/77)
Raul trades Ed's bed for a new one, unawre that he had $700 stuffed in the mattress.
W: Gary Belkin
71. Della and Son (06/30/78)
Della convinces her son Tony to stay and join her in the catering business.
W: Gary Belkin & Jerry Ross
72. A Matter of Privacy (11/04/77)
Ed tries to teach Raul the meaning of privacy, but the lesson backfires when Ed opens
a package belonging to Raul.
W: Sandy Krinski & Chet Dowling
73. Ed the Hero (12/09/77)
In a class composition, Raul writes that Ed fixes poor people's cars for free. Ed is then
besieged by the poor people in the neighborhood.
W: Carmen Finestra
74. The Hot Rock (07/21/78)
Ed is trying to collect money from the insurance company in order to invest in Louie's
new invention: a solar barbecue.
W: Ron Friedman
75. Ed's Team (12/30/77)
Ed sponsors a basketball team so Raul can play on it.
W: Adele Styler & Burt Styler
76. The Proposal (11/11/77)
Ed and Della get drunk at a holiday dinner and Ed proposes to her.
W: Bob Shayne
77. Aunt Charo (11/18/77)
Raul's aunt comes to take him back to Spain with her.
Guest star: Charo
W: Norm Liebmann & Peter Gallay, Gene Farmer & Bill Daley
78. Charo Takes Over (12/02/77)
Jealous of all the time Raul is spending with Charo at a nightclub, Ed competes
with her at a night club act of his own.
Guest star: Charo
W: Norm Liebmann & Peter Gallay, Gene Farmer & Bill Daley
79. Raul Runs Away (Part 1) (01/20/78)
When Raul finds out about the first Chico, he runs away back to Mexico.
W: Norm Liebmann & Peter Gallay, Gene Farmer & Bill Daley
Note: Originally aired as an one-hour episode.
80. Raul Runs Away (Part 2) (01/20/78)
Ed goes to Mexico to bring Raul back.
Guest star: Robert Hegyes
W: Norm Liebmann & Peter Gallay, Gene Farmer
81. The Americanization of Charo (01/06/78)
Aunt Charo becomes an American citizen.
Guest star: Charo
W: Norm Liebmann & Peter Gallay, Gene Farmer
82. Charo and the Matador (01/27/78)
Charo's fiance Antonio, a matador, comes to America to marry her.
Guest star: Charo
W: Norm Liebmann & Bill Daley
83. A New Girl in Town (06/02/78)
Monica comes to live in the garage.
W: Don Segall & Michael Morris
84. Waiting for Chongo
A motorcycle gang comes to the garage.
85. Help Wanted (07/07/78)
Monica gets a job at a low-class restaurant, causing Ed to become upset.
W: Terry Hart
86. Buenas Dias, Mr. President
The President is coming to visit Ed's garage and it is making him a nervous
wreck.
87. Ed Brown's Car Wash (06/09/78)
Monica opens an all-girl car wash in the garage.
W: Norm Liebmann & Bill Daley
88. The Peeping Tom (07/14/78)
Ed is accused of being a Peeping Tom.
W: Al Schwartz & Sam Locke
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D: Peter Baldwin
S: Bud Wiser
D: Peter Baldwin
D: Peter Baldwin
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D: Peter Baldwin
D: Peter Baldwin
D: Peter Baldwin
D: Bill Foster
D: James Komack
D: Jack Donohue
D: Jack Donohue
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Note: Freddie Prinze's last episode.
D: Jack Donohue
Note: First episode without Chico.
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S: Michael Morris
S: Michael Morris
D: Bill Daley
D: Bill Daley, Jack Donohue
D: Jack Donohue
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