Chico and the Man (1974)
- Directed by
- Jack Donohue, Peter Baldwin
- Genre
- sitcom
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 4 seasons, 88 episodes
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A grumpy garage owner in a Mexican American neighborhood reluctantly hires a cheerful young man. They clash at first but slowly develop a grudging friendship.
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What happens
Chico and the Man is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC for four seasons from September 13, 1974, to July 21, 1978. It stars Jack Albertson as Ed Brown (the Man), the cantankerous owner of a run-down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio, and Freddie Prinze (until Prinze's suicide in the third season) as Chico Rodriguez, an upbeat, optimistic young Mexican American who comes in looking for a job. It was the first American television series set in a Mexican-American neighborhood. Albertson won an Emmy as Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 1976. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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