The WORST episodes of Chico and the Man
Every episode of Chico and the Man ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Chico and the Man!
Ed Brown, a hard-drinking, curmudgeonly mechanic and bigot in a Los Angeles barrio, hires Chico Rodriguez, a young Chicano from the neighborhood. Over time, Ed warms to the young man and a father-son type of relationship develops.
#1 - The Dress
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1977
Ed donates his deceased wife's dress to raise money for a charity auction. He regrets doing the good deed when he finds out that a cross-dresser decides to buy the dress. Ed feels that he should not sell it to a man who will soil his wife's good name, so he fights to try to persuade the man into changing his mind.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Who's Been Sleeping in My Car?
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1977
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.
#3 - Uncle Sonny
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/8/1977
While Ed is away, his daring uncle comes to visit and throws an all-night girl party.
#4 - Louie's Can-Can
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/1/1977
Louie hires Ed to be a garbage truck driver, after he is forced to retire his job and decides to open his own garbage collecting business.
#5 - Gregory Peck Is a Rooster
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1977
Ed sells a rooster that belongs to him, but when he finds out that the rooster's purpose is to cockfight, he tries to get the bird back.
#6 - Ed Talks to God
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/4/1977
Ed does not feel like appearing at his own birthday party. Chico however tries to find a way for Ed to go, so he gets ahold of a good old friend of Ed's and has him impersonate the voice of God by hooking sound equipment and a microphone all over the garage.
#7 - Black Tie Blues
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/1977
Della wants to attend a formal dance and needs a host to go with her. Nobody wants to go, (Chico, Louie, and Ed) so they all try and find ways to get out of it.
#8 - Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/1977
Della plays matchmaker at trying to set Ed up with a woman. However when Ed gets word that Della did the matchmaking, he immediately wants to call the whole thing off.
#9 - Chico's Padre
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1977
Gilberto, Chico's father who he hasn't seen in many years, returns to Chico to try and give him a chance to better his life by living with him. Chico's father is rich.
#12 - Buenas Dias, Mr. President
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 6/16/1978
Ed becomes agitated when the President decides to visit his garage when he comes to town.
#13 - Ready When You Are, CB
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/24/1976
Everyone has plans to attend to and people to see except Ed for New years. He then uses a CB radio that is in the garage. He comes across a woman who also doesn't have anyone to spend New Years with and she is on the road. Ed invites her to the garage and she shows up. Later, Della, Chico, and the rest of Ed's friends decide to surprise Ed by joining him for New years. When the element of surprise hits, that is when the gang meets Ed's new friend ""Kissy Face"".
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - Ed Brown vs. the IRS
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/1976
Chico and Louie decide that the only way to get Ed's taxes in is to forge his name to the document. This happens after Ed refuses to pay them.
#17 - Ed's Recuperation
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/1976
After finding out that the nurse that Ed hired wants to get married to him, Chico and Della try to talk her out of it.
#23 - Take Me, I'm Yours
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1977
When a social worker comes to take Raul away, Ed decides to adopt him as his own.
#24 - The Hot Rock
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/21/1978
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.
#25 - The Peeping Tom
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/14/1978
Ed is falsley accused by a woman who swears that he is a peeping Tom and is watching her on a daily basis.
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