Chico and the Man

September 12, 1975

Ed and Chico clash over the wall of their alley for an art competition.

September 19, 1975

The City plans to demolish Ed's garage to open a newer, more enhanced power gas station.

September 26, 1975

Ed develops the hots for Chico's visiting Aunt Connie.

October 3, 1975

Ed meets a Gypsy who wants Ed to train him on how to be a good mechanic.

October 10, 1975

Chico thinks that Ed is spending too much time living in the past and not getting on with life.

October 17, 1975

A city ""Truent Officer"" let's say tells Chico that his van is illegal in the states, so Chico moves in with Ed.

October 31, 1975

Chico falls head over heels for a woman named Liz, in fact he likes her so much that he decides to marry her.

November 7, 1975

A Japenese man visits the garage claiming to be Ed's long lost son.

November 14, 1975

Ed tries to prevent the bank from foreclosing the mortgage on his garage by visiting a fortune teller.

November 21, 1975

Ed has stirred emotions when he sees his favorite silent film actress waiting tables at a local cafe.

November 28, 1975

Chico joins a union for mechanics, but is forced to picket Ed's Garage.

December 5, 1975

Ed creates a new invention. He decides to design training wheels for motorcycles. While trying to get the idea patented, they get swindled out of five hundred bucks for the patent process.

December 19, 1975

Chico is assigned Jury duty, and he finds out that the defendant on his jury is actually a good friend of Ed's.

January 9, 1976

Chico tries to persuade Ed to retire and move into a retirement home, but Ed will not go for it naturally.... I don't blame him (lol)

January 16, 1976

Chico, not realizing his own strength, hypnotizes Ed and leads him to marrying Flora.

January 23, 1976

After Chico guest preaches a good sermon at Bemis' church. The people find out that they would rather have Chico preach instead of the Reverend Bemis.

January 28, 1976

Chico is having some women problems. A girl that he likes will not go out with Chico because he looks too much like her ex-fiance.

February 4, 1976

After Chico gets into an accident, Ed burrows from his own insurance money to send Chico to school.

February 11, 1976

Chico's blind, skirt chasing, singer of a cousin visits Chico and meets Ed.

February 18, 1976

Chico's Aunt Connie visits and when she does, Chico and Ed realize that she is a con artist.

February 25, 1976

Ed, not knowing that he gave a handout to a crook, eventually Ed has all kinds of crooks from the neigborhood coming to him for a handout as well. Of course it is money they are after.

March 3, 1976

Ed's public life is almost destroyed when he is offered a free face lift.