I come from NJ & in the early 70's a hispanic guy bought my father's 66 impala, he came around a month later to show us what he did with it and turned it into a real kick ass low-rider with the front air shocks rocking it up & down, we all thought it was cool & I still have a picture of it.
I Was About 10 Years Old When This Show Came On, Watched It Every Week. Too Bad There's No Shows Like This On T.V. Today. Shows Today Just Suck Completly.
I grew up in Boyle Heights back in the 70s and 80s....im 46 now and i consider my self vey fortunate to be alive.....Brooklyn @ Fickett aves FOREVER!!!
My condolences go out to the family of Jesse Valadez, co-founder of the East Los Angeles "Imperial Car Club" and owner of the legendary "Gypsy Rose" lowrider featured in this video (52 seconds). Mr. Valadez passed away on January 29, 2011, at the age of 64.
I used to love this show when it first aired. I was really young then but I remember my mom kept saying that I looked liked the baby at the end when I was his age. This really brings back good memories. I was young but shocked when I heard what happened to Freddie. Such a loss.
T.V.'s "Chico & the Man" trivia: Originally Freddie Prinze was cast to play the role of "Della." Producer James Komack, of course, eventually awarded the part to the behemoth Della Reese who had invented Reese's Peanut Butter Cups in the autumn of 1967 during her convalescence from a trampoline accident.
@YaoiHuntressEarth I agree with you, but I doubt it will happen. This is Amerikkka. How many good/any shows do we have with latinos and blacks being positive with each other? TV sucks now. The last latino/black show was NY Undercover and you know what happened to that show.
I don't know what made me think of looking for this clip today, but I did. I have not seen this in over 30 years but knew most of the words. I even remember that countdown at the beginning. What great memories, but day too that Prinze did what he did. I was only 10 or so at the time and really did not understand the how and why. I just rememver it as being very sad.
A dear friend told me tonight that I seemed eerily reminiscent of Freddie Prinze in the my photos as far as nineteen seventies stuff goes. Of course, I just pray things will be better for Chico and the Man. This is the evening prayer. ...
This was one of the all time great SITCOMS... They yanked it when after Freddie Prinze committed suicide and for many years never re-aired it... yet people remember it because it was THAT good !
from the Jose Feliciano 1974 great album "And The Feelings Good", now finally on CD at amazon and which contains this theme + hard times in el barrio and many other fantastic songs, like the cover of the song Golden Lady
Classic TV! Classic comedy! Classic 70s! Jack and Freddie made a dynamite team on this show. It is too bad both men are long gone. They were simply very special. "Cheek" was so balanced in the story with "the man" at his side. José Feliciano sang the theme song with so much feeling and beauty. Shows like this just do not come around any longer.
Man I miss shows like these! Back in the day you could have a show like Chico,Sanford and Son,All in the Family,Good Times,the Jeffersons,etc. Yeah Ed,Archie,Fred and George were ALL bigots in one way or another. But they were EQUAL opportunity bigots. But they all had a line they wouldn't cross and at the end of the day they stood for what was right. No matter what color or ethnicity might be involved.
@panamaniak This is why I say the decade from 1970 to 1980 was the Golden Age of TV sitcoms. I counted 16 so far (too many to list here) & just as I think that's it, another 1 pops in my head. While there have been many great shows before & after, what other decade had so many? Chico, Barney Miller, Taxi, Different Strokes, Alice, Good Times, Jeffersons, All in the Family, 3's company, WKRP, Mary Tyler Moore, Maude, 1 day @ a time, Sanford & Son, Happy Day's, Laverne & Shirly, Rhoda.....more?
Does anyone know the name of the song and the woman who sang it at the closing credits? It went something like " Times are hard for Chico and the Man" It's a good song too.
Yes another great show & well composed/sung theme music...great time to be young & alive even with struggle...we could come home & watch great TV programs like this 1
@kell7wlt The ending was good too when he did a bluesy version of it but I can never seem to find it. I recall when this show first started the Mexican community in L.A went apeshit because both Prinze and Feliciano were Puerto Rican. In fact I think Prinze was only half Puerto Rican in the first place.
You are right. "Chico And The Man" (NBC) began in the fall of 1974. It followed "Sanford And Son" in the Friday 8:30 p.m. slot until 1976. Then in moved around a bit. Those were some fun Friday evenings in front of the tube. After "Chico" was "The Rockford Files" then "Police Woman" (Angie Dickinson, so fine!).
We make them rich by purchasing car, tv's, computers, cell phones, movies, DVD's. How do you earn your money? Maybe it's the money that's exploits everything around it. Hmmm
i never understood why thre was such a push for shows like this in 70s--i guess it was an era of let's exploit minorities and stereotype them--chico & the man, good times, sanford and son--I never found it entertaining to watch shows about poor minorities
I didn't want to see any of those shows that felt a need to make a statement. Granted All in the family was groundbreaking, but I preferred the fluff from the 50s and 60 when tv was meant to entertain. Even today I hate reality tv and sitcoms are not funny anymore. tv should be a form of escapism--I don't want to forced to take note of society's problems. We get enough of that with the news--i want to escape with Lucy, Fonzie, Laverne & Shirley, etc.
the jeffersons were still ghetto/blue collar. they had only recently come of money and that was one of the points of comedy.
the cosby show was about an upper middle-class family that was purely white collar and well-educated. they didn't speak ebonics and were basically scrubbed clean of any ghetto-affectation.
You are right. Cliff Huxtable and Clair were more educated than George and Weezy. You didn't see Cliff talk ebonics and jive and call white people honky. LOL But still, you told the other poster we didn't see a sitcom about rich minorites, but the Jeffersons qualify. They were a contrast from Good Times.
"Chico And The Man" (NBC) began in the fall of 1974. It followed "Sanford And Son" in the Friday 8:30 p.m. slot until 1976. "The Jeffersons" (CBS) began Jan. 1975.
@delidude1999 Believe it or not, as a Puerto Rican who grew up in the Bronx in the 70s, I found these shows empowering... because it was so rare to see working class latinos (or blacks) on TV. Sure, it seems as if the networks knew how to exploit minority themes but at the same time, i think a lot of these shows (like Good Times, for ex.) also did not miss an opportunity to be a vehicle for exposing discrimination, poverty and all the social issues relevant to minorities back in the day. :)
I'm just a white guy but I watched it back in the 70's and felt bad that Freddie Prinze shot himself over his girlfriend and died from it. It was shocking then and still is today. As bad as something seems today tom morrow it can be completely different. Suicide is such a waste in so many ways hopefully we can convince others it's not the way to go. So many people are hurt by it and it really leaves a very empty feeling for those who love us.
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@ErichH68 you must be so old to have watched this in the 70's! How old are you like 30 or 40??? Damn, ur ancient dude. So when you gonna commit suicide like Freddie Prinze? fuckin dumb ass......
Classic shit, dude. This is definitely one of the greatest t.v. themes of all-times. (Jose Feliciano is one of the best!) The closing theme on this show was even better. Where in the hell can I find it?!
Wow, many memories of Alcarzar St. in ELA. I devote a prayer for my vatos that unfortunately lived their lives in full pursuing what we thought was important back then. We are all Latinos with too many challenges ahead of us, lets not add ourselves to our challenges.
It's too bad Freddie Sr. didn't live to meet his daughter-in-law or his brand new granddaughter. I LOVED this show, and crushed hard on Freddie Sr., right up to the shocking and unexpected time of his suicide. I remember when he got married, and when Freddie Jr. was born. I was just an adolescent... I think. Might have been a bit younger. Can't remember what year Freddie Sr. died... anyway, he's still missed.
Yeah, that sounds about right; in the ballpark, anyway. What a shame. So much talent, so young, everything to live for..... not the least of which was a toddler son who needed him. I often wonder what it must be like for famous kids of famous parents, especially if that famous parent died while they were very little. All the stories about them while they were growing up, the hurt of having to get to know that parent through others' eyes, having little or no memory of them. Sad.
They'll probably put it back on when the Latino population soars a bit more and they gain momentum in the industry. Sadly, that won't be for another twenty years.
I loved the tv show as a kid and this song i will always remember the lyrics to it because it was so caring. I guess now I can see that perhaps "the man" that Jose talks about may be more than his boss, but I understand that now as an adult but not as a kid. Jose Feliciano once again knocks this one out of the box as a classic!!
Freddie was my first love and I don't even remember it. My mom said I'd sit and watch the reruns and she has photos of the pictures of him I hung in my bedroom when I was about 5! No wonder I've always loved his son!
Two things jump out: this was a landmark show for the depiction of Chicanos in America. That can never be understated...even if every time I see it, I want The Man to give Chico a Golden Ticket lol. Two, Freddie Prinze Jr. looks very little like his daddy.
Chico and the Man. Fabulous Show. Jack Albertson. Freddie Prinze. and one of the best TV theme songs EVER with the great Jose Feliciano. Great great stuff. How funny it is to look at all of those little kids in this show opener. All of them are now in their late 30's or early 40's. My how time flys.
I remember watching this show as a child and was sadden by Freddy Prinze's suicide. It's been quite a while since I've seen and heard the intro. Thanks for posting it.
I loved this show and it seemed like they took it off the air rather quick. I hate that he died so young under those circumstances. I hope he found a way to keep "Looking good", as he used to say. His son is a pretty good actor as well.
Why the hell does everything have to turn into race?? The show is a classic and I loved to watch it. I didnt wait in frnt of my clck waiting 4 the shit to come on but it is still a CLASSIC. refgardless of the damn race. get over the bullshit. btw? what the fuck does that mean?? get over urselves.
the show was a classic...its racism that keeps hispanics off t.v...asians,native americans, middle easterns, and latinos are all unfairly kept off...America is supposed to be a melting pot yet all u see on t.v are white and black ppl(im black btw) i think its a shame.
ninetiesbaby10! Agreed and I'm black. Was 9 when this show came out! We loved it!
i love he so funny i wasnt alive when his show was out or when he died but my dad showwed me videos and clips of his show he is so funny one of the best comics
I loved this show only for Jose Feliciano's great theme song and Freddie Prinze's ability to be such a great talent yet follow such a horrible script.
If it wasnt that great why did someone post parts of it on Youtube, Latinos don't influence through whats on television-we influence society in America....LATINO VOTE
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this show really wasnt that great, like GOOD TIMES, JEFFERSONS, & WHATS HAPPENING was, i think thats why they dont even show CHICO AND THE MAN on cable today, because LATINO culture really doesnt appeal to many races as WHITE & BLACK culture does. thats why besides GORGE LOPEZ, there is not another hispanic based show on TV, there's nothin but BLACK & WHITE shows, HISPANIC shows are only seen on SPANISH CHANELLS.
that's not the case. chico killed himself after the first season. why must race be interjected into everything. chico was only 22 and suffered from severe depression.
the show was a classic...its racism that keeps hispanics off t.v...asians,native americans, middle easterns, and latinos are all unfairly kept off...America is supposed to be a melting pot yet all u see on t.v are white and black ppl(im black btw) i think its a shame
Mexicans. As soon as they learn English, they will take California back. If you're white, you will be able to enjoy competing with the Chinese for jobs.
did you not see the part in comment where I said im black...and everyone in the world with access to a cell phone and the internet will have to compete for a job...its not just U.s vs another country...and I still dont understand what taking california back or any other part of ur comment has to do with what I said
i'm just being honest, i was born in 1971, so i actually remember "CHICO & THE MAN" growing up in the 1970's, & in my opinion, it was just ok, nothin fasinating. i also remember in the 1980's, they were tryin to show REPEATS of the show, but what happened was the younger generation wasnt interrested in that show, but JEFFERSONS, WHATS HAPPENING, GOODTIMES, & ARCHIE BUNKER SHOW did very well, & even gettin high ratings today. LATIN based shows just doesnt appeal to to many races, besides LATINS.
Okay, a few facts are needed here. According to the Nielsen Company, which measures TV audiences, "Chico and the Man" was the third most popular show of the 1974-75 TV season, only "All in the Family" and "Sanford & Son" were more popular. The show's ratings were lower for the second season. The ratings dropped substantially and the show was eventually cancelled following Freddie Prinze's suicide. In order to be the third most popular show, millions of non-Latin people had to have tuned in.
1974-75 season: the sixth most popular show was "Rhoda", and at #9 "Maude". Are these two shows still being shown and getting high ratings? "Rhoda" and "Maude" were not Latin shows. Furthermore, during it's last season "Sanford & Son" dropped out of the top twenty. "All in the Family" eventually became "Archie Bunker's Place" which was cancelled in 1983 due to low ratings. When was the last time you saw that show on any station?
huh??, i still be seeing "SANFORD & SON", "JEFFERSONS", "GOODTIMES", & "ARCIE BUNKERS PLACE" all come on various chanells like "NICHEALONEAN", "TBS", "USA", & "TV LAND". but after all these years, i still never see "CHICO AND THE MAN" on any channels for some reason, & the reason is that its a LATINO cast, & it will get low ratings, GORGE LOPEZ is doin pretty good because hes not acting like typical MEXICAN people, he makes you feel like youre watching a WHITE FAMILY, thats why it gets ratings
Oh boy...here we go. I said, I HAVE heard of Nickelodeon (which is NICK AT NITE in the evenings). I know all about it. I have for years. Some nut typed up NICHEALONEAN (notice the difference in spelling, "nevawrong"???) Pay attention to comments if you want to reply to them, especially if you want to "correct" something that needs no correction. Out.
Lmfao same thing with the cosby show. They acted like a white family, not a typical black family, jumping off tree branches. Rapping. Monkeys with silk.
The rest of the lyrics go something like this... Oye mi Chico. Chico. Vamos al vacilon. Mira! Caminando por la calle de Los Angeles. Chico te encuentra solo, como yo me encontre una vez. Oye, Chico vamos a vacilon. Vamos va vamos vacilon Oye Yo me voy y yo me voy que yo me voy Dudu du du du dudu du dudu du Oye mi Chico. Chico si si. Hmmmm hmmmm Chico and the man. Chico and the man Dont get in trouble with the man.
ignorant ass!! USA should have been for the indigenous people only. maybe you should get back on the boat that sailed your four fathers to my country and head back to Europe????????? the only thing white people did was bring the plague and rats and slaves to my country. so please go back to what ever country you are a derivative of.
you must love this music because you got on this site my friend....please grow a brain and join the rest of us americans who love our country and all the flavor it has.......rice and beans my brotha......deleon holla back
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Sweetdaddy, I remember this show and I liked it very much. I also liked Fredie Prinze and Jose Feliciano's theme song. But I don't want to see this country turned into a giant East LA barrio. Us honkies are less than 10 percent of the world's population and we are running out of places to live. Whites are the true minorities in this world and we are the ones being discriminated against, not you uncivilized colored people.
you may be the "minorities" as you say however you own the top ten fortune five hundred countries are owned by white people you own all the pro sports fanchises etc. etc. so get over it now you have to deal with rice and beans and hamhocks coming to the half white house.....dleon holla back
Still to this day such a beautiful and uplifting song. God Bless Jose, Freddie, and Jack.
SunnyDays951 3 weeks ago
I come from NJ & in the early 70's a hispanic guy bought my father's 66 impala, he came around a month later to show us what he did with it and turned it into a real kick ass low-rider with the front air shocks rocking it up & down, we all thought it was cool & I still have a picture of it.
kasserin1 4 months ago
"Looking GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD"
mrceebees14 5 months ago
I Remember this as I Farted Gas as a Kid :) QC
Quaaludedude714 6 months ago
Classic back in the day sitcoms
whycantihavemyownuse 6 months ago
Thumbs up if the episode of George Lopez got you curious to check this out
ElusiveNight 6 months ago
@ElusiveNight -- yea Goerge Loppez said on TV the other day that he was a major fan of this show growing up..
JimmyD4u69 5 months ago
How can a song make you happy and sad at the same time is beyond me!
Such a beautiful song, such a messed up time. Thank you for posting! :)
hobodivine 6 months ago
I Was About 10 Years Old When This Show Came On, Watched It Every Week. Too Bad There's No Shows Like This On T.V. Today. Shows Today Just Suck Completly.
darrenmiriam 6 months ago
Such a beautiful song. Thank You Jose. And a great sitcom back in the day. So tragic Freddie was taken so soon.
SunnyDays951 7 months ago 2
I grew up in Boyle Heights back in the 70s and 80s....im 46 now and i consider my self vey fortunate to be alive.....Brooklyn @ Fickett aves FOREVER!!!
bjroberts65 8 months ago
I wonder where that little kid chasing the pigeons is today?
markxxx21 9 months ago 2
@markxxx21 OMG! I've wondered the same thing. I think that every time I see it.
kaiopatha 6 months ago
@markxxx21 Hopefully he didn't get hit by a car, running around unattended like that.
Gorbachenko 6 months ago
@markxxx21 He's an insurance agent/financial advisor with a newborn daughter. He still resides in S. CA.
trojanprince100 4 months ago
12 people don't remember.
tommyrock69 10 months ago
The death of the west.
beowulven 10 months ago
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Gypsy Rose lowrider..........RIP Jesse Valdez.
1961slam 11 months ago
Gypsy Rose lowerider..........RIP Jesse Valdez.
1961slam 11 months ago
My condolences go out to the family of Jesse Valadez, co-founder of the East Los Angeles "Imperial Car Club" and owner of the legendary "Gypsy Rose" lowrider featured in this video (52 seconds). Mr. Valadez passed away on January 29, 2011, at the age of 64.
nihonjohnny 11 months ago 11
GREAT SCENE WHEN SOME GUYS ARE PLAYING FOOTBALL,GOOD LESSONS FOR YANKS!
unCORLEONEPADRINO 1 year ago
I used to love this show when it first aired. I was really young then but I remember my mom kept saying that I looked liked the baby at the end when I was his age. This really brings back good memories. I was young but shocked when I heard what happened to Freddie. Such a loss.
caronji 1 year ago
memories!! sweet!!
TheKevo7777 1 year ago
I use to love this show. Thank you for the memories of a talent lost to young.
christinebolt697 1 year ago
I loved this show, lol!
tahbonius 1 year ago
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T.V.'s "Chico & the Man" trivia: Originally Freddie Prinze was cast to play the role of "Della." Producer James Komack, of course, eventually awarded the part to the behemoth Della Reese who had invented Reese's Peanut Butter Cups in the autumn of 1967 during her convalescence from a trampoline accident.
Asparagusville 1 year ago
It could be interesting to see a modern day version of the show set in Arizona given the racial tensions (especially with immigration).
YaoiHuntressEarth 1 year ago
@YaoiHuntressEarth I agree with you, but I doubt it will happen. This is Amerikkka. How many good/any shows do we have with latinos and blacks being positive with each other? TV sucks now. The last latino/black show was NY Undercover and you know what happened to that show.
caronji 1 year ago
I Am 25 Years Old And I Have This Show On DVD.... Ahhh To See It WAY Back In The 70's On TV Would Be AMAZING!!!!
DyztortedLawgix 1 year ago
I don't know what made me think of looking for this clip today, but I did. I have not seen this in over 30 years but knew most of the words. I even remember that countdown at the beginning. What great memories, but day too that Prinze did what he did. I was only 10 or so at the time and really did not understand the how and why. I just rememver it as being very sad.
sirka067 1 year ago
A dear friend told me tonight that I seemed eerily reminiscent of Freddie Prinze in the my photos as far as nineteen seventies stuff goes. Of course, I just pray things will be better for Chico and the Man. This is the evening prayer. ...
moonjumpr 1 year ago
This was one of the all time great SITCOMS... They yanked it when after Freddie Prinze committed suicide and for many years never re-aired it... yet people remember it because it was THAT good !
EddieLandsberg 1 year ago
one of the best shows of the '70's no question about it.
patrickdron 1 year ago
LOOKING GOOOOD!
amadeusdanger 1 year ago
from the Jose Feliciano 1974 great album "And The Feelings Good", now finally on CD at amazon and which contains this theme + hard times in el barrio and many other fantastic songs, like the cover of the song Golden Lady
Top100Guitarist 1 year ago
Classic TV! Classic comedy! Classic 70s! Jack and Freddie made a dynamite team on this show. It is too bad both men are long gone. They were simply very special. "Cheek" was so balanced in the story with "the man" at his side. José Feliciano sang the theme song with so much feeling and beauty. Shows like this just do not come around any longer.
sandinyourshoes 1 year ago
eeeesooo raza orale cabrones tanx for this video brings back so many memories
poisonglam 1 year ago
I love that opening.It reminds me of Humboldt Park in Chicago.
tiffanywlls 1 year ago
@tiffanywlls I have a friend that lives in Humboldt Park off Armitage Ave.
charlestonchewy 1 year ago
@tiffanywlls looks like going down north every summer lol
bleachno9 1 year ago
Man I miss shows like these! Back in the day you could have a show like Chico,Sanford and Son,All in the Family,Good Times,the Jeffersons,etc. Yeah Ed,Archie,Fred and George were ALL bigots in one way or another. But they were EQUAL opportunity bigots. But they all had a line they wouldn't cross and at the end of the day they stood for what was right. No matter what color or ethnicity might be involved.
panamaniak 1 year ago 3
@panamaniak thats so true now its all silly reality shows :(
Blackjesus3 1 year ago
@panamaniak This is why I say the decade from 1970 to 1980 was the Golden Age of TV sitcoms. I counted 16 so far (too many to list here) & just as I think that's it, another 1 pops in my head. While there have been many great shows before & after, what other decade had so many? Chico, Barney Miller, Taxi, Different Strokes, Alice, Good Times, Jeffersons, All in the Family, 3's company, WKRP, Mary Tyler Moore, Maude, 1 day @ a time, Sanford & Son, Happy Day's, Laverne & Shirly, Rhoda.....more?
gjc82071 1 year ago 4
I miss those days! This brings back such good memories of being a kid in the 70's
6prereq 1 year ago
They should broadcast this in AZ 24x7
johnnyt 1 year ago
This aired right after "Sanford and Son" on Friday nights on NBC.
RetroVideoFan 1 year ago 2
Didnt The Man always used to say Get Out Of My Garage? or am I thinking of something else?
supergav67 1 year ago
Does anyone know the name of the song and the woman who sang it at the closing credits? It went something like " Times are hard for Chico and the Man" It's a good song too.
Jaxon5a 1 year ago
@Jaxon5a The title was 'Hard Times in El Barrio'; it was also performed by Feliciano. It can be found elsewhere on YT.
biohazardgraphics 1 year ago
G-d bless freddie prinze and jack albertson as well...great song!
zuck21 1 year ago
Pedro and Man was better
gtz1975 1 year ago
Does anybody know when Jack Albertson passed?
uptownbronze 1 year ago
November 25th, 1981. He was 74.
ChrisDavisMedia 1 year ago
November 25th, 1981, He was '74.
ChrisDavisMedia 1 year ago
@uptownbronze Jack Albertson passed awau on November 25, 1981
6prereq 1 year ago
Yes another great show & well composed/sung theme music...great time to be young & alive even with struggle...we could come home & watch great TV programs like this 1
murdarousjuan 1 year ago
THE BEST ! This song brings tears to eyes !
kell7wlt 1 year ago
@kell7wlt The ending was good too when he did a bluesy version of it but I can never seem to find it. I recall when this show first started the Mexican community in L.A went apeshit because both Prinze and Feliciano were Puerto Rican. In fact I think Prinze was only half Puerto Rican in the first place.
franjon 1 year ago
I remember that back in the day this was shown after Sanford and Son....back in the good old days of television...
rodrigjr 1 year ago
If you live in LA, this is every day. LA is lots of good and lots of bad.
pchocIV 1 year ago
You are right. "Chico And The Man" (NBC) began in the fall of 1974. It followed "Sanford And Son" in the Friday 8:30 p.m. slot until 1976. Then in moved around a bit. Those were some fun Friday evenings in front of the tube. After "Chico" was "The Rockford Files" then "Police Woman" (Angie Dickinson, so fine!).
libertatus 1 year ago
Hey delidude, just throw your tv away!
Many people get rich off others.
We make them rich by purchasing car, tv's, computers, cell phones, movies, DVD's. How do you earn your money? Maybe it's the money that's exploits everything around it. Hmmm
squidaudio 2 years ago
That sign "Boyle Heights" makes me hungry for a Manuel's Special.
6907lankershim 2 years ago
i never understood why thre was such a push for shows like this in 70s--i guess it was an era of let's exploit minorities and stereotype them--chico & the man, good times, sanford and son--I never found it entertaining to watch shows about poor minorities
delidude1999 2 years ago
@delidude1999 what did you want to see, a show about rich minorities? that came along in the 80s--the cosby show. lighten up, boy.
teflonmagnet 2 years ago 5
I didn't want to see any of those shows that felt a need to make a statement. Granted All in the family was groundbreaking, but I preferred the fluff from the 50s and 60 when tv was meant to entertain. Even today I hate reality tv and sitcoms are not funny anymore. tv should be a form of escapism--I don't want to forced to take note of society's problems. We get enough of that with the news--i want to escape with Lucy, Fonzie, Laverne & Shirley, etc.
delidude1999 2 years ago
Wrong! It came in 1975 with the Jeffersons!
Koolazzmike 2 years ago
the jeffersons were still ghetto/blue collar. they had only recently come of money and that was one of the points of comedy.
the cosby show was about an upper middle-class family that was purely white collar and well-educated. they didn't speak ebonics and were basically scrubbed clean of any ghetto-affectation.
teflonmagnet 2 years ago
You are right. Cliff Huxtable and Clair were more educated than George and Weezy. You didn't see Cliff talk ebonics and jive and call white people honky. LOL But still, you told the other poster we didn't see a sitcom about rich minorites, but the Jeffersons qualify. They were a contrast from Good Times.
Koolazzmike 2 years ago
ok, fine, i'm going to slit my wrists now in a hot bath.
teflonmagnet 2 years ago
I don't know if your comment was sarcasm, but I was just giving you my point of view.
Koolazzmike 2 years ago
of course it wasn't sarcasm! i slit my wrist with red magic marker and...truth be told...slip into a tepid bath.
teflonmagnet 2 years ago
"Chico And The Man" (NBC) began in the fall of 1974. It followed "Sanford And Son" in the Friday 8:30 p.m. slot until 1976. "The Jeffersons" (CBS) began Jan. 1975.
libertatus 1 year ago
@delidude1999 Believe it or not, as a Puerto Rican who grew up in the Bronx in the 70s, I found these shows empowering... because it was so rare to see working class latinos (or blacks) on TV. Sure, it seems as if the networks knew how to exploit minority themes but at the same time, i think a lot of these shows (like Good Times, for ex.) also did not miss an opportunity to be a vehicle for exposing discrimination, poverty and all the social issues relevant to minorities back in the day. :)
cjs33139 2 years ago 2
you are right--I just like the escapism and humor from the fluff shows--Lucy, My 3 sons, green acres, beverly hillbillies, dennis the menace.
delidude1999 2 years ago
i love those old-school lowriders like the one @ 0:51.
tsartodd 2 years ago
I'm sorry, but you're coward to off yourself.
ProjectM555 2 years ago
I'm just a white guy but I watched it back in the 70's and felt bad that Freddie Prinze shot himself over his girlfriend and died from it. It was shocking then and still is today. As bad as something seems today tom morrow it can be completely different. Suicide is such a waste in so many ways hopefully we can convince others it's not the way to go. So many people are hurt by it and it really leaves a very empty feeling for those who love us.
ErichH68 2 years ago 11
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@ErichH68 you must be so old to have watched this in the 70's! How old are you like 30 or 40??? Damn, ur ancient dude. So when you gonna commit suicide like Freddie Prinze? fuckin dumb ass......
oooowwwwdddd 2 years ago
'Just a white guy'? wut the hell does that mean?
simpsonmusic 3 months ago
if that kid isn't careful a pigeon is gonna shit on his head :56
dwdeclare 2 years ago
Man ...it's a bummer we lost Freddie when he was so young and had so much left to give ..
RIP Chico
smizzman 2 years ago 3
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oh what a great song!
SupaFastVideos 2 years ago
Classic shit, dude. This is definitely one of the greatest t.v. themes of all-times. (Jose Feliciano is one of the best!) The closing theme on this show was even better. Where in the hell can I find it?!
BrooklynEagle 2 years ago 2
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@BrooklynEagle I don't know. Why don't you try looking up ur ass?
oooowwwwdddd 2 years ago
Wow, many memories of Alcarzar St. in ELA. I devote a prayer for my vatos that unfortunately lived their lives in full pursuing what we thought was important back then. We are all Latinos with too many challenges ahead of us, lets not add ourselves to our challenges.
Con paz amigos.
ASC(AW) Chief C, USN(RET)
USNChiefC 2 years ago 4
It's too bad Freddie Sr. didn't live to meet his daughter-in-law or his brand new granddaughter. I LOVED this show, and crushed hard on Freddie Sr., right up to the shocking and unexpected time of his suicide. I remember when he got married, and when Freddie Jr. was born. I was just an adolescent... I think. Might have been a bit younger. Can't remember what year Freddie Sr. died... anyway, he's still missed.
XPoetLacy 2 years ago
Same here...he was from my nieghborhood...I think he died in 74 not sure.
leoo1313 2 years ago
Yeah, that sounds about right; in the ballpark, anyway. What a shame. So much talent, so young, everything to live for..... not the least of which was a toddler son who needed him. I often wonder what it must be like for famous kids of famous parents, especially if that famous parent died while they were very little. All the stories about them while they were growing up, the hurt of having to get to know that parent through others' eyes, having little or no memory of them. Sad.
XPoetLacy 2 years ago
I wonder why every Hispanic shown on Chico and the man were Puerto Ricans? You would think that Mexican-Americans would be portrayed.
phxazdude1969 2 years ago
Originally, the show implied that his character was Mexican-American.
But because in real life his mother was Puerto Rican and his accent wasn't Mexican-American, there were objections by Mexican-American groups.
Then the show implied his character was Puerto Rican.
EricJaffa 2 years ago
Freddie Sr. was actually half Puerto Rican and half Hungarian! I remember him making jokes about that in his stand-up routine on TV shows.
XPoetLacy 2 years ago
yeah...he would say that he was a Hungarican...get it...lol ;)
leoo1313 2 years ago
Right, that's how Freddie used to describe himself! lol
XPoetLacy 2 years ago
Feeling nostalgic. What a beautiful song
anthony32724 2 years ago 2
This reminds me of Sanford and Son
bayisdaman13 2 years ago
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I liken George Lopez to a modern day "Chico".
Enigma758 2 years ago
No.
99rhetbaboons 2 years ago
I love this show! I wissh they would put this back on the air!!
hangingaround100 2 years ago 15
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They'll probably put it back on when the Latino population soars a bit more and they gain momentum in the industry. Sadly, that won't be for another twenty years.
kittytr99 7 months ago
Great theme song. Love the street scenes of East LA in the 1970's.
mikescircus 2 years ago 9
brooklyn and fickett aves east los....yes sir.
bjroberts65 2 years ago
I loved the tv show as a kid and this song i will always remember the lyrics to it because it was so caring. I guess now I can see that perhaps "the man" that Jose talks about may be more than his boss, but I understand that now as an adult but not as a kid. Jose Feliciano once again knocks this one out of the box as a classic!!
legalwhizard 2 years ago 2
Just love this song. What a fabulous song. The way it is sung. The swinging guitar feel. It just exudes a quality that is so, so rare.
hitomusic 2 years ago 3
what a beautiful song.
brotherminister1930 2 years ago 2
ATM brother, life at it best
muaythaistud12 2 years ago
this show inspired GEORGE LOPEZ become a comedian. freddie prinze was his hero.
justcindi 2 years ago 4
Beautiful man! This shit is outta sight! the real deal! feliciano kicks ass and the 70s rule! Off the hook!
70sman4ever 2 years ago 26
@70sman4ever THE 70S WAS THE BEST DECADE FOR MUSIC,CULTURE,EVERYTHING!!! REAL TALK!!!
lovell123456789 1 year ago 2
@lovell123456789 no it wasn't
ThisIsBilbo 1 year ago
@70sman4ever ====tokin up an kickin back-- ahhh the 70's
pekoe 1 year ago
what year did this come out, anyone!!!
jakmanholla 2 years ago
i may be wrong, but i think it was around 1972ish
bonedaddyo 2 years ago
1974-1978
infancysguard 2 years ago
this was a great show. lots of old memories of younger days!!!
suksum09 2 years ago
this show was good but it was obviously a blatant ripoff of Sanford and Son
PhuckHue2 2 years ago
Freddie was my first love and I don't even remember it. My mom said I'd sit and watch the reruns and she has photos of the pictures of him I hung in my bedroom when I was about 5! No wonder I've always loved his son!
darlingdino 2 years ago 2
The theme song was the best part of this show. Even as a kid I realized what a great song it was. Jose F is amazing.
Mamajosh 2 years ago
Holy crap I was barely a fetus when I last heard this song on TV, yet I recall the tune.
frigginjoe 2 years ago
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I guess you can say your one of the lucky ones who didn't get aborted.
spareaxe 2 years ago
'looo-king Gooood!
Tarantello 2 years ago 2
Qué grande eres Don José!!
sontosmoll 2 years ago
Two things jump out: this was a landmark show for the depiction of Chicanos in America. That can never be understated...even if every time I see it, I want The Man to give Chico a Golden Ticket lol. Two, Freddie Prinze Jr. looks very little like his daddy.
cbaldwinjr 2 years ago
Chico and the Man. Fabulous Show. Jack Albertson. Freddie Prinze. and one of the best TV theme songs EVER with the great Jose Feliciano. Great great stuff. How funny it is to look at all of those little kids in this show opener. All of them are now in their late 30's or early 40's. My how time flys.
allegradrums 2 years ago
This really takes me back to my childhood, I was in elementary school when this show was on, it brings back alot of good memories.
tanyatmr 2 years ago 2
Jose Feliciano
: D
ReneeNme 2 years ago 3
I remember watching this show as a child and was sadden by Freddy Prinze's suicide. It's been quite a while since I've seen and heard the intro. Thanks for posting it.
AmethystWillow 2 years ago
Love it. RIP Freddie...
tazie45 2 years ago
Damn, East L.A. looked so different back then...
acevamp 2 years ago
nichaelonean??????.
gravee68 3 years ago
looooking gooood!
aknowneemus 3 years ago
LOL!
kml429 3 years ago
i love this song
Worldmusicrevolution 3 years ago 4
I loved this show and it seemed like they took it off the air rather quick. I hate that he died so young under those circumstances. I hope he found a way to keep "Looking good", as he used to say. His son is a pretty good actor as well.
lepoetress 3 years ago
LOOKING GOOD!!!
BKazzanova05 3 years ago 2
Why the hell does everything have to turn into race?? The show is a classic and I loved to watch it. I didnt wait in frnt of my clck waiting 4 the shit to come on but it is still a CLASSIC. refgardless of the damn race. get over the bullshit. btw? what the fuck does that mean?? get over urselves.
monicarwells2 3 years ago
oh it means by the way,,,, silly girl but anyway its still dumb and stupid to look at race instead of the comedy. who gives a damn.
monicarwells2 3 years ago
the show was a classic...its racism that keeps hispanics off t.v...asians,native americans, middle easterns, and latinos are all unfairly kept off...America is supposed to be a melting pot yet all u see on t.v are white and black ppl(im black btw) i think its a shame.
ninetiesbaby10! Agreed and I'm black. Was 9 when this show came out! We loved it!
AhhCulo 3 years ago
thanks for posting ,brother, brings back memories
cremington10 3 years ago
i love he so funny i wasnt alive when his show was out or when he died but my dad showwed me videos and clips of his show he is so funny one of the best comics
janiceilovejesus 3 years ago
I loved this show only for Jose Feliciano's great theme song and Freddie Prinze's ability to be such a great talent yet follow such a horrible script.
bootieslaya 3 years ago
If it wasnt that great why did someone post parts of it on Youtube, Latinos don't influence through whats on television-we influence society in America....LATINO VOTE
BluePoncho 3 years ago
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this show really wasnt that great, like GOOD TIMES, JEFFERSONS, & WHATS HAPPENING was, i think thats why they dont even show CHICO AND THE MAN on cable today, because LATINO culture really doesnt appeal to many races as WHITE & BLACK culture does. thats why besides GORGE LOPEZ, there is not another hispanic based show on TV, there's nothin but BLACK & WHITE shows, HISPANIC shows are only seen on SPANISH CHANELLS.
nevawrong 3 years ago
that's not the case. chico killed himself after the first season. why must race be interjected into everything. chico was only 22 and suffered from severe depression.
blackvelvetine 3 years ago 2
The show was on for 4 seasons
chadgrisly 3 years ago
He was on for more than one season. Chad is correct.
But I do love the Gorge Lopez show, as an Asian, it really speaks to me, you big fat douche. (not chad, the douche before blackvelvetine.)
ChalieStuangStabalac 3 years ago
the show was a classic...its racism that keeps hispanics off t.v...asians,native americans, middle easterns, and latinos are all unfairly kept off...America is supposed to be a melting pot yet all u see on t.v are white and black ppl(im black btw) i think its a shame
ninetiesbaby10 3 years ago 2
Mexicans. As soon as they learn English, they will take California back. If you're white, you will be able to enjoy competing with the Chinese for jobs.
forcedRcon 3 years ago
did you not see the part in comment where I said im black...and everyone in the world with access to a cell phone and the internet will have to compete for a job...its not just U.s vs another country...and I still dont understand what taking california back or any other part of ur comment has to do with what I said
ninetiesbaby10 3 years ago
Hevawrong, shut the fuck up.
jriley1992 3 years ago
i'm just being honest, i was born in 1971, so i actually remember "CHICO & THE MAN" growing up in the 1970's, & in my opinion, it was just ok, nothin fasinating. i also remember in the 1980's, they were tryin to show REPEATS of the show, but what happened was the younger generation wasnt interrested in that show, but JEFFERSONS, WHATS HAPPENING, GOODTIMES, & ARCHIE BUNKER SHOW did very well, & even gettin high ratings today. LATIN based shows just doesnt appeal to to many races, besides LATINS.
nevawrong 3 years ago
Okay, a few facts are needed here. According to the Nielsen Company, which measures TV audiences, "Chico and the Man" was the third most popular show of the 1974-75 TV season, only "All in the Family" and "Sanford & Son" were more popular. The show's ratings were lower for the second season. The ratings dropped substantially and the show was eventually cancelled following Freddie Prinze's suicide. In order to be the third most popular show, millions of non-Latin people had to have tuned in.
walwaad 3 years ago
so can you explain why did the ratings drop?, but all the rest of the shows around that time are still being showed?, and still gettin high ratings?
nevawrong 3 years ago
1974-75 season: the sixth most popular show was "Rhoda", and at #9 "Maude". Are these two shows still being shown and getting high ratings? "Rhoda" and "Maude" were not Latin shows. Furthermore, during it's last season "Sanford & Son" dropped out of the top twenty. "All in the Family" eventually became "Archie Bunker's Place" which was cancelled in 1983 due to low ratings. When was the last time you saw that show on any station?
walwaad 3 years ago 2
huh??, i still be seeing "SANFORD & SON", "JEFFERSONS", "GOODTIMES", & "ARCIE BUNKERS PLACE" all come on various chanells like "NICHEALONEAN", "TBS", "USA", & "TV LAND". but after all these years, i still never see "CHICO AND THE MAN" on any channels for some reason, & the reason is that its a LATINO cast, & it will get low ratings, GORGE LOPEZ is doin pretty good because hes not acting like typical MEXICAN people, he makes you feel like youre watching a WHITE FAMILY, thats why it gets ratings
nevawrong 3 years ago
Oh my.
walwaad 3 years ago
Nevawrong: Totally uncalled for, racist jerk!
Aquacatl09 3 years ago
I have never heard of the Nichealonean network. Is it similar to the Nickelodeon network?
klwewf 3 years ago
"NICK AT NIGHT", chanell 33, cable vision
nevawrong 3 years ago
Oh boy...here we go. I said, I HAVE heard of Nickelodeon (which is NICK AT NITE in the evenings). I know all about it. I have for years. Some nut typed up NICHEALONEAN (notice the difference in spelling, "nevawrong"???) Pay attention to comments if you want to reply to them, especially if you want to "correct" something that needs no correction. Out.
klwewf 3 years ago
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And not alot of Latinos have European blood. Right here, im a proud descandent of Spanish Conquistadors. Your heirs to slaves.
killuminati43 2 years ago
OOOOH SICK BURN!
juzdatfooraymo 3 years ago
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Lmfao same thing with the cosby show. They acted like a white family, not a typical black family, jumping off tree branches. Rapping. Monkeys with silk.
killuminati43 2 years ago
OMG all these year I thought it was based in NYC
Glidescube 3 years ago
Chico, don't be discouraged,
The Man he ain't so hard to understand.
Chico, if you try now,
I know that you can lend a helping hand.
Because there's good in everyone
And a new day has begun
You can see the morning sun if you try.
And I know, things will be better
Oh yes they will for Chico and the Man
Yes they will for Chico and the Man.
Suprah 3 years ago
dorsal08 2 years ago
that's the famous lowrider gypsy rose from impreals car club!
puffinstuff666 3 years ago
This theme is epic...
ReaperX3ro 3 years ago
it was sad how Freddie Prize ended his life.
He can be proud of his son who turned out to be a prett good actor.
leoo1313 3 years ago 3
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The USA should be for Whites ONLY, not wetbacks or beaners. BTW, notice how the credits listed mostly Jewish names, not Spics.
spahnranch69 3 years ago
ignorant ass!! USA should have been for the indigenous people only. maybe you should get back on the boat that sailed your four fathers to my country and head back to Europe????????? the only thing white people did was bring the plague and rats and slaves to my country. so please go back to what ever country you are a derivative of.
whipit4me 3 years ago
are you native american?
leoo1313 3 years ago
you must love this music because you got on this site my friend....please grow a brain and join the rest of us americans who love our country and all the flavor it has.......rice and beans my brotha......deleon holla back
sweetdaddy0000 3 years ago
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Sweetdaddy, I remember this show and I liked it very much. I also liked Fredie Prinze and Jose Feliciano's theme song. But I don't want to see this country turned into a giant East LA barrio. Us honkies are less than 10 percent of the world's population and we are running out of places to live. Whites are the true minorities in this world and we are the ones being discriminated against, not you uncivilized colored people.
spahnranch69 3 years ago
you may be the "minorities" as you say however you own the top ten fortune five hundred countries are owned by white people you own all the pro sports fanchises etc. etc. so get over it now you have to deal with rice and beans and hamhocks coming to the half white house.....dleon holla back
bread111111 3 years ago
:52 -53 the chevy Impala what year is that? i cant make out the paint job on the side looks like Roses LOL
chevyvictor 3 years ago
the kid running after the pigeons is an ex boyfriend who must be about 35 now. weird.
phoenixhoneybee 3 years ago 2