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Remembering “Chico and the Man”
While “All the Family” and “Sanford and Son” are remembered, “Chico and the Man” is largely forgotten.
For those of us can remember the 70s, we can remember Freddie Prinze was a hot comedian, and he had a hit TV sitcom called Chico and the Man. Sadly, during the third season of the show, Freddie committed suicide. The show continued on without him, but obviously it wasn’t the same.
I honestly couldn’t remember anything about the series after Prinze was gone. I did some checking, and it was about what you would expect. Not good. So, here are some things you probably didn’t remember about, Chico and the Man.
1: The show had numerous guest stars of note, including George Takei.
In that particular episode, Takei showed up and claimed to be Jack Albertson’s son whom he had fathered during his time in Japan during World War II. Which would have answered the question, “What did you do during the war?”
2: The show was reportedly based on a couple of skits of Cheech and Chong.
One of the skits they performed was “Pedro and the Man.” C and C were also reportedly invited to star in the show but declined, preferring to do movies instead. So, the opportunity to star in “Chico and…
