Mr Brown & Chico.......miss those days when we laughed heartily for 30 minutes watching two great friends.,..& with Jose Feliciano singing the theme, makes it a good show to watch....in 2021...

Jim Jordan gave a great performance. For those who don't know (which is probably just about anyone these days) Jim Jordan played Fibber McGee on the old radio show "Fibber McGee and Molly", a show which ran for many, many years and was always one of the top rated shows of its day. After "Molly" (Jim's wife Marion) died, he pretty much kept a low profile, but what a treat to see him and hear that familiar (to me anyway) voice. BTW, many Fibber McGee and Molly radio shows are online. If you are not familiar with them, go check some out. They are very funny and so well written and performed.

@jubalcalif9100

Жыл бұрын

Well said and well put. Extremely good writing, casting & production made "Fibber McGee & Molly" one of the most popular, highly acclaimed & long running programs on radio.

@kcmurphy72

6 ай бұрын

Just don't open that closet door!

This was the time freddie drove to Las Vegas, where he did " stand up comedy "at night and overnites, drove back to burbank, california during the day for filming of " chico and the man ".

I use to watch Chico and the Man religiously when I was a little kid . I had this massive crush on Freddie Prinze Sr. . He was so gorgeous . RIP Freddie

I always liked Jack Albertson! Great actor. RIP!!!

There were so many blue collar sitcoms that debuted in the 1970s: Chico & The Man, One Day at a Time, All in the Family, Sanford & Son, Three's Company, Taxi, Barney Miller, Good Times, Welcome Back Kotter, Alice, What's Happening!, and Maude, among others. Even Happy Days, MASH, and Laverne & Shirley were pretty blue collar, albeit set 20 years in the past.

@donnalombardo1135

2 жыл бұрын

Those were better days for sure

@cyyoung7840

2 жыл бұрын

70s great time for sitcoms. Today's TV shows are terrible

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

I would hardly call some of those "blue collar." Jack was a chef on Three's Company. Maude's husband owned an appliance store, Howard Cunningham owned a hardware store and MASH was about doctors serving in a medical unit during the Korean War. I would hardly call any of those professions 'blue collar.'

@jondstewart

Жыл бұрын

@@retroguy9494 I slightly disagree, I’m a chef myself, and it is physically demanding work.

@retroguy9494

Жыл бұрын

@@jondstewart I did not mean 'blue collar' in the sense of the demands of the work. But rather in the sense of it being manual labor, most of it unskilled. Being a chef is a profession. Chefs, unlike plain cooks, are skilled professions in which most receive training. Many in some sort of culinary school. For instance, Jack on Threes Company DID go to and graduate from a culinary school.

I love fibber McGee & Molly!!!! I listen to it every night!!!!!! There are so many programs on KZread you can listen every night for months without hearing t a replay!!!!!!

@jubalcalif9100

Жыл бұрын

I heartily concur ! KZread is a treasure trove of great programs (of all kinds) from the Golden Age of Radio !

Mr Maxwell is played by Jim Jordan, who started show business in vaudeville and rose to super-stardom in radio playing Fibber Magee. This clip (thanks so much for posting it) was his last live performance. What a treat!

@jimnething1264

6 жыл бұрын

he still had that rapid fire Fibber delivery! :)

@Rebel9668

5 жыл бұрын

Darn near expected old Harlow Wilcox to come in trying to sell some wax, lol!

@jimnething1264

5 жыл бұрын

@@Rebel9668 so true, lol! Ol' Waxey hawking Johnson's Glo-Coat!

@juicyfruit6311

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rebel9668 Dat ain't da way I heerd it!

@Rebel9668

3 жыл бұрын

@@juicyfruit6311 Oh really, Old Timer? LOL!

Just so happy to finally find this to watch . What a great day to see this. Thank you for sharing .

@jubalcalif9100

Жыл бұрын

My sentiments exactly ! Wonderful to see Jim Jordan of "Fibber McGee & Molly" radio fame.

The funny thing is that Albertson sounded and acted older than Fibber McGee!

@jubalcalif9100

Жыл бұрын

Exactly !

RIP Della Reece

Rest in peace Della Reese

Rest In Peace Ms Della Reese.

Never grows old....2024....still watching....still enjoying....still listening to the theme song!

I use to love," Chico and the Man", it was one of my many favorites. I was about 12 and adored, Freddie Printz. The 70's shows were so good. Carol Burnette, Tony Orlando and Dawn, Sonny and Cher, All in the Family, Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, Good Times, Welcome back Kotter, loved the crazy Sweathogs. Too many to name. Best part, is we mostly watched together, as a family. Here's to great memories. 😊👍🥂🎬📺🎭🎉

Thanks for posting... I have been looking for this for years

All I see is Grandpa Joe whenever I'm looking at Ed Brown.

Such a great series. It’s a real shame that it’s not on DVD.

@angeldoll7957

4 жыл бұрын

It may be. I haven't ordered it yet but look up Chico and the Man Complete Series Rare

@JoeBuck207

Жыл бұрын

Bootleg sets.

@jeotts

3 ай бұрын

The entire series is now streaming on TUBI

Original air date: December 17, 1976

@jimnething1264

6 жыл бұрын

four days before my 12th birthday :)

@joemartin1253

5 жыл бұрын

Jim Nething 13 days before my 4th birthday.

@ricardolozano5356

4 жыл бұрын

I was born on December 16 1976

@azreyevans1843

3 жыл бұрын

😯 2 days before i was born..

Omg Freddie was a cutie 😍

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

5 жыл бұрын

Only 22 when he died

@juliewitt7496

4 жыл бұрын

Freddie in person was physically beautiful! He had a near genius IQ. Needless to state, drugs destroy people.

It was a snap hot of how things were ...and no way anyone wouldn't be but hurt in 2022 ...yet I love this show ..and all in the family..

Wish me tv they would bring the show back

Possibly, he and Jack Albertson knew each other from radio or early TV.

This is wonderful to see

I miss these plan an simple day.....TV📺 rabbit 🐰 ears days...Lord where's my Time Machine🤔😳😑

@marysutton434

2 жыл бұрын

😆

He was also the voice of the seagull in Disney's "The Rescuers"...

@KodytheRedFox

6 жыл бұрын

You mean an albatross.

@dudetocartman

3 жыл бұрын

I can hear that in this.

@madbrowniac7871

2 жыл бұрын

The two main characters in that Cartoon were voiced by Bob Newhart and I'm almost certain Miss Eva Gabor. No matter which of the three it makes for quite a pair to draw to!😂🤣♥️♦️🎥B.W.

I like how he referred to Della Reese as Sis. Something he would often call female characters on FM&M.

@Rebel9668

5 жыл бұрын

Even the "little girl" who was voiced by Marion Jordan when she wasn't playing Molly.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rebel9668 And sometimes when she was! There were some episodes where Molly joined in on Fibber and Teeny's conversations; a combination of Marian's talent and some clever scriptwriting.

@jubalcalif9100

Жыл бұрын

@@Rebel9668 I was going to mention that too, but you beat me to it ! Good job !

It's the Man (Jack Albertson who stereotypes) but Chico is above that and he doesn't hold the shortcomings of the man against him. Instead he accepts him and he leads by example. Watch some of the episodes to see this theme and listen to the introduction theme song. Most of these controversial shows back than had the minor characters overcome the ignorance and stereotypes of the main character.

@user-ty6do8yz4l

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. They did a little of that in Sanford and Son too. The time period was one of good positive energy. I feel everyone's differences were more harmonious then. Since the 80s, Americans were cultivated to hate each other, even more than before. Divided AND Conquered.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-ty6do8yz4l The 80's?? How do you figure?

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

I look at it a different way. Its the minority accepting people over the old white dude who is prejudice. Very much a liberal agenda in these shows from back then.

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-ty6do8yz4l You're wrong. The 80's was an awesome time. I came of age in that decade and graduated from college. It wasn't like you describe. It was still the era where the greatest generation ran the country. It was awesome. You had Reagan and Tip O'Neill and the whole "friends after 6 PM" thing. No. I say it was around the mid 1990s when we were 'taught to hate each other.' Basically when the boomers were running things and greed, apathy, self centeredness and lack of empathy were the orders of the day.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@retroguy9494 I wouldn't say "liberal," especially considering how insular that mindset has become in recent decades. Acceptance of other people regardless of color or nationality is a childlike trait that too many adults for some reason have expunged from their nature. Besides, you'll notice that the *older* white dude does not share Jack Albertson's character's views.

Remember what Friday night television shows was back then real good stuff

Interesting that Mr. Maxwell is portrayed as being 73 years old in this episode. Jim Jordan himself was born in November of 1896, which means he would have been 79 when this was taped. To me, it would have been more impressive to play him as 79 in the episode. I wonder why they shaved six years off his real age for this?

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

Probably because nobody would have bought Jim as a 79 year-old as he was so energetic!

@thehunter7016

Жыл бұрын

And then right after that he voice Orville the seagull in The Rescuers

Excellent appearance...

I wish Jim had done more TV work in his later years; he had a lot more talent than is evident here. It's not hard to imagine him playing a more light-hearted part in some movies or TV shows.

Thanks so much. I love Fibber and Molly

Chico and the man is the best. Better time period, better era!!! Look no one's wearing a mask when they go outside. Also the kids back then went to 🏫 school no one shooting children and staff!!! Better time better era.

never saw a indoor gas station until I saw this show

@jubalcalif9100

Жыл бұрын

Ha ! Good one ! The inside of this gas station was as big as a Hollywood sound stage !

@jamespfitz

4 ай бұрын

​@@jubalcalif9100 Not a gas station, it's a fix-it shop.

I just watched the show to see Freddie Prinze.

Good ol' Fibber McGee!

Still a timely message.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

Especially now that people are living longer.

@jubalcalif9100

Жыл бұрын

Indubitably !

@jubalcalif9100

Жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 Indeed !

Freddie looks so thin here. He looks tired and extremely thin

It took me years to realize that that's the guy who did the voice over for Orville the seagull who gave Bernard and Bianca a ride to Devils bayou

You can tell that Freddie Prinze was not the same as he was during the first two seasons on C&TM. He was wild and spontaneously funny on the show right until he split with his wife and life wouldn't be the same for old Freddie ever again. Freddie, who was hooked on drugs during his sudden rise to fame, suffered from depression as a result and you can tell from just watching this clip of this episode from C&TM.

@juliewitt7496

4 жыл бұрын

Prinze started taking drugs when a teen.

@stacynels4

4 жыл бұрын

Freddie Prinze did not get hooked on drug(s) from sudden fame. He Earned His Fame with genuine talent style 1st class sense of humor natural comedic timming genuinely honest clean humor with just a hint of slightly innocent flirtation people absolutely loved about him. Now no offense to you FP Jr. but your mama's premeditated intentional behavior absolutely destroyed a beautiful human being who could find noone and nowhere else to turn. If only he could have would have known about promotional tours across the country to meet and greet adoring fans that could have would have given him the strength and courage to take a deep breath and understand he Was good enough.❣️

The audience breaks out into applause when Jim Jordan speaks. Did they know who he was? I immediately recognized the voice, but I don't think most of the audience would? This clip is really just a delight.

Don't open the closet!

I only wish that Jim would have appeared throughout the entire episode, but I understand that there were issues.

Did they redesign this set for Taxi, The Entrance the Office [cage] and the stairs to second floor. Are all in the same place.

FREDDIE PRINZE WAS MY FIRST HEARTPOUNDING CRUSH!!!

This episode was aired in 12/1976, one month before Prinze killed himself. His drug abuse is obvious in his gaunt appearance.

@Leesaloves

4 жыл бұрын

Am I imagining The artist Prince resembled Freddie Prinze?

@marysutton434

3 жыл бұрын

@@Leesalovesyou're right they do look kinda similar.

@marvinthemaniac7698

2 жыл бұрын

He suffered from chronic depression, not drug addiction.

@larryaldama1673

2 жыл бұрын

@@marvinthemaniac7698 🤣🤣✝️

@larryaldama1673

2 жыл бұрын

😔🙏🏽✝️

Freddie prinze 😍😍😍😇😇

@heidisierra1250

3 жыл бұрын

I just watch Chico and the Man to stare at Freddie 😆♥️😍 RIP!

Fibber Magee what a treat

I love skinny and chubby Freddie. He looks too frail in this episode though. Poor baby was going through it. He would be dead one month later. 😢

@marysutton434

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, I miss seeing him with those kissable chubby cheeks. 😚

@armandocervantes6291

3 жыл бұрын

He was Skinny in the waist and chubby in the face like me

Really liked the Mr. Maxwell actor as Orville in Disney’s “The Rescuers.”

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

His name was Jim Jordan, and he did far, far more than that! :-)

Quitting like a BOSS.

Hey grandpa Joe from Charlie and the chocolate factory

you can tell Jim was not used to working in front of the camera.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

You're wrong; he made several movies during his career.

@scotnick59

Жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 my point exactly.

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

@@scotnick59 You're not making sense.

Della Della Della ❤️

Miss this shows

To the youth something he did when he was in his thirties bit him when he was in his sixties

That's the bird who gave Bernard and Bianca a ride to Devil's Bayou

Freddie Prinze did not get hooked on drug(s) from sudden Fame. He Earned His Fame with genuine talent style 1st class sense of humor natural comedic timing genuine honest clean humor with just a hint of slightly innocent flirtation people loved about him. Now no offense to you F.P. Jr but your mom's premeditated intentional behavior absolutely destroyed a beautiful human being who could find no one and no where else to turn. If only he could have would have known about promotional tours across the country to meet and greet adoring fans that could have would have given him the strength and courage to take a deep breath and understand he was good enough❣️

@susantaulli730

4 жыл бұрын

You have no right to blame Freddie Prinze’s wife for his death. You weren’t there, you weren’t an eyewitness to their relationship. To address your condemnation of his wife to Freddie Prinze Jr. is sick sick sick. That’s his MOM you’re talking about!! Shame on you!!!

@ricardolozano5356

4 жыл бұрын

huh

@Vydio

2 жыл бұрын

I take it you hold Kathy responsible.

Need to find the Dvd...

Mic drop at 1:45

Della Reese also in this episode.

@jubalcalif9100

Жыл бұрын

She was a wonderful actress & singer. My mom had one of her albums.

Who wants to retire? Who wants to sit in the house and wait for a lousy monthly check after paying bills and all the others things you broke and they years go quickly and then you croak

Freddy was the funniest comedian ever!!

@greghilbers4697

2 жыл бұрын

I would say that Freddie Prince was NOT the funniest comedian ever, but he had More Charisma than any other comedian.

Anyone ever try to upload any full episodes?

That's Fibber Magee

I miss the old timers

OOH OOH YEAH MY PARENTS AND KANE REMEMBER THIS FUNNY

Jack albertson as mr brown had really great lines V funny

Took me a minute -- what happened to Chico's van? Wasn't it parked where the couches are?

Too bad Freddie is not here to watch his movies or be with his son

0:02 Tess!! (Della Reese 👍😃) From Touched by an Angel

That was funny, McGee.

i remember jack albertson from an episode of the twilight zone

1:43 The mic makes an appearance.

Haw haw! I am 71 years old and getting on top of 24 foot ladders ( which I raise myself ) to paint houses Every Day … HAW HAW!!

This shows topic, like Jack Albertson is that much younger

I remember this show........I never thought it was that funny, must be me.

I click on "episodes' and get a whole lot of short exerts. What b.s.

These old shows were staged like plays.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

So is any show that's done in front of an audience, and that includes modern shows.

1:44 the microphone on top

As to the term "Hamfisted" I can appreciate a different perspective on the matter such as provided by two different people on here. Hope Y'all can do the same for mine. And I figure that the term is closer to "heavyhanded."😉📺B.W.

It's Grandpa Joe

Grandpa Joe from Willy Wonka

This set confusing as a child the fuel pump inside? It was an old pump inside just junk.

Orville and Amos Slade!

@ryanhoward3383

6 жыл бұрын

And Grampa Joe

@dudetocartman

3 жыл бұрын

Both from Disney.

1:50 Subliminal

He kinda looks like Martin Sheen.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

He who? There's three hes here.

Della Reese?

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

Yup!

@jubalcalif9100

Жыл бұрын

Yep, that's her. She joined the show's cast at the beginning of the second season ('75-'76).

Wasn't this a Sanford and son spin off?

@chuckers40

3 жыл бұрын

It's close to a Spanish version Sanford and Son

@Ladysugarshaft

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, and they used the same too!

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@chuckers40 Half-Hispanic and half-Caucasian.

Kaisers used flathead inline 6s...not v8....just saying...

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

Picky, picky, picky! ;-)

WHAT. EVER. HAPPEND. TOO FREDDIE. PRINCE. AND Y DID. HE. COMMENT. SUICIDE. WHAT. GOT INTO. HIM. TOO DO THAT.🤕🤕🤕🤕

T'ain't funny McGee

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, on this occasion, 'twas. :-)

@gewglesux

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 Love the old radio shows on Sirius!! sounds the same too!!

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@gewglesux It was my mom's favorite radio show growing up, and it's become one of mine! :-) In fact, my wife and I have played the McGees in a number of radio recreations!

@gewglesux

2 жыл бұрын

​@@MaskedMan66 Great stuff isn't it? I am glad that i found old time Radio shows.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@gewglesux Better than any sitcom since.

This show is awful - the ham fisted delivery is pathetic.

@jasonpeterson4364

6 жыл бұрын

fjvideo i agree that you are entitled to your opinion. The man is predicted gibberish. However, Prinze opened the door for actors like esai morales and that dude from The Office. Brownsville, Texas. Visit and enjoy.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

Whose "ham fisted (sic) delivery?"

@fjccommish

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 I wrote "the show", but I meant this episode - the delivery at the end about the old guy.

@fjccommish

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonpeterson4364 Prinze was terrific on the show, and so was the Man. The message in this episode was ham fisted garbage.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@fjccommish My question remains.