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- Chico and the Man
- Season 2
- Episode 12
The Invention
Chico and the Man - S2 - E12
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.
Chico and the Man: Season 2 - 22 Episode s
2x1 - Paint Job
September 12, 1975
Ed and Chico clash over the wall of their alley for an art competition.
2x2 - This Hallowed Garage
September 19, 1975
The City plans to demolish Ed's garage to open a newer, more enhanced power gas station.
2x3 - Auntie Connie
September 26, 1975
Ed develops the hots for Chico's visiting Aunt Connie.
2x4 - Play Gypsy
October 3, 1975
Ed meets a Gypsy who wants Ed to train him on how to be a good mechanic.
2x5 - The Disappearance
October 10, 1975
Chico thinks that Ed is spending too much time living in the past and not getting on with life.
2x6 - Chico and the Van
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.
2x7 - Ms. Liz
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.
2x8 - Mister Butterfly
November 7, 1975
A Japenese man visits the garage claiming to be Ed's long lost son.
2x9 - Misfortune Teller
November 14, 1975
Ed tries to prevent the bank from foreclosing the mortgage on his garage by visiting a fortune teller.
2x10 - Bird in a Gilded Cage
November 21, 1975
Ed has stirred emotions when he sees his favorite silent film actress waiting tables at a local cafe.
2x11 - The Strike
November 28, 1975
Chico joins a union for mechanics, but is forced to picket Ed's Garage.
2x12 - The Invention
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.
2x13 - The Juror
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.
2x14 - The Dream
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)
2x15 - The Hypnotist
January 16, 1976
Chico, not realizing his own strength, hypnotizes Ed and leads him to marrying Flora.
2x16 - Reverand Bemis' Altar Ego
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.
2x17 - The Big Brush-Off
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.
2x18 - The Accident
February 4, 1976
After Chico gets into an accident, Ed burrows from his own insurance money to send Chico to school.
2x19 - Chico's Cousin Pepe
February 11, 1976
Chico's blind, skirt chasing, singer of a cousin visits Chico and meets Ed.
2x20 - Return of Aunt Connie
February 18, 1976
Chico's Aunt Connie visits and when she does, Chico and Ed realize that she is a con artist.
2x21 - Too Many Crooks
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.
2x22 - The Face Job
March 3, 1976
Ed's public life is almost destroyed when he is offered a free face lift.