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[Chico] One, two... Ah, one, two, three and...

♪ 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 every one ♪

♪ 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 ♪♪

Chico. Chico!

[speaking in foreign language]

Tia Consuela!

Aunt Connie.

Chico, mi corazon.

Hey!

Hey! Let go of that woman.

Ed, this is my Aunt Connie from New York.

Oh, how are you? Pleasure to meet you.

She practically raised me.

Yeah, well, we won't hold that against her, Chico.

Oh, I must tell you. He was such a beautiful baby.

All the women in the neighborhood were always dying

to pick him up, and kiss him and hug him.

Well, you'll be very happy to know, nothing has changed.

So, this is the famous Ed Brown garage?

And that must be the office.

It's just like you described it to me.

Oh, I'm so excited, I almost forgot.

I brought gifts for both of you. I hope you'd like them.

Oh, you shouldn't have gone and spend money.

Why you want to go and buy presents? What did you get me?

- Oh, for me. Oh, thanks. - Looking good.

Hey, hey!

- Oh, this is great. - Yeah.

- How do I look? - Yeah.

That's the real you alright.

Ah, let's see, what we got here?

I am... Oh! Look at that.

Yeah, that's a real you.

Chico wrote me a little about you.

Oh, I see Chico wrote you a lot about me.

Oh, hey. This is very expensive stuff.

I think we ought to save this for a special occasion.

Aunt Connie, a woman who works so hard in a dress factory

shouldn't spend money on gifts.

Chico, from now on money is no object.

You're looking at the winner of the New York state lottery.

One hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

[chuckles] No way!

A hundred and fifty thousand bucks.

This is a special occasion.

A toast. Purchase wisely things you can use.

A hundred and fifty Gs buys a lot of good booze.

Eduardo, you sliver tongued devil, you.

Who? Me?

I must tell you. You have a beautiful garage.

Just like you told me in your letters. Oh, I almost forgot.

I have something to tell you.

All my life I've dreamed of taking a trip around the world.

And now I'm going to do it.

But I wouldn't think of going

without taking my favorite nephew.

Me? You're taking me around the world?

[speaking in foreign language]

- What does that mean? - Whoopiee!

- And I must be going, too. - Oh, no, so soon?

Yes. I have a beauty parlor appointment.

I want to look my best for you tonight.

I made reservations for all of us at the Casa Grande.

Oh, gee, I don't think I ought to go because I...

...I don't want to i-intrude on a f-family reunion.

As far as I'm concerned, you are family.

Oh!

Now, I won't take no for an answer.

You and Chico will pick me up at the Beverly Plaza Hotel at 7:30.

Ed, I've made arrangements. It'll be wonderful.

Adios, sobrino querido.

[speaking in foreign language]

Eduardo... until tonight.

Eduardo. She called me Eduardo.

Oh, boy, that's some woman.

What magnetism! What spark! What electricity!

You make her sound like a battery charger.

Well, I know one battery she's charged.

Ed I'm really glad you liked my aunt.

Oh, yes.

Ah, but just when I'm getting to know her

she's going to take a trip around the world.

Well, we don't have to go to the four corners of the Earth.

We'll cut corners. We'll only go to two corners.

Oh Chico, I-I-I don't think you ought to go.

Well, just what's wrong with me going?

Well, a lot of things, now you might forget

all the things you've been learning

to be a great mechanic.

You'll forget all the things that I taught you.

You'll forget about fixing things, like...

Oh, that reminds me. Did you fix this thing yet?

- No, I didn't. - See you're forgetting already.

And, uh, w-why would you want to go to Europe now

when you're young and have all this fun and traveling.

If you go now and enjoy it

you'll never have anything good to look forward to

when you're old.

You really do like my aunt, don't you?

Yeah.

But, uh, she's gonna take off in a couple of days and...

...I'll never see her again.

Oh, Chico, do you think you could

uh, get her to say another week or so?

What am I going to tell her? Europe is closed for repairs?

Why not? Hey! I got a better idea.

How about you tell her that y-your girl is having a birthday

and... and she wants you there at the party?

Ed, you're asking me to lie to my aunt.

My aunt came out all the way from New York. I can't lie.

I mean, I shouldn't lie, I... I...

Means that much to you, huh?

Okay, I'll do it, I'll tell her that, uh

next Wednesday is the birthday of my girlfriend

Carmela Lucinda Estreya Maria Garacia.

And that I've got be there at her birthday party

because I adore her, worship her, I just cherish this woman.

And I've got to be at the party 'cause I'll never get her name

on a birthday card.

Hey! T-that's good. I'll buy that.

Yeah, I hope my aunt buys that.

Yeah. So do I.

Oh, Chico, you're going to love Europe. It's so charming.

You know? In Venice, all the streets are canals.

Filled with water and everybody sings.

Except the ones that can swim.

Aunt Connie, I have something serious to tell you.

Chico, tonight nothing is serious.

This is a special occasion. It calls for special toast.

Would you do the honor, Eduardo?

Oh! Ah.

Yes, Eduardo, you know, you're just a little

silver tongued devil.

Please, another poem.

Another poem? Well, let's see. Ah!

Life a certain justice renders to each his own his dealt.

So even a man who wears suspenders

can use a little belt.

Why am I always attracted to poets?

Aunt Connie, I have a favor to ask you.

- Sure. How much? - Ah, no.

I've a problem with this girl you see.

- I understand. How much? - No.

No, you see, uh... Well...

I know you're planning to leave in two days

but, uh, next Wednesday is my girlfriend Carmela's birthday

and I promised I'd be at the party.

We'll send her a present from Paris.

Yeah, uh, well, I'm the present.

- Happy birthday Carmela. - You got it.

Ah, does that mean you're willing to wait for two day?

- Of course. - Hey! That's great!

That's fun... This is a great restaurant, huh?

Oh, boy, look at this.

Oh, they're playing my favorite song.

Would you dance with me Eduardo?

I'd be delighted. Eduardo.

She called me Eduardo. Yes.

So my nephew has a little chiquita.

Yeah, but I wouldn't worry about it.

It'll clear up with a little ointment.

I was talking about Carmela.

Tell me, are they very much in love?

Oh, are they?

Well, you should see what happens when they separate.

The screaming and yelling the crying and hysterics.

And when Carmela starts, it's even worse.

You know?

Chico wrote me a lot about you. I feel like we're close.

Very close.

This song has such memories for me.

I remember my first husband sang it to me

one evening in the fields if Puerto Rico.

While we were cutting sugarcane.

And then something very romantic happened.

When my first husband was singing that song to me,

I met my second husband.

Well, I remember it was during the war when I was the GI

at the old Stage Door canteen.

Andy Russell was singing "Besame Mucho" to Helen Farris.

While Harry James was out in the hallway

trying to shake his trumpet dry.

Do you remember the words Eduardo?

Do I remember...

♪ Besame besame mucho ♪

♪ Each time I cling to your lips I hear music divine ♪

♪ Besame besame mucho ♪

♪ Hold me my darling and tell me you'll always be mine ♪♪

[applause]

Bravo, Ed!

Folks, don't worry. You can buy his album next week.

You know? I haven't had so much fun... I haven't done this.

I haven't sung or danced in... I can't tell you how long?

We'll have to do it again soon, huh?

- Yes, we will and soon. - Yes.

Chico Eduardo has told me all about you and Carmela.

- Who? - The girl you're crazy about.

- Oh, yeah. Carmela. - You can't leave her.

No, not until after the party Wednesday

but the I'm as free as a bird.

Not at all, when you take a trip to Europe

it should be on your honeymoon.

Aunt Connie, I haven't even proposed to her yet.

Oh, don't worry. She'll accept. She told me so.

Aunt Connie, you can't go to Europe alone.

I may not have to.

- Eduardo. - What?

Would you go with me?

Well, well... I uh...

- I-I-I... Me? - Si.

- A-and you? - Si.

- Around the... - Si.

I was... I... well, I actually...

Oh, I uh...

...I hardly know you.

- You sang me a song. - Yes.

- And you blew in my ear. - Yeah.

That's good enough for me, Eduardo.

Eduardo.

She called me Eduardo.

♪ Besame besame mucho ♪

♪ Each time I cling to your lips I hear music divine ♪

♪ Besame besame mucho ♪

[scatting]

Hey, hey, hey. Knock it off. Knock it off!

You can sing your flunky monkey and your flickin' chicken.

But keep your fat lips off of "Besame Mucho."

- That's our song. - Yeah, it must be your song.

I hear it every night at 2 in the morning when you come in.

How do you know what time I come home?

Ed, do you think I can close an eye until I know

you're safe in your warm little bed?

The way you've been dating, you're like a teenager

who just had his braces removed.

Tell me something, Eduardo.

What's a 60-year-old hickey look like?

Ah, that's none of your business.

Oh, hey.

You know something, I've been thinking it over

and I just came to a decision.

I'm gonna accept your aunt's offer

to go on a trip around the world.

I knew you were sneaky, rotten and under-handed.

But I never thought you were capable of such a double cross.

Yeah, neither did I.

You hardly know her.

Of course, I know her.

This is a wonderful, warm, charming, generous, kind woman

with a great zest for living.

Why do you realize at one o'clock this morning

she made me drive all the way to Pasadena

'cause she wanted to see the Rose Bowl?

You were at the Rose Bowl at one in the morning?

- Who was playing there? - We were.

Where is that Reverend Bemis? He's never on time.

I want to talk to him about my marriage plan.

- Marriage? - What's wrong with that?

Yeah, marriage. Listen, Chico.

As I mentioned, I begun to care very much about your aunt, see.

And anybody that Ed Brown cares for

any woman is not going to take a trip around the world

with a man she's not married to.

♪ Pull down the sheets throw off the covers ♪

♪ Ed Brown is the Latin... ♪♪

Louie, he's also the last of the fast hot lovers.

He's going to marry my aunt, right, Uncle Ed?

Uncle Ed?

Does that mean if I marry your aunt

you're gonna be my nephew?

Well, I ain't going to be your niece.

- I can see it now. - What?

The vine covered cottage and the three of you.

You, Aunt Connie and a hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

The money has got nothing to do with it.

- This woman is a saint. - Yeah, or Lady of the lottery.

Oh, never mind. There's nothing to even talk about.

This woman has got charm and wit and style.

And a hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Look, Ed, don't fight it.

If your honey has got money. Everything is sunny.

I'm excited, I just can't keep my mouth from rhyming.

Well, they better start trying

'cause one more poem and you go home.

Well, here comes the late Reverend Bemis.

Ah, Ed, please forgive my tardiness, but...

...after services I had to go over to the laundromat.

I'm sick and tired of my parishioners

pointing at me and saying, "Ring around the collar,

ring around the collar."

Well, let me, let me ask you this, uh, reverend, uh...

- This is very personal you see. - Oh, sure.

I wanna talk to you...

Let me say this, you see.

I'm thinking very seriously o-of getting married.

And I'd like you to perform the ceremony.

- Ed, I'd be delighted. - Oh, really?

As a matter of fact, I have a new wedding ceremony.

Ii-t was made up by a clergyman friend of mine

who used to be with a metropolitan opera.

It goes uh, something like this. Ahem.

♪ Would you take each other to be man and wife ♪

♪ I do I do I do I do I do I do ♪♪

Well Chico. Now that the opera's over I think I'll be going.

Oh, yeah, by the way now when it comes the time for the wedding

all the flowers will be on me.

Oh, that's sweet of you, Louie

but I don't want you to spend any money on me.

But don't worry about me. Ain't going to cost me a cent.

You see twice the week, my truck

makes a stop at the funeral

- Splendid! - Okay.

When can I pencil in the happy occasion?

Oh, well, I really... I don't know.

You see I've to... I haven't proposed to her yet, and...

Oh, my gosh! Oh, good heavens!

What-what-what am I going to say to her?

Ed, could I talk to you for a moment?

- Oh, sure. - Look.

If you require words to conquer her heart

you need go no further than the scriptures.

Just quote to her from the songs.

- What songs? - The songs of Solomon.

- Oh him? - "Thou art fair my love."

"Thou art fair. Thy lips are as red as rubies."

Oh, that's lovely. Yeah. You think it'll work?

Well, it worked for King Solomon, the wise.

He had 364 wives.

Yeah, I've always called him King Solomon the exhausted.

That's a little scriptural whimsy there.

Where did I leave that bottle?

Ed, you know, I've been thinking, uh...

Being that you're proposing to a Latin woman

maybe you ought to say something like...

[speaking in foreign language]

No, no, no, no, every time I'm trying to speak

a foreign language it sounds like I'm ordering

an exotic dish.

Well, that's who my aunt is. Some exotic dish.

Why do I make such a big fuss about it?

I'll go right up to her when she comes in

and I'll explain exactly what's on my mind, right?

Right. That's what I like. A man with confidence.

- Right. - Yes!

- Forthright and courageous. - Right.

And you'll be there reverend to hang on to me

in case, I try to run away, won't you?

Yes.

Welcome to the family, Uncle Eddie.

You're still nervous about the proposal, Ed?

Who's nervous about the proposal?

- No, nothing of the sort. - Okay.

I know exactly what I'm going to do.

I'm going to tell her something from uh... what a Soloman's...

Yeah. "Thou art fair my love."

"Thou art fair my love. Thou art fair."

"Thy lips--"

"Thy lips are as red as rubies."

Oh, senor.

- Oh, here she comes. - Aunt Connie.

- You look great. - Oh, you're gorgeous.

I'd like you to meet my very good f-friend, Mr Wilson.

He's a collector.

Oh, I'm so excited you decided to go with me.

What a tour it will be.

We'll see everything.

The Lourve, the Tower of London, The Riviera.

Yeah, we'll see some even more important things

like the Fiat factory and the Renault factory.

- The Mercedes factory-- - Come on, man.

Get to the part about the art fair.

- What? What art fair? - The art fair.

Like you said, "Thou art fair..." Remember? Solomon?

And rubies lips.

Ed, recall Joshua and Jericho. Blow your horn man.

Alright. Give me a little time here.

A time has come in the life of every man--

Get to rubies lips.

Not rubies lips. it says in Solomon--

Forget the Soloman's lips. Get to somebody's lips.

There comes time has come in the life of every man when he...

[stutters]

He needs a little privacy!

Would you care to dance, Eduardo?

Yes.

♪♪

Come on, guys, don't stare at him.

He's nervous enough as it is.

Yes, sure right. You're right.

The private covenant between a man and a woman

is a sacred thing and none of our business.

That's right. Sit down, Louie.

You too, reverend.

I can't hear them.

Well, read his lips, man. Read his lips.

He's, uh, "Co-Co-Co-Connie. Co-Co-Co-Co-Connie.

I-I-I-I-I... Co-Co-Connie...

- He's nervous, boy. - Yeah.

- He's getting ready to ask her. - He is.

He's getting ready, he's asking her, he's...

- He asked her. - Ai!

Married! Who wants to get married?

[speaking in foreign language]

Wait a minute.

I thought since we're going around the world together

on this big trip that you'd want me to the right thing.

Of course, I want you to do the right thing.

But what's that got to do with marriage?

Look, Ed.

I've been married three times and what I need is a trip

not a trap.

Well...

Let me just say this.

If that's the way you feel about it

I think you'll have to go to Europe all alone.

Reverend, would you like to visit the Sistine Chapel?

[indistinct chatter]

Well, Ed, my Aunt Connie is on her way

to Europe all by herself.

Yeah. Well, good luck flight 747.

Uh, Ed, that was the kind of plane she was on.

Oh.

- Good luck flight 56. - That was the gate number.

Good luck. Flight 1015.

Ah, well, Ed, that was the time the plane left.

Ah, whatever.

♪ Besame ♪

♪ Besame mucho ♪

[scatting]

Will you stop that? Knock it off, knock it off.

Knock it off! Knock it off!

That's my song!

[Freddie] "Chico and The Man" was recorded live

before a studio audience at NBC studios at Burbank, California.

♪ Chico was born in El Barrio ♪

♪ Spent much of his time in the street ♪

♪ His mind was crazy for knowledge ♪

♪ His belly for something to eat ♪

♪ But times are hard ♪

♪ Chico and the Man ♪

♪ Times are hard ♪

♪ Chico and the Man ♪

♪ Yeah yeah yeah yeah baby ♪

♪ It's all right ♪♪