Freddie Prinze: Chico Rodriguez

Quotes 

• Ed Brown : The only plant that could survive in this neighborhood is a marijuana plant.

  Chico Rodriguez : Oh, There you go getting nasty again. I got news for you. Your people are bigger potheads than mine.

  Ed Brown : Is that so? Why do they call it Acapulco Gold, not Philadelphia Gold?

• Chico Rodriguez : What line of business are you in?

  Della Rogers : Catering.

  Ed Brown : Catering? Catering? Well, I'll thank you to keep your girls out of my garage.

  Della Rogers : That's not the kind of catering I do. I deliver by truck.

  Ed Brown : I don't care if you deliver by limousine. I don't want your kind around here.

• Ed Brown : Ah, At least I know where I stand in this neighborhood. I know who my enemies are. And at my age it's too late to move to another neighborhood and make new enemies.

  Chico Rodriguez : How about staying in the old neighborhood and making just one friend?

• Louie Wilson : [Speaking to Ed about Della]  Did you know that she is known as Joan of Dark?

  Chico Rodriguez : Didn't they burn the first one at the stake?

  Ed Brown : Anybody got a match?

• Chico Rodriguez : Hey Ed, Do you trust me?

  Ed Brown : You're the only person in the world that I trust, now that Eisenhower is gone.

• Ed Brown : All these years I thought Margaret and I had no secrets from one another. Now I find out that she had this thing for Adlai Stevenson.

  Chico Rodriguez : Only once. In a voting booth. You've gotta forgive her.

  Ed Brown : You're right. Well, Ike won, anyhow. So, Margaret, I forgive you.

  [Ed looks upward] 

  Chico Rodriguez : I meant Della.

• Chico Rodriguez : [Speaking to Della about Ed]  Don't worry. You'll get along great with him.

  Salvador : I won't. The man is stupid. He don't even speak Spanish.

  Chico Rodriguez : Yeah Salvador, Give him a break. What do you want from him? He's a foreigner around here.

• Chico Rodriguez : Ms. Rogers, Can I introduce Louie Wilson, Your local Sanitary Engineer?

  Ed Brown : Oh, Come on. He's a garbage collector. Why can't you call a spade a spade?

  Chico Rodriguez : An unfortunate choice of words, Ms. Wilson.

  Della Rogers : I'll accept that explanation. And I'm pleased to meet you, Mr. Wilson.

  Louie Wilson : The pleasure's mine, Ms. Rogers. And I might say that the quality of garbage in this neighborhood will rise one thousand percent. And it will really be an honor for me to service your can.

  [Removes his cap and bows at the waist] 

• Chico Rodriguez : [Upset with Ed's insulting Della after meeting her]  You know, You got about as much charm as a stuck zipper!