Freddie Prinze
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Search complete. 22 mentions across 13 episodes found for "Freddie Prinze".
Sep 15, 2026
Wayne BradyHOST
but you can never play this comedian.
Wayne BradyHOST
I looked at you and I thought, "You could play a young Freddie Prinze."
Carter VailGUEST
Oh.
Wayne BradyHOST
The stand-up-
Wayne BradyHOST
... from the '70s-
Carter VailGUEST
Okay
Wayne BradyHOST
... who had his own show, uh, The Chico and the Man, and he is the father of Freddie Prinze Jr., the husband of Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Carter VailGUEST
Okay.
Mark MalkoffGUEST
There were shows, but not the power.
Mark MalkoffGUEST
Like, Freddie Prinze in 1974 has a sitcom.
Mark MalkoffGUEST
He's the number one sitcom.
Mark MalkoffGUEST
This unknown guy within six months is the number one sitcom from going on Carson's show and getting called over.
Johnny MacHOST
Crazy.
Johnny MacHOST
45, Freddie Prinze.
Johnny MacHOST
He's forgotten.
Johnny MacHOST
Do you even know who this is, younger listener? The reason you might not is because the charming mustached kid had nothing but potential, but he got caught up in '70s drug culture and had problems dealing with a dizzying rise to fame after sitcom Chico and the Man took off.
Mark MalkoffGUEST
These were people, you know, that were down on their luck, that were broke, that had families, and suddenly they have these development deals in sitcom.
Mark MalkoffGUEST
I mean, Freddie Prinze in 1974, within six months, has...
Mark MalkoffGUEST
It goes from a 19, 20 year old kid to the number one show in America.
Jimmy FaillaHOST
Chico and the man.
Willie BGUEST
But later on when he died, when I read the book Wired and all the symptoms of, you know, what the drugs had done to him, it's like, yeah, that's what was going on that night.
Slick TomHOST
Yeah, and we lost him, obviously, along with some other people like Freddie Prinze, you know, way, way, way too soon.
Willie BGUEST
Way too soon.
Willie BGUEST
Yeah.
Darren MarlarHOST
She also befriended artist Vaughn Bode, an underground cartoonist who accidentally hung himself while performing what was claimed to be a spiritual form of autoerotic asphyxiation.
Darren MarlarHOST
and Freddie Prinze, who was possessed by the rebellious and often foul-mouthed comic Lenny Bruce.
Darren MarlarHOST
Bruce was repeatedly arrested in the 1960s for public obscenity when heavy-handed censorship made it impossible to say certain things while on stage.
Darren MarlarHOST
Tim says that one of the things that intrigues him is that even though Wally is no longer with us on this side of the veil, many of those she came in contact with still think highly of her.
Aaron DoughtyHOST
I will say a couple honorable mentions.
Aaron DoughtyHOST
I will throw out the Fresh Prince and, of course, Freddie Prinze and Freddie Prinze Jr.
Aaron DoughtyHOST
Those are all good princes you can emulate.
John ShawlerHOST
Who's Freddie Prinze Jr.?
Aaron DoughtyHOST
Freddie Prinze Jr., he was an actor.
Aaron DoughtyHOST
He's an actor.
Aaron DoughtyHOST
He was in the Scooby-Doo movies.
Aaron DoughtyHOST
I will say a couple honorable mentions.
Aaron DoughtyHOST
I will throw out the Fresh Prince and, of course, Freddie Prinze and Freddie Prinze Jr.
Aaron DoughtyHOST
Those are all good princes you can emulate.
John ShawlerHOST
Who's Freddie Prinze Jr.?
Aaron DoughtyHOST
Freddie Prinze Jr., he was an actor.
Aaron DoughtyHOST
He's an actor.
Aaron DoughtyHOST
He was in the Scooby-Doo movies.
Johnny MuellerHOST
Most all Latino comics in the States do their shows in English and appeal to all crowds.
Johnny MuellerHOST
I guess you could say the first one to come along was Freddie Prinze.
Johnny MuellerHOST
Remember him? Had a famous TV show in the 70s called Chico and the Man.
Johnny MuellerHOST
By the way, he committed suicide with a gun at 22.
Adam CarollaHOST
BerskiOh, I've heard that name
Mike BinderGUEST
... all of fr- friends of Freddy Prinze's
Adam CarollaHOST
But Byron's got you beat, right?
Mike BinderGUEST
Yeah, Byron's got me beat, and Alan Berski was a little younger than me.
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