# Chico the Talking Head **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 11, 1999, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564 "1999-05-11T01:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 1999, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/1 "1999-05-11T01:07:00Z")
My fiance and his two brothers were telling me one day about a PBS show called “Chico the talking Head.” They said it was about (what else?) a talking head from Puerto Rico named Chico. They remember Chico having such adventures as: The head rolling down a hill Trying to find goat’s milk Being carried around on a motorcycle in a basket I have no idea what they are talking about. We grew up in the same neighborhood (on the same block, in fact), so it’s not like I didn’t get the same channels he did. His sister-in-law and I think that their family had some sort of mass hallucination happening (his mom remembers the show as well). So, has anyone ever seen the elusive “Chico”? If it helps, it may have been a Chicago-based local show. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 1999, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/2 "1999-05-15T05:48:00Z")
I grew up partway in Chicago and I’ve never heard of this. Was it a kids show? Of course, there’s stuff I remember that my brother and sister think I’m hallucinating, and I know they were sitting right there next to me. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 1999, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/3 "1999-05-16T03:46:00Z")
AAAAK! I remember the head in the box! Wasn’t it an episode of Once Upon A Classic with Bill Bixby? * * * “On the edge of sleep, I awoke to a sun so bright…” ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 1999, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/4 "1999-05-16T08:47:00Z")
Mekka-lekka-hi, mekka-hiney-ho? 🙂 Honestly, that’s the only talking head that I remember from that era. lovelee ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 1999, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/5 "1999-06-01T13:55:00Z")
Sounds like something from the Itchy and Scratchy cartoon on the Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 1999, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/6 "1999-06-03T01:08:00Z")
I remember something a lot like that on SNL, I think. Wasn’t it a talking head that solved crimes? * * * Cave Canem. Beware the Dog. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 1999, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/7 "1999-06-03T01:15:00Z")
There was a series of sketches about “The Head Detective” on In Living Color. I think Damon Wayons was the head. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_in\_HK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mike\_in\_HK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_in_HK)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/8 "2004-11-10T06:34:01Z")
It was Chico the Rainmaker…he/it was a shrunken head called Chico (duh!) who/that could talk, and make rain (bigger duh!). They used to show it in the UK around the late 70’s to early 80’s. I remember the theme tune, but not all of the theme words…it went something like this- Chico, Chico the rainmaker Chico, Chico the rainmaker Chico, Chico the rainmaker Chico ??? ??? ??? makes the rain. I’ve never seen a bigger pile of televised crap in all my life. I’d actually forgotten about it until i read this thread- shame on you for opening up old wounds!!! What’s my therapists number? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/9 "2004-11-10T17:02:25Z")
How the heck did you find a half-decade old thread to resurrect without the ability to search the archives? (It’s generally [frowned upon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=106617) to bump old threads, by the way.) > [@](#): > > **What if I want to continue / add to the discussion on a topic that was mentioned in an old thread?** > Start a new thread with a link to the old thread. A general guideline for “old” would be a thread older than three months. Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/10 "2004-11-10T18:25:28Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > How the heck did you find a half-decade old thread to resurrect without the ability to search the archives? At a wild guess, have Mike’s preferences got screwed up so that he is reading the forum in reverse date order (oldest first)? ---
**Author:** ![Lyssa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyssa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyssa)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/11 "2018-06-19T20:54:59Z")
\“Image sorry post is a few years late ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/12 "2018-06-19T21:22:39Z")
> [@Lyssa](#): > > \“Image > sorry post is a few years late Wow, A zombie thread about a zombie! [Here is the link you posted, fixed.](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cf/c8/4f/cfc84fa5a4ed1233377f1ec5b41414a6.jpg) ETA: **A FEW!** This thread is so old the OP is blank! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/13 "2018-06-19T21:27:02Z")
Moved to Cafe Society. Note that this thread is old enough to vote. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/14 "2018-06-19T22:06:36Z")
“Chico”, is, of course, a traditional Spanish nickname for “[Chicopacobacowana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_the_Rainmaker).” ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/15 "2018-06-19T22:08:02Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Wow, A zombie thread about a zombie! > > [Here is the link you posted, fixed.](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cf/c8/4f/cfc84fa5a4ed1233377f1ec5b41414a6.jpg) > > ETA: **A FEW!** This thread is so old the OP is blank! This place totally fucking rocks! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/16 "2018-06-19T22:27:40Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > ETA: **A FEW!** This thread is so old the OP is blank! Yeah, a headless thread about a bodyless head. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/17 "2018-06-20T00:33:00Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Yeah, a headless thread about a bodyless head. Nice one, Colibri! And was this head on In Living Color by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/18 "2018-06-20T00:56:44Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AvfFia7QEVg/hqdefault.jpg "Chico The Rainmaker") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvfFia7QEVg) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/19 "2018-06-20T02:32:36Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [https://youtu.be/AvfFia7QEVg](https://youtu.be/AvfFia7QEVg) Between that and [Lidsville](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFMuNkseruo) I am trying to guess who was tripping harder. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564/20 "2018-06-20T02:38:54Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [https://youtu.be/AvfFia7QEVg](https://youtu.be/AvfFia7QEVg) See, that’s why you’re supposed to [sew a shrunken head’s lips together.](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1085/3020/products/shrunken-head-brown-hair_2048x.jpg?v=1521658610) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chico-the-talking-head/564.md?page=2)