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Taxi is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 12, 1978, to May 6, 1982, and on NBC from September 30, 1982, to June 15, 1983. It focuses on the everyday lives of a handful of New York City taxi drivers and their abusive dispatcher.
The following is a list of all 114 episodes of the television show Taxi. All five seasons have been released on DVD by Paramount Home Entertainment (1–3) and CBS Home Entertainment (4–5, Complete Series). [1]
Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway [1] (October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011) [1] was an American actor. He portrayed Kenickie in the film Grease and had roles in three television series: struggling actor Bobby Wheeler in Taxi (1978-1982), Prince Erik Greystone in Wizards and Warriors, and security officer Zack Allan on Babylon 5.
Jim appeared again in Season 2, Episode 3, "Reverend Jim: A Space Odyssey" in which he was first hired as a driver after drugging Louie De Palma, the head dispatcher (played by Danny DeVito). He became a regular on the show by episode 10. As the series progressed, the "Reverend" aspect of the character was less frequently mentioned.
After working in small comedy clubs in the early 1970s, Kaufman came to the attention of a wider audience in 1975, when he was invited to perform portions of his act on the first season of Saturday Night Live. His Foreign Man character was the basis of his performance as Latka Gravas on the television show Taxi from 1978 until 1983. [5]
From 1980 to 1983, Kane portrayed Simka Dahblitz-Gravas, the wife of Andy Kaufman's character Latka Gravas, on the American television series Taxi. She has theorized that she was cast in Taxi in part due to her work in Hester Street, where a significant portion of her dialogue was spoken in Yiddish, since Simka speaks a fictional language with ...
Like Father, Like Daughter is the pilot episode of the American sitcom Taxi. It originally aired on September 12, 1978. It originally aired on September 12, 1978. The episode was directed by James Burrows and written by series creators James L. Brooks , Stan Daniels , David Davis , and Ed.
In the first season (1978–79) of the television sitcom series Taxi, Carver portrayed John Burns, "a naïve student [12] who lands in the taxi business more by default than design." [10] [11] Marley Brant in her book Happier Days (2006) praised Carver's acting but found his character John not well developed, even with his wedding subplot. [13]