Taxi
(1978)
Originaltitel: Taxi
Skapad av: James L. Brooks / Stan Daniels / David Davis / Ed. Weinberger
Release: 1978-09-12
TV-bolag: ABC
Längd per avsnitt: 30 min min
Status: AVSLUTAD
Taxis success was due to its excellent writing, Burrowss award-winning directing using his innovative four-camera technique, and its largely unknown but talented cast. Danny DeVitos Louie DePalma soon became one of the most despised men on television--possibly the most unredeemable and worthless louse of a character ever to reside on the small screen. Andy Kaufmans foreign mechanic Latka Gravas provided over-the-top comedy within an ensemble emphasizing subtle character humor. (TheTVDB)
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Like Father, Like Daughter
1978-09-12
Like Father, Like...
1978-09-12
In the first episode, Elaine Nardo, a part time art gallery receptionist, begins a second part time job at the Sunshine Cab Company. Elaine is somewhat put off as she first meets the tyrannical taxi dispatcher, Louie DePalma, then the rest of the gang: Alex Reger, the 40-ish ringleader who...
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One-Punch Banta
1978-09-19
One-Punch Banta
1978-09-19
Tony is asked to spar with the world middleweight champion Carlos Navarone (played by real life welterweight champion Carlos Palomino). When sparring in the gym with him, Tony does the unimaginable: he knocks down the champ. Since the gym was full of members of the press when this occurred, this...
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Blind Date
1978-09-26
Blind Date
1978-09-26
Alex has a great telephone conversation with Angela, the voice on Bobbys answering service, and asks her out on a date. The charming woman he was picturing, however, turns out to be fat and dumpy, not to mention hostile. After the awkward date ends poorly, Alex somehow feels bad and wishes to break...
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Bobby's Acting Career
1978-10-05
Bobby's Acting...
1978-10-05
Bobby has given himself three years to land a major gig as an actor from the time he arrived in Manhattan (from the Bronx), and his deadline is midnight tonight. When he doesnt get the job he had his heart set on, he pounds the payment for more audtions, then the gang takes to his apartment that...
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Come as You Aren't
1978-10-10
Come as You Aren't
1978-10-10
Elaine is throwing a party to impress her art gallery crowd. Fearful that the rest of the gang from the cab company wont fit in, she only invites Alex, but relents when she sees that the other guys are hurt by this. The people from the art gallery dont know that shes a part time cabbie and she...
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The Great Line
1978-10-17
The Great Line
1978-10-17
At Marios, the cabbies favorite hangout, John is admiring a young woman at the bar but lacks the confidence to approach her. Bobby and Tony give him a sure-fire line to pick her up with, Lets skip the preliminaries - lets get married. Well, John gathers the courage to approach her and indeed picks...
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High School Reunion
1978-10-24
High School Reunion
1978-10-24
Louie is depressed because his 20th High School reunion is around the corner and hes afraid to go, since he feels he hasnt made enough of his life to upstage his former classmates. He hasnt seen any of them since a cruel prank was pulled on him the night of the prom by his dream girl, Sheila (as...
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Paper Marriage
1978-10-31
Paper Marriage
1978-10-31
Latka is being pursued by the INS and needs to get married in order to avoid being deported. In a hurry, the gang finds him a call girl who agrees to marry him, and a hippie minister to agrees to marry him (Reverend Jim Ignatowski, who becomes a regular on the show the following season). The...
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Money Troubles
1978-11-14
Money Troubles
1978-11-14
Newlyweds John and Suzanne are having financial troubles and are concerned that one of them is going to have to leave college in order to support themselves. Fatherly Alex comes to the rescue by hesitantly offering them a loan, which pride initially prevents them from accepting, but ultimately they...
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Men are Such Beasts
1978-11-21
Men are Such Beasts
1978-11-21
Tonys new girlfriend is a fellow cabbie named Denise. Denise is attractive and likable, not to mention an overachieving cab driver which makes her popular with Louie, but shes getting very clingy toward Tony and is popping pills constantly. Tony attempts to break up with her, but she simply refuses...
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Memories of Cab 804 (1)
1978-11-28
Memories of Cab 804...
1978-11-28
John is involved in an accident while driving beloved cab 804. As Latka surveys the damage, the cabbies reminisce about their experiences in the cab. Bobby recalls when an armed robber attempted to rob him in cab 804. Bobby ends up pulling a gun on the robber and jams the gun barrel with his own...
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Memories of Cab 804 (2)
1978-12-05
Memories of Cab 804...
1978-12-05
In part two of a two part episode, the gang continues to reminisce about their experiences in cab 804. Alex tells the story of how he picked up a pregnant woman and her husband and when the woman goes into labor, Alex is forced to deliver the baby when the husband begins panicking. The couple names...
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A Full House for Christmas
1978-12-12
A Full House for...
1978-12-12
Louies brother, Nick, a professional gambler in Las Vegas who he hasnt seen for six years, finally has come home to visit his mother. However, once he arrives in New York, he sits in on the cabbies poker games and cant be persuaded to leave the garage to spend time with his mother. Louie is fed up...
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Sugar Mama
1979-01-16
Sugar Mama
1979-01-16
During Alexs shift, he picks up Dee, a kindly old widow who has recently inherited a lot of money from her husband. She doesnt need to go anywhere, she just wants to talk and be driven around to the sights of the city. They spend the evening driving and chatting and have a very nice time, made even...
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Friends
1979-01-30
Friends
1979-01-30
Tony asks his best friend, Bobby, to babysit his pet goldfish while hes out of town for a boxing match against the state middleweight champion of New Hampshire. Bobby forgets to feed the fish and they end up dying (although he doesnt realize the fact that theyre floating upside down means theyre...
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Louie Sees the Light
1979-02-06
Louie Sees the Light
1979-02-06
Louie goes to the hospital when he experiences stomach pains. He becomes worried when he learns he needs surgery and makes a promise to God (in front of Alex) that if he makes it through the surgery, hell be the best person he can be. Sure enough, the surgery is a complete success and when he next...
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Elaine and the Lame Duck
1979-02-13
Elaine and the Lame...
1979-02-13
Alex picks up congressman Walter Griswold in his cab, and after his date leaves him, he confides to Alex that he is a loser with the ladies. Alex then befriends Walter and decides to fix him up with Elaine. Walter and Elaine go out to Mario’s and although the date doesn’t go...
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Bobby's Big Break
1979-02-15
Bobby's Big Break
1979-02-15
Bobby is cast in a popular soap opera and, thinking it will be a long lasting full time gig, he quits the garage, tearing up his hackers license in Louies face. Louie becomes enraged and tells Bobby that he will be back. Things are going well for Bobby initially, but his character is soon killed...
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Mama Gravas
1979-02-27
Mama Gravas
1979-02-27
Latka is excited about his mothers visit, but when Louie refuses to let him take the day off, he asks Alex to entertain her. Alex takes Latkas mother to Marios and later to Radio City Music Hall, and it becomes evident that they are very attracted to one another. The next day, Alex tells Elaine...
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Alex Tastes Death and Finds a Nice...
1979-03-06
Alex Tastes Death...
1979-03-06
After Alex is robbed and shot in his cab (the bullet nicked his ear and rendered him temporarily deaf in that ear), he is understandably hesitant to go back to cab driving. He tries to confront his fears by driving the very next night, but ends up not making any money, because he is too cautious...
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Hollywood Calling
1979-05-08
Hollywood Calling
1979-05-08
A Hollywood motion picture production company has invaded the garage, with the intention of studying the drivers and environment for their next film about New York cab drivers. The gang is star struck, particularly Louie, who has conned the director into hiring him as Location Coordinator for...
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Substitute Father
1979-05-15
Substitute Father
1979-05-15
While Elaine is away visiting her sick aunt, the gang takes turn taking care of her son, Jason, who can not go with Elaine, because he is participating in an important spelling bee. The gang, Louie included, is completely taken by Jason, and they manage to monopolize his time, leaving him...
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