Taxi DVD
Paramount Home Video
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: TV Series
Length: 450 minutes
Director: Various
Year: (1978)
Britt Gillette's Taxi DVD (Season 1) Review
With its acerbic humor and quirky characters, Taxi is widely considered one of the funniest sitcoms in television history. Created by James L. Brooks (whose magic hand played a role in such hits as The Andy Griffith Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and The Simpsons), Taxi maintains a loyal following to this day via syndicated reruns. Sporting an all-star cast, the show introduced the world to the comedic talents of such superstars as Danny DeVito, Tony Danza, Marilu Henner, Andy Kaufman, and Christopher Lloyd…
Taxi follows the inner-workings of the Sunshine Cab Company, a New York City taxicab operation run by an insulting and tyrannical dispatcher named Louie De Palma (Danny DeVito). De Palma's onerous tactics are dispensed from the safety of his small office "cage" in the corner of the body shop, while various cab drivers such as Alex Reiger (Judd Hirsch), Tony Banta (Danza), and Elaine Nardo (Henner) associate with one another. Throw in foreign mechanic Latka Gravas (Kaufman), and all the ingredients are in place for endless hours of laughter. As the characters perform their numerous runs, meet back at the shop, and deal with varying problems in their personal lives, audiences are treated to some of the best comedy ever to grace the small screen…
The Taxi DVD (Season 1) features a number of hilarious episodes including the series premiere "Like Father, Like Daughter" in which Elaine Nardo begins a part time job with the cab company where she meets the various characters who work for the outfit. When everyone discovers that the broken pay phone will allow them to call long distance for free, Alex uses the opportunity to call his ex-wife in Brazil (hoping to speak to his estranged daughter). But instead, Alex learns that his daughter is in Miami on layover while en route to Portugal. He commandeers a cab and drives down to see her… Other notable episodes from Season 1 include "Memories of Cab 804" in which the various cabbies reminisce about their good and bad experiences in a recently damaged taxicab, and "Friends" in which Tony unwisely places the fate of his pet goldfish in the hands of his bestfriend Bobby…
Below is a list of episodes included on the Taxi DVD (Season 1):
Episode 1 (Like Father, Like Daughter) Air Date: 09-12-1978
Episode 2 (One-Punch Banta) Air Date: 09-19-1978
Episode 3 (Blind Date) Air Date: 09-26-1978
Episode 4 (Bobby's Acting Career) Air Date: 10-05-1978
Episode 5 (Come as You Aren't) Air Date: 10-10-1978
Episode 6 (The Great Line) Air Date: 10-17-1978
Episode 7 (High School Reunion) Air Date: 10-24-1978
Episode 8 (Paper Marriage) Air Date: 10-31-1978
Episode 9 (Money Troubles) Air Date: 11-14-1978
Episode 10 (Men are Such Beasts) Air Date: 11-21-1978
Episode 11 (Memories of Cab 804: Part 1) Air Date: 11-28-1978
Episode 12 (Memories of Cab 804: Part 2) Air Date: 12-05-1978
Episode 13 (A Full House for Christmas) Air Date: 12-12-1978
Episode 14 (Sugar Mama) Air Date: 01-16-1979
Episode 15 (Friends) Air Date: 01-30-1979
Episode 16 (Louie Sees the Light) Air Date: 02-06-1979
Episode 17 (Elaine and the Lame Duck) Air Date: 02-13-1979
Episode 18 (Bobby's Big Break) Air Date: 02-20-1979
Episode 19 (Mama Gravas) Air Date: 02-27-1979
Episode 20 (Alex Tastes Death and Finds a Nice Restaurant)
Air Date: 03-06-1979
Episode 21 (Hollywood Calling) Air Date: 05-08-1979
Episode 22 (Substitute Father) Air Date: 05-15-1979
Britt Gillette
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Posted on 27 April 2005