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List Of Taxi Episodes
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). at Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1978–79) Season 2 (1979–80) Season 3 (1980–81) Season 4 (1981–82) Season 5 (1982–83) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taxi episodes, List of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxi (TV Series)
''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. For most of the run of the show, the ensemble cast consisted of taxi drivers Alex Reiger ( Judd Hirsch), Bobby Wheeler ( Jeff Conaway), Elaine Nardo (Marilu Henner), Tony Banta (Tony Danza), and "Reverend" Jim Ignatowski ( Christopher Lloyd), along with dispatcher Louie De Palma (Danny DeVito) and mechanic Latka Gravas (Andy Kaufman). ''Taxi'' was produced by the John Charles Walters Company, in association with Paramount Network Television, and was created by James L. Brooks, Stan Daniels, David Davis, and Ed. Weinberger, all of whom were brought on board after working on ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (which ended in 1977). The show was a critical and commercial success and is widely regarded as one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen And Les Charles
Brothers Glen Gerald Charles (born February 18, 1943) and Les Charles (born March 25, 1948) are American screenwriters and television producers, best known for working on ''Taxi'' and co-creating ''Cheers''. Early lives and careers The Charles brothers attended University of Redlands. Glen graduated in 1965, and Les graduated in 1971. Glen began his professional life as an advertising copywriter but moved into television. They began their television careers together as writers for '' M*A*S*H'' in 1975; all their work throughout their entire TV and film career was done jointly. They later wrote for ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', '' Phyllis'' and '' The Bob Newhart Show'', and were head writers and producers on the TV series ''Taxi''. They then formed the Charles-Burrows-Charles production company with James Burrows, and created and produced the television series ''Cheers'', which ran from 1982 to 1993. After ''Cheers'' ended, the brothers largely retired from the busine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandy Patinkin
Mandel "Mandy" Bruce Patinkin (; born November 30, 1952) is an American actor and singer, known for his work in musical theatre, television, and film. As a critically acclaimed Broadway (theatre), Broadway performer he has collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Patinkin's leading roles on stage and screen have earned him numerous accolades including a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for seven Drama Desk Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Patinkin made his theatre debut in 1975 starring opposite Meryl Streep in the revival of the comic play ''Trelawny of the "Wells"'' at The Public Theatre's Shakespeare Festival. He played Che in the first Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''Evita (musical), Evita'' (1979) earning a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical as well as the roles of Georges Seurat/George in Stephen Sondheim's ''Sunday in the Park with George'' (1984) for which he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Selleck
Thomas William Selleck (; born January 29, 1945) is an American actor. His breakout role was playing private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series ''Magnum, P.I.'' (1980–1988), for which he received five Emmy Award nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, winning in 1985. From 2010 to 2024, Selleck co-starred as New York City Police Commissioner, NYC Police Commissioner Frank Reagan (Blue Bloods), Frank Reagan in the series ''Blue Bloods''. From 2005 to 2015, he portrayed troubled small-town police chief Jesse Stone (character), Jesse Stone in nine television films based on the Robert B. Parker novels. In films, Selleck has played bachelor architect Peter Mitchell in ''Three Men and a Baby'' (1987) and its sequel ''Three Men and a Little Lady'' (1990). He has also appeared in more than 50 other film and television roles since ''Magnum, P.I.'', including the films ''Quigley Down Und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Kemp (TV Producer)
Barry Kemp (born December 4, 1949) is an American television producer, director and writer, and film producer. Kemp is best known for creating two television sitcoms: ''Newhart'' (he wrote the oft-repeated line: "Hi, I'm Larry. This is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl"), which lasted for eight seasons on CBS (1982–1990); and '' Coach'', which lasted for nine seasons on ABC (1989–1997). He also wrote for ''Taxi'' for four seasons, and was the creator of ''Fresno'' and ''Delta''. Kemp's movie productions include ''Romy and Michele's High School Reunion'', '' Patch Adams'' and ''Catch Me If You Can''. Kemp is a 1971 graduate of the University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts. Before he became a full-time writer, he was an executive with the chamber of commerce in Phoenix. He originally planned to do ''The Closer'' for CBS at Paramount Television through Bungalow 78 Productions, but eventually moved to Warner Bros. Television with the new showrunners E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Edwards
Gail Edwards is an American retired actress. She has appeared as Dot Higgins in American Broadcasting Company, ABC's ''It's a Living (1980 TV series), It's a Living'', Sharon LeMeure in NBC's ''Blossom (American TV series), Blossom'', and Vicky Larson in ABC's ''Full House.'' Early life and education Edwards was raised in Coral Gables, Florida. Her father hung the curtain and lights while she choreographed, costumed, and starred in her own neighborhood musicals. In the sixth grade, Edwards played Little Mary in ''The Women (play), The Women'' at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Coconut Grove, Florida, where playwright George Abbott came backstage to single out her performance. Career Edwards wrote, produced, and starred in the off-Broadway musical ''Becoming''. It won the Miami Herald Critics’ Choice award three times before the musical debuted in New York. While in New York, Edwards signed with the LeMond/Zetter Management Group. Soon afterward, she landed the role of Sandy oppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He has appeared in many theater productions, films, and television shows since the 1960s. He is known for portraying Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future (franchise), ''Back to the Future'' trilogy (1985–1990) and Jim Ignatowski in the comedy series ''Taxi (TV series), Taxi'' (1978–1983), for which he won two Emmy Awards. Lloyd came to public attention in Northeastern United States, Northeastern theater productions during the 1960s and early 1970s, earning Drama Desk Award, Drama Desk and Obie Award, Obie awards for his work. He made his cinematic debut in ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975) and went on to star as Commander Kruge in ''Star Trek III: The Search for Spock'' (1984), Professor Plum in ''Clue (film), Clue'' (1985), Judge Doom in ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988), Uncle Fester in ''The Addams Family (1991 film), The Addams Family'' (1991) and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Ignatowski
The Reverend Jim "Iggy" Ignatowski is a fictional character in the 1970s television series ''Taxi''. He was played by Christopher Lloyd. A gentle soul, Jim, in his own words, was "the living embodiment of the Sixties." His most noticeable character trait was his extremely "spaced out" behavior, a result of extensive drug use. Life Ignatowski was born James Caldwell. He claimed to have been born in Spokane, Washington, although his often-unreliable memory leaves this information open to question. He was raised in Boston, Massachusetts as one of three children in a well-to-do family. Jim's mother died when he was young, leaving Jim's father (later played by Victor Buono) to raise the family. (Jim states that while applying for his taxi driver's license that his father's name was Ignatowski—another example of his faulty memory.) While busy with his thriving urology practices, Dr. Caldwell left much of this task to various family servants. The father's absence seemed to affect al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reverend
The Reverend (abbreviated as The Revd, The Rev'd or The Rev) is an honorific style (form of address), style given to certain (primarily Western Christian, Western) Christian clergy and Christian minister, ministers. There are sometimes differences in the way the style is used in different countries and church traditions. ''The Reverend'' is correctly called a ''style'', but is sometimes referred to as a title, form of address, or title of respect. Etymology The term is an anglicisation of the Latin , the style originally used in Latin documents in medieval Europe. It is the gerundive or future passive participle of the verb ("to respect; to revere"), meaning "[one who is] to be revered/must be respected". ''The Reverend'' is therefore equivalent to ''the Honourable'' or ''the Venerable''. Originating as a general term of respectful address in the 15th century, it became particularly associated with clergy by the 17th century, with variations associated with certain ranks in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Taggart
Rita Taggart is an American film and television actress. She is known for playing Carla Bouvier on ''Night Court''. Biography Taggart was the third wife of cinematographer Haskell Wexler from 1989 until his death at age 93 in 2015. On television, Taggart portrayed Blanche on ''Steambath'', Marie Roscini in ''Hello, Larry'', Diane in '' Eye to Eye'', and Joan Foley in '' Almost Grown''. Her TV acting credits included guest role appearances on such shows as ''Rhoda'', ''Taxi'', ''Kate & Allie'', ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King'', ''Quantum Leap'', ''Coach'', and ''Cagney and Lacey''. Her film credits include the made-for-TV movie ''James Dean'' (1976), '' Coming Home'' (1978), ''The China Syndrome'' (1979) and the TV movie ''Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home!'' (1983). She has most recently appeared in the films ''Circle A circle is a shape consisting of all point (geometry), points in a plane (mathematics), plane that are at a given distance from a given point, the Centre (geomet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Girl
A call girl or female escort is a prostitute who (unlike a street prostitution, street walker) does not display her profession to the general public, nor does she usually work in an institution like a brothel, although she may be employed by an escort agency."Is the number of trafficked call girls a myth?" BBC News. (9 January 2009) The client must make an appointment, usually by calling a telephone number. Call girls have traditionally had a number of routes available to advertise their services, including classified advertisements in magazines and latterly via the Internet. The use of online classified advertisement websites such as Backpage for this purpose has increased during the 21st century. An intermediary advertiser, such as an escort agency, may be involved in promo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deportation And Removal From The United States
Deportation from the United States is the process of expelling non-citizens. The authority to deport non-citizens rests on the "Plenary power doctrine, plenary power" of the Federal government of the United States, federal government, which gives it near-absolute authority over immigration matters. The legal framework for deportation distinguishes between two primary models: "extended border control", which involves expelling non-citizens for violations related to their entry, and "post-entry social control", which targets individuals for conduct, such as criminal activity, that occurs after they have established residence in the country. Between 1920 and 2018, the U.S. expelled nearly 57 million people, more than any other country in the world, and more people than it allowed to immigrate legally. The legal and political concept of the "illegal alien" is a 20th-century development; the passage of the Immigration Act of 1924 created a new class of people subject to expulsion. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
