This episode showed what Taxi could be if it tried hard enough. Like most seventies (and eighties) sitcoms, the show often strayed from its comedy roots and became a bit sentimental. The large and varied cast allowed for that and apparently every character had to have their solo moments.
With this episode, however, we get a simple story, very much linked to the show's setting (a taxi company) and short, funny scenes. Alex (for once not in the father figure role) and Louie try to outdo each other in earning fares. It's refreshing to see Louie in a more active role. Far too often he was relegated to two possible functions: the tyrannical dispatcher or the lecherous creep. Here we see him reliving his past as a taxi driver, interacting with strangers. Alex's comedy comes from his dry reaction to the customers. And we do get some peculiar people in his cab? The nuns arguing about the Sound of Music alone make this episode worthwhile checking out.moreless
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Judd Hirsch
Alex Reiger
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Jeff Conaway
Bobby Wheeler
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Danny DeVito
Louie DePalma
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ADD QUOTES- Louie: You should be ashamed to be in the same garage as me. Elaine: I'm ashamed to be in the same species with you. Edit
- Blind Passenger: You're a very dishonest person! Louie: I think I'd better warn you. I happen to be a very big, muscular guy. Blind Passenger: Then you must be talking out of your belly button. Edit
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