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Old 01-25-2006, 11:11 AM
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Taxi
*The person driving the taxicab in the opening credits was Tony Danza. The name of the cab company was the Sunshine Cab Company.

*Andy Kaufman had invented the persona for his character in his comedy act prior to working on the show, including the famous line "tank-you-veddy-much". It was the show's writers that came up with the name of Latka Gravas.

*Before closing their doors for good in 1982, the Checker Motors Corporation of Kalamazoo Michigan supplied cars to the series.
*When Danny DeVito was starting out in the business, he had to have a roommate to make ends meet. His roommate was Michael Douglas.

*The idea for the TV show was from an article in an issue of the New Yorker magazine about cab drivers' lives.

*When ABC canceled the series in 1982, the cable network HBO considered purchasing the show, only to lose out to NBC.
*When NBC acquired the series for its 1982 fall schedule, the network ran promotional ads that stated, "Same time, better network".

*In the episode "A Full House for Christmas", Louie's brother, Nick, was going to be played by Andy Kaufman's infamous alter ego, Tony Clifton. During rehearsals, Clifton created such chaos on the set that security had to remove him. Tony was replaced by Richard Foronjy at the last minute.

*Reverend Jim's real name was James Caldwell. After eating some "funny brownies", he changed his name to Ignatowski, believing it was "star child" spelled backwards.

*Due to almost identical plotlines and storylines, Taxi has often been referred to as a forerunner for the TV series, "Cheers (1982)". Danny DeVito (Louie De Palma) is married to Rhea Perlman (Carla on Cheers).

*Did you ever wonder if Judd Hirsch was really that smart or if his character just seemed to be in comparison to the others? Well, in real life, Judd has a college degree in Physics!

*Tony Danza's character on the TV show dreamed of being a professional fighter. In real life, Tony Danza actually was a fighter before Taxi.

*Andy Kaufman loved to confuse his audiences by doing something they would never suspect or couldn't understand. He appeared on the very first episode of "Saturday Night Live". He played a record with the theme song to "Mighty Mouse". He just stood there looking at the audience while it played and would only sing the words, "Here I Come To Save The Day". It was hilarious, but you couldn't figure out why. When he died, people wouldn't believe it. They thought it was just another one of his gags. Oh yeah, he was also Elvis Presley's favorite as an Elvis impersonator.

*His role as "Reverend Jim" was not the first time that Christopher Lloyd was seen as a "less than stable" person. In 1975, three years before Taxi began, he had a role in "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" as one of the mental patients. Oh, by the way, Danny DeVito also played one of the mental patients in that movie!

*Marilu Henner dated both Tony Danza and Judd Hirsch during the show's run (One at a time).
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