Taxi (1978) |
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Danny DeVito
(as Louie De Palma)
with Rhea Perlman
(as Zena Sherman)
Carol Kane
(as Simka Dahblitz-Gravas)
with Andy Kaufman
(as Latka Gravas)
Randall Carver
(as John Burns)
with Ellen Regan
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Taxi (1978) was nominated for the following awards:
Emmy Awards
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Emmy
1983
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Emmy
1983
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Emmy
1982
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Emmy
1982
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Emmy
1979 Golden Globes
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Golden Globe
1983
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Golden Globe
1983
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
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Golden Globe
1982
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Golden Globe
1982
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Golden Globe
1981
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Golden Globe
1981
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Golden Globe
1981 TV Land Awards |
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Quotes "Reverend Jim" Ignatowski: Hey, Alex - You know the really great thing about television? If something important happens, anywhere in the world, night or day... you can always change the channel. [during a written driving test]
"Reverend Jim" Ignatowski: Pssssttt... what does the yellow light mean?
Bobby Wheeler: "Slow down."
"Reverend Jim" Ignatowski: What... does... the... yellow... light... mean?
Bobby Wheeler: "Slow down"!
"Reverend Jim" Ignatowski: Whaaaat... dooooeeees... theeeee... yeeeel-looowwww... liiiiight... meeeeaaan? [while filling out an application]
Bobby Wheeler: Mental illness or narcotic addiction?
"Reverend Jim" Ignatowski: Now that`s a tough choice... Alex Rieger: One thing about being a cabbie is that you don`t have to worry about being fired from a good job. Jim: When I think of me, I smile. Louie De Palma: Whenever I hear the word "marriage," I say, "Check, please!" [Latka pays Louie a coin]
Louie De Palma: What`s this?
Latka Gravas: It`s a kebble.
Louie De Palma: What`s a kebble?
Latka Gravas: 110 kebble make a lithnitch.
Louie De Palma: What`s a lithnich?
Latka Gravas: 270 lithnich make a matta.
Louie De Palma: What`s a matta?
Latka Gravas: I don`t know, what`s the matter with you? Louie De Palma: Do you know what the difference is between people like you and people like me, Nardo?
Alex Rieger: Yeah, two million years of evolution. "Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away. Louie De Palma: I know what love is cuz I watch talk shows. Love is the end of happiness! [filling out a form]
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: Eyes...
Elaine Nardo: No, don`t put two.
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: Oh, they mean color, don`t they? Alex Rieger: Why`d you change your name to Ignatowski?
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: Try saying it backwards.
Bobby Wheeler: Ix-wah-tangy.
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: That`s nowhere near Starchild, is it? Alex Rieger: I`m not really a cab driver. I`m just waiting for something better to come along. You know, like death. Bobby Wheeler: We were wondering if you would join us for a few minutes?
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: Well, what did you decide? "Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: You know, you really need to clean up those bathrooms.
Alex Rieger: You just came from the kitchen.
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: Thank God.
Alex Rieger: Jim, when are you finally going to have some pride and stand up for yourself?
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: August! Louie De Palma: Get that ugly, flea-ridden, stinking animal out of my garage, and tell him to take his horse with him! "Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: What did you win that trophy for?
Alex Rieger: For making a fool of myself.
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: Why doesn`t anyone tell me about contests like that?
[On boxing]
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: The ability to witness two men stand toe to toe in the spirit of sportsmanship and pummel each other into insensibility is what separates us from the animals. Louie De Palma: Ignatowski`s got a father? There goes my spore theory! Louie De Palma: Hey, Bobby, I hope someone slams a door on your face, you sneeze, and your head explodes. Elaine Nardo: Poor Emily. It`s so sad that she mixed drugs and alcohol and spent the night with you... when most people only die. Monica Banta: You must be Louie.
Louie De Palma: How did you know my name?
Monica Banta: I only had three people described to me. One was smart, one was good-looking, and one was you. Alex Rieger: We`re arguing because we care too much, and we`re breaking up because we don`t care enough. "Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: I wonder about things, like, if they call an orange an "orange," then why don`t we call a banana a "yellow" or an apple a "red"? Blueberries, I understand. But will someone explain gooseberries to me? Louie De Palma: What`re you listening to, Banta?
Tony Banta: I can be here if I want to.
Louie De Palma: No, you can`t.
Tony Banta: This is America, Louie.
Louie De Palma: No, it isn`t.
Tony Banta: It isn`t?
Louie De Palma: No! This is Louieland. You want America, go outside! Zena Sherman: You got an attitude problem, you got a personality problem, you got a sensitivity problem, you got an emotional problem, you got a maturity problem, you got a sexual problem...
Louie De Palma: What do you mean?
Zena Sherman: That`s all you think about!
Louie De Palma: And that`s the problem?
Zena Sherman: Yeah.
Louie De Palma: Whew! "Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: [as he hands out invitations] Bobby, do you spell your name with one "o" or two?
Bobby Wheeler: One.
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: I`ll get it right next time, "Booby". Louie De Palma: Jim, your father is no longer with us.
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: He never was. He lives in Boston.
Louie De Palma: No, I mean, he`s gone on to his final resting place.
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: A condo in Palm Beach? Louie De Palma: Ignatowski! Where have you been all week?
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: I don`t work weekends.
Louie De Palma: You been gone nine days!
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: Yeah...
Tony Banta: Jim, weekends are only two days.
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: Oh, I thought we`d switched to the metric system. Alex Rieger: It`s so quiet up here you can hear yourself think.
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: I don`t hear anything.
[in the mountains, Jim hits his head]
Alex Rieger: Jim, are you alright?
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: Yeah... who are you?
Alex Rieger: I`m Alex. We`re friends, we work together.
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: What are we, lumberjacks?
Alex Rieger: No, we`re cabdrivers.
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: I bet we don`t do much business up here! Elaine Nardo: Dress is optional... He means how we dress, not if we dress, right?
Alex Rieger: No, I don`t think so.
Elaine Nardo: Why?
Alex Rieger: [showing Elaine his invitation] Yours is the only one that says that. "Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: Yeah, I did some drugs, though probably not as many as you think. How many drugs do you think I did?
Elaine Nardo: A lot.
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: Wow! Right on the nose!
Tony Banta: You mean, they didn`t tell you they were going to tear down your apartment building?
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: Well, you put up with a few minor inconveniences when you live in a condemned building. "Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: I went to Woodstock.
Bobby Wheeler: Oh yeah? You went to Woodstock?
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: Yep, half a million people gathered together in peace and harmony, grooving to Joni and The Who... hey, you know, if I hadn`t gone, there would have only been 499,999 people... lucky for them I went. [about Woodstock]
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: I wore flowers in my hair and meditated for hours on end. I was finding God all over the place... He kept ditching me. Alex Rieger: Jim, when I said you were a flake, I meant you`d done some weird things.
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: Name one.
Alex Rieger: You lived in a condemned building for five years.
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: You`re confusing flakiness with style!
Alex Rieger: You kept a horse named Gary in your bedroom.
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: Not everyone has a guest room, Alex.
Alex Rieger: I`m going to die as I`ve lived, wearing a green shirt, a catcher`s mask, and dancing the can can. Louie De Palma: He`ll be back... they all come back... the only one who never came back was James Caan... and I`m still waitin`! Louie De Palma: Huskies, I hate `em. Louie De Palma: Some men climb mountains, others date `em! Louie De Palma: That dame is older than the Continental Shelf! [explaining to his mother in a flashback scene why he wants to move to America]
Latka Gravas: In America, a man can become another O.J. Simpson!
Latka`s Mother: Who is O.J.Simpson?
Latka Gravas: The JUICE! Vivian Harrow: [Elaine is trying to convince a hooker to look nice for her paper marriage to Latka] Honey, I`ve been everything from Little Bo Peep to Darth Vader. Latka Gravas: [after his paper marriage, his "wife" runs off] No honeymoon?
Alex Rieger: No, Latka.
Latka Gravas: America`s a tough town. Elaine Nardo: [Louie has just admitted his mother needs an operation] What`s wrong with her?
Louie De Palma: Female problems, she`s starting not to look like one. Latka Gravas: Thank you very much! "Reverend Jim" Ignatowski: [as a traveling salesman] I`m "Fill in your name," but you can call me "Nickname." Elaine Nardo: Jim, what are you doing here? Where did this model castle come from?
"Reverend Jim" Ignatowski: It`s yours, I made it for you. See Elaine, your fairy tale can come true. Look here`s your Castle, and your Prince awaits. Elaine, I know I`m not the most glamorous guy in the world but...
Elaine Nardo: You are truly a sweet decent man.
"Reverend Jim" Ignatowski: Once there was a time when that was enough. Louie De Palma: Mr. Rieger isn`t here right now. Would you like to wait in my office?
Charlotte Reiger: I`d rather be the only woman on a Greek freighter! Alex Rieger: [to his now-fat ex-wife, at their daughter`s wedding] Remember, you haven`t lost a daughter - you`ve gained a ton.Trivia The person driving the taxicab in the opening credits was Tony Danza. The name of the cab company was the Sunshine Cab Company. Before closing their doors for good in 1982, the Checker Motors Corporation of Kalamazoo Michigan supplied cars to the series. Judd Hirsch was often late to rehearsals because he was conducting business in his office.
After the third season, director James Burrows and writers Glen Charles and Les Charles quit the series to create "Cheers" (1982) In an episode during the first season, Danny DeVito`s character plays violin in one scene. A photo taken during rehearsals of that episode ran in a tabloid magazine along with a story describing how De Vito is "giving up" acting to play violin. De Vito`s relatives called him out of concern believing the story was true. 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". 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. The theme song`s full title was "Angela (Theme from `Taxi`)", was written/performed by Bob James and was from his 1978 album "Touchdown". The title track "Touchdown" was the song Bob had actually written for the theme, but Taxi`s producers liked the short cue Bob had written/recorded for one brief scene with Alex (Judd Hirsch) and a young woman, Angela, and used that instead. In the opening credits the cab is driving along New York`s 59th Street Bridge, popularly known as the Queensboro. The buildings in the background keep reappearing in the same place. The segment was shot once in the middle of the 1.4-mile bridge and then repeated several times to run throughout the entire credits. 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. Andy Kaufman created the language that Latka speaks. Before Carol Kane first appeared as Simka, Kaufman taught her the language. In fact, he invited her to dinner and refused to let her speak English. Unnoticable in the opening, the Taxi Cab in the ending credits clearly shows the cab number `804`. This is noteworthy for fans, as it was the cab in the series 1 two-parter, `Memories of Cab 804`. SPOILER: Most of the cab drivers had other jobs. Elaine worked in an art gallery, Bobby was an actor, Tony was a boxer, Jim Ignatowski was a reverend (and also, as it turned out, was heir to a fortune). Alex was the only full-time cabbie. | ||
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