Any fans of the TV show "Taxi"? The complete first season one is out today..

I really liked the show! I know some may dismiss the first season since "Reverend Jim" was not a regular until season two (he does appear in the first season). But I definitely will buy this season, as it is a good one, and not rent it from Netflix.

Any other fans of Taxi here?

 

My favorite sitcom of all time. Has anyone found a, "best price?"

 

Ahhh- Bob James music at its commercial finest! I love it just for the theme!

 

I prefer when Reverand Jim became a regular but season 1 with Randall Carver is still worth getting IMO.

As SteveR said if any one sees it online for a good price let us know.

 

What....does....a.....yellow....light....mean....?

 

Classic!

 

For what it is worth, I got my copy for $29 on sale at a local Best Buy. I have never seen a set packaged with what appears to be individual slimline dvd cases (with a larger cardboard case to hold all three disc cases).... Seems to work well though. The video looks very good for a show 26 years old.

 

Always kinda felt bad for Carver. There was nothing particularly wrong with him or his character, but the show already had its resident dumb guy in Tony Danza and after the producers decided to bring Lloyd on full-time, somebody had to be the odd man out.

I wonder what, if anything, Carver did after "Taxi"? Or Jeff Conaway, for that matter?

 

From: http://www.bttf.com/taxi.htm

Season One

#1: "Like Father, Like Daughter" September 12, 1978
When a pay telephone at the Sunshine Cab Company goes out of order, all the cabbies can place calls to anywhere in the world for free. Alex reaches his seventeen-year-old daughter, Cathy, who lives with his ex-wife in Brazil. When he finds out she's en route to Portugal to go to college and will be changing planes in Miami the next day, all the cabbies volunteer to take turns racing Alex to Florida.

#2: "Blind Date" September 26, 1978
Alex becomes intrigued by the sexy voice of Angela Matusa, a woman from Bobby's answering service. When he asks her out to dinner he discovers she is very overweight. Note: The Taxi theme song, "Angela," composed by Bob James, is named after Alex's date in this episode.

#3: "The Great Line" October 17, 1978
Bobby and Tony come up with a foolproof pick-up line for John to use when approaching a pretty girl he sees sitting by herself at Mario's Restaurant.

#4: "Come As You Aren't" October 10, 1978
Elaine throws a cocktail party to impress her art-world acquaintances and she asks Alex to accompany her. When the other cabbies overhear the plans for this affair and invite themselves, she is concerned that her snooty guests will discover she is a cab driver. Note: Latka's date is played by Treva Silverman, formerly an Emmy® Award-winning writer for The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

#5: "One-Punch Banta" September 19, 1978
Tony gets the opportunity to be the sparring partner for a world-champion boxer. Guest star: W.B.C. Welterweight Boxing Champion Carlos Palomino. Note: In the locker-room scene, Palomino throws a real punch at Tony Danza, landing squarely on his chin.

#6: "Bobby's Acting Career" October 5, 1978
Bobby considers himself a failure when he doesn't land an important acting part. Alex talks him into making one last try before giving up and Bobby goes out to audition for anything he is able to find that day. Guest star: Taurean Blacque, who played Detective Neil Washington on Hill Street Blues.

#7: "High School Reunion" October 24, 1978
Louie feels that his job as a taxi dispatcher will fail to impress his former classmates at his twentieth anniversary high-school reunion. Bobby suggests that he go to the reunion and impersonate Louie. Guest star: Joanna Cassidy.

#8: "Paper Marriage" October 31, 1978
Latka faces deportation as an illegal alien because his visa has expired. Marrying a U.S. citizen will solve his immigration problems and Latka begs Alex to help him. Alex supplies Latka with a call girl for a bride and the marriage is conducted by Reverend Jim Ignatowski. Christopher Lloyd's first appearance on this series; he would become a series regular starting with Episode #27.

#9: "Money Troubles" November 14, 1978
John and his new bride Suzanne are having trouble making ends meet when Suzanne's parents retire and can no longer afford to pay the newlywed couple's rent. Since one of them must now drop out of college, Alex wants to intervene with a loan.

#10: "A Full House for Christmas" December 12, 1978
A few days before Christmas, Louie's brother Nicky, a professional gambler from Las Vegas, arrives in town. Although Nicky is in town to see his mother, he gets caught up in a marathon poker game. Note: Originally, Andy Kaufman's alter ego "Tony Clifton" (a Las Vegas lounge singer character) was to have played the part of Nicky, but his obnoxiousness made this impossible.

#11: "Sugar Mama" January 16, 1979
Dee Wilcox, a lively and wealthy lady in her seventies, uses some of her money to hire cabs to escort her around town in the evenings. When Dee hails Alex one night, she immediately becomes attached to him. Guest star: Ruth Gordon, who won an Emmy Award for this performance.

#12: "Men Are Such Beasts" November 21, 1978
Tony wants to break it off with his attractive girlfriend, a cabbie named Denise, because his friends find her too clinging and cloying. Her response to this is to get a job at the Sunshine Cab Company. While this infuriates Tony, Louie is thrilled to have her aboard since she racks up lots of bookings. But this is largely due to her popping amphetamines.

#13: "Elaine and the Lame Duck" February 13, 1979
Alex picks up Congressman Walter Griswold in his cab one night and discovers he suffers from low self-esteem and is a total loser with women. Alex decides to set him up with Elaine. Guest star: Jeffrey Tambor, better known as Hank Kimball on The Larry Sanders Show.

#14: "Bobby's Big Break" February 15, 1979
Bobby finally gets a significant acting job, a recurring role on the soap opera "For Better For Worse." Figuring that he'll never have to drive a cab again, Bobby tears up his hack license. He later finds out that his character has been written out. Cameo: Michele Conaway, Jeff's sister, appears as a character on the soap opera.

#15: "Friends" January 30, 1979
Tony entrusts his pet goldfish, George and Wanda, to Bobby's care when he goes out of town for a prize fight. Bobby forgets about feeding the fish and they die. This causes a serious rupture in Tony and Bobby's friendship.

#16: "Louie Sees the Light" February 6, 1979
After experiencing severe pain, Louie checks into the hospital and discovers he needs to have a gallstone removed. He pledges to God to be "the best person I can be" if he survives the surgery. After a successful operation, the cabbies bet against Louie living up to his oath.

#17: "Substitute Father" May 15, 1979
Alex agrees to look after Elaine's son Jason while she goes out of town for a few days. He later realizes that he has previous commitments he can't get out of and therefore enlists the other cabbies at the garage to take turns looking after Jason. They all end up supporting Jason at his spelling-bee. Note: The little girl named Marilu in the spelling-bee scene is Marilu Henner's real-life niece Suzanne Carney.

#18: "Mama Gravas" February 27, 1979
Latka's mother Greta visits America for the first time. Latka asks Alex to take Greta out for a meal, and Alex agrees after seeing that this woman is a buxom, statuesque beauty. Greta finds Alex very appealing and she invites herself over to his apartment for some nik nik.

#19: "Alex Tastes Death and Finds a Nice Restaurant" March 6, 1979
Alex nearly gets his ear shot off during a holdup attempt in his cab one night. The incident upsets him so much he tells everyone in the garage he is going to quit cab driving and become a waiter in an elegant French restaurant.

#20: "Hollywood Calling" May 8, 1979
A movie director comes to the Sunshine Cab Company to research a film he's going to make about cab drivers. The cabbies are all convinced that they're going to be part of a hit movie, but after a change of executives at the movie studio, the picture is canceled. Guest star: Martin Mull.

#21: "Memories of Cab 804 (Part 1)" November 28, 1978
John Burns wrecks Cab 804, the oldest cab in the fleet. As Latka musters all his abilities to try to save it, the drivers reminisce about some of the memorable events that occurred in that cab. These stories include one about Tony talking a man (played by Ed Weinberger, a Taxi creator) out of jumping off the Queensboro Bridge and one featuring Louie in his cab-driving days.

#22: "Memories of Cab 804 (Part 2)" December 5, 1978
As Latka continues his repair work, the cabbies continue to reminisce about their experiences driving Cab 804. Guest stars: Tom Selleck and Mandy Patinkin.

 

"And as you know, You were tardy...."

Some wonerful moments....

 

True. Carver did get the short end of the stick, so to speak. I thought he did a fine job and could have stayed on in some way.

 

I'm looking forward to collecting all of these as well as "Barney Miller".

 

Taxi is one of those old shows that I can actually go back, watch, and laugh out loud. Sure, there are a few, but this in one of them. A keeper, worthy of release on DVD.

 

Speaking of TV-on-DVD, I'm still wondering when they're ever planning to issue more of the MTM Productions shows ("Mary Tyler Moore", "Bob Newhart", "WKRP", "Hill Street Blues", "St. Elsewhere").

Except for Season 1 of "Mary Tyler Moore"--which came out about four years ago--there's been absolutely nothing from these terrific shows. I know, "WKRP" would be tough due to music-clearance issues, but there's no reason not to start cranking out sets for the others.

 

Wasn't Conaway a regular on Babylon 5 at some point?

 

KING OF THE HILL and FUTURAMA do it that way...much better long-term design if you ask me.