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Taxi: Season 01
Running Time: 30 min.

The classic sitcom Taxi spent all of one episode establishing its premise and characters -- then proceeded forward with the confidence of a series that had been on the air for years. In episode one, the viewer was swiftly and economically introduced to the personnel of New York's Sunshine Cab Company. Alex Rieger (Judd Hirsch) was the most experienced member of the fleet and the only one who worked as a cabbie full-time. The rest of the drivers were moonlighting, pursuing their life goals when not pursuing fares and tips. Elaine Nardo (Marilu Henner) was an art gallery receptionist, hoping someday to establish her own gallery and high-class clientele. Bobby Wheeler (Jeff Conaway) was an aspiring actor who never seemed to get a break. Tony Banta (Tony Danza) was a boxer who spent most of his time flat on the canvas. John Burns (Randall Carver) was a naïve, bumbling college student, who only a few months into the series found himself struggling to support not only himself but his new bride Suzanne (Ellen Regan). And Latka Gravas, the company's mechanic, was a good-natured foreigner who came from an obscure little Eastern Bloc country and spoke in a language peculiarly his own. Then there was pint-sized Louie DePalma (Danny DeVito), the hostile, sarcastic dispatcher, who considered the day wasted if he didn't humiliate someone -- but who often as not ended up on the receiving end of humiliation. Debuting on ABC's powerhouse Tuesday night schedule as part of a sitcom lineup which included Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Three's Company, Taxi proved worthy of its company by closing out its first season as the 9th highest-rated TV program in the United States, tied with CBS' All in the Family. The series also racked up two Emmy awards, for Outstanding Comedy Series, and for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (single performance), an award which went to the indefatigable Ruth Gordon for her performance in the episode titled "Sugar Mama." Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Taxi: Season 01 Episodes:
Taxi: Paper Marriage
Taxi: Mama Gravas
Taxi: Like Father, Like Daughter
Taxi: One-Punch Banta
Taxi: Blind Date
Taxi: Bobby's Acting Career
Taxi: Come as You Aren't
Taxi: The Great Line
Taxi: High School Reunion
Taxi: Money Troubles
Taxi: Men are Such Beasts
Taxi: Memories of Cab 804, Part 1
Taxi: Memories of Cab 804, Part 2
Taxi: A Full House for Christmas
Taxi: Sugar Mama
Taxi: Friends
Taxi: Louie Sees the Light
Taxi: Elaine and the Lame Duck
Taxi: Bobby's Big Break
Taxi: Alex Tastes Death and Finds a Nice Restaurant
Taxi: Hollywood Calling
Taxi: Substitute Father



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