Gordon won an Emmy Award for a guest appearance on the sitcom Taxi, for a 1978 episode called " Sugar Mama ," in which her character tries to solicit the services of a taxi driver, played by series star Judd Hirsch, as a male escort.

The film implies that Carol Kane was a member of the Taxi cast during the show's first season, which in real life was 1978 – 79.

Taxi is an American sitcom that originally aired from 1978 to 1982 on ABC and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC.

He first gained prominence for his portrayal of short statured dispatcher Louie De Palma on the ABC and NBC television series Taxi ( 1978 – 1983 ), for which he won a Golden Globe and an Emmy.

He gained fame in 1978 playing Louie De Palma, the short but domineering dispatcher for the fictional Sunshine Cab Company, on the hit TV show Taxi.

In addition to The Odd Couple, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Happy Days, other live sitcoms that were sweetened by Douglass were The Paul Lynde Show ( ABC, 1972 – 73 ), The Bob Newhart Show ( CBS, 1972 – 78 ), Maude ( CBS, 1972 – 78 ), Rhoda ( CBS, 1974 – 78 ), Laverne and Shirley ( ABC, 1976 – 83 ), Alice ( CBS, 1976 – 85 ), Soap ( ABC, 1977 – 81 ), Taxi ( ABC, 1978 – 82 ; NBC, 1982 – 83 ), Seinfeld ( NBC 1990-1998 ), Friends ( NBC 1994-2004 ), Cheers ( NBC, 1982 – 93 ) and its spinoff Frasier ( NBC, 1993 – 2004 ).

Danza is better known for his characters named ' Tony ' in Taxi ( 1978 – 1983 ), in which he played cab driver and part-time boxer, " Tony Banta ".

After breaking into series television in 1975 with Happy Days, followed by other sitcom and drama appearances and three more movies including Grease, Conaway was cast as vain and struggling, but goodhearted and handsome, aspiring actor Bobby Wheeler in the workplace comedy Taxi, which premiered in fall 1978 .< ref > West, Beverly, and Jason Bergund.

Brooks left MTM Productions in 1978 to co-create the sitcom Taxi which, despite winning multiple Emmys, suffered from low ratings and was canceled twice.

Taxi Driver provided the critical acclaim and consequently available funding that enabled Schrader to direct Blue Collar ( 1978 ), also co-written with his brother Leonard.

With Diller at the helm, the studio produced hit television programs such as Laverne & Shirley ( 1976 ), Taxi ( 1978 ), and Cheers ( 1982 ) and films that include Saturday Night Fever ( 1977 ), Grease ( 1978 ), Raiders of the Lost Ark ( 1981 ) and sequel Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ( 1984 ), Terms of Endearment ( 1983 ), and Beverly Hills Cop ( 1984 ).

Her film appearances include I'm All Right, Jack ( 1959 ), Two-Way Stretch ( 1960 ), the sex comedies Adventures of a Taxi Driver ( 1975 ), Confessions of a Driving Instructor ( 1976 ), Adventures of a Private Eye ( 1977 ) and Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse ( 1978 ), and four of the Carry On films: Carry On Regardless ( 1961 ), Carry On Cruising ( 1962 ), Carry On Cabby ( 1963 ) and Carry On Behind ( 1975 ).

He also appeared in two British sex comedies Adventures of a Taxi Driver ( 1975 ) and Adventures of a Plumber's Mate ( 1978 ), both directed by Stanley Long.

* Taxi ( episode: " Memories of Cab 804, Part 1 ") ( 1978 )-Kid

In an interview, Brooks mentioned a conversation he'd had with Taxi Driver screenwriter Paul Schrader, in which Schrader said that Brooks's character was the only one in the movie that he could not " understand " – a remark that Brooks found amusing, as the movie's antihero was a psychotic loner.

* Taxi ( 1980 ) – Simka Dahblitz

* 1923 – Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.

Scorsese is hailed as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers of all time, directing landmark films such as Mean Streets ( 1973 ), Taxi Driver ( 1976 ), Raging Bull ( 1980 ), and Goodfellas ( 1990 ) – all of which he collaborated on with actor and close friend Robert De Niro.

Harry Forster Chapin ( December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981 ) was an American singer-songwriter best known for his folk rock songs including " Taxi ", " W * O * L * D ", and the # 1 hit " Cat's in the Cradle ".

* Taxi ( 1982 ) ( Episode – " The Unkindest Cut ")

* John Beck – Heir to the Beck Taxi Company, and candidate for the Reform Party in 1993.

** Taxi Driver – Bernard Herrmann

Jeffrey Charles William Michael " Jeff " Conaway ( October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011 ) was an American actor best known for his roles in the movie, Grease, and the two US television series, Taxi and Babylon 5.

* Taxi ( 2004 ) – Remake of the 1998 French film of the same title ( see " Non-US films " below ).

Kane is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Simka Dahblitz-Gravas, wife of Latka Gravas ( Andy Kaufman ), on the American television series Taxi, from 1981 to 1983, and also for her role as Allison Portchnik in Woody Allen's Annie Hall.

The film marks the seventh of eight collaborations between director Scorsese and De Niro, following Mean Streets ( 1973 ), Taxi Driver ( 1976 ), New York, New York ( 1977 ), Raging Bull ( 1980 ), The King of Comedy ( 1983 ), Goodfellas ( 1990 ), and ending with Casino ( 1995 ).

For his performance in Taxi, in 1981 and again in 1983, Judd Hirsch won the Emmy Award for Lead Actor In a Comedy Series.

In 1983, he guest starred on one of the last episodes of Taxi.

His films resist depicting any glamor, focusing on the poor, downtrodden working classes, such as Freedom of Taxi Driver ( 1984 ) or Song for Chao Phya and often with gritty action, such as Gunman ( 1983 ), Salween ( 1993 ), and The Colonel ( 1974 ).

* Taxi ( 1983 )

She appeared on the television series Taxi in the early 1980s, as the wife of the character played by Andy Kaufman, winning two Emmy Awards for her work.

It saw the release of many new game series which have been considered creative and innovative, such as Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, and Shenmue, which was the most expensive game produced at the time .< ref >

Taxi Driver, American Gigolo, Light Sleeper, and The Walker make up a series referred to variously as the " Man in a Room " or " Night Worker " movies.

In recent years, he has written and produced numerous action movies, including the Taxi and The Transporter series, and the Jet Li films Kiss of the Dragon and Unleashed / Danny the Dog.

The theme tune for the first series was the 1965 hit ' Tijuana Taxi ' performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.

DeVito worked with Kaufman on the Taxi television series, and other members of that show's cast, including Marilu Henner, Judd Hirsch, Christopher Lloyd and Jeff Conaway, make cameo appearances in the film, playing themselves.

He catches the eye of talent agent George Shapiro ( Danny DeVito ), who signs Kaufman as a client and immediately lands him a network TV series, Taxi, much to the dismay of sitcom-hating Kaufman.

It is the first game in the Crazy Taxi series.

Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars, a compilation of Crazy Taxi and Crazy Taxi 2 was released in 2007 for the PlayStation Portable, and is the newest title in the series.

The poorly received Emergency Mayhem for the Wii utilizes the same core gameplay of the Crazy Taxi series, but adds additional elements in regards to driving emergency response vehicles.

Tony Danza ( born Antonio Salvatore Iadanza ; April 21, 1951 ) is a U. S. actor known for starring on the TV series Taxi and Who's the Boss ?, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards.

The development team has produced some popular arcade game and video games, including Virtual On, NASCAR Arcade, Crazy Taxi, Astro Boy: Omega Factor ( along with Treasure ), Virtua Tennis, and the Initial D Arcade Stage series.

The " Millenium Cab " built by ZeTek gained television coverage and great interest when driven in the Sheraton Hotel Ball Room in New York by Judd Hirsch, the star of the television series Taxi.

In terms of box office admissions, the " Taxi " series is one of the most successful French franchises ever, grossing a reported total of $ 200 million worldwide and 23 million admissions in France.

Judd Hirsch ( born March 15, 1935 ) is an American actor most known for playing Alex Rieger on the television comedy series Taxi, John Lacey on the NBC series Dear John, and Alan Eppes on the CBS series Numb3rs.