

The classic sitcom that zeros in on a group of New York City cab drivers. Lording over Alex, Bobby, Elaine, Tony, John, and Latka is the one and only Louie De Palma. The snide and surly taxi dispatcher, from the safety of his dispatcher's cage, barks orders, hurls insults, and mercilessly berates the diverse and eccentric characters who drive for him. Along the way, they form a special bond, becoming friends and helping each other navigate the sometimes crazy road called life.
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30mThe cabbies embark on a frantic race against time when they team up in a wild nonstop drive from New York to Miami so that Alex can see his long-lost daughter on her twenty minute layover at the airport.
30mTony gets a chance to spar with a world champion. And when he knocks the man down, he gets a bout with a ranked fighter. Everyone but Louie supports him. But before the fight he learns what really happened between him and the champ.
30mAlex's romantic instincts are triggered by the sexy voice at the answering service. Her alluring manner prompts him to arrange a dinner date that turns into a big surprise.
30mThe high spirited taxi gang helps a jittery Bobby fight potential disappointment when he decides that he will end his stage career if he doesn't get an acting job before midnight. Alex confiscates a dog from his abusive owner.
30mElaine fears the worst when the cabbies invite themselves to her party for her highbrow art world friends who have no clue that she moonlights as a cab driver.
30mA pretty girl has John in a whirl, and his determination to meet her prompts the taxi gang to come up with a surefire line that would unfreeze any woman on earth.
30mLouie, an outcast in high school, dreads the idea of his class reunion. Wannabe actor Bobby Wheeler comes up with a scheme to help Louie get even with his peers.
30mMechanic Latka Gravas faces deportation unless he marries a U.S. citizen. The taxi gang comes to his rescue by pitching in and hiring a local "working girl" to be his bride.
30mJohn and his new wife reach a crisis point in their marriage when one of them must drop out of college due to financial woes.
30mThe taxi gang scrambles to come up with a scheme aimed at ending a one sided romance when a determined, pretty cabbie sets her cap for Tony and joins the Sunshine Cab Co. to be near him.
30mWhen John crashes Cab 804, the cabbies are shocked into a period of mourning, as they reminisce about the wild and memorable events that occurred when they were driving the legendary cab.
30mMechanic Latka Gravas frantically works to save the cracked up Cab 804 as the cabbies fondly recall times in the legendary auto when Alex delivered a baby, Louie beat a rich brat out of a wad of money, and Elaine met the perfect man.
30mA Christmas party at the garage is interrupted when Louie teams up with Alex in a game of high stakes poker against his card shark brother Nick.
30mAlex befriends a wealthy elderly lady who pays him to take her around the city.
30mTony's friendship with Bobby is tested when he leaves town and Bobby mistakenly kills his goldfish.
30mAfter an operation, Louie panics when he has to keep a promise that he made to God during surgery to turn over a new leaf.
30mAlex feels sympathy for a fare who's a real loser with the women and arranges a date for the man with Elaine, who later discovers that her klutzy companion for the evening is a U.S. Congressman.
30mBobby's career dreams come true when he lands a role in a soap opera, prompting him to throw his torn up cabbie's license at Louie, but the dispatcher vows to take revenge if Bobby ever comes crawling back.
30mMechanic Latka Gravas' youthful and attractive mother makes her first visit to America, and after she and Alex meet and have an evening love affair, Latka assumes that he will soon be getting a new daddy.
30mWhen Alex's ear is nearly shot off in a holdup attempt in his cab, he stuns his fellow cabbies by quitting and exchanging his driving clothes for a waiter's tuxedo at a snobbish French restaurant.








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The classic sitcom that zeros in on a group of New York City cab drivers. Lording over Alex, Bobby, Elaine, Tony, John, and Latka is the one and only Louie De Palma. The snide and surly taxi dispatcher, from the safety of his dispatcher's cage, barks orders, hurls insults, and mercilessly berates the diverse and eccentric characters who drive for him. Along the way, they form a special bond, becoming friends and helping each other navigate the sometimes crazy road called life.
Judd Hirsch, Tony Danza, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Conaway, Andy Kaufman, Randall Carver.
The catalogue lists an episode length of 30 minutes; individual episodes may vary.
The listed premiere date is 12 September 1978.