Taxi (TV series)

Taxi was the title of an American sitcom, which aired from 1978 to 1983, initially by ABC, later by NBC. The series was also broadcast in Netherlands. ==Story[ Edit] == The storyline of the series takes place in the underground garage of a taxi company, which is led by Louie De Palma . De Palma is authoritarian and American actor, but there is sometimes a white pit to sit in that rough-hewn. The other characters are drivers who are looking for what there is more to life. A notable role was that of Latka Gravas, someone from a unclear Eastern European country, which bad speak English and a childlike and naive behaviour. In the second season came Jim Ignatowski publishes the ranks, he replaced this John Burns who returned after the first season. Jim was already in the first season to see, in one episode when he as Reverend being married to him as Latka Gravas to a residence permit, to help. Jim is constantly under the influence of drugs and this has obvious consequences on his statements that he does. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == For a number of players would this series are the stepping stone to success in film and television. ==Trivia[ Edit] ==
 * Louie De Palma- Danny DeVito
 * Alex Heron- Judd Hirsch
 * Elaine O'Connor-Nardo- Marilu Henner
 * Tony Banta- Tony Danza
 * Latka Gravas- Andy Kaufman
 * Jeff Bennett- J. Alan Thomas
 * Bobby Wheeler- Jeff Conaway As Claire Hemmings
 * Jim Ignatowski Publishes- Christopher Lloyd
 * John Burns- Randall Carver
 * Simka Dahblitz-Gravas (Latka's woman)- Carol Kane
 * The series was nominated for Emmy Awards and won 31 of them eighteen. Thus it became the series with the most Emmys until then. In addition, the series was nominated for a Golden Globe25 times, four of which they won.
 * Andy Kaufman, who played the role of Latka Gravas, itself created a language for Latka. Kaufman played take issue with a lot of fun in the series, he found soap operas the lowest form of entertainment. The character Latka would haunt him in his further career.
 * The music (both the title music Angela as the background music) was composed by keyboardist Bob James.