From 1978 to 1983, Taxi reigned as considered one of TV’s most beloved and critically acclaimed sitcoms. A real ensemble comedy, which aired its closing episode on June 15, 1983, the present depicted the lives of a gaggle of New York Metropolis cab drivers that included Danny Devito as slimeball dispatcher Louie De Palma, Judd Hirsch as veteran driver Alex Reiger, and Christopher Lloyd, who created a few of the present’s most memorable moments as good-hearted burnout Jim Ignatowski.
From the very first episode, Taxi did an awesome job of balancing the present’s giant forged of characters, which additionally included Andy Kaufman‘s fan-favorite foreigner Latka Gravas and boxer-turned-actor Tony Danza‘s portrayal of… nicely, a boxer named Tony. Sadly, one character from the primary season of the present didn’t simply get an unfortunate break — they bought booted from the sequence solely: rookie taxi driver John Burns, performed by Randall Carver.