Taxi Marathon

Taxi is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 12, 1978 to May 6, 1982 and on NBC from September 30, 1982 to June 15, 1983. The series won 18 Emmy Awards, including three for Outstanding Comedy Series. It focuses on the everyday lives of a handful of New York City taxi drivers and their abusive dispatcher. Taxi was produced by the John Charles Walters Company, in association with Paramount Network Television, and was created by James L. Brooks, Stan Daniels, David Davis, and Ed Weinberger.

Cast and characters Alex Reiger -Judd Hirsch / Bobby Wheeler -Jeff Conaway / Louie De Palma -Danny DeVito / Elaine O'Connor Nardo -Marilu Henner / Anthony Mark "Tony" Banta -Tony Danza / Latka Gravas -Andy Kaufman / John Burns -Randall Carver / Reverend Jim 'Iggy' Ignatowski -Christopher Lloyd / Simka Gravas - Carol Kane.

Despite the humor of the show, Taxi often tackles such dramatic life issues as drug addiction, single parenthood, blindness, obesity, dissociative identity disorder, animal abuse, homosexuality, racism, teenage runaways, divorce, nuclear war, sexual harassment, premenstrual mood disorders, gambling addiction, and grief.

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