Did you ever notice that Elaine's kids seem to dissapear at the whim of the writers? In episode 13 (Elaine And The Lame Duck), for example, Congressman Walter Griswold spends the night at Elaine's apartment, yet there is no sign of her kids, nor any evidence in the apartment that she does not live alone. Ditto in episode 4 (Come As You Aren't), where Elaine throws a party for art dealers at her apartment. And where are her kids when Jim gets into her apartment (either breaking in or letting himself in; we never find out) and builds a castle out of his van ( episode 33, Elaine's Secret Admirer)?

And what about episode 51 (Bobby's Roommate)? When Elaine moves into Bobby's one bedroom apartment, there is no mention of where her kids are...

I see a similar thing happening on Sex And The City, where it probably seemed like a good idea at the time to have one of the cast have a baby. After a few episodes centered around or featuring Brady, however, it seems like the writers didn't know what else to do with him. Miranda has both a housekeeper and a nanny, and while she does show up at the coffee shop sometimes with Brady, it seems like the fact that she has hired help is supposed to explain to viewers why she hangs out with her girlfriends and does everything she did when she was sans enfant.

I found the following site whilst surfing the Net this evening: Taxi - TV Tome. In addition to the usual cast and crew lists and episode guide, they also have a voting system that lets you rate each episode from 0 to 10. What's your favorite episode? It is difficult for me to pick one favorite out of the 114 episodes, but I will admit that Shut It Down, Part Two has always been one of my favorites.

TV Land has some info on the show and some dated cast biographies (none newer than 1996 by the looks of it).

For a more intellectual look at the show, head to The Museum of Broadcast Communications. Jason Mittel does a good job providing behind-the-scenes info concerning programming decisions and production of the show, and puts Taxi's place in TV history in perspective.

Tim's TV Showcase is an OK Taxi site, but be warned that there's no button on the page to turn off the MIDI version (read: cheesy version) of the theme song, which plays automatically when the page loads. I end up turning the sound down on my computer each time I visit the site...

I was going through my old Taxi email messages recently, and came across this note, which I received in October of 1999:

Thanks for the mention on your site. Hope you will see "Man on the
Moon" starring Jim Carrey as "Andy Kaufman" opening December 25, 1999.
Randall Carver
"John Burns"

The site Jim's Mario's--once a great site for info about Taxi--no longer appears to be active (the entire sub-domain--noci.hypermart.net--appears to no longer be active either). And yet a Google search for "Jim's Mario's" brought up many pages that are still linking to this site. If you have a link to Jim's Mario's on your site, please take a moment of silence to mourn the passing of this Webite, then remove your link from your site. Dank you veddy much.

I found this whilst surfing around Saturday nite; give it a look when you get a chance: Another Unofficial Christopher Lloyd Web Site. I couldn't figure out how to get from the frameset to the Links page, so here is a direct link.

BTW, as far as I can tell, the Jim's Mario's site no longer exists (even though this site and at least a dozen others still have it on their Links pages).

When the hustle-bustle of everyday life gets to you and you need a break from the world, grab a chair and a cup of joe and have a seat at the cabbie's favorite table in the Sunshine Cab Company (come to think of it, it may have been the only table in the garage!). What would Iggy do in this technology-driven, dog-eat-dog world? While some might argue that he would hide out in his apartment or try to rejoin the commune that kicked him out, I think Reverend Jim would naively embrace whatever new technology came along, and use it with child-like wonder. Yep, I think Iggy would start a blog!