The Taxi Ep That Sent Christopher Lloyd Back to the Future

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"Reverend Jim: A Space Odyssey" (Taxi)
Season 2, Episode 3
Aired: Sept. 25, 1979
Written by: Glen Charles and Les Charles
Directed by: James Burrows
The Sunshine Cab Company gang bumps into Reverend Jim (Special Guest Star Christopher Lloyd) and decides to help get him a job as a cabbie. But they first must help him pass his drivers' test. Meanwhile, Jim drugs Louie (Danny DeVito) so he can get the job. Stars: Judd Hirsch, Tony Danza, Marilu Henner, Jeff Conaway, and Andy Kaufman.
This episode brings back Reverend Jim - first introduced in season one's "Paper Marriage" - with Lloyd as a guest star. After his performance, the producers decided to make him part of the regular cast.
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@BDRose 2 күн бұрын

The "What Does A Yellow Light Mean?" scene was the best.

@haplessasshole9615 2 күн бұрын

I watched this in a friend's dorm room on a little B&W portable TV. We _howled_ with laughter, partly at seeing the cast trying not to break up. I mean, it's quite obvious they were all dying.

@johnfronczek2658 Күн бұрын

“Taxi” was an excellent tv show. I honestly believe if it was made in the 1990’s or 2000’s, it would have been a big success.

@Lensmaster1 Күн бұрын

My favorite Reverend Jim is the episode where he describes a turning point in his life. He was a straight laced college student who tries pot for the first time.

@tvsbesteps Күн бұрын

With Tom Hanks as his roommate!

@TheRadioAteMyTV 10 сағат бұрын

That magical moment where after eating the brownie he just instantly turns into the Jim we all know. Freaking gold. I really liked the one where he had the wall of televisions too. Everyone thought it was stupid to have all the TVs, but like facebook and Tik Tok, stupid rules and controls with a lightning stealth.

@duckamuck1756 10 сағат бұрын

One the funniest bits in television history!

@SilverHeist Күн бұрын

“I must have had music lessons. “ Rev Jim.

@seethransom Күн бұрын

Judd Hirsch is the glue that binds ensembles.

@MJanovicable Күн бұрын

That's an excellent observation, spot on.

@rehetbutler Күн бұрын

Christopher Lloyd is the only really good impression I can do!

@TheRadioAteMyTV 10 сағат бұрын

Oakie Dokie.

@staceypiper3319 13 сағат бұрын

This and WKRP’s turkey drop made me lose it . Hilarious

@TheRadioAteMyTV 10 сағат бұрын

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly

@tvsbesteps 4 сағат бұрын

I do have a video on that episode as well!

@CatMom-uw9jl Күн бұрын

This scene is up there with Les Nessman reporting on the Thanksgiving Turkey Drop on “WKRP” for laugh-till-your-sides-ache funny.

@TheRadioAteMyTV 10 сағат бұрын

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly

@rager1969 Күн бұрын

I loved Taxi as a kid, especially Jim. I remember watching Star Trek III in the theater and when Christopher Llyod's character first spoke English, I was floored I didn't recognize him until that moment (Klingon is very guttural and gruff) but when he spoke English, there was Rev Jim wearing a funky forehead prosthetic.

@TheRadioAteMyTV 10 сағат бұрын

The two things I find him terribly miscast in are Star Trek III, he was still Jim just a cranky one, and in 1975 he was in the Adams' Chronicles with an ensemble cast telling the story of John Adams and his descendants. Shatner and Lloyd in the recent (2021) Senior Moment are perfectly matched. The funniest part is Shatner playing a 70 year old when he was really 90! Shatner is now 94 and still in top form. Too bad he is Canadian and he can't be president.

@geraldeh7291 Күн бұрын

I still remember that episode when it originally aired like it was yesterday, and how much I cried laughing. I was kind of funny the first round, but when they kept going, I lost it.

@jonathanfeldheim6554 2 күн бұрын

great storytelling video--arent we all kind of intrigued what the world was like the year we were born ('79 4me)

@tvsbesteps 2 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@aisforapple2494 2 күн бұрын

Another one of my favorite 'Taxi' episodes was Louie, Danny DeVito's character had spoken with a psychic who had foresaw Louie's death at midnight. Louie is freaking out with Alex and Alex is trying to calm him. The fortune teller said, "Death will knock at your door at midnight", or something to that effect. Anyway, the moment passed and Louie and Alex were relieved. Then there was a knock at the door! Louie, expecting to see Death face to face opens the door to a Girl Scout selling cookies. Louie screams, Alex screams, the Girl Scout screams, and Louie slams the door in her face and exclaims, "My God! Did you see it?! It was hideous!" Back when comedy was funny.

@tvsbesteps 2 күн бұрын

“Jim the Psychic!”

@aisforapple2494 2 күн бұрын

@@tvsbesteps You'll have to forgive me. It's easily been about 4 decades since I've watched it, but I still think about that joke quite often.

@mikeb.7183 2 күн бұрын

My favorite Jim scene, besides the yellow light scene, was the one where Alex finds his daughter is getting married and Jim answers obscure questions about the Venezuelan mail system. He answers them with such confidence and then at the end when Alex asks him how he knows such things his classic response was. You mean I’m right.

@SunshineCatwoman Күн бұрын

"Elegant Iggy" has my favorite scene: "Must've had... music lessons."

@kittiwhieldon4329 Күн бұрын

This video got you a new subscriber and I shared it with several people. This may have been the funniest TV episode of all time. I was 17 when it first aired. I’ve never forgotten it! Thanks for highlighting this!

@tvsbesteps Күн бұрын

Thanks!

@jtshark5817 2 күн бұрын

Danny De Vito tells a slightly different story of how Lloyd got cast. Both had worked together several times and were from the NY stage. Lloyd hung out with Danny when he first got to LA

@michaelcarbone6101 2 күн бұрын

Thanks

@tvsbesteps 2 күн бұрын

You’re welcome. Thanks for watching!

@greenatom Күн бұрын

I remember that scene so well! I saw it when it first aired.

@kittiwhieldon4329 Күн бұрын

Me too! I’m sending this to my son. I’ve tried to explain how funny this was but you really have to experience it.

@Zero_Point_Energy1 10 сағат бұрын

Lloyd was great, but it’s the discomfort of the other three that really makes the scene. There was so much great talent on that show.

@rconger24 4 сағат бұрын

Am reminded of the way Robin Williams helped out on Happy Days with his chatacter "Mork" who was a space alien.

@tvsbesteps 4 сағат бұрын

Yes I have a video on that episode as well!

@rustyshackleford1114 4 сағат бұрын

What about the one where it shows Rev Jim as a serious college student who eats a couple of "special brownies" and changes him forever ?

@auh2o148 9 сағат бұрын

That Doc Brown wishlist at 13:16 had some interesting names on it.

@paulzammataro7185 2 күн бұрын

🚦

@newwavepop Күн бұрын

Never thought i would hear the words bland characters used in reference to TAXI.

@seethransom Күн бұрын

Mary Lou Henner is a woman that got more beautiful over time. I've always had a big crush on her. Im gay!

@aMulliganStew Күн бұрын

"Before the rains..."

@TheOriginalCaptainTrips Күн бұрын

very cool video

@tvsbesteps Күн бұрын

Thanks! Very cool user name.

@jeenkzk5919 15 сағат бұрын

I think Reverend Jim is a far better character than Latka. I’ll die on that hill.

@TheRadioAteMyTV 9 сағат бұрын

We will just see what Simka has to say about that. And remember what she told Bill Murray in Scrooged, "Oh you know I like the rough stuff".

@TheRadioAteMyTV 10 сағат бұрын

Jim, Latka, and Reger were the only reason to watch the show. Nardo was a nice addition, but the heart was with those three. Tony was a huge waste of time and Bobby was hit or miss. Poor John Burns, his career never went anywhere. Sucks for a hard working actor.

@MuckyPup115 16 сағат бұрын

Great video but why does he keep saying Sun-CHINE? 😅 That ABC claymation bumper was one of my favorites. Saturday Morning Cartoons, boy I tell ya…

@tvsbesteps 15 сағат бұрын

I’m probably from a different place.

@ssbeebs Күн бұрын

a Yellow Light MEANS STOP if it is Safe To !!! NOT SLOW DOWN !!! BTW !

@TheRadioAteMyTV 9 сағат бұрын

In CA and AZ it means go real fast.

@russchadwell 2 күн бұрын

Do you know what this means!!?

@Studeb 9 сағат бұрын

Was it good for him though, he became typecast as doc for the rest of his career.

@tvsbesteps 4 сағат бұрын

Would disagree as he did Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the Addams Family.

@everettcousland 2 күн бұрын

I have to disagree with the writers. Rose Nylund was naive, not dumb. And Phoebe on Friends was Dumb and not naive. Rose was infinitely funnier than Phoebe.

@tvsbesteps 2 күн бұрын

I tend to agree however he did say “was” so it’s possible he was talking about that particular set of characters and not generally.

@Lensmaster1 Күн бұрын

Phoebe was not dumb. She was on a different plane than everyone else.