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This is a workplace sitcom about the Sunshine Cab company in NYC. Louie De Palma (Danny DeVito) is the diminutive bitter dispatcher. Alex Reiger (Judd Hirsch) is the respected long timer. Single mom Elaine Nardo (Marilu Henner) is the new driver who works at an art gallery. Tony Banta (Tony Danza) is a struggling boxer. Bobby Wheeler (Jeff Conaway) is a struggling actor. Latka Gravas (Andy Kaufman) is the foreign mechanic. Reverend Jim Ignatowski (Christopher Lloyd) officiates Latka's marriage for INS and then later gets a job as a driver.
This James L. Brooks show is one of exceptional goodness. The cast is amazing. It puts many including Kaufman and Lloyd on the map. There has not been a character like Latka before and unlikely one like him after. One after another, the characters are simply exceptional. I was a bit young at the time but I remember quite a few of the episodes. While binge watching the show recently, the show remains hilarious. It has not gone dated. The sharp writing and the great cast do not age. It's classic TV at its best. It lasted four seasons on ABC and NBC renewed it for one more season.
score 10/10
SnoopyStyle 19 February 2019
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