*F* You Tony Danza!
Everyone in the Taxi cast came back except for you? It's not like you had work at the time ..
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*beep* Tony Danza. He is a big fu cking loser.
shareF the whole taxi cast except Danny Devito and Carol Kane. The rest didn't like or get him and was just there so they could say the worked with Jim Carrey on a major motion picture. They didn't give two *beep* about Kaufman. In fact i have more respect for Danza cause at least he knew he didn't like Andy and didn't show up because of it!
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I was thinking the same thing. I love Christopher Lloyd as an actor so I want to doubt he hated him haha and I would reply to earlier posts but they posted years ago. I thought it was interesting that they agreed to do a movie but I disagree with others saying things like "At least Tony was being honest about disliking him" because that doesn't mean the other casts were pretending...In the movie they clearly look like they dislike him. I'm sure actors are not always in it for the money; they do it because they like the art of telling a story, and they didn't ham it up or show they were friendly or anything like that. Maybe they hated him so much they didn't mind being honest about it in a movie haha (?)...Anyway, I like that they played themselves...He died so long ago, maybe it was just them making peace with it.
Also, it may seem nice to respect the now late Andy, but maybe he really was obnoxious...? Perhaps he made fun of them in mean ways? If they were trying to focus on their acting and they brought in this guy who is always throwing them off for his own benefit, I think I might understand why it frustrated them.That being said though, I think I might've liked him haha
I have to be honest and say while I generally like the cast of Taxi.... in regard to ANDY, they kind of make me sick.
I recently saw Marilu Henner on a Biography Channel special called "The Tragic Side Of Comedy" talking about Andy. She said she "feels cheated out of seeing what he would've come up with next." If I didn't know anything about Andy and I was watching this special, I would have assumed they were friends or something. They were polite acquaintances at best.
On YouTube there's Judd Hirsch saying "We hated him..... oh no, but he was a really sweet guy." (insert eyeroll.... talk about throwing shade)
Then there is Jeff Conaway on the Bio special "Andy Kaufman's Really Big Show" saying, "He was one in a billion and I loved him." (Yeah right according to Bill Zehme's Lost In The Funhouse, Conaway thought Andy was a rip-off of Jose Jimenez... whoever that is.)
I'd be curious to hear how they would all be talking about him if he were still alive. I think it would be slightly different.
As for Danza, I agree with the person who said that they had more respect for him, because at least he was honest about his feelings. (He could've found the time if he really wanted to, or if it had been a different member of the cast being honored... I don't buy the "just too busy" excuse.)
I think many of the cast simply did the movie because they were asked. Plain and simple. It was a job, they looked forward to seeing each other again, they had generally fond memories of "Taxi" and they wanted to re-create them. But I don't honestly believe that they had any deep desire to honor Andy Kaufman. I wish I could believe they did, but I really don't.
And besides... I didn't even notice Tony Danza was missing when I saw the movie in the theater. haha! I only realized it later. The "Taxi" montage wasn't really that long. It was just long enough. I honestly didn't really notice the absence of Danny DeVito's character, either. In that regard, the scene was well done. They really made up for the absences in the cast. And they way they filmed it left no holes.
They all look old as hell, Except Chris Lloyd aka: The Doc (as I know him better lol). He looks EXACTLY DEAD ON same as he did on that show with the makeup and his body weight.
lol I have only honestly seen a couple of taxi episodes as a kid and didn't think it was all that good... but NOW would only watch it just for Andy after seeing this.
Dark Knight is the worst movie ever. The villain died before it even came out.
lol I have only honestly seen a couple of taxi episodes as a kid and didn't think it was all that good... but NOW would only watch it just for Andy after seeing this.
I enjoyed it as a teenager.
It premiered on Nick at Nite in the mid-90s. I'd say 1994/95/96. Around in there. (I even vaguely remember the promos prior to the premiere. I think they went out and filmed real cab drivers or something.)
The show sounded kind of adult-themed and boring to me. I mean... a show about taxi drivers? (My first thought was something similar to "Hill Street Blues"... something as 'exciting' as that. haha) But I knew Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd from movies, and Tony Danza from "Who's The Boss?" so I decided to give it a try. And I'm glad I did. It is my favorite show of all-time now. I got hooked pretty quickly. I started taping it every night (on VHS, lol). I remember rewinding and laughing constantly at the episode called "The Unkindest Cut" where Danny DeVito dumps hair dye on guest star Ted Danson's head. That was such a sweet scene.
It was a very smart sitcom, yet it didn't go over a teenager's head. And by the time we read the book Ordinary People in 10th grade English, I knew I just HAD to see the movie because Judd Hirsch was in it. share
I have seen it on network tv and N&N, And must say it's all right BUT Not great. I remember seeing some famous episode where there all "tripping" or something and Chris Lloyd gets visited by a a giant space probe or something like that right?
It wasn't REALLY about taxi drivers in the slightest just a taxi station. lol
Dark Knight is the worst movie ever. The villain died before it even came out.
I have seen it on network tv and N&N, And must say it's all right BUT Not great. I remember seeing some famous episode where there all "tripping" or something and Chris Lloyd gets visited by a a giant space probe or something like that right?
It wasn't REALLY about taxi drivers in the slightest just a taxi station. lol
Well... to each their own. I really liked it from the first time I saw it. The whole point of the show is that they are all (except for Alex) taxi drivers who are trying to be something else. Well, actually, I think Alex wants to be something else too, but he doesn't have the courage. In fact he doesn't even have to courage to THINK about what else he might want to be. So he puts 60 hours a week into driving a cab really well, kind of to make up for his lack of ambition elsewhere.
This explains most of the episodes being about anything except driving a cab. It's about the lives of the people inside that garage. The garage and the cabs are like a big "extra" in the background.
I like the group dynamic, how they're all like a little family when they are together, although realistically, if it were a real-life situation, you know they don't spend a HUGE amount of time together. The camera always catches them having beers after work or playing cards while they're waiting for a cab to be ready or whatever, but realistically... is Elaine, who has two kids, and two jobs, really spending all day playing cards with these guys? No. But the time they spend together is quality time. *sniffle!!* j/k haha
To me the show is like a hot cup of cocoa, coffee or something. It's cozy to sit and watch it. Funny too. share
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I'd be curious to hear how they would all be talking about him if he were still alive. I think it would be slightly different.
Me, too.
I just dug up this quote from a Kaufman FAQ site about the rift between him and several of the members of the Taxi cast, and I think you're dead on about Judd Hirsch just paying lip service:
The limitations of playing one role notwithstanding, Andy was also hesitant to commit to the time-consuming effort of doing a television series. His special agreement with the producers to show up only on Tuesdays (for the script read-through), and Friday night (for the actual taping of the show), made many of his fellow cast members unhappy. And for a time Judd Hirsch, Tony Danza and Jeff Conaway disliked Andy tremendously. Andy kept to himself, did not participate in many after-hours functions with the cast and crew, and was considered aloof and arrogant. Despite public posturing to the contrary, Andy did not like Taxi and Taxi did not like him. Ironically, after Andy's passing, most Taxi alumni sang the praises of Andy's talent, and claimed that Andy was a part of "the Taxi family." Despite outspoken disenchantment with him as a co-worker, Judd Hirsch penned a most heartfelt tribute to Andy for Rolling Stone magazine.
It's sad; I've always been left with the feeling that Andy lived his (short) life as a kind of lonely, misunderstood guy.
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I just watched the Judd Hirsch clip on YouTube, and it's pretty clear he had no love for Kaufman. What's crazy is how he talks about Kaufman's routine and says "That was his humour. I didn't think it was so funny." But as he's describing it, he & the audience are laughing!
I understand how the cast of Taxi might be resentful because of Kaufman's lack of respect for the show. Maybe that's why Danny DeVito was the only one who seemed to appreciate Kaufman, because DeVito left Taxi behind & moved on to bigger things (Christopher Lloyd too, maybe).
All the same, if they hated him, I guess they had a reason. I agree that Danza did right by not appearing in the movie. Can you imagine if someone asked you to do a movie about your worst enemy, and you accepted? Haha, that's what I call weird.
Why wasn't he even in any of the clips? I totally forgot about him though.
shareDanza and Kaufman did not get along. It would have been disingenuous if Danza appeared in the movie.
shareWhat about *F* You Danny Divito!????!
It's one thing that Tony Danza didn't do all the background work and scheduling to make an appearance in the Taxi scenes.
Danny Divito was already a freaking part of the movie and couldn't bring himself to come to set while the Taxi scenes were filming.
Now, that's freaking unbelievable.
Danza was doing eight performances a week of "A View From The Bridge" on Broadway at the time....'nuff said.
shareI just thought that since Danny DeVito was already in the movie it was decided that he couldn’t play himself for the Taxi sequence.
It’s not something that I ever looked into but I don’t think that Danny DeVito not appearing in the Taxi scene was because he disliked Andy.
He did have work. He was playing a part on Broadway and couldn't make it. So...
shareAccording to Jerry Lawler, when Andy pretended to need a neck brace from fighting Lawler, Danza told Andy he was going to kick Lawler's ass for him.
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