Tony Danza's Absence


Tony Danza refused to get involved in this movie because he didn't get along with Andy. Wow, his absence almost ruined the production. Why to miss having one of the biggest no talents in Hollywood in your movie, how awful. Glad to see Forman and Carrey and all the others were able to suck it up enough to get through such a hardship.

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Judd Hirsch didn't get along with Andy either and he did the movie. Jeff Conaway wasn't crazy about him, either. But yet, there he is, in the movie. Actually the only "Taxi" cast member that Kaufman really got along with was Danny Devito. So, Tony Danza must have really hated him to have refused to be involved. That, or he just wasn't a team player like the others were.

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I think the Taxi scenes were fine. it's cool to see all the original actors anyway.

And Tony danza is a no talent moron anyway.

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i think the taxi folks did it for the recreation scene - if you watch, they're all emotional and the audience is probably friends and family - so for them it might have been a big memory lane fest.

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No he is not. Read his IMDB biography Einstein.
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lol... Yes, IMDB Biographies are the most objective examples of someones career. I notice you don't point out something Tony Danza did in his working life to prove he is not a no talent hack.

Having been subjected to Who's the Boss and other Tony Danza fair such as movies like she's out of control, the man isn't talented. And the taxi character "Tony" is the writers writing a character based off "Tony Danza". they weren't challenging his (non-existent)talent.

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I don't want to be a grammarian, but oh, well, it's your sentence.

You wrote:
"Having been subjected to Who's the Boss and other Tony Danza fair such as movies like she's out of control, the man isn't talented."

By starting your sentence with "having been", you set up a main clause whose subject will be HE/SHE/IT that was SUBJECTED to the Tony Danza garbage. But when we get to your subject, it's Tony Danza. I believe this to be a great example of a Freudian slip, and that you secretly pity the man. Your empathy has been hereby exposed. It's nice to know you care!

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Actually, its a run on sentence and its still quite clear what i'm saying. Tony Danza sucks, and isn't talented. and the reasons he sucks, is because the work that he has done. Do you understand now, or would prefer me to rephrase it another way?

Also, pity and empathy are not anywhere near what i was communicating. i guess having good grammar doesn't reflect your vocabulary abilities.

I'll help you out for your next post when you want to look intelligent:

Pity- (noun) 1. Sympathy and sorrow aroused by the misfortune or suffering of another.

2. A matter of regret: It's a pity she can't attend the reception.

Empathy- (noun) 1. Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives.

2. The attribution of one's own feelings to an object.

now to clarify, because i can tell you often don't understand things. To have Empathy for Tony Danza would mean i am identifying with him and understand his situation, feelings, and motives. Which is a pretty big jump in logic with anything i said. I have no empathy for him. To have Pity for Tony Danza: I would have sympathy and sorrow for Tony Danza because of his personal suffering. Which is insane because if anyone is suffering, its the audience, who maybe I do have pity for.

Now if class is still in session Professor Nosno,

I wrote:
"Having been subjected to Who's the Boss and other Tony Danza fair such as movies like she's out of control, the man isn't talented."

Now i know this is complicated, but you can follow it. I, "Having been subjected to" the works of Tony Danza, is of the opinion that he is not talented. The "I" is implied, because of the logical thought through out the post which was "My" personal Opinion.

You see the real problem here isn't my grammar, its your reading comprehension.

Which is apparent through your response. Which was:

"By starting your sentence with "having been", you set up a main clause whose subject will be HE/SHE/IT that was SUBJECTED to the Tony Danza garbage. But when we get to your subject, it's Tony Danza."

Which is all well and correct. You got book smarts kids. But then when you read in to it, you say it means this:

"I believe this to be a great example of a Freudian slip, and that you secretly pity the man. Your empathy has been hereby exposed. It's nice to know you care!"

Huh? Now where did your brain go? Because even if what you said is true, how is saying that Tony Danza is not talented after viewing his material in any way show pity or empathy or even a Freudian slip (Especially if this such a "Great Example" of a Freudian slip) ? Where is my "slip"? Where is there any point that i express sympathy or empathy for Tony Danza?

Had i done that, yes that would be an AMAZING Freudian slip!


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Mo-na!!!!

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"I wrote:
'Having been subjected to Who's the Boss and other Tony Danza fair such as movies like she's out of control, the man isn't talented.'

Now i know this is complicated, but you can follow it. I, 'Having been subjected to' the works of Tony Danza, is of the opinion that he is not talented. The 'I' is implied, because of the logical thought through out the post which was 'My' personal Opinion.

You see the real problem here isn't my grammar, its your reading comprehension."



You're ignorant. Normally I don't mind ignorance of the English language, but when you are trying to correct someone who was right with your ignorance, then it just annoys me.

Your sentence has a dangling modifier. The modifier in that sentence is the participle clause "Having been subjected to Who's the boss and other Tony Danza fair such as movies like she's out of control," and the noun being modified is "the man," who is Tony Danza. So, as the poster said, you are actually saying that Tony Danza was subjected to the movies/TV shows. Just like in the sentence "Driving home, a deer jumped out in front of my car," - what that sentence is actually saying is that a deer was driving home. You could have intended all the implications that you wanted, but sorry, no, that's not how the language works. You don't get to make up rules, assuming people will get what you mean AND call people out as stupid who are actually right.

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Agreed- Tony Danza has less talent than most anyone who appeared on the Gong Show. Watching him on $25,000 Pyramid in the 80s and acting like a stuck up jerk showed you what he was really like. Not in to helping the contestant win money, but out to show off and say "hey, world- look at me, I'm cool!" NOT. His disappearance in pop culture is greatly appreciated.

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I thought that was cool too.

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I didn't miss him, Latka and Jim were my favorite characters from Taxi and I was glad to see them in the film. Those two had me waiting to see them in every episode.

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He was preparing his "Who's da Boss" reunion movie I suppose. "Angela!"

More important question though is why Danny Devito didn't pull a "Peter Sellers" and play both George Shapiro and himself as Louie DePalma in the TAXI segment?

I suppose he would have had to shave that beard and mustache to film the scenes as Louie and then grow the facial hair back for the Shapiro scenes.

Maybe he didn't like using fake beards and mustaches?

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It didn't matter to me if Tony Danza was in this film i can't stand his Guts i heard during Who's The Boss he was teeling the cast a nd crew how tolive their lives he is a A#@hole i was glad to see Marilu Henner it the film i love hershe has a nice body anyway

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I think it was noble decision on Danza's part. If he had that much resentment toward him in life, it would've been kind of cheap to make money off him after he was dead. And I didn't even notice he wasn't in it, until after it came out on DVD.

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And for the record, Marilu Henner boinked most of the cast of Taxi... Especially Judd Hirsch.

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If Danza and Kaufman did not get along wouldn't it have been disingenuous for Danza to appear in the movie?

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