Taxi

Taxi has always been one of my favorite shows. For me it holds up better than a lot of other 70's sitcoms that hung around way too long until they became pale imitations of their former selves. Taxi on the other hand lasted just five seasons all of them great. I even think their last season was better than their first which I can't say about many other shows in TV history.

The talent level both in front of and behind the camera was incredible. While you had comedy legends like Christopher Lloyd and Andy Kaufman delivering the lines, there was a hall of fame writing staff typing them out. People who would go on to create more TV classics like James Brooks and Sam Simon (The Simpsons), Glen Gordon Caron (Moonlighting), Glen and Les Charles (Cheers) and then there was David Lloyd who wrote for just about everything (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Rhoda, Cheers, Frasier, etc, etc). David Lloyd died earlier this month which made me take a look back at his work and the shows I grew up watching. Taxi may not have even been his best work but when you combine it with all the other writers it becomes a once in a generation television landmark.

Anyway, here's a couple of my favorite moments from Taxi. And if anybody would like to get me the Taxi complete series DVD set I'll be your best friend for life. Just kidding. Maybe.

Unknown Hinson

I went through my video collection last night and uploaded another clip from The Unknown Hinson Show. You probably know him best as the voice of Early Cuyler on Squidbillies but in the 1990's he was a public access TV star in Charlotte, North Carolina. A friend in NC sent me tapes of his show and I've been a fan ever since.



I've also decided that from now on I'll use this blog as an extension of my YouTube account where I also go by Yamtastic. My goal is to go through my musty heap of old videotapes and put whatever I find worth saving online. My collection dates back to the mid-80s when I got my first VCR but I can't keep them forever even if I wanted to as tapes degrade over time. Hopefully by doing this blog and uploading more videos I'll be free of a lot of old videotapes that I won't have to break my back carrying the next time I move.

This girl cracks me up

You've gotta admire someone who'd make a life-size Barbie doll box just for a YouTube video.

Elections

I guess I should have posted this last night but it's still funny so who cares. Black Adder is comedy gold especially the third and fourth series.