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Show theScones ''.hi,. (Cf) I - o -' 'TbJL! j. Included In the cat of ABC-TV's 'Taxi' are (front row, I. to r.) Jeff Conaway, Judd Hlrsch, Tony Danza and (back row) Andy Kaufman, Randall Carver, Marilu Henner and Danny DeVito. The first question, quite naturally, asked of the seven members of the ensemble cast of 'Taxi' is, "Were you ever a cab driver?" The new ABC-TV series (seen Tuesdays) deals with the trials and tribulations of the drivers of the fictional Sunshine Cab Company in New York City. The question has validity because each of the members served his or her starving apprenticeship off-and off-and off-off-Broad'way waiting for his or her break in show business. Ironically, none of the actors had ever turned to cabbing for a livelihood and had never driven a cab except for series star Judd Hirsch. Hirsch says, "Yeah, I once drove a cab. Drove it from Jersey to Estes Park, Colorado." "Oh? How's that?" was the quite natural query that followed. . . . "Well says Hirsch, "it was not really supposed to be a cab. That is ... er ... let me explain I saw an ad in the paper for someone to drive a car to Colorado. I thought that was great. Some actor friends and I needed transportation to Colorado to be in a little theatre P'ay'"Well I went over to Jersey and picked up his heap and it turned out to be an over-the-hill Checker Cab. The guy had bought it sight-unseen through a magazine ad for $400 Of course he didn't realize that when a New York cab is farmed out, that's it, it s ready for the grave. "I drove it back to Manhattan and at every stoplight people were either flagging me down or jumping into the back seat even though I didn't have the taxi light on top. It was yellow and had that checkered strip around the side, so it was a cab and I had some wild time trying to keep people out. . ... "Anyway I picked up my friends and we headed west. I had to keep calling the new owner for repair money as the thine kept breaking down. It was a total wreck by the time we got to Colorado. I felt sorry for the poor guy He was out a bunch of money and no car He learned a dear lesson and we got a free trip to Colorado. TV COMPULOG SERVICES C Please check local station tor exact air time. |