 | 1x01 Like Father, Like Daughter (Air Date: Sep. 12, 1978)
n the first episode, Elaine Nardo, a part time art gallery receptionist, begins a second part time job at the Sunshine Cab Company. Elaine is somewhat put off as she first meets the tyrannical ... | | 1x02 One-Punch Banta (Air Date: Sep. 19, 1978)
Tony is asked to spar with the world middleweight champion Carlos Navarone (played by real life welterweight champion Carlos Palomino). When sparring in the gym with him, Tony does the unimaginable: ... | | 1x03 Blind Date (Air Date: Sep. 26, 1978)
Alex has a great telephone conversation with Angela, the voice on Bobby's answering service, and asks her out on a date. The charming woman he was picturing, however, turns out to be fat ... | | 1x04 Bobby's Acting Career (Air Date: Oct. 05, 1978)
Bobby has given himself three years to land a major gig as an actor from the time he arrived in Manhattan (from the Bronx), and his deadline is midnight tonight. When he doesn't get the ... | | 1x05 Come as You Aren't (Air Date: Oct. 10, 1978)
Elaine is throwing a party to impress her art gallery crowd. Fearful that the rest of the gang from the cab company won't fit in, she only invites Alex, but relents when she sees that the ... | | 1x06 The Great Line (Air Date: Oct. 17, 1978)
At Mario's, the cabbies' favorite hangout, John is admiring a young woman at the bar but lacks the confidence to approach her. Bobby and Tony give him a sure-fire line to pick her up with, ... | | 1x07 High School Reunion (Air Date: Oct. 24, 1978)
Louie is depressed because his 20th High School reunion is around the corner and he's afraid to go, since he feels he hasn't made enough of his life to upstage his former classmates. He ... | | 1x08 Paper Marriage (Air Date: Oct. 31, 1978)
Latka is being pursued by the INS and needs to get married in order to avoid being deported. In a hurry, the gang finds him a call girl who agrees to marry him, and a hippie minister to ... | | 1x09 Money Troubles (Air Date: Nov. 14, 1978)
Newlyweds John and Suzanne are having financial troubles and are concerned that one of them is going to have to leave college in order to support themselves. Fatherly Alex comes to the rescue ... | | 1x10 Men are Such Beasts (Air Date: Nov. 21, 1978)
Tony's new girlfriend is a fellow cabbie named Denise. Denise is attractive and likable, not to mention an overachieving cab driver which makes her popular with Louie, but she's getting ... | | 1x11 Memories of Cab 804 (1) (Air Date: Nov. 28, 1978)
John is involved in an accident while driving beloved cab 804. As Latka surveys the damage, the cabbies reminisce about their experiences in the cab. Bobby recalls when an armed robber attempted ... | | 1x12 Memories of Cab 804 (2) (Air Date: Dec. 05, 1978)
In part two of a two part episode, the gang continues to reminisce about their experiences in cab 804. Alex tells the story of how he picked up a pregnant woman and her husband and when ... | | 1x13 A Full House for Christmas (Air Date: Dec. 12, 1978)
Louie's brother, Nick, a professional gambler in Las Vegas who he hasn't seen for six years, finally has come home to visit his mother. However, once he arrives in New York, he sits in on ... | | 1x14 Sugar Mama (Air Date: Jan. 16, 1979)
During Alex's shift, he picks up Dee, a kindly old widow who has recently inherited a lot of money from her husband. She doesn't need to go anywhere, she just wants to talk and be driven ... | | 1x15 Friends (Air Date: Jan. 30, 1979)
Tony asks his best friend, Bobby, to babysit his pet goldfish while he's out of town for a boxing match against the state middleweight champion of New Hampshire. Bobby forgets to feed the ... | | 1x16 Louie Sees the Light (Air Date: Feb. 06, 1979)
Louie goes to the hospital when he experiences stomach pains. He becomes worried when he learns he needs surgery and makes a promise to God (in front of Alex) that if he makes it through ... | | 1x17 Elaine and the Lame Duck (Air Date: Feb. 13, 1979)
Alex picks up congressman Walter Griswold in his cab, and after his date leaves him, he confides to Alex that he is a loser with the ladies. Alex then befriends Walter and decides to fix ... | | 1x18 Bobby's Big Break (Air Date: Feb. 15, 1979)
Bobby is cast in a popular soap opera and, thinking it will be a long lasting full time gig, he quits the garage, tearing up his hack’s license in Louie’s face. Louie becomes enraged ... | | 1x19 Mama Gravas (Air Date: Feb. 27, 1979)
Latka is excited about his mother's visit, but when Louie refuses to let him take the day off, he asks Alex to entertain her. Alex takes Latka's mother to Mario's and later to Radio City ... | | 1x20 Alex Tastes Death and Finds a Nice Restaurant (Air Date: Mar. 06, 1979)
After Alex is robbed and shot in his cab (the bullet nicked his ear and rendered him temporarily deaf in that ear), he is understandably hesitant to go back to cab driving. He tries to confront ... | | 1x21 Hollywood Calling (Air Date: May. 08, 1979)
A Hollywood motion picture production company has invaded the garage, with the intention of studying the drivers and environment for their next film about New York cab drivers. The gang ... | | 1x22 Substitute Father (Air Date: May. 15, 1979)
While Elaine is away visiting her sick aunt, the gang takes turn taking care of her son, Jason, who can not go with Elaine, because he is participating in an important spelling bee. The ... |
| 2x01 Louie and the Nice Girl (Air Date: Sep. 11, 1979)
Zena, the woman who refills the vending machines who has made friends with most of the cabbies, admits to Alex and Elaine that she has a crush on Louie. Elaine is bothered by this, but takes ... | | 2x02 Honor Thy Father (Air Date: Sep. 18, 1979)
Alex's sister, Charlotte, leaves comes to the garage and leaves a message that their father is ill in the hospital. When Alex finds out, he appears uninterested, and explains that his father ... | | 2x03 Reverend Jim: a Space Odyssey (Air Date: Sep. 25, 1979)
At Mario's, the cabbies run into the spaced-out derelict minister, Reverend Jim, who officiated at Latka's wedding. Charmed by him, yet taking pity on him, they make it their mission to ... | | 2x04 Nardo Loses Her Marbles (Air Date: Oct. 02, 1979)
Elaine seems to be spreading herself thin lately, between working overtime at the gallery, driving a cab, and raising her kids. She finally loses it at an important gallery reception and ... | | 2x05 Wherefore Art Thou, Bobby? (Air Date: Oct. 16, 1979)
Tony brings his fare, a young actor new to New York named Steve, to the garage to meet Bobby, so Bobby can give him acting pointers. Bobby takes Steve under his wing and soon Steve is cast ... | | 2x06 The Lighter Side of Angela Matusa (Air Date: Oct. 23, 1979)
Alex meets up with Angela (his overweight date from the previous season) only to learn she's lost 100 pounds. When they go to dinner, he learns that she did it all for him, making him very ... | | 2x07 A Woman Between Friends (Air Date: Oct. 30, 1979)
Tony and Bobby's friendship is put to the test when they start dating the same woman, Janet. They begin arguing, prompting Tony to almost punch Bobby out, but eventually Alex convinces them ... | | 2x08 The Great Race (Air Date: Nov. 06, 1979)
After Louie reprimands the cabbies for low bookings and boasts of what a good cab driver he used to be, the cabbies propose a contest to see whether Alex or Louie can book more. Louie agrees ... | | 2x09 The Apartment (Air Date: Nov. 13, 1979)
When it is discovered that Latka is living at the garage after being kicked out of his apartment, Alex helps him find a place. Latka is able to find one on his own and invites Alex to see ... | | 2x10 Alex's Romance (Air Date: Nov. 20, 1979)
Alex falls for Joyce, an actress friend of Bobby's, in part because (seemingly) he marvels in being a stabilizing factor in her life. When she gets an acting job in Los Angeles, he prepares ... | | 2x11 Latka's Revolting (Air Date: Nov. 27, 1979)
Latka is listening to a radio station that broadcasts in his native language and learns that revolution has broken out in his country. Panicking, he is visited by his friend, Baschi, who ... | | 2x12 Elaine's Secret Admirer (Air Date: Dec. 04, 1979)
Elaine is upset after having just ended a relationship, but soon begins receiving love poems from a secret admirer. She is eventually convinced that the poems are coming from a new handsome ... | | 2x13 Louie Meets the Folks (Air Date: Dec. 11, 1979)
When Zena insists that Louie meet her parents, Louie is so worried about it (Zena's father is a minister) that he bribes Alex to come along with them to dinner, to keep him from embarrassing ... | | 2x14 Jim Gets a Pet (Air Date: Dec. 18, 1979)
The gang goes to the track and Jim falls in love with horse racing. Jim starts gambling at the track every day, until Alex tells him of the evils of gambling. Meanwhile, Jim turns out to ... | | 2x15 The Reluctant Fighter (Air Date: Dec. 25, 1979)
Tony seems to get a big break in his boxing career when his manager informs him that aging former champ, Benny Foster, has selected him as an opponent in his comeback fight. At the press ... | | 2x16 Tony and Brian (Air Date: Jan. 08, 1980)
Tony has been spending time with young Brian, who is now out of his wheelchair and is seemingly back in good health. Tony has really enjoyed all the time spent with Brian, and the gang urges ... | | 2x17 Guess Who's Coming for Brefnish (Air Date: Jan. 15, 1980)
Latka meets and begins dating Simka, a woman from his home country. Things are going well until they hit a roadblock: Simka is a "mountain person," one of the country's underclass that Latka ... | | 2x18 What Price Bobby? (Air Date: Jan. 22, 1980)
Bobby feels very lucky when a top notch theatrical agent (Nora) is in his cab. He makes a pitch to her, telling her about what a good actor he is, and initially she shuns him, but later ... | | 2x19 Shut It Down (1) (Air Date: Jan. 29, 1980)
After Tony's cab's brakes fail, the cabbies are all furious at the company's frugality when it comes to fixing/replacing cabs. Elaine is elected shop steward, and after an unsuccessful meeting ... | | 2x20 Shut It Down (2) (Air Date: Feb. 05, 1980)
In the second half of this two-part episode, the cabbies are back on the road after the strike has been settled. Meanwhile, Elaine is dreading the date with Louie and is drunk, sedated, ... | | 2x21 Alex Jumps out of an Airplane (Air Date: Feb. 26, 1980)
Alex has a new lust for adventure after a thrilling ski trip and begins trying to conquer his fears. He first entertains the crowd at Mario's by playing/singing showtunes on the piano, then ... | | 2x22 Art Work (Air Date: Mar. 04, 1980)
The cabbies are faring poorly at various gambling schemes, but Elaine alerts the gang about a moneymaking tip for an art auction. It seems a terminally ill artist's painting is up for auction, ... | | 2x23 Fantasy Borough (1) (Air Date: May. 06, 1980)
After Herve Villachaize (Tattoo from Fantasy Island) leaves a package in Tony's cab, the gang discusses their various fantasies while waiting for him to pick it up. Tony's fantasy is wowing ... | | 2x24 Fantasy Borough (2) (Air Date: May. 13, 1980)
In this continuation of the previous episode, the gang continues to fantasize. Alex fantasizes about picking up a beautiful woman in his cab and taking her back to his place. He's having ... |
| 3x01 Louie's Rival (Air Date: Nov. 19, 1980)
Louie and Zena are running into trouble in their relationship, and Zena dumps him after confessing that she's been dating Dwight, a bartender at Mario's. A depressed Louie tells Alex about ... | | 3x02 Tony's Sister and Jim (Air Date: Nov. 26, 1980)
Tony's sister, Monica, has returned to New York after her divorce, and Tony has set her up on a date with Alex, with hopes that they will fall in love. However, while Monica waits for Alex ... | | 3x03 Fathers of the Bride (Air Date: Dec. 03, 1980)
Alex learns through a wedding notice in the newspaper that his daughter is getting married in New York. Alex is very upset that he hasn't been invited and calls his ex-wife, whose secretary ... | | 3x04 Elaine's Strange Triangle (Air Date: Dec. 10, 1980)
At Mario's, while Elaine is complaining about problems with her love life, a handsome man named Kirk approaches. Tony then plays matchmaker for Elaine and soon she and Kirk are dating happily. ... | | 3x05 Going Home (Air Date: Dec. 17, 1980)
Jim is sought out by a detective, hired by his wealthy father to locate him and give him plane tickets to come visit him in Boston. Jim explains to the gang that he has been estranged from ... | | 3x06 The Ten Percent Solution (Air Date: Jan. 07, 1981)
Bobby is fed up after losing an acting gig to an inferior actor with the right look, which he explains to be like Tony. Tony decides he wants to capitalize on this and give acting a try, ... | | 3x07 The Call of the Mild (Air Date: Jan. 21, 1981)
After witnessing Bobby playing a lumberjack in a beer commercial, the guys are inspired to go camping and rough it in the woods for a week. They opt for a hunting cabin 100 miles away from ... | | 3x08 Latka's Cookies (Air Date: Feb. 05, 1981)
When Latka's grandmother dies, he is pleased that she has left him her famous cookie recipe, complete with a supply of the secret ingredients. He bakes up some for the cabbies to enjoy, ... | | 3x09 Thy Boss's Wife (Air Date: Feb. 12, 1981)
At the garage, the cabbies overhear a screaming match between the company's owner, Mr. McKenzie, and his wife. Meanwhile, Louie tells them that whenever McKenzie and his wife are fighting, ... | | 3x10 The Costume Party (Air Date: Feb. 19, 1981)
Bobby finds a fancy briefcase in the back of his cab, and when the cabbies are going through it, with the intention of returning it to its rightful owner, they find an appointment book that ... | | 3x11 Elaine's Old Friend (Air Date: Feb. 26, 1981)
In her cab, Elaine picks up a woman who turns out to be her old high-school rival, Mary. Elaine is embarrassed that she is a cab driver, especially since Mary heads a prestigious ad agency, ... | | 3x12 Out of Commission (Air Date: Mar. 12, 1981)
After Tony is beaten badly in his most recent boxing match, the state takes his boxing license away. Tony is depressed, because despite his losing record, he fancies himself a boxer by trade, ... | | 3x13 Zen and the Art of Cab Driving (Air Date: Mar. 19, 1981)
Jim picks up two men in his cab and overhear them talking about the secret to success: dynamic perfectionism. Jim takes it to heart and decides to use the technique to reach his goal, which ... | | 3x14 Louie's Mother (Air Date: Mar. 26, 1981)
Louie is reveling in the news that he's moved his mother out of his apartment and into a nursing home and is throwing a party to celebrate, inviting only Alex. Alex grudgingly shows and ... | | 3x15 Bobby's Roomate (Air Date: Apr. 09, 1981)
Elaine is forced out of her apartment when her building goes co-op and moves into Bobby's place while he's away with a touring stage production. Soon, Bobby returns because he is kicked ... | | 3x16 Louie Bumps into an Old Lady (Air Date: Apr. 16, 1981)
Louie, driving a cab in order to give pointers to a new driver, accidentally runs into an old lady pedestrian. Louie starts catering to the old lady, in the hopes of avoiding being sued, ... | | 3x17 Bobby and the Critic (Air Date: Apr. 30, 1981)
Bobby, who is appearing in a one man play, is fired up about a ruthless theater critic who has been writing scathing reviews. Bobby writes an angry letter to the critic, but throws it away ... | | 3x18 On the Job (1) (Air Date: May. 07, 1981)
The cab company goes bust, and the gang is forced to get other jobs. They meet at Mario's a month later to discuss their new jobs. Tony is a collector for a bookie, but feels guilty about ... | | 3x19 On the Job (2) (Air Date: May. 14, 1981)
In part two, the gang continues talking about their new job experiences. Louie gets a job as a stock broker, after convincing the boss that his persistence and lack of morals will make him ... | | 3x20 Latka the Playboy (Air Date: May. 21, 1981)
After Latka is rejected by a snobbish, but beautiful woman at Mario's, he decides to change his image by taking some time off and studying Playboy magazines and English language tapes. When ... |
| 4x01 Jim the Psychic (Air Date: Oct. 08, 1981)
Jim announces he has psychic dreams and unfortunately, he has had one about Alex, culminating in his death. The gang becomes increasingly worried about Alex, when one by one, all of the ... | | 4x02 Vienna Waits (Air Date: Oct. 18, 1981)
Alex and Elaine decide to take a vacation together through Europe. However, Alex feels it necessary to tell Elaine in no uncertain terms that they are going together as platonic friends, ... | | 4x03 Mr. Personalities (Air Date: Oct. 22, 1981)
Latka begins exhibiting multiple personalities again: not only Vic Ferrari, but also a cowboy, and best of all, he becomes Alex! Elaine refers Latka to her psychiatrist, but meanwhile Latka ... | | 4x04 Jim Joins the Network (Air Date: Oct. 29, 1981)
While driving a television executive in his cab, Jim exhibits more psychic behavior by predicting TV ratings. Mitch, the executive, seeks Jim out the next day in hopes of getting more advice ... | | 4x05 Louie's Fling (Air Date: Nov. 05, 1981)
Zena asks Louie to drive her friend Emily, who has just been dumped and is drugged, drunk, and upset, back to her apartment. While there, Emily comes on to Louie and he ends up cheating ... | | 4x06 Like Father, Like Son (Air Date: Nov. 12, 1981)
Alex's estranged father contacts Alex and reluctantly, Alex agrees to have lunch with him. At first, Alex lays into his father about having deserted his family, but eventually they start ... | | 4x07 Louie's Mom Remarries (Air Date: Nov. 19, 1981)
Louie becomes irrationally upset when he learns that his mother plans to marry an elderly Japanese man. Louie makes his mother miserable in an effort to thwart the wedding, but she still ... | | 4x08 Fledgling (Air Date: Nov. 26, 1981)
Elaine makes it her mission to try to cure a talented and friendly but troubled artist of his severe agoraphobia (fear of public places). Alex (possibly jealous of Elaine spending time with ... | | 4x09 Of Mice and Tony (Air Date: Dec. 10, 1981)
Tony becomes the manager of a promising young heavyweight boxer at his gym, but after the boxer wins a major fight, the "syndicate" (which turns out to be some doctors looking for an investment, ... |
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