On the Job: Part 2 (14 May 1981)

With the Sunshine Cab Company still closed, the former employees continue to share stories of their new jobs.

Director:

James Burrows

Writers:

James L. Brooks (creator), Stan Daniels (creator),

Stars:

Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Judd Hirsch	...	Alex Reiger
Jeff Conaway	...	Bobby Wheeler
Danny DeVito	...	Louie De Palma
Marilu Henner	...	Elaine O'Connor-Nardo
Tony Danza	...	Tony Banta
Christopher Lloyd	...	Reverend Jim Ignatowski
Andy Kaufman	...	Latka Gravas
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Howie Allen	...	Child
T.J. Castronovo	...	Tommy Jeffries (as T.J. Castronova)
Dana Halsted	...	Ms. Lang
Heather Hobbs	...	Child
Al Lewis	...	Night Watchman
Claire Malis	...	Cynthia
Michael McGuire	...	Mr. Gray
Clint Young	...	Security Guard

Storyline

With the Sunshine Cab Company still closed, the former employees continue to share stories of their new jobs.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 May 1981 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

John-Charles-Walters Productions, Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

With Writers and Cast All rested with this "Part 2", or Wrapping up all the Pieces in this Offbeat, "Cheater" Episode.

CONTINUING on our 2 Parter, we find some more stories being told with the crew from the TAXI Company. Waiting a whole week (not only in first run, but also in our Channel 23's reruns) we are brought back to that moment in the crew's favourite watering hole, Mario's, where the get together and Cabbie's "Show and Tell" is still in progress.

LOUIE has a tale of his going to a Stock Brokerage to learn that business; but of course it's in typical Louie DePalma fashion; loud and crudely rendered. Of all of the vignettes, me and Schultz probably liked this sketch along with Bobby's the best. They always seem to do a bang-up job with anything that happens to Louie.

WHATEVER the series, be it a sitcom or whatever, an important aspect is knowing how to end an episode. They did this very well by saving Alex's story for the finale. Having him as a night watchman in a big building turned out to be a comic tour de force for Alex; as series star Judd Hirsch went it solo for several minutes, only to be relieved by a Guest Star. We were all happily surprised to see old favourite, Al Lewis ('Grandpa Munster').

AFTER this, the gang all got the word that a buyer had been found and one by one, they all fell in line; following Louie back over to the Taxi Garage.

THE layoff period was over and so was the detour from the usual type of half hour that we all had come to expect from a TAXI Episode. Without any big deal fanfare or hoopla, the producers had given a rest and recuperation period to the Writing Staff, while at the same time gone outside the genre by doing those short sketches. Using the same characters, which are all known to their audience, made this "cheater" double episode a most enjoyable of a change of pace.

AND they didn't have to tinker with its locale, premise, characters, etc., etc………… POODLE SCHNITZ: Part 2!!