The Taxi Episode That Sent Chris Lloyd Into the Future

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"Reverend Jim: A Space Odyssey" (Taxi)
Season 2, Episode 3
Aired: Sept. 25, 1979
Written by: Glen Charles and Les Charles
Directed by: James Burrows
The Sunshine Cab Company gang bumps into Reverend Jim (Special Guest Star Christopher Lloyd) and decides to help get him a job as a cabbie. But they first must help him pass his drivers' test. Meanwhile, Jim drugs Louie (Danny DeVito) so he can get the job. Stars: Judd Hirsch, Tony Danza, Marilu Henner, Jeff Conaway, and Andy Kaufman.
This episode brings back Reverend Jim - first introduced in season one's "Paper Marriage" - with Lloyd as a guest star. After his performance, the producers decided to make him part of the regular cast.
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@Lensmaster1 11 дней назад

My favorite Reverend Jim is the episode where he describes a turning point in his life. He was a straight laced college student who tries pot for the first time.

@tvsbesteps 11 дней назад

With Tom Hanks as his roommate!

@TheRadioAteMyTV 10 дней назад

That magical moment where after eating the brownie he just instantly turns into the Jim we all know. Freaking gold. I really liked the one where he had the wall of televisions too. Everyone thought it was stupid to have all the TVs, but like facebook and Tik Tok, stupid rules and controls with a lightning stealth.

@goodtimesfunforall778 7 дней назад

totally agree!!! that show was the best. memories of 802 was another one

@thedustmancometh 6 дней назад

“Are those ‘FUNNY BROWNIES?’”

@SidneyBroadshead 6 дней назад

His Harvard girlfriend was played by Mimi Rogers.

@ronpagan 9 дней назад

I remember the first time I saw Christopher Lloyd on Taxi I could not believe he was acting He looked like such a burnout that he had to be real!😂

@JetScreamer_YT 12 дней назад

Judd Hirsch is the glue that binds ensembles.

@MJanovicable 11 дней назад

That's an excellent observation, spot on.

@RodCornholio 9 дней назад

Christopher is a world treasure.

@SilverHeist 11 дней назад

“I must have had music lessons. “ Rev Jim.

@davidzweiban7957 8 дней назад

Also a classic scene👍

@anim8torfiddler871 2 дня назад

Thanks, I must have misremembered the line... But Loved the gag!

@brandonk8948 6 дней назад

Not gonna lie, Rev. Jim kept me hooked to finish the series. I loved him so much in the show.

@staceypiper3319 10 дней назад

This and WKRP’s turkey drop made me lose it . Hilarious

@TheRadioAteMyTV 10 дней назад

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly

@tvsbesteps 10 дней назад

I do have a video on that episode as well!

@jaminova_1969 9 дней назад

@@TheRadioAteMyTV "Oh Les!"

@AquaBilliam 15 часов назад

I was 8 when I watched both episodes (my parents were fans) and I lost it; I knew at that point what comedy was in my book. It's probably why I like British comedy more than American; thoughtful absurdity is way funnier than cracking a funny line, or building up a story so much that you're expecting the punchline!

@jeenkzk5919 10 дней назад

I think Reverend Jim is a far better character than Latka. I’ll die on that hill.

@TheRadioAteMyTV 10 дней назад

We will just see what Simka has to say about that. And remember what she told Bill Murray in Scrooged, "Oh you know I like the rough stuff".

@johnurban7333 9 дней назад

Totally agree. He was the “Kramer” of Taxi

@msh6865 8 дней назад

@@johnurban7333 great analogy.

@jeffreyjeziorski1480 5 дней назад

Okie Doky

@elcorado83 4 дня назад

I suspect Andy Kaufman himself would agree as he never liked his character much!

@BDRose 12 дней назад

The "What Does A Yellow Light Mean?" scene was the best.

@haplessasshole9615 12 дней назад

I watched this in a friend's dorm room on a little B&W portable TV. We _howled_ with laughter, partly at seeing the cast trying not to break up. I mean, it's quite obvious they were all dying.

@richardvinsen2385 9 дней назад

Slow down.

@haplessasshole9615 9 дней назад

@@richardvinsen2385 Okay. Whhaaaat duuuuz aaaa yeeelllllowww liiiiight meeeean?

@bostonrailfan2427 8 дней назад

@@richardvinsen2385what. does. a yellow. light. mean.

@henrybutchy3242 8 дней назад

You have an intuitive grasp of the obvious.

@CatMom-uw9jl 11 дней назад

This scene is up there with Les Nessman reporting on the Thanksgiving Turkey Drop on “WKRP” for laugh-till-your-sides-ache funny.

@TheRadioAteMyTV 10 дней назад

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly

@hotmushmedia 7 дней назад

More music. Less Nessman.

@fixpacifica 7 дней назад

I remember my jaws were burning from laughing during that episode.

@mcmlxii4419 3 дня назад

No, it isn't. Nothing on WKRP was even remotely as funny a Taxi.

@mustaffa1611 2 дня назад

@@mcmlxii4419 haha, ok

@saramarrspellmaker9592 5 дней назад

I loved it when Jim ran into the mime's wall.

@gregm766 8 дней назад

It is hard to describe just how much of an upgrade Reverend Jim was to Randall Carver's character.

@kjk7611 5 дней назад

Randall Carver was supposed to be the ballast. The straight man. Like Jane Curtain on SNL. But Alex Rigger (Judd Hearsh) filled that role.

@SunshineCatwoman 11 дней назад

"Elegant Iggy" has my favorite scene: "Must've had... music lessons."

@jz422 8 дней назад

I was thinking of that very scene!

@stevenkreft4326 9 дней назад

Absolutely inspired. That was 46 years ago and I still remember it like it was yesterday.

@tron3entertainment 6 дней назад

Jim the Psychic. The whole Girl Scout cookie scene. One of the funniest things on TV ever.

@jotacalvo 6 дней назад

It’s crazy the amount of talent in Danny Devito and Chris Lloyd. It was like those 2 were on another level from the rest of the cast. Danny’s episode where he found God and wouldn’t show anger was absolutely hilarious. And when Reverend Jim appeared for the first time, you could just tell he was going to be back. They just blew everyone else away.

@mcmlxii4419 23 часа назад

Remember the first episode where Danny Devito stepped out of the cage for the first time? Just seeing was hysterically funny.

@madteam3parents773 9 дней назад

Best episode of Taxi. Love how Tony Danza can barely keep it together

@rager1969 11 дней назад

I loved Taxi as a kid, especially Jim. I remember watching Star Trek III in the theater and when Christopher Llyod's character first spoke English, I was floored I didn't recognize him until that moment (Klingon is very guttural and gruff) but when he spoke English, there was Rev Jim wearing a funky forehead prosthetic.

@TheRadioAteMyTV 10 дней назад

The two things I find him terribly miscast in are Star Trek III, he was still Jim just a cranky one, and in 1975 he was in the Adams' Chronicles with an ensemble cast telling the story of John Adams and his descendants. Shatner and Lloyd in the recent (2021) Senior Moment are perfectly matched. The funniest part is Shatner playing a 70 year old when he was really 90! Shatner is now 94 and still in top form. Too bad he is Canadian and he can't be president.

@bostonrailfan2427 8 дней назад

i never knew it was him until tears later, i thought the voice was familiar but didn’t put two and two together

@timothyirwin8974 7 дней назад

The moment you realize the ship they used as a time machine in Star Trek IV was stolen from Klingon Doc Brown.

@chrismiller1718 10 дней назад

Taxi is one of the few shows of my youth that I still love watching. Like Cheers, it's just such an incredible cast with great writing about regular people. Reverend Jim was comedy gold every time he graced the screen, but as you can see from the yellow light scene, he works so well because of the great reactions from Judd Hersch and the entire cast

@The_Gallowglass 5 дней назад

I wonder if anyone ever expected to have such a star packed cast? Everyone on that show was a character playing a character.

@johnurban7333 9 дней назад

Marilu Henner in that dress in the 2nd episode is what got me hooked

@rickbackous1041 7 дней назад

Funny how things come together. I can't imagine anyone else play Rev Jim.

@ebinrock 8 дней назад

Chistopher Lloyd is *so* funny. And yet he could play such a *vicious* villain (Commander Kruge) in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

@jonothanthrace1530 4 дня назад

Don't forget him as Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?.

@vickiechandler3112 3 дня назад

@@jonothanthrace1530 this...doom was way scarier than kruge.....the dude melted poor innocent shoes...other than cruella skinning puppies cant get much meaner than that...;)

@CaptainKrimson 4 дня назад

Brilliant ending: "This is heavy"

@Tuning3434 6 минут назад

There's that word again. "Heavy." Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

@greenatom 12 дней назад

I remember that scene so well! I saw it when it first aired.

@kittiwhieldon4329 12 дней назад

Me too! I’m sending this to my son. I’ve tried to explain how funny this was but you really have to experience it.

@martinrenner2992 10 дней назад

When I met Christopher at a convention I told him this was my all-time favourite scene. He also signed my Taxi Season 2 DVD.

@baron_von_brunk 7 дней назад

I met him at a convention a decade ago and asked him which Back to the Future movie was his favorite. He said "Part III, because I finally got a love-interest!"

@rehetbutler 12 дней назад

Christopher Lloyd is the only really good impression I can do!

@TheRadioAteMyTV 10 дней назад

Oakie Dokie.

@maddhatter3564 4 дня назад

everyone can do reverend Jim but there is only 1

@Zero_Point_Energy1 10 дней назад

Lloyd was great, but it’s the discomfort of the other three that really makes the scene. There was so much great talent on that show.

@geraldeh7291 11 дней назад

I still remember that episode when it originally aired like it was yesterday, and how much I cried laughing. I was kind of funny the first round, but when they kept going, I lost it.

@kpag3030 3 дня назад

I reference this episode all the time. It is one of the funniest moments in sitcom history to me.

@duckamuck1756 10 дней назад

One the funniest bits in television history!

@Iggythemovieman 6 дней назад

In 1985 I got the nickname Iggy in high school. I got it from my shop teacher who was watching taxi. Then my fellow students started telling new students that my name was Jim ignatowski and everybody called me Iggy for short. My nickname still follows me to this day.

@KeithJBrett 8 дней назад

Not sure how this ended up in my suggestions but I’m so glad it did. Possibly the funniest and most memorable comedic moments I’ve ever seen at 12 years old.

@xyz-bz1fc 6 дней назад

When I first saw this scene, I did not see his response coming.... I laughed so hard my stomach was hurting. Then he repeats himself even more slowly. LMAO.

@MrLou345 9 дней назад

This was the best episode of the entire series IMO. It was down right hilarious!!

@guitarcheology 8 дней назад

I spent an afternoon around Chris Lloyd. Super quiet and nice. I was a smoker then. We smoked a bunch of cigarettes at this patio table, drinking coffee. The conversation was sparse and he was very soft spoken in that setting. We just enjoyed the nice weather.

@aisforapple2494 12 дней назад

Another one of my favorite 'Taxi' episodes was Louie, Danny DeVito's character had spoken with a psychic who had foresaw Louie's death at midnight. Louie is freaking out with Alex and Alex is trying to calm him. The fortune teller said, "Death will knock at your door at midnight", or something to that effect. Anyway, the moment passed and Louie and Alex were relieved. Then there was a knock at the door! Louie, expecting to see Death face to face opens the door to a Girl Scout selling cookies. Louie screams, Alex screams, the Girl Scout screams, and Louie slams the door in her face and exclaims, "My God! Did you see it?! It was hideous!" Back when comedy was funny.

@tvsbesteps 12 дней назад

“Jim the Psychic!”

@aisforapple2494 12 дней назад

@@tvsbesteps You'll have to forgive me. It's easily been about 4 decades since I've watched it, but I still think about that joke quite often.

@mikeb.7183 12 дней назад

My favorite Jim scene, besides the yellow light scene, was the one where Alex finds his daughter is getting married and Jim answers obscure questions about the Venezuelan mail system. He answers them with such confidence and then at the end when Alex asks him how he knows such things his classic response was. You mean I’m right.

@bbmcrae 4 дня назад

Comedy is still funny. Go tell those kids to get off out lawn.

@machinech183 5 дней назад

As a kid growing up watching this series. Rev. Jim was the reason I kept watching. Was a huge fan of Loyd from then on.

@balbeerbahi5719 5 дней назад

Loved TAXI. Jim/Chris was always my favourite character. I've seen this episode many times, and show it to my friends ;-0) Thanks for the background detail to his casting ;-0)

@tvsbesteps 4 дня назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@scottburton9701 6 дней назад

That "Taxi" episode was a certifiable classic!

@robertbergren8680 4 дня назад

In the mid 80s I would cut up at a small bike shop. I loved imitating Iggy. Then one day a coworker said you need to see this movie called Back to the future. Great stuff.

@krisscanlon4051 9 дней назад

I was at a comic con and had the opportunity to imitate this bit in front of Lloyd! My daughter was in a long line to see Malfoy dude...well he smiled and I felt complete😊

@frankcuoco1501 23 часа назад

It's amazing how much i still laugh so much at seeing rev jim again😅😅😅😅

@TheRockinDonkey 6 дней назад

Tony Danza leaning in for the "This Is Heavy" is a nice editing choice. Well done.

@tvsbesteps 6 дней назад

Thanks.

@timruden8885 19 часов назад

I still laugh whenever I think of the time where Jim walks into the scene and someone says, "Jim why are you here?" and Jim replies with an inquisitive tone, "Am I here again?" It's true comedy!

@anim8torfiddler871 2 дня назад

Watching this episode together with my dear brother gifted us with laughs we were able to share for many years... Sometimes, just a glance from across a room full of people, or the 2-word phrase "Slow Down!" was enough to make those who had seen it laugh AGAIN.

@jebsails2837 5 дней назад

I had to catch Taxi in re-runs due to my job situation and no VCR. I just watched and waited for Jim's entrance and or one-liners of wisdom. Great story. Narragansett Bay

@pattykuvshin 2 дня назад

Ahhh, Tony Danza 🤤💕

@rconger24 10 дней назад

Am reminded of the way Robin Williams helped out on Happy Days with his chatacter "Mork" who was a space alien.

@tvsbesteps 10 дней назад

Yes I have a video on that episode as well!

@davidbrooks1724 6 дней назад

he was amazing . crazy i never put two and two together that he was in back to the future. insane. obviously older.

@sandrafrazer2404 2 дня назад

Loyd is Brilliant as Jim. No one could have done it better!

@VinceFanghella 8 дней назад

Oh man the 10-10-220 ad. That's what I used to call my grandma! It was the wild west for phones in the late 90's.

@jamesmoore9511 4 дня назад

Jim's "a space odyssey" should have been named a spaced odyssey, as in what we used to say in the 60s - like really spaced out man.

@richardrhodes9661 23 часа назад

Jim as a vacuum salesman was a favorite of mine growing up.

@kirk1968 5 дней назад

I remember an episode where somehow it was discovered that Rev Jim had a knack for scheduling TV shows or something like that. He was getting hounded by TV execs to schedule their shows for him, but he had one condition: "Star Trek" had to be included hahaha. And the way he said it, he'd stand still and look outward and say "Staaaaaar Trek..." Of course, he eventually played Klingon Commander Kruge in "Star Trek III" so there ya go 😁

@tvsbesteps 4 дня назад

“Jim Joins the Network” with Martin Short. Fun episode. It was actually inspired by a real life story! Find out all about it in my Fantasy Island video!

@kirk1968 4 дня назад

@@tvsbesteps Ah, thank you! I will check out that video, how cool it is that we can reminisce about shows like this :)

@gddion 22 часа назад

I've never in my life seen my dad laugh as hard as he did when that episode aired, I honestly thought he was going to need to go to the hospital

@MacStyran 8 дней назад

13:12 That list is WILD.

@alexplayford3628 7 дней назад

Excellently edited! Very smooth and professional

@tvsbesteps 7 дней назад

Thanks very much!

@powerpuffin5947 22 часа назад

Lloyd was mind blowing!

@G58 3 дня назад

I remember Taxi airing late at night in the UK, and realising I was being let into a secret that no one else I knew had ever heard of - my own funny little Transatlantic comedy club, where I kept M.A.S.H and some other stuff I can’t remember now. Thank you for sharing

@mikeh8416 8 часов назад

The DMV episode is my most favorite Taxi episode, like the Turkey episode of WKRP, they will forever remain absolute classics!!

@jonothanthrace1530 4 дня назад

All the reactions send the joke into the stratosphere, especially the tester behind him.

@Pureignition58 4 дня назад

I wish Christopher Lloyd had more parts in Back to the Future. He is an Incredible actor that brought a smile to the face of a very abused and confused kid.

@nrrork 6 дней назад

I remember seeing this on Nick at Nite as a kid and trying to get my friends with it at school the next day. So I ask "Hey, what does a yellow light mean?" to like three different friends, and they all responded "Use caution." 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

@discobikerAndRosie 4 дня назад

I was in h.s. when this episode aired. Hilarious! "What does a yellow light mean? 😂

@kittiwhieldon4329 12 дней назад

This video got you a new subscriber and I shared it with several people. This may have been the funniest TV episode of all time. I was 17 when it first aired. I’ve never forgotten it! Thanks for highlighting this!

@tvsbesteps 11 дней назад

Thanks!

@lenp00 3 дня назад

My favourite character on Taxi was without a doubt Rev. Jim. If he didn’t appear in an episode I was disappointed.

@firecloud77 6 дней назад

I forgot how much *HAIR* we had back then.

@aaronphelps2008 4 дня назад

Camping episode: Alex:” just because they’re blue berries doesn’t mean they’re blueberries.” Jim:” okie dokie”

@spladam3845 8 дней назад

You deserve so many more subs. Well done, thanks.

@tvsbesteps 8 дней назад

I appreciate that!

@regor2102 4 дня назад

LOVE IT!

@oldfarmshow 13 часов назад

One of the best

@TracySmith-xy9tq 11 часов назад

Funniest scene ever. Whaaaaat doooooes a yellooooow liiiiight meeeeeannnn?

@ericwalker5329 2 дня назад

This Episode is My Favorite ever... I even tell people about this one!

@kellidinit3725 5 дней назад

Reverend Jim will always be my favorite character of his. Not taking any love from Doc in Back to the future, clearly a role he was meant to play. Reverend Jim holds a special place in my heart.

@jonathanfeldheim6554 12 дней назад

great storytelling video--arent we all kind of intrigued what the world was like the year we were born ('79 4me)

@tvsbesteps 12 дней назад

Thanks!

@flagcoco69 4 дня назад

Reverend Jim is one of my favorite characters in sitcom history. Right up there with Archie Bunker, Hawkeye Pierce, Ralph Kramden, and The Fonz.

@mcmlxii4419 3 дня назад

Funniest episode of all time of any show, ever.

@goodtimesfunforall778 7 дней назад

What an awesome show!!

@jtshark5817 12 дней назад

Danny De Vito tells a slightly different story of how Lloyd got cast. Both had worked together several times and were from the NY stage. Lloyd hung out with Danny when he first got to LA

@bostonrailfan2427 8 дней назад

Danny isn’t afraid to tout himself regarding the success of others…but he himself might have gotten a job the same way as Lloyd: via that New York connection

@Craig-dd2zd 7 дней назад

Two best actors Chris Lois and Andy

@AmpasaurusWrecks 7 дней назад

Well done.

@tvsbesteps 7 дней назад

Thanks!

@MrEsMysteriesMagicks 6 дней назад

I read once that one thing that makes the "what does a yellow mean" scene work so well is the professionalism of the background actors. Not a single one of them cracked up and that must have taken some doing.

@michaelcarbone6101 12 дней назад

Thanks

@tvsbesteps 12 дней назад

You’re welcome. Thanks for watching!

@stephenparallox 2 дня назад

You know, it's probably been like 40 years since I watched that show... I never knew he was a Reverend until today. I just knew his as Jim Ignatowski.

@clarkbabin9799 5 дней назад

My favorite episode was when the gang debated life outside this world.

@suzizuki День назад

i luved that scene and many of his like the one about jamacian pot and what time it was picked..omg!!!

@rustyshackleford1114 10 дней назад

What about the one where it shows Rev Jim as a serious college student who eats a couple of "special brownies" and changes him forever ?

@paulsarnik8506 9 дней назад

It sure did for me when I saw it😂. 🤓😎✌🏼

@salvagedb2470 6 дней назад

The Taxi type Commercail for the Phone Service was Realistic to me , I did Taxis an You could Latch on to what People were Talking about and also getting Dragged into a Conversation . But for Lloyd getting to play Jim was the Best ever.

@johnfronczek2658 11 дней назад

“Taxi” was an excellent tv show. I honestly believe if it was made in the 1990’s or 2000’s, it would have been a big success.

@DavidDrouant 9 дней назад

now it would be called Uber

@newwavepop 11 дней назад

Never thought i would hear the words bland characters used in reference to TAXI.

@diraziz396 2 дня назад

Indeed a match

@Dougthecoal 6 дней назад

I just realized how much young Christopher Lloyd looks like John Mayer 😮

@zanzibart3 5 дней назад

I've always thought that the 'go slower' scene owed a lot to Cheech&Chong's 'Dave's not home' bit. They have the same structure.

@Shiirow День назад

its because they come from the same source... Vaudville.

@uncletiggermclaren7592 3 дня назад

OMG I REMEMBER that Barney Miller episode . . . Sadly, to do that, I had to be 58. It has never been replayed here, and I saw it in around 1981 or two, because we never got shows until they were a couple of years old in those days, the National TV Channel was all there was, we didn't get a commercial TV channel until 1989 and we had to take what the government felt like spending its money on.