THIS IS GREAT!! This episode was so funny. Danny DeVito is the best. I saw this episode when it was prime-time t.v.! This takes me back to a simpler time of life when I had zero worries about anything! Miss those days!
Danny DeVito was a hairdresser. He want to learn how to do makeup, but when he went to the school the only openings left were reserved for theater students, so he enrolled in theater school. Talk about fateful decisions.
I'd forgotten how PHENOMENAL this show is/was, and how incomparably HILARIOUS the characters and scripts are. LOL funny, and haven't seen anything this great in DECADES. This, and Barney Miller, a dying ( now DEAD ) breed.
Ted Danson did the character of Vincenzo justice: deplorable, self-absorbed, and thinks he's above everyone... until Louise dumps the red dye on his head 😂
Pretty risky for Danson to portray a Gay character, not only because it was so early in his career, but don't forget, this show aired in the 70's, very taboo stuff. I mean, really, when you think about it, DISCO was at the height of its popularity when this show was on. LOL, it might as well have been a hundred years ago !!!
@@MichaelD8393 I wondered how well my comment would be received by the younger generations who read it, because they most likely can't and don't understand the politics and societal history of these issues, going back 40 or 50 years. After I wrote my comment, I remembered Billy Crystal's character, Jodie, from the show, "Soap", also in the late 70's. I recently read Crystal's autobiography, and for the first time learned that, against ALL advice from colleagues, agents, industry insiders, etc., he took the role ONLY because he needed the money. He, himself was reluctant to accept the role. This is very interesting stuff to old timers like us ( ! ), but I'm sure kids take it for granted. . . another quick observation, DeVito would re-unite with Danson on the set of "Cheers", where DeVito would meet and court his future wife. And the REST, as they say. . .
Danson is a good actor. I remember seeing him first in the movies as the cop who gets shot by James Woods in the Onion Field. A very serious drama, which I liked, Thought is was a good movie when I saw it as a teenager. Next, I saw him in this role in Taxi and in this new comedy sitcom called Cheers. Danson in three very different roles. And he plays all 3 roles extremely well; very believable watching him. A cop, a gay hairdresser, and a retired jock. a guy who is a retired pro baseball player now working as a bartender,. and a real ladies man.
You could tell that Gela Jacobson (the Receptionist that Danny DeVito kissed) was laughing hysterically at the end (even though she had her face covered with her hands).
I just watched an episode of 1980's Magnum P.I. with Ted Danson. (S01E15 "Don't Say Goodbye") The female guest star looked familiar, so I searched her name. Browsing her acting credits, I confirmed I recognized Andrea Marcovicci from an episode of Taxi, S05E08 "Louie's Revenge". When I searched "louie's revenge" to watch a quick scene, the first video result was this video with Ted Danson. Everything I do lately lands me on Ted Danson. It's like constantly getting Rickrolled, except with Ted Danson.
Speaking of Ted Danson, in retrospect, he was quite the risk-taker when choosing roles. First, THIS Gay character in the 1970's ( ! ), then playing an incestuous father/child molester in the 1984 movie, "Something about Amelia". Pretty dicey stuff, even by today's standards, yet Danson evolved into one of the most recognizable, marketable actors for the following several decades.
I think this was Louie's way of making it up to Elaine for peeking on her undressing earlier in the season. He understood that Elaine had been violated once again & wanted to restore order in his own inimitable way.
Louie can be an ahole, but when people mess, with his cabbies, that's a different story! Just like families! Nobody outside can mess with them except you
Gela Jacobson (now Gela Nash); Definitely an underrated beauty and Louie was definitely speaking for my libido in his sudden smooch to conclude his vengenance on Vincenzo.
I would,ve done the same thing that louie did but worser when ted danson said that common ppl do common things he would,ve found out how common i can be
I might be wrong but I think Christopher Lloyd was the only taxi actor to ever guest star on cheers. It’s kind of surprising that Danny DeVito never made an appearance on cheers because he was married to Rea Perlman, Tony Danza was doing who’s the boss so that explains why he never was on cheers, But it’s surprising they never got Mary Lou Henner to appear on there as a woman interested in Sam And Judd Hirsch as someone Diane was using to make Sam jealous
NOTHING better than when Louie growls!
Hysterical every time!!,🤣
THIS IS GREAT!! This episode was so funny. Danny DeVito is the best. I saw this episode when it was prime-time t.v.! This takes me back to a simpler time of life when I had zero worries about anything! Miss those days!
Danny DeVito is brilliant
Great example of how to play a heel here by Danson. Makes what Louie does at the end that much more satisfying.
I think this was actually the MOST noblest thing Louie ever did...
I Think It Was Too, Louie Gave Him Exactly What He Deserved The Arrogant Jerk
Ted Danson playing a Flamer... Incredible 😜 and then his best role ever...
SAM MALONE 😎👍🏻
He also played one in The Good Place. . . Wait, is a "Flamer" the same thing as a "Fire Squid"?
Why it's good to have a Louie DePalma at your side
One of the best taxi scenes ever. Lol Everyone great. Even the lush woman at the bar was a perfect touch.
"SHE may be better than you, but I ain't!"😂
so he does have a heart then.
@@tulllguy Not much of one but a small piece is there lol.
I wonder if that kiss was scripted or improvisation?
Judd Hirsch... the ultimate straight man. 👍
One of the best television series of all time.
That was Louie's best scene ever. "She may be better than you, but I ain't" LOL !
Danny DeVito was a hairdresser. He want to learn how to do makeup, but when he went to the school the only openings left were reserved for theater students, so he enrolled in theater school. Talk about fateful decisions.
How would he reach the top of someone’s head…..even if they were sitting down?
@@larrygro Recline them?
Louie’s greatest moment.
Love the way Louie nods at the crowd and steals the kiss from the snobbish girl at the end.
Omg I’m still laughing!! One of the best scenes. I love Louie.
Go Louie! Wonderful show, great memories of watching it brand new! Great to see moments of it so many years later!
Quality Television Programming . Miss them years terribly!
I think that's my favorite episode, tied with Jim's driver's license test. Laugh 'till you cry! Right on, Louie!
The episode with Tom Selleck as Elaine’s fare was also memorable. 😊
One of the great comedy scenes - and snogging the assistant at the end was the icing on the cake.
I'd forgotten how PHENOMENAL this show is/was, and how incomparably HILARIOUS the characters and scripts are. LOL funny, and haven't seen anything this great in DECADES. This, and Barney Miller, a dying ( now DEAD ) breed.
Ted Danson did the character of Vincenzo justice: deplorable, self-absorbed, and thinks he's above everyone... until Louise dumps the red dye on his head 😂
Pretty risky for Danson to portray a Gay character, not only because it was so early in his career, but don't forget, this show aired in the 70's, very taboo stuff. I mean, really, when you think about it, DISCO was at the height of its popularity when this show was on. LOL, it might as well have been a hundred years ago !!!
@@stellarocquie7957 Well said. Playing a gay character was considered career suicide in those days, especially an egotistical one like Vincenzo.
@@MichaelD8393 I wondered how well my comment would be received by the younger generations who read it, because they most likely can't and don't understand the politics and societal history of these issues, going back 40 or 50 years. After I wrote my comment, I remembered Billy Crystal's character, Jodie, from the show, "Soap", also in the late 70's. I recently read Crystal's autobiography, and for the first time learned that, against ALL advice from colleagues, agents, industry insiders, etc., he took the role ONLY because he needed the money. He, himself was reluctant to accept the role. This is very interesting stuff to old timers like us ( ! ), but I'm sure kids take it for granted. . . another quick observation, DeVito would re-unite with Danson on the set of "Cheers", where DeVito would meet and court his future wife. And the REST, as they say. . .
@@stellarocquie7957 I loved Jodie! That character had several layers to it and BC did an amazing job playing him!
Danson is a good actor. I remember seeing him first in the movies as the cop who gets shot by James Woods in the Onion Field. A very serious drama, which I liked, Thought is was a good movie when I saw it as a teenager. Next, I saw him in this role in Taxi and in this new comedy sitcom called Cheers. Danson in three very different roles. And he plays all 3 roles extremely well; very believable watching him. A cop, a gay hairdresser, and a retired jock. a guy who is a retired pro baseball player now working as a bartender,. and a real ladies man.
laughing out of my chair - Louie says "she maybe better than you but I am not"
yeah more people should be like that.
I aint.....big difference.
That’s how I think.
You see that line coming in Louie's eyes even before he pounces, but the delivery is even better than anticipated.
A gem.
I love Louie ❤
0:45 Donna Dixon (of "Bosom Buddies") is the black & white photo on the left.
I like at the end how the woman covers her face to hide that she's laughing
I remember this episode from when it first aired. Such a great show and a classic scene.
This show was gold!👌😂👍man I miss taxi!
Marilu Henner with bad hair is still the most gorgeous redhead.
That is the reason everyone needs a Louie in their life.
louie had is moment and i liked him for that .... great show
You could tell that Gela Jacobson (the Receptionist that Danny DeVito kissed) was laughing hysterically at the end (even though she had her face covered with her hands).
Louie at his best
You need a pitbull like Louie on your team sometimes. That was the one time Elaine respect Louie for his talents ass an asshole.
@@theoutabodies5653 HAHA TOO funny typo!
I saw this live when it aired. Still LOL in 2020
Go get 'em, Louie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this scene! Perfectly done!
Sometimes you need a Louie
It’s Cheers Vs Taxi. I totally forgot Ted Danson and this episode.
Thank you for posting this. I love Louie so hard in this scene. Danny DeVito at his best.
The best part about this clip is that Alex is wearing a members only jacket
Louie, love him
Probably the best thing Louie ever did
Thank GOD Louie DePalma existed prior the MeToo.
Danson was so good as Vincenzo, Glen & Les Charles made him Sam Malone in that other brilliant ensemble sitcom
I had totally forgotten that he was played by Ted Danson!
One of Louis's greatest moments.
Got to love how within seconds of appearing, Louie had a drink in hand
Why is there nothing as good as this on tv any more ?
Elaine looks like Kathy Griffin with her hair like that!
Danny Devito MADE this scene!
I miss Taxi so Much from 1978 on ABC, Esspecialy Louie.
it died on nbc in the early 80's!
The same production company created Taxi and Cheers. In both shows, listen for the famous laugh behind the camera: "Huh..huh...huh!"
& of course... Danny DeVito married Rhea Perlman.
Spot on comedy Ted and Danny
I'm Jewish and the Jewish Defense League line makes me laugh every single time!
Judd hirsch . The actor playing alex is also jewish 😊
I love Louie's revenge. He's awesome for what he did.
He did what neither Elaine nor Alex couldn't do.
Deep down Louie's a gentleman
The finest show Taxi
God I miss that show! Danny Devito rocks!!
Classic clip!
I just watched an episode of 1980's Magnum P.I. with Ted Danson. (S01E15 "Don't Say Goodbye")
The female guest star looked familiar, so I searched her name. Browsing her acting credits, I confirmed I recognized Andrea Marcovicci from an episode of Taxi, S05E08 "Louie's Revenge". When I searched "louie's revenge" to watch a quick scene, the first video result was this video with Ted Danson. Everything I do lately lands me on Ted Danson. It's like constantly getting Rickrolled, except with Ted Danson.
Speaking of Ted Danson, in retrospect, he was quite the risk-taker when choosing roles. First, THIS Gay character in the 1970's ( ! ), then playing an incestuous father/child molester in the 1984 movie, "Something about Amelia". Pretty dicey stuff, even by today's standards, yet Danson evolved into one of the most recognizable, marketable actors for the following several decades.
Maybe that's how Ted Danson went bald?
Early Ted Danson. This was just before Cheers
Louie was perfect!
good for Louie
makes me proud to have Italian Hariatge louie is my paisan
Classic Louie!!
She may be better than you... BUT I AINT!!!!!!!
I love this episode.
Danson to the director-"Too broad?"
Director-"More flounce!"
Ted Danson played a jerk before he was Sam Malone on Cheers.
I laughed so hard when Louie said, Yeah but I’m not. They don’t make shows like this anymore
Of course, Ted Danson went on to spend years on Cheers with Rhea Pearlman - Danny DeVito's wife.
While Danny would later perv over Ted's daughter as Frank in 'It's always sunny…'
Probably the most noble thing that Louie ever did.
I think this was Louie's way of making it up to Elaine for peeking on her undressing earlier in the season. He understood that Elaine had been violated once again & wanted to restore order in his own inimitable way.
Louie can be an ahole, but when people mess, with his cabbies, that's a different story! Just like families! Nobody outside can mess with them except you
Louie & Elaine walk out arm & arm at the end
I liked that! Louie could be terrible, but you couldn't mess with his cabbies!
Hilarious!!!
That was great lol.
The Jewish Defense League? :o
I was ready to punch him
This scene needed Louie
Clearly Ted Danson is ashamed to be seen in public too, he got himself a nice toupee.
Oh good heavens, the lady on the far right loses it after Danny growls at 02:33!
This must have been one of the last episodes of 1983 due to the amount of 80's fashion and influence creeping in
The receptionist in the stripes played Belkers girlfriend in Hill Street Blues! Ooooooohhhh.....take her on a stakeout! She'll love it!
I remembered her, too.
Louie: "So anyway, I started blasting..."
0:36 Oh yeah, I forgot: Alex is jewish...
Ironic, Ted went on to star in a show for years that had Danny's wife in it. I'm sure this scene got brought up a time or two.
Cheers was written and directed by the same people who did Taxi.....in fact they wrote the character Carla specifically for Rhea Pearlman
Rhea Pearlman and George Wendt were on _Taxi.._
Marilu Henner once said Louie DePalma, for all his sleaze, also had a heart that would occasionally come through when it mattered.
the receptionist was hot
Gela Jacobson (now Gela Nash); Definitely an underrated beauty and Louie was definitely speaking for my libido in his sudden smooch to conclude his vengenance on Vincenzo.
She's married to John Taylor of Duran Duran.
At the end, I wondering if she was crying or laughing, when she covered her face.
She started Juicy Couture. I'm not sure why I know this, I guess because she's hot
@@m.christopher8824 very impressive!
Ted Danson in 80s
Louie is Deadpool
The funny thing is that later in the 80s this was a real hair style
Right around this time actually. 1979 , 80, 81 , 82
Ted Danson was brilliant in this. Similar to "The Critic" episode of Mary Tyler Moore. James Brooks recycling a concept from another of his shows.
I would,ve done the same thing that louie did but worser when ted danson said that common ppl do common things he would,ve found out how common i can be
lol! I dont remember Ted Danson being on this.
He was only in this one episode
Not bad, Louis - for a change.
Only Michael Jackson and Alex from Taxi can rock that s*** LMAO
For once in his life the audience cheered louie.
CLASSIC!!!
Your hair!? No just desserts.
Are we lumberjacks?
Time for Teddy to appear on ASIP
hilarious, yet today not one second of this clip would fly today because of a warped bizarre culture we've embraced or allowed.
Ted..the customer is always right...
I might be wrong but I think Christopher Lloyd was the only taxi actor to ever guest star on cheers. It’s kind of surprising that Danny DeVito never made an appearance on cheers because he was married to Rea Perlman, Tony Danza was doing who’s the boss so that explains why he never was on cheers, But it’s surprising they never got Mary Lou Henner to appear on there as a woman interested in Sam And Judd Hirsch as someone Diane was using to make Sam jealous