Taxi : What was up with cab 804?

It was the cab used in the opening credits, there was a two part episode about it, and the creator of "Taxi" was also the creator of "Cheers" and on "Frasier" (the spin off) a cab driver has a baby in cab 804. It was the same woman played the actress that fell in love with Alex in the episode "Nina loves Alex" and the episode was directed by Taxi's and cheers creator. I was just wondering if anybody knows about a significance with cab 804.

My personal guess is that it was the one taxi that the show owned and could drive

I don't know; but the same Cab 804 is featured in the episode "Taxi Dance" of the series the "Wizards of Waverly Place." (2007-2012) The series is about a family whose children (teens) can do magic. The synopsis of the episode is:

The Russos hear some unfortunate news that Cab number 804 (the cab where Alex was born) is being retired, and Alex charms it back to life so that the Russos can continue to cherish the memories. Later, the Cab starts talking and Justin finds out that Alex brought the Cab to life. Alex decides to take the Cab's offer to give her free rides to school, but the Cab decides to follow Alex all the time, including school where he almost exposes that he is a magic cab when he talked meaning Alex covered it up saying that it was a project for a charity. No one believed it and some went as far as saying that Alex Russo would never do something like this.

Even after Justin takes the key out, the Cab starts flying over Waverly Place and Alex tries to hide the cab by pretending it's a parade balloon. Soon, the secret about the cab is exposed to the Russos when the cab crashes into their wall. When Alex explains her selfless intensions, Theresa tells her that just because something is missed, she shouldn't try to fix it because the memory is what's important. Alex apologizes, and Jerry and Theresa are very forgiving, and Justin is shocked because he thinks Alex should've gotten punished. Meanwhile, Justin finds the room that he was born in. But, his hospital that he has been born in, was converted into a mall. Then he get hooked up with some toys from a store that he calls cool. Also, Max brought a gurney to life when Jerry and Theresa told him to get rid of it, but he loves it.

I'm sure I remember 1 episode when the main characters are sitting around on a break when they hear 804 has had some sort of accident.

They go on to reveal that they'd all had some sort of incident when driving 804 (including a fare that tried to rob one of them) & that they hoped 804 would be OK & that it would only have been a 'fender bender'.

When 804 was eventually towed into the garage it turned out to have been quite a bad smash & that 804 was a write-off.

Yeah, that was a two parter episode with flashbacks with each character sharing their favorite cab driving story which just happened to be in 804. Even Louie had one before he became the dispatcher.
It was a great episode with many instant classic comedic moments. Very well written. And Tom Selleck even guested before he hit it big with Magnum P.I.

Latka fixed up 804 and made it look almost as good as new. But then when Alex tried to start it up to take it out again, it broke down instead. And that is when they realized that good ol' 804 would never roll again.

The heater doesn't work, and it is an "unlucky" can since it seemingly is always wrecked or in the shop. 804 was given to the cabbie who pisssed off Louie that day.

It's very simpleCab 804 is not only the oldest cab, it's 'allegedly" 'a lucky cab'.

As demonstrated by their stories.



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