From 1978 to 1983, Taxi reigned as one of TV’s most beloved and critically acclaimed sitcoms.  A true ensemble comedy, which aired its final episode on June 15, 1983, the show depicted the lives of a group of New York City cab drivers that included Danny Devito as slimeball dispatcher Louie De Palma, Judd Hirsch as veteran driver Alex Reiger, and Christopher Lloyd, who created some of the show’s most memorable moments as good-hearted burnout Jim Ignatowski.  

From the very first episode, Taxi did a great job of balancing the show’s large cast of characters, which also included Andy Kaufman‘s fan-favorite foreigner Latka Gravas and boxer-turned-actor Tony Danza‘s portrayal of… well, a boxer named Tony. Unfortunately, one character from the first season of the show didn’t just get an unlucky break — they got booted from the series entirely: rookie taxi driver John Burns, played by Randall Carver.