I loved Patti Deutsch and the way her cartoon voice pronounced "upper frontals." However, I felt that Gene and perhaps the producers sometimes got annoyed by her answers that sometimes were even too outlandish for the "funny gal" sixth spot.

Brett Somers only got on the show because Jack Klugman conditioned his appearance on it. Turns out she was much better and her run on the show long outlasted the time when she and Klugman lived as an authentic married couple.

Like Stanley Tucci, Enrico Colatoni reunited with Shalhoub on a Monk episode where Colatoni is a disgraced ex-cop working security at a Wal-Mart type store.

It's not "Starchild?"

"It may not be Miller Time, but it is Vanilla Time!"

There's a Taxi exchange along those lines where Elaine and Alex might have been tipsy and opening up to one another. She presses him about whether he ever wanted to risk their friendship to start a physical relationship with her.

He's also great in "Jim's Inheritance," where he deals with the death of his estranged father and is the subject of a competency hearing to determine if he will collect his inheritance.

"Must be a really small piece, maybe one-sixteenth."

Absolutely, plus you have the James L. Brooks connection.

In his debut, he assured the wedding party, "I am an ordained reverend of the Church of the Peaceful….which was investigated and cleared completely."

As far as shorts, I've always been partial to One Man Band. I love the derisive look that the violin guy makes after the brass guy falls trying to impress the girl.

What happened to my piece of the cake?! Gimme a Break!

I think that's true, but they probably had no choice. The next seven episodes might has well have come with chyrons reading, "This is the Tony/Alex/Bobby, etc. introduction episode."

The introduction of Alex's daughter in the Taxi pilot is an oddly meaningful moment that wasn't explored further for the remainder of the series. Through five seasons, Cathy is only in one other episode, when she comes to New York for her wedding. Even that episode is more about a potential brief rekindling between…

I love how Marvin Hamlisch deliberately spurned the typical brassy/Bassey Bond theme. He used the rinky-tink piano intro as a little joke, but it works perfectly with the silhouetted gymnasts and toy soldiers, as well as the Moore-era Bond spirit.

Marge: "He…uh…prefers the company of men."
Homer: "Who doesn't?"

I feel exactly the opposite way.

Part 1 is running on ABC.

Rabb was excellent in a pre-Frasier Cheers episode as a bar patron whom the gang (except Diane) suspects is a spy.

Don't worry, even with that and the millions of dollars, he still manages to complain about the treatment he receives from the show's producers.