cab driver-related stories
Posted Jun 26th 2006 1:15PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD

Can I tell you what kind of a 7 year-old I was? Besides watching cartoons and action shows and
The Brady Bunch, in 1972 I also loved a little romantic comedy called
Bridget Loves Bernie.
The short-lived Meredith Baxter and David Birney CBS show (yup, they later got married in real life and she became Baxter-Birney) is
coming to DVD on September 5. It will be a three DVD set.
It was a rather daring comedy at the time because it was about a Jewish cab driver who falls in love with a Catholic schoolteacher. I don't know if I understood any of that in 1972, but I remember liking this show a lot for some reason, so I think I'm going to get the DVDs.
Posted May 16th 2006 3:33PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: News, BBC

This is like something out of a sitcom. The BBC is apologizing for putting a cab driver on television as a computer expert. How does this happen? Well, the cab driver appeared at the BBC front desk and someone assumed he was the computer expert who was scheduled to appear on a news program. Without asking any questions, he was whisked onto the set and interviewed on live television. He made a valiant effort at trying to answer the anchor's questions! She only asked him three questions about downloading music before suddenly tossing to a reporter in the field. I think someone told her in her ear that she had the wrong guy on set.
It's especially funny when the cab driver is introduced as the editor of some tech magazine -- the look on his face is priceless. Apparently, the real tech editor watched the whole thing from the BBC reception area.
The
YouTube video is after the jump:
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