The Taxi Tapes
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 12 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTrue tales from my days as a cab driver in New York City.
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Episodes
Episode 12: Pac-Man
May 09, 2012 06:00 - 7.84 MBSam meets a fellow driver who is fearful of the past.
Episode 11: Sandra From Avenue Z
March 20, 2012 02:58 - 14 MBSam knew something crazy was going to happen when the couple got in and asked to go to Avenue Z; what eventually transpired was indeed crazy, but not at all in the way he was expecting…
Episode 10: Sweat and Fortified Wine
December 26, 2011 17:28 - 8.47 MBSam’s interactions with a passenger of uncertain means teaches him a valuable lesson. Another clip from the live stage version of The Taxi Tapes, as performed at the People’s Improv Theater on November 12, 2011.
Episode 9: Strawberries or Bussed
December 19, 2011 18:31 - 9.02 MBA group of drunken Brits guides Sam directly into the path of an oncoming MTA bus, with unexpected results. This episode is an excerpt from the live version of “The Taxi Tapes,” as performed at the People’s Improv Theater on November 12, 2011.
Episode 8: A Brush With Fame, or The Time I Almost Killed Jon Stewart
December 12, 2011 06:01 - 8.36 MBOne time Sam almost killed Jon Stewart with his cab. An excerpt from the live version of The Taxi Tapes, performed at The PIT on November 12, 2011.
Episode 7: Taxi Tapes
November 29, 2011 04:28 - 11.3 MBActual audio from inside Sam’s cab, recorded live throughout a frozen February day in 2007. There is some freestyle singing.
Episode 6: The Real Thing
October 19, 2011 07:52 - 10.6 MBWhile driving along the Grand Central Parkway, minding his own business, a song by The Hold Steady blindsides Sam with the realization that the Plan may have gone horribly awry.
Episode 5: Phantom Planet
September 28, 2011 07:58 - 10.1 MBSam makes a not-so-triumphant return to the Hilton, where an old nemesis rears its ugly head.
Episode 4: The Phantom Fifty
September 16, 2011 04:14 - 8.63 MBAs his taxi dies on McDonald Avenue in Brooklyn, Sam recalls an orange naugahyde sofa, a pay-phone, and a river of chicken blood.
Episode 3: The Ersatz Calm of Teaneck
September 08, 2011 03:21 - 9.84 MBThe perilous clutches of 31st Street interfere with Sam’s burgeoning confidence in himself as his first day of taxi driving draws to a close.
Episode 2: The 44th Street Shuffle
September 01, 2011 19:12 - 11.3 MBSam meets the mysterious Man in the White Van, who rents him a beat-up taxi, which he uses for his first fare, which nearly destroys him.
Episode 1: The Second Thought
August 24, 2011 05:00 - 8.67 MBA complex set of circumstances results in Sam awakening at 4:30am on a frigid January morning for his first day as a New York City cab driver.