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===Guests===
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Among the many guest stars, [[Ruth Gordon]] won an [[Emmy Award]] for her guest portrayal of Dee Wilcox in "Sugar Mama" (1979), and [[Eileen Brennan]] was nominated for an Emmy for her guest portrayal of Mrs. McKenzie in "Thy Boss's Wife" (1981).

[[Richard Minchenberg]] guest starred in Season 3 episode 1.  The episode is titled "Louie's Rival."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0718510/ | title=Louie's Rival | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>[[Rhea Perlman]] guest starred as Zena Sherman.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077089/characters/nm0674231 | title=Taxi (TV Series 1978–1983) - Rhea Perlman as Zena Sherman, John's Girlfriend - IMDb | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>

Some played themselves: actresses [[Marcia Wallace]] and [[Penny Marshall]], psychologist Dr. [[Joyce Brothers]], cookie entrepreneur [[Wally Amos|Wally "Famous" Amos]], newscasters [[Edwin Newman]] and [[Eric Sevareid]] (the latter in a fantasy sequence), and ring announcer [[Jimmy Lennon]]. WBC world welterweight boxing champion [[Carlos Palomino]] appeared in the first-season episode "One-Punch Banta" as himself. Palomino accidentally punched Danza in the face during a brief fight scene. Martial artist and professional wrestler [[Gene LeBell]] played himself in multiple episodes as the referee for Banta's boxing matches.

[[George Wendt]] and [[Ted Danson]], who appeared in separate episodes, went on to star in primary ''Taxi'' director Jim Burrows' next series, ''[[Cheers]]'', as did recurring ''Taxi'' performer [[Rhea Perlman]]. [[Tom Selleck]] and [[Mandy Patinkin]] had memorable guest appearances, each as one of the memorable fares of Cab 804 (in "Memories of Cab 804: Part 2"), while [[Tom Hanks]] portrayed Reverend Jim's college roommate in the flashback episode "The Road Not Taken, Part 1".  [[Allan Arbus]], who portrayed [[United States Army|US Army]] [[psychiatrist]] [[Dr. Sidney Freedman]] in ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'', played his manager in the episode.  Football player-turned-actor [[Bubba Smith]] appeared in one episode. In the episode "Jim Joins the Network", [[Martin Short]] played a failing TV network executive who takes advantage of Jim's exceptional ability to schedule shows for his own career advancement.