{"id":2007945,"date":"2025-09-09T02:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T02:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2007945"},"modified":"2025-09-09T02:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T02:49:07","slug":"after-decades-apart-these-2-taxi-stars-are-reuniting-thanks-to-reba-mcentire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/after-decades-apart-these-2-taxi-stars-are-reuniting-thanks-to-reba-mcentire\/","title":{"rendered":"After Decades Apart, These 2 \u2018Taxi\u2019 Stars Are Reuniting Thanks to Reba McEntire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hollywood icons <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/oscar-nominated-actress-72-turns-203413396.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Carol Kane;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Carol Kane<\/a><\/strong> and <strong>Christopher Lloyd<\/strong> filmed for the upcoming second season of <em>Happy&#8217;s Place<\/em>, which stars <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/reba-mcentire-really-thinks-her-192211769.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reba McEntire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Reba McEntire<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/09\/christopher-lloyd-carol-kane-happys-place-season-2-1236512296\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deadline;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Deadline<\/a>, Kane will appear as a character named Theresa, who is known for being a nonconformist, in the NBC sitcom. Meanwhile, Lloyd will be showing off his acting chops as Theresa&#8217;s husband, Clive. The publication reported that Clive visits Bobbie McAllister&#8217;s (McEntire) bar, Happy&#8217;s Place, co-owned by her half-sister, Isabella (<strong>Belissa Escobedo<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kane and Lloyd were once co-stars in the sitcom, <em>Taxi,<\/em> which had a 5-season-run until 1983, as reported by Deadline. In the sitcom, Kane played Simka Dahblitz-Gravas, who was married to Latka Gravas, portrayed by the late <strong>Andy Kaufman<\/strong>. Lloyd joined the cast as the character, Reverend\u00a0Jim Ignatowski, during the first season of <em>Taxi<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Happy&#8217;s Place<\/em> Season 2 will start airing on November 7.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Carol Kane Recently Had an On-Screen Reunion With Her &#8216;Taxi&#8217; Co-Star, Danny DeVito<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This isn&#8217;t Kane&#8217;s first time reuniting with a<em> Taxi <\/em>star. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/ortegas-lost-sea-penultimate-episode-142724207.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Star Trek: Strange New Worlds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">The <em>Star Trek: Strange New Worlds <\/em><\/a>actress appeared during the 17th season of <em>It&#8217;s Always Sunny in Philadelphia<\/em>, which premiered in July 2025. In the season finale titled, &#8220;The Golden Bachelor Live,&#8221;Frank Reynolds, played by <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/danny-devito-explains-ended-partying-181418018.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Danny DeVito;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Danny DeVito<\/a><\/strong>, goes on a dating show competition. During his time on the show, he unexpectedly falls for Kane&#8217;s character, Sam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During an August 2025 interview with<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decider.com\/2025\/08\/20\/danny-devito-carol-kane-its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-season-17-reunion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Decider;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Decider<\/a>, DeVito, who portrayed Louie De Palma on <em>Taxi<\/em>, said he enjoyed working with Kane again for <em>It&#8217;s Always Sunny in Philadelphia <\/em>Season 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cCarol and I have known each other for many, many years, since the \u201960s. And she worked on\u00a0<em>Taxi<\/em>\u00a0in the \u201970s, but we\u2019ve been friends forever and we talk to each other all the time,&#8221; said Devito during the interview. &#8220;You\u2019re always looking for ways where, if there\u2019s somebody in your arena that you can coerce into being on the show, you can. This was perfect, this part was perfect for her. She loved it and they loved her and that was a gift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He also shared whether he has stayed in communication with his <em>Taxi <\/em>co-stars over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe have this thing that <strong>Marilu Henner<\/strong> [who played Elaine O&#8217;Connor Nardo] sets up for us every month or so, and we do a\u00a0<em>Taxi<\/em>\u00a0Zoom and it\u2019s amazing because we just never lost touch. We\u2019ve been doing it for like years now,\u201d said Devito while speaking to Decider.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>This story was originally reported by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/after-decades-apart-these-2-taxi-stars-are-reuniting-thanks-to-reba-mcentire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Parade;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Parade<\/a> on Sep 8, 2025, where it first appeared in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=parade.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood icons Carol Kane and Christopher Lloyd filmed for the upcoming second season of Happy&#8217;s Place, which stars Reba McEntire. According to Deadline, Kane will appear as a character named Theresa, who is known for being a nonconformist, in the NBC sitcom. Meanwhile, Lloyd will be showing off his acting chops as Theresa&#8217;s husband, Clive. 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