D.C. Cab

political show being a senator or something.

You know, it's funny because I did DC Cab for three months with Bill Maher and a bunch of comedians and Gary Busey and all those people.

And I've run into Bill a few times since then.

He quotes me on the show sometimes because I had things to say.

Just what are they called? It's like, huh? DC Talk? I

always get them confused with DC Cab, the Mr. T movie.

Wait,

isn't there a group called something Girls or DC Girls or Girls Talk or something? I think there's a

Jill Sholin is in this movie.

We may know her from DC Cab, but I don't think so, Jamie, because you know what you know her from? Babes in Toyland.

Oh.

She was, of

But you know, Incredible Shrinking Woman was disappointing.

DC Cab was not successful, and he realized if this movie didn't work, he was done.

So years later, after he passed away, Wendy Finerman, who was a great person who produced Forrest Gump later and many other wonderful movies, Devil Wears Pl- Prada.

She was actually a little bit of the basis of Jules too, 'cause she was a character and Joel and I knew her.

Mm-hmm

... who's about to direct DC Cab with the biggest star of the '80s, Mr. T.

Mm-hmm.

So in Hollywood, it's always about the lunch orders.

And a guy comes in and sits in the front row, and blah, blah, blah.

And, um, the lights come on.

You know, we start seeing Mr. T busting out walls and, you know, uh, all the stuff that he does in DC Cab, and the lights come on, and Joel Schumacher looks to the back and he goes, "Who the hell are you?" I said, "I'm Carl.

I got you gazpacho with no croutons, no sour cream, and chopped egg on the side about a year ago." He said, "Get me a Perrier lemon, no ice." So he clearly thought I was still working as an intern or something, and I got him the ice, and I just kept showing up, and he invited me on the set And we would watch Mr.

...

the Lily Tomlin movie, and DC Cab, the, uh-

The, uh, the blue.

DC Cab.

That's right.

Yeah.

go with them.

It should be like a scene from DC Cab.

17 cabs surrounding this little hairdresser shop.

Mr. T smashes out the window and screams sucker at them.

He joined the Air Force and was a member of the Tops in Blue touring performance ensemble made up of active duty members.

Rodriguez's first big break came in a small role in 1983's DC Cab, and then the TV show A.K.A. Pablo, which was produced by the legendary Norman Lear.

Although the show lasted just six episodes, Paul's stand-up chops were gaining national notice, and in 1984, he made his first appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

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