Danny DeVito Teases ‘Taxi’ Reunion in New Season of ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s 17th season may feature Frank Reynolds as The Golden Bachelor, dog racing, a whole lot of fire and a parody of The Bear (oh my!), but one upcoming bit is particularly sentimental for star Danny DeVito: an homage to his breakout role in Taxi.
Ahead of the season premiere, DeVito hinted that some of New York City’s finest cabbies — or at least the actors who play them — may be making the drive down to Philadelphia this season, a reunion that DeVito described as “big for all of us.”
“We were blessed to have that in our show,” DeVito told the L.A. Times of the upcoming homecoming, the first since his former co-stars Tony Danza, Christopher Lloyd, Judd Hirsch, Carol Kane and Marilu Henner all watched him accept the Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theater back in March.
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As DeVito remained tight-lipped on what exactly this crossover would entail, Day got candid about his experience with the show, recalling how witnessing DeVito’s work in Taxi — but especially in 1995’s Get Shorty — sold him on the potential of Frank Reynolds.
“I spent maybe almost a whole week rewatching almost everything you’d ever done before we met with you,” Day told DeVito. “A lot of people would have you do that Louie De Palma thing over and over again, and you’re so great at that,” Day said of DeVito’s Taxi character. “But there was something so idiosyncratic about the Get Shorty character and unpredictable that we’re like, ‘Oh, if we can tap into that…,’” Day trailed off.
To paraphrase one very wise taxi driver, “You’re better off with the hundred bucks — and the founder of Frank’s Fluids on your team.”
