Lawrence Kasdan’s comi-tragic meditation on life, death, and midlife crises arrived in theaters 35 years ago.

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Unlike many sitcoms of its era, 'Taxi' focused on a group of blue-collar workers who—despite having aspirations of bigger and better careers—were never really destined to be anything other than what they were: cab drivers.
6. The iconic actor talked to God. And God gave him some bad advice.
It took a long time for the cast to afford rum ham: Rob McElhenney kept waiting tables during the first season.
Twenty-five years after airing its final episode, a revival of 'The Kids in the Hall' will be coming to Amazon as its first original Canadian series.
The producers of the wrestling dramedy, which is competing for six Emmy Awards, were reluctant to cast Alison Brie.
By most accounts, Steve Martin—your favorite wild and crazy guy—is neither wild nor crazy. (Sorry.)
Sacha Baron Cohen's fearlessness in making serious people look silly has earned him a global audience, an appropriate amount of outrage, plenty of headlines, and an Oscar nomination.
4. Only Lucy was allowed to make fun of Ricky's fractured English.
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Mike Myers's 1993 comedy bombed at the box office. Over the years, however, it has evolved into a cult classic.
'National Lampoon’s Vacation' features Chevy Chase in an idiot-defining role as the alarmingly optimistic Clark Griswold, a husband and father who is determined to give his family the ultimate vacation—no matter the cost to life, vehicle, or animal.