Jim had such a beautiful innocent heart. That line "funny thing there used to be a time when that was enough" gets me every time. way better than these soulless people these days just trying to steal your time and lie to get rich themselves.
Jim was the reason i used to watch Taxi. This scene still makes me tear up, every time i see it. What a marvelous character they wrote--and what a gift, to give it such life.
So agree. Sitcoms don't usually add new characters until ratings start to sag, but such was this character, played by this actor, that an exception to the norm brought him in the second season. Such a great show.
@@DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL Great episode. The one that moved me to tears was the one when Alex's dog dies. That final scene when he finally breaks down...so well done.
what a great show. the writing so tactful and unique. elaine tells him no when he asks if he can crash there for a year...but she never actually says no.
Certainly in the top few. There is a single scene in Friends, which is actually more moving than this one though. It would have helped if this clip had the part before it where Elaine talks about giving up on her dreams, so the castle reference makes more sense, but for those of us who know the episode, it's very special.
There’s a lovely scene in Cheers where the Coach compares his daughter to his wife, her mother. It’s a gift., as is this. This kind of writing and these characters are identifiable in us. And it shows everyone has a dream that’s worth dreaming, even if it is never fulfilled.
This scene was so sad and beautiful. Thank you for posting it. I was so upset with Elaine because she got so angry at Jim. It was like - "How dare you be my secret admirer! I'm too good for you!"
Thank you for posting this! I wasn't born until the 90s so I'm a little late to the party, but I love watching shows like this before work. They put me in a great, thoughtful mood. This is my favorite scene of my favorite Taxi episode. It's got a kind of sad magic to it that keeps me coming back for a re-watch.
Elaine: You are the dearest, sweetest, most wonderful person. Jim: Funny thing, there used to be a time when that was enough. I couldn't better sum up what's wrong with the world today.
sometimes im glad im old enough to appreciate things like this... even though i was never apart of that era. just stumbled onto this show while looking up some of Christopher Lloyds best moments... this show looks really fun... im happy i just discovered it.
Same. I grew up watching Nick at Nite and fell in love with just about everything. The Dick Van Dyke Show, Newhart, The Bob Newhart Show, Happy Days, I Love Lucy, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi of course lol. Great generation of actors and actresses there.
They don't make sitcoms like this anymore .... M*A*S*H, Taxi, Cheers, Happy Days, WKRP, Barney Miller, SOAP, Benson only to name a few. That was the era of the ensemble cast. I am glad I was a teenager living through that time and got to watch the majority of these shows and at the time I remember that these ere "just TV shows" and they weren't really that meaningful. I was wrong. These shows taught me that it was really nice to do good things for people and that in the case of MASH ... war is really stupid.
All I gotta do is hear that Bob James music and I'm transported back to my house in NC that I grew up in, on the floor in the living room, eating a pizza from Dino's Pizzeria or Brooklyn Pizza (home of the 25 inch pie and 2 litter combo!). Ahh sweet nostalgia...
Yup, it does the same for me, that theme song is one of the most soothing, pleasant songs I've ever heard. Takes me back to 8 or 9 years old, our small den in Livonia, Michigan we used to pile into to watch tv. It just powerfully captured, personified in a mental time capsule all that was beautiful and good about that time and place with my family. Somehow, it's more than a song...
@@johnboehmer6683 😁 Right on man! I grew up on a military base just me and my mom. Base housing. In NC and what I really love about the song is how it seamlessly switches emotions throughout the song. From that sad, last pickup theme, to the happier, more triumphant chorus even some bits sounding almost comical. Even though it's th theme to a TV show, it's some of the best work Bob James had EVER produced.
My God, if I was Elaine, I would have fallen into his arms when I found out he wrote me those poems, much less destroyed his van to build me a castle! I don't care how burned out his brains were, he had the biggest, sweetest heart! Doesn't hurt that he was actually quite gorgeous too! :) He might not be "every woman's dream boat" but he sure would have been mine! She was a damned fool!
@Adonis Sesson Judging by your two comments on this video you seem to have a real dislike or distrust of women who are not strictly into a mans appearance . There are caring women and caring men out there , they may not be the majority but they are out there . Unfortunately we as a culture tend to promote superficiality .
You all know that this was a tv show and it was scripted that way. Right? Elaine wasn't really a bitch and Jim wasn't really a burned out sweet guy. They were Actors. My head hurts sometimes when I read these kinds of comments.
@@jruicker1 You just aren't experienced enough to have seen it go down in real life like that. Young people. Hmph. The last he said was a bit of a disguised barb at women who are never happy with what they have.
yeah, now in 2019, most women in society, especially the young ones nowadays, view loving, self sacrificing men as stupid clowns who deserve to be backstabbed. Evil has a tighter grip on this world than ever before.
@@sunsparkle8443 ,if men show any form of true romance and galantry,they are seen as weak and pathetic. Modern day women love being abused by thugs and scumbags,for the most part.
@@sunsparkle8443 sad but true.And yet they(women today)will gladly take up with a man who would beat them,cheat them,just all around mistreat them in a heartbeat without a moment's hesitation,and then these very same women will cry about how they wish they could find a man who will treat them right.
I remember this one. I guess if you were wondering what it takes to make a hit show now you know. Top notch comedy with heart felt emotion.👍👏 By the way, I cried, and laughed again too.
Really heart warming moment although it made me dislike Elaine even more, she’s way too shallow & annoying. Jim is by far the best character in the show.
fully agree. elaine was always looking to live the high society life. with her working at the art gallery. but she was a cabbie like all the others. she could have at least had a couple of dates with jim to see if it led to anything romantically. she knows everything about him having worked with him for so long. but then again, this is just a tv show and the writers can write whatever they want.
A 'Classy guy' is, in the minds of some women, a chump - someone who is naive and can be used up and discarded like a paper cup. It seems to be some form of self-validation for them; literally, the only way can they can feel good about themselves up by tearing others down. I'm no 'grand prize', I'll freely admit, but I've always - ALWAYS - done my best to treat the women in my life with respect and understanding. And I've always ended up bleeding (on some occasions, very literally) from it. And, I too, have noticed that they tended to 'move on' to someone who treats them as badly as they treated me.
@@xaenon Yup, with a lot of women in society today,, you could save them from a burning building and they would view you as a jackass clown and a nice backstabbing target. This world is more screwed up than ever.
Back in the day I had people tell me I reminded them of Jim. "there used to be a time when that was enough" It took until I was 49 to find her. Been together almost 18 years now. Life is great. I could write a review of just my life since I woke up today and no one would believe it could be this good.
@@LordGreystoke She was singing harmony and I was playing mandolin or harmonica in a ten member church worship team. We had a fat sound. For a while we were practicing and playing together about 40 hours a month. We got so tight. I kinda miss that group. I knew her about three years before we started dating.
If the set was minus Season 1 you wouldn't miss much but when Reverend Jim comes along in Season 2 the show picks up quickly. Season 2, 3, and 4 were great! Season 5 (the last) had some moments but it was time to move on. So they started fresh in the bar known as Cheers.
His final line..."Funny thing, there was a time that used to be enough"... carries mor weight than ever and hitvhard as a teen ... Now it's brutally honest.
Funny how a lot of people think "there used to be a time when that was enough" is about society, when it's probably about how Jim himself has deteriorated over the years. Earlier in the episode, he says that Elaine's secret admirer "probably writes better than he looks... talks... is." He knows he has loads of problems, and he knows it's because of how he's mistreated himself through years of drug abuse. That's the real tragedy of Jim: he isn't just an unlucky nice guy, he's fully aware that his own actions have made him a total burnout, but he could never get addiction off his back.
Maybe she was the most shallow, but she delivered the most positive gesture to a severe alcoholic who without doubt would’ve wrecked her life if she humored him beyond this point. With scripted TV, anything is possible, but I think this ending was as positive as one could’ve been. Anything more, would’ve insulted the average intelligence.
This is an episode of the t.v. series Taxi called "Elaine's Secret Admirer" from the second season. It can be purchased on DVD, not sure if its available for streaming.
Great episode but how on earth did he get access to her apartment when nobody was there? And how could she not wonder that? He stole keys or something?
@@jswatch9270 I was kidding as I interpreted your comment as Jim being the "Beauty" and Elaine as the "Beast" when obviously Elaine is the beauty even in these circumstances. This was one of the best episodes during the Taxi run.
This is foreshadowing Christopher Lloyd's Doc Brown character years later in Back to the Future: "Please excuse the crudity of this model. I didn't have time to build it to scale or paint it."
Jim had such a beautiful innocent heart. That line "funny thing there used to be a time when that was enough" gets me every time. way better than these soulless people these days just trying to steal your time and lie to get rich themselves.
I needed that line right now. Heart soother
Great 2 c wasn't alone.
One way or another
Jim was the reason i used to watch Taxi. This scene still makes me tear up, every time i see it. What a marvelous character they wrote--and what a gift, to give it such life.
Timeless❤
So agree. Sitcoms don't usually add new characters until ratings start to sag, but such was this character, played by this actor, that an exception to the norm brought him in the second season. Such a great show.
I'll bet the death of Jim's Dad made you cry more. remember, the Stevie Wonder song? This show did a lot in 20 minutes.
@@DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL Great episode. The one that moved me to tears was the one when Alex's dog dies. That final scene when he finally breaks down...so well done.
Some of THE BEST writing and acting ever done on American television. Thanks for posting this. Brought tears to my eyes.
like all in the family...this show had moments where...the writing and acting was incredible....forgot how much i love this
one of the best ending comments on a show ever
Yep.....
what a great show. the writing so tactful and unique. elaine tells him no when he asks if he can crash there for a year...but she never actually says no.
This must be the most beautiful TV show scene ever.
Especially if you know the episode
It is!
Certainly in the top few. There is a single scene in Friends, which is actually more moving than this one though.
It would have helped if this clip had the part before it where Elaine talks about giving up on her dreams, so the castle reference makes more sense, but for those of us who know the episode, it's very special.
There are so many...esp back in the day. Pre friends crap
There’s a lovely scene in Cheers where the Coach compares his daughter to his wife, her mother. It’s a gift., as is this. This kind of writing and these characters are identifiable in us. And it shows everyone has a dream that’s worth dreaming, even if it is never fulfilled.
"Funny thing . . . There used to be a time when that was enough."
That line killed me the first time I heard it.
@torinobob - Me too. The truth was spoken by Jim.
And then you get to be a certain age, and it becomes enough again.
Still too true, even ~40 years later.
One if the great examples if profoundly powerful writing present throughout the series.
😥
Jim greeted the hanging coats just before exiting the door: gentlemanship at its best!
This scene was so sad and beautiful. Thank you for posting it.
I was so upset with Elaine because she got so angry at Jim. It was like - "How dare you be my secret admirer! I'm too good for you!"
LoisLane22 yeah I’ve had that before I told a guy that in a card and he just didn’t want me so I know how Jim feels
@@WGOWeekdayGamersOfficial that sucks...but it's probably for the best because there's a soul mate out there waiting for you...
I remember this scene made me laugh and tear up at the same time. I think we all need a little "Jim" in our lives.
Tears all over again🥲. Especially when Jim says there was a time that use to be enough.💔
You just have to love Jim! He's the best!
Jim is exactly right. We have become very picky and demanding!
so true
Thank you for posting this! I wasn't born until the 90s so I'm a little late to the party, but I love watching shows like this before work. They put me in a great, thoughtful mood. This is my favorite scene of my favorite Taxi episode. It's got a kind of sad magic to it that keeps me coming back for a re-watch.
One of the most poignant moments in television history. Sublime...
Watch the episode of the death of jim's Dad. Taxi was very well written, and acted.
There is definitely a nobility to Jim's tragedy
That last line..."There used to be a time when I thought I was enough." Me too.
Elaine: You are the dearest, sweetest, most wonderful person.
Jim: Funny thing, there used to be a time when that was enough.
I couldn't better sum up what's wrong with the world today.
I remember seeing this scene many, many years ago and I've been looking for it ever since. It really affected me in ways I can hardly express. TA
Same. It’s my favorite. I looked and looked for this episode. Finally found it on TH-cam.
First time I've cried watching Jim..he always made me laugh out loud, until now. Sweet innocence.
Taxi was a late night show where I come from. Something about the ending music score that brings back pleasant memories of that time.
sometimes im glad im old enough to appreciate things like this... even though i was never apart of that era. just stumbled onto this show while looking up some of Christopher Lloyds best moments... this show looks really fun... im happy i just discovered it.
Same. I grew up watching Nick at Nite and fell in love with just about everything. The Dick Van Dyke Show, Newhart, The Bob Newhart Show, Happy Days, I Love Lucy, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi of course lol. Great generation of actors and actresses there.
Go watch it
They don't make sitcoms like this anymore .... M*A*S*H, Taxi, Cheers, Happy Days, WKRP, Barney Miller, SOAP, Benson only to name a few. That was the era of the ensemble cast. I am glad I was a teenager living through that time and got to watch the majority of these shows and at the time I remember that these ere "just TV shows" and they weren't really that meaningful. I was wrong. These shows taught me that it was really nice to do good things for people and that in the case of MASH ... war is really stupid.
All I gotta do is hear that Bob James music and I'm transported back to my house in NC that I grew up in, on the floor in the living room, eating a pizza from Dino's Pizzeria or Brooklyn Pizza (home of the 25 inch pie and 2 litter combo!). Ahh sweet nostalgia...
Same here. Made me a Bob James fan for life.
Yup, it does the same for me, that theme song is one of the most soothing, pleasant songs I've ever heard. Takes me back to 8 or 9 years old, our small den in Livonia, Michigan we used to pile into to watch tv. It just powerfully captured, personified in a mental time capsule all that was beautiful and good about that time and place with my family. Somehow, it's more than a song...
@@hardstuff57 100% Me 2.
@@johnboehmer6683 😁 Right on man! I grew up on a military base just me and my mom. Base housing. In NC and what I really love about the song is how it seamlessly switches emotions throughout the song. From that sad, last pickup theme, to the happier, more triumphant chorus even some bits sounding almost comical. Even though it's th theme to a TV show, it's some of the best work Bob James had EVER produced.
My favorite scene from all of Taxi. So well written and acted and so poignant and true.
totally agree!
P Lantana Totally agree.
I remember this episode vividly. Jim, you are a true gentleman!
My God, if I was Elaine, I would have fallen into his arms when I found out he wrote me those poems, much less destroyed his van to build me a castle! I don't care how burned out his brains were, he had the biggest, sweetest heart! Doesn't hurt that he was actually quite gorgeous too! :) He might not be "every woman's dream boat" but he sure would have been mine! She was a damned fool!
elaine was a real superficial bitch most of the times. especially in this episode.
Hallelujah...i never got it why she was angry at him.. I would have married him... So sweet and kind of sexy
@Adonis Sesson Judging by your two comments on this video you seem to have a real dislike or distrust of women who are not strictly into a mans appearance . There are caring women and caring men out there , they may not be the majority but they are out there . Unfortunately we as a culture tend to promote superficiality .
You all know that this was a tv show and it was scripted that way. Right? Elaine wasn't really a bitch and Jim wasn't really a burned out sweet guy. They were Actors. My head hurts sometimes when I read these kinds of comments.
@@jruicker1 You just aren't experienced enough to have seen it go down in real life like that. Young people. Hmph. The last he said was a bit of a disguised barb at women who are never happy with what they have.
Thanks for posting this. It’s possibly one of the most touching moments ever filmed for tv.
The writers are amazing
John Locke, you're right. They could pack a whole lot of story into a 30-minute episode.
it's a combined effort with the writers, actors and director. and i say this as a writer.
Loved that show..... Staying up later than I should to watch it, and being way to young to laugh as hard as I did at it. Miss you guys
Awe ... so Touching 🥰
Elaine: "You're the sweetest, most dearest person."
Jim: "Funny thing...there was a time when that used to be enough."
So true...:-(
So very true, today still.
yeah, now in 2019, most women in society, especially the young ones nowadays, view loving, self sacrificing men as stupid clowns who deserve to be backstabbed. Evil has a tighter grip on this world than ever before.
@@sunsparkle8443 ,if men show any form of true romance and galantry,they are seen as weak and pathetic. Modern day women love being abused by thugs and scumbags,for the most part.
@@sunsparkle8443 sad but true.And yet they(women today)will gladly take up with a man who would beat them,cheat them,just all around mistreat them in a heartbeat without a moment's hesitation,and then these very same women will cry about how they wish they could find a man who will treat them right.
That quote resonates no more than ever.
She was a very pretty actress
One of the most beautifully written scenes in a comedy series.
"There used to be a time when that was enough." I lose it every time.
I remember this one. I guess if you were wondering what it takes to make a hit show now you know. Top notch comedy with heart felt emotion.👍👏 By the way, I cried, and laughed again too.
jim is the greatest
"there used to be a time when that was enough"
Exactly!!
Taxi was such a great show!!
Jim’s van looks like Buford T Justice car....
Best comment yet.
Oh, man, that scene always killed me ...
Really heart warming moment although it made me dislike Elaine even more, she’s way too shallow & annoying. Jim is by far the best character in the show.
fully agree. elaine was always looking to live the high society life. with her working at the art gallery. but she was a cabbie like all the others.
she could have at least had a couple of dates with jim to see if it led to anything romantically. she knows everything about him having worked with him for so long.
but then again, this is just a tv show and the writers can write whatever they want.
@@47and28
To be honest aside the romantic poetries, I don't feel that Jim's wild eccentricity would mesh well with Elaine's normal nature.
@@47and28 They did date once or Jim was her escort and wowed her high browed crowd.
She had a son so I think Jim was too unstable, too much of a risk. She saw the good in him though.
Jim is the only reason why I watched taxi, outstanding Actor Christopher Lloyd 🤗👌
what about Louie he was great Latka all of them were great Jim isn't the only reason to watch Taxi
This episode was my introduction to this wonderful show and I've been a big fan ever since.
Beautiful scene love this episode!
My fave character then and definitely now. Doc Brown did wonders on this show
Thank you for posting.
Awww! What a sweet guy.
Such a great scene great character and so well acted, great series loved every episode. PS it was great LOL.
I saw this when in high school. This is what being "fried zoned" is like!
A 'Classy guy' is, in the minds of some women, a chump - someone who is naive and can be used up and discarded like a paper cup. It seems to be some form of self-validation for them; literally, the only way can they can feel good about themselves up by tearing others down.
I'm no 'grand prize', I'll freely admit, but I've always - ALWAYS - done my best to treat the women in my life with respect and understanding. And I've always ended up bleeding (on some occasions, very literally) from it. And, I too, have noticed that they tended to 'move on' to someone who treats them as badly as they treated me.
@@xaenon Yup, with a lot of women in society today,, you could save them from a burning building and they would view you as a jackass clown and a nice backstabbing target. This world is more screwed up than ever.
I'm starting from the first season...and the last scene hit me....😭
One of the best episodes.
Most underrated scene in television. Taxi was brilliant.
"Goodnight, Mr. Walters!"
Grumble grumble noise
That's up there with " sit Ubu sit".
This scene is actually kind of sad. "Funny, there was a time when that was enough." Heartbreaking.
"Louie De Palma's" speech about "Clouds" is a scene stealer here as well!😂🌬🎤🚖🗽📺B.W.
Such a great scene, so touching.
This was the best character!
You are right. Jim is the very best sitcom character ever.
That was probably the closest Lloyd got to his first on screen kiss which he didn't get till BTTF III.
I absolutely love Ji.m🥰🥰 Such a big ❤
Back in the day I had people tell me I reminded them of Jim.
"there used to be a time when that was enough"
It took until I was 49 to find her. Been together almost 18 years now. Life is great.
I could write a review of just my life since I woke up today and no one would believe it could be this good.
Where and how did you meet her?
@@LordGreystoke She was singing harmony and I was playing mandolin or harmonica in a ten member church worship team. We had a fat sound. For a while we were practicing and playing together about 40 hours a month. We got so tight. I kinda miss that group.
I knew her about three years before we started dating.
most people miss the fact he cut off the top of his car to do this.
in spite of the fact he told Elaine that her castle got about 150.000 miles on it
And literally walks outside to his van with no top... :P
And elaine was the first.... she walked right past it
Or how on earth he got access to her apartment when nobody was there. How did he break in?
"Excuse the crudity of this castle, I did not have time to build it to scale."
That's it im ordering the full series all seasons dvd blue ray Now. I friggin love this show.
If the set was minus Season 1 you wouldn't miss much but when Reverend Jim comes along in Season 2 the show picks up quickly. Season 2, 3, and 4 were great! Season 5 (the last) had some moments but it was time to move on. So they started fresh in the bar known as Cheers.
I do its boss.
I remember this. Great scene
My favorite Taxi episode..💜
Later on he built a time-machine :-)
His final line..."Funny thing, there was a time that used to be enough"... carries mor weight than ever and hitvhard as a teen ... Now it's brutally honest.
"Funny thing. There used to be a time when that was enough."
Yeah. USED to be. Long ago...
taxi was like friends . but taxi always wins
Friends is nowhere near taxi on any level.
I always felt it was more like Cheers
Taxi only needed Henner. Nothing else was necessary.
How many 'friends ' went on to the careers that the actors from Taxi had ? Friends doesn't hold a candle to this show.
Great show
Funny how a lot of people think "there used to be a time when that was enough" is about society, when it's probably about how Jim himself has deteriorated over the years. Earlier in the episode, he says that Elaine's secret admirer "probably writes better than he looks... talks... is." He knows he has loads of problems, and he knows it's because of how he's mistreated himself through years of drug abuse. That's the real tragedy of Jim: he isn't just an unlucky nice guy, he's fully aware that his own actions have made him a total burnout, but he could never get addiction off his back.
This show had heart.
Reminds me of.....me. always told I'm the kindest sweetest man alive, but always alone.
You'll find the right one someday. Someone who will appreciate you.
I like this.
Too funny,if he drove the remnant of his van home...lol
Quintessentially Jim, of course he did! He was hopping in to do just that!😁
Women like Elaine can’t be with good guys like Jim, they always pick the bad ones then complain why there’s no good guys
How did Elaine miss Iggy's van when it's parked in front of her apartment house?
It's a shame they did not include all that happened before this scene. I loved, loved, loved, Taxi, but by far this was my favorite episode!
All episodes are available on youtube
" I Was Ahhh , Going To Buy You A Scarf But I Couldn't Find The Department Store "
He’s adorable.
all that 4 nothing noo!
Maybe she was the most shallow, but she delivered the most positive gesture to a severe alcoholic who without doubt would’ve wrecked her life if she humored him beyond this point. With scripted TV, anything is possible, but I think this ending was as positive as one could’ve been. Anything more, would’ve insulted the average intelligence.
I love this show. (Taxi)
I need to find a store that sells the tv show Taxi.
Men like jim get passed over every day. Sad.
Why the heck can't this be shown in limeted modus ?
Doc Brown..... He will be
Bob James jazz?
What episode is this from and does anybody know where I can watch it? Thanks
This is an episode of the t.v. series Taxi called "Elaine's Secret Admirer" from the second season. It can be purchased on DVD, not sure if its available for streaming.
Christopher Holland It's the one where she got anonymous poems or letters and was wondering who wrote them.
she didn't notice a van with a ripped off roof right in front of here building lol
Classic Americana..... can't take that away from us.....ohhhh they try though....BUT they can't!
this made me very angry and sad ! Made me not look at elaine the same !
Great episode but how on earth did he get access to her apartment when nobody was there? And how could she not wonder that? He stole keys or something?
And how could she not notice Jim’s van right outside the stoop??
Elaine and Jim (beauty and the beast)
Yeah Elaine definitely went "Beast Mode" on poor Jim.
@@17Helton not really she was just upset
@@jswatch9270 I was kidding as I interpreted your comment as Jim being the "Beauty" and Elaine as the "Beast" when obviously Elaine is the beauty even in these circumstances. This was one of the best episodes during the Taxi run.
@@17Helton no I mean Elaine is the beauty and Jim is the beast and that is what I meant to say
2:19 arms crossed
2:21 arms not crossed
Hey doc used to be hot.
Something something still shallow.
how the fuck did this guy build a time machine !!
0:58-1:11 - You can see the studio floor in the bottom right corner. Really badly.
not so good to ruin hi van for a woman...oh well.
He didn’t do it for a woman he did it for his friend
This is foreshadowing Christopher Lloyd's Doc Brown character years later in Back to the Future: "Please excuse the crudity of this model. I didn't have time to build it to scale or paint it."
Christopher Lloyd belongs to Michael J. Fox.
Rick Grimes He's been on two movies with William Shatner including Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
Take care and God loves you.
He was also The Archvillain in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" "I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way!"😂🐇💃🎥B.W.