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ckane_fan · 06-15-2005, 06:59 PM

Anyone else think she was so funny. Carol Kane rocks!! Love her voice!!!

Brian Damage · 06-15-2005, 10:30 PM

To be honest, I was never a Simka fan.

dlemond · 06-16-2005, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

To be honest, I was never a Simka fan.

I also was never a Simka fan.

Sharop · 06-16-2005, 06:17 PM

I haven't seen much of Simka - I've only seen the one episode she was in, in Season Two. But from what I saw, she seemed quite funny. I'm interested to see how she and Latka interact when they get together.

ckane_fan · 06-17-2005, 11:34 AM

Yea, she was awesome!!

treky · 06-25-2005, 03:08 AM

yea, she WAS funny!

Dean Winchester · 06-27-2005, 12:21 PM

I liked Simka, but I also think when she came in as a regular toward the end of season 4, that suddenly there was too much Latka.

I like Latka and he had some great episodes, but seemed like 2/3 of season 5 were Latka/Simka centered episodes (well, I haven't seen seasons 3-5 since they were on N@N a decade ago, but I just remember seeing so many episodes about them from the fifth year) and it was just way too much of a character who is best in the background except for the occasional star turn episode (like "Guess Whose Coming For Brefnish" in season 2)

EmpressDR · 01-11-2007, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Dean Winchester

I liked Simka, but I also think when she came in as a regular toward the end of season 4, that suddenly there was too much Latka.

I like Latka and he had some great episodes, but seemed like 2/3 of season 5 were Latka/Simka centered episodes (well, I haven't seen seasons 3-5 since they were on N@N a decade ago, but I just remember seeing so many episodes about them from the fifth year) and it was just way too much of a character who is best in the background except for the occasional star turn episode (like "Guess Whose Coming For Brefnish" in season 2)

I do not agree. I wanted very much to see MORE of Andy in the series, and he only was NOT because of his idiotic and self-destructive dedication to his eccentric image. The producers later required him to do more, and they were correct. It was for his own damn good, but he was too eccentric to realize this, and to realize that he was in a good series, and wouldn't even watch it. He was whining about being unemployed near the end, but this was all his own fault.

hno:
I wanted to see more of him on TV, and thought it was the producer's fault.
I was also mad at Carol Kane, because when she won her Emmy, she thanked everybody except Andy --without him there wouldn't have been a role for her!
Maybe it was an oversight, but I was mad at her at the time.

Anna Karenina · 03-03-2007, 01:34 AM

I am sure it was an oversight, Carol loved Andy!!!

Skywalker · 08-01-2007, 10:46 PM

Simka was never one of my favorite characters, but she was ok. I liked her better when she was just a special guest star. She had a couple of memorable lines though like the one in the episode "Scenskees From a Marriage Part 2" when she says to Alex "Peel me like a grape".

Sophie Treadmill · 08-02-2007, 12:13 AM

Simka was one of my favorite characters and I think Carol Kane is a very gifted actress. I think I've pretty much liked her in everything I've seen her in.

I haven't seen Taxi in years, but I remember how cute Latka and Simka were. When I was little, we'd get excited when a Latka/Simka-centric episode was on.

catlover79 · 09-01-2008, 12:50 AM

I love Carol Kane - she's a very quirky and talented actress. I would recommend her 1975 film Hester Street - she was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for that role but lost to Louise Fletcher from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Plus she was born in Cleveland, so that automatically makes her cool.

Having said that, Latka and Simka were probably my two least favorite characters on Taxi and I think the show would've done just fine without them. There were already two breakout, funny characters in Louie and Rev. Jim - plus Andy Kaufman was only contracted for every 7 out of 13 episodes, so I didn't even think anything when he wasn't on. Oh well, to each his own, I guess.

06-15-2005, 06:59 PM	#1
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06-16-2005, 06:17 PM	#4
Sharop Andy Gibb aged 12 Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 03, 2004 Location: Courthouse Square, Hill Valley, beside the clocktower, 10:04 p.m., November 12th 1955 Posts: 3,912	I haven't seen much of Simka - I've only seen the one episode she was in, in Season Two. But from what I saw, she seemed quite funny. I'm interested to see how she and Latka interact when they get together.
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06-25-2005, 03:08 AM	#6
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09-01-2008, 12:50 AM	#12
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,376	I love Carol Kane - she's a very quirky and talented actress. I would recommend her 1975 film Hester Street - she was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for that role but lost to Louise Fletcher from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Plus she was born in Cleveland, so that automatically makes her cool. Having said that, Latka and Simka were probably my two least favorite characters on Taxi and I think the show would've done just fine without them. There were already two breakout, funny characters in Louie and Rev. Jim - plus Andy Kaufman was only contracted for every 7 out of 13 episodes, so I didn't even think anything when he wasn't on. Oh well, to each his own, I guess.
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06-15-2005, 10:30 PM	#2
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	To be honest, I was never a Simka fan.

06-17-2005, 11:34 AM	#5
ckane_fan Carol Kane rox!! Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 15, 2005 Posts: 6	Yea, she was awesome!!

06-27-2005, 12:21 PM	#7
Dean Winchester Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 14,803	I liked Simka, but I also think when she came in as a regular toward the end of season 4, that suddenly there was too much Latka. I like Latka and he had some great episodes, but seemed like 2/3 of season 5 were Latka/Simka centered episodes (well, I haven't seen seasons 3-5 since they were on N@N a decade ago, but I just remember seeing so many episodes about them from the fifth year) and it was just way too much of a character who is best in the background except for the occasional star turn episode (like "Guess Whose Coming For Brefnish" in season 2)

03-03-2007, 01:34 AM	#9
Anna Karenina Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 10,086	I am sure it was an oversight, Carol loved Andy!!!

08-01-2007, 10:46 PM	#10
Skywalker Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2003 Posts: 14,204	Simka was never one of my favorite characters, but she was ok. I liked her better when she was just a special guest star. She had a couple of memorable lines though like the one in the episode "Scenskees From a Marriage Part 2" when she says to Alex "Peel me like a grape".

08-02-2007, 12:13 AM	#11
Sophie Treadmill Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 19, 2007 Location: Stars Hollow, CT Posts: 162	Simka was one of my favorite characters and I think Carol Kane is a very gifted actress. I think I've pretty much liked her in everything I've seen her in. I haven't seen Taxi in years, but I remember how cute Latka and Simka were. When I was little, we'd get excited when a Latka/Simka-centric episode was on.