Antonio's "Career Change" - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

pilotguy · 04-21-2003, 10:02 PM

I recently saw the second season show where Joe and Helen were trying to celebrate Valentine's Day, and Antonio made his first "WINGS" appearance....but not as a cab driver, but as a waiter in an Italian restaurant.

The following season Antonio became a cast regular as the airport's cab driver. However, I've never seen his first "cabbie" episode.

Was reference made to his earlier job as a waiter, and to his previous encounter with Joe and Helen, or did they just start Antonio's "cabbie career" with no reference to that earlier "waiter" episode?

Chocoholic · 04-21-2003, 10:41 PM

He said in his fist cabbie episode that the restaurant he worked at was shut down. I guess he got a job as a cab driver and started hanging around the airport and befriended everyone. There were about 10 months between the 2nd season finale and the 3rd season premiere. He must have become a cab driver during that time period. I don't think they ever explained it. He did make a few references to his old waiter job.

I heard Antonio was only supposed to be on one or two episodes, but he was so well-liked by focus groups that the producers decided to make him a series regular. Good move, IMHO.

04-21-2003, 10:02 PM	#1
pilotguy Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 09, 2003 Posts: 1,305	Antonio's "Career Change" I recently saw the second season show where Joe and Helen were trying to celebrate Valentine's Day, and Antonio made his first "WINGS" appearance....but not as a cab driver, but as a waiter in an Italian restaurant. The following season Antonio became a cast regular as the airport's cab driver. However, I've never seen his first "cabbie" episode. Was reference made to his earlier job as a waiter, and to his previous encounter with Joe and Helen, or did they just start Antonio's "cabbie career" with no reference to that earlier "waiter" episode?

04-21-2003, 10:41 PM	#2
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	He said in his fist cabbie episode that the restaurant he worked at was shut down. I guess he got a job as a cab driver and started hanging around the airport and befriended everyone. There were about 10 months between the 2nd season finale and the 3rd season premiere. He must have become a cab driver during that time period. I don't think they ever explained it. He did make a few references to his old waiter job. I heard Antonio was only supposed to be on one or two episodes, but he was so well-liked by focus groups that the producers decided to make him a series regular. Good move, IMHO.