Taxicab Confessions - Appearances in The Media

Appearances in The Media

The show has been parodied numerous times:

• Comedian Chris Rock on his series The Chris Rock Show in a segment titled "Taxi Driver Confessions" where Rock played a cab driver who said outrageous things to unsuspecting customers.
• The Goo Goo Dolls, who had a member of their band, Dave Schulz, appear in episode #6, spoofed the show in their video for the single, "Sympathy." '
• The Simpsons makes a reference to the show in the episode "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation", in which Homer complains about his family on a program called Taxicab Conversations.
• In Spin City Michael Flaherty asks after being interrogated by a taxi driver whether this is Taxicab Conversations. At that point, there is a cut and the rest of the scene is portrayed to be from the view of an on-board hidden camera.
• In a Season One episode of Two and a Half Men, "Drive East on Sunset Until You Reach the Gates of Hell," the two brothers hail a cab after leaving a bar: the two are drunk and as the episode ends, the duo wake up on the deck of Charlie's house; nearby is a form saying they've signed the waiver for a TV show called Taxicab Confessions. Two clips of the recordings made in the cab follow.
• In The Office episode 6 "Diwali" Season 3, Pam drives Michael home in the back seat of her car, Michael admit that he is not wearing his own shoes and then says "this is just like taxi cab confession". Pam responds; "One more word and I'm stopping the car".
• In Ugly Americans episode "Bat Person" Randal pitches a show exactly like it and is told so numerous times.