Taxi (TV Series) Elaine and the Lame Duck (1979) User Reviews

Jeffrey Tambor steals the show as a likeable neurotic

[ronnybee2112 · 8/10 · 9 August 2022]

Jeffrey Tambor plays a charmingly wacky character "Walter Griswald" that is supposed to be a congressman with a depressingly weak love-life. He gets paired-up with lovely redheaded Elaine Nardo and they hit it off well as friends to begin with.

The lonely ex-congressman takes some time to get to know Elaine's children and includes them on some fun trips to the theater with Elaine. Everything is going fine,until our guy Walter starts putting the moves on Elaine,and a weekend is fast-approaching when Elaine's kids are going to go to grandma's house for a couple of nights,presumably giving Walter and Elaine some private time together. What will happen ? This is a good,humorous episode. I liked it.

Elaine gets to like the awkward congressman who sweats too much.

[TxMike · 27 July 2008]

I have long been a big fan of the old "Taxi" TV series, and am currently re-watching all the old episodes on DVD.

In this episode Judd Hirsch as Alex Reiger picks up a man and a woman, and it is soon apparent that the woman simply wants to get away from the man. Not that he is dangerous, he is just an idiot. So Alex takes him to the garage to talk to him and possibly assure him that he is just awkward.

Jeffrey Tambor is the guest star as Congressman Walter Griswald. While in the garage he is introduced to Elaine Nardo. They go out and, in spite of his awkwardness, Elaine sort of takes a liking to him and they start to see each other regularly.

However soon Walter wants to push things to get too serious and Elaine has to back him off.

Not a great episode, but has some interesting moments.