Gypsy Cab was written and created by Jordan Rubin and developed by the Cartoon Network. It was designed to be an animated show featuring 30 Rock star Judah Friedlander as a wacked out gypsy cab driver cartoon character whose greatest ambition in life is to be the best cab driver on the east side of west. When Judah’s not scheming to get his real cab license, he roams the streets of Manhattan picking up celeb fares like Sarah Silverman, Jim Gaffigan, John Mayer, Tracy Morgan and Dave Attell.
The show consists of celebrities doing "stand-up comedy style" rants from the back seat of the cab. During the rants the animation cuts from the cab to illustrate the celebs story and then back again for Friedlander to put in his two cents.
From the two clips I've seen, the show really rests on the shoulders of the guest talent. If you like the talent then you'll like Gypsy Cab... if you don't then you'll likely give it a miss. Friedlander's character just doesn't have what it takes to upstage the talent in the same way that guests can appear on The Simpsons or South Park and the show still retains it's integrity. My guess is that that's one of the quirks that killed this show during development.
I found out about Gypsy Cab while perusing Cold Hard Flash.
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