On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:06:12 -0400, Greg M. Johnson wrote:

> Are you the one
> who's an actual NYC cab driver?  

Nope, that's Jim Charter.  I'm in NYC, but Jim C. and I discussed it, and 
the guy is a licensed cabbie in NYC (in the older series, they showed his 
hack license, and it was valid).

> Know anything about the show?  

Only what I've read on the web.

> Is it
> "real"? 

I've no reason to believe it's not.

> The guests seem real enough, but I wonder what are the chances
> of a tourist stepping into his cab.  

"There are 13,000 cabs in New York City"...seems like a 1 in 13,000 
chance of picking it, but he does seem to spend most of his time on 
Broadway and along scenic routes, so you could probably reduce the odds 
by being in those areas.

> Is it like one chance in 50 of
> picking the right week that the show is taping, times 1 in 10,000 cabs ?

Well, there is that as well, not figured into the above odds, 
obviously. :-)  I'd say about the same chance as getting any particular 
cab.

>   Or is it staged?

I don't think it is.  Check out the discovery.com pages for it - seems to 
be absolutely real.

Jim

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