‘Happy’s Place’ Sets ‘Taxi’ Reunion As Christopher Lloyd & Carol Kane Join; Cheri Oteri Also Guest Stars

Christopher Lloyd, Carol Kane and Cheri Oteri
Christopher Lloyd, Carol Kane and Cheri Oteri Betina La Plante/Sam Jones/Gene Reed

Happy’s Place will welcome Taxi stars Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future) and Carol Kane (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), who will guest star in Season 2, premiering November 7. Cheri Oteri (Saturday Night Live) will also appear.

From creators Kevin Abbott and Julie Abbott, Happy’s Place follows Bobbie (Reba McEntire), who inherits her father’s tavern and is surprised to discover that she has a new business partner, Isabella (Belissa Escobedo), a twentysomething half-sister that she never knew she had.

In Season 2, Happy’s Place reopens its doors, and a long-buried secret comes to light that will test loyalties and shake things up inside the tavern. Through it all, Bobbie must remind everyone that family isn’t what you’re born into, but it’s the people who stand beside you, even in the workplace.

 

Lloyd will play Clive, a gentleman who has lost his phone at Happy’s Place and comes back to retrieve it.

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Happy's Place' Hosts 'Taxi' Reunion as Christopher Lloyd & Carol Kane Join Season 2

Kane will play Theresa, a free-spirited woman in pursuit of justice, excitement, and her husband, Clive.

Oteri will play Monica, a no-nonsense health inspector newly appointed to Happy’s Place. She takes her job incredibly seriously and doesn’t cut any corners when it comes to cleanliness.

In addition to McEntire and Escobedo, the series stars Melissa Peterman, Pablo Castelblanco, Tokala Black Elk, and Rex Linn.

Taxi ran for 5 seasons, first on ABC from 1978 to 1982, then on NBC from 1982 to 1983. It follows the lives of the employees at the Sunshine Cab Company in New York. Lloyd portrayed the Reverend Jim “Iggy” Ignatowski since the show’s inception until the finale. Kane portrayed Simka Gravas, the wife of Latka (Andy Kaufman), since Season 2. The series also starred Judd Hirsch, Danny DeVito, Jeff Conaway, and Marilu Henner, among others.

Writer Kevin Abbott executive produces Happy’s Place with Reba McEntire, Michael Hanel, Mindy Schultheis, Matt Berry, and Pamela Fryman. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, produces Happy’s Place.

 

Lloyd is repped by Gersh and Jacob Greenspan; Kane is repped by Liebman Entertainment and Stewart Talent; Oteri is repped by Brave Artists Management and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.