# Cash Cab
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-cab/647631
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 18, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-cab/647631 "2013-01-18T17:26:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-cab/647631/1 "2013-01-18T17:26:51Z")
I like this silly game show that takes place in a taxi.
In Googling a bit, I was surprised to hear this was originally a UK show, and is now practically world-wide.
Some other tidbits:
Riders are often pre-selected and auditioned. They still don’t know they are part of the show though - they are told they made the first cut and a taxi will take them to the next part of the audition - and of course, when they get in the taxi the show starts.
They don’t really get the cash there. That is fake money. They get a check sent to them (minus taxes of course) later.
One of Ben Bailey’s crazier guests in a [short article](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/7-questions-cash-cab-host-article-1.288517):
“I picked up a huge guy, as tall as me, about 6-feet-6, and he probably weighed 350 pounds. He was wearing a purple velour rabbit suit and 5-inch plastic heels. And he kept calling me “babe.” He got out and didn’t play. He realized what was going on and I guess he didn’t want to be on TV in his rabbit suit.”
I always wonder, when they have the late night show and pick up guests at 1:00 AM, who are these people calling for the mobile shout out? If I called any of my friends at 1:00 AM, there would be more than a mobile shout out…more of a “fuck you” shout back.
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-cab/647631/2 "2013-01-18T17:45:54Z")
Another tidbit: [It’s been cancelled.](http://gawker.com/5903587/cash-cab-canceled-discovery-ends-game-shows-seven-year-ride)
I guess all good things come to an end.
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-cab/647631/3 "2013-01-18T17:52:02Z")
If only they could catch him in a _Cash Cab_ special on his trip to the airport. 😃
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### Author:  [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-cab/647631/4 "2013-01-18T18:22:22Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#):
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> Another tidbit: [It’s been cancelled.](http://gawker.com/5903587/cash-cab-canceled-discovery-ends-game-shows-seven-year-ride)
>
> I guess all good things come to an end.
Aww, man. I admit, I’ve not watched lately, because other shows which I prefer have started competing against it, but that sucks.