The Final Taxi will be part of National Podcast Post Month. I will be podcasting EVERYDAY in November. Look for 30 podcasts for the Final Taxi- see if I can make it. Today's Taxi rider is Ray Ellis. An arranger and composer, Ellis, worked on such classics as "Chances Are" by Johnny Mathis, "Splish Splash" by Bobby Darin and "Standing on the Corner" by the Four Lads, Brook Benton "There Goes My Bab... More...

Harvey Korman, the comic actor who won four Emmys for his work on ``The Carol Burnett Show'' and appeared in the movie ``Blazing Saddles,'' took his Final Taxi at age 81. Korman won the Emmy awards for his television comedy roles on ``The Carol Burnett Show,'' where he performed from 1967 to 1977 in a cast led by Burnett and including comedian Tim Conway. His film roles included playing Hedley La... More...

It's been a bad week for musical artists. The Final Taxi has made 5 trips this week with people with musical talent. 1.Paul Davis- American singer and songwriter who recorded such songs as "Cool Nights," "65 Love Affair," "Sweet Life," and "I Go Crazy." 2. Brian Davidson - Drummer and songwriter for the 60's band The Nice- the forerunner of Emerson Lake and Palmer. 3. Danny Federci - Keyboardist ... More...

Charlton Heston, who won an Oscar for his leading role in Ben-Hur, has taken His Final Taxi at 84. On screen, Heston was best known as the star of religious and historic epics—he played Moses in The Ten Commandments and John the Baptist in The Greatest Story Ever Told also Sci-Fi movies like Planet of the Apes and The Omega Man. But off-screen he was an influential political activist, first as a ... More...

Ola Brunkert was a former drummer for 1970s Swedish pop group ABBA. The group has not performed together since 1982, but continues to sell 3 million records a year. Ivan Dixon was an African American actor and television director, best known for his series role in the 1960s sitcom Hogan's Heroes. Gary Gygax was an American writer and game designer, best known for co-creating the pioneering role-p... More...