Acting in an ensemble has its benefits, but for some sitcom stars, it can also feel a bit limiting. When you're one of many actors vying for screentime, there are bound to be moments where your character gets short shrift, but occasionally, it pushes actors to their breaking point. It seems that was at least part of the problem for "Taxi" star Jeff Conaway, who played aspiring actor Bobby Wheeler for the first three seasons of the classic sitcom.

"Taxi" was created by the same team that would eventually go on to make the mega-hit sitcom "Cheers," and it followed the main crew of the fictional Sunshine Cab Company in Manhattan through the various trials of their working and personal lives. Running from 1978 to 1982, the show also featured a number of soon-to-be mega-stars, including Ton

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