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Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album)
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Wish You Were Here
Studio album by Pink Floyd
Released
12 September 1975
Recorded
January–July 1975
Studio
Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre
Progressive rock[1]
art rock[2]
experimental rock[3]
Length
44:28
Label
Harvest
Columbia
Producer
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd chronology
The Dark Side of the Moon
(1973)The Dark Side of the Moon1973 Wish You Were Here
(1975) Animals
(1977)Animals1977
Alternate cover
Original vinyl shrink wrap
Singles from Wish You Were Here
"Have a Cigar"
Released: 15 November 1975
Wish You Were Here is the ninth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd. It was released on 12 September 1975 by Harvest Records in the United Kingdom and a day later by Columbia Records in the United States. The album topped record charts in both regions.
Inspired by material the group composed while performing around Europe, Wish You Were Here was recorded during numerous recording sessions at Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Two of the album's four songs criticise the music business, another expresses alienation and the multi-part track "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is a tribute to Syd Barrett. Barrett's mental breakdown had forced him to leave the group seven years earlier, prior to the release of the group's second studio album A Saucerful of Secrets (on which he only appeared on three tracks). It was lead writer Roger Waters' idea to split "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" into two parts that would bookend the album around three new compositions and to introduce a concept linking them all. As with their previous album The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), the band used studio effects and synthesizers, and brought in guest singers to supply vocals on some tracks of the album. These singers were Roy Harper, who provided the lead vocals on "Have a Cigar", and the Blackberries, who added backing vocals to "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".
Wish You Were Here was an instant commercial success (despite the fact that Harvest Records' parent company EMI was unable to print enough copies of the album to satisfy commercial demand), and although it initially received mixed reviews, the album has since gone on to receive critical acclaim. It appears on Rolling Stone's lists of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and the "50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time". Band members Richard Wright and David Gilmour have cited Wish You Were Here as their favourite Pink Floyd album.
Contents
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1 Background
2 Concept
3 Recording
3.1 Syd Barrett's visit to the studio
3.2 Instrumentation
3.3 Vocals
3.4 Touring
4 Packaging
5 Critical reception
6 Commercial performance
7 Reissues and remastering
8 Track listing
9 Personnel
9.1 Pink Floyd
9.2 Additional musicians
9.3 Production
10 Charts and certifications
10.1 Charts
10.2 Certifications
11 References
12 Further reading
13 External links
Background[edit]
During 1974, Pink Floyd sketched out three new compositions, "Raving and Drooling", "You Gotta Be Crazy" and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".[nb 1][4] These songs were performed during a series of concerts in France and England, the band's first tour since 1973's The Dark Side of the Moon. As Pink Floyd had never employed a publicist and kept themselves distant from the press, their relationship with the media began to sour. Following the publication by NME of a negative critique of the band's new material, written by Nick Kent (a devotee of Syd Barrett) and Pete Erskine, the band returned to the studio in the first week of 1975.[5]
Concept[edit]
Wish You Were Here is Floyd's second album with a conceptual theme written entirely by Roger Waters. It reflects his feeling that the camaraderie that had served the band was, by then, largely absent.[6] The album begins with a long instrumental preamble and segues into the lyrics for "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", a tribute to Syd Barrett, whose mental breakdown had forced him to leave the group seven years earlier.[7] Barrett is fondly recalled with lines such as "Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun" and "You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon".[8]
Wish You Were Here is also a critique of the music business. "Shine On" crosses seamlessly into "Welcome to the Machine", a song that begins with an opening door (described by Waters as a symbol of musical discovery and progress betrayed by a music industry more interested in greed and success) and ends with a party, the latter epitomising "the lack of contact and real feelings between people". Similarly, "Have a Cigar" scorns record industry "fat-cats" with the lyrics repeating a stream of cliches heard by rising new-comers in the industry, and including the question "by the way, which one's Pink?" asked of the band on at least one occasion.[9] The lyrics of the next song, "Wish You Were Here", relate both to Barrett's condition, and to the dichotomy of Waters' character, with greed and ambition battling with compassion and idealism.[10] The album closes with a reprise of "Shine On" and further instrumental excursions.
"I had some criticisms of Dark Side of the Moon…" noted David Gilmour. "One or two of the vehicles carrying the ideas were not as strong as the ideas that they carried. I thought we should try and work harder on marrying the idea and the vehicle that carried it, so that they both had an equal magic… It's something I was personally pushing when we made Wish You Were Here."[11]
Recording[edit]
Abbey Road Studios
Alan Parsons, EMI staff engineer for Pink Floyd's previous studio album, The Dark Side of the Moon, had declined the band's offer to continue working with them (Parsons became successful in his own right with The Alan Parsons Project).[12] The group had worked with engineer Brian Humphries on More, recorded at Pye Studios,[13] and again in 1974 when he replaced an inexperienced concert engineer.[14] Humphries was therefore the natural choice to work on the band's new material, although as a stranger to EMI's Abbey Road set-up he encountered some early difficulties. On one occasion, Humphries inadvertently spoiled the backing tracks for "Shine On", a piece that Waters and drummer Nick Mason had spent many hours perfecting, with echo. The entire piece had to be re-recorded.[9][15][16]
The sessions for Wish You Were Here at Abbey Road's Studio Three[17] lasted from January until July 1975, recording on four days each week from 2:30 P.M. until very late in the evening.[18] The group found it difficult at first to devise any new material, especially as the success of The Dark Side of the Moon had left all four physically and emotionally drained. Keyboardist Richard Wright later described these sessions as "falling within a difficult period", and Waters recalled them as "torturous".[19] Mason found the process of multi-track recording drawn out and tedious,[20] while David Gilmour was more interested in improving the band's existing material. Gilmour was also becoming increasingly frustrated with Mason, whose failing marriage had brought on a general malaise and sense of apathy, both of which interfered with his drumming.[19] Mason has since stated that Nick Kent's criticism in the NME may have had some influence in keeping the band together.[21][22]
“ It was a very difficult period I have to say. All your childhood dreams had been sort of realised and we had the biggest selling records in the world and all the things you got into it for. The girls and the money and the fame and all that stuff it was all ... everything had sort of come our way and you had to reassess what you were in it for thereafter, and it was a pretty confusing and sort of empty time for a while.
—David Gilmour ”
Humphries said his point of view of these struggled sessions in a 2014 interview: “There were days when we didn’t do anything. I don’t think they knew what they wanted to do. We had a dartboard and an air rifle and we’d play these word games, sit around, get drunk, go home and return the next day. That’s all we were doing until suddenly everything started falling into place.”[18]
After several weeks, Waters began to visualise another concept.[19] The three new compositions from 1974's tour were at least a starting point for a new album, and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" seemed a reasonable choice as a centrepiece for the new work. Mostly an instrumental twenty-minute-plus piece similar to "Echoes", the opening four-note guitar phrase reminded Waters of the lingering ghost of former band-member Syd Barrett.[23] Gilmour had composed the phrase entirely by accident, but was encouraged by Waters' positive response.[24] Waters wanted to split "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", and sandwich two new songs between its two halves. Gilmour disagreed, but was outvoted three to one.[25] "Welcome to the Machine" and "Have a Cigar" were barely veiled attacks on the music business, their lyrics working neatly with "Shine On" to provide an apt summary of the rise and fall of Barrett;[26] "Because I wanted to get as close as possible to what I felt ... that sort of indefinable, inevitable melancholy about the disappearance of Syd."[23] "Raving and Drooling" and "You Gotta Be Crazy" had no place in the new concept, and were set aside until the following album, 1977's Animals.[6]
Syd Barrett's visit to the studio[edit]
One of the more notable events during the recording of Wish You Were Here occurred on 5 June 1975, the day Gilmour married his first wife, Ginger, on the eve of Pink Floyd's second US tour that year.[nb 2] The band were in the process of completing the final mix of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"[nb 3] when an overweight man with shaven head and eyebrows, and holding a plastic bag, entered the room. Waters, who was working in the studio, initially did not recognise him.[7] Wright was also mystified by the identity of the visitor, presumed he was a friend of Waters' and asked him, but soon realised that it was Syd Barrett.[27] Gilmour initially presumed he was an EMI staff member.[24] Mason also failed to recognise him and was "horrified" when Gilmour identified him. In Mason's personal memoir of Pink Floyd, Inside Out, he recalled Barrett's conversation as "desultory and not entirely sensible".[28] Storm Thorgerson later reflected on Barrett's presence: "Two or three people cried. He sat round and talked for a bit but he wasn't really there."[29]
Waters was reportedly reduced to tears by the sight of his former bandmate, who was asked by fellow visitor Andrew King how he had managed to gain so much weight. Barrett said he had a large refrigerator in his kitchen, and that he had been eating lots of pork chops. He also mentioned that he was ready to avail the band of his services, but while listening to the mix of "Shine On", showed no signs of understanding its relevance to his plight. He joined the guests at Gilmour's wedding reception in the EMI canteen, but left without saying goodbye. None of the band members saw him from that day on until his death in 2006.[30] Although the lyrics had already been created, Barrett's presence on that day may have influenced the final part of the song – a subtle refrain performed by Wright from "See Emily Play" is audible towards the end of the album.[28]
“ I'm very sad about Syd. Of course he was important and the band would never have fucking started without him because he was writing all the material. It couldn't have happened without him but on the other hand it couldn't have gone on with him. "Shine On" is not really about Syd—he's just a symbol for all the extremes of absence some people have to indulge in because it's the only way they can cope with how fucking sad it is, modern life, to withdraw completely. I found that terribly sad.
—Roger Waters[31] ”
Instrumentation[edit]
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
The four note phrase from "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", composed by David Gilmour
"Have a Cigar"
"Have a Cigar" was sung by Roy Harper, something that Waters later regretted. The song contains lyrics that are critical of the music industry.
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As in The Dark Side of the Moon, the band used synthesizers such as the EMS VCS 3 (on "Welcome to the Machine"), but softened with Gilmour's acoustic guitar and percussion from Mason.[9] The beginning of "Shine On" contains remnants from a previous but incomplete studio recording by the band known as "Household Objects". Wine glasses had been filled with varying amounts of fluid, and recordings were made of a wet finger circling the edge of each glass. These recordings were multi-tracked into chords,[6] and used in the opening of "Shine On".
Jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli and classical violinist Yehudi Menuhin were performing in another studio in the building, and were invited to record a piece for the new album. Menuhin watched as Grappelli played on the song "Wish You Were Here"; however, the band later decided his contribution was unsuitable and, until 2011, it was believed that the piece had been wiped.[32][33] It turns out his playing was included on the album, but so low in the final mix that the band presumed it would be insulting to credit him.[34] He was paid £300 for his contribution (equivalent to £2,300 in 2018).[35][36] Dick Parry again played saxophone, on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".[22] The opening bars of "Wish You Were Here" were recorded from Gilmour's car radio, with somebody turning the dial (the classical music heard is the finale of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony).[37]
Vocals[edit]
Recording sessions had twice been interrupted by US tours (one in April and the other in June 1975),[38] and the final sessions, which occurred after the band's performance at Knebworth, proved particularly troublesome for Waters.[25] He struggled to record the vocals for "Have a Cigar", requiring several takes to perform an acceptable version. His problems stemmed in part from the stresses placed upon his voice while recording the lead vocals of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond". Gilmour was asked to sing in his place,[32] but declined, and eventually colleague and friend Roy Harper was asked to stand in. Harper was recording his own album in another of Abbey Road's studios, and Gilmour had already performed some guitar licks for him. Waters later regretted the decision, believing he should have performed the song.[39] The Blackberries recorded backing vocals for "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".[22]
Touring[edit]
The band played much of Wish You Were Here on 5 July 1975 at the Knebworth music festival. Roy Harper, performing at the same event, on discovering that his stage costume was missing, proceeded to destroy one of Pink Floyd's vans, injuring himself in the process. This delayed the normal setup procedure of the band's sound system. As a pair of World War II Spitfire aircraft had been booked to fly over the crowd during their entrance, the band were not able to delay their set. The result was that a power supply problem pushed Wright's keyboards completely out of tune, damaging the band's performance. At one point he left the stage, but the band were able to continue with a less sensitive keyboard, a piano and a simpler light show. Following a brief intermission, they returned to perform The Dark Side of the Moon, but critics displeased about being denied access backstage savaged the performance.[40][41]
Packaging[edit]
Part of the Warner Bros. studio complex in California, where the cover image was photographed
Mono Lake in California
Wish You Were Here was sold in one of the more elaborate packages to accompany a Pink Floyd album. Storm Thorgerson had accompanied the band on their 1974 tour, and had given serious thought to the meaning of the lyrics, eventually deciding that the songs were, in general, concerned with "unfulfilled presence", rather than Barrett's illness.[42] This theme of absence was reflected in the ideas produced by his long hours spent brainstorming with the band. Thorgerson had noted that Roxy Music's Country Life was sold in an opaque green cellophane sleeve – censoring the cover image – and he copied the idea, concealing the artwork for Wish You Were Here in a black-coloured shrink-wrap (therefore making the album art "absent"). The concept behind "Welcome to the Machine" and "Have a Cigar" suggested the use of a handshake (an often empty gesture), and George Hardie designed a sticker containing the album's logo of two mechanical hands engaged in a handshake, to be placed on the opaque sleeve (the mechanical handshake logo would also appear on the labels of the vinyl album this time in a black and blue background). The album's cover images were photographed by Aubrey 'Po' Powell, Storm's partner at the Pink Floyd design studio Hipgnosis and was inspired by the idea that people tend to conceal their true feelings, for fear of "getting burned", and thus two businessmen were pictured shaking hands, one man on fire. "Getting burned" was also a common phrase in the music industry, used often by artists denied royalty payments. Two stuntmen were used (Ronnie Rondell and Danny Rogers), one dressed in a fire-retardant suit covered by a business suit. His head was protected by a hood, underneath a wig. The photograph was taken at the Warner Bros. studios in Los Angeles.[43][44] Initially the wind was blowing in the wrong direction, and the flames were forced into Rondell's face, burning his moustache. The two stuntmen changed positions, and the image was later reversed.[45]
The album's back cover depicts a faceless "Floyd salesman", in Thorgerson's words, "selling his soul" in the desert (shot in the Yuma Desert in California again by Aubrey ' Po ' Powell). The absence of wrists and ankles signifies his presence as an "empty suit". The inner sleeve shows a veil concealing a nude woman in a windswept Norfolk grove, and a splash-less diver at Mono Lake – titled Monosee (the German translation of Mono Lake) on the liner notes – in California (again emphasising the theme of absence).[43][44] The decision to shroud the cover in black plastic was not popular with the band's US record company, Columbia Records, who insisted that it be changed (they were overruled). EMI were less concerned;[45][46] the band were reportedly extremely happy with the end product, and when presented with a pre-production mockup, they accepted it with a spontaneous round of applause.[43]
Critical reception[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic [47]
Blender [48]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music [49]
The Great Rock Discography 10/10[50]
Music Story [50]
MusicHound Rock 5/5[51]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [52]
The Village Voice A–[53]
The album was released on 12 September 1975 in the UK, and on the following day in the US.[54] In Britain, with 250,000 advance sales, it went straight to number one, and demand was such that EMI informed retailers that only 50 percent of their orders would be fulfilled.[55] With 900,000 advance orders (the largest for any Columbia release)[56] it reached number one on the US Billboard chart in its second week. Wish You Were Here was Pink Floyd's fastest-selling album ever.[55]
On release, the album received mixed reviews. Ben Edmunds wrote in Rolling Stone:
“ Shine on You Crazy Diamond is initially credible because it purports to confront the subject of Syd Barrett, the long and probably forever lost guiding light of the original Floyd. But the potential of the idea goes unrealised; they give such a matter-of-fact reading of the goddamn thing that they might as well be singing about Roger Waters's brother-in-law getting a parking ticket. This lackadaisical demeanor forces, among other things, a reevaluation of their relationship to all the space cadet orchestras they unconsciously sired. The one thing those bands have going for them, in their cacophonously inept way, is a sincere passion for their "art." And passion is everything of which Pink Floyd is devoid.[57] ”
Melody Maker's reviewer similarly opined: "From whichever direction one approaches Wish You Were Here, it still sounds unconvincing in its ponderous sincerity and displays a critical lack of imagination in all departments."[54]
Robert Christgau thought highly of the album, however, writing in The Village Voice at the time: "The music is not only simple and attractive, with the synthesizer used mostly for texture and the guitar breaks for comment, but it actually achieves some of the symphonic dignity (and cross-referencing) that The Dark Side of the Moon simulated so ponderously."[53] He later wrote: "My favorite Pink Floyd album has always been Wish You Were Here, and you know why? It has soul, that's why – it's Roger Waters's lament for Syd, not my idea of a tragic hero but as long as he's Roger's that doesn't matter."[58]
According to Acclaimed Music, Wish You Were Here is the 185th most ranked record on critics' all-time lists.[59] In 2012, it was voted 211th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[60] In 2015, it was chosen as the fourth greatest progressive rock album by Rolling Stone.[1] In 1998 Q readers voted Wish You Were Here the 34th greatest album of all time.[61] In 2000 the same magazine placed it at number 43 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.[62] In 2007, one of Germany's largest public radio stations, WDR 2, asked its listeners to vote for the 200 best albums of all time. Wish You Were Here was voted number one.[63] In 2004 Wish You Were Here was ranked number 36 on Pitchfork Media's list of the Top 100 albums of the 1970s.[64] IGN rated Wish You Were Here as the 8th greatest classic rock album.[65] and Ultimate Classic Rock placed Wish You Were Here second best in their list of "Worst to Best Pink Floyd Albums,"[66]
Despite the problems during production, the album remained Wright's favourite: "It's an album I can listen to for pleasure, and there aren't many Floyd albums that I can."[7][67] Gilmour shares this view: "I for one would have to say that it is my favourite album, the Wish You Were Here album. The end result of all that, whatever it was, definitely has left me an album I can live with very very happily. I like it very much."[16]
Commercial performance[edit]
Pink Floyd and their manager Steve O'Rourke had been dissatisfied with the efforts of EMI's US label Capitol Records,[68] and Wish You Were Here was Pink Floyd's first album with Columbia Records, an affiliate of CBS. The band remained with EMI's Harvest Records in Europe.[69] As a result of the label switch, the band gained ownership of their recordings, so that, from Wish You Were Here onward, every one of their albums has been copyrighted to either "Pink Floyd Music Limited" or (after Waters' departure) "Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd." instead of the corresponding record label.
The album was certified Silver and Gold (60,000 and 100,000 sales respectively) in the UK on 1 August 1975, and Gold in the US on 17 September 1975. It was certified six times platinum on 16 May 1997,[70] and by 2004 has sold an estimated 13 million copies worldwide.[44] "Have a Cigar" was chosen by Columbia as their first single,[9] with "Welcome to the Machine" on the B-side in the US.[nb 4]
Reissues and remastering[edit]
Wish You Were Here has been remastered and re-released on several formats. In the UK and US the album was re-issued in quadraphonic using the SQ format in 1976,[nb 5] and in 1980 a special Hi-Fi Today audiophile print was released in the UK.[nb 6] In the US it was released on CD in 1983, and in the UK 1985,[nb 7] and again as a remastered CD with new artwork in 1994.[nb 8] In the US, Columbia's CBS Mastersound label released a half-speed mastered audiophile LP in 1981,[nb 9] and in 1994 Sony Mastersound released a 24-carat gold-plated CD, remastered using Super Bit Mapping, with the original artwork from the LP in both longbox and jewel case forms, the latter with a cardboard slipcover.[nb 10][44] The album was included as part of the box set Shine On,[72] and five years later Columbia Records released an updated remastered CD, 17 seconds longer than the EMI remasters from 1994, giving a running time of 44:28. Its label was a recreation of the original machine handshake logo, with a black and blue background.[nb 11] The album was subsequently re-released in 2000 for its 25th anniversary, on the Capitol Records label in the US.[nb 12][44] The album was re-released and remixed in 2011 in multiple editions as part of the Why Pink Floyd...? reissue campaign. The Wish You Were Here - Immersion Box Set includes the new stereo digital remaster (2011) by James Guthrie on CD, an unreleased 5.1 Surround Mix (2009) by James Guthrie on DVD and Blu-ray, a Quad Mix (which had been released only on vinyl LP and 8-track tape) on DVD, as well as the original stereo mix (1975) on DVD and Blu-ray.[nb 13] This campaign also featured the 2011 stereo remaster on 180g heavyweight vinyl [nb 14] as well as the 2011 stereo remaster and the 5.1 surround sound mix (2009) as a hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD). In 2016, the 180g vinyl was re-released on the band's own Pink Floyd Records label this time remastered by James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman.
Track listing[edit]
All lyrics written by Roger Waters.
Side one
No.
Title
Music
Lead vocals
Length
1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V)" Gilmour, Wright, Waters Waters 13:32
2. "Welcome to the Machine" Waters Gilmour 7:32
Total length: 21:04
Side two
No.
Title
Music
Lead vocals
Length
1. "Have a Cigar" Waters Roy Harper 5:24
2. "Wish You Were Here" Waters, Gilmour Gilmour 5:40
3. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI–IX)" Waters, Wright, Gilmour (Parts 6–8)
Wright (Part 9) Waters 12:29
Total length: 23:10
Personnel[edit]
Pink Floyd[edit]
David Gilmour – vocals, guitars, lap steel guitar, EMS Synthi AKS, keyboards, tape effects, additional bass
Roger Waters – vocals, bass guitar, EMS VCS 3, guitar, tape effects
Nick Mason – drums, percussion, tape effects
Richard Wright – Hammond C-3 organ, ARP String Ensemble V, Minimoog, Steinway piano, EMS VCS 3, Hohner Clavinet D6, Wurlitzer EP-200 electric piano, backing vocals
Additional musicians[edit]
Dick Parry – tenor and baritone saxophone on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"[73]
Roy Harper – lead vocals on "Have a Cigar"[74]
Venetta Fields – backing vocals on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
Carlena Williams – backing vocals on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
Production[edit]
Brian Humphries – engineering
Peter James – engineering, assistant engineering
Bernie Caulder
Phil Taylor – additional photography (remaster)
Hipgnosis – design, photography
Peter Christopherson, Jeff Smith, Howard Bartrop and Richard Manning – design assistants
George Hardie – graphics
Jill Furmanovsky – additional photography (remaster)
James Guthrie – remastering producer
Doug Sax – remastering
Charts and certifications[edit]
Charts[edit]
Chart (1975)
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[75] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[76] 2
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[77] 14
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[78] 1
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[79] 6
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[80] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[81] 2
Spanish Albums (IFPI)[82] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[83] 14
UK Albums (OCC)[84] 1
US Billboard 200[85] 1
Chart (1978)
Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[86] 23
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[87] 6
UK Albums (OCC)[88] 52
Chart (1994)
Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[89] 33
UK Albums (OCC)[90] 52
Chart (1997)
Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[91] 33
Chart (2006)
Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[92] 85
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[93] 95
Italian Albums (FIMI)[94] 13
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[95] 67
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[96] 70
Chart (2011)
Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[97] 31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[98] 77
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[99] 68
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[100] 34
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[78] 62
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[101] 50
French Albums (SNEP)[102] 34
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[103] 4
Italian Albums (FIMI)[104] 10
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[105] 24
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[106] 24
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[107] 20
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[108] 19
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[109] 17
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[110] 22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[111] 15
UK Albums (OCC)[112] 38
US Billboard 200[113] 33
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[114]
Gold 30,000^
Australia (ARIA)[115]
7× Platinum 350,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[116]
2× Platinum 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[117]
3× Platinum 300,000^
France (SNEP)[118]
Diamond 1,000,000*
Germany (BVMI)[119]
Platinum 500,000^
Italy (FIMI)[120]
2× Platinum 200,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[121]
Gold 50,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[122]
2× Platinum 600,000^
United States (RIAA)[124]
6× Platinum 6,000,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
References[edit]
Notes
Jump up ^ The first two would later be renamed "Sheep" and "Dogs", and reappear on Animals.
Jump up ^ There seems to be some confusion about the date that Barrett turned up, and Gilmour's wedding. Blake (2008) writes that Gilmour's wedding was on 7 July, the date also given by Ginger in "The Pink Floyd FAQ", but that witnesses swore they saw Barrett at his reception at Abbey Road. Other authors claim that the reception and Barrett's visit were on 5 June.
Jump up ^ Nick Mason has expressed doubt over this.[17]
Jump up ^ EMI Capitol 72438–58885[71]
Jump up ^ EMI Harvest Q4 SHVL 814 (UK), Columbia PCQ 33453 (US)
Jump up ^ EMI Harvest SHVL 814
Jump up ^ Columbia CK 33453 (US), EMI CDP 7460352 (UK)
Jump up ^ EMI CD EMD 1062
Jump up ^ Columbia HC 33453
Jump up ^ Columbia CK 53753
Jump up ^ Columbia CK 64405
Jump up ^ Capitol 72438297502
Jump up ^ Capitol 509990294352
Jump up ^ Capitol 5099902988016
Footnotes
^ Jump up to: a b "50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
Jump up ^ Pink Floyd. Spin Magazine. 2002. p. 78.
Jump up ^ Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound. Guy A Marco. 1993. p. 1651.
Jump up ^ Schaffner 1991, p. 178
Jump up ^ Schaffner 1991, pp. 178–184
^ Jump up to: a b c Mason 2005, p. 204
^ Jump up to: a b c The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story (DVD), BBC, 2003
Jump up ^ Di Perna 2002, p. 23
^ Jump up to: a b c d Schaffner 1991, p. 187
Jump up ^ Schaffner 1991, p. 188
Jump up ^ Fielder, Hugh: "Sinking the pink"; Classic Rock #48, Christmas 2002, p59
Jump up ^ Mason 2005, p. 177
Jump up ^ Mason 2005, pp. 134, 200
Jump up ^ Mason 2005, p. 200
Jump up ^ Mason 2005, pp. 202–203
^ Jump up to: a b c In the Studio with Redbeard, Barbarosa Ltd. Productions, 1992, archived from the original on 14 December 2010
^ Jump up to: a b Mason 2005, p. 208
^ Jump up to: a b Buskin, Richard (December 2014). "Pink Floyd 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b c Schaffner 1991, pp. 184–185
Jump up ^ Mason 2005, p. 202
Jump up ^ Mason 2005, p. 201
^ Jump up to: a b c Blake 2008, p. 224
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Bibliography
Blake, Mark (2008), Comfortably Numb—The Inside Story of Pink Floyd, Da Capo, ISBN 0-306-81752-7
Blake, Mark (2011), Pigs Might Fly-The Inside Story of Pink Floyd, Aurum Press, ISBN 978-1-845-13748-9
Di Perna, Alan (2002), Guitar World Presents Pink Floyd, Hal Leonard Corporation, ISBN 0-634-03286-0
Harris, John (2006), The Dark Side of the Moon (3 ed.), Harper Perennial, ISBN 978-0-00-779090-6
Mason, Nick (2005), Philip Dodd, ed., Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd (Paperback ed.), Phoenix, ISBN 0-7538-1906-6
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Schaffner, Nicholas (1991), Saucerful of Secrets (1 ed.), London: Sidgwick & Jackson, ISBN 0-283-06127-8
Watkinson, Mike; Anderson, Pete (2001), Crazy diamond: Syd Barrett & the dawn of Pink Floyd (Illustrated ed.), Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-8835-8
Further reading[edit]
Reising, Russell (2005), Speak to Me, Ashgate Publishing, ISBN 0-7546-4019-1
For a television documentary on the album, see The Story Of Wish You Were Here, Eagle Rock, 25 June 2012
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Cash Cab (U.S. game show)
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Cash Cab
Title card for both Canadian and U.S. versions
Genre
Game show
Created by
Adam Wood
Presented by
Ben Bailey (New York version)
Beth Melewski (Chicago version)
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
7 (original)
1 (revived)
No. of episodes
200+
Production
Producer(s)
Lion Television
Location(s)
New York, New York
Running time
24–26 minutes
Release
Original network
Discovery Channel
Original release
December 5, 2005 (2005-12-05) – present
Chronology
Related shows
Cash Cab
External links
Official website
Cash Cab (stylized as CA$H CAB)[1] is an American game show that aired new episodes on the Discovery Channel from 2005 to 2012. It began airing on December 5, 2005, hosted by stand-up comedian Ben Bailey, and aired its last episode on September 28, 2012. The show was revived on December 4, 2017. It is part of the global Cash Cab franchise that originated in the United Kingdom.
While Bailey's show took place in New York City, some episodes of season six took place in Las Vegas. Contestants who ultimately hailed the Cash Cab were not made aware that they were part of the game until they hired the cab and Bailey informed them of the show and its rules.
In 2007, Discovery Channel began airing a spin-off edition of the program, Cash Cab: After Dark, in which contestants were picked up near or after sunset as well as overnight and the cash value of the questions was double that of the regular version of the show. The questions were usually more difficult than the daytime version.
Contents
[hide]
1 Broadcast history
2 Rules
2.1 Red Light Challenge
2.2 Shout-Outs
2.3 Video Bonus
2.4 Double Ride
3 Record payouts
4 Special editions
5 Taglines
6 Cash Cab: Chicago
7 Production
8 Broadcast and syndication
9 Accolades
10 International versions
11 See also
12 References
13 External links
Broadcast history[edit]
According to Variety, Discovery Channel initially ordered 40 episodes from Lion Television (with Executive Producers Tom Cohen, Allison Corn and Tony Tackaberry; with Ben Bailey being the most recent) and taping of the initial run was completed in November 2005 before the show premiered that December.[2] A new set of 40 episodes were taped and aired in 2006 and 2007. Another 80 episodes were taped in 2007 and aired through spring and summer. Another 40 episodes were taped and aired in 2008 and 2009. Another 40 episodes were taped for airing in 2010 and 2011.
The sixth season premiered on February 14, 2011, at 6:00 pm E/P. During a hiatus, Ben Bailey did a standup special recounting his time as host of the show. He correctly stated in the special that the show has been cancelled for the last two years (taping for the then-current series wrapped in 2008); however, a renewal offer was made after the standup concert was taped during 2011 returning the show to the schedule. The seventh season premiered Thursday, January 5, 2012, at 6:00 pm E/P with two half-hour episodes.
On April 18, 2012, it was announced that Cash Cab would end its 7-year run.[3]
On March 27, 2017, Discovery announced it was working on episodes that will feature "appearances from notables in comedy, film, and TV".[4] On June 5, 2017, original host Ben Bailey confirmed he would return for a new season.[5][6] Season 8, which also aired on Discovery, premiered on December 4, 2017.
Rules[edit]
When the potential contestants enter the cab and state their destination, they are made aware that they are in the Cash Cab as ceiling lights and a fanfare plays inside, accompanied by the host's greeting. While the only rules given on-camera after the introduction and before asking "Do you want to play?" pertain to his or her driving and the "three strikes and you're out" rule, the contestants are also informed that once their traveling begins, the cab will not take detours of any kind unless directed by a police officer, stop sign, traffic light or other legal means of diverting traffic. Bailey or Melewski offers them the chance to get out of the cab if they do not wish to play, and contestants who choose to play the game must stay in the cab until they reach their destination or get three strikes.
For the first two seasons, the first four questions were worth $25 each, the next four questions were worth $50 each, and any question thereafter was worth $100. In Cash Cab: After Dark - and beginning with the regular episodes of Season 3 - all of the money values were doubled to $50, $100 and $200. Beginning in the fourth season, some games were designated as Double Ride games, making the question values $100, $200 and $400.
Each wrong answer earns the contestant(s) a strike. On the third strike, they forfeit all their winnings and Bailey or Melewski will immediately pull over and kick them out of the cab. Once players have exited the Cash Cab, a camera crew from the trailing production van is already on the street waiting to tape their departure.
Red Light Challenge[edit]
When a contestant has won at least $200 or $300 in a normal game or an After Dark game - or at least $600 on a Double Ride - and the cab is forced to stop at a traffic light, Bailey or Melewski will announce a Red Light Challenge. He or she reads a question that has multiple correct answers – usually four to seven – and the passenger(s) have 30 seconds to give those answers; they do not always have to give all of the answers. Since there is no penalty for an incorrect answer, giving all the correct answers in the allotted time is worth $250 – or $500 during Double Ride games – regardless of how many incorrect answers a contestant might also blurt out along the way. The contestant does not receive the extra $250 (or $500) if the 30-second time limit runs out; it is also not counted as a strike, and the contestant doesn't lose any accumulated money. While only one Red Light Challenge is usually played per game, beginning in Season 4 there are multiple Red Light Challenges during certain games – at least two per game – with the second for accumulating at least $1,000.
Shout-Outs[edit]
Contestants have two forms of help known as "Shout-Outs" at their disposal during the game; each can be used only once, and neither may be used on a Red Light Challenge or a Video Bonus. In the Mobile Shout-Out, the contestant makes a phone call to someone they choose by means of a cell phone - either provided by Bailey or Melewski - or one belonging to a contestant. The call can take up to a maximum of 15 seconds before the contestant has to give an answer, with the result being either additional money or a strike. The contestant may also elect to use a Street Shout-Out, in which Bailey or Melewski immediately pulls the cab to a curb so that anyone on the sidewalk can be asked for help, without any official time limit. A second Street Shout-Out is included on a Double Ride. In the revived Cash Cab, the Mobile Shout-Out was replaced by the Social Media Shout-Out, in which Ben activates Facebook Live so that those on the site may help the contestant.[7]
Video Bonus[edit]
Should the passenger(s) reach the destination without striking out, Bailey/Melewski offers a choice: the option of leaving the cab and keeping the prize money that they have won, or they can stay and try to double their money by risking it all on a Video Bonus question. Bailey/Melewski plays a video clip and asks the contestant(s) a single question based on its content. If the question is answered correctly, the contestant(s) win double what they have earned so far, but if they are wrong, they lose all of their money and "leave with nothing but a free cab ride".
Double Ride[edit]
Beginning in Season 4, this rarely occurring part of the show happens when randomly selected passengers are able to win double the amount of money of a normal game. The first four questions are worth $100, the second four are worth $200 and the rest until the end of the game are worth $400. The "Red Light Challenge" is worth $500.
Record payouts[edit]
The current record of $6,200 won on one ride is held by Sam Meyer (riding solo, on a Double Ride, taking and winning the Double-or-Nothing Video Bonus question) on the episode that aired May 18, 2009.[8] This topped the old record held by contestants Sean Devney and Steve Irolla, two New York City tour guides who won $4,100 after answering the "Video Bonus" question correctly. They reached their final destination with two strikes (both on $200 questions).
Special editions[edit]
One episode of the program was a special celebrity edition, featuring actor Thomas Haden Church of Spider-Man 3, NHL players Jed Ortmeyer and Ryan Hollweg of the New York Rangers and journalist Harry Smith, formerly of CBS' The Early Show. All played for a charity of their choice, and Discovery Channel matched the contestants' winnings. Another episode was a special in which the passengers were asked questions relating to the 2008 film Frost/Nixon. In this episode, the host of Cash Cab: Canada, Adam Growe, was driving the cab instead of Ben Bailey.
On April 21, 2009, Discovery aired a charity episode of Cash Cab for its 250th episode featuring two rides by boat crew members from Deadliest Catch. Time Bandit co-captain Andy Hillstrand and Josh Harris, son of Cornelia Marie captain Phil Harris, went against Sig Hansen (captain of the Northwestern) and his two brothers. All cash values were doubled from the Season 3 payouts, the passengers received a second Street Shout-Out, and all money earned was donated by the passengers to the charities of their choice.
In the Cash Cab: Las Vegas episodes, filmed in May 2010 and broadcast beginning in August of that year,[9] celebrities play for charity and civilians play for themselves. Guests have included Mayor of Las Vegas, Oscar Goodman, comedian David Brenner, the band Neon Trees and magicians Penn & Teller. The prizes are sometimes doubled in a "Double Down Ride", just like on the regular show. In the event they strike out or miss the Video Bonus question, their charities receive $500, though some celebrities decide to also chip in with the amount of money lost, out of their own pockets.[citation needed]
On December 4, 2017, Discovery aired a special Celebrity Edition, where as the unsuspecting passengers hailed the Cash Cab, they were joined by celebrities to help them, featuring NCIS: New Orleans actor, Scott Bakula, actor & comedian, Gilbert Gottfried, Friends actor, Matthew Perry.[10]
Taglines[edit]
The show's tagline in the first two seasons was: "There are 13,000 cabs in New York City, but there's only one that pays you!" Starting in season three, the tagline was modified: "There are 13,000 cabs in the streets of the Big Apple, but there's only one that pays you!" On Cash Cab: After Dark, the tagline is: "Every night, 13,000 cabs hit the streets of the city that never sleeps, but there's only one that pays you!"
Cash Cab: Chicago[edit]
During Season 6 of Cash Cab, a new spin-off series, Cash Cab: Chicago, hosted by comedian Beth Melewski and using the same rules as its New York counterpart, aired. The spin-off was cancelled after one season, but rerun episodes are aired along with Cash Cab episodes in syndication.[11] Ben Bailey stated that the show was created during contract renewal negotiations.[12]
Production[edit]
A support van tails the Cash Cab, containing producers and a camera crew for the various street shots. The staff provide logistical information and questions by way of a walkie-talkie and earpiece worn by the host. The Cash Cab is equipped with ten cameras: one on the host, three on the passengers, one pointing forward from the back window of the cab, and three (front, left and right) in the advertising shell on the roof of the cab showing the passing streetscape. The rear of the cab behind the seats contains ten recording decks and other production equipment.
The lighting and the music that go off when contestants enter the cab consist of a switchboard that is connected to an iPod and the car stereo. The Video Bonus monitor is a DVD player that is embedded to the back of the front passenger seat.
Some contestants are randomly picked as they walk along the sidewalk, while others are selected in advance. Even so, those picked in advance are never actually told that the cab that is supposed to take them to the show turns out to be the show itself.[13]
Near the end of the game at the player's destination Ben Bailey or Beth Melewski appears to present the cash won. In reality, this cash is a prop and used for on-air purposes only. The winnings, which must be taxed, are sent via check.[13]
The Cash Cab in New York is a Toyota Sienna minivan[14] with the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission call sign "1G12" in the first two seasons and during the After Dark shows. A new cab with the call sign of "7N78" has been used since, which also features new headliner lighting.[15]
Melewski's Cash Cab is also a Toyota Sienna minivan with the Yellow Taxi call sign "4472".
Broadcast and syndication[edit]
As of March 2017, reruns air on Cozi TV and on Game Show Network. The New York City version reruns air on the Quest network in the UK. On October 26, 2009, MGM Television announced that the reruns would begin airing on local stations in January 2011.[16] Stations are allowed the option to air the series as a daily strip or as a weekend series. GSN began airing the series starting on March 13, 2017.
On March 27, 2017, Discovery announced it was working on new episodes that will feature guest hosts from “the worlds of comedy, film and TV” as the drivers. Despite initial reports that he would not return,[17] Bailey did host the revival episodes.[18]
Accolades[edit]
Bailey has been nominated four times for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host, winning the award in 2010, 2011 and 2013. Cash Cab won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show in 2008, 2009 and 2010. In 2013, the show appeared in TV Guide's list of the 60 greatest game shows ever.[19]
International versions[edit]
Country
Name
Driver
Channel
Premiere
Asia-Pacific Cash Cab Asia Oli Pettigrew AXN Asia 000000002011-10-18-000018 October 2011
Arab World كاش تاكسي
Cash Taxi Hisham Abdel Rahman MBC 1 000000002008-01-01-00002008
Australia Cash Cab Charlie Pickering
James Kerley Channel V 000000002007-10-29-000029 October 2007
Austria QUIZ TAXI Max Schmiedl Puls 4 000000002011-10-16-000016 October 2011
QUIZ TAXI eXtreme 000000002011-10-23-000023 October 2011
Belgium Taxi Vanoudenhoven Rob Vanoudenhoven Eén 000000002012-06-10-000010 June 2012
Brazil Taxi do Milão Supla RedeTV! 000000002010-01-01-00002010
Canada Cash Cab Adam Growe
Discovery Channel Canada
( Canada) 000000002008-09-10-000010 September 2008
Taxi Payant Alexandre Barrette
(in French) V
( Quebec) 000000002009-09-03-00003 September 2009
Chile MEGA 000000002012-01-01-00002012
China 超级现金车
Cash Cab[20] Song Peng (宋鹏) TVS3 000000002012-12-17-000017 December 2012
Colombia CityTV
Czech Republic Taxík Aleš Háma
Tomáš Matonoha
Monika Absolonová Česká televize 000000002008-01-01-00002008
France Taxi Cash Alexandre Devoise W9 000000002010-10-23-000023 October 2010
Denmark Taxaquizzen Sigurd Kongshøj Larsen TV2 000000002011-09-29-000029 September 2011
Egypt كاش تاكسي
Cash Taxi Nashwa Mustafa MBC Masr 000000002013-07-09-00009 July 2013
Germany Quiz Taxi Thomas Hackenberg Kabel eins 000000002006-04-18-000018 April 2006
Greece Taxi Girl Vicki Stavropoulou Mega TV 000000002006-01-01-00002006
Hungary Tutifuvar - A taxiquiz Gianni Annoni Viasat 3 000000002007-01-01-00002007
India Airtel Cash Cab Munish Mukhija UTV Bindass 000000002007-01-01-00002007
Indonesia Taxi Selebritis Farhan antv 000000002009-01-01-00002009
Italy Cash Taxi Marco Berry Sky Uno
Cielo
LA7 000000002009-01-01-00002009
Israel מונית הכסף
Monit Hakesef Ido Rozenblum Channel 2 (Keshet) 000000002007-05-19-000019 May 2007
Jamaica Claro Cash Cab Felisha Lord
Wayne W. Whyte Television Jamaica 000000002010-11-15-000015 November 2010
Japan キャッシュキャブ
Kyasshukyabu Shinya Ueda and Teppei Arita Fuji TV 000000002008-03-01-00001 March 2008
Kazakhstan Такси
Taxi Murat Ospanov NTK 000000002009-01-01-00002009
Lithuania Pinigų taksi Karina Krysko LNK 000000002008-06-30-000030 June 2008
Malaysia Teksi Tunai Bob Lokman Astro Prima 000000002007-01-01-00002007
Mexico Taxi Cash Andrés Bustamante Televisa 000000002008-01-28-000028 January 2008
Netherlands Cash Cab Kurt Rogiers
Edo Brunner BNN 000000002006-01-01-00002006
Peru Gana Taxi Carlos Vílchez Frecuencia Latina 000000002011-01-01-00002011
Philippines Cash Cab Philippines Ryan Agoncillo AXN Philippines 000000002015-12-22-000022 December 2015[21]
Poland TV4
Romania Taxi Maxi Kanal D
Russia Такси
Taxi Alex Kulichkov
Eugene Rybov TNT 000000002005-12-20-000020 December 2005
Serbia Кеш такси
Keš taksi Ivan Ivanović Fox televizija
reruns on Prva Plus
000000002007-01-12-000012 January 2007[22]
Slovakia Taxík Peter Kočiš Jednotka 000000002012-01-01-00002012
Slovenia Taksi: Kviz z Jožetom Jože Robežnik RTV SLO 000000002016-01-01-00002016
Spain Taxi, taxi Joan Domínguez
( Madrid) Telemadrid 000000002006-01-01-00002006
¡Taxi! Manolo Sarriá
( Andalusia) Canal Sur 2 000000002010-01-18-000018 January 2010
Taxi Miki Nadal y Manolo Sarriá
( Spain) laSexta 000000002013-01-01-00002013
Sweden Fredrik Belfrage Discovery Channel
Taiwan 黃金計程車
Gold Taxi David Chao (趙正平)
Vincent Liang (梁赫群)
Gui Gui (鬼鬼) ECT 000000002009-04-22-000022 April 2009
Thailand แท็กซีมหาเศรษฐี
Cash Cab Thailand Ball Chernyim (บอล เชิญยิ้ม)
Jeab Chernyim (เจี๊ยบ เชิญยิ้ม)
Passakorn Ponlaboon (ใบเฟิร์น พัสกร พลบูรณ์) Modernine TV 000000002015-03-02-00002 March 2015
Ukraine Таксi
Taxi Gregory Herman 1+1 000000002006-01-01-00002006–2008
United Kingdom Cash Cab John Moody ITV 000000002005-06-13-000013 June 2005
United States Cash Cab Ben Bailey Discovery Channel 000000002005-12-05-00005 December 2005
Cash Cab: After Dark 000000002007-08-09-00009 August 2007
Cash Cab: Las Vegas 000000002010-08-08-00008 August 2010
Cash Cab: Chicago Beth Melewski 000000002011-02-14-000014 February 2011
Vietnam Taxi May Mắn Hiếu Hiền HTV7 000000002012-10-19-000019 October 2012
See also[edit]
Taxicab Confessions
BrainRush
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ [1]|Cash Cab | Variety|
Jump up ^ Adalian, Josef (April 18, 2012). "It's the End of the Road for Cash Cab". Vulture. New York Media LLC. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
Jump up ^ https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/cash-cab-revival-discovery-david-steinberg-1202016938/
Jump up ^ http://deadline.com/2017/06/ben-bailey-hosts-cash-cab-revival-discovery-series-1202107526/
Jump up ^ https://www.facebook.com/RealBenBailey/posts/1642811532426430
Jump up ^ "Cash Cab Is Coming Back and There Will Be A Few Changes". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
Jump up ^ Kaufman, Joanne (June 26, 2008). "He Drives This Game-Show Vehicle". The Wall Street Journal.
Jump up ^ "Cash Cab Shouts Out To Vegas Tonight". Vegas Chatter. August 9, 2010.
Jump up ^ "The meter is running again: We climb into the 'Cash Cab' with Ben Bailey". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
Jump up ^ "End of the road for 'Cash Cab Chicago'". Chicago Sun-Times. April 5, 2012.
Jump up ^ Episode #103 - Ben Bailey & ME (FULL EPISODE). YouTube. 30 November 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b "Cash Cab Can Be a Lucrative Ride". MSNBC.
Jump up ^ Kaufmann, Joanne (June 26, 2008). "He Drives This Game-Show Vehicle". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
Jump up ^ ""Cash Cab" on Discovery HD". Avsforum.com. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
Jump up ^ MGM Domestic Television to Launch Discovery Channel's Hit Series "CASH CAB" Into U.S. Syndication, October 26, 2009.
Jump up ^ Feldman, Kate (March 27, 2017). "Cash Cab reboot coming to Discovery Channel without Ben Bailey". New York Daily News. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
Jump up ^ Maglio, Tony (June 5, 2017). "Ben Bailey to Return as Host for Discovery's Revamped Cash Cab". The Wrap. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
Jump up ^ Fretts, Bruce (June 17, 2013). "Eyes on the Prize", TV Guide, pp. 14 and 15.
Jump up ^ (in Chinese)Official site
Jump up ^ Buan-Deveza, Reyma (9 December 2015). "Judy Ann to give birth on Christmas or New Year?". ABS-CBNnews.com. ABS-CBN Corporation. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
Jump up ^ Lawyer drives Cach Taxi
External links[edit]
Official Discovery Channel Cash Cab website
Cash Cab at TV.com
Cash Cab on IMDb
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