Adam Growe is happy to be back behind the wheel of Cash Cab for a 10th season (airing Wednesdays on MUCH and streaming on Crave). Raised in Vancouver, the stand-up comedian had to re-take and pass his special cab licence in Toronto before shooting took place last October/November. He’d like to take the series to more Canadian cities such as Calgary, Winnipeg or Halifax, but he’d have to pass a cab licence test in Alberta, Manitoba and Nova Scotia first. Besides, passengers in most Canadian cities just call a cab on their phone app. Toronto is still a city where hailing a ride on Yonge Street is a thing, and a good thing for a series such as Cash Cab.
One of the big things Growe has had to adjust to over the years in picking up pasengers for his trivia show on wheels? Bike lanes. Pulling over to the curb to pick people up is trickier than it used to be.
The series, which has been franchised in 40 counties, first took to the road back in 2008 in Canada. This new edition comes with a karaoke twist; passengers, after correctly answering trivia questions before arriving at their destination, can double their cash prize by answering one more and then singing a few bars of the song in question.
Growe talks about what passengers leave behind in the cab, the contestants who freaked and bailed when they learned cameras were involved, and answers the all-important question: naming his favourite character from the classic sitcom Taxi.
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