to get his hack license ("1976"). He has a brother, Piki, who runs a falafel stand and a cousin, Momo, who owns a discount carpet warehouse ("Money"). Chic claims to have had many celebrities in his cab, and even claims to have taught John Travolta his moves for the movie Saturday Night Fever ("1976"). Chic runs "the only two-star cab cafe in Manhattan" ("Food"). He was the bronze medal winner at the Pan Mediterranean song Festival with his band Teiku, for their song "Slide Down My Olive Tree (Ooh, Baby, La La La)." Chic's real name is an ongoing gag in the show. His license identifies him as Chic with only the first three letters (A-v-a) of his surname visible due to a sticker that says "Hot Sex" covering the rest. In the episode "Money", Chic is audited by an IRS agent who tries to pronounce his last name: "Okay, Mr. Abbab... Avvan?" Kay Clark Age 42. Kay is a spinster originally from England. She moved to the United States with her invalid mother to take advantage of the health benefits. She works at a bank, Van Nuys Savings and Loan. Hope Finch Age 19. Hope is an idealistic college student. She attends Sweetbriar College, where she resides in Margaret Sanger Hall. She's a virgin, and although not currently a lesbian, she's "young and impressionable." Rayleen Gibson Age 34 (approximated by the wear on her back molars). Rayleen is an Australian "stuntwoman to the stars". When she was a child, she was lost on a family camping trip and until the age of ten was raised by dingos ("Childhood"). She eventually met up with a woman (Olivia Newton-John) who saw to her education and put her in touch with film producers. She went on to marry Mitch Gibson (Danny Woodburn), a little person ("Romance"). Rayleen and Mitch own and run Aged-Animal-Actors-Home (or A.A.A.H.), for retired animal actors. Mitch was killed during a freak accident on the set of The Lost World: Jurassic Park. At his funeral, Rayleen learns that Mitch had been married previously and never bothered to divorce his former wife, thus making her and Mitch's marriage legally invalid ("Loss"). Birdie Godsen Age 42. Birdie is a right-wing devout Christian fundamentalist homemaker. Her husband Robert is a tobacco industry executive. Birdie homeschools their seven children to prevent them from being exposed to multicultural programs and teaches them subjects that