Latka's Cookies
Episode 8 · 1981-02-05

- Comedy
- Drama
Episode overview
When Latka's grandmother dies, he is pleased that she has left him her famous cookie recipe, complete with a supply of the secret ingredients. He bakes up some for the cabbies to enjoy, but the cabbies don't enjoy them. Nonetheless, Latka begins his own cookie business. In the days to come, the cabbies find that they are indeed starting to inexplicably like the cookies, and are also unusually happy and energetic. When Jim samples one, he determines that the secret ingredient is cocaine—which accounts for why everyone's behavior. Upon learning this, Alex visits Latka (busy baking cookies to fill supermarket orders) to tell him the bad news. Latka is noticeably high from the cookies, and hallucinates that Famous Amos tells him to do whatever it takes to be successful. Although Latka can no longer sell the drugged cookies, he is excited at the taste of capitalism because it means he's now a true American.
24 minutes
Season 3 episodes
1. Louie's Rival1980-11-19
2. Tony's Sister and Jim1980-11-26
3. Fathers of the Bride1980-12-03
4. Elaine's Strange Triangle1980-12-10
5. Going Home1980-12-17
6. The Ten Percent Solution1981-01-07
7. The Call of the Mild1981-01-21
8. Latka's Cookies1981-02-05
9. Thy Boss's Wife1981-02-12
10. The Costume Party1981-02-19
11. Elaine's Old Friend1981-02-26
12. Out of Commission1981-03-12
13. Zen and the Art of Cab Driving1981-03-19
14. Louie's Mother1981-03-26
15. Bobby's Roommate1981-04-09
16. Louie Bumps into an Old Lady1981-04-16
17. Bobby and the Critic1981-04-30
18. On the Job (1)1981-05-07
19. On the Job (2)1981-05-14
20. Latka the Playboy1981-05-21