Posted on 11/03/2014 11:54:49 AM PST by raccoonradio
The only radio program that my kids enjoyed with me.
I was thinking the same thing. The very end of the article says they’ve been doing reruns for two years.
The Cheech & Chong of car repair ....
Press release by Mike Rafone
One of the best decorations on my desk is a Car Talk coffee cup with the motto “Non Impediti Ratione Cogitationis” (Unincumbered by the Thought Process). Thanks for all the laughs guys. Gonna miss ya, Tom....
They quit 6 or more months ago
Must be Kramer
This is such terribly sad news. He had such a quick wit and infectious laugh. Except for the classical music I no longer have a reason to listen to NPR. I sure as heck don’t donate because their idea of “balance” is to have uber RINO David Brooks agree with white hut talking points.
Actually IIRC they retired a couple of years ago. Thankfully they live on in repeat broadcasts.
Or "Clack"?
That long, I guess they just rebroadcasted the last few years. I always came in in the middle of the show.
My husband, the engineer and car guy, used to enjoy trying to outguess them when callers would call in with their problems. My husband is really good about cars, but they were even better! We still enjoy the reruns of their programs.
Madison, Madison....
They stopped doing shows 2 yrs back. My guess is maybe they were seeing he was developing Alzheimer’s and figured it was time to stop, then rerun old shows.
Perhaps the most prominent program on one of the arch-enemy networks, NPR. Yet through 54 posts, there are only glowingly positive comments. Class. Imagine if the opposite situation was in the news. Very proud to be a FReeper.
One of my favorite segments was Vowels To Bosnia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6atDT3cmrs
Aww, I’m sorry to hear this. Great guys, great show, a one of a kind gig that won’t be duplicated.
Ah, yes, my bad.
So! Was he “click” or “clack”?
Tough to say; Wikipedia lists them as:
>>by brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi, known also as Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers.
I will assume Tom, the elder (by 12 years) was Click and Ray is Clack, but given their irreverance on and off air, it probably is no big deal who was who :)
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