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Tom Magliozzi, one of NPR's 'Car Talk' brothers, dies at 77
CNN ^

Posted on 11/03/2014 2:07:24 PM PST by nuconvert

-- Tom Magliozzi, half of the "Click and Clack" team of brothers who hosted NPR's "Car Talk" radio show, died Monday. He was 77.

NPR reported the death Monday afternoon. The cause was complications from Alzheimer's disease, the radio network said.

In a statement, his brother Ray remembered a jovial partner.

"We can be happy he lived the life he wanted to live; goofing off a lot, talking to you guys every week, and primarily, laughing his ass off," he said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cartalk; npr; radio; tommagliozzi
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1 posted on 11/03/2014 2:07:24 PM PST by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

Rest in Peace. These guys are like my corner garage brothers. Very few of them left. Funny guys.


2 posted on 11/03/2014 2:09:27 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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To: nuconvert
Every Saturday morning at 10AM when in my truck ... thanx, guys

RIP, Tom .. we all loved ya.

3 posted on 11/03/2014 2:09:38 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: nuconvert

Which one, Click or Clack?


4 posted on 11/03/2014 2:12:13 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (antine)
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To: nuconvert
Their solutions always seemed to be 'take it to the dealer and have them take a look'.
5 posted on 11/03/2014 2:12:32 PM PST by The KG9 Kid
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To: The KG9 Kid

No....sometimes it was, “push it over a cliff”


6 posted on 11/03/2014 2:14:11 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

Oh man. I often work at 7:00am on Saturdays, and my local NPR station replayed a show between 6 and 7. It was a great way to get to work. Great show, and you could even learn something. I hope he is riding that great stetch limo in the sky - driven, of course, by Pikup Andropov.


7 posted on 11/03/2014 2:16:15 PM PST by fhayek
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

Click, I believe


8 posted on 11/03/2014 2:17:29 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

Funny guys.
One of them had a Dodge Dart.
I remember a caller was concerned about their Dart overheating, the temp gauge always running in the ‘Hot’ range.
He told the caller to get some electrical tape and put a piece over the gauge.
LOL
Apparently the gauges were miscalculated and showed erroneous high temps.


9 posted on 11/03/2014 2:18:59 PM PST by Vinnie
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To: The KG9 Kid

I don’t think it was as much for do it yourself repairs, but rather how to avoid getting screwed when you go it.

I used to love when they would make the callers try to make the noises the cars made.

I haven’t fixed my own car since I was twenty two. But I loved listening to those two.


10 posted on 11/03/2014 2:19:47 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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To: nuconvert
"We can be happy he lived the life he wanted to live; goofing off a lot, talking to you guys every week, and primarily, laughing his ass off," he said.

I want an obituary like that!

11 posted on 11/03/2014 2:31:25 PM PST by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: nuconvert

RIP.

Oh, that show used to make me laugh.


12 posted on 11/03/2014 2:48:12 PM PST by married21 ( As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: nuconvert

RIP
These guys were too funny.
Many times the problem of the car had to do with what color it was painted.


13 posted on 11/03/2014 2:59:28 PM PST by SisterK (we are being set up)
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To: nuconvert

Yeah, I guess they were funny at times. They weren’t above taking digs at political figures. Like Sarah Palin. Maybe someone who’s listened to the show regularly can tell me if they ever took a dig a Democrat...like King Barack.


14 posted on 11/03/2014 3:03:11 PM PST by driftless2
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To: driftless2

Well, their show was on National Proletariat Revisionism.....

..... no surprise that they dissed conservatives.

P.S. I hate NPR with a passion - I NEVER listen to it.


15 posted on 11/03/2014 3:05:29 PM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: SisterK

RIP

Just listened to a program on Saturday after a long time and my hubby walked in and we laughed at a few of their replies.

Some of the best of NPR.


16 posted on 11/03/2014 3:09:09 PM PST by YouGoTexasGirl
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To: driftless2

Sometimes it’s just best that in times such as these to remove the politics from the discussion and remember people for what they were most noted for.


17 posted on 11/03/2014 3:09:20 PM PST by Jarhead9297
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To: nuconvert

Bummer. Liberal as all get out, but funny as could be...


18 posted on 11/03/2014 3:23:41 PM PST by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: Jarhead9297

I used to listen to show. Then one of the jackasses made a totally gratuitous shot about Sarah Palin seeing Russia from her house, and that was the last time I listened to the show.


19 posted on 11/03/2014 3:27:18 PM PST by driftless2
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To: driftless2

I really doubt Sarah would care. Why do you?

I have listened to them over the years and they were good clean fun. I’ll miss their banter.


20 posted on 11/03/2014 3:33:12 PM PST by antidisestablishment (When the passion of your convictions surpass those of your leader, it's past time for a change.)
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