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Tom Magliozzi, Co-Host of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies at 77

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Re: Tom Magliozzi, Co-Host of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies at 77

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Post by TylerE »

burkaman wrote: post #64
tkinom wrote: post #61

RIP, love the show. I have my popcast download their shows everyweek. How can it be Alzheimer ?!?!? The latest show #1444 on my cellphone's popcast app is Nov 1 - just two days ago.

> Tom and Ray haven't done the show live for two years; Car Talk has been airing archives of old shows. Berman says Ray would like to continue doing that, as a tribute to his brother.

Technically, the show hasn't been live for a LONG time. Like most NPR programs it is recorded in advance and edited.

Re: Tom Magliozzi, Co-Host of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies at 77

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Post by voltagex_ »

aculver wrote: post #51

NPR and public radio more generally in the U.S. is such a national treasure, and these guys were one of the brightest gems. I loved seeing their personalities and infectious laugh enshrined with a cameo in Pixar's Cars, which itself captured a sort of best-of or hall-of-fame for American car culture.

Was there a difference in the US and UK editions of Cars? I don't remember the cameo.

Re: Tom Magliozzi, Co-Host of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies at 77

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Post by seattlewag »

theg2 wrote: post #80
ceejayoz wrote: post #4

I hope Melissa "the Twerp" Peterson ( http://www.wnyc.org/story/1421-my-dog-hates-you-too/ ) does a eulogy for him. (Girl who wrote a letter complaining that the show sucked and that she had to listen because her parents did in the car... they had her on and she'd periodically call in for years) My all-time favorite was the episode where someone called in and said that their vehicle would run pretty well but with lot…

Pretty good best of here: http://www.wbur.org/2014/11/03/car-talk-tom-best-of Car Talk was my gateway into NPR growing up when I used to listen with my dad on long drives. I've had the fortune to meet the Car Talk brothers many times and they were just as funny and friendly in person as they were on the show. RIP Tom.

"Gateway to npr" is a great way to put it. These guys got me listening and donating.

Re: Tom Magliozzi, Co-Host of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies at 77

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Post by dctoedt »

theg2 wrote: post #80
ceejayoz wrote: post #4

I hope Melissa "the Twerp" Peterson ( http://www.wnyc.org/story/1421-my-dog-hates-you-too/ ) does a eulogy for him. (Girl who wrote a letter complaining that the show sucked and that she had to listen because her parents did in the car... they had her on and she'd periodically call in for years) My all-time favorite was the episode where someone called in and said that their vehicle would run pretty well but with lot…

Pretty good best of here: http://www.wbur.org/2014/11/03/car-talk-tom-best-of Car Talk was my gateway into NPR growing up when I used to listen with my dad on long drives. I've had the fortune to meet the Car Talk brothers many times and they were just as funny and friendly in person as they were on the show. RIP Tom.

Great line from the "Tom's Marriage Advice" segement: "I have my own law of marriage, which is that it is more important to be happy than to be right."

Re: Tom Magliozzi, Co-Host of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies at 77

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Post by Klinky »

ceejayoz wrote: post #4

I hope Melissa "the Twerp" Peterson ( http://www.wnyc.org/story/1421-my-dog-hates-you-too/ ) does a eulogy for him. (Girl who wrote a letter complaining that the show sucked and that she had to listen because her parents did in the car... they had her on and she'd periodically call in for years) My all-time favorite was the episode where someone called in and said that their vehicle would run pretty well but with lot…

I really liked their cameo in Cars. Tom's character was a Dodge Dart, which was problematic car he had owned, and was often a point of discussion on the show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6y...

Re: Tom Magliozzi, Co-Host of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies at 77

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Post by ghn »

theg2 wrote: post #80
ceejayoz wrote: post #4

I hope Melissa "the Twerp" Peterson ( http://www.wnyc.org/story/1421-my-dog-hates-you-too/ ) does a eulogy for him. (Girl who wrote a letter complaining that the show sucked and that she had to listen because her parents did in the car... they had her on and she'd periodically call in for years) My all-time favorite was the episode where someone called in and said that their vehicle would run pretty well but with lot…

Pretty good best of here: http://www.wbur.org/2014/11/03/car-talk-tom-best-of Car Talk was my gateway into NPR growing up when I used to listen with my dad on long drives. I've had the fortune to meet the Car Talk brothers many times and they were just as funny and friendly in person as they were on the show. RIP Tom.

Car Talk was wonderful when I was listening to NPR. I had to stop listening after their abdication of duties in the 2000 election and the subsequent wars. I now understand NPR to be just a shill for our corporate government. Tom and Ray were great though.

Re: Tom Magliozzi, Co-Host of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies at 77

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Post by nether »

eric_bullington wrote: post #76

My Dad and I were lamenting this news today. We listened to the show together. And although my Dad spent his career in aircraft maintenance (as an officer in the AF), corporate finance, and now (in semi-retirement) higher education, he is a talented car mechanic who fixed all our cars until I was 5 or 6 and he became too busy at work to do so. He understands cars at an almost intuitive level, and even though I'm a de…

Best way to get a kid mechanically inclined these days is with a bicycle. Teach him to fix a flat, take it apart, and so on.

Re: Tom Magliozzi, Co-Host of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies at 77

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Post by astrocat »

The fact that this is at the top of HN and has been for hours is phenomenal. Despite the often insular nature of the HN crowd, it's things like this that reveal ta deep respect for the hacker in everyone. Imagine being so badass that you hosted a national tech-support call-in show and solved people's problems random computer problems: "Tom: Sounds like you've got corrupted memory... Ray: Don't listen to him, all his memory's corrupted. [minutes of infectious laughter]"
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