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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 danielweber »

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.

They had All Ben Hurd Before selecting which segments to use.

Here's the rest of the cast: http://www.cartalk.com/content/staff-credits

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

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Post by zw123456 »

I can't really say much that has not already been said here and I fully second all the comments about their fond memories of the show. Even though I am not into cars, they made what I think is sort of a mundane topic (car repair) into something completely entertaining and hilarious. I loved their brain teasers, so clever. I will miss that laugh.

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

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Post by Aqueous »

sheri wrote: post #12

I loved Click and Clack. Their laughter and enthusiasm was always infectious. No matter how down I was, listening to Car Talk always lifted me up. Though they were exceedingly smart and good at what they do, their self-deprecating attitude humanized them, and really instilled the lesson of humility. Will miss him and the show.

100% seconded. Tom was truly one of a kind - the infectiousness of their personalities reminded me, in an odd way, of Robin Williams. Tom, Ray, and Robin - they a made the world a better place by being reliably themselves, institutions of my growing up, and hilarious. My deepest condolences to Ray on what must be a terribly sad day for him.

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

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Post by cpr »

My favorite "remote debugging" of all time was the caller who complained about the key in her old Subaru wagon not working sometimes.

After some back and forth, one of the brothers said, "wait, wait--I'll bet you have a huge set of keys, right?" "Well, yes." "So, on that model of Subaru, the weight of the whole key set will eventually wear down the lock and make it stick. I've seen that before."

I can't imagine the leap of intuition required...

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

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Post by srcmap »

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.

I think Tom must be looking down from heaven and said: "Don't tell them, you .....!".

I do wish I can live the life of Tom and Ray and have greatest laughs everyday.

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