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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 srcmap »

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…

Melissa needs to write the eulogy in the back of twenty dollars bill and send them to:

Car Talk Plaza Box 3500 Harvard Square Cambridge , MA 02238

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

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Post by wiredfool »

voltagex_ wrote: post #82
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.

They were the Rust-eze guys. Totally in character.

There are differences in the voice over -- Harv is Jeremy Clarkson in the UK, but definitely not in the US version.

http://pixar.wikia.com/Harv

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

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Post by brok3nmachine »

cpr wrote: post #97

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 l…

It's a fairly common problem across several makes of cars. Replaced my ignition switch once because of this, and since then have used a separate clip for my house and work keys.

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

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Post by teddyh »

JshWright wrote: post #43
teddyh wrote: post #25

> 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. Soo… Apparently the show as you all have known it for the last two years will be unaffected. Alternately, the show died two years ago and you never noticed. EDIT: I thought that this news meant the show was ending and was surprised to r…

>So I thought I’d highlight this fact that nothing substantial would change. Nothing substantial, aside from the fact that world has lost one of smartest, funniest, and most humble people ever to provide untold hours of entertainment on the radio... The show has been playing reruns for a couple years now (I thought this was common knowledge?), but Tom's passing is indeed a sad day. He was absolutely someone who embod…

For the record, I was talking about the show. The show would be unaffected, which was what I wrote. Please don’t read offense where none was intended.

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

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Post by teddyh »

serf wrote: post #75
teddyh wrote: post #25

> 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. Soo… Apparently the show as you all have known it for the last two years will be unaffected. Alternately, the show died two years ago and you never noticed. EDIT: I thought that this news meant the show was ending and was surprised to r…

>Soo… Apparently the show as you all have known it for the last two years will be unaffected. Alternately, the show died two years ago and you never noticed. >There was no offense intended. The use of ellipses for dramatic silence , elongated words, and the personal targeting of your statements ("YOU all have known..." "YOU never noticed") indicate that "There was no offense intended." was really just a statement mad…

I have never actually heard the show, so yes, I did actually think that at least half the focus was that the show would end – the show’s name is also in the title. Furthermore, since I never listened to the show, I excluded myself by writing “you” instead of “us”.

If I were to analyze your statements as you did mine, I might come to the conclusion that you are merely lashing out at anyone who seem to be insensitive to your loss. But I shouldn’t do that, as ascribing motives to you would demean this conversation. It’s better to keep things civil and polite.

I made some statements about the status of the show – nothing about the person, mind you – and they were misinterpreted as insensitive to the person. I made clarifications, but now you won’t believe me. I really don’t see what else I can do, now.

I will certainly refrain from commenting in mortuary articles from now on – there appears to often be too much grief for actual civilized discourse.

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

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Post by Amezarak »

TylerE wrote: post #81
burkaman wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

Maybe this is a dumb question, but how did the call-ins work then? There was always a message if it was a rerun (don't try really calling, etc.) but even their last shows had what appeared to be live call-ins and a call-in number and I remember them having to advise people to turn the radio off while they're on the phone.

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

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Post by carrier_lost »

Amezarak wrote: post #109
TylerE wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Maybe this is a dumb question, but how did the call-ins work then? There was always a message if it was a rerun (don't try really calling, etc.) but even their last shows had what appeared to be live call-ins and a call-in number and I remember them having to advise people to turn the radio off while they're on the phone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Talk#Call-in_procedure
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