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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 JshWright »

bengali3 wrote: post #15
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…

thank you for that. Edit: found a video clip of the brothers. Laughs included https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8TC2J1aTr4

Wow, that clip actually brought me to tears. As obvious as their friendship was on the radio, that clip made it all the more clear just how close they were.

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

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Post by burkaman »

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.

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

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Post by tkinom »

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.

Didn't know that at all. So sad.

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

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Post by JeremyMorgan »

I'm a car guy through and through, and I started listening to those guys when I barely started turning wrenches on my first car. Great guys, and great show.

My Dad, one of the best mechanics I'll ever know (who has forgotten more than I'll ever learn) used to listen and talk about how accurate they were with their advice and wished more people would listen.

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

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Post by dba7dba »

I heard on my local NPR station on how the show got its start. A few decades ago a volunteer run radio station (open source radio station ??) in Boston wanted a panel of auto mechanics to answer calls about cars. Six were invited and only one showed up, the one being 1 of the 2 brothers.

Because it was open source radio, the brothers talked as normal, un'photoshopped' people which was why it eventually got the attention later on.

RIP.

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

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Post by dba7dba »

emddudley wrote: post #63
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.

They haven't recorded a new episode in 2 years.

I wonder the reason they stopped taping it 2 years ago was due to the onset of Alzheimer.

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

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Post by grecy »

ilamont wrote: post #31

I started listening to Car Talk in high school in the 1980s. I loved the wit, the banter with callers, and the weird questions about cars ... which (as others have noted) were often really about people. Tom and Ray showed the value of personality and wisdom when it comes to mass media programming, especially in an age when so much information is available online. Yes, many of the problems experienced by the callers c…

> People calling in from Afghanistan, Alaska or other remote places with edge cases

If you've never been to Alaska, I highly recommend a trip. It's extremely beautiful and "edge-cases" quickly become a way of life.

I live in the Yukon, and just yesterday I was waist deep in a half-frozen river in the middle of nowhere, smashing out ice with the back of an axe. Once I'd done that enough, I rigged up a pulley on a tree on the far size, ran a cable and my buddy and I pulled each other across on our quads. It was about -15C (5F) the entire time. Today I'm sitting at my desk working as a Software Engineer.

Life up here really is very different.

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