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#1 Nov 03 2014 at 7:18 PM Rating: Good
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I don't know if anyone here listens to NPR but on Saturday mornings they run a great show called Car Talk. Two brothers from Boston that spent most of their time making me laugh while ostensibly talking car repair. Tom and Ray Magliozzi. They stopped doing the show two years ago and have been running old shows in the time slot, and I still love to listen. Well, Tom Magliozzi died of complications from Alzheimer's. Which explains why they stopped doing the show.

I don't know why but this news made me stop for a minute and think, probably because I've been listening to them for so long.

It was pretty apparent that they were smart people, but I had no idea until now that they both graduated from MIT. And their ending credits were always funny, just a string of dad jokes that they'd read at the end of the show (i.e., "This show was produced by, Doug the subway fugitive, not a slave to fashion Berman. Limo service provided by Pikov Andropov. Legal services provided by Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe. Catering provided by Russell Upsomegrub." and on and on). I'll miss those guys.

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#2 Nov 03 2014 at 8:07 PM Rating: Decent
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I love these guys. At least, I love listening to them laugh (which they did often, and at great length, sometimes for no discernible reason). RIP Tommy.
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#3 Nov 03 2014 at 10:50 PM Rating: Excellent
Glad they've been airing reruns. Even if I've heard it before, all their shows are great for laughs.

Rest in peace. And don't drive like his brother.
#4 Nov 04 2014 at 9:07 AM Rating: Excellent
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cynyck wrote:
Two brothers from Boston [...] Magliozzi.
Without knowing the first thing about them I can already hear their accents.
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#5 Nov 04 2014 at 9:35 AM Rating: Good
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I've been listening to car talk for a long time. It's one the few NPR programs my husband will listen to. I knew he was ill, as it was mentioned when they announced the show was no longer being made. So many laughs.

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#6 Nov 06 2014 at 9:27 AM Rating: Good
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cynyck wrote:
And their ending credits were always funny, just a string of dad jokes that they'd read at the end of the show


This inspired me to finally look these up.. I was going to copy the list but it's way too long!
http://www.cartalk.com/content/staff-credits
Those always made me chortle.
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