RIP Tom Magliozzi (one of the Car Talk guys)
 

Sad day. Great show.

Which one was he? Click or Clack?

Oh shit... You mentioned NPR. This bastard is doomed for the DC.

I sort of think of the car talk guys as one of them the "main" speaker, who is sort of like the straight man and sounds a bit smarter (or at least more well spoken), and the other one as being a bit more comedy relief, and with an infectious laugh.

The one that died is the more comedic one. I had no idea which was which either, so I had to piece it together.

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Tom was 12 years older than Ray.

When you figure it out, remember not to drive like his brother

Wow. Just listened to their show the other day. RIP.

They have been in syndication or whatever for a couple years now. They apparently have quite a bit of material that they recorded but never aired which they are pulling out of the archive. Soemthing like 5 years worth of shows. :eek:

That's incredible!

I wasn't an entirely devoted fan, but if I were ever driving at the time when they might be on, you can bet that was where my dial was going to stick. And they had a way of doing that to almost anybody who scanned through the radio looking for something to listen to.

That's when you're damn good. When it's YOU that attract a portion of your listeners, not necessarily your topic.

:(

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Extorter thinks that this guy was a small town hick

Oh man, that sucks. One of my favorites. RIP

Damn. I would occasionally hear them on NPR. I first listened to them over 20 years ago when my sixth grade teacher mentioned them offhand. It was never appointment listening, but always funny and often informative. I had no idea they were off the air.

RIP. love the car talk show on Sundays