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Title: 'Car Talk' ending after 25 years
Post by: Chris_ on June 08, 2012, 05:00:33 PM: Quote
Click and Clack exit; 'Car Talk' ending live NPR show after 25 years
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/CarTalk__000_IMAG4609.jpg)

"Car Talk," the venerable NPR program featuring brothers Ray and Tom Magliozzi, a.k.a. Click and Clack, is calling it quits -- at least as far as live shows go.

The Boston-based brothers, who turned their experience as mechanics into one of public radio's most beloved programs, informed listeners Friday morning with their signature winking style in a blog post titled: "Time to Get Even Lazier."

"The good news is that, despite our general incompetence, we actually remembered to hit the 'record' button every week for the last 25 years," Tom Magliozzi said, adding that the show will continue in reruns pulled from more than 1,200 programs, beginning in October.
Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-car-talks-click-and-clack-ends-20120608,0,6435664.story)

:bawl: _*sniffle*

Oh well. At least there's reruns.
Title: Re: 'Car Talk' ending after 25 years
Post by: Mike220 on June 08, 2012, 05:10:50 PM: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: 'Car Talk' ending after 25 years
Post by: BlueStateSaint on June 09, 2012, 04:32:54 AM: Quote from: Mike220 on June 08, 2012, 05:10:50 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

You'll have to switch to Top Gear on BBC America . . . :tongue:
Title: Re: 'Car Talk' ending after 25 years
Post by: MrsSmith on June 09, 2012, 06:14:36 AM: Hubby and I LOVE that show. :bawl:
Title: Re: 'Car Talk' ending after 25 years
Post by: Eupher on June 09, 2012, 11:15:04 AM: One of my fave memories is traveling to brass band rehearsal on Saturday mornings listening to those guys.

"Well, you've managed to squander an otherwise useful hour..."

Great guys....radio was the perfect medium for what they do.
Title: Re: 'Car Talk' ending after 25 years
Post by: Evil_Conservative on June 09, 2012, 11:39:16 AM: Chris, I thought of how sad you would be when I saw this headline at work the other day.
Title: Re: 'Car Talk' ending after 25 years
Post by: obumazombie on June 09, 2012, 11:55:04 AM: The end of an era. How will America know what to do with the clicks and clacks their car makes now ?
Title: Re: 'Car Talk' ending after 25 years
Post by: Evil_Conservative on June 09, 2012, 04:14:23 PM: Quote from: obumazombie on June 09, 2012, 11:55:04 AM
The end of an era. How will America know what to do with the clicks and clacks their car makes now ?

Google.
Title: Re: 'Car Talk' ending after 25 years
Post by: IassaFTots on June 09, 2012, 05:49:58 PM: What a total bummer. :bawl:
Title: Re: 'Car Talk' ending after 25 years
Post by: longview on June 09, 2012, 06:19:23 PM: I love that show. Everyone I know loves that show. Work stops, if possible, to get near a radio and listen to those guys.

*sniff* *sniff*
Title: Re: 'Car Talk' ending after 25 years
Post by: Ptarmigan on June 10, 2012, 10:58:48 PM: I listened to them. They had a heavy Boston accent.
Title: Re: 'Car Talk' ending after 25 years
Post by: Wineslob on June 11, 2012, 04:44:42 PM: Quote
NPR program

Must be why I never heard of them.....
Title: Re: 'Car Talk' ending after 25 years
Post by: RobJohnson on June 12, 2012, 01:32:20 AM: Quote from: Evil_Conservative on June 09, 2012, 04:14:23 PM
Google.

:lmao:
Title: Re: 'Car Talk' ending after 25 years
Post by: redkatz919 on June 12, 2012, 03:18:32 PM: :rofl:How can you get any lazier? At 75 they are just now in their prime.
Title: Re: 'Car Talk' ending after 25 years
Post by: Chris_ on June 12, 2012, 03:21:30 PM: Quote from: Ptarmigan on June 10, 2012, 10:58:48 PM
I listened to them. They had a heavy Boston accent.
:rofl: You are a master of the obvious.