NPR's "Car Talk" Glides To a Halt

stevegee58 writes "After 25 years on the air, Tom and Ray Magliozzi (aka Click and Clack, The Tappet Brothers) are calling it quits in September. With their nerdy humor, explosive laughter and geek cred (both MIT alums) Tom and Ray will be sorely missed by the average NPR-listening Slashdotter." How many garages have names as cool as "Hacker's Haven"? I've long thought that someone should assemble a compilation featuring nothing but hours of their laughter. (Which will be available for sampling, since they will continue to play archived material for a long time yet.)

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They Were Actually Frauds

[NEDHead]

I called in once to see about getting a diagnosis on a car issue. They took the info, and said they would get back if they found it interesting, but if they did, then the whole phone call would be essentially scripted. They would do (or have done) a diagnosis off air, then pretend to figure it out all in the span of a few hyena-larious moments on air.

Experts my ass.

Re:About bloody time

[fiannaFailMan]

I saw, or rather heard, two very knowledgeable guys helping people and having a good time doing it. Car Talk is/was a gem and will be sorely missed by the thousands of people that they have helped and millions of people that they have entertained over the last 25 years.

It is too bad that the parent poster didn't call them to learn how to change the channel on that radio thing in the dashboard of their car.

What makes you think I listen to them? As soon as I hear those two jackasses with their abrasive Boston accents I immediately power the radio off. Even if it's a five second promo for their show I'll switch the radio off. I don't care what the people with mod points think. I think that Click and Clack are a pair of overrated unfunny jackasses. I fucking hate them. End of.

Any other conclusions you'd like to jump to, you amusingly stupid mucksavage?