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"Car Talk" Co-Host Tom Magliozzi Dies At Age 77
samzenpus writes "Many outlets are reporting the death of Tom Magliozzi, co-host of the long-running weekly National Public Radio show Car Talk. Tom and his brother Ray ran a repair shop in the '70s and in 1987 landed their radio gig. They were known as "Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers." The show stopped recording two years ago and is currently airing old episodes. Tom died of complications from Alzheimer's at age 77."
Tom represented the cynicism, sarcasm and realism of many of my engineering brethren. RIP
Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.
When I lived in Beantown, I used to take my care there on occasion. You couldn't know a more down to earth and practical individual. I will mourn his passing.
You shall be missed.
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A sad day in the car talk garage no doubt. His laugh alone brought a smile to my face. At least he greatly enjoyed what he did and brought laughter to a lot of people. Our thoughts are with you Tom.
On the bright side, I guess he's now living out the third half of his life.
Non impediti ratione cogitatonis? (unencumbered by the thought process)
I miss Tom.
R.I.P. I've been missing them both for two years now already.
My first thought was "is this really news for nerds?"
Then I thought "hey, these guys were hackers, just in another domain."
Tom, I hope you are having a blast in that great auto-graveyard in the sky.
Can someone explain the summary with a car analogy?
But they beat me to it. http://www.cartalk.com/content... Mr. Plotz had better do a good job.
I moved to the Boston area in 2000. Flipping through the local radio stations I found WEEI (local sports radio) and Click and Clack on NPR.
Whenever Click and Clack was on I had to listen all the way through. No matter how small the car problem, Tom and Ray found ways of making it interesting, entertaining, and funny while teaching us how cars work along the way.
My condolences to the family.
One of mine was when a kid called to ask how he can make washing his parents' cars easier. Tom joked and replied, mix sand and iron filings into the bucket with the wash water...they'll never ask you to wash their cars again.
I'm sorry, but your opinion seems to be wrong.
Some people seem to be born as car buffs with keen interest into almost very obscure detail of automotive design, engineering, and lore. Me, I've never really found them interesting. What fascination for vehicles I natively had was directed towards other types of vehicles. In fact I found cars boring, until I listened to Car Talk. They brought the subject alive. The good natured banter, the subtle yet probing nature of their questions, the testing of their theories... it was fun, educational, and you got a sense of the deep well of knowledge those two had to draw from. (They were MIT grads, after all.) As a bonus they solved a huge mystery by revealing the source of a problem with I car I once had. (Really, who would think to look THERE for that problem?!?) I don't listen as much as I used to, but it's still fun. RIP Tom, and long life Ray.
I'll try not to drive like your brother.
much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
As MIT graduates in Engineering.. yah.. I think they had Geek Tech Cred
His will was drafted by Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe.
(RIP, Tom.)
mr. magliozzi and company have entertained me for years. decades even. drat i am old. god bless you my friend.
It is what it is.
Sorry to see him go and he never got that old MG to run properly either.
As they say old mechanics never die they just lose their bearings.
Tom & Ray were doing a bit on "Boston'isms"...
Tom: "Okay, how 'bout this one... kahkis"
Ray: "kahkis? You mean like pants?"
Tom: "no.... like 'I need to go to the store but I can't find my kahkis' "
--------- ... RIP Tom.. gonna miss ya fella..
Who gives a shit.
You do since you bothered posting here.
I live ze unknown. I love ze unknown. I am ze unknown.
So you came to a forum where people are mourning someone they liked and shit on it?
You are just as bad as the Westboro Baptist Church.
You, and your ilk, are why the internet is becoming a shit hole.
You are not that important, and compared to the rest of the universe you are so insignificant as to not even be measurable. Yet you waste your time ruining things for others.
Why didn't you just move along to the next article? You only get 50 pots a day why waste one shitting on a parade?
There are other people I the world, please consider them.
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There is a nice and humorous obituary on their website.
...our funeral director; Diana Gotoheaven.
Nullius in verba
I never knew Tom, but I knew Ray. The brothers are awesome, my mother-in-law was diagnosed with cancer. They found out about it in passing conversation and they mailed her a bunch of Cartalk swag (she is a huge fan) It's sad to see Click and Clack separated. #RIPClick
These guys made NPR fun to listen to.
They're self-deprecating humor was great: " you've wasted another perfectly good hour listening to Cartalk"
Didn't learn a single lesson about cars.. too busy laughing.
When I was little my Dad and I would run errands together on Saturday morning and listen to Car Talk. Now I am grown I listen to Car Talk on the weekends with my Son. Thanks Tom and Ray for being part of our family for three generations.
-- QED