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identify the malfunction over the telephone and give advice on how to fix it. While the hosts peppered their call-in sessions with jokes directed at both the caller and at themselves, the Magliozzis were usually able to arrive at a diagnosis. However, when they were stumped, they attempted anyway with an answer they claimed was "unencumbered by the thought process", the official motto of the show.
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scheduled a panel of local car mechanics to discuss car repairs on one of its programs, but only Tom Magliozzi showed up. He did so well that he was asked to return as a guest, and he invited his younger brother Ray (who was actually more of a car repair expert) to join him. The brothers were soon
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In 2005, Tom and Ray Magliozzi founded the Car Talk Vehicle Donation Program, "as a way to give back to the stations that were our friends and partners for decades — and whose programs we listen to every day." Since the Car Talk Vehicle Donation Program was founded, over 40,000 vehicles have been
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was presented in the form of a call-in radio show: listeners called in with questions related to motor vehicle maintenance and repair. Most of the advice sought was diagnostic, with callers describing symptoms and demonstrating sounds of an ailing vehicle while the Magliozzis made an attempt to
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As of 2012, it had 3.3 million listeners each week, on about 660 stations. On June 8, 2012, the brothers announced that they would no longer broadcast new episodes as of October. Executive producer Doug Berman said the best material from 25 years of past shows would be used to put together
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episodes ended their weekly broadcast on NPR on September 30, 2017, although past episodes would continue availability online and via podcasts. 120 of the 400 stations intended to continue airing the show. NPR announced one option for the time slot would be their new news-talk program
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The Magliozzis operated a do-it-yourself garage together in the 1970s which became more of a conventional repair shop in the 1980s. Ray continued to have a hand in the day-to-day operations of the shop for years, while his brother Tom semi-retired, often joking on
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brother!" The original tag line was "Don't drive like a knucklehead!" There were variations such as, "Don't drive like my brother ..." "And don't drive like his brother!" and "Don't drive like my sister ..." "And don't drive like
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would officially end on October 1, 2021, and that NPR would begin distribution of a twice-weekly podcast that will be 35–40 minutes in length and include early versions of every show, in sequential order.
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Car Talk is public radio's most popular entertainment program, airing on nearly 600 stations with more than 4.4 million listeners a week tuning in for an hour-long tune-up on car advice and humor.
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donated to support local NPR stations and programs, with over $ 40 million donated. Approximately 70% of the proceeds generated go directly toward funding local NPR affiliates and programs.
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memorial episode for his brother Tom after he died in November 2014. However, Ray continued to write their syndicated newspaper column, saying that his brother would want him to.
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is based on the adventures of the fictional "Click and Clack" brothers' garage at "Car Talk Plaza". The ten episodes aired in July and August 2008.
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staff, the questions were unknown to the Magliozzis in advance as "that would entail researching the right answer, which is what? ... Work."
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about his distaste for doing "actual work". The show's offices were located near their shop at the corner of JFK Street and Brattle Street in
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asked to host their own radio show on WBUR, which they continued to do every week. In 1986, NPR decided to distribute their show nationally.
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The name of the DC&H corporate offices is visible on the third floor window above the corner of Brattle and JFK Streets, in
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At the end of the show, Ray warns the audience, "Don't drive like my brother!" to which Tom replies, "And don't drive like
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Newton, Christopher (1996). "'The Prince Macaroni Hour' to 'Car Talk': An Evolution of Italian American Radio".
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was written and directed by Wesley Savick, and composed by Michael Wartofsky. The adaptation was presented by
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Growth in the NPR news/talk audience outpaced similar gains realized by commercial news/talk radio.
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Tom Magliozzi died on November 3, 2014, at age 77, due to complications from Alzheimer's disease.
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Executive producer Doug Berman said in 2012, "The guys are culturally right up there with
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Lumsden, Carolyn (July 11, 1986). "'Click and Clack': frick and frack gearheads".
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distributes the column. Ray Magliozzi continues to write the column, retitled
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On June 11, 2021, it was announced that radio distribution of
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Throughout the program, listeners were encouraged to dial the
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which, like the radio show, mixed serious advice with humor.
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in 1992, and the Magliozzis were both inducted into the
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