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NPR's 'Car Talk' Puts on the Brakes
After 35 years, the chatty pair of mechanic brothers from Boston are calling it quits.
NPR's "Car Talk" is ceasing production of new episodes after 25 years.
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Sad news out of Boston Friday: Tom and Ray Magliozzi, better known as the Saturday morning radio mechanics on NPR's Car Talk, are calling it quits, the Associated Press reports.
After 35 years of giving at once useful and hilarious advice on car maintenance to callers with every manner of malfunction, no new episodes will be produced. Older brother Tom is 74 years old, while Ray is 63.
"My brother has always been 'work-averse,' " Ray told NPR.com. "Now, apparently, even the one hour a week is killing him!"
"It's brutal!" Tom added.
The show was first broadcast on WBUR in Boston in 1977. It's now the most popular program on NPR and is heard coast-to-coast.
Many NPR stations plan to air "greatest-hits" shows.
Are you sad to see "Car Talk" go? Were you a listener? Did you ever call in? Tell us in the comments!
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John Lovaas
2:38 pm on Friday, June 8, 2012
This is indeed sad news!
These two not only know more about the workings of automobiles than most mechanics combined, they are two of the funniest, most entertaining People I have ever heard.
I'm going to fly my flag at half mast right now!
jack
3:38 pm on Friday, June 8, 2012
What a sad day for the radio world! Now I want have any reason to get up before noon on Saturdays.
Brian D. Engler
7:52 pm on Friday, June 8, 2012
Loved listening to these guys! Weekends won't be the same ...
Susan Larson
8:54 pm on Friday, June 8, 2012
My Saturday mornings won't be the same ...
Connie Hartke
7:54 am on Saturday, June 9, 2012
Sad news indeed! My radio stays tuned to NPR (except when listening for traffic reports) and I loved when my errand travels coincided with their show.
Richard Holmquist
2:24 pm on Monday, June 11, 2012
This is disappointing. I love those guys! I'm curious what makes this a Patch story, however. What's the local angle? Is Patch under pressure to start throwing in entertainment news to boost ratings?