NPR's 'Car Talk' Putting on Brakes, Calling It Quits
After 25 years, the chatty pair of mechanic brothers from Boston are calling it quits.
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Sad news out of Boston today: 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 and NPR confirms on its blog.
The show will continue to air in reruns, but after 25 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.
The show was first broadcast on WBUR in Boston in 1977. It's one of the most popular program's on NPR and is heard coast-to-coast. The show is heard locally at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday on KWMU, 90.7 FM.
Are you a fan of "Car Talk"? What are your thoughts on the program calling it quits?
Ashley Nevilles
8:29 am on Saturday, June 9, 2012
I listen every week on my way to church and running errands on the weekends. I enjoy the show so it's sad to see it go. Hopefully something just a good replaces it.
Artichoke Annie
11:02 am on Saturday, June 9, 2012
I am a fan and I will miss them so much. They were always good for a hardy "laugh out loud" moment or two. I'm sure drivers on the road worried I might be having a seizure as I listened and laughed with them. Bye guys! : (
Jean Whitney
12:37 pm on Saturday, June 9, 2012
When I got my first car (definitely not new!) I would listen to figure out how worried I should be about things going on with it, too.
Doug Miner
1:11 pm on Saturday, June 9, 2012
I'll miss their staff too, like their Russian chauffeur, Picov Andropov.
David Altman
11:37 pm on Sunday, June 10, 2012
I've learned a lot of things from them over the years including basic stuff that's not in the car manual.
Will miss their both informative and entertaining news columns and radio shows.
Too bad they did not recruit some guys to take over like the famous movie critic pairs.
At least they published a car advice book recently.
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