Click (or is it Clack) of the Tappett Brothers has died

[zacster]

Tom Magliozzi, Click or Clack of the Tappett Brothers, has died.

Of all the uses of my audio equipment, Car Talk on NPR has always been my favorite.

 

[tomchr]

Man... That's a sad day. Those two guys were fun to listen to.

~Tom

 

[kevinkr]

He died this morning unfortunately, apparently of something related to complications of Alzheimer's.. He was 77yrs old.. Ray is quite a bit younger. I really enjoyed the show in its original run.. I had friends who were customers of theirs, apparently quite as entertaining as the show, and they were quite good at fixing the really difficult problems.

 

[kevinkr]

Moved to more appropriate venue.

 

[jackinnj]

I recall the episode in which they explained the reason that some birds preferred to poop on certain cars and not others.

I think that the show was the largest revenue contributor to NPR, and folks started to worry 2 years ago.

 

[scott wurcer]

My son was on years ago, I wish I had a picture. He called and asked them what they thought of putting a skylight in our Caprice wagon with a sawsall. He did it anyway, quite a disaster. He also painted it with cans of ugly green Krylon and we kept it until it lost reverse.

 

[chrisb]

his infectious laughter and alimony payments will be widely missed

and don't drive like my brother

 

[jackinnj]

Attn MIT grads -- here is a link to the 1999 Commencement Address:

Transcript of the Magliozzis' commencement address | MIT News

One of my good friends answered "The Puzzler" correctly.

 

[ArtG]

Tom: “Would you mind explaining how your Chevy Suburban ended up in the lake?”
Lady Caller: Well, the sun was in my eyes, so I pulled the sun-visor down, and that’s when I noticed a huge spider was behind it.”
Tom: “huge?”
Lady Caller: “…well I thought it was pretty big! Then it lowered itself down from the visor on a silk strand, and it was directly in front of my eyes, swinging back and forth, and I started screaming, and …….”
Tom: “…..and that’s when you “lost it”, and drove your car part way into the lake!”
Lady Caller: “Yep!”

Best show ever to appear on NPR!