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Thread: Tom Magliozzi of "Car Talk", RIP
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Golden Key
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Tom Magliozzi, co-host of NPR's raucous, instructive, and much-beloved "Car Talk" has died.
I've gotten so much joy, bad-joke groans, and easing of stress from that show, over the years. Fortunately, they're going to keep running archived shows.
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[ 03. November 2014, 21:33: Message edited by: Golden Key ]
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jedijudy
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I was so sad to hear the news on NPR this afternoon. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Daughter-Unit just called me and was shocked and saddened, too.
Rest in Peace, Tommy. You've brightened many hours for a great multitude of people.
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Augustine the Aleut
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I was sorry to read of this. On the long drives to Florida from Ottawa, he and his brother greatly entertained my mother and me. His joy and exuberance in helping others, while informing and educating the ignorant such as myself, were a delight. May he be entertaining Saint Peter with carburetor noises!
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Pigwidgeon
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I don't think I've ever heard two people who enjoyed what they did for a living as much as those two did.
R.I.P., Tom, and deepest sympathy to Ray.
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basso
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I made my father into an NPR listener many years ago, in part by describing Car Talk jokes.
He'd often begin a story at the dinner table: "I was listening to the boys today..." That the boys were Tom and Ray was understood.
RIP, Tom.
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Golden Key
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Tom's death was due to complications from Alzheimer's. Here's a "free click to donate" site for Alzheimer's research.
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--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by Golden Key:
Tom's death was due to complications from Alzheimer's. Here's a "free click to donate" site for Alzheimer's research.
Ray apparently asked for memorial donations to one's local PBS station. I'm sure either would be appreciated.
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Golden Key
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From what I saw on the Car Talk site, it's suggested that people donate either to Alzheimer's research or to NPR.
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Blessed Gator, pray for us!
--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Pigwidgeon
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quote:
Originally posted by Golden Key:
From what I saw on the Car Talk site, it's suggested that people donate either to Alzheimer's research or to NPR.
Oops! I meant NPR, not PBS.
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Palimpsest
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I lived in Cambridge and friends of mine used the garage they ran.
I once went by their offices at one car talk plaza. It was in an old building in Harvard Square. On the door was a copy of letter they had sent a listener. It apologized for the t-shirt he had ordered having fingerprints in ink on the shirt and they were sending a replacement along with some other items. They emphasized that they had no idea how the fingerprints had gotten on the shirt.
The letter was covered with inky fingerprints.
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Pigwidgeon
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I've just spent the past 47 minutes listening to a special "Fresh Air" episode about Tom and Ray. I'm in tears -- partly from laughing and partly from loss.
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Golden Key
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Originally posted by basso:
I made my father into an NPR listener many years ago, in part by describing Car Talk jokes.
Someone--maybe producer Doug Berman?--remarked on NPR that Car Talk was "the gateway drug for getting people hooked on NPR".
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Oh, and the "Fresh Air" interview that Pigwidgeon mentioned is really good.
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Blessed Gator, pray for us!
--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Golden Key
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Ray is hosting a tribute broadcast, with great clips from his brother. I'm listening right now. I presume you'll be able to listen later online at either NPR.org or Cartalk.com.
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Blessed Gator, pray for us!
--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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ErinBear
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I just listened to the tribute broadcast by Ray this morning. It was wonderful - funny, yet also touching to remember all of the laughter those two gentlemen brought to me and other listeners over the years. I'm so grateful to them! May Tom rest in peace and rise in glory.
Blessings,
ErinBear
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jedijudy
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I was laughing and crying at the same time. We know who he got his laugh from!!!
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Golden Key
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From their mom? I got confused during that one bit with her, because I couldn't tell whether the laugh was hers or Tommy's. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Blessed Gator, pray for us!
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--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
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So glad that the NPR programming department is keeping this program on the air. It is still relevant and so funny.
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