Friday, June 8, 2012

Long running NPR "Car Talk" hosts pulling in to the garage


Talk about a successful run!  The chatty mechanics on NPR's "Car Talk" are pulling in to the garage.

Tom and Ray Magliozzi said Friday they will stop making new episodes of their comic auto advice show at the end of September - 25 years after "Car Talk" began in Boston. The show airs every Saturday morning and is National Public Radio's most popular program.

Although lots of folks - including me - can host a radio show on the internet today and have it available on iTunes, these guys started back when doing your own radio show was not so easy or "do it yourself."

Older brother Tom is 74 years old and the brothers say it's time to stop and smell the cappuccino.

"Car Talk" isn't disappearing, however. NPR says repurposed episodes will continue to air every week with material culled from the show's archives.

1 comment:

  1. oh no, i love these guys!! i never pictured them like that. didn't know they were so old. i guess they need to retire but i am sorry they are. they are so funny. my granddaughter had a friend, a boy who loves listening. no one can replace them. they are classic!

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