Click and Clack of NPR's Car Talk Retiring
After 35 years at WBUR and 25 with NPR, Tom and Ray Magliozzi are hanging up their microphones.
"And remember, don't drive like my brother."
For decades listeners to NPR's Car Talk have heard the two comedic mechanic brothers sign off the show with that humorous warning. It is the final piece of advice on the hour-long show in which Tom and Ray Magliozzi would take listen calls on their car problems and answer them with much humorous discussion, jokes about their mechanics and the car industry and often with some self-deprecating humor on their own abilities.
Sadly, Tom and Ray announced that they are "are retiring from the show and taking "time to stop and smell the cappuccino," WBUR reports.
Their show will continue to air in 'classic' 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.
"My brother has always been 'work-averse,' " said Ray in a release on NPR. "Now, apparently, even the one hour a week is killing him!"
"It's brutal!" Tom added.
The brothers will mark their 25th anniversary on NPR this fall, and then put the series in the hands of their producers, who will continue to produce the show, the release states.
Find out more about Car Talk on their web site.
What do you think? Are you a fan of Tom and Ray, aka Click and Clack? Let us know your thoughts on their retirement announcement in the comments below.
Also, have you ever called into the show? Share your experience in the comments!
Earnhardt
7:38 pm on Friday, June 8, 2012
I am going to miss these two! I never got sick of the info or the corny jokes! enjoy your well earned retirement
Eugene
8:06 pm on Friday, June 8, 2012
Like an old pair of sneakers, I looked forward to Car Talk on weekends. Sometimes their jokes stunk as bad, too, but they'll never be replaced. Hope the next generation of radio jocks can drive like those brothers! Will miss them greatly!
Gary Griffin
9:24 pm on Friday, June 8, 2012
It was a pleasant enough show, but pretty corny and not really funny, IMHO.
Karla Vallance
11:24 am on Monday, June 11, 2012
So are there any auto mechanics around town who would be able to take their place as funny-yet-smart auto advice colulmnists/hosts?
Karla Vallance
11:24 am on Monday, June 11, 2012
Make that columnists (yes, I can spell...)