Two16: Well HAHA HAHA HA HAAHHAWWWW AH AWWWH AWH I guess HAHAHEHEHEHA HAAWWWW WHAHAHAHA that's gonn- HAAAAAAA AHA AHA AHAHEHEHE ;EHEHEHEHE*SNORT* HAHAHAHAAAA AHA AHAAAA that's gonn- HHOOO HAHAHAHAHAHWHWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAWWWW that's gonna be the last HEHEHAHAHAHAHAAHAHJAHAAAAHAHAAA the last of us! HEHEHEHAHAHAHAAAAH AHAAAA HAAAA AHHAA AHAHAHA AHAAAAA AHAHAHHHHAAAASAAAAAAA!


A little inside info here...from my editing buddy at NPR. Oftentimes a bunch of the classic (*to some) "guffaw-style" laughter is simply edited into the show for effect. It's a running joke to see how much they can sometime put in. Not that the brothers don't laugh like that a lot, but the editors MAKE SURE the "laugh quota" is met or exceeded.

As far as them being missed, I kinda got tired of the schtick a few years ago - but they were my "go to" radio program when out running errands on Saturday mornings for a long goddam time! Always used to be way bummed when it came time for the program to end and I heard the lamewad Michael Feldman queue up.

Once I found out about the 'canned' laughter, some of the polish came off the apple. I was also given some other choice insider gossip about the brothers behavior that turned me off to their "brand". But hey, it's entertainment...and they performed well enough!

Ever listen to a recent episode, everybody calling the show was driving a car from 1992. Recently the shows were being distilled into a 'best of' calls that listeners sort of remember.

Even the producers of the show claimed to state this was their way of sunsetting the show for NPR.

/The show was really over probably about 4-7 years ago.

Two16: Well HAHA HAHA HA HAAHHAWWWW AH AWWWH AWH I guess HAHAHEHEHEHA HAAWWWW WHAHAHAHA that's gonn- HAAAAAAA AHA AHA AHAHEHEHE ;EHEHEHEHE*SNORT* HAHAHAHAAAA AHA AHAAAA that's gonn- HHOOO HAHAHAHAHAHWHWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAWWWW that's gonna be the last HEHEHAHAHAHAHAAHAHJAHAAAAHAHAAA the last of us! HEHEHEHAHAHAHAAAAH AHAAAA HAAAA AHHAA AHAHAHA AHAAAAA AHAHAHHHHAAAASAAAAAAA!

/won't be missed

Seconded - the motorcycle hate also annoyed me. It's okay to smoke cigars but motorcycles are instant death. The inhale-pig snort noise seemed to become more prevalent in the last few years. I pretty much stopped listening to them a while back.

Unfortunately, I end up hearing a couple of minutes of them every week so I don't miss the begining of "Wait - wait".

Fix it up, AND SELL IT!

Most entertaining radio show on the air.

Not_Todd: And the last reason to listen to NPR goes away.

Blasphemer!

Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me lives on!

/Both my wife and I have Carl Kassel on our home answering machines!

Cheron: [media.npr.org image 462x346]

We could just replace them with Cheech and Chong no one would see a difference.

Well, other than the fact that Cheech died twenty years ago and was replaced by the more respectable Mr. Marin.

...and even though Tom and Ray quit their show whenever they hear us say it, this is NPR: National Public Radio

/still in queue. Oh well.

I will miss these guys terribly, their sense of humor is absolutely infectious and even though I know very little about auto maintenance, I loved their show.

Now I'm really kicking myself for not donating when they were offering Car Talk baseball jersies. I really wanted one but the donation they were asking for was too rich for my blood. I should have taken out a loan or borrowed from my parents.

I liked them, but NPR needs some new blood.

Deucednuisance: Not_Todd: And the last reason to listen to NPR goes away.

Blasphemer!

Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me lives on!

/Both my wife and I have Carl Kassel on our home answering machines!

You and your wife have different homes?

/loves me some Wait Wait

Two16: Well HAHA HAHA HA HAAHHAWWWW AH AWWWH AWH I guess HAHAHEHEHEHA HAAWWWW WHAHAHAHA that's gonn- HAAAAAAA AHA AHA AHAHEHEHE ;EHEHEHEHE*SNORT* HAHAHAHAAAA AHA AHAAAA that's gonn- HHOOO HAHAHAHAHAHWHWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAWWWW that's gonna be the last HEHEHAHAHAHAHAAHAHJAHAAAAHAHAAA the last of us! HEHEHEHAHAHAHAAAAH AHAAAA HAAAA AHHAA AHAHAHA AHAAAAA AHAHAHHHHAAAASAAAAAAA!

/won't be missed

Oh, God yes. The calls are usually great, but these guys laugh at themselves well the hell too much.

BroVinny: [blogs.cars.com image 500x207]

My favorite thing they did.

Them, Cheech Marin, and George Carlin in the same movie. Pixar new how to give our children subversive role models.

//I love it.

First Dick Clark, now the Tappit brothers?


Those Mayans sure are pricks

I don't think those two are even brothers. Look at them.

Wait...they went into talk radio after H. R. Pufnstuf ended?

gunther_bumpass: They're not my favorite, and I get a little irritated that they take about 3 calls during the course of the show, (two of which are from some twits arguing with their spouse over glove compartment space), but anything that isn't Garrison farking Keillor is ok with me. Listening to that maudlin, pug-faced, unfunny, loudly-inhaling bastard is only slightly less boring than eating a cardboard and dust sandwich. Fark that guy and the stupid-ass socks he sleazed into town in.

Amen to that on GK. That show has an even lower funny-to-crap ratio than the current SNL.

That's a shame - it was the only entertaining show on Saturday.

jackmalice: Two16: Well HAHA HAHA HA HAAHHAWWWW AH AWWWH AWH I guess HAHAHEHEHEHA HAAWWWW WHAHAHAHA that's gonn- HAAAAAAA AHA AHA AHAHEHEHE ;EHEHEHEHE*SNORT* HAHAHAHAAAA AHA AHAAAA that's gonn- HHOOO HAHAHAHAHAHWHWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAWWWW that's gonna be the last HEHEHAHAHAHAHAAHAHJAHAAAAHAHAAA the last of us! HEHEHEHAHAHAHAAAAH AHAAAA HAAAA AHHAA AHAHAHA AHAAAAA AHAHAHHHHAAAASAAAAAAA!

/won't be missed

Oh, God yes. The calls are usually great, but these guys laugh at themselves well the hell too much.

I personally love the laughing, its infectious and it shows just how much fun they have together on the air.

JokerMattly: NuttierThanEver: That means they can expand Michael Feldmans unfunny piece of crap Whadya know show to three whole hours

I'm Glad to know I'm not the only person who totally does not get that show's appeal.

It feels like what WWDTM would be if it had no charisma or panelists.

Oh, God, THIS.

Gonna miss Click and Clack, but given that I started listening 5 years ago, there's a good 20 years of cartalk reruns i'll have to catch up on.

I love dogs, but damn if the dead-dog story wasn't one of the funniest things I've ever heard on the radio.

theesir: Not_Todd: And the last reason to listen to NPR goes away.

This American Life would like an hour or so to speak with you about this....

It's not an NPR show. It's PRI.

I'll miss these guys, even with all the crazy laughter, they had a very entertaining show.

I will miss my favorite staff members too:

Gastroenterologist Cameron Diaz
Iraqi Sales Director Aziz Nowarranty
Latin American Bullfighting Specialist Gordon Diaz
Manager, Donkey Based Video Equipment Cameron Diaz

Deucednuisance: /Both my wife and I have Carl Kassel on our home answering machines!

And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is the typical NPR audience. People who still have answering machines. And not just one, but one for each member of the household.

Joe Peanut: theesir: Not_Todd: And the last reason to listen to NPR goes away.

This American Life would like an hour or so to speak with you about this....

And Radiolab.

While I do greatly enjoy Radiolab, they have a habit of presenting one hypothesis as if it were accepted fact (The Right Of Spring analysis comes to mind)....and it makes me second guess everything I hear.

LandOfChocolate: ...and even though Tom and Ray quit their show whenever they hear us say it, this is NPR: National Public Radio

/still in queue. Oh well.

I will miss these guys terribly, their sense of humor is absolutely infectious and even though I know very little about auto maintenance, I loved their show.

They don't say the "National Public Radio" bit anymore, I think. Which is a little disconcerting to me, as I'm still expecting it. At least PRI still does the "P-R-I, Public Radio, International" bit still.

I've probably learned all that I know about cars from them, so this makes me sad

/I don't know much about cars, obviously

I think there's a Coldplay channel on XFM for you idiots who don't like NPR.

Bummer.

I'm going to miss those guys.

Farewell, Click and Clack. You will be missed.

Comsamvimes ,
They don't say the "National Public Radio" bit anymore, I think. Which is a little disconcerting to me, as I'm still expecting it. At least PRI still does the "P-R-I, Public Radio, International" bit still.
I've probably learned all that I know about cars from them, so this makes me sad
/I don't know much about cars, obviously

When I make a really hard left or right turn in my 1993 Subaru I hear this clicking.

Can you tell me what it is comasmvimes?

gunther_bumpass: They're not my favorite, and I get a little irritated that they take about 3 calls during the course of the show, (two of which are from some twits arguing with their spouse over glove compartment space), but anything that isn't Garrison farking Keillor is ok with me. Listening to that maudlin, pug-faced, unfunny, loudly-inhaling bastard is only slightly less boring than eating a cardboard and dust sandwich. Fark that guy and the stupid-ass socks he sleazed into town in.

Welcome to my favourites.

wxboy: JokerMattly: NuttierThanEver: That means they can expand Michael Feldmans unfunny piece of crap Whadya know show to three whole hours

I'm Glad to know I'm not the only person who totally does not get that show's appeal.

It feels like what WWDTM would be if it had no charisma or panelists.

Apparently I'm the only one that likes his show.

I do. Saw it live when they came to Portland, he's funny as hell. Also caught PHC in Bangor. It was awesome, but the venue was way too big.

Krieghund: theesir: Not_Todd: And the last reason to listen to NPR goes away.

This American Life would like an hour or so to speak with you about this....

This American Life is not an NPR program.

He said listen to NPR, not NPR programming you pedantic twit (now I know you listen to This American Life). Most, if not all, people tune in to their local NPR affiliate to listen to that show. Whether its an NPR show or not is not important..

Comsamvimes:
They don't say the "National Public Radio" bit anymore, I think. Which is a little disconcerting to me, as I'm still expecting it. At least PRI still does the "P-R-I, Public Radio, International" bit still.

I've probably learned all that I know about cars from them, so this makes me sad

/I don't know much about cars, obviously

Did they have a second bit? As far as I remember, they still do the "And even though whenever they hear us say it, This is NPR."

Mishno
Seconded - the motorcycle hate also annoyed me. It's okay to smoke cigars but motorcycles are instant death.

When the weather got nice here this spring, I counted over two dozen motorcycles before I finally saw someone wearing a helmet, so instant death might not be far off. Shorts and t-shirts? Check. Helmet? Hell no.

JokerMattly: Did they have a second bit? As far as I remember, they still do the "And even though whenever they hear us say it, This is NPR."

A few years ago, NPR re-branded itself to be just NPR, not National Public Radio.

Also, I feel like there's a lot of reasons to listen to NPR - The Diane Rehm Show and Talk of the Nation seem to be how I manage to stomach 95% of my political discussion these days.

/Surprised how often I hear something on Fresh Air I didn't think I'd enjoy but really did, like a few recent musical interviews

I still haven't gotten over losing my weekly dose of Word Jazz on NPR Playhouse



Missing Ken was the only thing that sucked about moving out of the NYC area for Boston back in the 80s.

/Image is hot like the color red.
//Stare with your ears.

LandOfChocolate: JokerMattly: Did they have a second bit? As far as I remember, they still do the "And even though whenever they hear us say it, This is NPR."

A few years ago, NPR re-branded itself to be just NPR, not National Public Radio.

It's because they don't use actual chickens....

Optimus Primate: I was also given some other choice insider gossip about the brothers behavior that turned me off to their "brand"

Was it homosexual incest? Cuz that would have been awesome!

Oh, it was on NPR. No wonder I never heard of it.

Why have so many PBS-like commercial networks become profitable while PBS itself flounders. Not asking for partisan answers but it can't be just commercial money making it better. Or maybe capitalism isn't so bad; better than constantly begging, huh, PBS?

IggyFan: You and your wife have different homes?

Nah, we abandoned our land line years ago. We have different *phones*. I used the old phrase as a nod to the early days of WWDTM, even they don't use that phrase any more. I won my recording in the first season, and it came to me on cassette tape! It was a proud day when I put Carl Kassel on the machine doing a BDSM bit ending with the line "And they'll get back to you, when they're not... tied up!"

macadamnut: I think there's a Coldplay channel on XFM for you idiots who don't like NPR.

Wait, what's the difference?

Now that Click and Clack are retiring the network can fulfill its mission of being Nutjob Pretend Renascence.

I'll miss 'em. I've listened for damn near the whole run. I guess hanging out with your brother to talk about cars for one hour a week is too much of a ballbuster, huh? :)

I'd love to hear some of that insider gossip that was mentioned in a previous post......

Optimus Primate: Two16: Well HAHA HAHA HA HAAHHAWWWW AH AWWWH AWH I guess HAHAHEHEHEHA HAAWWWW WHAHAHAHA that's gonn- HAAAAAAA AHA AHA AHAHEHEHE ;EHEHEHEHE*SNORT* HAHAHAHAAAA AHA AHAAAA that's gonn- HHOOO HAHAHAHAHAHWHWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAWWWW that's gonna be the last HEHEHAHAHAHAHAAHAHJAHAAAAHAHAAA the last of us! HEHEHEHAHAHAHAAAAH AHAAAA HAAAA AHHAA AHAHAHA AHAAAAA AHAHAHHHHAAAASAAAAAAA!


A little inside info here...from my editing buddy at NPR. Oftentimes a bunch of the classic (*to some) "guffaw-style" laughter is simply edited into the show for effect. It's a running joke to see how much they can sometime put in. Not that the brothers don't laugh like that a lot, but the editors MAKE SURE the "laugh quota" is met or exceeded.

As far as them being missed, I kinda got tired of the schtick a few years ago - but they were my "go to" radio program when out running errands on Saturday mornings for a long goddam time! Always used to be way bummed when it came time for the program to end and I heard the lamewad Michael Feldman queue up.

Once I found out about the 'canned' laughter, some of the polish came off the apple. I was also given some other choice insider gossip about the brothers behavior that turned me off to their "brand". But hey, it's entertainment...and they performed well enough!

Funny. Its my saturday morning chore radio of choice as well. I hate when I'm late getting going and run into the beginning of the painful to listen to wait wait don't tell me.