Sad news from
NPR today:
Tom Magliozzi, one of public radio's most popular personalities, died on Monday of complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 77 years old.
Tom and his brother, Ray, became famous as "Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers" on the weekly NPR show Car Talk. They bantered, told jokes, laughed and sometimes even gave pretty good advice to listeners who called in with their car troubles.
The brothers retired from their enormously popular show
in 2012, but reruns continue to air on Saturday mornings. When they announced their retirement in 2012, Tom wrote:
In a goodbye message posted on their website and titled "Time to Get Even Lazier," Tom wrote, "We're hoping to be like `I Love Lucy' and air 10 times a day on `NPR at Nite' in 2075."
You can hear a sample show, "It's Snowing in My Car", below the fold: