Best and Second Best of Car Talk: with Click and Clack | 
 enlarge | Authors: Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 119664
Format: Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 156511664X
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4472
UPC: 025024891205
EAN: 9781565116641
ASIN: 156511664X
Publication Date: May 1, 2002
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Product Description
It's a laugh-out-loud collection of wisecracks, automotive first aid, and roadside philosophy. Tom and Ray have gathered the most outrageous and humorous segments from their weekly call-in radio show, including "Eggs Prestone," "Bad Hair Days," "Clinton Sends Vowels to Bosnia," "Gail, the Tollgate Fugitive," and the Tappet Brothers personal favorite, the tale of Max and his little Schnauzer.
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 What I like best about Tom and Ray July 12, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Face it, for most of us, our cars are our lives. The US post WWII is not as a rule built for pedestrians and if your car breaks down, you lose a lot of control over your world.
Tom and Ray take a situation that's very stressful for most people and turn it into something that even the most stressed out person can laugh about. Truth is--someday you are going to look back on most of the hard situations in your life and laugh. You might as well start while they're happening. Knowing that you could be next, you're laughing with the poor schmuck who's called Click and Clack for some automotive advice.
Plus, they do get some of the worst--and weirdest--cases around. My husband and I try to listen to "Car Talk" every Saturday morning and often will be commenting on the episodes through the next week. The "Car Talk" CDs are a great way to keep laughing when you need a break from a hard week.
Really the Best and Second Best of Car Talk March 9, 2007
This was the best Car Talk cd I've ever heard! There are some real gems here!
I can't expect any better January 9, 2007
Those Tappett Bros. really are something, this truly is their best album if they say so or not. Obviously the best place to waste your time listening to this CD is in your car, especially on long trips. just enjoy them the best you can.
Surprised at the Negatives Below... January 1, 2007
I guess you either love these guys or you hate them. My wife finds them incredibly annoying when she hears them on the radio.
Myself, I love them. Their accents are not off-putting to me, and I love how they laugh together.
What I've learned over time, though, is that the 'straight' answers they provide are actually pretty authoritative. They actually know what they're talking about, based not only on their extensive formal education but also based on their hands-on work with many, many cars.
If I personally found anything annoying, it's only their constant self-referencing which gets old. However, it's a part of their "shtick" which we would not want to do without...
cars and stuff December 31, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
It would be a mistake to evaluate this double-CD as a stand-alone product.
Instead, it is the byproduct of an authentic American phenomenon. I've been fortunate to live all over. Believe me: Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers on National Public Radio could only happen here.
I find these guys hilarious. Not everyone will. To make a long story short, these Boston greasepit goons (one of them has a PhD from MIT) started a call-in radio show years ago in New England called 'Car Talk'. The audience would call in to ask questions about their cars, which these two brothers would answer after a bit of Socratic questioning from their seemingly limitless knowledge of automobile innards.
Little by little, people's car problems became the thin edge of the wedge for things much more interesting, personal, and hilarious. NPR picked up the show and it became required Saturday morning listening for gazillions of devotees.
Like any media phenomenon that inspires intense loyalty, Car Talk also generates detractors. They are legion.
But it would be a mistake not to give Click and Clack and their self-deprecating humor a chance. They so obviously love what they do. I love what they do, too. Some people don't. That's OK.
Just give'em a chance. My hunch is you'll soon be helpless with laughter along with the Magliozzi brothers and their cameo-appearing Mom.
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