Car Talk Classics: Four Perfectly Good Hours

As each show unfolds, it develops its own zany feeling and rhythm, sometimes due to the strength of the coffee or a particularly large burr in Tommy's undershorts. Rather than a "best of" collection, it's four complete shows-every call, every joke, every "Don't drive like my brother" admonition, every puzzler, every punny mention of a fictional show staff member (chauffeur Picov Andropov, night club manager Don Kashane), and every maniacal laugh. This Car Talk set is for fans who want to waste another four perfectly good hours. They are certainly the funniest, as millions of listeners who tune in each week to Car Talk can attest. Click and Clack may be America's most trusted car repair experts. Four all-time favorite episodes from the popular radio show-complete, unexpurgated, and hilarious. The

R Seiber said From NPR Came Something Good. This is definitely From NPR Came Something Good R Seiber This is definitely 4 Good Hours of Tom & Ray Magliozzi's Car Talk but I can think of some others I like more.I don't think this is exactly a best of collection. That concept is always highly subjective of course.These are relevant classics even for serious fans and are very enjoyable.They are also, for me, a sad reminder of the National Public Radio that once was.There was a time when NPR was for EVERYONE, not just pseudo intellectual malcontents.Shows like Talk Of The Nation with its live open forum was a model of Democracy. Callers voiced their opinion freely on any issue.Gone, and nothing to take its place as far as I can tell.I. Good Hours of Tom & Ray Magliozzi's Car Talk but I can think of some others I like more.I don't think this is exactly a best of collection. That concept is always highly subjective of course.These are relevant classics even for serious fans and are very enjoyable.They are also, for me, a sad reminder of the National Public Radio that once was.There was a time when NPR was for EVERYONE, not just pseudo intellectual malcontents.Shows like Talk Of The Nation with its live open forum was a model of Democracy. Callers voiced their opinion freely on any issue.Gone, and nothing to take its place as far as I can tell.I. "Guy Talk" according to Mike Fitz. I purchased this for my father who is losing his eyesight and looking for alternate entertainment to TV.A couple of guys talking cars. They know their subject and have that "front stoop" sense of humor thatlets you laugh while you learn. He enjoyed this a great deal.. Four Stars Good campanion for long trips

. (May)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly Each week, over four million National Public Radio listeners turn to Massachusetts mechanics Tom and Ray Magliozzi—aka Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers—for an eclectic mixture of practical car repair advice, automotive consumer empowerment, razor-sharp puzzlers and self-deprecating wit. At the close of each program, the siblings announce that their devotees have squandered another perfectly good hour. As both erudite MIT grads and gritty garage enthusiasts, Click and Clack would fit naturally into the Boston bar stools of the classic sitcom Cheers. Their new audio collection consists of four complete 60-minute programs that the hosts deem their all-time favorites, including a visit fr