wmartin@brl-vgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (03/27/84)
Just out of curiosity, regarding the PBS auto-repair program "Last Chance Garage" -- I don't know if that program is still being produced, but it isn't being aired here in St. Louis anymore. I believe it originated in one of the New England PBS stations. Was (or is) there an actual auto-repair shop run by the host of that program, and, if so, was it really called "Last Chance Garage"? Or was the whole thing faked up for the purpose of the program? Will Martin
lincoln@eosp1.UUCP (Dick Lincoln) (03/28/84)
> Just out of curiosity, regarding the PBS auto-repair program "Last > Chance Garage" -- I don't know if that program is still being > produced, but it isn't being aired here in St. Louis anymore. I > believe it originated in one of the New England PBS stations. Was > (or is) there an actual auto-repair shop run by the host of that > program, and, if so, was it really called "Last Chance Garage"? Or > was the whole thing faked up for the purpose of the program? > Will Martin Yes, the "Last Chance Garage" really does(did?) exist in Cambridge, MA, but *may* not anymore. It belonged to those crazy "Click and Clack, the Tappet Twins" brothers who do(did?) the show from a Boston NPR station. A few years ago, one brother bought the other out. I don't live in the Boston area, but my brother does and used to send me tapes of the shows: amazing, particularly their "Click and Clack Conundrums" and "Little Puzzlers" quizzes on bizarre automotive malfunctions. I'm not sure that the program is still being produced because I haven't received any "Click and Clack" tapes in a while. Click and Clack have some biases about what constitutes a good car. For example, they are definitely prejudiced against foreign sub-compacts. Their idea of automotive heaven, expressed many times, is something like a 1960 vintage Imperial "Stah Croosah", as they pronounce it.