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.
grw@inmet.UUCP (03/31/84)
#R:eosp1:-75100:inmet:2700082:000:899 inmet!grw Mar 29 11:45:00 1984 They are still alive and on the radio (WBUR 90.9 FM) in Boston every Saturday night from 18:00 to 19:00. They are still bizzare and usually fun to listen to (yes, I confess, I still like to listen to radio shows). They are on before the Bob and Ray show (also on WBUR) which I sometimes tape. Since they are still offering free oil changes at their garage in Cambridge to winners of the 'puzzlers' contests I assume that they are still in business. My reaction to them: its a treat to find two literate auto mechanics with a sense of humor and a willingness to listen to callers car problems. And they make me laugh. -- Gary Wasserman ...harpo!inmet!grw ...hplabs!sri-unix!cca!ima!inmet!grw ...yale-comix!ima!inmet!grw PS - They operate the Good News Garage (Brad Sears of PBS fame 'worked' out of the Last Chance Garage somewhere in the Massachusetts wilderness) - grw
andrew@inmet.UUCP (03/31/84)
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inmet!andrew Mar 29 08:17:00 1984
"Click" and "Clack" are (were?) Tom and Ray Magliozzi. In real life, their
garage is called the Good News Garage. I don't know if the show is still on,
but they teach an auto mechanics course through Cambridge Center for
Adult Education.
Andrew W. Rogers, Intermetrics ...{harpo|ima|esquire}!inmet!andrew