Tom and Ray Magliozzi
Tom Magliozzi | |
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East Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. | |
Died | November 3, 2014 Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 77)
Other names | Click |
Education | Economics Policy and Engineering, BS Management: MBA, PhD |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1958) Northeastern University Boston University |
Occupation(s) | Radio show host, mechanic |
Years active | 1977–2012 |
Known for | Co-host of Car Talk |
Spouse | Joanne |
Children | 3[1] |
Website | www.cartalk.com |
Ray Magliozzi | |
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Born | Raymond Francis Magliozzi March 30, 1949 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Other names | Clack |
Education | Bachelor of Science, Humanities |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1972) |
Occupation(s) | Radio show host, mechanic |
Years active | 1977–2012, 2017 |
Known for | Co-host of Car Talk |
Spouse | Monique |
Children | 2 |
Website | www.cartalk.com |
Thomas Louis Magliozzi (June 28, 1937 – November 3, 2014) and his brother Raymond Francis Magliozzi (born March 30, 1949) were the co-hosts of
Tom died on November 3, 2014, aged 77, in Belmont, Massachusetts,[5] of complications from Alzheimer's disease.[6]
Early life and education
Tom Magliozzi was born in
Ray Magliozzi was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts twelve years after his brother Tom. Ray also graduated from MIT.[9]
Career
Tom earned a degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He worked for Sylvania's Semiconductor Division in Woburn, Massachusetts and then for the Foxboro Company[10] while earning his MBA from Northeastern University[11] and teaching part-time at local universities. He grew tired of his job and quit, spending the next year doing odd jobs such as painting for other tenants in his apartment building.[7]
Ray taught science[9] in Bennington, Vermont, for a few years before returning to Cambridge in 1973. He and Tom then opened a do-it-yourself repair shop named Hacker's Haven.[12] The shop rented space and equipment to people who were trying to fix their own cars, but it was not profitable. Nevertheless, the two enjoyed the experience and were invited in 1977 to be part of a panel of automotive experts on Boston's National Public Radio affiliate WBUR-FM. Subsequently, the brothers converted the shop into a standard auto-repair shop named the Good News Garage.[13][14]
In addition to the local radio show, Tom worked a day or two each week at the Technology Consulting Group run by a former MIT classmate in Boston, and he still taught at local universities. Tom spent nine years working on the side while getting his doctorate in marketing from
Car Talk
In January 1987,
Producer Doug Berman said that Tom and Ray "changed public broadcasting forever" because the brothers "showed that real people are far more interesting than canned radio announcers."[18] "The guys are culturally right up there with Mark Twain and the Marx Brothers."[19]
Other work
In addition to the radio show, Tom wrote for CarTalk.com and ran his own consulting business. In 1999, the brothers returned to MIT to deliver a joint commencement speech to the graduates.[20]
In 1989, the brothers started a newspaper column Click and Clack Talk Cars which, like the radio show, mixed serious advice with humor.
Tom and Ray both appeared in the Pixar films Cars (2006) and Cars 3 (2017). (Tom's role in the third film was accomplished through archival recordings, as it was produced after his death, while Ray reprised his role despite his retirement in 2012.) They played the owners of Rust-eze who discovered Lightning McQueen and gave him his first big break. Tom appeared as a 1963 Dodge Dart convertible, a reference to a car that he owned for many years and often mentioned on Car Talk. Ray appeared as a 1964 Dodge A100 van. In both films, they admonished: "Don't drive like my brother", the catchphrase from the close of their radio show.[22]
The brothers also appeared in the sitcom
Filmography
Tom roles
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Ray roles
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References
Citations
- ^ "Tom Magliozzi 1937-2014". Car Talk. November 3, 2014.
- ^ "Car Talk". Peabody Awards. University of Georgia. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
- ^ "Car Talk". National Radio Hall of Fame. 2017. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ Isidore, Chris. "Car Talk hosts are headed to the Automotive Hall of Fame". CNN. Published April 25th, 2018. Accessed February 22nd, 2023.
- ^ "Tom Magliozzi dies at 77; co-host with brother of NPR's popular 'Car Talk'". Los Angeles Times. November 4, 2014.
- ^ Neary, Lynn (November 3, 2014). "Tom Magliozzi, Popular Co-Host Of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies At 77". National Public Radio.
- ^ a b c d "Tom's CarTalk.com biography". December 5, 2014.
- ^ "The Best of Car Talk Episode #2415: The Wrong Kind of Horsepower". February 20, 2024.
- ^ a b "Ray's CarTalk.com biography". December 4, 2014.
- ISBN 978-1-55862-341-5.
- ^ Bates (1999), MIT Tech Talk.
- ^ Magliozzi, Tom&Ray. "About Us". Good News Garage. Archived from the original on December 6, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
In 1973, Tom and Ray ...started a do-it-yourself shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts called Hacker's Haven.
- ^ "Good News Garage". Yelp.
- ^ Lumsden, Carolyn (July 11, 1986). "'Click and Clack': frick and frack gearheads". Daily Breeze. p. E19.
- ^ "Car Talk 1992". Peabody Awards. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
- ^ "The History of Car Talk". Car Talk. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
- ^ Bauder, David (June 8, 2012). "'Car Talk' Ending: NPR Show's Duo Will Retire In October". Huffington Post. Associated Press. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ^ NPR's 'Car Talk' co-host Tom Magliozzi dies at 77, Associated Press, Philip Marcelo, November 4, 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ^ "Car Talk's hosts Tom and Ray Magliozzi, aka Click and Clack, to step down from NPR show", Associated Press, June 8, 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ^ "Transcript of the Magliozzis commencement address". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. June 4, 1999. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- King Features. June 8, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
- ^ "Cars (2006) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ a b c "Driving Mr. Goodman". IMDB. May 3, 2002. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
- ^ "Pick a Car, Any Car". YouTube.
- ^ Jenson, Elizabeth (June 29, 2008). "Welcome to Toontown, Radio Guys". The New York Times. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- ^ "Car of the Future". PBS. April 22, 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ^ The Ten Commandments of Banquet Serving on YouTube
General references
- Bates, Betsy (June 2, 1999). "Magliozzis have local roots, cool cars and colorful résumés". MIT Tech Talk. 43 (32). Retrieved February 14, 2009.
- Magliozzi, Tom and Ray (2000). In Our Humble Opinion: Car Talk's Click and Clack Rant and Rave. New York: Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-52600-5.