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<h1>NPR's 'Car Talk' Duo Calling It Quits
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<cite>Associated Press</cite>
<div class="targetCaption">Brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi, shown in 2008, will stop recording 'Car Talk' episodes for NPR in October.</div>
</div></div></div><div>"They're retiring at the top of their
game," Mr. Nuzum said of the brothers. "It's the most successful program
on public radio." </div>
<div>The bantering brothers started taping "Car Talk" 35 years ago at
Boston's WBUR station, giving advice about cars and life, and have since
recorded more than 1,200 shows, according to NPR. It has been on NPR
for 25 years.</div>
<div>"Frankly, it changed the whole nature of public radio in America,"
said Charlie Kravetz, general manager of WBUR. He said the brothers
started the show at a time when public radio was largely journalistic
and music-based, without entertainment programming. Many stations were
"throwing a lot of spaghetti against a refrigerator and seeing what
sticks," he said.</div>
<div>The Magliozzi brothers said Friday in a farewell note to listeners
that with Tom, the older of the two, turning 75 this year, it was time
to "stop and smell the cappuccino." </div>
<div>"We've managed to avoid getting thrown off NPR for 25 years, given
out tens of thousands of wrong answers, generated lawsuit threats from
innumerable car companies, and had a hell of a lot of fun talking to you
guys," wrote Ray, who is 12 years younger. </div>
<div>The brothers will continue to record parts for the show that can't be
reclaimed from their old calls—like fundraising spots and promotions,
Mr. Nuzum said. They will also continue to write their twice weekly
column "Dear Tom and Ray." </div>
<div>About a future reappearance on NPR, Ray said, "It's unlikely, but
anything's possible." His brother, characteristically, disagreed:
"Absolutely not...I'm done."</div>
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