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Magliozzi and his younger brother Ray became famous as the
self-deprecating radio mechanics "Click and Clack the Tappet
Brothers" on their popular weekend call-in program, sharing
jokes, banter and automobile advice.
The program, which was taped at Boston public radio affiliate
WBUR, has continued to air in re-runs following the pair's
retirement two years ago after more than three decades on the
air.
The pair joked with each other and listeners who called in for
advice on topics from how to eke a few more years out of aging
vehicles to marital advice. Most exchanges during the more than
1,200 episodes recorded during the show's 35-year run were
punctuated by Magliozzi's echoing laugh.
The Magliozzi brothers grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, just
outside Boston, and each graduated from the prestigious
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
They opened a do-it-yourself car repair shop nicknamed "Hacker's
Heaven" in the 1970s and later opened another facility, called
the "Good News Garage." They recorded their programs out of a
studio overlooking Harvard Square in Cambridge labeled by a neon
sign as "Dewey, Cheatham & Howe," a fictional law firm featured
on the program.
The brothers provided the voices for animated cars in the
blockbuster 2006 Disney Pixar film "Cars."
(Reporting by Scott Malone in Boston; Additional reporting by
Lisa Richwine in Los Angeles; Writing by Steve Gorman; Editing
by Eric Beech)
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