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...or, should we say, who's new at Car Talk Plaza?
Fidel, Crusty, Beth, Stash, Sal, Dave and Zuzu, that's who!
They are all characters on our new animated sitcom, CLICK & CLACK'S AS THE WRENCH TURNS. Along with Click and Clack, they'll be coming to a
television screen near you, on Wednesday, July 9th at 8 pm ET, on PBS (check your local
listings). That's right, PBS! They have apparently lost
their minds, and fallen victim to the same scheme that has been lowering NPR's reputation for the past few decades.
To view scenes from upcoming episodes, read about the characters, and take our "Which Character Are You" quiz, drop by our Car Talk TV page.
 CLICK & CLACK'S AS THE WRENCH TURNS premieres July 9th, and
continues for six weeks, every Wednesday through August 13th. So, you'll want
to be out of town for that!
So, what's the show really about? Here's what PBS says... followed by the Car Talk staff translation.
PBS: "Click & Clack's As the Wrench Turns takes off from Tom and Ray's hit NPR radio show...."
Translation: We at PBS hope that the seven remaining listeners to the radio show might drop by
and boost our ratings.
" ... and follows the on- and off-air escapades of Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, as they try to fix cars, fend off disgruntled customers
and
seek out increasingly creative ways to goof off."
Translation: The show follows
Tom and Ray's escapades -- well, the ones that didn't result in visits from the Witness Protection
Program, the EPA, or
disgruntled listeners armed with rotten fruit and Molotov cocktails.
"Click & Clack's As the Wrench Turns is set in Car Talk Plaza, a fictional building that houses their radio studio and their famed garage in
Harvard
Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts."
Translation: We only wish Car Talk Plaza was fictional. We've seen the real thing and this is one case in which fact is scarier than
animation.
Whatever the reality, we do hope you'll drop by and check it out. Set your TIVO, grab a six-pack of 5W30, kick back, join Click, Clack and the rest
of the gang and waste yet another perfectly good hour.
Besides, look at it this way: We just might be saving you from an Art Garfunkel- with-Special- Guest-Yanni PBS Fundraising Special.
You can thank us
later.
Yours in keeping Tom and Ray's actual faces off the screen,
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Maury Maille
Director, "Vast Wasteland" Implementation Program
Car Talk Plaza
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P.S. Here's this week's Lame Joke of the Week, courtesy of Ron Lewis:
A young nun joined an order which allowed her to say only two words every ten years.
After the first ten years, she said to the Mother Superior "Bed hard."
Ten years later, she said "Food stinks."
Ten years later, she said "I quit."
The Mother Superior said, "I'm not surprised, you've
done nothing but complain since you got here."
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Click & Clack's As the Wrench
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Lame Joke of the Week
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