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A brief foray by Tom and Ray into one of public broadcasting's good shows, that's
what.
Here's the lowdown:
Next Tuesday, April 22, Tom and Ray will host a special edition of PBS's NOVA program. The topic? "Car of the Future." And Tom and Ray will
leave no fuel cell unturned, from Amory Lovins' Hypercar, to ethanol, hybrids, electric cars, hydrogen and, well... lots more. You'll just have to
see
it for yourself. And, of course, there'll be lots of laughs. We had to get special permission from PBS to laugh on its network.
How did two jamokes like Tom and Ray get to investigate something as important as the "Car of the Future" on a program as weighty as NOVA?
In the words of NOVA Director extraordinaire Joe Seamans:
I wanted to treat issues like global warming and soaring energy costs as comedy.
That may sound a
little weird, but people are getting numbed out by these subjects, and I thought it was time for a fresh approach. So Tom and Ray came to mind. They
know a lot more about cars than I do, and even if they don't have all the answers, they ask good questions.
You can check out the rest of our discussion with Joe, and get more show details, right here.
In other news, our Shameless Commerce Division is keeping a wary eye on its newly constructed Leaning Tower of Car Talk CDs, built from
still-piping-hot copies of our just released offering, The Field Guide to the North American Wacko. It's four CDs -- a rollicking
three-and-a-half-hour cornucopia of misfits, nut jobs and goof balls.
Want to help the folks at the Shameless Commerce Division safely deconstruct their leaning tower of discs? Great! You can get more info on our CD,
and grab a copy for yourself. Right here:
Yours in the destuffification of PBS,
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Maury Maille
Chief Neilsen Ratings Analyst
Car Talk Plaza
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P.S. Here's our Lame Joke of the Week, courtesy of Ken
Harmeyer:
At Saint Mary's Church they have a weekly husbands' marriage seminar. At a session last week, the priest asked Luigi, who was approaching his 50th
wedding anniversary, to take a few minutes and share some insights into how he had managed to stay married to the same woman all these years.
Luigi replied to the assembled husbands, "Well, I've a-tried to treat-a her nice, spend the money on her, but best is that I took-a her to Italy for
the 20th anniversary!"
The priest responded, "Luigi, you are an amazing inspiration to all the husbands here! Please tell us what you are planning for your wife for your
50th anniversary."
Luigi proudly replied, "I'm a-gonna go to get her."
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Car Talk Pollutes PBS's NOVA
Field Guide to the North American Wacko
Lame Joke of the Week
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