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Listeners call in with a range of somewhat car-related problems, from simple mechanical failures to questions that begin "My husband wants..." or "My girlfriend...".
The show could be a described as a talk radio program about cars that happens to be funny, or it could be just as accurately described as a comedy show that happens to accept calls about cars. Tom and Ray (well, actually Ray) are known for long rants on the evils of the internal combustion engine, the state of Iowa, people who talk on cell phones while driving, women named Donna (who always seem to drive Camaros), the use (or misuse) of the English language, and just about anything else, including themselves. They have a laid-back humorous approach to cars, car repair, cup holder competition amongst car makers, cats, dogs, lawyers, car mechanics, mini-vans, SUVs, and most everything else. They often cast an critical insider's eye (jaundiced, mostly) towards the auto industry. The show also has a commitment to public service, albeit in a Tappet Brothers way. For instance, there has been a long-running effort to "Save the SkeetSkeet is a clay pigeon shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. It is a recreational and competitive activity where participants attempt to destroy clay disks flung into the air at high speed. The firearm of choice for this task is a high qualitys". They laugh at their own jokes. A lot.
And they do it all in 'Massachusettesian mechanic', a variety of English which must be heard to be appreciated, or something.
Each show opens with a monologue, possibly car-related, that is meant to be funny. In between eight call-in sessions, there is a constant section called the "Puzzler" in which a new puzzle (usually not car-related) and the answer to the previous Puzzler are given to listeners. A recurring feature is "Stump the Chumps", in which the hosts call back to a caller from a previous show and find out if their advice had helped.
The humor of Car Talk also extends into the end credits. After listing (and lampooning) the actual staff of Car Talk (under the Magliozzi's corporate banner, Dewey, Cheetham, and HoweHarvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The name can be seen on the office's third floor window. Dewey, Cheetham, and Howe is the corporation established to manage the business end of the Car Talk syndicated radio show. Initially a joke (read the name o, which was their attorney firm's name in earlier years), the brothers list a long series of unusual names (generally punny). "Paul Murky of Murky Research" and "statistician Marge Innovera" are only two of a long series of perennial "staffers" in the Car Talk credits.
The hosts operate the "Good News Garage" in Cambridge, Massachusetts2000 Cambridge is a city in the greater Boston area in Massachusetts, United States. It was named in honor of Cambridge, England, the town where its founding fathers had studied ( Cambridge University). Cambridge is perhaps most famous for three things: H just a few blocks north of the MIT campus. Their offices are located nearby at the corner of JFK St. and Brattle St. in Harvard Square2000 Harvard Square is a large triangular area in the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Often traffic-congested, it is located next to Harvard University and is a highly travelled space for Harvard and MIT students, along with residents of Boston, Cambr.
The two were commencement speakers at MIT in 1999.
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