Ray Magliozzi
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| Ray Magliozzi | |
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| Born | Raymond F. Magliozzi March 30, 1949 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Other names | "Clack" of the Tappet Brothers |
| Education | BS, Humanities |
| Alma mater | MIT (1972) |
| Occupation | Radio show host |
| Known for | Car Talk |
| Relatives | Tom Magliozzi, brother |
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| www.cartalk.com | |
Raymond F. "Clack Tappet" Magliozzi (born March 30, 1949) is a co-host (with older brother Tom Magliozzi) of NPR's winning weekly radio show, Car Talk. They are known as "Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers". Their show was honored with a Peabody Award in 1992.
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[edit] Biography
Ray Magliozzi is a Cambridge, Massachusetts native and has lived there almost all his life.
He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Humanities and Science.[1] On June 4, 1999, Tom and Ray gave the commencement address at MIT.[2]
He spent a few years teaching science in Bennington, Vermont. He moved back to Cambridge and opened a do-it-yourself repair shop, named Hacker's Haven, with his brother. He and his wife, Monique, have two sons, Louie and Andrew.
He spends the bulk of his time running the garage and working on the pair's radio show.
Some, especially Ray, point out that the bulk of the correct diagnoses and advice distributed by Car Talk are in fact produced by Ray.[citation needed] He is also responsible for the "Weekly Puzzler".
Ray and his brother Tom had cameo appearances as the Rust-eze owners in the Pixar film, Cars. In it, they gave their trademark lines "Don't drive like my brother." Ray appeared as a 1964 Dodge A100 van. He and Tom also made a cameo appearance on the children's show Arthur.
Ray stars with Tom in the PBS animated series, Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns, based on Car Talk.
Like his brother, Ray is colorblind.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Bates (1999), MIT Tech Talk.
- ^ "Transcript of the Magliozzis commencement address". MIT.com. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1999/clickclackspeech.html. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
[edit] References
- Bates, Betsy (June 2, 1999). "Magliozzis have local roots, cool cars and colorful résumés". MIT Tech Talk 43 (32). http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1999/profile-0602.html. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
[edit] External links
- "The Official, Unabridged Raymond "Chuckie" Magliozzi Auto-Biography". CarTalk.com. http://www.cartalk.com/content/about/bios/ray-bio.html.
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