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As the Wrench Turns
Sometimes you really enjoy something despite all your attempts to not like it. One of those things for me is Car Talk on NPR. It's dumb, it's silly and I'm not even sure Tom and Ray Magliozzi know what the heck they're talking about. And I love it.
And, for reasons I'm still not sure of, they've managed to take their odd, small piece of radio goofiness and transported it to TV. Click & Clack's As the Wrench Turns is a screwball (or in their case, screwdriver) cartoon that's surreal, silly and funny.
In two episodes I've caught, they managed to cause a blackout on the Eastern seaboard AND create a pasta- powered car that causes a near war with Italy, all while getting in digs at their fellow NPR/PBS stablemates.
Again, it's silly, but it so good natured and so bizarre (Jim Lehrer of PBS's The News Hour and Carl Kasell of NPR voiced cameos) that you want to well, go along for the nutty ride.
Like the bumblebee, this shouldn't fly but somehow it does.
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Jul 16, 2008 11:08 PM
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David's here! David's here! Woo-hoo!
Hi David. You've been missed.
I've heard some good things about the Click&Clack show. I'll have to check it out soon. Thanks for your thoughts on it. Have you checked out the Dr. Horrible site? Hi-lar-ious!
p.s. how is the new job?
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Jul 16, 2008 11:15 PM
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Hi David! Good to see you!
That show does sound interesting. I'll have to try it!
Hope all is going well with the new job.
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Jul 16, 2008 11:17 PM
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Hi, David!
Good to see you, man. I hope all is going well at the new job.
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Jul 16, 2008 11:33 PM
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David - So glad you stopped by. I saw this show on the schedule, and remember the radio show. Thanks for the review; I'll have to check it out.
Hope all is well with you.
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Jul 16, 2008 11:59 PM
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David!!! So good to "see" you here!
I was addicted to Car Talk on NPR for a while. I didn't know it lept to TV. Those guys just crack me up! So this is on PBS?
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Jul 17, 2008 12:12 AM
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The episode about running a car on pasta is not so far fetched. Its called Gasification. There doing it at The Shipyard/Powerlabs in Berkeley. Any burnable material can be heated enough to create combustible gas that can be burned in an engine. Here is a link to such a gasification unit. Too bad the idea and the device was not shown in the episode. Some real education on alternate fuels could have been taught. A road rally of such vehicles called, "Escape from Berkeley" is planed on Oct. 10-13, 2008. Check it out.
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Jul 17, 2008 12:25 AM
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Cindy - Yes, it is on PBS.
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Jul 17, 2008 12:25 AM
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Hey, Mr. Flores!
It's great to see you popping your head in!
Now, I've been having these problems at log in...
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Jul 17, 2008 12:44 AM
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David! Hello, hello, hello! It is just so strange to see you posting as a "civvie", but welcome back as one of the gang!
I've heard about this show, but never seen it. It does sound cute, though. I'll have to look it up on my schedule. Thanks for the tip.
Y'all come back now!
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Jul 17, 2008 12:54 AM
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Hi David!
It's good to see you around. I haven't heard of this show, it sounds cute though. Hope all is going well with you!
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Jul 17, 2008 7:09 AM
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Hi David! I'm glad you stopped in. Now where are those chains to keep you here???
I second that you need to watch Dr. Horrible if you haven't already. It's SO amazing!!!
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Jul 17, 2008 11:43 AM
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Thanks for the commments, everybody! Sorry I forgot to mention that it was on PBS. I frankly wasn't expecting to like the show as much as I did and had to tell someone and well, this is the place for that 
Botsmaker, I did not know about the pasta fueled cars. Frankly this cartoon wasn't the place for a serious discussion of anything.
It's really more like Rocky & Bullwinkle (those guys are built like them, now that I think about it) in that there's plenty of slapstick, but social/political commentary woven in.
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Jul 17, 2008 3:40 PM
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Hi David! Sorry, I'm a couple days late! It is good to "see" you around here and I hope the job is going well.
I've heard the Car Talk guys a few times, and I read about their new show, but I haven't seen it yet. I'll admit that I know nothing about cars, but the guys are funny so I'll have to check out the show sometime.
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Jul 18, 2008 12:31 PM
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