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The Best of Car Talk

#2316: State Capitals for $100, Alex

The Best of Car Talk

NPR

Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.716.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

MIT boasts 98 Nobel Laureates among its ranks. Just a notch below them are our two knuckleheads who have been recognized as 'distinguished' MIT alums... by 'US' magazine. Practically the same, we think. Hear what the boys think about that and a few car problems on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Car Talk on National Public Radio with us clicking

0:18.9

Clack the Tapet Brothers and we're broadcasting this week from the Center for

0:22.4

Distinguished Alumni here at Car Talk Plaza. Yes and I'm pretty proud of it!

0:27.8

Well you know how you can tell when you really made it big how you elicit an

0:31.6

entertainment weekly as Distinguished Alumni from your alma mater. Yes and I

0:37.5

understand that we were in our case they listed Distinguished the best they could

0:42.2

do for Distinguished was us. Yeah the Stinguished. You imagine what kind of

0:47.0

deadbeats graduate from MIT. Distinguished Alumni from MIT that's the

0:51.8

Massachusetts Institute of Transmissions and you know how you can tell you

0:55.4

haven't made it big yet. Well when they list you as Distinguished Alumni but they

1:00.1

get your name wrong. They listed us as Tom and Roy Maliazzi. What's wrong about

1:05.9

that? My name is Tom. Your name is not Roy? All these years I've been calling you Roy.

1:12.4

Hey I know that you every week. Yes I'm not accustomed to doing this so I'm

1:19.8

a little bit. Oh you got some mail to read? Yes. I was going to just rant and read. Gary

1:26.3

Saltsman from Berkeley California. Berkeley yeah. Dia Sures at Al while perusing our

1:32.6

local salvage operation which culls treasures from the local dump I came across

1:37.1

the broken and mangled bodies of many unfortunate skit and he did not

1:43.2

put the S. Because skit is its own plural. Yes like beer I want three beer.

1:49.1

I've got a shoe hoop. What are words like that? Carelessly thrown into a dirty box

1:55.9

upon closer examination I thought I noticed movement and discovered two

2:01.2

intact skit again correctly. The plural card is done. Barely clinging to life. I

2:06.9

am forwarding these two orphans to the foundation where I know they will be

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