#2515: Dave from Bemidji

The Best of Car Talk

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Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.8 • 16.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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On this episode of the Best of Car Talk we meet one of our most memorable (and whacko) callers: Dave from Bemidji.
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0:00.0	My defining characteristic for him is love.
0:05.1	I'm Jesse Thorne on Bolzai, Kelsey Grammer, on the thing that makes Frazier, Frazier.
0:09.9	That he loves so deeply that it almost harpoons him.
0:14.5	Plus, sideshow Bob, cheers, and so much more.
0:17.3	On Bullseye for Maximumfund.org and NPR.
0:22.9	Music so much more on Bolzai for maximum fun.org and NPR. Hello and welcome to Car Talk from National Public Radio with us,
0:43.3	Click and Clack to Tapit Brothers,
0:44.5	and we're broadcasting this week from the Sports Wisdom Department.
0:49.1	Before we get the sports wisdom, I find it curious that this is a radio show where people call us and ask us
0:58.0	questions about cars, right?
0:59.3	And what were we just talking about before the mics came on?
1:03.5	We were both talking about what's wrong with our respective vehicles.
1:09.2	This has happened in the mind that charges the systems aren't working.
1:14.4	It's pretty sad.
1:15.7	Well, the real question is, who do we call?
1:17.7	Who do we call?
1:19.1	I call you, and I have a problem.
1:21.6	I know enough not to call you.
1:23.2	All right, back to sportsism.
1:24.4	We have here from David Leventhal from God Only Knows Where, a bunch of quotations, presumably
1:31.3	made by people in sports.
1:33.7	Now, you know how much I loved sports, not only sports, but the people involved in sports
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