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Hello and welcome to Car Talk from National Public Radio with us,

Click and Clack the Tappert Purs, and we're broadcasting this week from the Image Problem Department here at Car Talk Plaza.

I don't want to get us into any trouble, but do you know who Junior Gaudy is?

Yeah, he plays center field for the Mariners.

Oh, no, no, Junior Gatti is? Yeah, he plays center field for the mariner's.

Oh, no, no.

Junior Gordy is the son of the mob boss, John Garty, from New York.

Junior Griffey.

That's Jr. Griffey, yeah.

There was an article in the Boston Globe, our local newspaper here in Boston, all all places, about John Gotti, who evidently

has been a disappointment to his father.

As many are, as we have been.

Exactly.

Because Junior just doesn't seem to have a knack for the family business.

Evidently, you know, he screws up everything.

Instead of being a good fellow,

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