
#2137: Thirty Four Years of the North American Whacko
Sep 11, 2021
Sep 11, 2021
This week, we continue celebrating (and apologizing for) Car Talk’s 34th Anniversary on NPR, with some of our all-time favorite “out there” calls. Our roster includes space shuttle astronaut John, whose government vehicle had a slight hesitation problem at 17,000 miles per hour; Gail, the Most Wanted Tollbooth fugitive at the Betsy Ross Bridge; Dave from Bemidji, MN, whose road trip from Alaska included using a campfire grill to fix his catalytic converter; Will, whose old dog Moses “blew beets”; and the saga of one of our heroes, lawn chair pilot Larry Walters. All this and more, this week on The Best of Car Talk’s Field Guide to the North American Wacko.
Show Open Topic
The boys dive right into their revisit of some of the wildest calls in the show's 34 year run on NPR.