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Car Talk Bros Get Animated, Dis Gas-Guzzling Heaps

Click and Clack to star in PBS cartoon, pessimistic Nova episode

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 20, 2008 4:50 AM CDT
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(Newser) – NPR’s chuckling Car Talk guys Tom and Ray Magliozzi are about to become even more animated—with a new cartoon series of themselves on PBS. But their view on the heaps they've helped drivers patch up for the past 30 years isn't so funny, Newsweek reports. Click and Clack's other new PBS project is a Nova special packed with alarming statistics about cars' devastating impact on the environment.

The episode follows the brothers as they seek out an ecologically sound replacement for Tom’s decrepit roadster. Asked whether filming the show offered any hope, Tom said the pair encountered “just more of the same stuff.” The brothers also wrote Congress with energy policy recommendations, and received “a few pieces of hate mail” in return.

Visitors look at the Concept Car Toyota Prius Hybrid Plug-in during the press days at the 78th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland.
Visitors look at the Concept Car Toyota Prius Hybrid Plug-in during the press days at the 78th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland.   (AP Photo/Keystone, Sandro Campardo)
Tom and Ray Magliozzi of Car Talk come to PBS in an animated sitcom focusing on the adventures of Click and Clack and their crew of mechanics and co- workers.
Tom and Ray Magliozzi of "Car Talk" come to PBS in an animated sitcom focusing on the adventures of "Click and Clack" and their crew of mechanics and co- workers.   (AP Photo)
Cars wait in a traffic jam. The 'Car Talk' brothers focus on emissions and the car of the future in their Nova special.
Cars wait in a traffic jam. The 'Car Talk' brothers focus on emissions and the car of the future in their Nova special.   (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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