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In honor of Mother's Day, we have a special Car Talk feature for you.

Unfortunately, our mother, Elizabeth, is no longer with us. But we have no doubt that she's giving everybody in Heaven indigestion with her pasta sauce.

While she was here, though, we managed to hoodwink her into joining us in the studio a few times. (She spent most of each show trying to deny any responsibility for the way we turned out. She kept trying to blame it on our father.)

Anyway, as sort of a tribute to our late mother, we're featuring some of her appearances on Car Talk.

And, to all of you mothers out there, Happy Mother's Day!


Tom and Ray Magliozzi
Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers


Listen to our mom on Car Talk:

Photos of Our Dear Ma

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