"Correction: November 5, 2014
An obituary on Tuesday about Tom Magliozzi, one of the two brothers who hosted the NPR show “Car Talk,” contained several errors.
The do-it-yourself car repair shop founded by Mr. Magliozzi and his brother, Ray, was initially called Hackers Haven, not Hackers Heaven. The “Car Talk” shows were recorded; they were not broadcast live. The astronaut John M. Grunsfeld called “Car Talk” in 1997 from the Russian space station Mir, not from the International Space Station. Mr. Magliozzi’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was in economics, politics and engineering, not in chemical engineering.
And because of an editing error, the obituary misstated part of the history of “Car Talk.” It became a national show in 1987 — not 1977, which is the year it began as a local show in Boston." (thanks Basim)
An obituary on Tuesday about Tom Magliozzi, one of the two brothers who hosted the NPR show “Car Talk,” contained several errors.
The do-it-yourself car repair shop founded by Mr. Magliozzi and his brother, Ray, was initially called Hackers Haven, not Hackers Heaven. The “Car Talk” shows were recorded; they were not broadcast live. The astronaut John M. Grunsfeld called “Car Talk” in 1997 from the Russian space station Mir, not from the International Space Station. Mr. Magliozzi’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was in economics, politics and engineering, not in chemical engineering.
And because of an editing error, the obituary misstated part of the history of “Car Talk.” It became a national show in 1987 — not 1977, which is the year it began as a local show in Boston." (thanks Basim)
