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Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns

starring: Click & Clacks
directed by: n/a

: Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0841887052474
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Label: PBS PARAMOUNT
Manufacturer: PBS PARAMOUNT
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: PBS PARAMOUNT
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Running Time: 300 minutes
Sales Rank: 40620
Studio: PBS PARAMOUNT



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Product Description:
Start your engines! PBS brought Tom and Ray Magliozzi, of CAR TALK, to TV! This animated sitcom, based on the hit NPR radio show, follows the on- and off-air escapades of Click and Clack, the Tappet brothers, as they try to fix cars, fend off disgruntled customers and seek out increasingly creative ways to goof off!

Amazon.com:
When it’s good, which is often, Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns represents some of the best that PBS has to offer in the way of children’s programming. Based on Car Talk, the popular NPR call-in show, this series finds brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi supplying the voices for their animated alter-egos, Click and Clack Tappet, who offer callers sound, if somewhat wacky, advice on car repair (in addition to maybe-not-so-good advice on a variety of unrelated topics) while they and their cohorts operate a Boston-based garage. Offered on two discs (there are no bonus features), the ten episodes manage to both entertain and enlighten; unlike a lot of mass-produced animation, it doesn’t talk down to its young audience but rather seeks to gently raise it to a higher level, and the educational content is surprisingly high-minded and not a bit perfunctory (a mechanic who reads Camus and spouts poetry? He’s right here, in the form of ex-Harvard professor Crusty). In 'Campaign,' a political satire, Click and Clack run for president (against major party candidates 'Phil Lander' and 'P. Varicator'), hoping to raise enough money to earn matching federal funds and thus save public broadcasting. In 'Outsourcing,' the guys, always looking for way to avoid work, decide to have their show produced in India, where they’re be replaced by spot-on impersonators (there are also amusing impersonations of Rush Limbaugh, Garrison Keillor, and Howard Stern). And in 'Pasta Wars,' we learn about alternative fuel sources (electricity, hydrogen, vegetable oil) as Click, Clack, and company invent a car that’s both built from and fueled by pasta. Some episodes are simply silly ('Gotcha!' is nothing more than an escalating battle of puerile practical jokes), and the show’s animation is very limited, with minimal character expression and largely static backgrounds. But any program that makes fun of its own network--at PBS, we’re told, 'our Number One concern is keeping you from complaining to your senator about us,' while references are made to 'Antiques Roadkill,' 'This Old Hovel,' and several other shows--definitely has its tongue in the right cheek. --Sam Graham



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - It's a Cartoon
I am probably the only person in the United States that found this DVD hilarious. Unfortunately, ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - As the Wrench Slowly and Painfully Turns
My wife and I watched the first two "As the Wrench Turns" shows on PBS. After the first one, I was ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Cartoon Click and Clack
I love NPR Radio's Car Talk with the Tappet Brothers . Now saying that, I say this cartoon is nothing ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Experimental Television
People who complain that television networks aren't about taking risks need to see this show. It doesn't ... Read More


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