[rollei_list] Re: OT: Some Pop Photo History
- From: Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:11:57 -0500
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> From: "Jerry Lehrer" <glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>> Marc,
>>
>> Yale or no Yale, I don't think that Tom McCahill was in
>> any of the
>> "Popular" named magazines. I believe he was in Mechanix
>> Illustrated.
>>
>> I revered the writings of that old blowhard.!
>>
>> Jerry
>>
> I remember seeing Tom McCahill as a guest on the
> _Tonight_ show, not sure if Johny Carson was doing it then.
> He was introduced and remarked to the effect that all
> Detroit cars were junk and dangerous, a commercial break was
> immediately
> announced and he disappeard when they came back. Out and out
> censorship but all of the big three were heavy advertisers
> on NBC and everywhere else as well.
> I think you are right that it was _Mechanix Illustrated_
> he appeared in. There was another car guy in another
> magazine who had a sort of advice column rather than
> commentary. I have no memory of his name.
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This was something like "Rudy's Garage" and a car would pull in making a
noise and the apprentice would guess what it was and try to fix it and it
would still make the noise. Then the master "Rudy" or whatever the guys name
was would say what it really was and the interesting reason why. It was
Sherlock Holms like reading like a good mystery as I have never had much
interest in working on cars. But can get suckered into a good mystery like
just about anyone.
Mark William Rabiner
markrabiner.com
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