One time about a year or two ago I phoned up Tom and Ray’s Car Talk telephone number they give on the program. An answering machine took the call, and I briefly explained what I wanted to ask about and my telephone number in case they were interested in me appearing on the program. Nobody ever cal…

I think you’ll need a way to go back to 1994, most of the calls are quite old.

This is what I believe happens, forgot how I learned it. you call and tell them your story they screen the call and determine if it is something they want on the show based on the problem and the entertainment value of the caller and other factors. if chosen they call you back to tell you to stick…

What’s an answering machine? Sound like a girl with a name that can be spelled more than one way. Extra points for foreign. Phrase your question as a spousal or parental conflict if possible. No need to be brief. Give your phone number at the beginning of the message, and then again at the end. …

Call about a problem with a vehicle from the late eighties to early nineties. Those seem to be popular lately. :wink:

Have a problem that is as tangentially related to cars as possible. The more guffaws you can extract from the duo, the better. Imitate a car noise. Ask about taking a death-trap cross-country. Say you come from somewhere near Unadilla. Weave in the topic of brownies for the mechanic somehow.

I guess the question I was trying to ask is this: When my answering machine was dropping these four computer generated calls, could it have been a Car Talk computer in fact that was trying to arrange a time for a member of the staff to talk to me on the phone? In other words. Once the Car Talk st…

In other words. Once the Car Talk staff listens to the message you leave them, and decides you might make a good caller, what do they do next? Do they have their computer phone you up and schedule a time for a real person-to-person conversation? Or does an actual person phone you up?.. Thats alread…

Sounds like there’s something wrong with your answering machine.

Some of your questions can be answered on this site’s FAQ section also. http://www.cartalk.com/content/car-talk-faqs-26

“When my answering machine was dropping these four computer generated calls, could it have been a Car Talk computer in fact that was trying to arrange a time for a member of the staff to talk to me on the phone?” I doubt it. It seems to me that the number of calls they are likely to make is low en…

How do callers get to appear on Car Talk?

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meaneyedcatz February 12, 2012, 6:54am 3

This is what I believe happens, forgot how I learned it.

you call and tell them your story
they screen the call and determine if it is something they want on the show based on the problem and the entertainment value of the caller and other factors.
if chosen they call you back to tell you to stick by the phone at a certain time.
they call during the show if they have time.

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