# Dewey Cheetham and Howe **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 11, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360 "2024-02-11T22:09:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/21 "2024-02-21T21:18:07Z")
> [@meehanjames11\_147645](#): > > NPR’s biggest mistake taking this off the air…even in the rerun format. The folks at NPR would say they need to always be looking forward to continue to attract new listeners. In my NPR area the replacement news-topic program failed to hold onto the listeners, and was moved to a different time slot or maybe by now eliminated entirely. . The current replacement program is more light-hearted & seems to be geared to the 20-something crowd. I find that one sort of interesting at times. I expect NPR would be happy to reintroduce a new Car Talk. But finding the right broadcasting duo seems close to impossible. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/22 "2024-02-22T16:09:28Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > The folks at NPR would say they need to always be looking forward to continue to attract new listeners. In my NPR area the replacement news-topic program failed to hold onto the listeners, and was moved to a different time slot or maybe by now eliminated entirely. . The current replacement program is more light-hearted & seems to be geared to the 20-something crowd. I find that one sort of interesting at times. +1 It’s all about ratings, whether one is talking about commercial radio/TV or public radio/TV. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/23 "2024-02-22T16:13:29Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > I expect NPR would be happy to reintroduce a new Car Talk. But finding the right broadcasting duo seems close to impossible. A few years ago, my local “all news all the time” radio station began running something that purported to be similar on Saturday afternoons. I tried listening to it a couple of times, but besides the hosts’ lack of appeal, it soon became obvious that it was mostly a very long commercial for a group of “recommended” new car dealerships. There was a bit of automotive advice, but it occupied much less air time than their “happy talk” about particular dealerships. I guess that I wasn’t the only one who failed to find that program appealing, because it disappeared after a few months. It’s all about ratings… ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/24 "2024-02-22T18:23:23Z")
What was their address? Can look at GooglEarth Street View. The Three Stooges worked at DC&H. A fellow organisthoughthathere was a **Schmuck & Swain** pipe organ companyears ago. (Today there is a Swain & Kates Pipe Organs.) ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/25 "2024-02-22T21:24:31Z")
> [@Robert-Gift](#): > > What was [Car Talks broadcasting] address? I think it is located on the Harvard Campus. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/26 "2024-02-22T21:42:53Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > I think it is located on the Harvard Campus. No, it is located at Harvard Square, near the MBTA subway stop. It’s not very far from the campus, but it’s definitely not located on campus. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/27 "2024-02-22T21:56:40Z")
lol … Thanks for the correction. I’ve always thought Harvard Square was located on the campus. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/28 "2024-02-22T22:01:16Z")
I’ve taken the Boston tour a couple times but they never pointed that window out. Cheers yeah and graves, but not anything about nor. But as they say you are never famous in your own home town. Maybe too many former customers. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/29 "2024-02-22T22:02:58Z")
Close, but no cigar, George. 😉 It’s actually a few hundred feet from the perimeter of the University’s property. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/30 "2024-02-22T22:04:10Z")
Speaking of the subway reminds me of that song by (I think it was) the Kingston Trio Oh he never returned, oh he never returned … lol … ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/31 "2024-02-22T22:37:38Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > Speaking of the subway reminds me of that song by (I think it was) the Kingston Trio Most people have no idea why the subway pass in Boston is called “The Charlie Card”. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/32 "2024-02-22T22:58:24Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > Speaking of the subway reminds me of that song by (I think it was) the Kingston Trio > > Oh he never returned, oh he never returned … lol … > [@MikeInNH](#): > > Most people have no idea why the subway pass in Boston is called “The Charlie Card”. This might enlighten people who didn’t live in _The Northeast_, or who weren’t fans of _The Kingston Trio_. It all revolved around a fare increase on “the MTA”, which involved dropping 10 cents upon entry, and another five cents when exiting. The subject of the song was “Charlie”: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/9/999f27c52c5a303613f3dc5a95e2a54c657e09cc.jpeg "Kingston Trio - Man who never returned (M.T.A.)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh994JcEfkI) ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/33 "2024-02-22T22:58:38Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > Speaking of the subway reminds me of that song by (I think it was) the Kingston Trio ‘And his fate is still unlearned.’ He’s on the train: couldn’t they have asked him? His wife threw him a sandwich every day. Couldn’t she have included a nickel? This was a protest of a fare rise in support of a mayoralty candidate in the late '40s. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/34 "2024-02-22T23:02:00Z")
This should explain all for the unititated: [M.T.A. (song) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.T.A._(song)#:~:text=The%20song's%20lyrics%20tell%20of,replacing%20existing%20fare%20collection%20equipment). ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/35 "2024-02-22T23:02:05Z")
> [@RandomTroll](#): > > Couldn’t she have included a nickel? Yeah, I always wondered why she didn’t … lol … Another of my favorite songs of that era _Big Bad John_. Something about a hammer I think. I spent a lot of quarters feeding jukeboxes on that one. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/36 "2024-02-23T01:13:01Z")
Thanks I knew the song but never the background. Often wondered what would happen on the tollway if you couldn’t pay at the end. No subways or tolls in Minnesota then. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 5:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/37 "2024-02-23T05:26:47Z")
The closest i’ve found to Car Talk is the Car Doctor radio show hosted by Ron Ananian The Car Doctor, I found it through iTunes a few years ago, one of the crew is actually named Tom Ray. It’s a 2hr show on Saturday’s that is more like if only Ray had hosted the show. Similar format where people call in advance with questions then are selected to appear during the taping of each show. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/38 "2024-02-23T13:56:01Z")
> [@bing](#): > > Often wondered what would happen on the tollway if you couldn’t pay at the end They often take a picture of your license plate and send you a bill including a processing fee. If it’s a rental car the rental company will forward it to you and add their own processing fee. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/39 "2024-02-23T15:10:13Z")
The Boston MBTA CharlieCard ![CharlieCard](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/4/d/4d3b7558ab646737df89953d56a44010426e70aa.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360/40 "2024-02-24T03:22:56Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > Another of my favorite songs of that era _Big Bad John_. The ONLY rap song I ever liked. 😀 [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dewey-cheetham-and-howe/194360.md?page=3)