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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5s3clUhX4c The episode with Leah]], a disillusioned college student, where the guys giving her good life advice despite it having nothing to do with cars (starts around 18:00 in the above clip and resumes around 42:30).

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5s3clUhX4c The episode with Leah]], a disillusioned college student, where the guys giving give her good life advice despite it having nothing to do with cars (starts around 18:00 in the above clip and resumes around 42:30).

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** '''Congressional Lobbyists''' Orrin Hatchback, Paul Simonize, Newt Pingrich, Dan Rustencarski, Tom Parkin, and Alphonse Dimbulbo are spoofs on the names of Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, Senator Paul Simon of Illinois, Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Representative Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois, Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, and Representative Alphonse D'Amato of New York, respectively[[note]]Harkin actually called the show once. Tom ''Parkin'' showed up in the credits the next week[[/note]].

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** '''Congressional Lobbyists''' Orrin Hatchback, Paul Simonize, Newt Pingrich, Dan Rustencarski, Tom Parkin, and Alphonse Alfonse Dimbulbo are spoofs on the names of Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, Senator Paul Simon of Illinois, Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Representative Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois, Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, and Representative Alphonse Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York, respectively[[note]]Harkin actually called the show once. Tom ''Parkin'' showed up in the credits the next week[[/note]].



*** His sometimes assistant Fidel Castrol is based on the [[UsefulNotes/FidelCastro then-ruler]] of UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} and a brand of motor oil.

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*** His sometimes assistant Fidel Castrol is based on the [[UsefulNotes/FidelCastro then-ruler]] of UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} and a brand of motor oil.oil.
** '''Attorney General''' Janet Torino is a pun on [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton President Clinton's]] Attorney General Janet Reno and the Ford Torino
** '''Chairman of the Joint Chiefs''' General John Shall-I-pop-a-wheelie is a pun on the real-life holder--at the time, anyway--of that position, General John Shalikashvili.
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*** His sometimes assistant Fidel Castrol is based on the [[UsefulNotes/FidelCastro then-ruler]] of UsefulNotes/Cuba and a brand of motor oil.

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*** His sometimes assistant Fidel Castrol is based on the [[UsefulNotes/FidelCastro then-ruler]] of UsefulNotes/Cuba UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} and a brand of motor oil.

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** '''Congressional Lobbyists''' Orrin Hatchback, Paul Simonize, Newt Pingrich, Dan Rustencarski, and Tom Parkin are spoofs on the names of Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, Senator Paul Simon of Illinois, Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Representative Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois, and Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, respectively[[note]]Harkin actually called the show once. Tom ''Parkin'' showed up in the credits the next week[[/note]].

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** '''Congressional Lobbyists''' Orrin Hatchback, Paul Simonize, Newt Pingrich, Dan Rustencarski, Tom Parkin, and Tom Parkin Alphonse Dimbulbo are spoofs on the names of Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, Senator Paul Simon of Illinois, Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Representative Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois, and Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, and Representative Alphonse D'Amato of New York, respectively[[note]]Harkin actually called the show once. Tom ''Parkin'' showed up in the credits the next week[[/note]].



** '''International Lubrication Expert''' C.V. Boutros Boutros-Ghali comes from the name of the UN's then-Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali mashed up with C.V. boot, a car part.

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** '''International Lubrication Expert''' C.V. Boutros Boutros-Ghali comes from the name of the UN's [[UsefulNotes/UnitedNations UN's]] then-Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali mashed up with C.V. boot, a car part.part.
*** His sometimes assistant Fidel Castrol is based on the [[UsefulNotes/FidelCastro then-ruler]] of UsefulNotes/Cuba and a brand of motor oil.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5s3clUhX4c The episode with Leah]], a disillusioned college student, where the guys giving her good life advice despite it having nothing to do with cars (starts around 18:00 in the above clip and resumes around 42:30).

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5s3clUhX4c The episode with Leah]], a disillusioned college student, where the guys giving her good life advice despite it having nothing to do with cars (starts around 18:00 in the above clip and resumes around 42:30).42:30).
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Several of the PunnyNames from the credits in reruns from TheNineties are only funny with a passing knowledge of American politics of the era.
** '''Congressional Lobbyists''' Orrin Hatchback, Paul Simonize, Newt Pingrich, Dan Rustencarski, and Tom Parkin are spoofs on the names of Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, Senator Paul Simon of Illinois, Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Representative Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois, and Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, respectively[[note]]Harkin actually called the show once. Tom ''Parkin'' showed up in the credits the next week[[/note]].
** '''Director of Unsolicited Advice''' H. Ross Peugeot is a pun on UsefulNotes/RossPerot and French car maker Peugeot.
** '''International Lubrication Expert''' C.V. Boutros Boutros-Ghali comes from the name of the UN's then-Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali mashed up with C.V. boot, a car part.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5s3clUhX4c The episode with Leah,]] a disillusioned college student, with the guys giving her good life advice despite it having nothing to do with cars (starts around 18:00 in the above clip and resumes around 42:30).

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5s3clUhX4c The episode with Leah,]] Leah]], a disillusioned college student, with where the guys giving her good life advice despite it having nothing to do with cars (starts around 18:00 in the above clip and resumes around 42:30).
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** The Creator/BillCosby quote ("I love Car Talk") that appears on some album covers in light of the sexual assault allegations against him.

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** The Creator/BillCosby quote ("I love Car Talk") that appears on some album covers in light of the sexual assault allegations against him.him.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5s3clUhX4c The episode with Leah,]] a disillusioned college student, with the guys giving her good life advice despite it having nothing to do with cars (starts around 18:00 in the above clip and resumes around 42:30).
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* HarsherInHindsight: Tom's jokes about his inability to remember the Puzzler are less funny after his death from Alzheimer's.

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* HarsherInHindsight: Tom's jokes about his inability to remember the Puzzler are less funny after his death from Alzheimer's.Alzheimer's.
** The Creator/BillCosby quote ("I love Car Talk") that appears on some album covers in light of the sexual assault allegations against him.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Tom's jokes about his inability to remember the Puzzler are less funny after his death from Alzheimer's.

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: HarsherInHindsight: Tom's jokes about his inability to remember the Puzzler are less funny after his death from Alzheimer's.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Tom's jokes about his inability to remember the Puzzler are less funny after his death from Alzheimer's.

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