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America's funniest auto mechanics take calls from weary car owners all over the country, and crack wise while they diagnose Dodges and dismiss Diahatsus. You don't have to know anything about cars to love this one hour weekly laugh fest.
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Episodes transcribed
Jun 2026Aug 2026 covered
1
Episodes analyzed
1 tone reads — one per figure per episode
Mixed
No clear favorite or target
thin read

What This Tone Is Based On

The tone scores on this page come from analyzing how this show covers each political figure it mentions. Below is the breakdown of how many of those reads were positive, neutral, or negative.

Positive00%
Neutral1100%
Negative00%

Net media tone Neutral across 1 figure-in-episode tone read (not audience/impressions).

Thin sample — fewer than 5 tone reads; treat the split as directional.

Coverage Volume

Transcribed episodes per week — last 26 weeks

Sentiment Trajectory

Average weekly tone toward figures — green favorable, red critical

Not enough sentiment data yet
Show organizations & places →
Organizations
Cars.com8
Merkey Research8
WBUR6
NPR5
Tappet Brothers5
MIT4
Places
Harvard Square10
Cambridge10
Car Talk Plaza8
Massachusetts4
New York4
Florida3
San Francisco3

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