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| 2:02
| Song: Call My Job, Albert King |
| 2:07
| It's good to have Buzz back. He's glad to be here.
It was really strange to be home on Friday because he realized he
could tune in and listen. He's not really the target audience though. |
| 2:08
| Normally if Buzz is home it's because he's too sick
to even listen to the radio but on Friday he was just on some Demerol
so he was able to tune in. It was very entertaining. |
| 2:09
| The surgery went very well, he was in and out in
no time. Maybe Steve should have the surgery too even if it's just
to get some Demerol. |
| 2:10
| Steve has only be unconscious 2 times for medical
reasons. Once as a kid he broke his arm and he remembers not liking
the loss of control. It seemed like what death would feel like. |
| 2:11
| Steve also got put under for his tonsillectomy.
After he came to the doctor said that he was pretty sure everything
was fine. Did he have to tell him that? |
| 2:13
| Buzz really enjoyed his Friday off because it was
a day just for him. It was like Buzz's spa day. |
| 2:14
| Buzz got a lot of emails from sympathetic emails
who felt his pain. He didn't really have any pain, which makes it
easier for the listeners. |
| 2:15
| There was a guy who called in on Friday and said
his wife had a neuroma removed and she lost feeling in two of her
toes. It also happened to Buzz but he's OK with it. He doesn't need
to feel his toes. |
| 2:16
| The podiatrist told Buzz on Wednesday that he could
have 8 weeks of therapy that could possibly decrease the size of
the neuroma or he could have surgery and possibly lose feeling in
two of his toes. He didn't need to say any more though because Buzz
was ready to go with surgery. He could have done it right there if
he really wanted to. |
| 2:23
| Feet are very important. Today Steve was walking
and his feet started hurting about halfway through. Unfortunately
he had no means to call anyone to rescue him. Also he had no gloves
because it looks like it's about 50º but it's much colder. |
| 2:24
| Steve's leg might have started to breakdown once
he realized he had no way to have anyone bring him gloves either.
He does have a dog but she only bring him rum in a little barrel
tied around her neck. |
| 2:25
| Maybe Steve had a sympathy-neuroma today? |
| 2:26
| Janet took her friend to get a colonoscopy today.
Steve is supposed to have one but he doesn't think he wants to. He
needs to go to a place where it's not "Steve Dahl's butt". |
| 2:27
| Buzz had a colonoscopy a few months ago and the
doctor asked him if he would mind is his attractive assistant stayed
to observe. Did he mind? Of course he minds! Unless she's going to
give him $100 or stand there topless. |
| 2:28
| Janet is waiting with this woman for three hours
while she goes to get her colonoscopy. Isn't that what you're family
is for? |
| 2:29
| In fairness to Janet's friend, she arranged her
appointment so she'd only need to be picked up but Janet didn't want
to go somewhere she'd never been, even though she has a GPS in her
car. |
| 2:30
| It was pointless to get into an argument about that
though since today was the day Steve found out they weren't buying
bottled water any more. Apparently it's bad for the environment plus
she pointed out that all they do is fill a bottle with regular water,
which Steve already knew. |
| 2:31
| Steve likes the feel of bottled water, regardless
of what kind of water it is. |
| 2:32
| Janet also recently turned the thermostat down to
64º at night to help end the war in Iraq. What's next, giving up
meat? |
| 2:33
| There are refrigerated cabinets in the TV room that
Steve likes to keep stocked with a 24-pack of Dasani. It fits in
there perfectly. He doesn't like when people put stuff in there that
doesn't fit perfectly either, like those Arizona Iced Tea bottles
that fit nowhere. |
| 2:34
| What are those bottles for anyway? You can't fit
them in a cup holder in your car. |
| 2:37
| All that being said, Steve doesn't really mind drinking
tap water. They have a spring in their town so the water is actually
pretty good. It does have minerals in it and sometimes Steve doesn't
like that taste. |
| 2:38
| Buzz can't ever taste any sort of minerals in his
water. Steve has a very cultured palate. |
| 2:48
| Caller Jeff wanted to know Steve's feelings on the
Brita Filter. He doesn't have problems with the water, he just likes
the bottle. |
| 2:49
| There's something demeaning about having to fill
your own bottle of water! Steve's been working for 30 freakin' years
so he can afford bottled water! |
| 2:50
| Dan Falato is in charge this week so watch out!
Buzz got a phone call from Dan to make sure he was coming in today.
That's bizarre since it doesn't matter to Dan either way. |
| 2:51
| Steve had Mary call Buzz just to confirm that Buzz
was coming in so it's not like he reached out to management to find
out for him. It's really tough for Steve to call Dan management by
the way. |
| 2:52
| Drew is out of town and Terry probably wouldn't
care if Buzz was in or not. All they really care about is if Steve
is in at 2 and leaves at 7. |
| 2:53
| The most bizarre thing is that Dan kept this information
regarding Buzz to himself. He didn't tell Steve or Brendan, who was
his protege. |
| 2:54
| If Buzz would have said he wasn't coming in what
would Dan have done? Buzz didn't clear it with him that he was taking
Friday off. Plus it's not like Dan or anyone else poked there head
in to make sure things were going alright. |
| 2:55
| All day Friday Drew was talking about his trip to
San Diego and whether or not the Coronado Hotel had air conditioning.
Terry kept talking about how he was looking forward to three days
of fish tacos from Rubio's. That's not something you want to hear
from your GM either. |
| 2:56
| Drew and Terry are at some sort of CBS meeting this
week where they'll be swapping bad ideas with other CBS people. Steve
is sort of surprised they didn't take Dan but someone has to take
one for the team. |
| 2:56
| Steve just assumed that Buzz would be in today and
if not he would have called. The only person who did talk to Buzz
was Dan who didn't tell anyone. It's amazing enough that anyone was
able to get a hold of Buzz and get him to answer a question. |
| 2:57
| Buzz's called ID said "WCKG" which intrigued Buzz.
Did he think it was a contest or something? |
| 2:58
| Seriously, to call a Buzz Kilman and actually speak
to him is a pretty amazing feat. Buzz doesn't talk to anyone unless
he needs to and Steve is the same way. |
| 3:06
| Buzz feels there are certainly worse scenarios than
Dan being in charge. Can he think of any? |
| 3:07
| It's just weird that Dan called Buzz to see if he
was coming in today but didn't tell anyone. Steve figured Buzz was
fine when he called on Saturday and Aimee told him they were going
out for Mexican food. |
| 3:08
| Steve was shocked to learn that West Wing had been
cancelled. He thought they stopped making new episodes three years
ago. |
| 3:09
| The show that Pat is working on, Courting
Alex,
debuts tonight. Unfortunately it's up against 24. |
| 3:10
| There has to be people out there who don't like
24 and are looking for a
good comedy to watch. On any given Monday that could be Steve since
he sometimes gets tired of being jerked around. |
| 3:11
| Pat Dahl has now moved up to being a writer's assistant
which involves sitting in a room with all the writers and taking
down everything they say. They also type out all the scripts. |
| 3:12
| There is still some sandwich-getting involved in
being a writer's assistant and they don't really encourage you to
speak up and be creative or anything. |
| 3:13
| What the hell happened to the Panthers yesterday?
Where was the team that beat the Bears last week? They totally screwed
up Steve's parlay bet that involved Carolina and Pittsburgh winning. |
| 3:14
| Maybe the Bears just aren't as good as Steve thinks
they are. They definitely could have won the game yesterday though. |
| 3:17
| Steve wasn't angry about the Panthers loss even
though the rest of the family thought he would be. He only takes
it personally when the Bears lose. |
| 3:19
| Steve was glad to see the Seahawks win because he
likes Mike Holmgren and he knows Grant Wistrom from Hawaii. He doesn't
like that Hasselbeck kid though, he's a whiner. |
| 3:20
| Jerome Bettis returning to his hometown for the
Super Bowl doesn't seem like enough to motivate the Steelers to win
the game. Of course the Broncos head coach told his team that they
were all the guys that no one else wanted. That seems like a way
better motivation though. |
| 3:21
| Steve likes that Jake Plummer guy because he kept
wearing Pat Tilman's number on his helmet after everyone else in
the NFL stopped doing it. He was also getting fined every week that
it was on there. |
| 3:31
| Live read: Balance for Life |
| 3:32
| Caller Marty is alerting Steve to an article in
the Sun-Times yesterday about bad beards among NFL QBs. Jake Plummer
said he grew his because he was friends with Pat Tilman. |
| 3:33
| Caller Mike is taking some solace in the fact that
the Bears beat up on Carolina enough so that they didn't have a good
game yesterday. Of course the loss still hurts. |
| 3:34
| The good thing about the Bears losing is that Steve
can concentrate fully on his Super Bowl party and what kind of food
will be served. |
| 3:44
| That John Fox guy needs to get some facial features.
His face is totally flat, he's like a Dick Tracy villain. |
| 3:45
| Song: Carolina
In My Mind, James Taylor |
| 3:48
| Steve's never been to Carolina, North or South.
Buzz has driven through both of them and North Carolina seems infinitely
nicer. |
| 3:50
| It seems like right when you get to North Carolina
the whole thing changes. |
| 3:51
| According to Steve's sources, Hilton Head is in
South Carolina. It's between Charleston and Savannah. That whole
part of the country is a mystery to Steve. In school they didn't
learn about that stuff, just the West coast. |
| 3:52
| Buzz has a friend who can't stop urging him to go
to Charleston. Buzz can't just pack up and go to a city. |
| 3:53
| Every time Steve talks about buying a new condo
Janet says they might like one of the Carolinas. How would they know
though? They've never been there and they probably never will go. |
| 3:54
| What if Steve goes off of Buzz's suggestion and
buys a place in North Carolina but then South Carolina is better?
They do have Hilton Head after all. |
| 3:55
| Pat Dahl IMed Steve to clarify his position as writer's
assistant. He doesn't get sandwiches for people, sandwiches are gotten
for him. Steve had some bad intelligence from Janet on this one then.
Her assessment of Pat's job is peppered by her own opinions on Pat
living in California. |
| 3:56
| Pat can move back here any time he wants. It's not
like Steve told him Illinois wasn't big enough for the both of them. |
| 3:57
| Janet often manipulates facts that are important
to guys. This sandwich thing is a perfect example. The fact that
people now get sandwiches for Pat is a big deal to Steve. |
| 3:58
| When Pat left for California Janet told Steve there
was a whole in her heart. He could have really used her friends there
at that moment. |
| 4:07
| Just in case Buzz was wondering, Pat is having some
sort of chicken sandwich for lunch. |
| 4:08
| Wendy feels more comfortable getting food for herself,
even though there are people who can do it. She's afraid someone
will like the bread if she doesn't get the sandwich herself. Is that
an epidemic in the sandwich-making industry? |
| 4:09
| The trick of Steve has always been to get people
who you wouldn't care if they liked the bread. Like Brendan. Steve
loves Brendan so he wouldn't care. Plus he's a good kisser. |
| 4:10
| Caller Adam wanted to let Steve know that the reason
they call them the Carolina Panthers is because Charlotte is pretty
close to South Carolina. |
| 4:11
| Adam remembers cities by their culinary specialties
and Charlotte has some sort of weird BBQ sauce that's sort of clear.
It's vinegar-based. |
| 4:12
| Steve would go to the Carolinas to sample their
odd BBQ sauce but that probably wouldn't fly with Janet. |
| 4:13
| Caller Jeff thinks Steve should cross the Carolinas
off his list of possible retirement places unless he's a golfer,
a hardcore boater or into tennis. There's nothing to do down there
other than that. |
| 4:16
| Janet might be so purposeful about the sandwich
thing because she knows Steve's feelings on the matter. Once there
are people getting sandwiches for you, you've made it. |
| 4:25
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 4:26
| Ford is cutting thousands of jobs but most of them
have between 2 and 6 years to find a new job. It seems like a ploy
by Ford to make their stocks go up. |
| 4:28
| How does Dick Jauron keep failing up the way he
does? What is Marv Levy thinking? |
| 4:31
| Steve got in trouble for suggesting that they rent
a storage locker for all the Christmas decorations. It's like he
had killed someone. |
| 4:32
| Steve has a lot of important things in storage so
he didn't mean anything by the comment. No one would believe him
though, then the boys started piling on. |
| 4:33
| Steve is getting an automated lift installed in
his attic so he won't have to haul all the decorations up and
down every year. |
| 4:34
| This thing isn't a lift for crippled people or anything.
It's just something for well-to-do people who don't feel like crawling
around in their attic. |
| 4:48
| Steve was pretty surprised to find this attic lift
online and then to see a story about it in the paper within 48 hours.
It was good to know he's not the only one out there who doesn't like
hauling stuff up to his attic. |
| 4:49
| The lift isn't that expensive especially considering
how much it would cause to just install a staircase. Of course Steve
is saying this to Wendy, who was at Old Country Buffet last night. |
| 4:50
| They had some sort of deal at Old Country Buffet
where the price of your meal is based on how old you ar. Dylan cost
about $1.80 and Michael cost $3.60. |
| 4:51
| Steve's not totally against eating at a place like
Old Country Buffet but they really need to start charging more money
for their food. He can't eat anywhere where you can feed your kid
for $1.80. |
| 4:52
| At first Wendy thought they were charging 60 cents
per kid. Was she inconsolable when she found out it wasn't exactly
the case. It's 60 cents times your age. |
| 4:53
| Did Wendy demand to see the manager once she got
the bill or did she just roll with it? |
| 4:54
| This was pitched to Steve as Wendy being embarrassed
or ashamed for eating at Old Country Buffet but instead it turned
into a love fest. |
| 4:55
| Is Wendy still sticking with her assessment that
Old Country Buffet is the best place to go when no one knows what
they want to eat. |
| 4:57
| Steve doesn't like to eat at any place that's next
to a Dollar Store. He doesn't even like to the Best Buy in that shopping
center because it's way back in the corner and there are always people
smoking in front of it. |
| 4:58
| Old Country Buffet is acceptable but it's not like
banquet fare. Is the floor dirty? Steve doesn't like eating at places
where the floor is dirty and Old Country Buffet seems like the kind
of place that would have mashed french fries all over. |
| 4:59
| One thing that really turns Steve off from buffets
is that the piece of glass over the buffet line is called a sneeze
guard. |
| 5:02
| That Panda Express downstairs is stinking up the
entire building. Everything smells like peanut oil. That being said,
Steve is extremely hungry. |
| 5:08
| Steve should probably go to an Old Country Buffet
just to try it out. They can't have the best fried chicken ever though. |
| 5:09
| Even at brunches, which usually cost more money
than a buffet, the food isn't that good. |
| 5:10
| Caller Vince points out that now that Wendy and
Mac have refinanced their home and are debt-free they're spending
like there's no tomorrow. He also wanted to know if Wendy used everyone'
real age or did she fake them? Does she know if they serve beer yet? |
| 5:11
| Apparently Vince has a whole stand-up routine worked
out so Steve's going to put him on hold. He had him at refinance
but then he just kept going. |
| 5:12
| Caller Kent suggest a late breakfast at OCB and
then by the time you're done with that they start bringing out lunch.
It's like the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. |
| 5:13
| Something is happening on the prize wheel. It's
stuck between 19 and 12, which is the number Kent picked. Steve isn't
sure what to do. Should he spin again? That's usually what happens.
Kent sounds like a troublemaker though so Steve can see himself in
Federal Court with Kent sitting at the other table. |
| 5:15
| Caller Ed is a big fan. he's about 6', 350. HELL
YEAH! Ed's brother nicknamed OCB The Trough. That seems about right. |
| 5:18
| Steve's first trip to an OCB will probably coincide
with his colonoscopy because both of them are things he wants to
do in a place where no one knows who he is. It might also come on
the heels of his first homosexual experience. |
| 5:19
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 5:30
| Buzz is back today, or Hopalong as Steve is calling
him. He hasn't said it out loud until now though. |
| 5:31
| Buzz is looking very fashionable in his velcro boot.
It's much nicer than the older powder blue models. He should get
another one just to match. |
| 5:32
| Song: You Can't Always Get What You Want, The Rolling
Stones |
| 5:38
| The Strolling Tones, You
Can't Always Get What You Want. They have a big show at the United Center and another one on
Wednesday. Steve didn't fade that one himself, it was a built-in
fade. It's part of the WCKG collection so someone just faded it because
they got tired. |
| 5:39
| Steve doesn't understand why they're using up valuable
computer space with a bunch of songs, considering we're a talk station.
it took someone 20 minutes to come up with Going
Mobile by The Who
on that one day when Penn Jillette's show was having technical difficulties.
Maybe they had too many songs to choose from. |
| 5:40
| Steve has a feeling that Dan and Skynyrd and behind
putting all these songs on the computer. When they were renovating
the studio all of the CDs were put in the office where Dan is now.
Then when he left it would get locked so you couldn't get at the
CDs. |
| 5:41
| Steve just wanted it to be known that he wasn't
responsible for that bad fade. |
| 5:44
| Caller Clifford won two tickets to see the Rolling
Stones Wednesday night. |
| 5:54
| Do we run automated music at night on WCKG? They
really should just shut down the station at night to let it cool
down. |
| 5:56
| So the Rolling Stones have a show tonight and Wednesday?
Do they take Tuesdays off because they're old? |
| 5:57
| Is there a sporting event at the UC on Tuesday?
It seems expensive to leave the stage there for 3 days when they
only have two shows. It's probably just as expensive to take down
the stage if there was a game on Tuesday. |
| 5:58
| Steve has seen the Stones but he wouldn't torture
himself if he couldn't get tickets. Wendy's never seen them but she
sees things differently than Steve so he can't really say whether
or not it'd be worth it for her. |
| 5:59
| The last time Steve saw them he left early. At some
point he realized it was just a bunch of 70 year olds dancing around
with their sleeves rolled up. |
| 6:01
| If you want to see the Rolling Stones just rent
or buy Gimme Shelter. There's
a few nice temper tantrums and their stage was about 4 feet off the
ground. |
| 6:02
| It doesn't get any better than Gimme
Shelter, plus
someone gets murdered. |
| 6:03
| Even the Rolling Stones seem bored on stage. They
probably just tour to get out of the house. If Steve didn't have
a show to do everyday he'd probably be arranging some sort of concert
tour. |
| 6:04
| If you're the Rolling Stones you don't really need
to be out on the road meeting chicks. In fact you should be nailing
chicks in your house. |
| 6:05
| That's not to say that Steve doesn't like the Rolling
Stones. He likes all that Beggars
Banquet/Let It Bleed-era stuff
but the new album sucks. He's also tired of hearing everyone say
how great Exile on Main Street is.
Who says it's great? Terri Hemmert? |
| 6:06
| Maybe the generation after Steve's thinks it's a
masterpiece. He told Matt they had to listen to it because it was
a masterpiece but then he listened again. How is Sweet
Virginia a
masterpiece? |
| 6:13
| Caller Rob would love to see the Stones just for
the sake of seeing them, but ticket prices are outrageous. |
| 6:14
| Caller Mike wanted to let Steve know that the Stones
ticket prices are the second highest on average so they can afford
to rent the UC for three days and only do two shows. |
| 6:15
| It would drive Steve nuts knowing that he was paying
rent and not doing a show. |
| 6:16
| Steve can appreciate what the Stones contributed
to music but at this point they're just an oldies act. |
| 6:24
| The Stones were mad that they didn't' get invited
to Woodstock so they didn't their own version at Altamont, which
some minor repercussions. There was definitely a higher body count
at Altamont. |
| 6:25
| News with Buzz |
| 6:27
| Why can't Bush just say whatever he wants to say?
It's not like he can get re-elected or anything. |
| 6:41
| Steve's all for a good laugh but it seems inappropriate
for Bush to joke about Social Security. Maybe he should have become
a comedian instead of a president. |
| 6:42
| Live read: Sunrocket.com |
| 6:43
| Steve wouldn't mind experimenting with some broadband
phone calls because he has a very fast internet connection. He'd
be willing to try it out even though he doesn't have any long distance
needs. He could always just make prank calls to Europe. |
| 6:45
| Steve actually prefers to use a landline to a cellphone.
The Dahl boys all use their cellphones for everything but Steve makes
them find a landline if they're going to be talking to him. |
| 6:46
| The boys are all big on calling Steve or Janet just
because they're bored. MIke would call as he's walking between buildings
at U of I. Steve was just like a piece of chewing gum behind his
ear. Pat always called on his way in to work |
| 6:47
| The show Pat Dahl is working on, Courting
Alex,
is on tonight. CBS is very high on Jenna Elfman so hopefully it lasts.
The days of networks letting shows build up and audience are gone
unfortunately. |
| 6:48
| It's really hard to tell whether a show is good
based on the pilot alone. Most of the time they make a pilot that
is totally self-contained just because they're trying to sell the
idea of the show. |
| 6:49
| Steve has seen the original pilot of Courting
Alex but they have re shot it so it'll be interesting
to compare the two. Steve considers himself an idiot-savant in
the field of sitcoms. It's the great American art form. |
| 6:57
| Courting Alex is
on against 24 but CBS does
alright on Mondays. With 24 you'll be able to get the DVDs whenever
you want. Steve once watched an entire season 24 on DVD. That's hazardous
to your health. |
