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| 1:59
| Matt and Brendan just finished up their first show. How's that hour-long time slot working out? |
| 2:00
| Steve saw about 10 minutes of wasted time between Stan and Terry's theme and Matt's opening theme. Matt also has an 8 minute closing theme which we won't be hearing today. |
| 2:01
| Matt only plays his closing theme until the car show starts after him. He can edit it down too. |
| 2:02
| Matt's theme sounds like On Broadway by George Benson. Maybe they'll make some changes for tomorrow. Matt didn't compose his own theme, it's a song by Broken Social Scene. |
| 2:03
| Steve was in his office listening to Matt and Brendan on HD radio. He can't tell the difference between regular radio and HD though. |
| 2:04
| Matt needs to leave so he can go meet with a few teachers and try to evade the last few weeks of this quarter of school. Evade is one of those fighting words Matt shouldn't say. Steve spent a lot of time last night mediating this situation at home. |
| 2:05
| Matt still needs to talk to his philosophy teacher about changing his class time. Matt needs to find a philsopher who believed that it's better to do than to learn. He could quote Steve, who's a well-known latter day philosopher. |
| 2:09
| Song: She Caught the Katy, Blues Brothers |
| 2:13
| Steve would like to thank Buzz for lowering his blues standards for today. Buzz actually prefers John Belushi's versions of a lot of blues songs. That was one of his favorite songs. |
| 2:14
| Buzz will be singing that song next Saturday night at the Harlem Avenue Lounge. So Buzz made it work for him also. |
| 2:15
| Today is the 25th anniversary of John Belushi's death and when Pete told Buzz about it on their weekly phone call Buzz went into a dither. Then the song idea hit him. |
| 2:16
| There were a lot of really good musicians in the Blues Brothers band so John knew he had to sound good next to them. |
| 2:17
| Some really good tape of John Belushi from a Breakfast Club broadcast has been located. There are three pretty long segments too. |
| 2:18
| Buzz doesn't remember being at that Breakfast Club. He was probably back at the studio because he had to do the news and that's where the teletype machine was. |
| 2:19
| Back in the day the teletype machine was in a room and if you had an overnight shift you had to remember to change the tape on it. A lot of time the kids would forget to change the tape and you'd have nothing. |
| 2:20
| Pete sent Steve an IM telling him how long the John Belushi segments are and he doesn't understand any of it. |
| 2:21
| There are three Breakfast Club segments, the first one is only 30 seconds long. That has the feel of Steve realizing that John Belushi is there and taking a break so he can get it together. The next segment is the long one where Steve got it together. |
| 2:22
| John also came in for a Celebrity Jeopardy and that one is about 15 minutes so we'll play them at some point today. |
| 2:23
| Maybe we should play one now or else we'll get backed up and will never get to it. |
| 2:24
| It seems like we're asking Pete questions that he can't answer because he doesn't care about them. |
| 2:25
| Pete is very fast and loose with the details today. Steve was under the impression he had all this stuff cataloged but he probably just likes everything in piles. |
| 2:26
| Steve's going to play the first short segment and hopefully it leads right into a break. |
| 2:31
| The segment from the Breakfast Club went exactly as Steve thought it had, leading right into a break so Steve could figure himself out. |
| 2:32
| Steve remembers being taken aback when John showed up. He didn't know what to say and he didn't know how John would react either. It was 8:00 AM and he just rolled in. It turned out to be great though. |
| 2:33
| Steve was somewhat awestruck but didn't want to appear awestruck. |
| 2:34
| Just so Buzz knows for future reference, Pete is the time guy and Jim kid is the date guy. Steve had IMs from Jim that had the dates of the broadcasts and Pete had the times. Maybe they should get together and put all that info on a sheet of paper. |
| 2:35
| The Breakfast Club tape came from a cassette that someone had recorded off the radio because Steve didn't even have the originals. So Steve can talk all about dates and times but he had to get this one from some guy who recorded it off the radio in his basement. |
| 2:36
| Live read: Yamaha |
| 2:37
| So now back to the John Belushi tape. At the time Jeff and Les Elias, who ran the Loop wanted him to do live shows so they booked the Carnegie Theater on Rush Street for 6 months. |
| 2:38
| At that time Steve was doing a lot of things where he wasn't sure what was happening to him. It's the same thing with Disco Demolition. Steve didn't think anyone was going to show up and then he got there and there were a million people selling Steve Dahl t-shirts in the parking lot. That must have been Jeff's idea and it's probably why he still feels guilty. |
| 2:39
| By the time Buzz got to town Steve was only doing the Breakfast Club shows on Fridays. It was really hard doing it everyday. |
| 2:40
| Steve's band Teenage Radiation was also with him at the Breakfast Club so he could perform all his hits like Ayatollah. The first time they did that one Steve actually swore on stage. |
| 2:41
| The day John Belushi showed up he was done filming Blues Brothers for the day, didn't feel like going to sleep and was just driving around. |
| 2:42
| There's a really good photo of Steve and John on Dahl.com taken by Paul Natkin. |
| 2:43
| Steve's going to take a break and then go right into the second Breakfast Club segment. Otherwise he'll start talking and pretty soon it's 7:00 and he hasn't done anything he wanted to do. |
| 2:47
| Steve said he was going to go right into the next segment after the break but he was just sitting there day dreaming. |
| 2:48
| Steve plays the second Breakfast Club segment. |
| 3:09
| John Belushi stuck around for a fourth segment and jammed with the band but Steve doesn't have it. If anyone has it he'll work something out with you. |
| 3:10
| That's as candid and in-depth as it gets with John Belushi. There's the Billy Goat thing in there and no one knows why he has Jake tattooed on his hand because Blues Brothers hasn't come out yet. |
| 3:11
| Steve doesn't normally like hearing old tapes of himself but that was fascinating to listen to. Unfortunately people didn't archive things the way they do now. You didn't think that in 20 years you would need a tape of something. You weren't even sure if you'd be around in 20 years. |
| 3:12
| The one thing about listening to stuff from that long ago is Steve freaks out and doesn't know where he is. It's like time-travel. |
| 3:13
| Live read: Balance for Life |
| 3:14
| Song: Sweet Home Chicago, Blues Brothers |
| 3:22
| That was from the Blues Brothers soundtrack, which was recorded in Chicago at Universal Recordings. That studio was up on Walton or Oak before that area became magnificent. |
| 3:23
| The crowd noise was added later because it took place during the concert scene which was filmed at the Hollywood Palladium. Steve was actually there for the filming of that scene, including the famous "orange whip, orange whip, orange whip" line. |
| 3:24
| Since John died 25 years ago today Steve thought he would play his John Belushi stuff. It's the best Belushi stuff Buzz has ever heard. |
| 3:25
| There's a good John Belushi biography by his wife and Tanner Colby that came out in 2005. |
| 3:26
| Steve wanted to correct something he said during the Balance for Life live read. The double deal is $19.95 a person but that's still a great deal. If you have to be on a diet you might as well be eating good food. |
| 3:27
| Steve was off the diet over the weekend but he didn't gain anyway because he knows how to eat better. Sure there was a carton of ice cream here or 6 tacos there but he also worked out. |
| 3:28
| Steve always makes fun of Buzz for doing the calculations for calories or grams of fat but that's why he's skinny. |
| 3:32
| Live read: Yamaha |
| 3:33
| Steve might stop at the William Tell Holiday Inn on the way home and pick up a snowmobile. |
| 3:34
| The four stroke engine is the way to go because you don't have to worry about the oil/gas mixtures. |
| 3:35
| If you're someone like Steve who forgets to check the oil level in a two stroke engine it can be very bad. |
| 3:36
| Caller Dean knows more about the four stroke waverunners than snowmobiles but it's definitely the way to go. |
| 3:37
| Dean really enjoyed Matt's show today. He wasn't really a fan of Penn's show if he can say that. He can say it now since Penn isn't on the air any more. |
| 3:38
| As a rule Steve doesn't listen to too much radio because it just messes up what he does. |
| 3:39
| Brendan is holding it together after his grueling one-hour show. At least Matt gets to roll out of here like a big shot at 2:00, Brendan has to come and answer phones. |
| 3:40
| Steve told Matt he would give Brendan a break but Matt said he didn't need it. Buzz doesn't think Brendan needs a break either, all he's doing is answering phones. |
| 3:41
| C'mon Buzz! It's Pulaski Day! |
| 3:45
| Steve is trying to put together a little Tyrone segment about the Dan Ryan construction, but he's been unable to pare down what has happened and what's going to happen to 1 or 2 paragraphs. |
| 3:46
| There's an entire website about the construction plan but there's too much information. A lot of the plans have also been changed because of the weather. |
| 3:47
| IDOT didn't even proofread their own website about the Dan Ryan so what can we expect from the construction? |
| 3:48
| Steve would rather have construction workers on this project than road doctors. When they're calling themselves road doctors it's obvious that they're trying to put out so much information that no one knows what's happening. |
| 3:49
| Steve is pretty sure that once you pass 13th Street on the Dan Ryan you can't get off for a long time. That's like the entire South Side. |
| 3:50
| This website is full of fake film critic-type reviews for the Ryan construction. What's happening over there? How the Dan Ryan Got Its Groove Back? |
| 3:51
| On the phone now is Pat Boyle from Comcast Sportsnet. Right now they're talking about the Lance Briggs situation. |
| 3:52
| As it turns out the franchise tag isn't really that great. Sure Briggs gets $7 million this year but he wants a long-term deal. |
| 3:53
| The shelf-life for most NFL players is pretty short so guys want a long-term deal. They also want a signing bonus for the contract. When Urlacher signed his deal through 2011 he got a $13 million signing bonus and a sky box. |
| 3:54
| Steve was watching the Sox at Cubs game yesterday. He sort of forgot about who was on what team because the Bears season was all-consuming. |
| 3:55
| The beauty of the Bears season is it took us up until the second week in February. Then it dropped Steve hard and soaking wet. |
| 3:56
| Pat was down in Miami with Jerry Azumah, who's sort of an A-lister in the Super Bowl party circles. He didn't get into any parties although he did throw back a few beers with Bill Murray. |
| 3:57
| Is Pat the new Dan Falato? He's one Mark Grace name-drop away from being the new Dan. |
| 3:58
| Pat will be doing Sox post-game with Bill Melton this year again. It should be an interesting year on the South Side. |
| 3:59
| Comcast did an interview with Ozzie and the question about the lack of moves came up. Ozzie also mentioned how his wife was crying when she found out they traded Freddy Garcia. |
| 4:00
| It was good to see Rob Mackowiak in the outfield yesterday badly playing balls. It really warmed Steve's heart. |
| 4:01
| Both Wood and Prior were making their Spring Training debuts today and both came through unscathed. Steve thinks Woody looks a little too skinny this year though. |
| 4:02
| Pat thinks that Woody's new role is going to be the closer. His problem before was when he got up over the 50 pitch count. |
| 4:03
| Back to Lance Briggs. Pat thinks he'll ultimately hold out next season if he doesn't get traded. That means he can become a free agent after the first 10 games but he also forfeits about $5 million. |
| 4:04
| The Bears just raised ticket prices, can't they give Briggs that money? |
| 4:05
| Buzz was sleeping during most of that call. Pat's a fan of the show so he knew Buzz was there. |
| 4:06
| Buzz was preparing Pat Boyle's prize wheel prize at the Mity Nice Grill, then he realized he wasn't a caller. |
| 4:13
| Buzz keeps reading articles about how Lou Piniella is concerned about what he's seeing in spring practice. |
| 4:14
| Steve doesn't really read any of that stuff but when he saw him on TV yesterday he didn't seem too concerned. |
| 4:15
| Steve has to question the knowledge of someone who calls it "spring practice". Pete can confirm what Buzz is saying though. In the future Buzz should feel free to mention that when a Pat Boyle is on the phone. |
| 4:16
| Lou is a stickler for the fundamentals and in the first few games he's seen a lot of errors he didn't like. |
| 4:17
| The Cubs got pretty beat up yesterday but it's Spring Training, you can't put any stock in that. The only consistent thing Steve noticed yesterday is the poor play of Rob Mackowiak. |
| 4:18
| The lack of fundamentals still bugs Steve. Somewhere down the line some player had a bad coach or something. Pete wanted to add in the Cubs defense that most of the errors haven't come from guys who are expected to make the team. |
| 4:19
| Pete's favorite thing from yesterday's broadcast was the footage of Len Kaspar and Bob Brenly in some band at Len & Bob Fest. They couldn't stop showing it. |
| 4:20
| Steve still had fun watching the game even though it was all about the Cubs. Even though he's not happy about Freddy Garcia yesterday's game reminded him off all the guys the Sox still have. |
| 4:21
| Steve should be getting his tickets any day now. He already divided up the games for the season. He's taking the ones he wants and giving the rest to Stan and Terry and David from The Little Guys. He's the bossiest one because he doesn't like the Sox so there are certain games he wants to see. |
| 4:22
| Mary's father-in-law is also buying some tickets but he's not bossy at all. Stan and Terry are the second bossiest behind David. |
| 4:23
| David only goes to 10 games so at some point Steve would rather just give him 3 or 4 games for free instead of dealing with it. The good news for David is that Steve will be out of town for the Cubs/Sox series at The Cell. |
| 4:24
| Buzz wants to take Piper to a game this year but he's not sure if she's old enough yet. He should plan on leaving the game early if he takes her. |
| 4:25
| Steve picked 36 games and there are 81 at home so there's some wiggle room. 36 still seems like a lot of games especially if things aren't going well. |
| 4:26
| Steve mistakenly based last year's ticket selections on the fact that the Detroit games would be meaningless. He didn't make that mistake again. He also discounted Minnesota last year. |
| 4:27
| Steve spent the entire season complaining that he didn't have enough games against the Tigers or the Twins and he spent the entire season trying to get them back. |
| 4:28
| Steve has tickets for the Friday Sox at Cubs game and he'd like to attend. He was thinking maybe we could do a nice pre-game show with everyone on the station and then off we go. |
| 4:32
| Live read: L-Woods |
| 4:33
| Isn't Big Steve going to be at L-Woods/McGowan's? Isn't that worth putting in the copy? |
| 4:34
| Steve would like an update on Big Steve's 10X t-shirt if Frijole Joe is out there. |
| 4:35
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 4:36
| Terrorists have vowed to kidnap or kill Prince Harry when he fights in Iraq. Didn't they say that about everyone who was there? |
| 4:37
| You gotta give that kid credit for going over there since he could easily get out of it. |
| 4:38
| Ann Coulter is under fire even from Conservatives after she went politically incorrect in her criticism of presidential candidate John Edwards. |
| 4:39
| John Edwards isn't commenting on it but if you go to his website there's video footage of Ann Coulter as well as a link to donate money to some sort of anti-Ann Coulter campaign. |
| 4:47
| Earlier today Steve played a few segments from John Belushi's appearance on the show on the Breakfast Club in 1979. It's the most in-depth John Belushi audio Buzz has ever heard. |
| 4:48
| Steve also has one of John's appearances on Celebrity Jeopardy. Today seemed like a good day to play the audio since he died 25 years ago. |
| 4:49
| It's also Blue Monday so the Blues Brothers fits in too. It's the perfect storm. |
| 4:50
| Song: Messin' With the Kid, Blues Brothers |
| 4:53
| That one was from Briefcase Full of Blues, although the liner notes are not very extensive so Steve can't tell if it was recorded on tour or at SNL. |
| 4:54
| Caller Ed wanted to let Steve know that Briefcase Full of Blues is from a show at the Universal Amphitheater. Elwood says that right at the beginning of the album. |
| 4:55
| Steve's going to take a break right now. Buzz is wondering if he's going to have a Cinnabun. |
| 4:56
| Buzz totally ruined what Steve was trying to do. It's almost 5:00, it's time for the pick-me-up! |
| 4:57
| That guy who brought the Cinnabun's wasn't supposed to bring any food in but he did anyway. Buzz couldn't resist when he was back there. Steve's new rule is that you can't bring food in unless you're buying commercials. |
| 4:58
| Buzz is always fighting against having a donut and then he goes back and has a Cinnabun? They're not sponsors anyway. This is what happens when you TiVo through all the commercials. |
| 4:59
| Mary just said that because Buzz ate the Cinnabun he now has to have a donut as well. She's a harsh mistress. |
| 5:00
| Steve went back to get a Cinnabun but then spat it out because it wasn't worth it. It might still be in there. |
| 5:01
| Here's Mary with the donuts. Buzz better get to work on his. |
| 5:02
| Buzz had three donuts from Dunkin' Donuts yesterday. Piper was in his room very early yesterday morning asking if they could go to Dunkin' Donuts. Then the rest of the family went with Munchkins and he had to eat the three donuts they got. |
| 5:03
| When Steve was a kid his grandparents used to take him and his brother to Bob's Big Boy. While they were waiting they each got a donut. |
| 5:04
| Then they had a burger and a silver goblet milkshake. Then they got a sundae for dessert! |
| 5:05
| Whenever Buzz visited Detroit as a kid there were only two highlights of the trip. One was his grandmother's chocolate chip cookies and the other one was going to Big Boy. |
| 5:06
| Someone should have made Steve choose between the sundae and the milkshake at Big Boy. He also had a Coke just to cut up the dairy. |
| 5:14
| Buzz is a huge fan of the show so Steve doesn't need to tell him that today was the day he was driven to the station by a My Chauffeur Limo. |
| 5:15
| Everything went great. It was a really nice car and he didn't have to tell the guy where to go. A lot of times even limo drivers don't know where to go which is irritating. |
| 5:16
| If you're paying someone to drive you somewhere and you have to tell them where to go you might as well be the one behind the wheel. |
| 5:17
| Steve started to tell the guy the best way to go but decided to see if he knew it himself and he did. |
| 5:18
| The same guy is taking Steve home tonight so he's not sure what to do about tipping. He'll probably just tip the guy himself. In typical WCKG fashion this will end up costing Steve money. |
| 5:19
| It seems like Drew should have come in with some money for Steve to tip the guy with but he doesn't seem like much of a tipper. |
| 5:20
| Live read: My Chauffeur |
| 5:21
| Steve thinks Drew isn't a big tipper because he gave the maitre' d at Joe's Stone Crab in Miami $20 to get a table. You'll need at least $300 to get a table there. |
| 5:22
| Steve is in the market for a new limo company because he's gotten some bad drivers with the one he normally uses. There have a been a few guys lately who got lost and that's really irritating. |
| 5:23
| Buzz is glad there's a limo company advertising on the station because he periodically needs one for safety reasons. |
| 5:24
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 5:27
| That was a bad choice that was made right there. Mary came in at the last minute and told Pete they were going to go cold into the next John Belushi segment. |
| 5:28
| Pete decided to pull the tape first and then the music bed but didn't get to the second one. |
| 5:29
| Apparently Steve said the phone number wrong in the My Chauffeur live read. And here Steve thought Jen was coming down with $100 to tip the driver. Thanks for stopping by. |
| 5:30
| They make a billion mistakes around here but the first one Steve makes they run right down here. |
| 5:31
| Steve's sorry he got the number wrong but the sales people all charged down here like it was the Bataan Death March. |
| 5:32
| Steve opened the door and he thought he was in a Filene's Basement because there were so many pant suits out there waiting to tell him he messed up. |
| 5:33
| You know who needs a limo is Pete? He's got a 2 hour commute everyday from Rogers Park to here and back. Pete would love a limo although he would miss the crazies on the train. |
| 5:34
| Pete replays the original audio and Steve got it wrong, twice. Has the Pant Suit Alert been waved off at least? Only Steve could do all that and still get the number wrong. |
| 5:35
| In the future Pete should just go ahead and pull off the music bed first but Steve's over it already. He said the thing about the pant suits and that helped. It's relaxing to be mean sometimes. |
| 5:36
| Steve plays the John Belushi Celebrity Jeopardy segment. |
| 5:56
| Steve's got some bad news for Buzz. The Bears have traded Thomas Jones to the Jets, at least according to The Score. That means there's a 50/50 chance of it being true. |
| 5:57
| We're in the process of trying to track down Billy Jack from Comcast right now. |
| 5:58
| Steve has one more John Belushi thing to play. We've already played a Breakfast Club segment as well as a Celebrity Jeopardy segment. |
| 5:59
| Steve has had this song since John died and he can't remember who sang it. John's wife Judy gave it to Steve shortly after John died. |
| 6:00
| Song: West Heaven, Rhonda Lee Oglesby-Coulier |
| 6:04
| Steve thinks that was Rhonda Lee Oglesby-Coulier, avec qui se sois. |
| 6:10
| Drew came in to tell Steve that Thomas Jones is officially a Jet. Steve's not sure who they got in return. |
| 6:11
| Pete read that the Bears are sending Thomas Jones and their 63rd overall pick to the Jets for their 37th pick. That's it? |
| 6:12
| Steve would have rather kept an unhappy Thomas Jones. You want your running backs to be mean and mad, not in a good mood. |
| 6:13
| It seems like the running was one part of the game that the Bears had together but what does Steve know? |
| 6:14
| Live read: Balance for Life |
| 6:15
| Live read: My Chauffeur |
| 6:16
| Jennifer from sales said that Steve's driver was taken care of but Steve doesn't feel good about that. This is a sales team led by a guy who tried to grease the wheels at Joe's Stone Crab in Miami with $20. $20 is only going to get you a breath mint. |
| 6:18
| Drew and Dan are free lunch guys and those guys give radio people a bad name. When Drew first came to Steve about the limo service he said that he could get whatever he wanted for lunch, within reason. Steve didn't know what that meant. Did he think he was going to want lobster and chateubriand? Drew said "within reason" because he knew if he were in the situation he wouldn't be able to control himself. |
| 6:20
| Drew couldn't believe that Steve wasn't going to take advantage of the free lunch. Steve can get a sandwich on his own. A Steve Dahl is looking for something like strippers. |
| 6:25
| Tonight is the season finale of The Class just so Buzz knows. It could be the last one ever, no one knows for sure. |
| 6:26
| Live read: Yamaha |
| 6:27
| News with Buzz |
| 6:28
| Dick Cheney has been diagnosed with a blood clot in his leg. HOW 'BOUT THAT! |
| 6:29
| Dick Cheney has been in Asia for the last 9 days so he could have developed the clot from spending too much time on the plane. |
| 6:33
| The Barbie Bandits don't look too good in their mug shots. Buzz thought the blond was alright. |
| 6:34
| After they were arrested they probably started crying so that could explain it. |
| 6:35
| Kazakhstan is getting the last laugh as tourism has increased in the wake of Borat. |
| 6:36
| Steve's copy of Borat on DVD will be arriving tomorrow. Buzz ordered a copy as well because there are certain scenes he wants to show Piper, like the National Anthem at the rodeo. |
| 6:42
| Song: Soul Man, Blues Brothers |
| 6:46
| Should we do some sports? We know Thomas Jones was traded to the Jets so the Bears could move up draft picks in the second round. How many picks did they move up? |
| 6:47
| The Bears moved from 63rd to 37th in the second round. |
| 6:48
| In more good news from Halas Hall, Lance Briggs has asked the Bears to remove the franchise tag or trade him. |
| 6:49
| The Cubs won 6-5 for their first Spring Training victory. Kerry Wood threw a scoreless 1-2-3 inning in relief and Mark Prior gave up three runs. |
| 6:57
| Len and Bob spent most of the game yesterday talking about themselves or the Cubs. Nothing about the White Sox, who pounded them. Whatever. |
