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		Wednesday, June 6, 2007



2:02	Stan likes to give away a pair of tickets to the next Dahlfins show right before Steve comes in to tie the shows together.
2:03	Steve coming into the studio should be enough of a tie. This is like they have to pay a toll or something.
2:04	Terry pitches Steve on a team-up column during the Crosstown Classic. Terry was thinking of showing off some places around The Cell to hang out.
2:05	Being the Vice Advisor has sort of become an albatross around Steve's neck though.
2:06	The food is much better at The Cell. Everything at The Cell is better. Wrigley is like a county prison.
2:07	When Steve first started writing the column his editor told him he needed to find his voice and he should also try to get quotes from other people. If Steve is the vice expert why would he talk to someone else?
2:08	Stan was wondering of Chicago Tribune guys still hang out at the Billy Goat. The only person Terry knows of is John Kass. Neil Steinberg still goes down there once in a while to make sure his name is still on the wall.
2:09	Neil should probably stop going there if he doesn't want to drink. The Billy Goat is one of those old man bars where you go to get drunk.
2:10	Stan has never been to the Billy Goat. It's a pretty cool place, Jeffrey would probably dig it too.
2:11	There's a group of people from the station who meets at the Billy Goat before going to the Sox game. Stan's always wanted to go there but he can never pull the trigger. That's a great story Stan!
2:12	Jimmy Mac goes there before games as well as that Steve guy who used to do production here. Stan doesn't know the names of the other people. No wonder he didn't go there, that's a lame group.
2:13	Terry got his name on the wall at Billy Goat because of money. Steve's not interested in having his name up there, he doesn't get involved in that kind of stuff. If someone wants to do it that's fine though.
2:14	There was a time when Jeff Schwartz was trying to push Steve to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. All you have to do is pay $30,000 to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, even though Hollywood isn't really a city.
2:15	Jeff and Harvey Wells were also trying to push Steve into the Broadcast Hall of Fame. Steve just learned recently that the reason he wasn't on the ballot this year was because no one from here nominated him.
2:16	Steve doesn't want to be in a museum while he's still on the air. Terry was envisioning a statue like the Jack Brickhouse one on Michigan Avenue.
2:17	Terry also has a photo of himself up at a bar called Justin's. Dan Falato claims that whenever Terry holds court there he sits under the photo. That's not exactly true. Someone took a Tribune ad featuring Terry, blew it up and put it on the wally. It's huge.
2:18	Dan was making fun of Terry for that? Dan? The same guy who's still clinging to the fact that he was Mark Grace's house boy 20 years ago?
2:29	Song: I Got the News, Steely Dan
2:34	Steve heard all the tapes, they were a tribute to Antonio Mora but also a recognition of his demotion at channel 2.
2:35	Buzz knows all about that because the only thing he reads is Rob Feder's column. Rob Johnson, not Dick Johnson (which is redundant), is taking over as anchor of the 10:00 PM news.
2:36	Mora took the fall for poor ratings at 10:00 PM. Buzz wants to know why Diann Burns didn't take a hit.
2:37	Mora will continue hosting the 6:00 PM news as well as his weekly show Eye on Chicago which airs at 10:30 every Sunday night. And what a great show that is. Steve often has trouble choosing between Sports Sunday and Eye on Chicago on Sunday nights.
2:38	Steve would rather be on the 6:00 news. Otherwise you have to stick around until 10:30. Nothing good could happen during those 5 hours if you're downtown.
2:39	Rob Johnson has exhibited strong leadership in the newsroom for the past year accord to Joe Ahern. What does that even mean? If he was such a good leader why were the ratings so bad?
2:40	How long does Joe Ahern get to keep his job? Maybe Rob Johnson plays polo and that got him the job. Steve can see Ahern taking Rob Johnson to a polo match like in Pretty Woman.
2:41	This column is full of corporate speak. Rob Johnson doesn't even have a track record, he's just a pretty face in a suit that works weekends.
2:42	Steve's favorite part of the column is where Ahern says "We are pleased that Antonio will continue to be an important part of our team as 6 p.m. anchor, host of Eye on Chicago and special projects reporter."
2:43	Whenever you see that someone has been made a special projects reporter that means they're on their way out. It's a death sentence.
2:44	Mora says he's happy to continue working at a station that he believes is doing the best news in town. Well that's just wrong. Channel 2 sucks, it's a horrible station.
2:45	There's a reason that ABC does so well in the ratings, it's because they do the best news in town. People weren't watching just for Diann Burns although that's probably why CBS wanted her. Steve will take Cheryl Burton and Kathy Brock over Diann Burns any day.
2:46	It says Mora is the first Hispanic news anchor on a 10:00 PM newscast. Mora never seemed to Hispanic to Steve. Steve is more Hispanic than he is.
2:47	Also in Feder's column, NBC is pulling the plug on Bruce Wolf's Barely Today. They'll move up the morning newscast, anchored by Dick Johnson and Ellee Pai Hong, by a half-hour. Ellee Pai Hong is perhaps the greatest name in Chicago news.
2:48	There's some more good corporate speak from Larry Wert in Feder's column: "Bruce and the Barely team did great creating a live program that was interesting, informative and fun," said Larry Wert, president and general manager of Channel 5. "We think getting on first with a local and more traditional newscast will better serve our viewers." Sounds like they're going to be moved to primetime then?!
2:49	This actually sounds great for Bruce, he goes back to sports anchoring and reporting.
2:53	Steve really likes Bruce Wolf but he's too talented for his own good sometimes. Steve knows the feeling too.
2:54	Larry Wert likes Bruce too but he might be took chicken to have on at a normal time. You can't have him on during the Bears stuff because he'll say something and then the Bears people will get mad.
2:55	Bruce wreaks havoc on his co-workers, he has a bit of a death wish. Steve does too though. They could really use Bruce back at 32 to liven that place up.
2:56	Bruce is a total pain to work with though because he's a lawyer too so he's always arguing.
2:57	Steve never saw Bruce's show because it was on too early and he forgot to tape it. He also doesn't stay up that late any more. The only reason he'd get up that early is to be on the show.
2:58	Buzz did point out that Bruce being referred to as "unique" is not good. It's also not good that they don't have a specific time when he'll be on.
2:59	Bruce could really turn things around at CBS because that Mark Malone guy isn't doing that. He's just some big dope who used to play on the Steelers, who cares what he has to say?
3:00	CBS needs a new news desk too, they're all huddled around it, it's creepy. CBS and NBC both need to get their newscast in HD too.
3:01	ABC is completely rocking in HD and they don't really even promote it. You can see the freckles on Kathy Brock's chest in that area between her breasts. What do you call that area? It's not the chest is it? Buzz thought it was the sternum.
3:02	Steve will just call it the breasts, to him that whole area is the breasts. The middle is the breast rest stop.
3:03	Does Steve really need to take calls about what Bruce did to the guests on his show? Caller Cliff said he used to be up on them but he's always done that.
3:04	Bruce is on vacation according to Feder's column. Steve prefers that this stuff happens when he's on vacation but he doesn't like it in the paper until he gets back.
3:05	Jeff Schwartz quit while Steve was on vacation. He called him from the beach and told him about it then got a call on the other line. Then he went over and started talking to the guys on WMVP.
3:09	Bruce Wolf probably got fired from channel 32 for the fight with Tamron Hall about Crazy Howard McGee. But now Tamron's gone so Bruce should come back.
3:10	Caller Angie has a French word for the area between a woman's breasts. It's called the decolotagè.
3:11	Angie gets a massage from a Lithuanian woman who tells her to put moisturizer on her decolotagè. You don't want a dried decolotagè.
3:12	Angie's masseuse is actually a former Olympian. Is she hot? Angie is actually attracted to her, she can't believe she's saying this with her husband in the car.
3:13	Steve doesn't think Angie's husband is going to care at all if she's attracted to her hot Lithuanian masseuse. He'll probably be working on a couple's massage. Steve has heard decolotagè but he prefers breast stop.
3:14	This just in, a 15-year old girl who's been missing for a year has been found in a small room in a house in Hartford, Connecticut.
3:15	That's the good news. But it's coming on the heels of the discovery of the body of a girl who went missing from a Target in Kansas.
3:16	What day do you wake up and decide to take a girl from a Target parking lot? Furthermore, what day do you wake up and decided to kidnap a 14-year old girl and keep her in a room in your house?
3:17	Steve is signed up for CNN breaking news emails but he didn't get one about the girl's body they found. The good news is that he got an email containing a picture of the latest Tony Fitzpatrick painting.
3:18	How does Steve get off this mailing list? Or is he on forever? They're nice paintings but they take forever to download.
3:19	Maybe Steve should send Tony an mp3 of every show he does. That would probably get him off the mailing list.
3:20	Billy Dec is here with some burgers for Steve and Buzz. The last time he was here he brought turkey burgers! If Steve had known he was carrying turkey burgers he would have never let him passed the front desk.
3:21	Billy's also promoting some sort of Jeremy Piven/underpants contest that's happening and Underground or something. Steve will say hi to him after the break.
3:25	Joining Steve and Buzz in studio is Billy Dec. Steve saw Billy on TV at all the Bulls playoff games. Apparently he has good seats at the UC.
3:26	Billy had Kirk Hinrich's bench seats, he thought they were going to throw him in the game.
3:27	The last time Billy was here he couldn't even say where Underground was. It's been that long?
3:28	Steve keeps saying he wants to go nightclubbing but he never does. Billy suggest a live remote at Rockit. Steve remembers a bar called Rocket North where he and maybe Buzz played. That might have been in Wisconsin though.
3:29	Steve is old, he's worried he'll go to Rockit and some girl will tell him her grandpa is a big fan.
3:30	Billy brought Steve and Buzz the Kobe beef burgers but there's no crazy stuff on it like patè.
3:31	Steve saw that the Boat Drunks are playing at Rockit. Is that like a Jimmy Buffett cover band?
3:32	Billy thought the Boat Drunks would be the perfect band to play one of Steve's birthday parties.
3:33	On Saturday from 6:00-10:00 Billy is hosting a charity event at Rockit with Jeremy Piven. There will be a lot of prizes given away including a walk-on part on Entourage. The after party is at Underground.
3:34	Steve's got his gig in Mokena on Saturday night. Maybe he could come to the after party? There's a VIP section! Steve loves VIP sections! Would he have a Pop Tart waiting for him when he arrives?
3:35	Steve probably won't make it on Saturday just because Mokena is pretty far out there. Just because he's not coming it doesn't mean he doesn't like Billy.
3:36	Steve and Billy's relationship has had some rocky spots over the years though. The first time Steve ever talked about him on the air he was making fun of him. Billy happened to be driving in a car with his mom and the show was on. It made Billy's mom cry.
3:37	Eventually Steve realized that he was pretty impressed with Billy and his entire empire, Dec World. Then he did an interview with a woman who was writing a story about Billy for the Trib.
3:38	Steve spent 45 minutes on the phone with this woman and he set the record straight about how he likes Billy and he's impressed with what he does but all the woman wrote about was Steve ripping him on the air.
3:39	If Billy ever heard the full interview Steve did with this woman he'd be humping his leg.
3:40	Billy is also hosting a Barack Obama fundraiser at Rockit on Friday. He's not sure what they'll be serving though but he gets to introduce Obama on stage.
3:41	Billy should stop by more often, he doesn't need to have something promote either.
3:42	Billy would love to jump in on a topic someday. How about the smoking ban?
3:43	Steve thought that there was an exemption for the smoking ban if you had a special kind of exhaust system.
3:44	That was one of the many loopholes written into the city smoking ban but then the state passed their own ban that negates that. So there will be no smoking come January 1st.
3:45	As a club owner, Billy is fine with the smoking ban, it'll be much healthier for him. Steve's OK with it too, girls don't look hot when they smoke no matter what they think.
3:46	If Billy's going to have a smoking section it shouldn't be in front of the building either. Steve hates walking into a building and weaving his way through all the smokers.
3:56	On the phone is Josh Mora from Comcast Sportsnet. He's glad to be back from Toronto. It's Steve's theory that Ozzie got thrown out on Sunday because he was out all night Saturday and wanted to rest.
3:57	Steve doesn't even know where to start with the White Sox. Joe Crede is on the DL but Steve likes that kid they brought up to replace him.
3:58	Steve wants to know why Boon Logan is still pitching? He does throw strikes and really Mark Buehrle gave that game up last night.
3:59	Steve didn't know until last night that Buehrle has only had one win since his no-hitter.
4:00	It seemed like the Cubs were back to their old ways last night although they did win today. They had a pretty good series in Milwaukee despite some sloppy play in the first game win.
4:01	Even last night when the Cubs starter Ted Lilly struggled the offense kept battling back. They still lost though.
4:02	Josh was also up in Canada covering the NHL scouting combine. The Hawks have the first overall pick if anyone cares.
4:03	Steve does actually care about that because he likes the Wirtz family. A lot of people don't like them but they've always been nice to Steve.
4:04	A lot of people don't like the Wirtz family but by not airing home games they're just trying to protect the value of the season tickets. It doesn't seem like they want to win on purpose.
4:05	When Steve and Buzz were at the United Center broadcasting last night Steve got pulled into the Wirtz Family's private walnut dining room. There was prime rib everywhere.
4:06	The NBA draft is at the end of this month. The Bulls have the 9th pick but they might trade it because it's a valuable asset.
4:07	Josh will not be on Comcast today, he's got a writing day. He filmed three pieces before he left for Canada and they have to air soon. Is that creative writing or writing on the blackboard because he was punished?
4:15	Pete is playing a drop of Hawk and DJ but it requires a bit of a set-up. Stop the tape Pete.
4:16	The tape is about a minute long, it probably requires a set-up. Steve sent Pete the email telling him to grab it and he appreciates that. When Steve emails Pete about audio he wants it for a bit not for a drop.
4:17	Steve doesn't really feel like doing that now because he's dealing with Buzz and his burger problems.
4:18	Josh Mora would not stop talking and the Rockit burger was a foot away from Steve. But during the last break Buzz came over and inspected the burger. He was staring it down the way Steve once saw Cathy Crowell Webb stare down a salad bar at the Holiday Inn Mark Plaza.
4:19	Buzz was complaining that his burger was too rare so Steve told him to microwave it. Buzz dismissed that idea only because he's not familiar with that process. A microwave cooks from the inside out so it's just what Buzz is looking for.
4:20	OK Steve is ready for the tape now. In the past he's complained about how all Hawk and DJ do is talk about themselves and what they'd do if they were in the game.
4:21	Last night out of nowhere they started talking about players wearing elbow pad. It's not like an elbow pad had caught on fire or something, they just launched into whether or not they'd wear a pad if they were playing.
4:22	Then AJ got a hit and they didn't even care about it, they just wanted to go back to talking about whether or not they'd wear elbow pads in their imaginary return to Major League Baseball.
4:23	That was a textbook example of what Steve has been talking about and it needs to stop. They need to be giving viewers more info about the Yankees or the White Sox, not elbow pads.
4:24	It wasn't even a good story that either of them were telling. Hawk should have at least talked about inventing the batting glove.
4:25	How funny is it that Buzz's free burger isn't too his liking? It's been cooked to his standards though.
4:26	Live read: Gierczyk Properties
4:27	Song: Clubland, Elvis Costello & the Attractions
4:30	That was a rockin' song, for Billy Dec of course. More and more Steve finds himself liking Elvis Costello.
4:31	Steve is still enjoying his burger. Really what Buzz was doing was checking the doneness of Steve's burger because he wasn't happy with his own burger.
4:32	Steve understands where Buzz is coming from, their very similar when it comes to food. Like that one time when Buzz ordered up only half a pastrami sandwich.
4:33	When the sandwich arrived Buzz wanted to know where the other half was and thought Steve had it.
4:38	They've got a lobster burger over at Rockit Bar for their Burger Fest. Billy said he had three of them and he's the boss so it'll probably be there for a while.
4:39	Steve is good with the Kobe beef burger with sauteed mushrooms and onions, it's really good.
4:40	The Hungry Hound was at Rockit the other day. He's a small guy so it doesn't seem like he would know that much about food. Steve does like the Hungry Hound though and he wouldn't mind having him on the show.
4:41	Caller Laurie wanted to let Steve know that Rocket North is in Wisconsin, just over the border. It was opened back when the drinking age was 18 in Wisconsin.
4:42	Laurie went up there the day she turned 18 but she never caught a Teenage Radiation show.
4:43	Laurie did see Steve in Vegas once back in 1991.
4:44	And now here comes Drew. Why does he just get to come into the studio? Drew just came down to let Steve know that the Hungry Hound will actually be doing a show on the station on Saturday as a try-out.
4:45	Is Drew here for free food because there's none left. Drew actually had enough free food today, he doesn't need any more.
4:46	Drew's not sure if he can come on now but he can give Mary the guy's phone number. Steve gets how it works, does Drew just need to say this so we can send the tape to Rod and it looks like he's working? Where did Drew get free food from today?
4:47	Drew was at Smith & Wollensky with Garry and Jen Donahue. He was interested in getting in on some Taco Bell though.
4:48	Steve doesn't have any Taco Bell for Drew but maybe Garry could take him there.
4:49	Drew needs to get out of here though, Steve might need to get a tazer or a dog collar for him.
4:56	Drew was trying to get Steve to call the Hungry Hound right now but there's no reason to do it now.
4:57	Steve will talk to him on Friday because that's when his segment airs on ABC. Then he can promote his weekend show. That's why Steve is Steve.
4:58	Is Buzz ready for headlines? Steve doesn't have any audio so does that mean lackluster headlines?
4:59	Headlines with Buzz
5:00	The chach Atlanta lawyer who traveled to Paris even though he had TB talked via phone to Congressmen holding a hearing about TB research.
5:01	They should be having a hearing about how much jail time this guy is going to do. He was told that it was OK to travel and that the doctors who say otherwise are lying. He's a lawyer, he's supposed to say that.
5:02	A deranged German (isn't that redundant?) broke through a barrier and lunged at that Popemobile today.
5:03	A new poll reveals that viewers of The Sopranos would like to see Tony survive he hit he's trying to avoid. Steve thinks he's going to blow his brains out and they foreshadowed that on Sunday night.
5:04	That last episode was sort of upsetting. All the hits happened so quickly but that's probably how it happens in real life. Also, it seems like the New Jersey guys are idiots because they totally botched that hit on Phil.
5:05	Steve's other theory is that Paulie has switched sides and will be the one to whack Tony. He's the one who told the Italian guys where Phil lived.
5:06	Internet users are more in danger of downloading a virus to their computer if they search for nude photos of Britney Spears than nude photos of Paris Hilton.
5:07	Steve's not sure he wants to see either of them naked at this point. There are some unflattering photos of Britney circulating on the internet right now.
5:08	Britney's on vacation in Mexico. Buzz was hoping it was just a bad photo or a weird angle or something.
5:16	It's time for the Five O'Clock Taco Bell Buzz! Today Steve is having a delicious hard shell taco with the mild sauce as well as the Baja Blast which is exclusive to Taco Bell.
5:17	Baja Blast is a tropical lime drink from Pepsi/Mountain Dew. Steve's not sure if there's Mountain Dew in it because he's never had Mountain Dew.
5:18	Brendan says Mountain Dew tastes very sugary. Great! That's very helpful!
5:19	Steve's on the Taco Bell website trying to figure out what Baja Blast is. It's just a viral marketing commercial, it doesn't actually say what the drink is.
5:20	This is very clever but Steve can't take much more of it. He just wants to know what the drink is.
5:21	It's definitely a flavor of Mountain Dew which according to Brendan is very sweet. He drinks about 20 of them a day and he can't even describe it.
5:22	Mark sent Steve a Wikipedia link but it's not working so maybe he can get it to work.
5:23	It's a good drink though, would Brendan like to try some? He needs to bring his own straw in.
5:30	Live read: Townstone Financial
5:31	David Hochberg is on the phone. He forwarded Steve some photos of possible clubhouses. Buzz needs to come and look at these.
5:32	The first one Buzz saw looks like it's in Jersey! It's the Bing!
5:33	The first building is $375,000 which would come to about $2120 per month without insurance.
5:34	Buzz likes that one, 2120 was the original address of Chess Records. That sounds a little high to Steve though. It does have hot running water and heat, plus a drive-in front door.
5:35	That just seems a little steep for industrial Cook County. That money will go right into Todd Stroger's pocket anyway.
5:36	It is just like how Steve was envisioning his clubhouse though. When Buzz saw it his mind started to wander.
5:37	The best part is that there's a bathroom upstairs in the office and downstairs for the band. That way Steve and Buzz can have privacy when they're making important decisions.
5:43	Live read: Famous Dave's
5:44	Bob and Ron are here. Bob has been here all along but Ron just got back from Colorado, he had some car trouble.
5:45	Ron was in Colorado moving his girlfriend from Boulder to Chicago. That took him two car trips, couldn't he just get ga U-Haul? Or a new girlfriend?
5:46	Ron needed to move his girlfriend's car as well. Why didn't he just get one of those rigs and tow the car behind the U-Haul.
5:47	While Ron was gone Bob called in and left a series of voicemails which he'll replay in sequence right now.
5:48	In the first one Bob breaks the news to Bob that Ron's car has broken down during the trip. Bob tries to reschedule for Friday or offers to come in live and have Ron call in on the phone. That came in around noon last Wednesday.
5:49	Apparently Bob and Ron don't share the intimate details of their life any more. Bob had no idea why Ron wasn't here last Wednesday. It sounds like a broken hearted Bob now that we know the full story. He didn't want Ron bringing Yoko here and breaking them up. Did Ron have to sit Bob down on the couch and break the news to him when he got back.
5:50	Voicemail number 2 gets cut off as soon as Bob identifies himself. No one returned that call. After Steve heard the first one he decided to forget it and have them come in this week.
5:51	The third call was from Bob after he heard Steve talking about the voicemails last Wednesday. Then he wonders if Ron needs to be back by Wednesday in order for them to come in on Friday.
5:52	Steve thought it was rather audacious for Bob to suggest a Friday segment considering he had no information about where Ron was and when he'd get back.
5:53	The car made it to Chicago but only because Ron had to keep refilling the oil every hundred miles or so. That's not very green Ron!
5:59	Bob and Ron are of course the hosts of Bob and Ron's Record Club, no longer the Phishing Report.
6:00	So far the change is going well but they have gotten a few angry calls. Most of the people actually like Bob and Ron and are willing to just stick it out with them.
6:01	The Phish thing gets old after a while. All of their songs are variations of Row Row Row Your Boat with psychedelic lyrics.
6:02	Steve thought Bob and Ron should still do a Phish song at 4:20 just to keep the Phish fans. Bob thought it was sort of a slap in the face.
6:03	Bob will listen to whatever advice Steve has though. He didn't listen the first time though did he? And now they've lost all their Phish listeners too.
6:04	This week is the birthday of Clarence White, one of the pioneers of country rock. He played with The Byrds and Graham Parsons.
6:05	It's Freddy Stone's birthday from Sly & the Family Stone. Also on this date Sly Stone was married at Madison Square Garden.
6:06	Bob always hears rumors about Sly & the Family Stone reuniting for an album. Where does he hear that? They're not getting back together. Sly came out at the Grammy's last year and he was totally out of his mind.
6:07	It's also Jimmy McCulloch's birthday, he was in Wings and Thunderclap Newman. Steve wants to call an audible and play cut 3 off Bob and Ron's CD. He'd rather here that than a Wings song. He got his
6:08	Song: Something in the Air, Thunderclap Newman
6:11	Bob and Ron wanted to congratulate Steve for making the May edition of Mojo, their favorite magazine out of the UK.
6:12	Steve is mentioned in an article about disco. Does it call him a homophobe and a racist? Because usually when someone does something about Disco Demolition they accuse Steve of being a homophobe and a racist. Steve didn't even know what that stuff was back then.
6:13	Steve always got a kick out the Village People and he thought Donna Summer was hot. Leave the platforms on!
6:18	Ben Gay is here. HOLA BUZZ! Ben made himself comfortable, he took his pants off. He should really get them back on though.
6:19	Ben went into Pete's studio to maybe try to do a Queer Eye for the Straight Studio but he couldn't even lift the boxes. When the boxes are out of there call Ben and he'll do something nice.
6:20	Buzz thinks Pete would really appreciate that, he wants to put this whole thing behind him. Ben has something else he'd like to put behind Pete.
6:21	The Cubs beat the Brewers 6-2, winning 2 of 3 against the division leaders. Felix Pie hit a 3-run home run and Carlos Zambrano held the Brewers to 2 runs over 6 2/3 innings. Also, he didn't punch any of his teammates. Buzz was wondering who was catching today for the Cubs.
6:22	Ben was trying to find out who caught Zambrano today but Pete isn't answering the intercom. He was actually taken aback by it which is an interesting response to an interstudio intercom.
6:23	Pete didn't want to use the intercom because Steve always yells at him for using it. Now Steve has to drop the Ben character for a minute because he's totally confused.
6:24	How hard is it to figure out that when Steve talks to Pete on the intercom he wants Pete to talk back to him on the intercom? He turned off all the mics and wasn't even talking to him as Ben Gay.
6:25	Leave it to Buzz to wonder who the catcher was. He feels it's an important question to ask.
6:26	Ben's not a psychiatrist but he feels that Pete's response was a passive-aggressive retaliation against Steve for yelling at him when he uses the intercom.
6:27	Cubs third basemen Aramis Ramirez strained his left knee in today's game and was pulled in the third inning. They also put pitcher Angel Guzman on the 15-day DL and called up Sean Gallagher (son of Gallagher the comedian) from AA Tennessee.
6:28	White Sox third basemen Joe Crede was placed on the 15-day DL because of a weak back, which he got about a week back.
6:29	Mark Buehrle failed to get his 100th win again last night. Ozzie is waiting to give Buehrle the champagne he bought for the occasion.
6:30	The Anaheim Ducks are looking to win the Stanley Cup on their home ice tonight against he Ottawa Senators.
6:31	Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis has said he regrets comments he made about dog-fighting.
6:37	Live read: DeWalt
6:38	Steve's going to get two boxes from Pete's studio or maybe three. One at a time though, not all at once.
6:39	Steve didn't even make eye contact with Pete because he's a little miffed about the intercom incident. Pete didn't even turn his mic on when Steve was in there so you could hear Steve get the box.
6:40	Pete's in a snit but it's a delayed snit over Steve throwing the boxes out. The first tapes is from 4/29/01 a White Sox/Seattle game as well as a Cubs/Giants game. Also an episode of The Simpsons.
6:41	4/24/01 a Friends and another Real Sex. C'mon Pete! From 5/07/01 Futurama, King of the Hill, Simpsons and Malcolm. From 2/21/00 Tom Green, some HBO boxing and Real Sex 24. Also from 2/27/00 a Face the Nation. That was a great Face the Nation.
6:42	Pete would like to keep all the tapes from 9/11 and it seems like we're coming close to that. He didn't put them in a separate box though. If Steve does that will he be letting Pete slip back into crazy?
6:43	Buzz doesn't think Steve should let him keep the tapes. Pete only wants it for his person collection. We don't care about that though.
6:44	What Pete should be worrying about is backing up all the stuff that we actually use for the show that's on the server, not the imaginary stuff he pretends we'll use.
6:45	Here comes Stephanie to wheel out another box of tapes. She really seems to enjoy it but everyone does. Pete is more idiosyncratic than even Buzz.
6:46	Steve just got Pete a 3.9% raise and this is how he pays him back! Buzz points out that when this is all over, Pete will get to start over fresh. When these tapes are done
6:47	A Very Brady Christmas, Bozo Show and the news from 1/31/97. Pete's pretty sure that is a Bozo featuring Billy Corgan.
6:46	From 2002, a White House Correspondents dinner and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction from 3/21/02. From 2000, the MTV VMA's. That's enough right?
6:47	On 3/10/00 Dennis Miller featuring Kevin Smith. Out of the goodness of Steve's heart he's going to let Pete keep the Christmas tape.
6:48	Also in this box is Big Steve outside the Oprah Studios. Was that from Frijole Joe? He's probably got a copy. If it was Oprah talking to Big Steve maybe they could keep it.
6:49	Here comes Stephanie with the cart of tapes. It still has the cadaver of the last a box on it.
6:50	Pete still wants to keep tapes to be reused as blanks because it's getting harder and harder to buy them in the stores. Steve can just have the Little Guys send over a case whenever he needs one.
6:51	If we can't find tapes here David can just get some right from the factory the next time he's in Japan.
6:56	Steve really needs to get to Japan. HIs buddy Shu wants to talk to him about it, he might have a plan. It's hard to tell though because every email Shu sends gets marked urgent.
6:57	Steve apologizes to Buzz for not getting to the news but the tapes had to be thrown out. Is there anything pressing that Buzz needs to get out?
6:58	Steve has an update on the Atlanta chach lawyer. He actually rescheduled his honeymoon and left 2 days early. Georgia law prevented authorities from stopping him. Then once he got to Rome the US didn't want to ask them to quarantine him.
6:59	Also that girl was found on the Southside and Paris Hilton did have to submit to a full body cavity search before entering prison.
7:00	Matt and Brendan did not do any cicada-eating last night. Steve sort of missed them throwing up on the air, it was funny. There's nothing quite like the sound of the natural gag reflex.
7:01	It doesn't take much for Matt to gag. Sometimes he stays at the house on a Friday and you can hear him dry-heaving the next morning when he's up early to get down here.
7:02	Matt has a really bad diet in general, he might want to talk to a nutritionist. Or he could keep eating 10 bowls of noodles everyday.
7:03	Matt is the only person Steve knows who actually eats the plain white rice at a Chinese restaurant. Steve just throws his out because he doesn't want to mess up his Chinese food.
7:04	Matt doesn't want to go shopping. He might want to start though because Steve is getting ready to change the locks and beef up the security system at the house.
7:05	Matt's never going to listen to Steve so it doesn't matter. He bought him some vitamins but he stopped taking them once he ran out. He has some serious maladies though, he's like a kid from a Third World country. Steve half expects to one day see Matt on TV and he'll be able to adopt him for $1 a day.