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		Monday, June 18, 2007



2:02	Steve's favorite part of the day is when Bonnie tells him how nuts Stan and Terry are. It only takes about 30 seconds, as he's crossing from one side of her desk to the other to go into the studio.
2:03	Terry's wearing sunglasses because of his laser surgery. One of his eyebrows is up higher than the other one, he looks like Sammy Davis Jr.
2:04	Stan said he wants to be a trucker. He and Terry are both nuts. Maybe he should just focus on the show.
2:05	Stan always has to have two jobs going because he's Jamaican. Is Stan really a Jamaican or has he just been there?
2:06	Stan would be a real hit at the truck stop, "I couldn't help but notice that your lugnuts are dirty."
2:07	He'd probably also be hanging around the weigh station to make sure everything is on the level.
2:08	Stan doesn't want to be a full-time trucker he just wants to get a CDL and do it part-time, like Karl Malone.
2:09	Steve could never be a truck driver because he can't back up. He couldn't back up the RV when he was on Rt. 66 and he almost hit a family of 5.
2:10	Stan went out to Country Club Hills yesterday and on the way back noticed a new condo development in Blue Island on the Cal-Sag channel.
2:11	It made Stan want to buy a place there and get a boat. He'd want his own slip though. It sounds like the black man's Lake Geneva. Stan could wear his white socks and his shorts set.
2:12	Stan also learned that you could get to Lake Michigan from the development so he'd be able to show off his groovy boat.
2:13	Terry thought it was all a bit but Stan was talking about it during the commercial breaks today. Steve gets wanting a boat on the Cal-Sag but not the truck driving.
2:14	Stan's back-up job should be a limo driver, he'd see a lot more action that way. He'd probably be lecturing all of his passengers about safety. He'd also install an override on the partition.
2:15	Cynthia hasn't told Stan to get another job he just likes to have other stuff going on. Plus he'll need that second job to afford his black man's Lake Geneva experience.
2:16	Doesn't the Sag in Cal-Sag stand for something like sanitary and garbage? Steve used to think it went from Calumet to Saginaw but it doesn't. Does Sag stand for stinky-ass garbage?
2:17	Caller Bob is on Chicago's FM Talk Station with Stan & Terry and Steve. The Sag doesn't stand for stinky-ass garbage, it's just an Indian word. There's a church on the channel called St. James of the Sag.
2:18	So it's an Indian word, that doesn't sound too bad. Stan can certainly sympathize with the white man stealing land.
2:19	The building Stan saw yesterday is in the development phase so he could buy it and then turn it around.
2:20	Caller Lucy is in the air with Stan & Terry and Steve on Chicago's FM Talk Station. Lucy is a Native-American and she lives near the Cal-Sag. Sometimes in the morning it does smell pretty bad.
2:21	Lucy didn't move to the Cal-Sag because she's a Native-American, it was just where her boyfriend lived.
2:30	Song: The Education Song, McFarland Brothers
2:33	What the hell was that? That is one of the few blues selections that features a flute. The flute is not really a blues instrument but it worked in that song.
2:34	Congratulations to young Matt Dahl who graduated from DePaul yesterday. Steve could have used Buzz at the 3 hour graduation ceremony.
2:35	They had to get there an hour early because Matt had to get there an hour early. Steve was wondering why Matt just couldn't go by himself but that kind of thinking was rejected. It did allow Steve to select some good seats for the family.
2:36	The show part of the ceremony was fine, the speeches and everything, but then they handed out almost 2,000 diplomas. They also took a lot of time conferring the masters and doctorate degrees.
2:37	They should have had a person on either side of the stage alternating graduates but instead they have one person who has to announce the name and then wait for the person to come up on stage and get the diploma.
2:38	The president of the university looks like Henry VII in his robes. He was also sporting a nice beard, Steve thought he was going off to Medieval Times after the ceremony.
2:39	There were no warnings issued to families about cheering too loud when their son or daughters names were read off. Alternating names on either side of the stage would probably prevent a lot of the outbursts though.
2:40	At Piper's graduation the school issued a lengthy warning about cheering too loudly for your child. It all starts in kindergarten.
2:41	Both Mike and Pat had big ceremonies for the entire school and then smaller ceremonies for their individual schools. Steve would rather just go to one and get it over with.
2:42	DePaul is a big school. It's the largest Catholic college in the Midwest, whatever that means. It was in the program which Steve read about a thousand times.
2:43	Matt was the second name called in the D's but unfortunately they couldn't leave early. In Buzz's world, where he's living the dream, he could probably leave early but Steve had to wait until the last Z name is read.
2:44	Steve doesn't mean to diminish anything though, it was really important for him that all of his boys graduated college. No one in Steve's family went to college. Steve did attend UCLA for 90 minutes though.
2:45	It might be good to speed things up a little bit although if your name is towards the end of the alphabet there's a lot of excitement building up. Still with 22 letters to get through that's a lot of kids.
2:46	Are there 22 letters in the alphabet or 26? Or is it 24? Have they added any new ones? Steve's pretty sure it's 26 letters so he had to sit through another 22 after Matt got his diploma.
2:47	Live read: Invent Help
2:52	Steve saw David from The Little Guys out in the hallway, maybe we'll do an Ask David segment in a few minutes. Does Buzz have any questions or his rig working alright?
2:53	Everything is working fine for Buzz but he's anxiously awaiting some upgrades to his system. Buzz is so advanced technologically that he's amazed with himself. He doesn't even look to the future because he's so happy with what he has now.
2:54	Steve was in the car on the way to the graduation with Janet's dad riding shotgun. He reads every sign on the road outloud. In the back were Mike, Matt and Janet.
2:55	Steve was mad at himself because he didn't call Don Stephens Jr. in advance and get a good parking space. He was also mad that he didn't get a sky box because he probably could have. He was trying to keep it real but he doesn't like real.
2:56	The parking kids were trying to tell Steve where to go but he didn't want to go that way. He wanted to go near where Matt needed to be dropped off and there were also good parking spaces there.
2:57	Steve was going down the row and there were people walking down the traffic lanes. One guy was right in front of Steve lighting a Virginia Slim which is a girl's cigarette.
2:58	Steve didn't honk but he wanted to after the car ride. He just crept along with the guy until he turned around and gave Steve a dirty look. Then he got out of the way and was saying stuff to Steve.
2:59	Steve rolled his window down because he also had something to say. The guy said "don't you see there are pedestrians here?" to which Steve replied "don't you see this is a road?" Then things escalated and there was name-calling.
3:00	Nothing else happened, Steve just rolled up his window and kept driving to his parking space. He made himself available for something else to happen but he really didn't want to be arrested at the graduation.
3:01	There was a little tussle between Steve and Matt at Gibson's after the graduation. Steve wanted onion rings but Matt wanted potato skins. Steve knew this wasn't the time or place for potato skins plus they were chipotle-flavored so Matt wouldn't eat them anyway.
3:02	Steve caught up to Matt when he went to the bathroom and they worked it all out. However the bathroom attendant didn't think Steve and Matt were worth attending to so he didn't even come in the bathroom.
3:03	Steve is usually very generous with the bathroom attendants even though he never wants gum, mints or cologne. He estimates how many trips he'll make to the bathroom and gives the guy a tip based on how often he'll be in there.
3:04	Steve's going to take a break before David comes in and then Buzz can talk to him about his upgrade. Buzz has a great visual system but he has bad sound.
3:08	At least year's Crosstown Classic at The Cell Cherokee Ed of The Little Guys was mistaken for Ozzy Osbourne by the Cubs announcers.
3:09	Buzz needs surround sound and he wants to do it this summer. David won't sell him one of those 5-1 speaker-in-a-box systems though. He's right though because Buzz will be unhappy with it.
3:10	Buzz also wants an HD TiVo but he needs them to talk to each other. They don't have that yet.
3:11	Comcast will begin using TiVos in two communities in the country. Also, DirectTV has begun talking to TiVo again about getting them back as their DVR provider.
3:12	Caller Rick had a question about Blockbuster's decision to only rent out Blu-Ray DVDs. David thinks Blu-Ray will be the eventual winner in the HD-DVD wars.
3:13	HD-DVD will never go away it'll always just be the secondary option. Blu-Ray definitely sounds better but David has also seen some really great looking HD-DVDs.
3:14	It's like talking to Barack Obama here, David won't commit to one format or the other. He's just hedging his bets.
3:15	Sony won't make the same mistake they made with Beta. Sony isn't the only company making Blu-Ray players either plus a lot of the movie studios are coming on board.
3:16	Steve has a Blu-Ray and he loves it. Plus it's backwards compatible so it'll play normal DVDs.
3:17	The other advantage of the Blu-Ray is you don't need a 1080p TV to take advantage of the picture upgrade.
3:18	Some guy sent Steve a crazy email about the HD-DVD thing and he forwarded it to David. David wrote back to him with a very measured response.
3:19	The guy was accusing Steve of not having the proper TV for a Blu-Ray because his Runco is a 720p. Steve knew that though.
3:20	When Steve showed everyone else in his family a movie on Blu-Ray no one was able to tell the difference. It's hard to do a comparison because it takes about 30 seconds to switch between the Blu-Ray and the normal DVD.
3:21	Sony should put out a demo disc where they compare Blu-Ray to normal DVD side-by-side.
3:25	David and Tom from The Little Guys are here. Tom is just sitting in the studio staring at Steve which was creepy at first. Now he's used to it.
3:26	Buzz is used to having Tom in his house. He's been to Steve's house too but now he's just staring lovingly at David.
3:27	Buzz can say it's not creepy but he's gone into Wendy Snyder-mode and is just looking down and not saying anything when there's someone else in the studio contributing.
3:28	Buzz's problem has been figured out, David's going to get him a receiver and some speakers and a nice sub. Steve recommends speakers in the ceiling but David doesn't really like doing that.
3:29	David is an old school stereo guy and he likes seeing speakers on the floor. He actually has speakers that come out of the wall when there is sound going to them. David's wife is a co-owner of the store so he can do all that stuff.
3:30	Caller Mike has a finished basement but it's not wired for surround sound. He doesn't want to lose sound quality with a wireless speaker system though.
3:31	David would first try to see if there's a way to put speaker wires through the ceiling. He's pretty good at figuring all that out. Could Mike bring his basement into the store?
3:32	David can fish wires through the floor joist or through the duct work. Sometimes he'll pull the trim off. Who doesn't like that?
3:33	Caller Walter has a 15-year old Mitsubishi tube TV and wants to upgrade but doesn't know what this new 1080i technology. I means interlaced and P means progressive.
3:34	Progressive TVs have more lines but that doesn't necessarily mean it's a better picture. It can be a better picture with a full 1080p source like some Blu-Ray DVDs.
3:35	Walter should come into the store and look at some TVs. Coming off a tube TV though his eyes might not be able to handle a better picture.
3:36	Tom will probably back Steve up on this but the difference between 1080i and 1080p is the difference between analog and digital, only the hardcore people can tell the difference.
3:37	Tom and David disagree. Then why doesn't Steve have a 1080p TV? The main thing with buying a new TV is to get something that you think looks good and you can afford.
3:45	We've got some thunderstorms coming through the area. The severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 4:30 for Dupage and Central Cook counties.
3:46	The storm is moving Northeast towards Chicago. It doesn't seem like it's a fake report either since the sky is pretty dark looking west. It looks bad over the lake too but it's grimmer to the west. Is grimmer a word?
3:47	Live read: Illinois Lottery
3:48	Steve might have solved the problem with David who never gives a definitive answer to anything. Tom is an engineer so he'll give an answer. David is a salesmen.
3:49	Live read: Gierczyk Properties
3:56	On the phone is Luke Stuckmeyer from Comcast Sportsnet. It's funny to think of him having a sausage on his desk for a week and not knowing where it was from.
3:57	Luke gave it to Pat Boyle, the intended recipient, and he hasn't seen it since then. He was creeped out by the sausage but he kept it on his desk anyway.
3:58	Luke didn't even know if it was from a guy or a girl because the note just said "As Promised" with no name.
3:59	So the Sox suck, the Cubs are doing alright but there was some fighting over the weekend. Derrek Lee is probably looking at a 5-game suspension as well as Chris Young.
4:00	A 5-game suspension for a pitcher isn't that big of a deal because it's only 1 start. How about he misses 2 starts? Maybe those guys could both take some boxing lessons.
4:01	Then poor Lou Piniella fell down. There might have also been some cowering on Derrek Lee's part but he probably didn't want to get hurt. Lou's a pretty good guy to hide behind, either him or Zambrano.
4:02	Steve is starting to like Carlos Zambrano because he seems crazy. He came out of the clubhouse for the fight because he was changing his shirt. HIs pants were half undone.
4:03	The Bears lost out on signing Chris Brown from the Titans as their back-up running back. Tommie Harris also made up with Rex Grossman.
4:04	Tommie Harris said several times that he'd like to see McNabb on the Bears and he'd lead them to the Super Bowl.
4:05	Luke doesn't feel like the Bears have improved themselves during this off-season. All they did was lose Thomas Jones and probably Lance Briggs.
4:06	Luke seems very negative but it's because he's been watching the Sox and Cubs so much. Steve feels pretty good about what the Bears did, he likes Gregg Olsen and no. 23 on offense.
4:07	Luke is a Cubs fan he should at least be a little positive. The Sox are already done. Steve's going down to The Cell to get his money back.
4:08	As a Bears season ticket holder, Steve got invited to some dance at Soldier Field to meet the new defensive coordinator. It seems like it's some sort of dance but Lovie doesn't dance. Actually the event is on a boat. Hasn't the NFL learned their lesson with boat parties?
4:09	It's official, Derrek Lee got a 5 game suspension, as did Chris Young. It seems unfair that the pitcher only misses one game. He did throw at Derrek Lee's head.
4:10	Tommy Skillethead is checking in with some weather. The National Weather Service has extended the thunderstorm warning until 4:45 PM for Southeastern Cook, Northern Kankakee and Eastern Will Counties.
4:11	What happened today? Everything was fine this morning, it was sunny and 90º.
4:12	It was really nice when Steve was out on his walk/run. Steve walks half the time but then runs to get his heart rate up.
4:19	Headlines with Buzz
4:20	A suspicious car prompted the evacuation of the press corps building across the street from the White House. It is still technically part of the White House so you get to say "White house evacuated today."
4:21	Steve is pretty sure the press building was built over the old swimming pool. One former president had the pool covered up, possibly JFK. You'd think he would like a pool with his bad back.
4:22	What does a suspicious car mean anyway? Is it rundown or abandoned?
4:23	Iraq is now ranked as the second most unstable country in the world, Sudan is the most unstable. That's probably because of Darfur and all that.
4:24	Mark Czerniec is on the phone. The White House press corps was temporarily relocated across the street because the press room was being refurbished.
4:25	Nixon was the one who covered up the swimming pool, not Kennedy. Kennedy had the week back, which he got in World War II, so he would have enjoyed the pool.
4:26	So it's technically not the White House but many media outlets are labeling it as such.
4:27	Iran says it's an insult for Great Britain to knight author Salman Rushdie. Why are they knighting him, just to make trouble?
4:28	Lindsay Lohan's 21st birthday party has officially been cancelled so stop making plans. She's in rehab and is really focusing on getting better. It would be hard to focus on that if you knew there was a huge party coming up in Vegas for your birthday.
4:29	A woman arrested for exposing her breasts has accepted a $29,000 settlement from the city of New York.
4:30	The woman's lawyers cited an earlier appeals court ruling that said women should have the same rights as men in terms of being able to walk around topless.
4:31	How do we get that kind of law in Chicago?
4:38	Live read: Balance for Life
4:39	Song: Truckin', Grateful Dead
4:45	Steve had that left over from earlier today when Stan was talking about wanting to be a truck driver.
4:46	Buzz had a friend in high school and all he did was talk about becoming a trucker after graduation. One of their friends' dad's owned a trucking company and got him a job. He lasted from Florida to New Orleans and then bailed out.
4:47	The White House swimming pool was built for FDR but Kennedy also used it.
4:48	The White House press room was closed in 2005 for renovations. It was built by Nixon to cover the old swimming pool.
4:49	You don't want to see Nixon padding back to his room nude after a swim, or even in a swim trunk. You don't really even want to see him in casual Friday clothing.
4:50	It says Kennedy used to have swimming races with cabinet members but you know he was just nailing chicks down there.
4:51	Buzz compliments Steve on his right-on Kennedy and Nixon impersonations. Impersonating Kennedy was one of Steve's first gigs in showbiz.
4:52	Steve had the Von Meader First Family comedy album and whenever his parents had friends over they'd make him entertain them with his impersonation. Steve loved it and that might have been when the showbiz bug bit him.
4:53	Steve sort of remembers hiding behind the chair to do the impersonation as the record played. He can't ask his parents because they're not home. Steve called yesterday to wish his dad a happy Father's Day and his brother answered. He is not a father as far as Steve knows.
4:54	Steve's pretty sure that he is right because he can't imagine standing in front of everyone in his pajamas doing his Kennedy impersonation.
5:00	It's time for the Five O'Clock Taco Bell. Steve's having the Extreme Cheese and Beef Quesadilla which is only available for a limited time.
5:01	It's the perfect ratio of cheese and beef and the tortilla doesn't hurt either. For Buzz the Extreme Cheese and Beef Quesadilla is amazing because his two favorite food items are meat and cheese.
5:02	Steve has some sports to do but he doesn't know if he'll be able to while staring at the other half of his quesadilla.
5:03	Steve might have to do Extreme Cheese and Beef Sports which involves him eating. He'll try to put the quesadilla aside even though he doesn't want to.
5:04	Is there anything new with that family that was shot in the SUV? Steve just wants to know why you'd pull that far into a forest preserve to fix the luggage rack on your car.
5:05	Also who brings a gun on a family trip to the water park? If there had been a gun in Steve's car on a few family trips he probably would have shot everyone.
5:06	The mother of the woman is outraged that people are saying she killed her children and herself. The guy must have had a bad Father's Day though.
5:07	It just seems like you would want to adjust your luggage rack on the highway where people can help you. The luggage rack did look askew though.
5:08	Why were they bringing a luggage rack on a water park trip? Those things are impossible to get on and keep on.
5:09	Steve has been on some bad family car trips though. If he'd had a gun he'd be doing 50 to life right now.
5:10	Buzz was once in a cab with a girl he was trying to bring home. Everyone was drunk except the cabbie and the girl was on the verge of throwing up. The cab driver asked her to get out which would have really messed up everything Buzz had worked for. At one point he got so made he told the guy that if he'd had a gun he would have shot him.
5:10	The White Sox are in Florida tonight to take on the Marlins. Jose Contreras takes the mound.
5:11	Derrek Lee was suspended 5 games for his role in Saturday's fight at Wrigley Field. Pitcher Chris Young was also suspended 5 games but that only means he'll miss one start.
5:12	Naperville native Chris Brown spurned an offer from the Bears and will return to the Tennessee Titans.
5:13	Kobe Bryant has reportedly changed his mind again and his now requesting a trade to the Bulls or the Knicks. He must have heard that Chicago and New York have great room service.
5:14	Buffalo Bills head coach Dick Jauron rang up the third hole-in-one of his golf career. Was that mini-golf?
5:15	Adam "Pacman" Jones is being sought by police for questioning after a shooting at a strip club in Atlanta that he visited with his entourage. Pacman really loves the strip clubs.
5:16	There's no reason to fight with other patrons at a strip club. The strippers aren't stripping because they like you, they're stripping for money.
5:17	Jones and his entourage got into a fight with three other men about a woman around 4:00 AM. That's when all the strippers are heading home.
5:18	You would think that a strip club would take their dancers from an underground garage, via bus, to a satellite parking facility. Sadly many strippers augment their income with after-hours activity.
5:19	Authorities say Jones was not present when shots were fired by his entourage at a vehicle driven by the other men. He's never around for that stuff.
5:24	Live read: Townstone Financial
5:25	This live read is about Gary with one R. Gary loves late-night get-rich-quick infomercials and his plan was to buy a 2-unit building and get the seller to play the closing fees.
5:26	Pat Dahl is always trying to do stuff like, getting someone to rent out a unit and pay enough money to cover your mortgage payment.
5:27	It doesn't seem like that's possible but maybe David knows a way. He's not the best short storyteller.
5:28	David Hochberg is on the phone. Steve doesn't want this to be a regular habit either, David calling in to explain a live read.
5:29	David still wants to go to a Sox game with Steve. Steve hates the Sox. If Derrek Lee had connected on one punch on Saturday Steve would be a Cubs fan.
5:30	Neither of these ideas Steve was talking about would work. The only way it would is if you inherited a building from your grandma that she's owned since the 40s.
5:31	How does David know Steve's going on vacation? He must have been asked to get all the live reads in early so Steve could record them. Is anything behind the scenes any more?
5:32	So that wasn't as confusing as Steve thought it was. Pat Dahl tries to run that by Steve every other month.
5:33	In Pat's scenario Steve helps him with the down payment but all the property value accrues to him. Steve's kids are nuts. Mike Dahl doesn't understand why Steve wouldn't sell him his house at the original purchase price. Why would he do that?! He wants to make a profit on the house so he'll have money and won't starve to death when he's not working any more!
5:34	Live read: Illinois Lottery
5:35	Steve's going to take a break and then he'll go through a list of Pacman Jones' legal troubles. Buzz will see that a lot of them are related to night clubs.
5:36	Really though, how hard is it for an NFL player to pull some tail from a strip club?
5:41	As of March 2007 Pacman Jones has been arrested 5 times.
5:42	On July 13, 2005 he was arrested for assault and felony vandalism stemming from a night club altercation
5:43	On September 5, 2005 he refused to pay for valet services at a Nashville Sports Council luncheon. He threw a tantrum after being told he had to wait in line for his car. That's where you slip the valet a $20 and he keeps your car up front.
5:44	Tommy Skillethead is checking in with some breaking weather. The National Weather Service has issues a tornado warning for Western Will County until 6:30.
5:45	Tommy wanted to give a shout-out to some of the Illinois towns that can expect nadeage, which is what they say in the weather business when a tornado is coming towards you.
5:46	In October 2005 a petition filed by West Virginia alleged that he had not made regular and sufficient contact with his probation officer.
5:47	Steve's getting all this from Wikipedia and there's too much information. Steve could probably make sense of it but he doesn't want to.
5:48	Caller Leonard wanted to let Steve know that Pacman Jones is known for "making it rain" in strip clubs. That's where he's run into some of his problems, like the strip club in Vegas.
5:49	Instead of "making it rain" they should just take the stripper into the back room and hand her the money. Steve should really be counseling members of the hip-hop community as well as NFL players. The NFL would probably fly him in a private jet to trouble spots.
5:50	This is why Pacman has run into trouble in the strip clubs. He throws money in the air and people reach out and grab some. That money is for the strippers though, don't people know that?
5:51	Making it rain is just a poor use of your 50-gallon bag of money.
5:52	Leonard is black and he won a Famous Dave's prize pack. Steve is not attempting to stereotype in anyway, that's just what came up on the prize wheel.
5:53	Leonard also won a blues compilation CD. Again, Steve is not trying to stereotype here.
6:00	Song: Riders on the Storm, The Doors
6:07	The tornado warning for Will County has been canceled. Excellent. Rolling into a Monday evening on The Sickage with Steve Dahl and Buzz Kilman. Could Buzz talk in a lower voice, this is FM talk. It's harder to hear so you have to turn the mic up.
6:08	That was Jimmy Morrison, or J-Mo as Steve likes to call him. If he was still alive he'd be called J-Mo. There's no way he would have survived all this time though. He was better off just doing what he did instead of living this long and having to go to rehab and deal with nicknames.
6:09	News with Buzz
6:10	An agreement has been reached between Duke University and the three students wrongly accused of rape. No details have been released.
6:11	A new poll shows that Hillary Clinton is in control of the Democratic primary race. Does anyone else really know who Barack Obama is other than people around here?
6:12	Chicago businessman Tony Rezko may have contributed much more to Obama's campaign that he'll admit.
6:13	Just because someone might be indicted doesn't mean he doesn't want good government.
6:15	The U.S. should have killed that Maqtada al-Sadr guy when he was having his Maqtada Al-Sadr convention. We could have taken out him and 500,000 of his followers.
6:16	Jurors in the Phil Spector trial are hearing expert testimony pertaining to the gun used in the shooting as well as gunshot residue.
6:17	The gun residue expert probably works for Phil Spector right? He's throwing some reasonable doubt into the mix and they really bite on that in LA.
6:18	The expert said there was gunshot residue found on Lana Clarkson's hands. Steve is guessing it was because she was trying to get the gun out of her mouth.
6:19	Elvis Presley's gold-plated gun was sold at auction for $29,000 to Steve. That's not a bad price for a gold-plated guy.
6:20	One of his pill bottles also sold for $2,600. When Steve saw the pill bottle for sale he really did almost bid on it. It would have to have Dr. Nick's name on there though.
6:21	Hunters shot and killed a black bear believed to be responsible for the mauling death of a Utah boy. The boy was dragged from his family's tent by the bear over the weekend.
6:22	Why did they have to shoot the bear? Is it because it was black? That's bear profiling.
6:23	Rumors are that Hugh Hefner will soon be a father. Of what? An earthling?
6:24	Todd Stroger is on medical leave for three weeks after a routine medical procedure. What routine procedure takes three weeks to recover from? It can't be a lobotomy, he already had that.
6:25	Phoenix has been named the sweatiest city for the 4th year in a row.
6:26	Dogs are now allowed back on the south end of Grant Park, despite their tendency to do their business on the sculptures in the park. Couldn't the dog owner just move their dog away from the statue?
6:27	Live read: Balance for Life
6:31	Caller Mark has some info about the Elvis pill bottle. It was an antihistamine which is pretty weak but it was prescribed by Dr. Nick. That's still not worth $2,600. It needs to be a narcotic for Steve's money.
6:32	Steve would pay top dollar if it was a Dilaudid or a Darvocet though.
6:33	Caller Walt had the same info as Mark but also heard on the news this morning that the bottle had pills still in it. It's illegal to sell the bottle with the pills in it though.
6:34	Walt took Dilaudid when he had a kidney stone, it was great. Steve's never tried Dilaudid but if he did, that would be the last day that he's never had it.
6:35	Steve just enacted his new policy of not even trying to remember what number the caller picked.
6:36	The third Dahlfins show will be on Saturday, July 14th (Bastille day) at the North Beach in Downers Grove.
6:37	Steve will be giving tickets away during the show. Matt & Brendan and Bob & Ron will also be giving tickets away at appearances.
6:38	Hopefully the contest line will go in soon but Drew seems to have forgotten all about it. Steve also needs to figure out what sound will play to trigger the contest. It has to be one that doesn't annoy him for the next three weeks.
6:39	The last sound was perfect, it didn't even annoy Steve and he's always irritated with what he's saying. He's irritated right now with the words that are coming out of his mouth.
6:44	How are things in Pete's studio without the boxes? Is it roomy and comfortable or existentially scary?
6:45	Pete wouldn't say it's roomy and comfortable, it's probably more existentially scary. Steve's still coming in on Thursday to clean the rest of it out.
6:46	Steve can hold Pete's hand while he cleans out the studio. It'll probably just be Steve disagreeing with every tape Pete wants to keep.
6:47	Pete makes Steve and Buzz look crazy whenever anyone goes in there. It looks better with the 20 boxes of tapes gone but there's still too much stuff in there.
6:48	Pete should close his eyes and grab a tape from an area that he thinks contains something that is worthwhile. Pete has the entire first season of Friday Night Lights which he'll keep until it comes out on DVD. Steve will give him that one.
6:49	Pete is just cherry-picking tapes isn't he? He can't even lie well, that's what he's doing. The tape right in front of him is the Joan of Arcadia tape. Steve does not want to play drops from Joan of Arcadia on his show.
6:50	There's also a Men in Trees episode on that tape. Men in Trees? The Anne Heche show? That tape can go too, Pete needs to throw it out.
6:51	Steve never wants to hear a Men in Trees on this show either, it's a stupid show. It's like a cross between Sex in the City and Northern Exposure with chicks trying to nail lumberjacks. Pete loves John Amos in Men in Trees.
6:52	John Amos? There are no black lumberjacks. Stan Lawrence dresses like a lumberjack but it makes him look like a waiter at a gay steak house.
6:57	That Men in Trees drop sounded weird and gay. Pete sees that now. There's going to be a list of shows that Pete can't take audio from. Men in Trees will be one of them, Greys Anatomy will also be on there.
6:58	Pete needs to start watching manlier shows. He did watch John From Cincinnati. That might be Steve's favorite show on TV right now. It's from the same people who did Deadwood and features a lot of the same actors.
6:59	The one guy who was Wild Bill's sidekick was playing a drug dealer in leather and the guy who played Hearst's geologist was a doctor. The guy who plays John is also great. You don't know if he's an alien or Jesus or whatever.
7:00	Buzz will try to watch the second episode but he's reluctant because he doesn't like Craig Sheffer, who plays Butchie. He really doesn't like that guy when he's yelling and he seems to do a lot oft hat.
7:01	Brendan checked out John From Cincinnati and he also liked it. Matt might order HBO just to watch that show.
7:02	HBO isn't that much more money is it? Matt didn't have it in college and sort of fell behind with The Sopranos. How can he be on the air talking about pop culture and he doesn't have HBO?
7:03	Steve loves Deadwood but if he had to make Sophie's choice he'd choose John From Cincinnati. That's how good it is. And Steve loved Deadwood. He almost went there.