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| 2:02
| Stan gives Terry a lot of crap for spending the entire weekend watching sports but he spent the weekend watching Discovery Channel. |
| 2:03
| Stan felt that he learned a lot watching Discovery Channel but it's nothing he'll ever be able to use. |
| 2:04
| Stan stayed in all weekend catching up on TV shows. And he also learned about the B-2 bomber. |
| 2:05
| Stan also watched about 9 hours of FBI Files. DId he have that on TiVo at least? The worst part about a lot of those channels like DIscovery of Food Network is that there are way too many commercials. |
| 2:06
| Steve watches Discovery HD if he has nothing else to do and there are no commercials. Usually he's watching American Chopper. |
| 2:07
| According to Matt Dahl American Chopper is no longer on the regular Discovery Channel. Apparently some guy at the network said there was no "discovery" on the show. |
| 2:08
| The American Chopper guys were in Wild Hogs which Steve saw on the flight to Hawaii. It's an awful movie but all Steve thought about during the movie was how he'd like to nail Marisa Tomei. John C. McGinley was also funny as the gay cop who kept following them around. |
| 2:09
| Stan was wondering if John C. McGinley was gay because he plays almost the same character in that Ice Cube movie where he's building a house. |
| 2:10
| Steve is pretty sure that McGinley guy is married and has a kid. Plus he's an actor. |
| 2:11
| Steve hates those Ice Cube movies, Are We There Yet? and Are We Done Yet? Terry has trouble watching the guy from NWA in comedies. |
| 2:12
| Then you've got Ice T playing a cop on Law & Order which is ironic. Ice Cube has his own production company now and he's probably making a lot of family comedies. |
| 2:13
| Caller Ryan is in the air with Stan & Terry and Steve Dahl on Chicago's FM Talk Station. American Chopper is now on TLC. Is that because we're learning how to make motorcycles? |
| 2:14
| Ryan, like Stan, also enjoys watching Man vs. Wild. Maybe these two should go down to the Quizno's and talk about this show. |
| 2:15
| Stan likes watching Man vs. Wild because he's waiting for the episode where the host dies. Even if that does happen they won't show it. |
| 2:16
| Stan's looking forward to the episode of Man vs. Wild where the guy gets left in the projects and has to survive. |
| 2:17
| Stan also likes Survivorman but it's not as good as Man vs. Wild. There's a crew with these guys though so it's basically like when Walter Jacobson went to live on Lower Wacker but kept getting into the station van to warm himself. |
| 2:18
| COPS on Saturday featured a woman hiding a meth pipe down there and officers tossing a hotel room where two meth addicts were staying. |
| 2:19
| The woman in the hotel room let the cops in even though she didn't have to. They found a bunch of pipes under the bed as well as lighters on the nightstand. The meth addicts claimed that the stuff didn't belong to them. What kind of meth addict would leave meth behind though? |
| 2:20
| There's a bulletin from the National Weather Service coming in. Should we hear it from Tommy? Steve still likes to think of this time as Stan and Terry's show so it's up to them. |
| 2:21
| Tommy can read the bulletin dry but he'd prefer to have the teletype sound effects. |
| 2:22
| The National Weather Service has issues a severe thunderstorm warning for McHenry County until 3:15 today. |
| 2:23
| Stan has heard that if there's a tornado coming you should open all the windows in your house. Did he learn that on the Discovery Channel? |
| 2:24
| There's a thunderstorm watch in effect for the rest of the area including Boone, Cook, DeKalb, Lake and Winnebago. |
| 2:25
| Does everyone in Winnebago drive a Winnebago? Aren't they made there? If so it would make a great Discovery Channel special. |
| 2:26
| Stan has seen something on the Discovery Channel about the place near Rockford that makes tour buses for bands, it was pretty interesting. |
| 2:31
| Steve has to stop the commercial break because it seems like every spot has classic music underneath it. That doesn't seem good but it's relaxing in a weird, discordant way. |
| 2:32
| This probably isn't the best way to start off the show so Steve's going to play the blues song until it gets figured out. |
| 2:33
| Song: Lazy, Long Hot Summer's Day, Hans Theesink |
| 2:36
| Steve liked that song, he's never heard it before. Hans Theesink is a little-known blues musician. He's one of the many little-known European blues musicians. |
| 2:37
| Steve keeps getting emails from the guy who has a song that he'd like to see replace Sweet Home Chicago. It's not as good though and Steve doesn't want to say that to his face. |
| 2:38
| Sweet Home Chicago will never be replaced. It's by Robert Johnson who's the kind of blues songs. |
| 2:39
| Steve loves Delta blues. He played Robert Johnsons in a one-man show called Crossroads, didn't Buzz see it? |
| 2:40
| There's still classical music playing when Steve goes to the commercial break. Now there are two engineers behind him creeping him out. |
| 2:41
| Steve's not interested in figuring out what's wrong with these two knuckleheads standing behind him. They're not really knuckleheads, it's nice to have engineers here. It's sort of like Laurel & Hardy are in the studio though. |
| 2:42
| Song: One of Us, Joan Osborne |
| 2:46
| According to the engineer there was a routing problem and the computer got confused. There was a breakdown over the weekend as well. There's always a program breakdown over the weekend with exception of Matt and Brendan but there was also a breakdown with the computer. |
| 2:47
| You'd think when there's some sort of malfunction they'd come into the main studio and reset these computers as well. |
| 2:48
| Buzz came in on Sunday afternoon and there was only one person here, Josh. Of The Josh Show? Buzz didn't notice that anything had malfunctioned. |
| 2:49
| The engineers usually don't give Steve a straight answer but the two that are here usually do. That's Steve and Bill by the way. Bill is the smaller one and it seems like he's always in the engineer side car. |
| 2:50
| This isn't even engineer Steve's station, he works for Jack and B96. Meanwhile John Valenta is out shopping for down vests. This is the time buy down vests, you'll get a hell of a deal. |
| 2:51
| If the problem isn't fixed Steve might be taking the day off. Luckily he put together a playlists of songs in the event of technical difficulties. He only has two songs left to play though. |
| 2:52
| Luckily Steve had songs he could go to right away, otherwise he'd just be sitting in the studio staring at engineer Steve's ass which is very tempting by the way. Then engineer Bill would start asking Steve if he'd like to "tap that" with his soldering iron. |
| 2:58
| Steve's needs to go to a break right away. If the breaks run 15 minutes past when they're supposed to someone has to write out every commercial by hand on a discrepancy report. |
| 2:59
| Buzz is wondering if we've always had to do this. It might just be a Drew Hayes thing, Steve doesn't remember having to do that when Jeff was here. |
| 3:00
| If Steve doesn't get caught up then all the breaks will be off and it'll be a paperwork nightmare. It's not Steve's fault though, the computer malfunctioned. |
| 3:01
| Drew did finally get a contest hotline but of course there's no one to answer it which is a big flaw in the plan. |
| 3:05
| Steve has some weather to tell us about, or rather Tommy will tell us. First he needs to make a phone call. |
| 3:06
| Steve calls down to Jim's office. He thought he heard a commercial during that last break that features Michael Barrett. It's not Barrett though, it's Ryan Theriot, The Riot. |
| 3:07
| There is still some irony in that commercial though. It started airing right after the Derrek Lee fight and in the commercial Theriot says that Lee is "as cool as the other side of the pillow, nothing gets to him." |
| 3:08
| Jim's week was ruined because the Cubs lost 2 of 3 to the Pirates. It would have nice to go into the All-Star break with a win, 3 1/2 games behind the Brewers. Try 13 1/2 back! |
| 3:09
| The Sox did resign Mark Buehrle which is good for them. Jim doesn't know if there's still a no-trade clause in there. We can probably ask whoever calls in from Comcast about that. |
| 3:10
| Steve liked that Mark Buehrle cleaned out his locker on Saturday after his start. That's a good negotiating tactic right there. |
| 3:11
| There is a clause in Buehrle's contract that escalates his salary if he gets traded. It's only a 4 year deal though, there's no way Sox fans will hate him in 4 years. Plus just because there's a no-trade clause doesn't mean he can't be traded. |
| 3:14
| Mark Buehrle became the highest paid pitcher in White Sox history making $56 million over 4 years. |
| 3:15
| He can be traded to a limited number of teams and if he is traded his salary goes up. |
| 3:16
| Steve calls down to Drew's office. He needs to get down here right now! It seems like Drew enjoyed Steve's order. |
| 3:17
| Drew is the program director right? He's nothing to Steve but other people he has some sort of title. It seems to Buzz like the program director title has been demolished. |
| 3:18
| Drew has no sense of theatrics at all, he needs to just come in and sit down. His official title is Vice President of Programming because he has WBBM-AM and WCKG. |
| 3:19
| Drew compliments Steve on his tan. This is Steve's show here, he'll be conducting the interview. Buzz feels he is tanner than Steve. Are we going to have to have a tan-off? |
| 3:20
| Steve should probably get going here even though it's funny to watch Tina and Stephanie holding a cake. Stephanie is fine but Tina is acting like she's handling a corpse. |
| 3:21
| Steve got Drew a Dinkel's cake that says "Engaging as Hell." He's wondering where it came from. It came from Steve! Does he think it dropped out of the sky with those words on it? |
| 3:22
| It was Drew's birthday right before the show went on hiatus. Drew seems like the kind of guy who would be upset if no one gave him a cake and there's an atmosphere around here where it's OK for men to give other men cakes. |
| 3:23
| Drew thought his birthday was sort of kept under wraps but it wasn't. There was a posting of it in the lobby and it sounded like Garry was having sex with Drew on his show wishing him a happy birthday. |
| 3:24
| Steve didn't hear Drew on with Garry but he just assumes it would sound like they were having sex. Garry still thinks he has to get in Drew's pants. |
| 3:25
| Steve didn't really care if Drew didn't get a cake from anyone here but he felt bad when no one at WBBM-AM gave him a cake. They're also a man-on-man cake-giving society. Tina makes a big deal every time there's a cake at WBBM-AM. |
| 3:26
| Plus, Dan works here and he loves cakes. He spent $500 on a cake for Buzz's 60th birthday. Dan has sort of been supplanted by Tom the office manager but he seems to be more in it for the cake. |
| 3:27
| There's a cake once a month at WBBM-AM to encompass everyone who has a birthday in that time period. Tina acts like there's a cake everyday. Drew just bankrolled an entire year's worth of cakes. |
| 3:28
| Drew's cake cost $140 but Steve has never spent as much on a cake as he did for Buzz, just so he knows. |
| 3:29
| Drew went to Italy last week because his wife wanted to go there. They took their son who knew everything about Italy. Drew's son is an only child which means he'll one day grow up to be a bad business partner. |
| 3:30
| Drew and his wife and son ended up at a touristy Italian restaurant on their vacation. It looked great but it was full of American's so they figured it was touristy. |
| 3:31
| Drew didn't get a tout from anyone about this restaurant, it was just something they walked by. Drew should have come to Steve for restaurant touts. He can tell if a place is going to be good or not, even if he's never been there. |
| 3:32
| Steve needs to take a break because otherwise everything will get backed up and have to be discreped. |
| 3:35
| So Drew is here and he had a birthday on Juneteenth but no one commemorated. Not even Dan and he's big on birthdays. He spent three months getting a cake for Buzz's 60th birthday. |
| 3:36
| All Dan did for three months was worry about the cake and all everyone in the office did was make plans for the cake. Then Dan got mad because Buzz never had any cake at the party. |
| 3:37
| Steve's favorite part about this whole thing is that Dan will still pull Buzz aside and try to convince him that he was the one who wanted the cake. |
| 3:38
| Buzz was probably asked what kind of cake he wanted, a Portillo's chocolate. they wouldn't make one big enough so Dan spent $500 at a bakery that would make one. |
| 3:39
| Steve calls down to office manager Tom's office. Why didn't he get a cake for Drew's birthday? Did Drew cross him? |
| 3:40
| As most people around here know a lot of the people around here are dead to Tom. Drew is one of the few people Tom doesn't mind but they were both gone for Drew's birthday. |
| 3:41
| How are Tom's blue jeans? Steve got him a sweet, sexy pair of jeans for Christmas. Tom loves them but he gets a lot of crap about it from his family. Tom can put out the memo for the cake to the rest of the office. What adjective should he use to describe the cake? |
| 3:42
| Steve outed Tom because of an adjective he used in a previous cake email. Steve's going to out himself and use "scrumptious" for this cake. |
| 3:43
| Live read: Cheeseburger in Paradise |
| 3:44
| So back to Drew's story. He's with his family at the Cafè Alex in Via Vittorio in Rome. The meal wasn't bad but it was touristy. It's sort of a wasted meal because when you're in Rome you want an authentic meal. |
| 3:45
| Drew's wife had a restaurant tout, Cafè Alfredo. That is the birth place of the fettuccini alfredo. So they finished their dinner at the first place, paid the bill and went right to Cafè Alfredo. It was the best fettuccini alfred Drew has ever had. |
| 3:46
| Steve needs to take another break even though Drew's right in the middle of his story. This is why Steve doesn't like the 15 minute cut-off rule. Drew says there's nothing he can do about it. That just means he made one phone call, they told him no and he started crying. Then Dan came down to his office to hold him. |
| 3:50
| We're going to talk to Dan Jiggetts in a few minutes. That works out perfectly because Dan hates Drew. They supposedly mended fences but we'll see. |
| 3:51
| Tom did send out an email about the scrumptious, expensive cake. Underneath that though is says "a big cake for a small man" and the quote is attributed to Bonnie Lee. That's Jew-on-Jew crime right there. |
| 3:52
| On the phone is Dan Jiggetts. He's doesn't feel like he and Drew made up though. They're still a few million dollars away from that. |
| 3:53
| Dan was wondering how Drew's Yankees are doing. Well played Dan. We can probably excuse Drew right? He's getting on Steve's nerves now and he probably got on the listener's nerves 45 minutes ago. |
| 3:54
| Drew will probably be cutting that check for Dan right away and then we'll have it messengered over. |
| 3:55
| Dan is a very jovial sort but he completely changed his tone when Drew's name came up. |
| 3:56
| This was one of those weekend's where Dan stayed inside the whole time because of the heat. Steve went with it though. He ran on Saturday and Sunday and then sat on his patio yesterday with his computer. |
| 3:57
| Dan watched Wimbledon all weekend. There's something really fruity about tennis to Steve. |
| 3:58
| Steve also took in a White Sox game on Saturday and fortunately it wasn't his last as a White Sock. |
| 3:59
| It was fun to watch how everything unfolded with Buehrle though throughout the season. In the end everyone got what they wanted. |
| 4:00
| The question now is what happens with Jermaine Dye and Tadahito Iguchi. Steve still likes those guys but he wouldn't mind if JD wiped that smirk off his face, at least when he's not doing well. |
| 4:01
| Steve would like to see the Sox get Aaron Rowand back, he's a free agent after this season. |
| 4:05
| After Buehrle resigned Ozzie warned fans to remember this day in the event he ever starts pitching poorly. He was saying they shouldn't boo him if that ever happens. |
| 4:06
| It's really hard to find a pitcher like Mark Buehrle in Major League Baseball for that price. Javier Vazquez is also locked up for a while but the bullpen is still a problem. |
| 4:07
| At the game last Monday Steve almost ran on the field and attacked that Bukvich kid. Now they're trying to give that kid who ran on the field two weeks ago a Wrigley three years in prison. |
| 4:08
| That's too much time for running on the field. If they won't people to stay off the field they should get better security. Plus the Cubs pitcher, Bob Howry, had just don't something completely horrendous. |
| 4:09
| Maybe the guy should have just called The Score to complain instead of running on the field to talk to Howry about it. "Hey, this is On-the-Field Mike..." |
| 4:10
| Dan remembers that show on channel 2 with Coach where all those guys who looked like Super Fans would ask him questions before the game. That was a great way to start off your Sunday. |
| 4:10
| Dan can't believe we're only 3 weeks away from the beginning of training camp. He can't imagine putting on all that padding in August. |
| 4:11
| Derrek Lee will be on Chicago Tribune Live from San Francisco along with Ken Rosenthal. |
| 4:12
| Steve needs to talk to someone at Comcast about doing the Bears postgame. Pat Boyle mentioned it a while ago and he has to talk to them because Drew won't get anything done. |
| 4:13
| Steve's willing to go on the road too or just get a set-up at the house. He knows most of the guys over at Comcast. |
| 4:14
| Buzz is wondering how Steve knows all of these guys since they've been in Chicago for about the same amount of time. |
| 4:15
| Buzz seems to care more about getting to know down-on-their-luck blues guys. Steve is more concerned with the business end of radio, which is fine. It's probably not good to have two guys like that on the same show. |
| 4:16
| There's all sorts of bad weather coming through the area but Steve assumes that you can look out your window and see the dark clouds. Steve's look west and it doesn't look good. In the words of The Police "the sun has been blotted out." |
| 4:17
| The storm will be near rural Northwestern Will County at 4:20. Steve's assuming that's where Lisa Stebic is so he'll give a shout-out to her. |
| 4:18
| The storm hit Elgin at 3:50 in case Buzz is looking for a good deal on a house. That's probably enough info though right? Buzz suggests grabbing an umbrella. |
| 4:19
| Are you supposed to use an umbrella in a storm? Isn't that how you get hit by lighting or is that just in movies? Steve doesn't go out in a storm because he's wearing an under wire bra. |
| 4:26
| Taking a look outside it seems like it's the end of the world. It's science fiction-type stuff. |
| 4:27
| Mark Czerniec is on the phone. Steve also missed his birthday, it was yesterday. Mark's not a big cake guy though. How about a pie? |
| 4:28
| Just so everyone knows, we're speaking to Mark Czerniec. He works out of his home in Racine, Wisconsin. Steve and Buzz own the Kringle Strudel Company and Mark works out of the basement. |
| 4:29
| From time-to-time someone on the show refers to "Mark's page". Steve doesn't like to do that because it'll set a legal precedent where Mark thinks he owns the page. |
| 4:30
| Mark monitors the TV, radio and newspapers and keeps Steve and Buzz plugged in because they're stuck in an office building. Whenever it seems like Steve has looked something up on Google it was actually Mark. |
| 4:31
| There are a lot of weather-related stories on Mark's page. There are several intense storms coming through the area. There's also a flash-flood warning moving through the area which is why Steve and Buzz are wearing their flood pants. |
| 4:32
| A word to the wise people, don't try to drive through the viaducts. There's some new term that was coined during that last major storm, something like "if it's deep, go to sleep." |
| 4:33
| Steve learned the hard way that the water is always deeper in those viaducts than it looks. After a Sox game, during a heavy storm, he tried to drive through one and the water was so deep that his car actually floated. |
| 4:34
| He also learned that if the water comes up to the tail pipe it gets sucked into your engine. Since water doesn't compress it really messes up your engine. |
| 4:35
| Steve feels that the viaduct might have been plugged up by some local entrepreneurs who just happened to show up with a chain to pull Steve out. |
| 4:36
| Caller Glen wanted to let Steve know that the water has to get up to the intake in order for he water to get into your engine. |
| 4:37
| That makes sense since the tailpipe takes stuff out of your engine. Steve's entire incident in the viaduct was on Pete McMurray's show. Ed Silha had to come and rescue Steve and Pat Dahl. The guys who pulled them out wanted $20. |
| 4:38
| Just a reminder, when you hear the guitar string be the 10th caller and win tickets for the Dahlfins show. Glen was wondering what that sound was. |
| 4:39
| Live read: Balance for Life |
| 4:40
| Steve has his Balance for Life delivered at night but you can also get it in the morning. |
| 4:41
| Last night Steve's delivery driver took out a rag and started polishing the rims of the truck. You don't see a lot of rim polishing in Steve's neighborhood. |
| 4:49
| Was that the first blues rejoin of the day? Pete says he's been grooving all day. It's the first one Steve has noticed. |
| 4:50
| Steve doesn't always pay attention but he does like to catch Pete forgetting that it's Blue Monday and not starting it until 4:50. |
| 4:51
| Caller John is from Wheaton. Unfortunately Steve has missed Cream of Wheaton again. Dammit! |
| 4:52
| John suggests outsourcing the WCKG contest line to India. That would be fantastic! |
| 4:53
| The flaw in the contest line, other than that there's no one to answer it, is that listeners have been trained to call 591-WCKG for the last 20 years. We're better off getting 2 new numbers. |
| 4:54
| Outsourcing the calls to India is perfect plus they probably have the technology to record the call. |
| 4:55
| Steve has two tickets for John for the Dahlfins show this Saturday. The show starts at 9:00 and the band is very punctual. Steve feels bad making people stand for 2 hours anyway. He would not stand 2 hours to see himself. |
| 5:02
| Steve really wants to outsource our contest line to India. If anyone knows how to do it email Steve@dahl.com. He's willing to pay for it during his show at least. How great would that be? |
| 5:03
| It's time for the Five O'Clock Taco Bell. Today Steve will be enjoying the delicious chicken grilled taquito. It's a delightful snack but it seems like a meal to Steve. |
| 5:04
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 5:05
| The FBI has arrested a Pennsylvania man who was plotting to blow up the Alaska pipeline in hopes of raising gas prices and bringing the troops home. It's a very complex plan but apparently not very thought out. |
| 5:06
| Politicians in Iraq are saying that a premature troop withdrawal would lead to a civil war in the country. It would also probably lead to a pregnancy. |
| 5:07
| You might have thought you saw the end of the Cindy Sheehan last month when she retired from her anti-war crusade. This isn't going to be a story about Cindy Sheehan appearing in Playboy is it? |
| 5:08
| Sheehan is considering running for Nancy Pelosi's job if Pelosi doesn't begin articles of impeachment against President Bush. In order for Sheehan to replace Pelosi she'd have to first move to San Francisco, then get elected and get enough seniority to become Speaker of the House. Plus if you impeach Bush then Cheney becomes president. Finally, the impeachment process takes longer than 2 years. Does Steve need to shoot any more holes in this idea? |
| 5:09
| Good news for fans of ABC's The Nine. Although the show was pulled off the air last year ABC will air the remaining 6 episodes of the season. |
| 5:10
| From the arts and theater department, courtesy of Hedy Weiss, a rave review of August: Osage County, featuring Buzz's neighbor Deanna Dunagan. Weiss calls it Dunagan's "performance of a lifetime..." Will Buzz be slipping a CD of this under his neighbor's door? |
| 5:11
| Speaking of TV, did Buzz have a chance to watch any John From Cincinnati? |
| 5:12
| The short answer is no. The longer answer is that Buzz's weekend was filled with some unexpected heavy drinking. That can really mess up your schedule. |
| 5:13
| Buzz is all about saving a struggling show. That being said, Buzz is wondering what good it will do the show if he watches it, doesn't like it and then comes on and bad-mouths it. |
| 5:14
| Steve realizes that he was a little lax in showing support of Wolf Lake but he had no idea how much it meant to Buzz. Of course on Friday when Buzz learned that the kid who plays John was on Wolf Lake he acted like he didn't care that much about the show. |
| 5:15
| The thing about Wolf Lake, and a lot of things that Buzz watches, it that there were some really good transformations. In the case of Wolf Lake it was from man to werewolf. |
| 5:16
| Steve calls down to the news room. Jim thoroughly enjoyed last night's episode. Steve has been trying to figure out how many episodes are left in this season and he hasn't found anything. HBO's website only has 6 episodes listed. |
| 5:17
| On Wikipedia it says there was a 10 episode order and on a website called TV.com it says there are 8 or 10 episodes in the first season. |
| 5:18
| Steve was also trying to figure out who the woman who plays Shaun's mom. Jim thought she was a real porn star but Steve feels like he's seen her somewhere. |
| 5:19
| According to IMDB.com the actresses name is Chandra West. She was on NYPD for 13 episodes as Dr. Jennifer Devlin. Buzz remembers her, she was the hot, crazy doctor. |
| 5:20
| Steve can understand Buzz's dilemma with John From Cincinnati but he should still check it out anyway. |
| 5:24
| Steve thought that he and Pete agreed on Friday to not play any more John From Cincinnati drops. That one was pretty self-contained though. |
| 5:25
| This is where Pete takes way too long to respond and it makes Steve even madder than he already was. Pete didn't think they'd reached a consensus about the drop-ins. |
| 5:26
| There are a million edicts that Steve never issued about what happens on this show but the no drops from John From Cincinnati is one he'll actually issue. |
| 5:27
| With that last drop Steve has to explain who Luke Perry's character is. Steve believes he's the devil actually. He might have done a little in-depth research about the show and found that in some ancient language Monad (John's last name) means God. |
| 5:28
| Steve saw a making-of about the show and David Milch said that John could be a way for God to contact people immediately. |
| 5:29
| HBO did partner up with Billabong, which is a company that makes surfing apparel, so maybe the show will be around for a while. |
| 5:30
| That means Steve doesn't have to get too worried like he did with Gilmore Girls. Steve and Pete had to start a letter-writing campaign for that show, sitting on their beds, twirling their giant girly pens with the trolls on the end. |
| 5:31
| If Pete's going to play drops from the show how about stuff like "the end is near." Or maybe really weird stuff that will pique Buzz's interest. The porn drop was a good attempt though. |
| 5:32
| Pete's really looking forward to Bronx is Burning tonight. Playing the part of Drew Hayes is Pete Zimmerman, who just brings up whatever is on his mind. |
| 5:33
| Steve does have Bronx is Burning on his TiVo but he can't believe Pete's watching it over the home run derby. |
| 5:34
| Bronx is Burning is actually on after the derby and before the celebrity softball game. Steve hates that thing because he always wonders why he's not playing in it. He's a celebrity. Plus does Jimmy Kimmel always have to bring Sarah Silverman? |
| 5:35
| Song: Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, Elvis Costello |
| 5:38
| According to Mark Czerniec's page there are 10 episodes of John From Cincinnati but 12 were greenlit. Steve can live with 10 for right now. Usually the TiVo can go a few weeks ahead but if there are only 6 than it is what it is. |
| 5:39
| If you want to watch the show though you can see all the episodes on On Demand if you have Comcast. |
| 5:40
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 5:45
| Didn't Steve tell Pete no more drops from Two and a Half Men? Wouldn't it be funny if he just said that for every show? |
| 5:46
| Live read: Gierczyk Properties |
| 5:47
| Friday is the big broadcast at Blarney Island. Earlier in the show Steve witnessed Buzz arranging for transport to the broadcast. |
| 5:48
| It seemed like Steve was going to end up paying for a car to take Buzz out there because Drew seemed very non-committal about it. |
| 5:49
| Buzz also go the feeling that Steve would be billed for the car. Meanwhile Drew just sat there eating a piece of his $140 birthday cake. He did look really cute in the booster seat though. |
| 5:50
| Steve has been giving away VIP passes for the broadcast every Friday but there are none of those left. You can still come out to the broadcast though, you just don't get the free food and drink. |
| 5:51
| Steve learned last week that it's Blarney Gras this weekend on Blarney Island, which is a mile offshore. It might be in international waters too so Steve and Buzz could probably kill someone and get away with it. |
| 5:52
| The broadcast will mark the debut of Jimmy Buffett's Land Shark Lager and you'll be able to enter a contest for Buffett tickets. It's also sponsored by Townstone Financial which means David Hochberg in a tank top and sandals. |
| 5:53
| It's also sponsored by Gierczyk Properties and Woodstock Harley-Davidson. Every summer Buzz tries his hardest to not buy a motorcycle. They'll probably both be talked into buying one. Bald Knob Marina will also be providing a boat for Steve where he and Buzz can hang out and come up with show ideas. |
| 5:54
| Steve has been getting a lot of emails from people asking him if he can reserve dock space for them or wondering if the water shuttle is free. Steve doesn't need those kind of free-loaders at the broadcast. That being said, everyone is welcome. |
| 5:55
| Did Buzz get the email about Spike Manton's new play? How does he get off Spike's mailing list because there's no unsubscribe option. |
| 5:56
| Steve's not sure but he thinks Spike somehow got a hold of the show's mailing list. Every time Steve gets an email from Spike he also gets emails from listeners complaining about Spike's email. |
| 5:57
| Spike is producing a one-woman musical featuring impersonations of famous Broadway songs. |
| 5:58
| Steve doesn't know where the theater is, it's on a street called Thome. Is that pronounced like the White Sox slugger? |
| 5:59
| Pete says it like the White Sox slugger. Pete loves Jim Thome, even though he's a White Sock. He's not sure how he ended up on Spike's mailing list either but it could be because he ordered tickets for Leaving Iowa. |
| 6:00
| Spike could have easily called it Leaving Illinois. Chicago is the birthplace of Route 66 so it would make sense. Plus Final Draft makes it really easy to replace one word with another word. |
| 6:07
| As you probably know by now there are a lot of storms moving through the area. There are too many storm systems for Steve to keep track of though. |
| 6:08
| Buzz can say that in McHenry County a tree fell and smashed a car on Harmony Road. |
| 6:09
| Tommy Skillethead can't believe Steve would think twice about warning people about the end of the world. What kind of person would do that? An evil, tubby bastard, that's who. If you look up "evil, tubby bastard" in the dictionary you'll find a picture of Steve. |
| 6:10
| Tommy had a lot more information but it was old so Mark took it off his page. That takes all the fun out of it because then Tommy doesn't get to say "too late for that one." Mark's trying out to be a weather spotter for Brant Miller so he doesn't want to be giving out dated info. |
| 6:11
| Live read: Balance for Life |
| 6:12
| Balance for Life is good food, not crappy diet food. There could be a little more in each portion but if there was you wouldn't be on a diet. |
| 6:13
| One of the things Steve has learned being on Balance for Life is that a handful of peanuts really helps if you're hungry. |
| 6:14
| When Mary first started working here she was told by Brendan, who was probably told by Dan, that Steve required a special kind of peanut. Steve doesn't require a special kind of peanut, he just likes regular Planters. |
| 6:20
| Before we do the news, Steve has a cautionary tale from the Sun-Times for Buzz. |
| 6:21
| For nearly three days, Herb Tinney lay on his basement floor paralyzed and unable to answer his phone or call for help. |
| 6:22
| The exercise fanatic slid off his rotating exercise machine and crashed head first onto the floor. |
| 6:23
| Is this one of those table machines? Doesn't Buzz have one or does he just have the gravity boots like in American Gigolo? |
| 6:24
| Tinney has received a $5 million settlement from his injuries but that's probably not going to get the job done. |
| 6:25
| Steve just wanted to make sure Buzz didn't have one of these machines. Buzz used to stand on his head for an hour or use his gravity boots. It's fun being upside-down but it's a little dangerous. |
| 6:26
| Steve doesn't like being upside-down. It's probably a good way to live. Steve doesn't even like doing somersaults and he can't do them anyway. |
| 6:27
| By the way, the Blarney Island ferry is free which is good because otherwise Steve would get a lot of people complaining becuase it costs $10 or something. Maybe they should start charging. |
| 6:28
| Steve is now learning that the ferry is normally $7 but they're waiving it for the show. Can Steve still charge $7? He'd just assume they charge $7 to keep out all the people who aren't willing to pay for a ferry ride to the bar. |
| 6:29
| Steve can't keep track of all these complaint emails. At some point he'd like to read an email he was copied on to Walter E. Smithe III. Steve's not sure why he got it though. |
| 6:36
| News with Buzz |
| 6:37
| At least one person is dead from wildfires in 9 Western states. A South Dakota man was killed trying to retrieve personal items from his burning house. |
| 6:38
| A Pennsylvania man is in court today for plotting to blow up the Alaska pipeline in an effort to drive up gas prices and get our troops out of Iraq. That plan makes no sense. If gas prices went up then we'd definitely stay in Iraq and it would be a war for oil, if it isn't already. |
| 6:39
| Cindy Sheehan, who retired from activism last month, says she now may challenge Nancy Pelosi for her seat in Congress. She's a bit of a nut job isn't she? |
| 6:40
| Sheehan originally said she wanted to retire and spend more time with her surviving children but hand second thoughts after Bush pardoned Scooter Libby. Like no one saw that coming? |
| 6:41
| If you impeach George Bush then Cheney becomes president. There is a movement to impeach both of them but doesn't have the majority in Congress. |
| 6:43
| The Illinois budget fight may take a backseat to Governor Blago's proposed ban on assault weapons. |
| 6:44
| Danville Republican Bill Black is hopping mad about it, saying the state is 4 weeks away from a government shutdown. |
| 6:45
| What happened to the budget being first for Blago? And how often do we run into a assault weapons anyway? Steve's still going to Bass Pro Shop to stock up, just in case. |
| 6:46
| Buzz wanted one of the guns that Tank Johnson had in his arsenal. It was a handgun and those are illegal, plus he doesn't have a FOID card anyway. |
| 6:47
| Buzz is better off without a gun anyway. That's probably what that Channahon dad said. Steve can never remember his name, he just calls him the Channahon dad. |
| 6:48
| Pete says it's Christopher Vaughn. Pete's had a rough week what with the cable being out and all. Comcast came down hard on the connection we had at the station. |
| 6:49
| Today an older Polish gentleman was in Steve's office installing 13 cable boxes for the 13 TVs. It's going to take a while for Pete to figure out which remote goes to which box because the guy left them all on the floor. |
| 6:50
| Wasn't there anyone up in the office supervising? Pete was going to have Tina chat him up but she wasn't around. Stephanie was there but the guy was irritating her because he didn't think a girl would know what was going on. |
| 6:51
| That's when you call Steve and he comes up and punches the guy back to Warsaw. It's funny that a 4 foot tall Polish guy is walking around like girl's aren't smart enough to figure the whole thing out. Steve's had kielbasa bigger than that guy. |
