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| 2:02
| Steve has an idea for Stan and Terry since they're so concerned about Bonnie's road trip. They should buy her a GPS after the show. |
| 2:03
| All of the sudden Stan doesn't seem as concerned. He would buy her a GPS but he doesn't want hourly calls from her asking him how to use it. |
| 2:04
| Bonnie's renting a car from Hertz, all she has to do is say she want a Never-Lost car. That comes with a GPS. |
| 2:05
| Steve can't even follow directions any more, he can only use his GPS. Mike Dahl was giving Steve directions on how to get from his apartment back to the expressway and he got lost. Mike lives at Sheffield and Armitage which is a no-fly zone for Steve. All he knows is that Armitage doesn't go all the way through to the expressway. |
| 2:06
| Bonnie's going on a road trip but she doesn't really have any destinations. The GPS will still work for her though. It might be tough to get decent hotel rooms along the way though. |
| 2:07
| She can type a town into the GPS and get directions to there. Once she's there the GPS will display points of interest and she can figure out where she wants to go from there. |
| 2:08
| Stan feels like such a luddite because he's never used a GPS before. Terry uses them all the time when he's on a vacation. |
| 2:09
| The best part about having a GPS in the rental car is that the return facility is programmed in. The hardest thing about returning your rental car is when you miss that last turn and end up going right to the terminal. |
| 2:10
| The newest GPS models also give you traffic information so you can figure out a different route. |
| 2:11
| It's more exciting to use a GPS anyway, it's worth it no matter how much extra it is. It talks to you, it gives you a little ding when you make the proper turn, it's very Pavlovian. |
| 2:12
| The iPhone can access Google Maps so you can look for directions, plus it also integrates up-to-date traffic info. |
| 2:13
| Bonnie has neglected to mention that Stan got her a cellphone that has GPS in it. It's harder to use on the smaller cellphones though. |
| 2:14
| Bonnie is worried that a talking GPS would be really irritating. It doesn't talk nonstop though, it's not like it starts saying things that aren't about directions to where you're going. |
| 2:15
| Stan prefers to use a map and fold it different ways and highlight his route, marking gas stations. He should just get a GPS. He knows Steve is right about this, it's fun to use. |
| 2:16
| Steve got lost with Mike's directions the other night but then he realized he had a GPS he could use. |
| 2:17
| As someone who folds maps and highlights routes, Stan is going to be blown away by the GPS. |
| 2:18
| Stan always enjoyed planning out a road trip the night before he left. Steve just makes sure he has directions printed out for himself. |
| 2:19
| Stan's never seen an iPhone. Steve's writing an article about it for the Tribune next week. |
| 2:20
| Every time Stan gets a new cellphone he also gets one for his wife. He doesn't want to be dealing in two different realms of technology. |
| 2:21
| Steve didn't get Janet an iPhone because she doesn't care about any of the latest technology. But when she does have an older cellphone Steve doesn't know how to deal with any problems it may have. |
| 2:22
| Steve's sitting on two extra iPhones if Stan or Terry is interested. He bought two through a connection that Matt Dahl had and then Ron Lewis got him one. |
| 2:32
| Song: Come to the Moon, Jimmy Buffett |
| 2:36
| Steve didn't hear all the tapes but he assumes they were about the drunk astronauts. |
| 2:37
| Buzz is wondering if that was a very popular Jimmy Buffett song. He didn't want to say he's never heard it before and then have everyone laugh at him. |
| 2:38
| Up until a few minutes ago, Steve had never heard that song either. It was good though. |
| 2:39
| This was a pretty bad week for NASA though. It seems like they need to do a better job of screening applicants and weeding out the crazies and the drunks. |
| 2:40
| It takes a special kind of drunk to get hammered on the day you're going to fly a space shuttle. |
| 2:41
| Steve's seen The Right Stuff, he gets the idea of the hard-drinking fighter jet test pilots but he never got the impression they were drunk when they flew. |
| 2:42
| If you're drunk on the day your shuttle takes off, you're an alcoholic. You'd think at some point along the interview process someone would detect that. |
| 2:43
| How does NASA expect to keep insulation tiles on the shuttles when they can't find sober pilots. Plus how do you stay drunk in space? It's not like there's a stewardess up there with a cart and mini bottles of vodka. And if you are a drunk, do you really want to have the DT's in space? |
| 2:48
| The Right Stuff is a great movie and a great book. It's one of the few books Steve has read in his life. |
| 2:49
| A lot of people feel compelled to finish a book even if they don't really like it but Steve has no problem stopping. |
| 2:50
| Steve's trying to read a book now and he's not having much luck with it. It's the newest book by the guy who wrote Devil in the White City. He likes to take history and juxtapose it with some sort of mystery or real-life crime. He did that really well in White City. |
| 2:51
| Thunderstruck is about some murder crossing the Atlantic on a cruise ship and about the invention of the radio telegraph. It seems like it would be right in Steve's wheelhouse but all the stuff about the history of people who experimented with radio waves is mind-numbing. |
| 2:52
| Steve's sticking with it because he really liked Devil in the White City. Steve was way ahead of the curve on that too. Every time he drives down that way he wishes he could have been alive to attend the World's Fair. |
| 2:53
| Of course if Steve were alive back then he'd be dead by now and he wouldn't have his nice iPhone. He's not sure how he would have faired back then but he thinks he would have met an untimely death. |
| 2:54
| Steve's giving Thunderstruck another 30 pages before he decides to stop reading. This is his third attempt to read the book too. The crazy kicks in for Steve when the book gets so technical because Steve wants to remember everything he's read already. |
| 2:55
| Steve also starts thinking about when the book is going to end if he really enjoys it. He doesn't want to finish the book if he likes the world that it's set in. |
| 2:56
| Devil in the White City was good from the get go though. Plus from living around here every name in the book is recognizable in some way. |
| 2:57
| Steve didn't know much about the H.H. Holmes story either so he was pleasantly surprised by that. Sometimes on the way to Michigan Steve will take a detour and go by the site of the hotel where Holmes killed all those women. |
| 2:58
| There was also the story about the attempted assassination of President Harrison in which Mayor Cermak was killed. Or was there a Mayor Harrison that got killed? Steve can't remember. |
| 2:59
| Mayor Cermak was killed in 1931 in Miami but someone was trying to kill FDR. Someone will have to call in who knows the story then. |
| 3:00
| All day today Steve's giving away tickets to the next beach broadcast at Papi Chulo's. Those are VIP passes which include food and drink. Maybe we should call it premium seating? |
| 3:01
| Steve wrote another new verse and chorus for Aloha Friday which recapped what went on this week. Steve could do that every week actually, it's sort of fun. He just needs to keep it simple and only do one verse and one chorus. |
| 3:02
| Does Steve want to talk to Carl who's on hold? He's just confirming what Buzz said about Mayor Cermak. |
| 3:03
| Steve is going to go ahead and say that there was a Mayor Harrison of Chicago and he's pretty sure he was assassinated. |
| 3:04
| Steve's going to take a break and then talk to someone on hold who has the answer. That's the beauty of this job, you don't have to know anything. |
| 3:08
| Before Steve gets to the Mayor Harrison stuff he'd like to speak out on behalf of all the people who don't do celebrity interviews. Sure Steve will have Colin Hay in once in a while but today he heard Homer Simpson on five different stations today. |
| 3:09
| It's bad enough when some celebrity is on every TV station and radio show in town but Homer Simpsons is a cartoon character! |
| 3:10
| From time to time Steve feels that he has to make a statement about something like this because he doesn't want to get lumped in with all those other jerks. |
| 3:11
| There's a lot of information coming in about Mayor Harrison, it's like a historical tsunami. Steve might have started it all off by accidentally pairing a mayor of Chicago with a president. |
| 3:12
| Mayor Harrison was killed on his own but Steve was picturing some sort of motorcade. They didn't even have cars back then! |
| 3:13
| Caller Brian wanted to let Steve know that Mayor Carter Harrison was assassinated at the end of Devil in the White City. Then they canceled the closing of the Exposition because of Harrison's funeral. |
| 3:14
| There was a guy on hold who was going to put all of this to bed for Steve and then he hung up. He had other information and now he's gone. If you call in, don't hang up until you're sure Steve's changed topics. |
| 3:15
| Caller Wayne is back on the line. When Teddy Roosevelt was Vice President he was almost assassinated in Chicago. That's where his quote "there's nothing as exhilarating as being shot and missed." |
| 3:16
| Another fun fact Wayne has. Roosevelt was Vice President to William McKinley, who was later assassinated. That's how Teddy became President. |
| 3:17
| Mark Czerniec is on the phone. He's astounded at all the connections Steve is making as he re-writes history. William McKinley was assassinated at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Is it Steve's fault he knows so much? The only bad thing is with history they tend to keep records. |
| 3:18
| Mark can see how this is all confusing because at the time there were a lot of expositions and a lot of politicians attending them. |
| 3:19
| A further connection Steve made is that Mayor Harrison is the cousin twice removed of President William Henry Harrison. |
| 3:20
| Mayor Harrison's son also went on to be mayor of Chicago for five terms. They're like the Daley's! |
| 3:26
| Was it really necessary for Pete to compare Steve's knowledge of history to Bill and Ted? Now he's not going to the Garden Meander with him. |
| 3:27
| Pete can forget about the Cookie Crawl too, he can cross it off his calendar. That's alright though, Buzz is willing to step in. |
| 3:28
| On February 15, 1933 an assassination attempt was made on President-elect Franklin Roosevelt. Giuseppe Zengara, an Italian anarchist, instead killed Mayor Anton Cermak. |
| 3:29
| Cermak died two weeks later and after a quick trial Zengara was put to death by the electric chair on March 20th. How do you like your Italian sausage? Roasted! |
| 3:30
| That's way more of a deterrent than 16 years of appeals while on death row. |
| 3:31
| The Dow closed at more than 200 points down today. That means we'll see Buzz again on Monday. He's canceled all of his travel plants. |
| 3:32
| Steve listened to the Noon Business Hour today, some people said it was a correction, some people said it wasn't. Steve think it'll be somewhere in between. |
| 3:33
| All of Steve's money is in gold krugerrands, which are buried in his basement, so he's fine. Steve also manufactured his own personal coin molds for when he has to re-mint the gold and start his own society. All he has to do is change the date on the mold to commemorate the kick-off date of the new society. It's all part of what he's working on in his basement, rewriting history and preparing for the fall of civilization. |
| 3:34
| Steve and Buzz were talking about astronauts at the beginning of the show. Obviously with Lisa Nowak NASA needs to do a better job of screening the wackos but it also seems like they need to screen the drunks too. |
| 3:35
| If you wake up on the day you're supposed to get on the shuttle and get drunk, you're an alcoholic. Maybe the report was showing violations for the 12 hour bottle to throttle rule but it seemed like they were talking about guys who were on the shuttle drunk. |
| 3:36
| If you show up hammered to fly a shuttle that means you're a drunk. Obviously someone caught them drunk but how about a breathalyzer test before people board the shuttle? Ask someone to touch their nose or walk in a straight line. |
| 3:37
| Cops don't ask you to say the alphabet backwards if they pull you over either. Most people can't do that sober anyway. |
| 3:44
| On the phone is Luke Stuckmeyer from Comcast Sportsnet. He just saw the last of Billy Jack until January. Once football season starts he's never in studio. No doubt! |
| 3:45
| Billy Jack's Bears coverage is second to none. The players like him and that makes all the difference. |
| 3:46
| The Bears are practicing right now and Comcast will probably have some players on afterwards. Yesterday we got to see all of the players bring their old TVs into the dorms. |
| 3:47
| The only player not at camp is Lance Briggs but Lovie gave him a couple days off because of other plans he'd made. What kind of plans, he just signed a $7 million contract. Did he have a non-refundable ticket to Vegas or something? Maybe he has a ticket to Great America, once your day passes you can't use it again. |
| 3:48
| Luke just got some breaking news across the wire, the Sox traded Tadahito Iguchi to the Phillies for a class A prospect. So the sale of the Sox has begun. |
| 3:49
| Iguchi is a free agent after this year and it didn't look like the Sox were going to resign him so it's good they got someone. He's only a class A prospect so it'll be a few years before he even comes up. |
| 3:50
| That's alright though because the Sox won't be charging Steve for his tickets for the next few years. |
| 3:51
| The Cubs sort of blew it last night, they had a chance to go into first in the wild card standings and gain another game on the Brewers. They're also in the process of calling up Matt Murton and Rocky Cherry from Iowa. |
| 3:52
| Rocky Cherry, isn't that also the name of one of the male dancers in Thunder From Down Under? Luke can use that one if he wants tonight. |
| 3:53
| Who's going to play second base for the Sox now that Iguchi is gone? It's not going to be the class A pitcher they got for him. Or will they just not have a second basemen? Maybe do something more like short center? |
| 3:54
| Mackowiak is more of an infielder so he'll probably play second. He can play just about any position, in a very mediocre fashion. Whatever happens, Steve is sure they have a plan. Maybe Ozzie could just go out there or Joey Cora. They're both wearing the uniforms. |
| 3:55
| Pete is currently having a long conversation with Steve in his intercom right now. He's been reading about a left-handed hitting stud who plays second base on the Sox triple A team. Maybe they'll call him up when rosters expand in September. |
| 3:56
| Pete seems to know more than Luke Stuckmeyer did though. Steve doesn't keep track of minor leaguers though, he can barely keep track of the guys on the major league roster. |
| 3:57
| Sometimes Steve looks at the Down on the Farm report that flashes on the scoreboard at The Cell but it's very hard to keep track of what's going on because someone's always shooting a t-shirt at him using some manner of pneumatic device. |
| 4:01
| When Luke Stuckmeyer told Steve about the Iguchi trade it really was breaking news. According to the Tribune website it happened 8 minutes ago. We had it before them. |
| 4:02
| The guy Pete was talking about at triple A Charlotte is Danny Richar. The Sox say they could bring him up by the end of the year.Why don't they just bring him up now? Steve's just going to say this right now, he feels that there's some subtle racism going on on the White Sox in which mediocre Hispanic players are getting too much playing time. |
| 4:03
| Steve might just be saying this because he hates Alex Cintron. He doesn't even look good in a batting helmet and that's really key when you're a professional athlete. |
| 4:04
| Steve's going to make one more attempt to play a song relating to the drunken astronaut thing. He keeps trying to steer the conversation back in that direction. |
| 4:05
| Song: Spaceman, Harry Nilsson |
| 4:09
| That guy sure knows how to sing a song. Steve knows that NASA has that 12 hour rule for astronauts. Earlier there was a call screened that said there was no rule like that. |
| 4:10
| Caller Tom wanted to let Steve know that the 12 hour rule is brand new. Before that today there was no rule. |
| 4:11
| Buzz is wondering if there are similar 12 hour rules for airplane pilots. Bottle to throttle seems like NASA is borrowing from someone else. |
| 4:12
| Does Tom like tapas? Not topless but tapas. Topless tapas would be a good idea though. Small portions but big breasts. |
| 4:13
| Tom lives in Mokena and saw Steve and Buzz at the Pearl Room. It's right down the street from him so it worked out perfectly. |
| 4:20
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 4:21
| NASA has launched (get it) it's own investigation into a report stating that astronauts flew a few space missions while hammered. It's only a few though, at least that they know of. |
| 4:22
| Nicole Richie is off to jail for four days starting in late September following a second DUI arrest. |
| 4:23
| Is there a lot of partying going on out there or is it just being reported on more often? Steve and Buzz partied extensively for decades and no one said anything. When you're engaging in reckless behavior you have to plan things out. |
| 4:24
| If you have that much money and you're going to be partying, get a limo. Maybe that's the job of the assistant, to get the limo. |
| 4:25
| Today The Simpsons movie opens. Steve doesn't really care about the movie, the TV show is fine for him. Buzz doesn't really watch the TV show but he is interested in the movie. |
| 4:26
| Buzz is wondering if the movie is OK for Piper. It's rated PG-13 so it should be OK. That's the best part about The Simpsons, anyone can watch it. |
| 4:27
| Buzz might want to ask someone else before he takes Piper though because Steve has given bad advice in the past. Maybe there are beheadings and nudity that Steve doesn't know about. |
| 4:28
| Steve imagines that it'll be fine for Piper though, she comes pre-traumatized living in the Kilman household. It probably started in utero. |
| 4:29
| Now thanks to Lindsay Lohan we all know how to fool the SCRAM alcohol monitor. By putting your foot in a tub of ice water you stop yourself from sweating. Another option is to insert cold cuts between your skin and the bracelet. |
| 4:30
| Whenever Steve creates his own woman out of lunch meat for his own personal pleasure, bologna is his go-to meat. |
| 4:31
| Three incoming freshmen football players at Villanova have been kicked out after allegations that they raped a female student on Bastille Day. |
| 4:32
| An oral surgeon who temporarily inserted fake boar tusks into his assistant's mouth as a practical joke and was sued is getting the last laugh. |
| 4:33
| The oral surgeon removed the tusks from his assistants mouth but not before taking photographs of her and passing them around his office. Why not just have sex with her while she's under anesthesia? |
| 4:34
| After Dr. Robert Woo's assistant sued him for the stunt he managed to convince the Washington state supreme court that he was owed $750,000 by his insurance company after they abandoned him. |
| 4:35
| Steve is so torn right now, he doesn't know if he should play Tusk by Fleetwood Mac or Doctor Wu by Steely Dan |
| 4:36
| Song: Doctor Wu, Steely Dan |
| 4:39
| Steve had that one ready in his collection. It might be his favorite Steely Dan song. |
| 4:43
| Steve has some stuff about The Simpsons Movie, Buzz can make the call. It's PG-13, coming in at 83 minutes. In the film Homer dares Bart to skateboard naked, eventually offering audiences a glimpse of Bart's doodle. Everyone in the house is doodle-aware so Buzz is OK with that. |
| 4:44
| Characters in the film, including kids, drink and smoke. That happens on the show though. The film also features crude language, just like at the Kilman house. |
| 4:45
| At one point Springfield townsfolk get so angry at the Simpsons that they attempt to lynch them. There's a scene like that in almost every movie Buzz watches. |
| 4:46
| It sounds like Buzz and Piper are off to the see The Simpsons Movie. At some point Piper will tell Buzz she doesn't want to watch any more of the movie if she doesn't like it. That's pretty smart of her. She's probably smart enough to not eat the movie theater hot dogs either. |
| 4:47
| It seems like it would be fun to take kids to see the movie. Of course if Steve did that he'd be arrested. Chris Hanson would meet him at the snack bar. |
| 4:48
| All that stuff in the movie goes on on the TV show so it'll be fine for Piper. Buzz has had to change the channel on some of the cartoons Piper watches though. He tries to keep a lid on the violence. |
| 4:49
| It seems like Piper sort of runs that place but Buzz disagrees. Steve doesn't mean it like that but it seems like at some point she'll be running the place. It's hard to say that to the guy who's being run by the 6-year old. |
| 4:50
| Just this week Piper debuted her Indian accent. Wait until she hears Apu, she's going to love it. |
| 4:58
| It's time for the Five O'Clock Taco Bell. Steve has not eaten at all day, other than a few handfuls of peanuts. He also worked out so he's going with the burrito supreme. |
| 4:59
| You might recall that the other day Steve got a customized burrito supreme and felt he could eat two. |
| 5:00
| Today Steve has two but he's not sure if he'll have the other one right now. Just knowing that other burrito is there takes the pressure off. |
| 5:06
| That Toby always gets treated so poorly on The Office. Steve just spoke with our own Michael Scott, Drew Hayes, during the break. |
| 5:07
| Drew is on his way home but he wanted to check in and say goodbye before he leaves for the weekend. |
| 5:08
| Somehow Buzz got caught up hearing about the cross talk between the show and Matt and Brendan who are in New Orleans. |
| 5:09
| Buzz noticed Skynyrd wasn't here and then was concerned, then he remembered they were in New Orleans and he became jealous. Steve had no idea the emotions Buzz went through, it's almost Shakespearean. |
| 5:10
| Occasionally Buzz and Skynyrd will share stories about their daughters since they're both about the same age. Of course neither of them care about the other's story but that's how all guys are. |
| 5:11
| Buzz might recall that last year when Matt and Brendan were at the Arena Bowl in Vegas the cross talk didn't go well. Steve went berserk and tried to kill several people. Then he almost fly to Vegas to kill Dan Falato. |
| 5:12
| Skynyrd is with Matt and Brendan in New Orleans because Dan is producing Garry's show. Judith Owen, Harry Shearer's wife, was actually on Garry's show today. |
| 5:13
| Buzz got the full story from Dan today. Harry's not in town because of The Simpsons premiere. |
| 5:14
| Buzz also heard a couple of new stories from Dan about John Malkovich and Gary Sinise. How does Dan get from Harry Shearer to John Malkovich? All Buzz remembers is that an autograph was involved. |
| 5:15
| Standby, Steve's calling our Dan Falato archivist, Jim kid. Jim is like the Perez Hilton to Dan Falato. |
| 5:16
| Jim overheard today that Dan went out to lunch with Judith, Garry Meier, Jim Turano and possibly Drew. Drew was definitely paying according to Dan. |
| 5:17
| Jim isn't sure where they went to lunch. He was thinking it was that new place in the building but it's not open yet. |
| 5:18
| It seems like a pretty nice place, Jim can see Dan holding court there in the future. Steve hasn't been in there yet but he does know that it's partially owned by one James DeCastro, for whom he and Buzz used to labor. He was invited to the opening though. |
| 5:19
| Jim also had a somewhat embarrassing moment earlier today. Not realizing that Judith Owen was in Dan's office he might have told Bonnie from Stan and Terry's show that he thought The Simpsons sucked. Was Jim saying that in jest? |
| 5:20
| Jim loves The Simpsons but he thinks it hasn't be that good for the last 8 years or so. Steve can't get that analytical about a cartoon. Once he's decided to watch animated drawings of people you can do whatever you want with him. However, Steve gets the feeling that Harry and Judith both think The Simpsons sucks as well. It's like Harry's dirty little secret that he does all those voices. |
| 5:21
| Jim didn't overhear any of the conversation with Buzz. Steve is fascinated to know how Dan got to John Malkovich but it seems as if Dan has dialed up his game. Even Buzz gave him kudos for that. |
| 5:22
| Jim did hear something about Dan getting an autographed photo of John Malkovich with an apology about being a jerk. Gary Sinise might have been involved and there was some mention of the troops. Still though, how does Dan get to John Malkovich and Gary Sinise? |
| 5:23
| Bill Murray, Harry Shearer and Mark Grace are Dan's trinity. Everything works off of that so Buzz was staring right into the eye of God. |
| 5:24
| Steve always enjoys talking to Gary Sinise. He doesn't miss any of those interviews. |
| 5:29
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 5:30
| Steve's not sure why he always tries to make sense of these live reads. It's good to learn this stuff if you're ever in a jam though. |
| 5:31
| Steve has a hard time tuning things out. The drugs and alcohol really helped with that though. |
| 5:32
| Time for some sports. Reebok announced today that it would suspend sales of Michael Vick jerseys. |
| 5:33
| They should try to capitalize on this whole thing, maybe put V-Dog on the back of the jersey, or donate a dollar from every jersey sale to PETA. |
| 5:34
| The Cubs are in Cincinnati to take on the Reds tonight. They remain 2 games behind the first place Brewers. |
| 5:35
| Manager Lou Piniella believes the Cubs will stand pat at the MLB trade deadline. |
| 5:36
| Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood had another good rehab outing for class A Peoria last night. Tina might have pulled too much Sox information out of the sports. She's a journalist so she was worried about being fair and balanced. |
| 5:37
| Steve's just giving Tina a hard time because she was nervous about writing the sports. Steve's used to getting sports from a guy with a BA from Iowa but Tina has a masters from Columbia. |
| 5:38
| Steve is pretty sure he's still on the board of directors at Columbia but he hasn't been to any meetings. He just keeps getting letters about conflicts of interest as a board member. It's like the Hotel California of college boards. |
| 5:39
| Steve was invited to Columbia's graduation but it seems like you have to have a graduation robe from wherever you went to college in order to attend. |
| 5:40
| Why would Steve want to attend Columbia's graduation? He didn't even want to attend his own kid's graduation. |
| 5:42
| The Phillies acquired Tadahito Iguchi from the White Sox for a minor leaguer. Steve would have written this story as the Sox trading Iguchi, not them accepting him. This sounds like something from out of town. |
| 5:43
| As Tina can attest though, a good journalist can write a story in which you don't know where it's coming from. |
| 5:44
| Does Iguchi's translator get traded too? That guy was a real chach, he acted like he played in the World Series too. |
| 5:45
| Hopefully Steve's buddy Shu doesn't take the trade too hard, he's also a White Sox fan. When Steve and Shu went to that Korean Barbecue there was a picture of Tadahito Iguchi on the wall, apparently he frequents the place. |
| 5:46
| Steve's just glad Shu can still wear his Lance Briggs jersey during the Bears season. Before Steve knew his name, he referred to him as Japanese Lance Briggs. |
| 5:47
| Bob Costas says he's not miffed by comments Barry Bonds made about him earlier in the week. |
| 5:48
| Said Costas earlier in the week "as anyone can see i'm 5' 10" and a strapping 150 pounds. I got my physique naturally." That's Tina's masters talking right there. It makes Steve sound smarter just reading the sports, he's drafting off her masters. |
| 5:49
| In person, you can't get Tina to stop talking but on the air she's all one-word answers. |
| 5:50
| This last story is sort of old, are we just doing it because the guy in there is Greek? Tina fronts that she's Greek but Steve recently learned that she's as much Polish as she is Greek. |
| 5:51
| David Beckham will not play Sunday as the Los Angeles Galaxy takes on Chivas of Mexico. Beckham will miss his second straight game with an injured ankle. Buzz was just thinking about how Posh Spice is off on tour with the Spice Girls and Beckham's sitting at home by himself with a bad wheel. He probably won't be alone for that long though. |
| 5:52
| Just so Tina knows for Monday, we usually like to close the sports with some sort of athlete-related bar fight, stabbing, date rape...something human interesty. |
| 5:58
| Why would the Galaxy pay Beckham so much money to not play? They're just trying to make soccer popular in this country and he's the most famous soccer player in the world. |
| 5:59
| Live read: Gierczyk Properties |
| 6:00
| If you've ever had elevator access to your unit, you know how great it can be. |
| 6:01
| Buzz would like to head up to New Buffalo and take a look at the Gierczyk properties. Steve will pave the way and then get out of the way. The last time Buzz was up there he had a great time and that was 9 or 10 years ago. It's only gotten better. |
| 6:02
| You've got a casino going in, what more do you need?! Steve didn't know about the casino when he bought up there but he had a feeling that once it got going the Indians were going to win out and they'd get to build there. |
| 6:03
| At Piper's school they are no longer permitted to instruct students to sit Indian style, they call it crisscross apple sauce. What kind of country do we have where we're raising kids like that? |
| 6:04
| What's politically incorrect about Indian style? That's how they sat. Buzz refuses to say "crisscross apple sauce". |
| 6:05
| Right before Lindsay Lohan arrested early Tuesday she commandeered a vehicle and held three men hostage. On Monday night the three men drove to a party with the boyfriend of Lindsay's assistant. |
| 6:06
| At the party two of the friends were not let in. The third friend said that Lindsay was not without a drink for the entire time. The man even did a shot with her. Steve's not sure if he'd do a shot with Lindsay Lohan. |
| 6:07
| At one point during the party Lindsay's assistant and her boyfriend went outside to argue about something. Then Lindsay came out and got angry at her assistant who then quit. |
| 6:08
| The third man decided to leave the party with his two friends and the assistant's boyfriend. With the key in the ignition the boyfriend got out of the car to continue arguing with his girlfriend. |
| 6:09
| The girlfriend then left the party at which point Lindsay suddenly jumped into the other car and sped off. One man jumped out of the car as it accelerated and his foot was run over. |
| 6:10
| As Lindsay sped down the Pacific Coast Highway the two friends tried to stop her but she told them she'd sue them if they touched her. It seems like they could do whatever they want, she just stole a car. |
| 6:11
| Lindsay thought her assistant was going to her mother's house so she went there. Just as they arrived the assistant's mother pulled into the driveway. |
| 6:12
| Then the assistant got into the mother's car and they drove off. That's when the mother noticed she was being followed. Then she called 911 and the tape of that has been leaked. That's where the mother is freaking out and the operator keeps yelling at her to tell him where she is so he can send police. |
| 6:13
| The two friends said Lindsay began chasing them at speeds of up to 80 MPH, blowing multiple red lights. Do they really need to include that in there? |
| 6:14
| That's all Steve knows for now but it seems crazy. If it's true it seems like Lindsay stole a car too. |
| 6:20
| Steve has a little bit of an interview on TMZ with Dante Nigro, the man who got invited into the party with Lindsay. Meanwhile his two buddies waited outside in the car. |
| 6:21
| All three guys are in this video. The guy who's foot was run over is walking with a cane, just to heighten the damages. |
| 6:22
| If this kid is the kind of person Lindsay invites into the party Steve's not interested. He doesn't want her sloppy seconds. |
| 6:23
| Buzz can only imagine the awkward conversation that took place between Dante and his two friends who didn't get invited in. Sure he's trying to nail Lindsay but what else is going on in there except drinking? |
| 6:24
| Steve is embarrassed to say that he wants to hear more of this. So does Buzz. |
| 6:25
| Steve has two more passes to give away for Sunday at Lollapalooza. Text the word kings to 41059, be the 1,059th texter and win. |
| 6:26
| Harvey Levin from TMZ is asking the tough questions. He used to be a lawyer ya know! |
| 6:27
| Steve has no idea what's wrong with these kids but they blew an opportunity to have the greatest night of their lives. Instead they're on TMZ blabbing about what happened. They'll never been invited to another party again! |
| 6:28
| If Steve was in this situation and he didn't get laid he would put a gun in his mouth. His only goal that night would be to get into Lindsay's pants and then get his friends in, in that order. |
| 6:36
| How great is it that Lindsay has a dad that can do interviews the day she's arrested, unsure if he should even believe all the charges. |
| 6:37
| Live read: Cheeseburger in Paradise |
| 6:39
| Before Buzz does the headlines Steve has one more thing to add about the Lindsay Lohan story. |
| 6:40
| Lindsay is now facing a lawsuit from the three young men Steve was talking about earlier, Dante, Jakon and Ronnie. |
| 6:41
| Lawyers for the three men say that if something amicable with Lindsay cannot be reached, they will proceed with a lawsuit. |
| 6:42
| News with Buzz |
| 6:43
| Two news helicopters covering a police chase in Phoenix collided today, killing 4 people. |
| 6:44
| Was there a third helicopter covering the chase that caught the collision on tape? |
| 6:45
| NASA is saying that at least one of the reported incidents of drunken astronauts was aboard a training mission. |
| 6:46
| They had Steve at drunk on a shuttle though. It makes sense that if you're going to fly the shuttle drunk, you should train drunk. There was also a reported incident aboard the International Space Station. They probably got the idea for the whole thing from the Russians! |
| 6:47
| Vice President Dick Cheney will have a battery replaced in his pacemaker tomorrow. |
| 6:48
| Frederick Von Anhalt, husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor, claims he was robbed and handcuffed in LA by three women who said they wanted to take a picture with him. |
| 6:51
| Steve needs to take a break then Buzz can finish up and then we'll talk to Matt and Brendan, who are in New Orleans. |
| 6:57
| On a final note, Christopher Vaughn plead not guilty to the murders of his wife and children. Did everyone in the courtroom start snickering? You have to plead not guilty if you want a trial. |
| 6:58
| Matt and Brendan are in New Orleans for the Arena Bowl. Their flight was delayed an hour which was good for Matt. |
| 6:59
| Steve woke Matt up at 6:05 this morning because he wanted to leave by 6:45. After a few minutes Steve didn't hear the shower going and went in Matt's room to find him naked, squatting over his suitcase packing. |
| 7:00
| It seems like oversleeping if it's 6:05 AM, you haven't packed and you want to leave at 6:45. Steve even called ahead to the airport parking garage to make sure it wasn't full. |
| 7:01
| The Rush are not in the Arena Bowl this year, it's San Jose and Columbus. How excited must ABC be to have those two huge cities in the Arena Bowl? |
| 7:02
| Matt and Brendan arrived in New Orleans and got some New Orleans food, gator bites, some brisket and a seafood platter. Brendan thought it had too much seafood, he was hoping for more shellfish. |
| 7:03
| Just a reminder, Matt and Brendan have a show tomorrow morning so they shouldn't party too much tonight. Already walking through the lobby they saw a bunch of girls beaded up and that was at 1:30. |
| 7:04
| Buzz recommends beignets at Cafe du Monde, that's fried dough covered in powdered sugar it's right in Matt's wheelhouse. Buzz also recommends the Snug Harbor and Camilia's for some great burgers. |
| 7:05
| Steve feels that the boys should go a little more upscale tomorrow night, maybe the Commander's Palace. It's touristy but it's good. Whatever they get though, have it with turtle soup. |
| 7:06
| Matt had the jambalaya but didn't like whatever mystery meat was in there. That's probably that anduille sausage. |
| 7:07
| Steve has a suggestion for the boys to get them to bed early enough tonight. Brendan should start up hitting on every girl in the bar at 9:00 and hopefully they can get a couple back to the room. |
| 7:08
| Then at some point they have to kick them out and get to sleep because they've got the show to do. |
| 7:09
| Brendan is a firm believer in the shotgun theory. Hit on every single girl in the bar and eventually one of them will say yes. |
