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| 2:00
| Steve's echoing which actually sounds cool. It's like he's on WLS or something. |
| 2:01
| Steve encountered a very careless, reckless WGCI pick-up truck today. It might be an Escalade pick-up truck but whatever it was he cut Steve off. The guy had corn rows too. |
| 2:02
| If you're going to represent a radio station you should probably be a better driver. Did Steve blow in a call to Crazy Howard? |
| 2:03
| Steve figured he'd tell Stan and Terry and they'd bring it back to the community in one of their outreach meetings. |
| 2:04
| Stan says they're not taking his calls. They sounded alright with Tracy Morgan though. Tracy sounded blacker with Stan and Terry than he did with Ramblin' Ray this morning. |
| 2:05
| When Tracy walked into the studio he said "oh a black station" and they corrected him. He also showed off his ankle bracelet. |
| 2:06
| Tracy's doing a show at the Improv and he's been on every radio show in town, how many tickets can he sell? |
| 2:07
| Steve didn't know we had an Improv back in Chicago. They've been in Schaumburg for a year now. The previous one was owned by Jamie Gertz's dad. They had great pot stickers. |
| 2:08
| Stan thought he saw Stephanie down in the area when Tracy was here. Is this going to border on sexual harassment? He walks around the hallways harassing people. |
| 2:09
| Stan was wondering if Tracy asked for Stephanie's number because he got digits from someone else. Isn't this a Guy Code violation? |
| 2:10
| Stan's never interviewed anyone quite like Tracy Morgan. You just have to sit back and let them go. Terry couldn't keep up, he just periodically said who they were talking to. |
| 2:11
| Some guy from Tracy's entourage was also in the studio as well as the guy who owns the Improv. Why does he need to be in there? He doesn't buy ads or anything. |
| 2:12
| Steve got down here before 10:00 today for his hour with Garry. Luckily he dodged having to dissect his hour-long appearance in Drew's office. Drew did walk Steve all the way to the health club though. |
| 2:13
| During Stan and Terry's pre-show meeting today Drew kept interrupting them to listen to Steve and Garry. They have a pre-show meeting? No wonder they're in such a bad mood. |
| 2:14
| Garry did ask Steve if Drew asks him to take more calls. Yeah right! Steve tells Drew what to do. |
| 2:15
| Then Steve came back here to record live reads because the show is on hiatus next week. Terry was wondering if Steve's still coming with him to Tom Dressen's motivational seminar. |
| 2:16
| How can someone who's not funny be a motivational speaker? Unless he's just showing people that you can be unfunny and successful. |
| 2:23
| Song: Jamaica Mistaica, Jimmy Buffett |
| 2:29
| It's very jarring to have to bleep a Jimmy Buffett song twice. Jimmy was in Jamaica having lunch with Bono or something and they thought he was a drug dealer so they shot at his plane. |
| 2:30
| Hurricane Dean is going right down the middle of Jamaica so Buzz will get his money back. It's going to hit his hotel right when Buzz was scheduled to arrive. |
| 2:31
| Buzz has trip insurance but he'll have to rebook. They don't just give you your money back. That's not good insurance if Steve could say so. Buzz doesn't mind, he'll just rebook next summer. |
| 2:32
| The Kilman's had a family meeting last night and Steve's name came up. He of course suggested Buzz and Aimee not book a trip to the Caribbean during the peak of hurricane season |
| 2:33
| It was determined that Buzz and Aimee would go to Jamaica in early July and then use the August vacation for the entire family. |
| 2:34
| Is it possible that this has happened the last three years? Buzz is sure that they got to Jamaica at some point. But there was that year when they had a miserable time in Vegas. |
| 2:35
| Steve loves Vegas and he doesn't want to go back to Jamaica so he and Buzz will never run into each other, except next week when they're in New Buffalo. The town is very small so it's going to happen. |
| 2:36
| Live read: Arby's |
| 2:37
| Steve's having trouble with this live read. He recorded a hundred commercial before the show and he nailed all of them but live he's having trouble. |
| 2:42
| Steve erroneously put in his blog today that we'd be giving away more tickets to the Dahlfins show tomorrow. But we are going to give them away after all. |
| 2:43
| Steve would like to say, however, that if you find yourself with nothing to do tomorrow night stop by Austin's Saloon and try to get in. That's if you don't win tickets. |
| 2:44
| Sometimes people win tickets but can't make it because they've been run over by a train or something. So there are usually tickets available. |
| 2:45
| It feels like there isn't as much of a hub bub about this upcoming Dahlfins show but that could just be because there isn't a sounder during every break to trigger the contest. |
| 2:46
| Also today we'll be giving away VIP passes to the last Beach Party at the Broken Oar. So be listening for the special version of Aloha Friday which Steve has recorded, encapsulating the entire week. |
| 2:47
| The Nadas have a show next Tuesday at Double Door to promote their Templeton Rye whiskey. |
| 2:48
| Buzz missed Steve's appearance on Garry's show this morning so he's wondering how it went. It was fine, Steve had fun. The worst part was having to recap it to Drew. |
| 2:49
| Steve doesn't really remember anything that happened but it seemed good. Everyone who works on Garry's show is nice and that Jim Turano is really funny. |
| 2:50
| Steve's pretty sure he offended Garry's newswoman with a high concept bit. There was hate crime on the Northwest Side where three guys punched a gay guy. |
| 2:51
| Steve was thinking that you could yell something at a gay guy and there could be two meanings. It's one of the seven words and it could be a question or a statement. |
| 2:52
| Steve didn't say anything but he was thinking about it and then Jim saw him thinking and started laughing. |
| 2:53
| The news is too long on Garry's show anyway. She does the sports too, while two grown men just sit there. That's not a good way to end your show, a serious newscast. |
| 2:54
| The newswoman is beaucoup serious so Steve saw that and jumped in with something that he's not sure he was even able to make sense of on his show. |
| 2:55
| Steve asked Drew what the deal was with the woman and he said Garry likes her. It seems like something that Drew would want though, a series news person. |
| 2:56
| Steve often asks Stan and Terry what the deal is with Bonnie Green and they just say "ask Drew." Then Drew says that Stan and Terry love her. |
| 2:57
| It was fun to be on Garry's show but also interesting because he could mess it up and it's not his own show. |
| 3:01
| Greg Solk got Steve good in the elevator today. He looked down at Steve's lanyard with his building pass and the White Sox press pass. Greg said "who are you, Les Grobstein?" |
| 3:02
| Steve doesn't use his press pass very often but sometimes if he stays until the very end of the game he waits out the traffic in the press room. Steve only did it because he thought it made sense to have all his access cards on one lanyard. |
| 3:03
| Point taken from Greg but why bust Steve's chops first thing in the morning? |
| 3:04
| Live read: Cheeseburger in Paradise |
| 3:05
| Steve recorded a few of those before the show but tragically when he's on the air he screws it up. |
| 3:06
| Part of the thing that drives Steve crazy about recording the live reads is that he thinks they'll be wrong for an entire week. Today went relatively well though, he didn't throw a temper tantrum or even swear. |
| 3:07
| There have been times when Steve recorded commercials and Mary was crying and Pete was threatening to quit and Steve was throwing stuff and breaking windows. |
| 3:08
| Each commercial has to be different if Steve is recording them. Usually that was the thrust of the temper tantrum. |
| 3:09
| Buzz recorded all his live spots as well. He can't wait to see what happens next week when he runs into Steve. |
| 3:10
| Buzz is very excited about New Buffalo, this is an excellent plan B. If Buzz wants it to seem more like a vacation Steve can meet him somewhere and make him take all of his stuff out of his pockets, go through his luggage, ask him what his harmonicas are for. Actually Buzz had to play his harmonicas once when he was going through Customs in Jamaica. He actually started grooving because the harmonica sounds s good in the airport. |
| 3:11
| Steve could also arrange it so that Buzz's luggage is not waiting for them at the house they're renting. He could give Buzz his number and then he could call and Steve will pretend he's a recording. |
| 3:12
| Steve's was rapping it down with Sherman Kaplan today in his office. Steve always feels bad when a guy like Sherman comes into his office. He said he'd never had an office like that. So Steve had to act like he was doing more work, writing the show or something. |
| 3:13
| Steve and Sherman talked about the Noon Business Report also. Steve brought up the guy from yesterday who scared the hell out of him when he said that the market would continue to fall and everyone's house values would drop by half. |
| 3:14
| Even if that's true Steve doesn't want to hear about it. There's nothing he can do about it, that's not what he needs to hear on his way to Bourbonnais. |
| 3:15
| If the value of Steve's house is going to go down 50% in the next few years at least say it'll be 10% a year or something. |
| 3:16
| Steve did the speed limit all the way home last night which Buzz and Mary can attest to because they passed him up. Buzz wanted to make a citizen's arrest because he thought Steve was going too fast. |
| 3:17
| It's dangerous to do the speed limit, Steve almost got killed yesterday. Then they have you slow down to 15 when you get to the toll plaza. That's too slow because people are coming up behind you at 50. |
| 3:18
| None of that will hold up in court though and Steve really doesn't want to drive all the way back to Whiteside County. They'll take his license away. |
| 3:19
| Mary drives like a bat out of hell but she's not under court supervision. At some point during the trip she looked over and noticed Buzz wasn't wearing his seatbelt. |
| 3:20
| Part of Steve's make up is that he wants all the people going faster than him pulled over and brought to justice. |
| 3:21
| If Steve's going to be doing 45 through a construction zone he wants to see cops around pulling people over. At least they could be driving by him, giving him the thumbs up for obeying the limit. |
| 3:25
| Steve's sitting on his ball chair again. Every time he sees it he thinks it looks stupid but it's so comfortable. |
| 3:26
| When you see it it doesn't look like something you're supposed to sit on. If you go to Dahl.com you can see a photo of Steve sitting on the ball chair. It's quite a fetching photo. |
| 3:27
| Buzz will have to get one. A ball chair not a photo of Steve. He'd like one for in the studio but it'll have to be matching. |
| 3:28
| Maybe Steve will just get a new one. He's not going to like it if Buzz has the latest model of ball chair with all the bells and whistles while he's sitting on the used one that Mary got from a Reader ad. |
| 3:29
| Steve's not going to give away the Austin's tickets today but if you want to email him or just go to Austin's. Every time Steve plays the special verse of Aloha Friday it's a song by him so people call in for the Dahlfins show. |
| 3:30
| Steve's not sure how big the Fuel Room is but there could be room for more people. A lot of people leave in the middle of the show because it sucks, freeing up space for the walk-ups. |
| 3:31
| Actually it seems like people have a good time at the shows and Steve has a good time too. He does need to talk to The Nadas about something else though and if he doesn't do it on the air he'll forget. |
| 3:32
| Steve wants The Nadas to play one of his songs while he makes his way on stage. Otherwise it's just weird when they say "OK, here's Steve" and there's no music playing. |
| 3:33
| Plus the intro gives them time to say something bad about Steve like he's in the bathroom doing something. How does he come out to that? Maybe they could learn the theme from 2001 or something. |
| 3:34
| Steve should had said something to The Nadas about this though, they're just following his lead. |
| 3:35
| Where do you go after Mike from The Nadas graphically describes you going to the bathroom? They don't talk like that in Iowa but they must think it's alright in the big city. |
| 3:36
| The first song is Coconut Suzie so maybe they could do some nice jamming as Steve makes it to the stage. |
| 3:40
| On the phone is Gail Fischer from Comcast Sportsnet. The Cubs are playing a close one at Wrigley, they're up 2-1 in the bottom of the 9th. |
| 3:41
| The Cubs are a half game back but if they win today they're even. The Cardinals are looking pretty good and they're in town this weekend. |
| 3:42
| The Cubs gave Carlos Zambrano a big extension, $90 million for five years. That seems like a lot but he could have made more on the open market. He wanted to stay with the Cubs which is cool. |
| 3:43
| Wrigley Field isn't the worst place in the world to be a baseball player. If you win they love you and if you don't they tolerate you. Unlike Steve who's in touch with the FAA about making it so the White Sox can't land in Chicago when they return from their road trip. Maybe this is the time to move to Sarasota. |
| 3:44
| Steve watched the entire Bears game last Saturday. He has a depth chart he brings out and studies. Plus you never know what Coach is going to do in any given broadcast. |
| 3:45
| Unfortunately for Sox fans the Cubs are dominating the headlines lately. Steve doesn't mind it just heightens it for him. He's an S & M Sox fan. That's S & M right? Steve had to ask Buzz, who's wearing a leather hood. |
| 3:46
| Gail's on tonight at 6:30, paired up with Luke Stuckmeyer. Steve lives for the Gail/Kerry Sayers match-up but that doesn't happen too often. Someone needs to tell Jim Corno that Steve's recommending it. |
| 3:51
| Larry Wert must really appreciate every time Steve replays Coach swearing from last Saturday. That's just what Steve was looking for. |
| 3:52
| Why lay off it though? Maybe just one more time for number three. Plus he should hang on to it for when Coach dies and we need a retrospective. |
| 3:53
| Big plans for Pete this weekend. He's got Steve's show on Saturday and he should be expecting a back rub. Pete's going to the Cubs game that afternoon so he's in play, Buzz might just get one too. |
| 3:54
| Buzz? Pete's not in play, Steve is in play. If he wants a massage from some dorky guy in a tight t-shirt he can act one of The Nadas. It's a very vigorous massage though, especially after a Cubs game. |
| 3:55
| Tonight Pete's going to see Ron of Bob and Ron at the Abbey Pub. How did he get roped into that? Didn't he hear the music when Steve played it on the show? |
| 3:56
| Pete is supposed to be meeting the girl he met in New York City but he hasn't heard back from her yet. That's a bad sign. Then again, Pete's not the world's greatest communicator so maybe she thought calling this afternoon would be enough. |
| 3:57
| The last time Pete talked to her was Sunday and she said she'd call this weekend. Maybe he should forget about it then. His best chance is to try to get to Ron's girlfriend when he's on stage. Pete is a step up from Ron. |
| 3:58
| It doesn't seem like a real singles scene up at the Abbey. Pete's also worried about how he's going to get home because it'll be tough to find a cab. Buzz was also thinking of going to the Abbey, maybe he and Pete could car pool. |
| 3:59
| Pete and Buzz need to get cars. Buzz has a car but he never drives it. He didn't even have a ride to Bourbonnais yesterday and that's a hundred miles away. |
| 4:00
| Pete could hook up with Catman tonight and bus some tail. Pete and Catman were at a wedding last week and a lot of their friends are listeners. They love the way Steve describes Catman because they all know him. |
| 4:01
| Catman is the one always working the chicks and Pete is the net. Catman is the Indian with the stick spearing fish and Pete is the one holding the net seeing what they caught. |
| 4:02
| Pete and Catman offer a nice yin-yang experience for the ladies. You've got one crazy, in-your-face guy and another guy who won't even look at you until he gets you home and tries to cut you up into little pieces. |
| 4:05
| Live read: Gierczyk Properties |
| 4:06
| Steve has no doubt that Buzz will be up in New Buffalo buying something from the Gierczyk's. Both he and Steve will be vacationing up in New Buffalo which is funny. |
| 4:07
| Meanwhile Jamaica probably won't even exist after the hurricane covers the entire length and breadth of the island. |
| 4:08
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 4:09
| Rescue efforts for the collapsed Utah mine have been suspended after 3 people were killed in a second collapse. Meanwhile another hole is being dug to reach the original trapped miners. There's no happy ending on this one. |
| 4:10
| Michael Vick now being called a dog killer. He must decide today if he'll accept a plea agreement which would still mean jail time. Didn't we know all along that he was a dog killer? |
| 4:11
| We've known dogs were killed but now they're saying that Vick was the one responsible. C'mon dawg! Talk about a reversal of fortune. He was almost better off killing people. |
| 4:12
| There's literally no way out for Vick because people love dogs. It's one thing everyone can agree on, dogs are cute. Steve has gotten a ton of hate mail from dog lovers and all he said was that Vick was innocent until proven guilty. |
| 4:13
| Steve loves dogs, he has two of them. He also doesn't get the whole dog fighting thing. Still this is a weird politically correct thing to be sanctimonious about. |
| 4:14
| Steve had a dog once that bit him and he hit it with a mop. He probably laid it on a little thick to make it more interesting when he talked about it on the air. |
| 4:15
| Then someone told that Kathy O'Malley about it. At the time she was writing for the Trib so she started writing articles about it. Then a guy from the state came to interview Steve and check on the dog. |
| 4:16
| When Buzz was a kid his parents had these friends with this huge boxer dog. He was 6 feet tall on his hind legs and he'd always jump up on your when you came in the house. The friends thought it was the cutest thing so they never stopped it. |
| 4:17
| One time they went over there and the dog harassed Buzz and his mom and then he heard a hideous yelp from the front door and then the dog came running by. Buzz got the feeling it was OK what his dad did but in this day and age he would have been arrested. |
| 4:18
| Steve's not saying it's right to abuse or kill dogs though. There's no way out of it though. Everyone Michael Vick knows has abandoned him and the trial hasn't even started. OJ Simpson is more beloved at this point. |
| 4:19
| That PETA is crazy about everything too, they're not helping. You can't eat an omelet without them protesting. |
| 4:20
| Steve's probably going to get in trouble for saying all this. He's probably received a few emails already. |
| 4:21
| Two Virginia Tech students are starting an email campaign asking fellow classmates to not boo opposing sports teams when they come to the school. They want to show appreciation for the support that other schools showed following the Virginia Tech massacre. So if you boo you're in support of killing people? |
| 4:22
| Uncle Cracker has been busted for an alleged sex offense in Raleigh, North Carolina. Upon his arrest he told officers that he was going to make bail in no time and escape prosecution by going back to Michigan. He's still in custody though so it's a moot point. They can get you in Michigan too. |
| 4:26
| It's also sweet how mad the cyclists got at Steve and Buzz. They're not as protected as dogs but they're just as vociferous. |
| 4:27
| The other night Buzz saw three hardcore motorcycle dudes with shaved heads, all dressed in black, riding bikes. Buzz was wondering how they got to that sorry state. Buzz is just going to make more people mad here! Steve got another email from the bike guy earlier in the week |
| 4:28
| Steve also wants to do Pizza Tragedies at some point today. |
| 4:29
| Steve just put someone on the air but now he's reading Brendan's summary of the call. It says "likely" which Steve doesn't like seeing up there. |
| 4:30
| Caller Eric was telling Brendan that it sounds like Jack NIcholson has Sjögren's syndrome with dries out your salivary glands and makes your eyes itchy. |
| 4:31
| Jason and Mike from The Nadas are here. The ride in was easy today with three new air conditioners on the Buzz. Have they cleaned that thing yet? |
| 4:32
| That's the funkiest thing Steve has ever been in and he's been in some funky things, like a dumpster. |
| 4:33
| Scott from Templeton Rye is also here. Steve just heard a story about The Nadas at the Iowa State Fair. They played the first three nights and then Mike and Jason went back on the fourth day with their families to enjoy the fair. |
| 4:34
| Jason couldn't help but notice their tour bus was still sitting behind the stage, running, with the door open. Turns out they all got so hammered, probably on Templeton Rye, that they left the bus running. Then a raccoon got on board. |
| 4:35
| Next week is the official legal launch of Templeton Rye in Chicago. Al Capone used to import it during prohibition though. It was the "good stuff". |
| 4:36
| It's definitely a boutique brand but they've still done pretty well in Iowa. They've probably done pretty well just on The Nadas alone. Scott thought about giving the band 15 cases but they'd drink it all in one day. |
| 4:37
| Templeton Rye is a rye whiskey and the classic cocktails like the Manhattan's and the Old Fashioned's are making a comeback. |
| 4:38
| When Steve was a kid he and his brother used to make Rye & Rock for their grandpa for Christmas. You took a piece of rock candy and dropped it in the bottle of rye. It wasn't really that hard to make. |
| 4:39
| The company is also bussing in a whole bunch of old people from Templeton, Iowa who were alive during Prohibition. It's a small town and their manufacturing of the whiskey probably helped save the town. |
| 4:40
| On Monday The Nadas will be at the Chicago History Museum for a Templeton Rye launch party. Most people will be in period clothing and Jason and Mike will be dressed like guys from the 70's. |
| 4:41
| Tuesday The Nadas are at the Double Door with Hello Dave and then on Wednesday there's a tasting at the Binny's on Clark. |
| 4:42
| Thursday is the launch party at the Green Door. That's a big week of partying for the boys. Scott's not sure if Steve and Buzz have ever been to the Green Door but it's a great place. He knows they're from Chicago right? |
| 4:43
| Steve doesn't drink any more and he does drink less but at the Pearl Room show Jason had a bottle and he was smelling it. It smells real good. Real good. |
| 4:44
| Scott's grandfather was involved with the original production of Templeton Rye so it's a family thing. He was caught a few times and the fine was about $1,000. |
| 4:50
| You know who else likes Templeton Rye, our own Ed Silha. At the Pearl Room show he asked Jason if he had any TR. What does that mean? Is that a come on? |
| 4:51
| The Nadas really get hammered after the shows but it's the fun kind of hammered. It's not the sitting in your basement hammered. |
| 4:52
| Steve still has fun at the show though. He's been drinking that Monster energy drink that gets the job done for him. It also glows under a black light. |
| 4:53
| Mike and Jason are going to do Templeton Rye. Just for the record the song was written before they'd met Scott or new about the new Templeton Rye. |
| 4:54
| Mike and Jason perform Templeton Rye. |
| 5:02
| Now is the time in the show where Steve eats a taco like it's his job. The Nadas also have tacos to eat. |
| 5:03
| Steve's going with the original taco today. He recorded 5 commercials for next week before the show and then Mary brought him in another taco for this segment. Turns out he really wanted another one. |
| 5:04
| The Nadas are going up to Lake Geneva tonight, they were promised a big boat. Tomorrow they're playing a graduation party for one of Mike's friends which is right across from Austin's. |
| 5:05
| They're not sure what their friend is graduating from. Are they just entertaining at the nude pool party. |
| 5:08
| Mike and Jason perform Goodnight Girl. |
| 5:13
| There was talk of Steve doing a song with Mike and Jason but we can save that for tomorrow. |
| 5:14
| The boys better learn how to vamp for tomorrow when Steve comes up on stage. |
| 5:15
| Mike and Jason perform California III. |
| 5:18
| Remember you can still stop by Austin's tomorrow and there's a good chance you'll get in. Worst-case scenario you head over and hang out at Applebee's. |
| 5:19
| Then The Nadas are in town all next week for various Templeton Rye parties. On Monday they're at the Chicago History Museum, Tuesday at Double Door, Wednesday at Binny's and Thursday at Green Room. |
| 5:27
| Steve would like to give a shout out to the Taco Bell in Bourbonnais yesterday, they hooked us up with food yesterday. |
| 5:28
| Live read: Saturn of Libertyville |
| 5:29
| It occurs to Steve that this would be a perfect time for Pizza Tragedies but he wants to take Random Phone calls. He also has that letter from the biker guy. |
| 5:30
| Steve's decided he doesn't want to give that guy any more air time. He has a condescending attitude that Steve wants to nip in the bud. |
| 5:31
| Buzz really wants to hear it because it gets his blood up. This guy isn't helping himself or other bikers with these letters. |
| 5:32
| The first caller was wondering what happened to Wendy. Doesn't he read the papers? |
| 5:33
| The first caller wants to know where Steve got the idea for sitting on the exercise ball at work. Leo LaPorte also does it during his broadcasts. It's working for Steve, he's bouncing as he talks. |
| 5:34
| The next caller heard from or about Janet in the last few months. Maybe this guy isn't paying enough attention. |
| 5:35
| The next is wondering whatever happened to Mancow. What is this, "whatever ever happened to..." day? Don't these people read the papers? Why would Steve know where Mancow was? He's not his agent? |
| 5:36
| The next caller wants to know if Steve's going to be off next week. The last time Steve was off every time she turned the show on it was Pete. Is this the woman who emails Steve wondering who Pete is? |
| 5:37
| No wonder Brendan hasn't put any calls on hold today, everyone is out of their freaking minds. That has to be the same woman who emails Steve about Pete. Why would there be two people in the world who cared about that? |
| 5:38
| These are all people who email Steve he same questions over and over. Remind him to clear the lines a few times before Random Phone calls. Steve's not a drunk any more so he doesn't get yelled at by his wife and Wendy went off to have knee surgery and Steve realized it was better |
| 5:39
| The next caller wants to thank Steve personally for taking on the bike guys. Steve's going to terminate this segment and go to the letter from the bike guy. |
| 5:40
| Well Brendan, keep up the good work out there. As it turns out he's the thin blue line that's protecting Steve and Buzz. |
| 5:41
| The next caller can't wait to see Steve tomorrow. These are the kind of calls he wants, mindless sucking up. She'd also like to tell Steve that he needs to stop flushing the toilet with his feet. |
| 5:42
| The next caller is looking to talk to Steve. That's a bad sign. The caller was in Houston last week and happened to go to the Cubs game and the Bears game. |
| 5:43
| Sitting in the row in front of her at the Cubs game was a guy from Oak Forest. The guy in back of him was from Oak Lawn and wanted to know if Steve was still on the air. Can't they Google him? |
| 5:44
| The next caller wishes Steve and Buzz a happy Friday. He's going to see Paul Thorne, a friend of the show, tonight. Who? Steve's never heard of him. How come Steve can't understand what these people are saying? |
| 5:45
| The next caller wants to know if Ben Gay thinks Michael Vick will do hard time. Call back Wednesday. |
| 5:46
| The next caller wanted to recommend the Saturn Sky Redline to Buzz, it has 45 more horsepower. |
| 5:47
| The next caller was wondering if Steve had three nipples...alright that's enough of that. There's no good place to go with "three nipples". |
| 5:48
| The next caller wants to know the name of the taco joint Steve goes to. Not gonna happen. |
| 5:49
| The next caller is a 25+ year listener and he's talked to Brendan a lot but has never gotten through. If this is what Brendan has to deal with everyday he deserves a raise. |
| 5:50
| The next caller isn't sure if this is a timely call but he saw a Stone Pony reference in the Daily Herald last week. They didn't give Steve any credit though. |
| 5:51
| The next caller is westbound on 88 and there are a lot of cars on there. Ya know why? It's rush hour. |
| 5:52
| The next caller has to go to Taco Bell every time he's in his car during the Five O'Clock Taco Bell. Whatever they're paying Steve it's not enough. |
| 5:53
| The next caller wants to talk to Steve. Hold on, we'll get him. She has a comment about Drew Hayes. Oh boy! It's actually a good comment. |
| 5:54
| Every time Drew is on she's reminded of the show Little People, Big World. Drew is pretty short but he's not a midget or a dwarf. Buzz uses him as an end table whenever he's in the studio. |
| 5:57
| All those irritating callers from Random Phone Calls are the same people who email Steve the same questions over and over. |
| 5:58
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 5:59
| Is Buzz ready for the news? Steve thought they were bringing in news audio but it was sports audio. Buzz could use a song or something. |
| 6:00
| Steve would like to say something about his ball. Apparently it's one of the best things to sit on at work and very popular among the people who work at Google. |
| 6:01
| Maybe Mark should call in because Steve's not sure if this is fact or just some guy's opinion. Mark got it from some guy's blog. A man should never read another man's blog. |
| 6:02
| Mark Czerniec is on the phone. The people at Google are crazy, they sit on balls and drive scooters around the office. It's that whole laid-back computer culture. That's just like Steve. |
| 6:03
| What are the other ways to sit at your computer? Steve doesn't really care because the ball chair the number one way. Another option is the yoga pigeon stance. |
| 6:04
| That looks too complicated and Steve has a very sensitive groin. He doesn't want to injure that going into the playoffs. |
| 6:05
| Time for some sports but Steve has the wrong music on. When you're talking about sitting on a ball the Ben Gay music just comes on. Someone remind Steve not to do someone else's show again. Garry's been in Pittsburgh for 5 hours and Steve's here struggling. |
| 6:06
| At least he won't do someone else's show without getting paid. Garry and Jim did say how good Steve looked. |
| 6:06
| The Cubs beat the Cardinals 2-1 at Wrigley Field. They are now tied with the Brewers for first place. Jacque Jones hit a 2-run home run to give the Cubs the lead. |
| 6:07
| Buzz might be surprised when he hears Jacque Jones talk because he doesn't have French accent. He sort of sounds like Eddie Murphy. |
| 6:08
| Carlos Zambrano signed a 5-year, $91.5 million contract extension today. Big Z said he loved the city and wanted to stay here. |
| 6:09
| The White Sox are still in the American League and they're playing the Mariners tonight. Jose Contreras is taking the mound for the Sox, that's good news. |
| 6:10
| Peanut Tillman promises his big contract will not change him. What's the point of having a big contract then? |
| 6:11
| Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy said he's sorry for gambling on games. Oh, well that's OK then. |
| 6:12
| Fox announced that Ryan Seacrest will be part of their Super Bowl pre-game coverage. First of all why do we need to know about this? Second, what's the big deal if he is on there? People keep saying it's wrong, who cares? |
| 6:13
| A-Rod too wife C-Rod to the Justin Timberlake concert at Madison Square Garden last night. Good for him. |
| 6:16
| Should we do Pizza Tragedies first or the news? Buzz would like to do Pizza Tragedies. |
| 6:17
| The first email is from our own Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti. Last year, two days before the Fourth of July Patrick and Eater X went to a pizza place in Jersey. |
| 6:18
| They had a challenge where if you ate a 20 inch meat lovers pizza in an hour it was free. Steve could do that! |
| 6:19
| It was the most disgusting thing Patrick had ever eaten because of all the grease on it. They finished it and also won $400. 5 days after Patrick deposited the check it was canceled by the pizza place. |
| 6:20
| Patrick called up enraged and the woman said she pulled the check after she saw him and Eater X on ESPN eating hot dogs. |
| 6:21
| The next emailer worked at Coletti's for a number of years. They serve the best thin crust in Chicago according to him. He can't begin to tell Steve how many times a customer would pick up a pizza and then put it under his or her arm like they were holding books. |
| 6:22
| Then there was the time a man came into the restaurant, ordered a pizza and attempted to pay with imaginary money. Then he tried to pay with a credit card that didn't exist. |
| 6:23
| They called the police and as it turns out the guy had escaped from a minimum security mental institution. |
| 6:24
| The final email is from Jacqueline. 4 or 5 years ago she played tennis with a few other women on a rotating basis. After tennis they'd get together and hang out in a hot tub eating pizza and drinking margaritas. That sounds great, can Steve join? |
| 6:25
| When it was Jacqueline's turn to pick up the pizza she placed it on the passenger seat. Failing to notice a stop sign until the last minute she slammed on her brakes which caused the pizza to fly forward, and land on the floor. |
| 6:26
| The pizza was ruined so Jacqueline had to go back to the pizza place, where she informed them she had a pizza tragedy. They graciously made her another pizza in 20 minutes. |
| 6:27
| The email doesn't say if they were eating pizza in a hot tub at the tennis club or someone's house. If it's at a club Steve wants to join. |
| 6:31
| It's good to have Pizza Tragedies back. If you have any email Steve at Steve@dahl.com. Buzz doesn't really have any pizza tragedies other than the bad one he was getting for a few weeks. Luckily he and Matt Dahl got to the bottom of that. |
| 6:32
| News with Buzz |
| 6:33
| Hurricane Dean is making it's way to Jamaica. It'll hit there and then move on to the Yucatan Peninsula. Not only is it messing up Buzz's vacation but it could cause problems for the landing of Endeavor. |
| 6:34
| Michael Vick is now the only defendant who has not made a plea deal in the Bad Newz dog fighting case. One of Vick's lawyers says that there's another side to Vick that people aren't aware of. |
| 6:35
| Jack Nicholson reportedly suffering from a severe case of dry mouth. His saliva glands have stopped working and he needs to continually drink water to swallow food. |
| 6:36
| Ving Rhames wants to set the record straight about the dog-mauling death of his home's caretaker. The actor says that his dogs are family dogs and the caretakers body did not have any bites on his face or neck. |
| 6:37
| The man did have scratches on his belly as if they were trying to roll him over. Those are rescue dogs and speculation is that he had an aneurysm. The coroner has ruled out the dogs as the cause of death. |
| 6:38
| Steve's going to play Dennis Hastert in the movie of his life. Steve would like Piranha Man to play the guy who Hastert was making a sandwich for when he was holed up in his house. Steve can't remember why he was holed up though. Was it that Foley thing? |
| 6:39
| Hastert was trying to avoid the press but somehow a TV minister got in and he made him a sandwich. |
| 6:40
| Two Virginia Tech students are launching a campaign to put an end to booing the away team at Hokie football games. That seems hokey. |
| 6:41
| A new law passed in Arkansas allows for people of any age to marry with parental consent. The bill was mistakenly passed and the governor may have to call a special session of the Senate to correct it. |
| 6:42
| The bill was missing a key word which opened the doors for anyone of any age to marry with parental consent. R. Kelly is already making plans to move to Arkansas. |
| 6:50
| Last night on the ABC news Jerry Taft made the same Hager slacks joke that Steve did during the Jenna Bush engagement story. |
| 6:51
| Steve thinks Jerry heard that on his way to work and then used it. FIrst Steve's denied on the Stone Pony nickname and now this? |
| 6:52
| Tomorrow is the big Nadas/Dahlfins show with Buzz Kilman at Austin's Saloon in Libertyville. |
| 6:53
| If you haven't won tickets yet there's still a good chance you could show up and get in. Sometimes people win tickets and can't make it because they have jaundice or scurvy or some other ailment. |
| 6:54
| Matt and Brendan were up in Round Lake last night giving away Dahlfins tickets. Steve didn't have a chance to talk to them yesterday because he had to be off early for The Score. |
| 6:55
| Steve listened on his way home and it was all sounding good. What's happening today, is it Matt and Brendan's anniversary or anything? |
| 6:56
| No one in mainstream media covered Steve being on Garry's show today but that's alright. There was no awkwardness or anything. |
| 6:57
| Steve likes that Jim Turano kid that's on with Garry. It was sort of weird in the studio because he stands behind the console but has Little Paul Konerko sitting next to him running everything. |
| 6:58
| Are the boys coming out to the show tomorrow? Steve knows Mike is because he demanded to see a playlist. He wants Steve to play Blue Planet because it has a good message. OK Mike Green. |
| 6:58
| Mike is hardcore. Mike keeps asking him to play it and Steve keeps not playing it and it's only a matter of time before he goes nuts. Steve also heard that Matt has a good story from his experiences working out with Mike. He's very intense. |
