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| 2:04
| Does Stan ever have a short answer to anything? Terry asked him when he barbecues this weekend and he launches into a long explanation about when he starts cooking. |
| 2:05
| Stan starts cooking early Saturday morning for the Sunday gathering. He usually has about 35 people. That's too many people to cook for, he should have it catered. |
| 2:06
| Labor Day is a family reunion for Stan's family and Cynthia's family. So it's two families of moochers? |
| 2:07
| Stan probably wouldn't let people bring anything anyway. He doesn't cook with lighter fluid so he doesn't allow lighter fluid in his house. Does Stan also go around and make sure people are eating properly? |
| 2:08
| Before Stan starts cooking on Saturday he goes spends time on his yard so it look perfect. Then the Lawrence family can go out there and play various lawn games. Do they play corn row instead of cornhole? |
| 2:09
| Jeffrey is in charge of small-area trimming. Stan has trained him to do that job really well. |
| 2:10
| Terry should know that one day he'll wake up and turn on the TV and the breaking news will be that Stan has killed his entire family. Steve has already made peace with that but every day spent with Stan is a blessing. |
| 2:11
| Steve has some of the food Stan prepares and it's quite good. Stan only cooks this much food once a year. He stays in practice by cooking for Cynthia and Jeffrey. |
| 2:12
| Last night Stan made a black bean relish that they had along with a three-cheese pizza. |
| 2:13
| Stan must spend a lot of money on all this food, is that why we're always hearing those America Loves Barbecue commercials? |
| 2:14
| Speaking of that, Stan's going golfing with the America Loves Barbecue guy after the show. The deal's already been cut, this is just a food pick-up. |
| 2:15
| Stan buys swimps at the Costco but the chicken and ribs come from the America Loves Barbecue guy. What does Terry bring, other than Buckethead? |
| 2:16
| Terry's family party is on Monday. Hasn't Steve met one of Terry's sisters? He did meet Gene, the cousin with the white wife. They were in Hawaii. |
| 2:17
| It's weird to see a black dude, his cousin and two white dudes. It looks like a half-assed bachelor party or a couple of guys in the CBA pulling some white tail. |
| 2:23
| Song: Bang on the Ukulele Daily, Todd Rundgren |
| 2:25
| Steve forgets what that song is from but he knows it's in his collection. Didn't he do a lounge music version of all his songs? |
| 2:26
| That album was called With a Twist but this song is from One Long Year which came out a few years ago. Pete probably doesn't care that much because it's Todd Rundgren but he pioneered the tight vintage t-shirt look. |
| 2:27
| Sometimes Rundgren wore the long-sleeve tight shirt or even a girls shirt. Pete doesn't think he could pull those looks off because he can't even pull off the tight t-shirt look. |
| 2:28
| Steve thinks Pete pulls off the tight shirt look but he prefers when he wears two shirts. Otherwise it's a little too revealing. Too much T & A for Steve's liking. |
| 2:29
| Over the hiatus Pete saw a great movie called Rocket Science about a stutterer who tries to join debate team. Is it the Pete Zimmerman Story? |
| 2:30
| Buzz called in before the show started saying that he was still 10 or 15 minutes away. Panic set in so Buzz wanted to cover his bases but he made it. Steve is surprised Buzz doesn't leave himself a cushion. |
| 2:31
| When Buzz gets here the adrenaline needs to be throbbing. He's like Sammy Davis Jr. playing Vegas. He needs to walk through the kitchen and then right on stage. Steve used to do that but he can't any more. |
| 2:32
| So Steve gets here early and then just hangs out in the hallway looking for trouble. If he can't find any he makes trouble. |
| 2:33
| Today Steve got to see David Hochberg kiss Drew on the forehead. Then Jill came down and hit David in the knee with a hammer. It was like Steve was at Plato's retreat. |
| 2:34
| David realized that Steve saw what he did so he got embarrassed then tried to say it was a Jewish thing. |
| 2:35
| David also brought a big thing of Dr. Pepper which Steve and Buzz both appreciate. Buzz loves the Dr. Pepper with the Taco Bell. There's always some waiting for him in the Green Room fridge. |
| 2:36
| Steve can never figure out who's using his Green Room bathroom. No one ever cops to it but he thinks it's Matt Dahl. The other day he came in and there was still blue cleaning solution in the toilet which is how Steve would like his bathroom to be all the time. |
| 2:37
| Steve and Drew are back on the same page also. Steve asked him about a few sore points yesterday, things that Drew would like to change. There's a lot of broadcasting by committee around here. The committee should only be Steve and Drew. |
| 2:38
| It makes sense now though but yesterday the bottom just dropped out on the conversation. |
| 2:39
| As it turns out Steve hit on all the things yesterday talking to Drew that he can't talk about it. Buzz thinks that's part of Steve's gift. |
| 2:40
| Drew is gone now, he left before the show which is why he was getting a kiss from David Hochberg. Now he's heading up to the Abbey for the weekend. |
| 2:41
| Drew probably doesn't want Steve telling people where he's going. At Papi Chulo's he was worried people would find out what kind of car he drives and vandalize it. Everyone knows what kind of car Steve drives-the LeBaron convertible-and that never gets vandalized. |
| 2:42
| That's a good way to go into the weekend though. Steve was in early to record commercials since the show is off on Monday. Buzz forgot all about that. |
| 2:43
| Steve doesn't really miss the days when he could just show up 15 minutes before his show started. It makes him feel like he's accomplished something. Instead of just being tolerated like he was for the first 25 years he's actually needed. |
| 2:45
| Another fine drop-in from My Boys, the show that Pete keeps tapping into. It's not a very good show but it's still on the air. Is that on TNT or TBS? What's the difference? It's on TBS at 9:00 on Mondays. |
| 2:46
| Steve watches The Closer which is on Monday nights as well. Buzz loves that show, it's on Monday night at 9:00 as well. Actually it's on at 8:00 on Mondays. Buzz is always in New York on Mondays, hence the mistake. |
| 2:47
| After The Closer is Saving Grace which Buzz is having a hard time watching because Holly Hunter is chewing too much scene. OK Stanislovsky. |
| 2:48
| Pete does watch My Boys but he doesn't really like it, it's just addicting. He likes Jim Gaffigan and the other guys but they should drop the girl. Of course the girl as the sports writer is the entire conceit of the show. |
| 2:49
| Does Pete just watch it for the hackneyed Chicago references? Speaking of that they should mention Hackney's. Pete's just in it for the Rogers Park references. |
| 2:50
| Speaking of that Steve was very disappointed to learn that the guy he knows doesn't own that bank any more. Pete thought it was the same guy, based on something he read in The Bright One today but he could be mistaken. |
| 2:51
| People's money is insured up to a certain point anyway so none of this really matters. Buzz has so much money that he keeps his money in 50 different banks. |
| 2:52
| Steve saw something about the President's plan for the economy today but it seemed like a fake plan to calm down all the cokeheads on Wall Street, at least for the weekend. |
| 2:53
| Mark Czerniec is on the phone, he has some info about the President's plan. Is it a fake plan? |
| 2:54
| The President's plan includes lowering FHA insurance so they'll back more than 80,000 mortgages they had rejected. So it's a fake plan then. |
| 2:55
| Bush's plan also calls for more education about finances for people. Steve feels that if you don't know what refinancing is you should be renting. |
| 2:56
| Steve can understand not giving a loan to someone with bad credit and no papers. |
| 2:57
| David Hochberg is on the phone. Bush's plan makes it easier for people to get FHA loans. For most people that was the last place to turn. |
| 2:58
| David agrees with the plan but that's probably just because it's good for him. |
| 2:59
| Maybe David could pass this along to the people passing bad paper. Generally speaking, in the history of civilization, people are loaned money if they have collateral. |
| 3:00
| That's how it was when Steve bought his first house. His interest rate was 18% and no one said they could lower it for him if he didn't like it! |
| 3:07
| Steve's boys all had economics classes in high school but they don't know a lot about housing finances. Maybe the people teaching don't know what they're doing. |
| 3:08
| It seems like it would take an entire generation for people to learn about all of this stuff. It's not just going to happen by the end of the year. Buzz only knows what refinancing is because he did it and someone walked him through it. |
| 3:09
| Steve's kids might know a few things but not as well as they should. And of course Mike Dahl doesn't understand why Steve won't sell him his house for what he bought it for. |
| 3:10
| Mike doesn't understand why Steve would want to make a profit off his own kid. Maybe because its Steve's only asset? Mike can have the house at cost if he's willing to fund Steve's retirement. |
| 3:11
| David did a pretty good job of explaining Bush's plan. A lot of people hassle Steve about David but they must be people who lost their house. David is only a lender. He just does what the institutions let him do and when they change he has to change. |
| 3:12
| If people want to get made they should get mad at the huge banking institutions. Steve would borrow money from David if he needed to, the guy seems to have a conscience. |
| 3:13
| David got Buzz to roll his credit card debt into his mortgage which ended up saving him some money. He's still not sure how he ended up doing that though. |
| 3:14
| Steve knows how he ended up doing that. David was here almost everyday because Wendy was refinancing her house. She was working him really hard and Buzz must have some how got caught up in it too. |
| 3:15
| Steve thinks he's pretty amenable with people and he likes to avoid confrontation but he had to draw the line at borrowing money he doesn't need. |
| 3:16
| For almost 2 weeks Wendy was here early everyday pouring over paperwork with Jimmy Mac and David and everyday she'd try to get Steve to come in and say hello. He finally did and that's probably what happened to Buzz. |
| 3:17
| David met Buzz, asked him if he had any debt, Buzz mentions the credit card and there you go. And that credit card debt is really hard to pay off because the minimum is too low. |
| 3:18
| Steve pays off his credit card bill every month, he can't get involved in that. He also regulates his spending based on that. In an industry like radio you never know when you'll be let go. |
| 3:19
| Radio is a pretty unscrupulous business but then again most businesses are. Even people not in radio spend years paying into their pension and when they go to retire there's nothing in there. Turns out the old people are living longer and there's nothing left. |
| 3:23
| David Hochberg did save Buzz some money. He's probably just mad that he let the bill get so out of control. |
| 3:24
| Last night Steve heard Matt and Brendan talking about Fergie. That's the singer not the former Duchess of York. Matt of course doesn't like her because he's a music snob. |
| 3:25
| Brendan has been softening Matt a little bit though. Fergie is a good singer though as was evidenced by her performance on the Teen Choice Awards. There was a lot going on at that ceremony including Dane Cook acting like a jerk. |
| 3:26
| She did an acoustic version of her song Big Girl's Don't Cry. Steve's not sure if she wrote it but by the time he's done playing it Mark will probably have the info. |
| 3:27
| This song is also featured on The Hills which Brendan has been trying to get Matt to watch. Steve doesn't know why he wouldn't want to watch the show, it's just a bunch of hot girls sleeping around. |
| 3:28
| Steve would call himself a Fergie fan. He likes the fact that she's a former meth-head, that appeals to him. He also likes her mentioning Taco Bell in her song. |
| 3:29
| Song: Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal), Fergie |
| 3:33
| That's a good tune right there and Fergie did co-write it. Buzz wonders if she named herself Fergie. |
| 3:34
| Real name Stacy Ferguson. she co-wrote that song with one of her producers. Steve wouldn't mind having her over to the house to co-write a song. |
| 3:35
| Keep up the good work Brendan. Matt doesn't like anything but you just have to keep after him for a little bit. Matt's like Pete, he doesn't like anything popular. Buzz thinks it's a stand against the establishment. |
| 3:36
| Maybe Steve's just a whore but if something is popular he tries to latch onto it. The best you get from Matt is that he likes something but hates the drummer because he is a drummer. |
| 3:37
| Buzz actually called Matt Dahl because he almost needed a drummer this weekend. |
| 3:38
| Buzz's gig is tomorrow at Katerina's on Irving Park. If you want a table you should make reservations. |
| 3:39
| Fergie did a really good job at that Teen Choice Awards, especially in front of that audience. It's just a bunch of screaming brat kids who's parents are Hollywood insiders. |
| 3:40
| Watching that show is like being on an acid trip because they're using every sort of MTV/video trick out there. |
| 3:43
| It's funny when Buzz says stuff like the Sox are out for a big road victory against the Indians. Does he mean a victory? |
| 3:44
| Steve was already to talk to Kerry Sayers but there was a last minute change and now it's Chuck Garfein. |
| 3:45
| Chuck was in Texas covering the Sox and it was painful so let's not even talk about it. The Cubs are on now but not on Comcast and they're losing. Can you see a connection? |
| 3:46
| Chuck talked to some Cubs players, they really bring it when they know the game is on Comcast. They play well because they don't want to be analyzed by Dan Plesac. |
| 3:47
| Steve's looking at the Cubs game and it's 4-0. It seems like they're getting some bad calls from the ump. |
| 3:48
| It's actually 6-0 now, Steve's TiVo was behind for some reason. Did Pete come in here and pause the game or something? Steve tried to go live but now there's nothing at all. |
| 3:49
| And yet Pete says he didn't do anything to the TV. Why is the game even on? It's not like Steve chooses to put the Cubs game on. |
| 3:50
| Oddly enough Steve is talking to the Chuck Garfein from an hour ago. That's why we couldn't talk to Kerry Sayers, because of the time warp. |
| 3:51
| Comcast came through here and made everyone get cable boxes and the cable doesn't work. Everyday from 2-7 it goes out at least 10 times. Maybe they need to spend less time making those clever commercials with Lovie Smith and that Buddhist monk on the empty Waldron parking deck. |
| 3:52
| Speaking of the Bears, how's Greg Olsen? He's supposed to have an MRI today but since there's no practice today no one has any information yet. |
| 3:53
| Chuck is just glad the pre-season is over. Steve got to the game at 7:15 last night and he didn't recognize anyone on the field except Kyle Orton. Why was Greg Olsen even in the game last night when he got hurt? |
| 3:54
| Steve doesn't think Olsen is too hurt. He looked mad after he got hurt but that's sort of his look. It's that same bewildered look he had when he found out people had heard his rap song. Ever hear of YouTube? |
| 3:55
| Speaking of YouTube, Chuck wants to recommend a fantastic video he found yesterday of a 1986 pre-season game between the Bears and Cardinals at Soldier Field. A huge fight broke out on the field and the game was almost canceled. |
| 3:56
| Steve went to the game last night because he had the tickets. Mike Dahl there before him and had a run-in with former Bear Robin Earle, who apparently didn't think the seat number mattered to other people. |
| 3:57
| Steve feels the whole pre-season is a scam. All the money goes right into the team's pockets. Steve doesn't hate the games though. When he figures out his per-ticket cost he divides by 8 and considers the pre-season games just gravy. |
| 3:58
| Buzz is wondering if there's any chance Chris Leak will stay on the team. After seeing him play last night Buzz feels he's going to be a superstar. He won a National Championship! |
| 3:59
| Chuck could see a scenario where another team loses their quarterback early in the season and the Bears trade them Kyle Orton, then Leak becomes the 3rd string QB. |
| 4:00
| Steve wanted Robin Earle thrown out last night just for hassling Mike Dahl about the assigned seating. |
| 4:01
| Hopefully Greg Olsen is alright but it didn't look too bad. Chuck just wants to see him play in a real game. |
| 4:02
| Steve tried to watch that game last night but it was very hard to focus. He even had a little roster sheet to follow along. |
| 4:03
| At some point Steve just gave up and strapped on the feedbag, had a couple of bowels of Bears chili. It's not really called Bears chili, that's just what Steve calls it. |
| 4:04
| The Skyline suite also had nachos on Saturday night with a chili option. They didn't have bowels for the chili so Steve complained. Then last night they had an entire chili station set up. |
| 4:10
| The Bears coaching staff might not look at G-Reg the way fans do. To them he's a second stringer but to us he's the Great White Hope. |
| 4:11
| It would be good if G-Reg could take some pressure off 'Lacher, maybe knock up a few chicks out of wedlock. He already comes in with the scandal of his rap song. |
| 4:12
| Live read: Gierczyk Properties |
| 4:13
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 4:14
| Tony Snow has turned in his resignation and President Bush has accepted. |
| 4:15
| Today marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Princess Di. |
| 4:16
| The would-be bank robber who attempted to rob the First Employees Bank yesterday dressed in hospital scrubs is still at large. Isn't that the First Financial Bank? |
| 4:17
| The director of the Oprah Winfrey Show has been arrested for battery of his ex-wife. Oprah probably frowns on that sort of stuff, especially when you miss the taping of the season premiere. |
| 4:18
| The Venice Film Festival was apparently stunned en masse after viewing the premiere of Brian DePalma's film about a 14-year old Iraqi girl who was raped and murdered by US soldiers. It's based on a true story. |
| 4:19
| Put that movie on the list of one's Steve isn't interested in seeing along with Terms of Endearment and Schindler's List. |
| 4:20
| When Buzz was dating his niece (not really related to him) the entire relationship unraveled because he wouldn't see Terms of Endearment. |
| 4:21
| David Beckham out for 6 weeks and possibly the entire season. That's money well spent right there. At least we got Posh Spice and her bad attitude. |
| 4:24
| We just played the special version of Aloha Friday so be the 10th-15th callers to win VIP passes to next Friday's show at Bandito Barney's in West Dundee. Or is it East Dundee. Can't they just make it easy and say Dundee? How big is Dundee that it has an East and West? |
| 4:25
| Even if you don't win the VIP passes you can still show up. Will Buzz have his white jeans on or will he respect the no white after Labor Day rule? |
| 4:26
| Buzz's jeans aren't white, they're oyster. And his clothing choice depends on the weather. He probably won't wear shorts because he only does that when he's out of the country. |
| 4:27
| For some reason Buzz doesn't feel comfortable wearing shorts in this country. He did wear shorts in Florida though. |
| 4:28
| Steve grew up in a place where you wore shorts year-round and then he came out here. Now he has to decide on a day when he wants his pool closed. In California people don't close their pools or store their boats. |
| 4:29
| When you live in a place like Florida or California people pretend it's winter when the temperature drops down to the 60s. Now when Steve goes to Florida or California in the winter and he's wearing shorts people make fun of him. |
| 4:30
| If Steve ever moved back to California he'd wear shorts year-round, he doesn't like to be confined. It's always a bummer to have to put pants back on when you get on a plane to come home. |
| 4:31
| Buzz doesn't even like to wear shorts on the plane. Is that because he thinks the seats are dirty? |
| 4:32
| Buzz seems very short-conscious. Steve can't remember ever seeing him wear shorts at a broadcast, except in Mexico. He didn't notice anything weird about Buzz's legs though, no spider veins or anything. |
| 4:33
| Buzz does wear shorts when he runs and they're the short runners shorts that Steve thinks are for women. Hey, Thunder Down Under called, you passed the audition. |
| 4:34
| Caller Steve has a theory about why Buzz doesn't wear shorts. That's not what it says on the call screener. It says he wants to talk about Bandito Barney's. |
| 4:35
| Steve thinks we'll love Bandito Barney's and things can get pretty crazy there, like naked people. This guy is irritating Steve. The call was screened as "2 to 1 girls" and now he's got theories on why Buzz doesn't wear shorts. What was that? He was too comfortable, familiarity breeds contempt. |
| 4:39
| The Cubs lost to the Astros 6-1 today and they also traded for pitcher Steve Trachsel. Dan Falato's going to be in heaven now that Trax is back in town, he's got a fertile field to plow. |
| 4:40
| Steve remembers when the show was in Mexico a few years and Trax was there. Dan dropped everything he was so excited. He dropped a taco, he dropped his pants, he dropped everything. |
| 4:41
| Turns out the whole East Dundee/West Dundee thing is very complicated. Efforts to merge the two towns over the years have failed. In 1956 East Dundee approved a referendum but West Dundee rejected it. Then in 1962 the reverse happened. Steve and Buzz are going to be caught in a border skirmish next weekend! |
| 4:42
| So there is no Dundee, just and East and West. Steve and Buzz are going to make it their mission to unite both communities next weekend, right there in the beer garden. |
| 4:43
| Song: Southern Cross, Jimmy Buffett |
| 4:46
| That one is from Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays which are normally the days of the week that Jimmy does shows. |
| 4:47
| For a while Steve was giving away tickets for the beach broadcast using a drop in from a live version of Fins. The song was recorded on a Wednesday but Jimmy got the day of the week wrong because he's so used to playing Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. |
| 4:48
| Does Pete have that handy? What if Steve hadn't asked him to get it? Would he have still queued it up? |
| 4:49
| Senator Larry Craig is going to make an announcement tomorrow about his future. You gotta think he doesn't have one, at least as the Senator of Idaho. Maybe a future in musical theater or interior decorating though. How about Queer Potato for the Straight Guy? |
| 4:50
| Saturday morning is the best time to hold a press conference like that because different people work on the weekends and maybe it'll get a mention on the Saturday night news. |
| 4:51
| Steve thinks late on a Friday is the best time to announce really bad news. Make it late enough so it doesn't end up on the evening news and then by Saturday afternoon it's stale. |
| 4:52
| Early Saturday morning is a good time to do it too because it'll get buried. Although this probably won't get buried because it's an interesting story. |
| 4:53
| Steve has listened to the entire tape of the cop talking to Craig and he really owns the guy. The cop almost seems jilted because of what they shared between stalls 2 and 3 of the men's room. Buzz just thought the cop was disappointed that it was one of his U.S. Senators. |
| 4:54
| At first they're still in love but then it all turns when the Senator says the cop was the one who solicited him. |
| 4:55
| It sounds like they've got the Senator right in the airport. Maybe they have a special room for perverts. |
| 4:56
| Buzz is surprised how accommodating the cop seems to be. This is the new PC cop though. They know everything is being taped so you can't go John Burge on anyone. |
| 4:57
| The Senator might like something like that though. How much would it cost? Free! |
| 5:02
| Letterman shouldn't have let Hillary Clinton get up on him when he asked her about Senator Craig. She's lecturing people, saying it's sad. |
| 5:03
| That's not said, it's funny. Sad is a kid with a brain tumor. A sitting U.S. Senator who can't keep it in his pants and has to go cruising around bathrooms for itt is funny. |
| 5:04
| Buzz thinks it might be sad for his family since they probably didn't know. There's a million guys walking around in the closet. So what is he trying to say? Huh? |
| 5:05
| It's time for the Five O'Clock Taco Bell. Steve's got a quesadilla today. Earlier today he recorded Monday's Taco Bell segment which is Manager Monday. |
| 5:06
| Steve ate part of a quesadilla but it was taken away from him after he was done recording the segment. The quesadilla was only there for theatrical purposes. |
| 5:07
| Steve finds himself at the moment in the show when he's supposed to do sports but that could be tough to do when he's finishing a quesadilla. He could play another Jimmy Buffett song. People will want to hear that going into the holiday weekend. |
| 5:08
| For some reason Buzz was thinking he'd play Pencil Thin Mustache. That's one of the only Buffett songs Steve doesn't like. He's not a fan of the ragtime stuff. |
| 5:09
| Song: Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffett |
| 5:11
| Steve was going to play two songs in a row but the segue sounded bad. It should sound professional, like at a radio station. |
| 5:12
| Steve's not going to go through the whole thing of trying to recreate the segue, he's just going to move on. He almost swore though, that's how mad he was. |
| 5:13
| About a half hour ago in the kitchen Buzz issued a nice obscenity in the kitchen, right in the face of the cleaning lady. She probably doesn't care, she's just happy that she gets to leave early. |
| 5:14
| That same cleaning lady came in to clean the Green Room when Steve was in there and he'd left the door open. So he had to quickly shut the door but the lights were off. So he had to find the light switch. |
| 5:15
| Then he came out of the bathroom, looking somewhat disheveled, and the lights were off. |
| 5:16
| Steve shuts the bathroom door even when he's at home alone but in the Green Room there are two doors. Buzz does the same but other people in his house don't seem to care as much. That's not right. |
| 5:17
| Song: Come Monday, Jimmy Buffett |
| 5:20
| Didn't Buzz briefly play soccer for the LA Haze? Until they found out he couldn't play soccer at least. |
| 5:21
| Caller Daniel is stuck in traffic on the Southside. Daniel is originally from Nashville and when he was living there he got invited to a Jimmy Buffett record release party. |
| 5:22
| Daniel was really excited about it and was courting his wife at the time. He was bragging to all his friends about partying with Jimmy Buffett. He showed up and it was a party for a new Jimmy Buffett children's album. So no margarita's or anything, just mini-cheeseburgers since it was all kids. |
| 5:23
| Steve likes Nashville but he's only been there a couple of times. He did pass out in a plate of spaghetti at the airport once but otherwise it was a fun time. |
| 5:24
| Steve doesn't know what happened down there in Nashville but he ended up passing out in a plate of pasta. Actually he does know what happened. Buzz wants to know why he was eating spaghetti in the Nashville airport. |
| 5:25
| Steve went down there with Joe Thomas, who was working with a female artist. She was doing a show at Grand Ole Opry so he flew down there while Joe and Henry Kapono drove. Joe doesn't fly. |
| 5:26
| Steve flew down after the show and probably got hammered on the plane. Then he ran into a guy he knew who worked for McDonald's. Then they went to some sort of Ronald McDonald House where Garth Brooks was presenting something. |
| 5:27
| Then Steve got to the hotel and got even more drunk with Henry. Then they went to the Grand Ole Opry and were not in good shape. Steve was told by Joe not to mention to the female singer that he knew she was a lesbian so what's the first thing he does? |
| 5:28
| Then Joe kicked Steve and Henry out. Steve went back to the airport to fly home and for some reason decided to get some spaghetti. The next thing he remembered someone was waking him up because he was face down in the plate. |
| 5:29
| Steve's pretty sure he had drinks on the flight home too. He can't remember for sure but knowing him he would have probably had more after his meal of pasta and his little nap. |
| 5:30
| Steve felt bad because Joe was his friend but he got there and they were sitting at the soundboard and the first thing Steve said to the girl was "say it ain't so." |
| 5:31
| Then Joe had them kicked out and they were sitting on the curb like in a cartoon. They did have a limo but it wasn't there yet. When they arrived Steve actually fell out of the car onto the curb when he was trying to get out. |
| 5:34
| Earlier Buzz miscategorized Brendan as someone who likes the Gilmore Girls and he too offense to that. Brendan only like shows like The Hills or Laguna Beach. |
| 5:35
| Buzz probably thinks any show with a girl under 25 is the Gilmore Girls. |
| 5:36
| Caller JC just came back from Nashville. They stayed at the Hilton downtown which is convenient because all the bars are nearby. |
| 5:37
| They were in the elevator and a bellmen got on with the cart and a bunch of luggage. JC told her husband there was a statue on the cart and her husband pointed out that it was a person. It was actually Little Richard. Was he conscious? Steve has been pushed around on a cart before. |
| 5:38
| The next day they saw the cart again with Little Richard on it. This time he stuck his hand out to shake her hand and it was ice cold. Turns out he stays there every night because he doesn't want to stay at his house. |
| 5:39
| Steve feels his bellmen's cart story was eclipsed but two days in a row is pretty impressive. |
| 5:40
| There was a time that Steve was staying at a trendy hotel in LA with Swifty and Joe Walsh. They actually had to flop Steve over on a bus car and bring him back to his room. Hello my name is Steve. |
| 5:41
| When Steve remembers stories like that he realizes why he doesn't drink any more. If something like that only happened once it'd be the greatest story ever though. |
| 5:42
| Caller Pat heard Steve's story about passing out in a plate of spaghetti which reminded her of a story from college. |
| 5:43
| One of her friends, who was Irish, began her annual St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the dorm. Was she a Husky? Was she husky? She didn't want anyone to mess with her. Did Pat's friend go Irish potato face? Because that happens to a lot of cute Irish girls when they get older. |
| 5:44
| When Pat's friend moved to Chicago she continued to have a party in her apartment. Every year she'd make a cheese ball where you roll the cheese up and then put pecans on it. |
| 5:45
| Well one year the friend's brother passed out in the cheese ball and slept in it. The next morning he was picking nuts out of his teeth and eyes. |
| 5:46
| What is Brendan doing to Steve out there? Is this Crazy Old Lady Shaggy Dog Stories? Steve can't be involved in that but give her a prize. He can't even connect all that. And no one even cares about him being passed out on a bus cart! |
| 5:47
| And this isn't even the girl from the dorm, it's her brother passing out in a cheese ball. And he doesn't need a recipe for a cheese ball either! This isn't the Mark Twain Improv hour. Brendan's just trying to set him and Matt up to look better. |
| 5:50
| Buzz needs to check out Flight of the Conchords. He just loves the drops but he should watch the entire show. Steve just started watching the entire season over again. |
| 5:51
| Steve guarantees that Buzz will like Flight of the Conchords. He didn't really think Buzz would watch John From Cincinnati but he still recommended it. |
| 5:52
| Time for some sports. The Cubs lost 6-1 to the Astros today. Sean Marshall only lasted 2 2/3rd innings. |
| 5:53
| The Cubs acquired Steve Trachsel from the Orioles today for minor leaguers Rocky Cherry and Scott Moore. Piniella will use Trachsel as a 6th starter for now. |
| 5:54
| The White Sox are at Cleveland to being a 3 game series against the Indians. Jim Thome continues his pursuit of 500 home runs. Who cares? |
| 5:55
| Ozzie Guillen said yesterday that he's upset about the way he's treated as compared to Lou Piniella and he feels there's a double standard. Steve doesn't know what to say to that. |
| 5:56
| There were certain people who enjoyed giving Ozzie a hard time even when he was winning, like Jay Mariotti. The problem is that Ozzie responds to it which makes Jay want to do it more. Lou took a lot of grief early in the season but he didn't respond to it. |
| 6:02
| Steve did not do an in-depth interview with Steve Trachsel when he showed up in Cabo a few years ago. |
| 6:03
| Steve said hi to him but he's just a baseball player. Plus he was on the Mets at the time. |
| 6:04
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 6:05
| The Townstone Financial show is on twice over the weekend because you can't take it all in at once. |
| 6:06
| Steve heard the show last Saturday and it started off with some sort of technical problem. There was a Townstone jingle that played and then there was a screw up. |
| 6:07
| Then David came on and started yelling at the kid running the board. David's like a mini Steve Dahl. It was funny to hear David yelling at the kid and then the kid arguing back. |
| 6:08
| Steve's going to try to find that audio but in the mean time how about some news? |
| 6:09
| News with Buzz |
| 6:10
| White House spokesman Tony Snow resigned today and President Bush reluctantly accepted adding that he loved Tony. How sweet. |
| 6:11
| Snow is also being treated for colon cancer but says it has nothing to do with his resignation. How could it not? |
| 6:12
| Senator Larry Craig's arrest earlier this summer may lead to his resignation from Congress. What's that tapping noise Buzz is hearing? |
| 6:13
| Craig was arrested in June on charges of lewd behavior in a men's bathroom at the Minneapolis airport. |
| 6:14
| A U.S. Marine sergeant accused of leading a 2005 massacre of Iraqis listened as a marine from his squad told a jury that he gunned down 6 unarmed men. And that's guys with no guns right? |
| 6:15
| Tap, tap, tap. What's going on over there Buzz? How's it going? Does Buzz use that wide stance so his pants won't touch the ground? Is there any way Buzz could pass over some toilet paper? Buzz, stop ignoring Steve! |
| 6:16
| Glen Poshard, remember him, is defending himself against charges of plagiarism. Southern Illinois University said it's president isn't going anywhere. |
| 6:17
| News from Down Under, a fundamentalist church pastor has been convicted of having sex with his two underage daughters in order to instruct them on how to be better wives. |
| 6:18
| When we come back Steve does have the David Hochberg jingle. Buzz will get his dancing shoes on. |
| 6:25
| Hillary Clinton lightened up a little bit on Letterman last night after she talked about the Larry Craig stuff. She didn't think it was funny. |
| 6:26
| So Pete has the Townstone jingle ready to go. This is something he starts every show off with. Pete usually misses the beginning of David's show because he has to turn the radio off to digest what he just heard on Auto Scoop. That show's really heavy. |
| 6:27
| Pete plays the jingle. Is this blues? Buzz would say it's more like folk. What the hell kind of jingle is this though? |
| 6:28
| Buzz is wondering if he had it done up specially. Steve assumes he did since it mentions David's name in the song. Ron Lewis probably wants it for his folk show on WNUR, The Nur. |
| 6:29
| That song has a Viva Viagra feel to it. Jeff Garlin was actually commenting on that commercial on Letterman the other day. Jeff's new movie I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With is coming out soon and Steve is in it. |
| 6:30
| That's the creepiest commercial Steve has ever seen. It's a bunch of creepy dudes sitting around and they all look like male models and they're wearing Pendelton shirts. |
| 6:31
| Then after all the dudes are doing jamming they go out into the parking lot and hug each other goodbye. They probably don't want to leave though, they want to stay until the Viagra kicks in and then do each other. |
| 6:32
| Caller Richard wanted to let Steve know that David Hochberg's jingle is a clear rip-off of Froggy Went-a-Courtin'. Steve thought this was going to be a comment about the Viagra commercial. Plus, where is Steve going to get Froggy Went-a-Courtin'? FYI, it's not in his library. |
| 6:33
| Steve thought he was talking about the Viagra commercial but Richard won't be talked off of this. If this is as good as the phone calls are going to be Steve's going to take the phones out. |
| 6:34
| Does Pete have the Viagra commercial handy? Steve feels that Buzz hasn't had a chance to full enjoy it. |
| 6:35
| David Hochberg is on the phone and he wants to know if there's a problem with his song. Other than the fact that it sucks, no problem. |
| 6:36
| Steve's talking about it so David thinks that's a good thing. Did Jeff tell him that? You know who else they talked about? Jeffrey Dahmer. John Wayne Gacy and Charles Manson too. That's three off the top of Steve's head. |
| 6:37
| David's frat brother from NIU wrote that song. What frat was he in again, Wanna Tappa Knish? He just came up with the song one night in a bar. |
| 6:38
| He came up with it? Buzz disagrees, it's a clear take on Froggy Went-a-Courtin'. David doesn't know anything about that and neither does Steve but apparently it's a well-known song. |
| 6:39
| Steve reads the lyrics to Froggy Went-a-Courtin' and it clearly sounds like the same song. The Supreme Court would probably agree. |
| 6:48
| Can Pete spin that Hochberg song again? If that guy calls back give him a gift certificate or something. |
| 6:49
| That caller was right, Steve has about 500 examples of Froggy Went-a-Courtin'. First lets here the Hochberg jingle again. |
| 6:50
| Steve has the Burl Ives version of Froggy Went-a-Courtin' which is the first one Buzz ever heard. He makes it sound happening, he dressed it up a bit. |
| 6:51
| So that caller was right on the money. Mark Czerniec is on the phone again. So David calls twice and now Mark has to call twice? |
| 6:52
| Mark believes the meeting point of these two topics is Bruce Springsteen's Pete Seger tribute album. |
| 6:53
| If you look at any pictures from that tour it's a bunch of guys on stage wearing plaid t-shirts with rolled up sleeves, just like in the Viva Viagra commercial. One of the songs Springsteen did on the album was Froggy Went-a-Courtin' which is on iTunes. |
| 6:54
| One of the Pizza Tragedies theme songs is done by a woman who also covered Froggy Went-a-Courtin' which then reminded Steve that he didn't do a Pizza Tragedies segment today. That in and of itself is a pizza tragedy. |
| 6:55
| Does Pete have Viva Viagra or should Steve take a break? Pete really needs to work on his timing. |
| 6:59
| Are we going to do the Viva Viagra thing? Does Buzz care about it? Pete has it ready to go. |
| 7:00
| That's your Homo Club meeting right there. What guy sings that to another guy? |
| 7:01
| Buzz caught Matt mixing up the batter for Fry Daddy Friday. You'll have to stick around to hear what he's frying. |
| 7:02
| Did Matt have some sort of Swim Club meeting in the backyard last night? Steve came home from the Bears game last night and then went to the basement for about an hour. Steve didn't think anyone was home except Janet who was upstairs sleeping. |
| 7:03
| Matt was up there too and at midnight he left to get some pizza. He came home and then used the pool with some of his friends. Steve said hello but Matt totally ignored him like he was a ghost. |
| 7:04
| Then Steve woke up this morning and there was a funky green towel in the backyard. It wasn't even a girl that Matt brought over it was some dude. |
| 7:05
| How about some girls, not hairy, dopey dudes. Then Steve had to go out and pick up some dirty towel. If it was a girl's towel he'd approach it completely differently though. |
