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| 2:00
| Stan wants Terry to give Steve a better intro to get him going. Talking about it won't help. Luckily Steve has 5 hours to get it together. |
| 2:01
| Stan forgot to ask Steve about the Bears game yesterday. That's because they got caught up in Stan's plans to go to Venezuela. By the way Hugo Chavez is not an evil dictator, according to a listener who emailed Steve. |
| 2:02
| It seems like he's on his way to becoming an evil dictator. He was freely elected but he's also gobbling up Democratic institutions. |
| 2:03
| Stan and Terry talked to Jeff Bridges today and mentioned how Kyle Orton drinks White Russians because of Big Lebowski. That's a nice name-drop by Stan, he's the black Dan Falato. |
| 2:04
| Actually Stan and Terry together equal the black Dan Falato and ironically they still pale in comparison. |
| 2:05
| Stan didn't mention Steve's name though because he didn't think he'd want him to. Why would that be a problem? |
| 2:06
| At some point during the 2005 season Kyle Orton was spotted drinking White Russians so Steve and Buzz immediately tracked him down to get to the bottom of it. Turns out it was a tribute to The Dude from The Big Lebowski. |
| 2:07
| Imagine what Jeff Bridges was thinking when Stan brought this up. He probably couldn't get off the phone quick enough. Jeff was calling in to promote the video release of |
| 2:08
| Jeff also complimented Stan on his ability to say the inappropriate. Jeff's in the new Iron Man movie which Steve also isn't familiar with. |
| 2:09
| Stan had previously talked to Stan Lee and Jon Favreau, who's directing the movie. Iron Man had a heart problem so Stan asked them if the movie takes places in modern times or in the 40s. It takes place in modern times so Stan wondered why Iron Man didn't just get a heart transplant. |
| 2:10
| Wow, Stan Lee and Jon Favreau. Stan really is a Dan Falato in training. Next he'll go into Dan's office and try to pull the Rolodex out of the stone with help from his Merlin, Terry in a bath robe. |
| 2:11
| Stan's sort of like Peter King on Football Night in America. He always starts off saying something like "I just got off the phone with Bret Favre". |
| 2:12
| Alright back to Kyle Orton. From the show log on December 9, 2005 at 2:28 PM. Steve and Buzz talked to Kyle who said when he's only having one drink he has a White Russian. |
| 2:13
| On Bears.com it says that Kyle's nickname is The Dude but he said it's self-applied. Kyle also watches The Big Lebowski on a Friday night to relax, maybe while drinking a White Russian. WIth the beard he really is The Dude. With all that information Buzz changed his view on Kyle's beard. |
| 2:14
| Jeff thought it was cool that Kyle was into The Big Lebowski. Steve doesn't really care that his name wasn't mentioned but he wouldn't have a problem with it. |
| 2:15
| Stan just didn't want Steve to think he'd stole that from him. Stan and Terry stole everything from Steve though. By focusing on these minor details it makes it look like Stan isn't stealing though. |
| 2:18
| For the record, Steve is fine with Stan and Terry doing whatever they want to do. They can tell Jeff Bridges they got it from Steve or they don't have to. Steve doesn't care. |
| 2:19
| The only one who does care is Stan. Jeff Bridges doesn't care, Steve doesn't care, Buzz doesn't care, the listeners don't care. That should free Stan up. |
| 2:20
| Good news Buzz, Steve has learned where Britney Spears applied to be a bartender. The Viceroy Hotel could see business boom if she gets the job. It might make Steve take up drinking again but he doesn't think he needs to to win her over. He'd probably go Red Bull or Club Soda with a lime. Club Soda with a lime says you're an alcoholic. |
| 2:21
| If Britney Spears was pouring behind the bar Buzz would be there drinking longer. They haven't hired her yet but she did fill out an application. Maybe it's not a good idea for the hotel though, she'd just slow things down. Buzz saw Cocktail, he knows how everything has to be synchronized. |
| 2:22
| This is from TMZ.com yesterday. Sources inside the hotel said Britney checked into the hotel last Thursday night and then went down to the bar and started talking to the bartender. Steve needs to get out to L.A. There's Britney at a hotel bar at 10:30 looking for a good time. |
| 2:23
| Spears then reportedly told the bartender she wanted to do what she did and then obtained an application from the manager. Was she hammered when she did this? It seems like something you'd do when you were hammered. |
| 2:24
| It's a sad, lonely hammered too though. She could have just gotten hammered in her room but she was seeking companionship. |
| 2:25
| They might want to start Britney as a bar back because it doesn't seem like she has the shaker abilities ready yet. Maybe start her slicing some limes or something. |
| 2:26
| This also just in, Lindsay Lohan tells OK Magazine that rehab was "sobering". Staying sober and out of L.A. is Lohan's main priority. That's Steve's main priority too! |
| 2:27
| He there's Patrick Bertoletti on CLTV eating waffles. Also Jim Wagner, Steve and Buzz's favorite anchor, is doing the story. Pete models himself after Jim Wagner. |
| 2:28
| Wagner even uses the Deep Dish nickname. It's catching on! Patrick is on a roll, he won the grits contest, the jalapeño contest and the waffle contest. |
| 2:29
| If Steve's Waffle House he wouldn't be happy with these eaters dipping their waffles in liquid. Based on what Steve just saw he doesn't need to eat a waffle ever again. |
| 2:30
| Steve would probably eat a Nathan's Hot Dog again just because they're so good. It seems like competitive eating is catching on but you'd think the restaurants would want to make the competition less gross. |
| 2:31
| Although maybe the fact that's it's gross is what's bringing people in. Kids are into gross stuff, they have gross candies and gross kids books. |
| 2:32
| The gross kids books are based in science though. Buzz just bought two books for Piper, one of them about body parts. |
| 2:33
| When Steve was a kid they had The Visible Man. He was always trying to get his hands on The Visible Woman. |
| 2:34
| Steve remembers when he first got here that an employee of the company that made The Visible Man went on a rampage. He might have just killed one person but that's still a rampage. |
| 2:35
| If someone came here and killed Pete Steve would still consider it a rampage. Luckily Steve and Buzz would be able to stop it from going any further. |
| 2:36
| Steve can't remember the name of the company but it was on Ontario and LaSalle or something. The company was named after some guy like Marvin Glass. |
| 2:37
| When Steve goes over to the LaSalle and Ontario area he doesn't even recognize anything. It seems like the Rainforest Cafe has been there for the longest. |
| 2:38
| That place looks like it's going to be really psychedelic with the giant frogs and multi-colored toadstools but inside it's just salads and a gift shop. |
| 2:39
| Steve remembers that thing in the World Book Encyclopedia where you could people off the different layers of a picture of a human and look at the different systems. At the time that was enough to get Steve and Buzz short-lived medical licenses. Without those there would have been no Kwik-E-Bort. |
| 2:42
| Caller Mike was calling about Marvin Glass, the company that made The Visible Man. Steve was right about a shooting happening at the company. |
| 2:43
| Mike doesn't know anything about The Visible Man, he just remembers the name of the company. He did go back and look up the company on WIkipedia though. |
| 2:44
| Mike just remembers the building, not The Visible Man. Steve likes to think they made it in the building but it was probably made in China. |
| 2:45
| Marvin Glass and Associates was a toy design and engineering firm based in Chicago. Marvin Glass might have been the one who got killed though. |
| 2:46
| Steve has a list of the toys they created. Buzz had very few toys so he might not remember many of them. |
| 2:47
| Steve had Mr. Machine and Robot Commando. Has Buzz played Mouse Trap? Rock 'em, Sock 'em Robots? Operation? Ants in the Pants? Buzz's wife might remember some of these toys, they currently have Operation in their house because of her. |
| 2:48
| Mark found a blog from Erick Erickson who worked for Marvin Glass. Marvin's office was double-walled and in the middle of the building so that spies couldn't eavesdrop from the Moody Bible Institute. |
| 2:49
| That industrial spying never happened but Marvin promoted it and there were several episodes of TV shows about toy designers protecting their ideas. |
| 2:50
| Marvin died in 1975 and he died of natural causes. Steve remembers being on a tour with some radio people and they told him about the shooting and the subsequent increased security. |
| 2:51
| Steve remembers being with Roger Skolnick and Jim Finch who Buzz replaced. He pulled that journalistic integrity stuff on Steve quite a bit. The key to that for Buzz is you have to like the radio more than the journalism. |
| 2:52
| Finch eventually went on to work in radio in New York because he wanted to be a legitimate newsman. Then they brought in the wacky Buzz Kilman. |
| 2:53
| Steve can't remember what Tom Webb told him about Buzz when he brought him in. Buzz remembers telling Tom, when they we celebrating his departure from Florida, that he needed to get him out of there too. |
| 2:54
| Tom had a tape of Buzz because Steve needed to hear him. Steve liked Tom Webb but he ended up being very lame with Mitch Michaels. |
| 3:00
| Steve was pretty right about all that Marvin Glass stuff but he doesn't have anything about the shooting. |
| 3:01
| Steve was right about that sailor yesterday, he was too close to the train and his arm came off. Steve wouldn't be surprised if alcohol was involved. Otherwise how do you walk all the way back to the base without your arm. |
| 3:02
| If you get beaten up and thrown into the train you're going to lay there for a while. He did use his other arm to stop the blood flow so maybe he wasn't drunk. |
| 3:03
| Of course now the sailor's going to be in the Army. It seems like there should be more to that joke "Hey did you hear about the sailor who lost his arm? Now he's going to be in the Army." |
| 3:04
| That cough coming from Buzz did not sound good. He has a cold which he got from Jim kid. Buzz only coughs when he laughs. The good news is he won't be coughing too much listening to this show. |
| 3:05
| Song: I'm a Man, Chicago |
| 3:09
| Patrick Bertoletti is on the phone, he's in Vegas playing the one-armed bandit as he speaks. He's in Old Vegas for the Spike TV eating competitions. Tonight they're filming chicken wings from Buffalo Wild WIngs. Steve did 2 dozen of those on his own, that was just a snack. |
| 3:10
| The next one after that is the whole turkey competition and then the whole hams on Thursday. |
| 3:11
| Patrick won the Waffle House waffle eating contest on Sunday. Steve saw that on CNN and then CLTV cherry-picked it from them and ran it. CLTV also called him Deep Dish but he's not sure if CNN did. |
| 3:12
| According to Pete CNN also called him Deep Dish. Don Lemon really sold it too. |
| 3:13
| Patrick dips all his food in his trademarked fruit punch mixture which turns his hands red. Steve thinks that's a good look since it's all so gross anyway. He might as well have the look of blood on his hands. How long does that stay on your hands? |
| 3:14
| When Patrick went through airport security his fingernails were still read and the guard didn't believe his waffle eating contest excuse. Patrick does look like a killer with the mohawk. Would it kill him to get some sun on that scalp? |
| 3:15
| Patrick has a good shot at beating Kobayashi in all of the contests this week and they'll all be televised. |
| 3:16
| Patrick seems a little distracted, he was just checking out some girls. Those aren't he only ones he's going to see in Vegas. |
| 3:17
| Patrick and Joey Chestnut went out to Buffalo Wild WIngs to get some wings. Like everything in Vegas it was a 24-hour establishment. Behind the table they're sworn enemies but around the table they're friends. |
| 3:18
| Patrick has some goodies for Steve and Buzz. He picked up a Waffle House and a grits competition shirt for Steve and he's got something for Buzz too. |
| 3:19
| Steve's advice to Patrick is to take a nap. He seems a little overstimulated. |
| 3:20
| Just to finish off the Marvin Glass stuff. From the July 28th, 1976 Chicago Tribune, a man went berserk and killed three at the company. Berserk is the same as rampage. Back then they used to say berserk. |
| 3:21
| Steve doesn't want to buy the whole article from the Tribune website. It seems like she should be comped since he works for the Tribune. |
| 3:22
| Steve's just glad to know that his tour of Chicago wasn't filled with bad info. Then they took Steve to Ho Kow for the best egg rolls Steve has ever had. |
| 3:23
| Buzz remembers Steve taking him to Ho Kow when he first got here. They always went to lunch there or at Gene & Georgetti's. Steve had the house account at Ho Kow, he was living large. |
| 3:30
| That's Don Lemon working at CNN. He's a former Chicago guy who went on to bigger and better things like Lester Holt. |
| 3:31
| Buzz didn't mention it last week but he noticed that Friday Night Lights is on Fridays now. Everyone must be really excited. |
| 3:32
| Steve hasn't seen the last two episodes of Friday Night Lights from last season yet. He's getting very messed up because he keeps falling behind. He still has the last 5 episodes of Heroes from last season to watch. |
| 3:33
| Steve is all caught up with Journeyman but he heard that could be canceled. Buzz was a little disappointed in that show but Steve likes it. He likes that his former girlfriend is traveling through time with him and he's getting in trouble from his current wife because he keeps running into her. |
| 3:34
| Buzz was beginning to detect a formula on the show. Whenever the guy goes back in time to save someone he ends up getting the wrong person. |
| 3:35
| Buzz was watching it on heavy medication because of his cold though. |
| 3:36
| Steve likes the show and he likes the guy who was on Rome. San Francisco looks great too. Steve was bummed that he made himself another week behind on Heroes though. |
| 3:37
| Steve's doing the right thing by waiting to catch up on Heroes. People are saying Sylar's back, Steve didn't even know he was gone. He also doesn't know if they won the state championship. Buzz probably won't be able to help himself and he'll tell Steve what happened. |
| 3:38
| Steve is just glad Friday Night Lights is on Friday nights, right before Las Vegas. It's on before Las Vegas right? Steve's going to bring Jim and Pete in on the TV conversations. |
| 3:39
| Steve likes Las Vegas even though it's like a modern day Love Boat. Pete likes it and he's sure that Charo needs the work. |
| 3:40
| This is why Steve brings Jim in, for the hip references. Pete acts like he's hip with the music and the tight t-shirts but he's only a couple of years younger than Steve. Friday Night Lights is on at 8:00 on Fridays, before Las Vegas. |
| 3:41
| Steve is right for not watching the new Heroes or Friday Night Lights before he's finished last season right? Jim thinks so, especially with Heroes because you need to see every episode like Lost. Steve never liked Lost, especially after that episode with the Volkswagen. |
| 3:42
| Jim is watching Journeyman, it seems like it's just him and Steve. It came in last in it's hour, what else is on? Jim loves the show though. It's so cool that he's running into his old girlfriend in the past and then lying to his wife about it. |
| 3:43
| Jim likes how he can bring stuff back with him from the past like the phone charger. Jim has noticed that the iPhone is all over fall TV this year, it's on Journeyman and How I Met Your Mother. |
| 3:44
| Steve hasn't watched How I Met Your Mother yet. At some point there's just too much stuff to TiVo. |
| 3:45
| Journeyman has only been on for three episodes but it's ratings dropped 9%. Plus it has a great lead-in in Heroes. That was down last night too. |
| 3:46
| Steve also enjoyed Monday Night Football last night. Tony Romo was Rex Grossman bad but he still won the game. Steve also liked the sweet old school Bills jerseys. Those are the ones OJ Simpson wore, that probably scared the Cowboys. |
| 3:50
| Pat Boyle from Comcast Sportsnet is on the phone. The reason why all those shows suffered bad ratings last night is because the Cowboys and the Yankees were both on TV. |
| 3:51
| That was a hell of game last night, it reminded Pat of the Arizona game last year. The only difference is that Tony scored all the points for the Cowboys even with the 5 interceptions. |
| 3:52
| Tony got the score for the Cowboys when they needed it. Then they had the onside kick and the field goal, but not before the gimmicky play where the other coach calls the time-out right before the snap. |
| 3:53
| That's a rule they have to change in the NFL. It's been used three times and it's worked twice. |
| 3:54
| How sweet were those old school Bills helmets? Pat was reminded of OJ Simpson, that probably scared the Cowboys. |
| 3:55
| The Yankees lost to Cleveland so now they're out of the playoffs and George Steinbrenner is threatening to get rid of everyone. Joe Torre probably has the toughest job of any manager of coach in pro sports, the team is always in the playoffs but they haven't won the World Series since 2000. |
| 3:56
| It wasn't Joe Torre's idea to go get Roger Clemens and pay him almost $1 million per outing for 6 wins. When it comes down to it, pitching wins in the playoffs. |
| 3:57
| For those 5 game series you really need two aces on your pitching staff. For the most part the better team wins in the 7 game series but that's not always the case in the 5 game series. |
| 3:58
| The Bears have a day off today but they're back at it tomorrow. Obviously this was a big win for them. NBC flashed a stat about how no team has ever won a division title trailing 4 games. |
| 3:59
| Pat thinks Bret Favre is going to keep pushing and by November and December it's going to get harder and harder for him to grip that ball. |
| 4:00
| Steve watched all of Post Game Live on Sunday and he's also been invited to be on this Sunday. Steve still has some trepidation about it though, what if they lose? Plus Steve feels he'll be heckled mercilessly. |
| 4:01
| Are they going to be set-up against he wall at least? Remember what happened to Len Kaspar and Gail Fischer at the Cubs games. Steve doesn't want some guy walking around behind him pretending to rub his belly. |
| 4:02
| What time should Steve drop by, not right after the game right? Pat was thinking about 30 or 45 minutes into the show. That'll give Steve time to go over his notes and look at a game tape. Then they'll sit him right next to Jim Miller. |
| 4:03
| Steve actually likes Jim MIller now. When he was analyzing the Lions game it gave Steve hope for the future. He |
| 4:04
| Comcast has the Bulls first pre-season game on tonight. It's your first chance to see rookie Joakim Noah. |
| 4:05
| Buzz thinks Steve should do the show on Sunday. It will cut down on Steve's post-game dining though. |
| 4:06
| Maybe it wouldn't since Steve wouldn't come on right away. He doesn't want to come on during the press conferences. It'll probably work out fine, Steve's just not sure about the drunken Bears fans yelling stuff at him. |
| 4:07
| Steve goes to every home game and nothing bad happens to him but he usually doesn't have a camera and a light pointed at him. That makes you open season. |
| 4:08
| The worst heckling Steve ever suffered was at a Blackhawks game at the Chicago Stadium. The announcers were sort of in a basket in the upper deck. You had to climb down over a railing so imagine the drunk Blackhawks fans yelling at a 100 pounds heavier Steve. |
| 4:15
| Live read: Balance for Life |
| 4:16
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 4:17
| President Bush says we are safe now but still not totally save from Al Qaeda. He also believes the threat to the U.S. could be come nuclear. Thanks for the reassuring words! |
| 4:18
| It was 40 years ago today that Che Guevara was quartered and killed in the jungles of Bolivia. The Heritage Museum is auctioning off a lock of his hair and receiving threats from anti-Communist groups. |
| 4:19
| Buzz found out a few years ago that Aimee didn't know who Che Guevara was and taunted her endlessly. Turns out no one in her family knew who he was. |
| 4:20
| If it makes Aimee feel better Steve always thought Guevara was against Castro, not working for him. Now he's a marketing icon. Steve sees people wearing the the Guevara t-shirts. He was a revolutionary but it doesn't seem right to wear the shirts. |
| 4:21
| Google was under fire for changing the logo on their website last week to mark the 50th anniversary of Sputnik. That doesn't seem right though, it's just Sputnik. |
| 4:22
| Buzz remembers where he was when Sputnik launched. Steve remembers being able to see it at night. Even though the Russians beat us to space it seems like ultimately we won. |
| 4:23
| Conservatives were accusing Google of being unpatriotic. That's probably just radio hosts who need something to talk about right? Those guys live to be outraged. |
| 4:24
| Chicago is now one of 14 cities in the U.S. that can be viewed with Google Maps new Street View feature. Street View is not in real time but people are still freaking out about their privacy. |
| 4:25
| Caller Sergio wanted to let Steve and Buzz know that Che Guevara was Argentinean, not Cuban. His goal was to convert all of South America to Communism. |
| 4:26
| Some people believe that Castro bumped Guevara off once he didn't need him any more. Sounds like Buzz should have married into Sergio's family, they know everything about Guevara. |
| 4:27
| Caller Craig just checked out the Google Street View. He went to 400. Michigan Avenue and the Sun-TImes building was still standing which is amazing. |
| 4:28
| So it's probably not too accurate, people need to stop worrying about their privacy being invaded. |
| 4:29
| It's also Jackson Browne's birthday today, same as John Lennon's. Jackson is still alive though. |
| 4:35
| Bad news Buzz, the Google Street View of the front of the building is from the day he and Steve were making out. Now it's available for the whole world to see. There they are standing in front of that limo making out. Nothing turns Buzz on like a limo ride as Steve found out. |
| 4:36
| Song: The Pretender, Jackson Browne |
| 4:43
| Jackson Browne is 59 today, Steve thought he was older. Buzz can't believe he's 59, he always thought of him as a kid. |
| 4:48
| Another story Steve was right about. Atlantic City residents now know what happened to their missing mayor. He was in rehab. |
| 4:49
| After being gone for 12 days the mayor's lawyer finally revealed in a press conference where he was. |
| 4:50
| He was under investigation before he went to rehab though. He might have lied about his military service record. He said he was in an elite unit in Vietnam. Isn't being in Vietnam enough? |
| 4:51
| Buzz wasn't in Vietnam and he always makes sure people know that. He didn't dodge the draft though, he actually went down to try to sign up hoping to become a Navy Seal or something. |
| 4:52
| The next day Buzz realized it was a bad idea and he changed his mind. He wasn't rejected by the Seals though. Steve thinks Buzz would have made an excellent Navy Seal or Green Beret. He's tough and gritty and he looks great in a beret. |
| 4:53
| Steve had no idea that Buzz went and tried to sign up. Of course he couldn't have actually signed up otherwise they would have taken him. You can't just call in the next day and say you don't want to do it any more. |
| 4:54
| Steve was sort of surprised that all those guys didn't parachute out of the plane before it crashed. They probably weren't all strapped in. |
| 4:55
| So Steve was right about that and right about the sailor at Great Lakes Naval Base. There's a reason they have that line on the platform. |
| 4:56
| Steve did not try to join up but he didn't have to. He turned 18 the year they stopped drafting people. He could say that he would have gone over there and been a bad-ass though, but he probably wouldn't have. Steve was just glad he didn't have to make any of those choices. He didn't even have to go in for a physical which is good because he doesn't like taking his pants off in front of other dudes, just the ladies. |
| 4:57
| It's time for the Five O'Clock Taco Bell. It's a little early today but Steve is famished Steve's having an original ground beef taco. |
| 4:58
| It's Taco Tuesday so Steve decided to go with the original. The Kilman's used to do Taco Tuesday at the house but they don't any more. Maybe it's time Buzz brings home a sack of 10 original tacos. The family will love him more than they already do. |
| 4:59
| Steve's going to have another taco and take it right up to 5:00. Buzz can't believe he's coming to Taco Bell so late in life. |
| 5:00
| Buzz is a downtown guy though, it's a different mentality. You move to the suburbs for the fast food. There are some streets in the suburbs that are all fast food places. |
| 5:01
| And that is the Five O'Clock Taco Bell that went all the way to 5:01. |
| 5:06
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 5:07
| Ed Farmer is on the phone. He recognizes the music from the live read, is that from Days of our Lives? |
| 5:08
| Steve thought it was also used in the Olympics, maybe for Nadia Comaneci's routine. Does anyone know? |
| 5:09
| Ed can't believe the Yankees want to fire Joe Torre. He's done a pretty good job in that nuthouse. The Yankees signed Ed but he didn't want to go so he didn't show up. |
| 5:10
| Ed was traded from Cleveland to Detroit. Then in spring training he got traded from Detroit to the Yankees. |
| 5:11
| Ed told Gabe Paul, Yankees GM, that he didn't want to play for New York. Gabe told him he could test the free agent market for a day and begrudgingly wrote that out on paper. |
| 5:12
| Then the Phillies GM ran into Gabe Paul and asked him about Ed. He also produced the piece of paper and then Ed was a Philly. |
| 5:13
| The Phillies wanted to give Ed an bonus but he was so happy to not be on the Yankees he didn't take it. |
| 5:14
| A few years ago Ed was introduced to George Steinbrenner. Steinbrenner remembered Ed being a Yankee but couldn't remember him in the uniform. |
| 5:15
| When Ed told him the story Steinbrenner looked like his pet had just been strangled. He couldn't believe that Ed didn't want to be a Yankee. |
| 5:16
| The Gabe Paul on Bronx is Burning is not the Gabe Paul Ed knew though. The Mickey Rivers on that show is also not the Mickey Rivers that Ed knew. |
| 5:17
| Ed's not sure if he ever told this story but there was one time when Rivers and his wife got into a fight in the parking lot. In the end their Rolls Royce and BMW were both wrecked. They did sort of allude to that in the TV show. |
| 5:18
| Ed was watching the Yankees game last night. He can't believe Wong had so much trouble against the Indians in the playoffs. And how about those bugs in Cleveland? |
| 5:19
| They're called Canadian Soldiers for some reason. They usually come down off the lake in the summer. |
| 5:20
| Steve likes the Diamondbacks in the World Series in the NL. The Yankees were the only first round team to not get swept. He likes the Indians for the ALCS. |
| 5:22
| Ed will take the Rockies and Red Sox then. He has the Red Sox winning it all actually. |
| 5:23
| The Diamondbacks look good but Steve might just be trying to be sympathetic to the Cubs fans. They seem to have a good chemistry and he really likes their manager. |
| 5:27
| Time for some sports. Good news on the injury front of the Bears. Bernard Berrian had an MRI on his toe and no damage was revealed. |
| 5:28
| The Bulls take on the Bucks in a preseason game tonight in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Ben Gordon mildly rolled his ankle yesterday and will be a game time decision. |
| 5:29
| The entire Bulls team plus John Paxson and Jerry Reinsdorf enjoyed a pre-season game at the Morton's in Northbrook on Sunday. |
| 5:30
| Also as part of a hazing ritual the Bulls rookies had to perform karaoke in front of the rest of the team. Joakim Noah performed Sweet Home Chicago. |
| 5:31
| There was something on the news last night about how the rookies also have to get the players donuts as part of the hazing. Then they went off on this whole thing about how they don't like Dunkin' Donuts. That seemed inopportune since they're a big sponsor of the team. |
| 5:32
| Martin Havlat is still waiting to find out if he has to have surgery on his right shoulder. It popped out of the socket during the Blackhawks first pre-season game. |
| 5:33
| Did Buzz mention he popped his finger out of it's socket? He was getting into the show the night of the gig at Austin's. That's of course the onstage shower that Steve and Buzz get into during the show. |
| 5:34
| For some reason Buzz decided to try to open the shower door with one finger but it got stuck. He applied too much pressure and the finger popped out at the knuckle. |
| 5:35
| Race horse John Henry was euthanized today, he was 32. |
| 5:36
| Joe Buck has shot a pilot for a comedy sports talk show that he'll present to Fox later this year. Because he's not on TV enough. |
| 5:40
| If Steve's Dunkin' Donuts he doesn't like the Bulls players on TV talking about how they don't like Dunkin' Donuts. Plus they're wrong, if you want donuts you go to Dunkin' Donuts. |
| 5:41
| You'd think some of those guys would look up and see all the Dunkin' Donuts signs and then not say anything. Channel 7 didn't do them any favors by running it, they do know better. |
| 5:42
| Steve has a song about John Henry but not the horse, the steel-driving man. And no Buzz, it's not Tennessee Ernie Ford. |
| 5:43
| Song: The Day John Henry Died, Drive-By Truckers |
| 5:47
| That's the Drive-By Truckers right there, and they're going to be here next Monday. Of course the last time they were here it was the first time Jim had booked a guest on the show and he wouldn't even talk to them when they got here. |
| 5:48
| Steve calls down to the newsroom. Jim doesn't remember all of the details of the Drive-By Truckers appearance on the show. He recalls that Steve was a little worried about the profanity in their songs but knew that Jim wouldn't say anything to them. |
| 5:49
| How does this get turned around on Steve, like he's lame for not wanting to let the band swear on the air. Jim remembers Steve being worried that he'd just tell the band they could do whatever they wanted to. |
| 5:50
| The band did part ways with Jason Isbell, he was the guy who wrote a lot of the songs with profanities. He was also singing on The Day John Henry Died. |
| 5:51
| Steve tried to call Jim back but now he's not picking up. He doesn't need to take Steve's call any more. |
| 5:52
| The profanity in Drive-By Truckers is key to the song so you feel bad taking it out. That's why Steve didn't want to take profanity out. |
| 5:56
| Steve understands that Buzz has a shout-out he'd like to give. It's actually for Ken Dumel, manager of the Guitar Center on Roosevelt Road. |
| 5:57
| As some people know, Buzz has been collecting amplifiers. He thought it was just vintage amps but as it turns out he likes the tweed amps. |
| 5:58
| Buzz currently has 4 Blues Junior amps which are perfect for the small club shows. However no man should have 4 Blues Juniors. |
| 5:59
| Fender reissued the Blues Junior but for some reason decided to vandalize it by giving it a weathered look. What did the guy at Guitar Center do, sell Buzz another amp? |
| 6:00
| Buzz just about begged the guy to find him another amp, the original not the reissue. It's like this guy is Buzz's drug dealer. |
| 6:01
| So Buzz called Tony Buffalo who used to work at the Guitar Center in Chicago but is now in Denver. Buzz is looking for the amber-colored Blues Junior. He put Buzz in touch with Ken Dumel who found the amp for Buzz. He just got it today. |
| 6:02
| Ken popped the boxes on all the amps looking for the one Buzz wanted. On the other hand Steve gets ignored or worse when he goes to Guitar Center. Maybe this will get him some goodwill out there. |
| 6:03
| Steve was standing at the Guitar Center near him with a credit that had his name on it and they asked him for ID! Meanwhile Buzz makes a few phone calls, gives his credit card number over the phone and he then he gets an amp in the mail. |
| 6:04
| Then when Steve got to the door the guy working there went through his entire bag to make sure he didn't steal anything. |
| 6:05
| Buzz is going to sell 2 of his Blues Juniors and keep the other two. Is there some sort of rule in the amp community where Buzz has to say something about how the color he's selling isn't the coolest one? |
| 6:06
| You can't really say the color is off, it's just different. Buzz was looking at the two he's going to sell this morning and he doesn't want to get rid of either of them. |
| 6:07
| Steve would buy one of the amps but now he knows that it's not a good color. Steve can't really hassle Buzz though, he's still trying to unload the last of the 3 iPhones he purchased. |
| 6:08
| Steve will get the $100 rebate on the iPhone but not until the service is activated. How about a straight up trade, amp for iPhone? |
| 6:09
| Buzz makes about 2 phone calls a month so he doesn't think it would be worth it. Steve probably makes 2 calls a month too but sometimes he just likes to pull it out and play with it. |
| 6:10
| Caller Matt wanted to let Buzz know that there's an all-wood version of the Blues Junior. Buzz is a tweed guy, he doesn't need it. |
| 6:11
| Steve prefers the black Fender amp. It could be his for $329. |
| 6:12
| Steve might have to get himself a wood amp, just to drive Buzz crazy. |
| 6:13
| Steve's on the website right now looking at the '57 reissue. He'd prefer to get the new one with the solid-state technology. |
| 6:14
| Buzz likes the old amps because it's sort of like time travel. What he's playing is what it sounded like 50 years ago. |
| 6:20
| News with Buzz |
| 6:21
| Fred Thompson accused the Bush administration of spending money it didn't have in a Presidential debate for Republican candidates. Early reports say that Thompson was especially nervous. |
| 6:22
| He's down in the polls but you'd think being an actor he'd be able to overcome nervousness. Maybe he needs Dick Wolf to write for him and then three days to rehearse. |
| 6:23
| Steve would like to know what kind of drugs Britney is using, just to zero in on it. Alcohol and pot isn't appealing but alcohol and coke would be. |
| 6:24
| Crews have located all 9 skydivers and the pilot from a plane that went down in Washington over the weekend. |
| 6:25
| Al Qaeda remains a foremost threat to the U.S. according to a new report. The report also says Al Qaeda will attack the U.S. again and will eventually use weapons of mass destruction. |
| 6:26
| The next crew to live on the ISS is preparing to launch into space on a Russian rocket. For the first time a woman will be the commander. It also marks the first time that a Muslim will be on board during Ramadan. |
| 6:27
| Campbell's has recalled nearly 70,000 cans of soup, voluntarily. Can Buzz give Steve the condensed version of this story? That's a soup joke, Buzz hardly hears those. |
| 6:28
| The only one Buzz knows is the one about the fly doing the backstroke in someone's soup. |
| 6:29
| Steve knows a soup joke as well. A man has a fly in his soup and when he complains to the waiter he's told he should have ordered the vegetarian soup. |
| 6:30
| Campbell's are recalling cans of 18.8 ounce Chunky Baked Potato with Cheddar and Bacon Bits. Just one can sounds like it would give you a heart attack! |
| 6:31
| Steve can't believe Buzz didn't cover this but TMZ is reporting that David Hasselhoff has been hospitalized. |
| 6:32
| It's being reported that Hasselhoff had a relapse and is in the hospital. This is all part of the rehab process. |
| 6:33
| Did he go into rehab after the hamburger-eating incident or was he in-and-out of rehab at the time? |
| 6:34
| No word on how this will effect Hasselhoff's custody battle with his ex-wife. His kids are currently with their mother while Hasselhoff is in Romania shooting Anaconda 3. No wonder he's drinking! |
| 6:35
| In more TMZ news, they've obtained the sentencing recommendation for Kiefer Sutherland. The L.A. County Attorney's office is asking for 30 days in jail. Why can't they just leave Kiefer alone? |
| 6:36
| This is just going to make 24 all the more real. The L.A. County jail probably isn't as cool as some of the places he's been held in 24. |
| 6:37
| Steve has one more thing about Britney. According to someone who used to be her bodyguard she was doing coke and crystal meth. That's hardcore! |
| 6:38
| What kind of bodyguard reveals all this? That's probably why he was fire. What's the point of having a bodyguard if he's going to rat you out to the paper? |
| 6:39
| According to the bodyguard Britney Spears did coke and crystal meth with troubled U.S. pop star Howie Day. |
| 6:40
| Is coke and meth at the same time something the kids are doing? It doesn't seem like a good mix. Why not just do them one at a time? |
| 6:46
| It might be time for Steve and Buzz to open a chain of rehab facilities. What will they be called though? Steve feels they have to play on Buzz's name. How about Buzz Control? |
| 6:47
| Steve and Buzz would probably do more of a pre-rehab. They'd bring Britney in and get her to tweak her habits. They'd keep people out of rehab. |
| 6:48
| A woman is filing a civil rights lawsuit against a Greenwich Village Bar after a bouncer chased her out of the woman's bathroom because she looked too manly. |
| 6:49
| The woman was at the Caliente Cab Company last year after the gay pride parade when a bouncer pounded on the door and demanded she come out. The bouncer claimed another patron said there was a man in the woman's bathroom. |
| 6:50
| If you want to look like a man or be a man, shouldn't you be using the men's bathroom? Steve would like to use the woman's bathroom but he can't. |
| 6:51
| Dudes wouldn't care if a lesbian was using their bathroom anyway. |
| 6:52
| Something weird happened to Steve in the bathroom today. He likes to use the small boy because aiming is easier. |
| 6:53
| Steve didn't hear anything but then a dude walked out from the stall area but there was no flushing. Then he heard another dude making a commotion in the back. He assumes it was a dude because a woman wouldn't be in a stinky men's room. |
| 6:54
| Steve didn't wait for the other dude to leave, he got out as quickly as possible. You'd think the dude would flush anyway just to cover it up. How would Steve know otherwise? |
| 6:55
| If it's just one dude who comes out flushless that's weird enough. But then Steve hears the other guy. Plus the first guy went through the pretense of washing his hands. |
| 6:59
| The Matt Dahl Show is next, it's College Tale Tuesday. There's a lot of celebrity stuff going on too. |
| 7:00
| Lots of people going in and out of rehab and passing and failing drug tests. Business is good. It doesn't seem like a good time to be a celebrity with a problem though. |
| 7:01
| Brendan would like to think that Britney is doing coke and meth at the same time. It seems stupid but that's par for the course for her. |
| 7:02
| Prehab with Steve and Buzz is the way to go. They'll chart out the addictions and help them through it. Coke and meth, you're not going to feel good about that. |
| 7:03
| Steve's rooting for Britney, he feels bad for her after he saw the video of her hitting that car while avoiding the paparazzi. |
