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| 2:01
| Terry wanted to correct something that was said on Steve's show yesterday. Buzz asked Terry if Piper could tag along if he interviewed Hannah Montana. |
| 2:02
| Of course Terry will never interview Hannah Montana so it'll never happen. Bonnie's still waiting for those Cubs playoff tickets. |
| 2:03
| Stan always says Terry trifling with people. He makes promises that he never keeps. |
| 2:04
| Terry has also had some problems paying for Steve's Sox tickets when he uses them. Sometimes the date is wrong, sometimes there's no signature, sometimes it bounces. |
| 2:05
| Steve did lose a check that Terry wrote him. Steve also tried to sign a check from Terry over to Stephanie so she could go cash it but apparently you can't do that any more. |
| 2:06
| Steve is all cash and credit cards. When he does write a check he really has to concentrate on what he's writing. |
| 2:07
| Steve probably writes 2 checks a year. Buzz writes all the checks in the family but he doesn't keep the balance. The bank does that for you. Terry just checks his statement at the end of the month. |
| 2:08
| Stan keeps his running balance in the checkbook ledger because the statement doesn't reflect any checks you just wrote. |
| 2:12
| Steve had to bail when Stan started talking about balancing your check book. It had the feel of an accounting lecture. |
| 2:13
| The bank keeps your balance and they don't mess up. Plus a lot of people have that overdraft protection anyway. Buzz banks online and he can't help but check things out everyday. |
| 2:14
| Steve had a check in his wallet for 2 months and he didn't know what to do with it. Ron Lewis gave it to him so he could open up a line of credit at the New Buffalo casino but they didn't need it. |
| 2:15
| Buzz will drop into his bank occasionally to talk with the investment advisor but that's just a casual chat. The only time Steve goes into a bank is after hours when he has to use the cash machine. |
| 2:16
| It seems to Buzz like those ATM foyers are just robberies waiting to happen. Usually when Steve is downtown he gets cash in the building but he had to go to the ATM at the House of Blues hotel a couple of weeks ago before the show. Steve needed cash for the pre-show drugs. |
| 2:17
| Steve asked the concierge at the hotel where the ATM was but he was so busy that he just motioned to where it was with his hand, refusing to get off the phone. |
| 2:18
| Steve spent a considerable amount of time determining that one of the ATMs didn't work. It did seem like the perfect place for a robbery though. Big crowd, no one's packing and it's an easy get away. |
| 2:19
| Steve finally got the cash then went back to the concierge to make him talk to him. He told him he got the cash and thanked him for motioning him towards the ATM. Steve felt really good about making the guy put his call on hold to talk to Steve about nothing. |
| 2:20
| Steve had to get a new ATM card because the machine in the building scratched off the magnetic strip. Steve set the new one to a $500 limit. |
| 2:21
| Steve's also toying with the idea of getting a safe deposit box at the bank in the building. He's not sure why he needs it but he'd still like to have one. |
| 2:22
| It is cool when someone opens a safe deposit box in the movies because you never know what's inside of it. Steve likes the ceremony of opening the box with someone from the bank and then being alone in that room. Then you open it up and it's just jelly beans and baseball cards. |
| 2:23
| Steve has a safe deposit box at a bank in the suburbs but it's not on his way to anything. It is a sweet old bank though with a big vault. Steve's not even sure what he has in the box though. |
| 2:27
| Some ATM machines only let you take out $300 or $400, regardless of the limits on your ATM card. Buzz feels that location has a lot to do with that. |
| 2:28
| The other day at the House of Blues Steve didn't know what the limit on his card would be and he was using a machine he'd never used before. Plus he knew he had to go back and talk to the concierge. |
| 2:29
| Steve could tell the concierge was on a personal call because there was a lot of lisping and laughing. But Steve just stood there waiting until he took a break. Then Steve thanked him for basically doing nothing. |
| 2:30
| You'd think as a concierge the main part of your job is being nice and helpful. Those are the trials and tribulations downtown though. |
| 2:31
| Buzz thought Steve had some breaking news about trials or tribulations downtown. Everything's good with Steve though. |
| 2:32
| Buzz went to go see his and Steve's dentist yesterday. Buzz got in at 11:00 AM and told them he had to be out by 12:30 in order to get back for the show. |
| 2:32
| Steve and Buzz's dentist is a chatty guy. Buzz can hear all that because all the rooms are open. It's like he's working a Vegas lounge. |
| 2:33
| By the time Buzz saw the dentist it was 12:10. He didn't care what was going on, he was leaving at 12:30. The dentist told him he could fix the problem but they didn't have time for anesthesia. It wasn't that bad but it was scary. Buzz just wants Steve to know what he's willing to go to get to the show on time. |
| 2:34
| The last time Steve was out there to get his teeth cleaned they found a cavity. Steve told them to fill it right there but 20 minutes later they said they didn't have time and he needed to come back. Most people don't have time to come back to the dentist multiple times. |
| 2:35
| Steve feels his time is more valuable than a dentist's time but he didn't say that. He just scheduled another appointment and then canceled it. |
| 2:36
| Buzz also didn't have time to stop at Hamburger Heaven and that place is about to board up for the winter. Buzz missed their entire season this year. |
| 2:37
| That dentist stuff is irritating and they're all like that. They should just factor in time for you having a cavity when you go in for a cleaning. Then if nothing is wrong the dentist has more time to do his routine or whatever. |
| 2:38
| Steve just read something yesterday about how most people don't go to the dentist. It's probably because they make it so inconvenient. |
| 2:39
| Every time Steve goes to the dentist he's lectured about not flossing. Then he tries to floss but it's really difficult. He always gets some floss stuck in between his teeth, he never knows how much floss to use or how many times to loop it around his fingers. Should he try to get both sides at once? It's an OCD nightmare. |
| 2:40
| Steve had a similar OCD nightmare today at the gym. He's working out at a gym by his house and training himself because his trainer down here might have broken up with him. |
| 2:41
| You'll recall a few weeks ago Steve had a very important meeting, important for his career and for everyone else who works on the show. Steve couldn't leave this meeting early so he was 20 minutes late for his appointment at the gym. |
| 2:42
| Steve's trainer, Cornell, was really mad that he was late and that no one had called him even though he gets paid for his time regardless. At the following session on Friday Steve didn't say anything about it and at the end Cornell just stormed off. |
| 2:43
| The following week when Mary met with him for her appointment he asked her if she'd still train with him if he didn't train Steve. Mary said she wouldn't so it seems like she sort of broke up with him. |
| 2:44
| Steve is thinking of getting a trainer out at the gym by his house just to get his stuff for him. |
| 2:45
| Buzz had a trainer for 6 months about 12 years ago. He had a back problem and his trainer gave him a routine and straightened it out. Buzz still sees the guy once in a while just to straighten things out and then he's on his way. |
| 2:46
| Occasionally you need someone to look at what you're doing because you can get into bad form. Steve has no complaints about the trainer but one day it turned into something nightmarish. |
| 2:52
| There are some calls on hold that Steve doesn't want to take but he'll acknowledge them anyway. If Brendan wants to he can give the callers something. |
| 2:53
| Jim in Crown Point is recommending a toothbrush with floss on the other end. Chuck is recommending the plastic flossers. Those things are hard to manage though, you really need to get in there with your floss. |
| 2:54
| There's also a guy on hold who says there's a suburban gym where the trainers interview you. That seems backwards. |
| 2:55
| Song: You Never Give Me Your Money, The Beatles |
| 2:58
| Steve had that one left over from when we were talking about banking and ATM cards. Buzz loves that song. It turns out he's a Beatles fan. Steve is too but he doesn't go out of his way to listen to them. |
| 2:59
| The next song started up on Steve's music player software. That happens every Friday because on Thursday Steve loads up 20 tracks of the music for Chef Hans' segment and then loops it. Can Pete put it on the 360 Machine? |
| 3:00
| Time for a Mailbag! Steve has a couple of interesting letters. The first one is from Tuesday from a guy who sends Steve a lot of emails |
| 3:01
| The emailer couldn't make it to the Blackhawks game on Wednesday but was wondering if Steve could go and then talk about it. Steve's made himself way too accessible. |
| 3:02
| The other option was to ask Buzz to go or get someone from the Sun-Times, Tribune or Comcast to call in and comment on it. Steve's made himself too accessible if you can email him with orders to go to the Blackhawks game, have Buzz go, or have someone call in to talk about it. Then it has a link to the Blackhawks website in case Steve doesn't know who they are. |
| 3:03
| Also on Tuesday, Steve's Thought for the Day was "Buzz and I both ran out of Gatorade and water yesterday but still managed to finish the show." Steve got a response from someone who's email he recognized right away. If Steve recognizes your email address you're sending him too many emails. |
| 3:04
| The response Steve got was "Love you Steve...but this comment borders on bad...temp and no water made for a bad day" What does that mean? It wasn't even that bad. This is why Steve needs someone else to read his email. |
| 3:05
| The last one is a nice one and the email address isn't familiar to him. The emailer ran in the marathon and was at mile 19 when they announced they were calling the race because of the heat. |
| 3:06
| A lot of people just turned back to walk to Grant Park. Why not just keep going? |
| 3:07
| The walk back was boring until the emailer realized he had 2 weeks of show podcasts on his iPods. Even though the band-aids came off and his nipples started to chafe the emailer was glad to have the show on his iPod. |
| 3:08
| Finally, the emailer came upon a water and Gatorade station that also had bananas. After 1,000 people had been through there he was surprised that the banana peels didn't claim more lives. |
| 3:11
| The Office marathon episode was a good one. Every episode has been an hour this season, not that Steve is complaining. |
| 3:12
| When Steve was talking to Pete about Chef Hans' music he seemed even more quiet than he normally is. Turns out the music is already on Steve's machine. Why didn't he just say that? Or Steve could sound like a sputtering idiot for 5 minutes. |
| 3:13
| Pete thought he would just say he'd do it and then show him it was on there later. Steve can't get all caught up in Pete's thought process. He should just say "It's already on the machine tubby" since that's what he's thinking. |
| 3:14
| The software Steve uses has a loop function but he can't get it to work. The kid who wrote the software lives in Chambana and Steve can't get him to cooperate. |
| 3:15
| Steve feels he could help the kid make the software more professional. He's not mentioning the name of the product any more though. |
| 3:16
| Steve also had something to tell Pete and Jim. Steve likes to have them both on at the same time because between the two of them you can have an actual conversation. |
| 3:17
| Jim sounds a little jacked today. He's got the sparkle and Pete's got the whatever. Good news, Steve is caught up on Heroes and Friday Night Lights from last season. He's also watched most of the first episode of Heroes from this season. Steve is glad he didn't skip those last 5 episodes of Heroes too, they were great. |
| 3:18
| By Monday Steve will be ready to catch a live Heroes. That Sylar guy is really something. Even as an actor that dude is scary. He's got that Cro-Magnon forehead. Or is it Neanderthal? Buzz would probably know better. |
| 3:19
| There's also someone out there who's worse than Sylar in the world of Heroes. That was one thing Steve didn't understand from last season. That little girl who can see where all the heroes are said there's someone worse out there. |
| 3:20
| Buzz just likes it when the fly. Steve has noticed the flying is very Superman-like but that's probably the only way to fly. This year they've spread the flying out, they've got that teenager who can fly but he mostly just hovers outside of people's windows. |
| 3:21
| Steve feels pretty good about being all caught up on those shows from last year. He's not sure what he was doing but he just fell behind. |
| 3:22
| Plus he has so much stuff on his TiVo that it's freaking out on him. Steve also has a lot of shows on his computer and he's having trouble keeping track of which episodes he's watched and where he watched them. |
| 3:23
| At one point Steve deleted some episodes on his TiVo that he thought he'd watched on his computer. Steve has a DirecTV TiVo and it doesn't allow you to retrieve stuff you've accidentally deleted. |
| 3:24
| Buzz thinks Steve needs an upgrade. Of course he finally got surround sound. Steve probably does need an upgrade but he can't deal with all that right now. He doesn't want to risk his TV going down during football season even if just for a day. |
| 3:25
| Steve's glad to hear Buzz's surround system is working. Buzz has Jeff from The Little Guys to thank for all of it. |
| 3:26
| Steve loves when Buzz singles people out because it's always the wrong person on the food chain. Then David's going to email Steve and he'll be mad because he didn't get his name mentioned. Buzz always mentions the guy he interacts with and Jeff was his installer. And Buzz wonders why he doesn't have better connections in Chicago after all these years. |
| 3:27
| The genius of Buzz Kilman is that these mentions don't effect him. They'll take it out on Steve while continually trying to win Buzz's affection. |
| 3:28
| Once again this is because Steve's too accessible. He's going to make it a big deal to contact him in the future. In the meantime he's sitting at home answering emails from morons. |
| 3:32
| Caller Walt wanted to let Steve know that the guy who plays Sylar is going to be a villain in the new Star Trek movie. It's supposed to be a prequel with a younger cast. |
| 3:33
| Steve never got into Star Trek although he used to watch the TV shows when his parents were out on Friday nights. He never watched the movies though. |
| 3:34
| Alright standby we've got some differing information. Jim knows who Sylar is playing in the next Star Trek movie but so does caller Paul. |
| 3:35
| Caller Paul wanted to let Steve know that Sylar is actually playing Spock in the next movie. That makes sense, he looks like a Vulcan already, just slap some ears on him. |
| 3:36
| Jim also knows that Harold from Harold & Kumar is in the running to play a young Sulu. And it would also interest Buzz to know that the movie is being directed by JJ Abrams and written by two guys who wrote for Alias. Now he's just showing off. |
| 3:37
| Steve never watched Alias but he does think Jennifer Garner would make a great Lisa Stebic in the TV movie. |
| 3:38
| Jim was without cable for the first week of the TV season and yet he's totally caught up on everything. Buzz helped him out a little bit, burning episodes of Smallville for him. |
| 3:39
| It's like Buzz has a little friend back there. Jim keeps Buzz in touch with the kids. It's sort of like that Bill Bixby show with the little kid. What was that called? |
| 3:40
| Song: Heroes, David Bowie |
| 3:44
| On the phone is Chuck Garfein from Comcast Sportsnet. He loves that song but he hasn't seen the show Heroes. There are just too many TV shows on. That's one he should be watching though. |
| 3:45
| Chuck watches the Charlie Rose Show for news and then 30 Rock and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Charlie Rose is sort of a dealbreaker for Steve. He'd like to see him get into something more escapist. |
| 3:46
| Chuck also watched The Daily Show. Steve doesn't watch that stuff because it just messes him up. It's bad enough that if Steve mentions something they mentioned Pete plays the drop immediately. |
| 3:47
| Some news just broke about the George Mitchell report to Congress about steroids. In a conference call with someone from every baseball team it was revealed that the report would come out sometime between Halloween and the end of the year. |
| 3:48
| There's a chance they could be naming names as well. Of course they have the report now but they're probably waiting until after the World Series to release it. |
| 3:49
| Steve doesn't care what athletes are doing. He watches sports to get away from all that stuff. |
| 3:50
| If the leagues need to police it then they can do that but we don't need to know about it. Until Ball Four came out Steve didn't even know baseball players took speed or caroused at night. |
| 3:51
| Steve just wants to go to the Bears game and have some good food and watch the game. Lucky for him he won't have to listen to Dick Stockton call the game. We can't get away from this guy in Chicago. He was calling the Cubs playoff games too! |
| 3:52
| Steve just doesn't like to think of Dick Stockton and Leslie Visser getting it on. This is unfortunate news for anyone watching the game on Sunday but it's just another reason to listen to Tom and Jeff on the radio. |
| 3:53
| The other news coming out of Minnesota is a fight in the Vikings lockerroom. Chester Taylor, their injured running back, got into a fight in the locker room. FIrst he was injured and then he picked up a chair to hit someone and ended up hitting someone else. |
| 3:54
| Then Darren Sharper has been talking about the Bears tight ends and how he won't let them get any receptions. He does this every year though. |
| 3:55
| On the back page of the Sun-Times today was a photo of Lou Piniella and George Steinbrenner. They connected the dots and thought maybe the Yankees would bring back Lou Piniella if Torre got fired. |
| 3:56
| Lou has a contract and the Cubs are going to enforce it based on his performance last season. |
| 3:57
| Someone asked Lou if he'd be back in a Cubs uniform next season and he said he would unless he's dead. Steve doesn't think the Cubs would let him go just because he's putting people in the seats. |
| 3:58
| Chuck his hesitant to agree with that. If Steve and Chuck were in a bar is this what they'd be arguing about? |
| 3:59
| Steve and Buzz think that Lou Piniella is the most well-known person on the Cubs, players or otherwise. Buzz is just a casual baseball fan too and he's known of Lou as a player and as a manager for 30 years. |
| 4:00
| Rich King is going to be on Chicago Tribune Live today. He just wrote a book called My Maggie about his wife who passed away in 2002. Chuck's hosting CTL tonight. |
| 4:01
| The Blackhawks are also on Comcast tonight which means it must be a road game. Chuck is hoping that with the new Blackhawks leadership we'll see more home games on TV. Steve has a feeling we will because of HDTV. You can actually see the puck in HD. |
| 4:02
| Earlier in the week there was talk of Steve being on Post Game Live on Sunday but he won't be doing it this week. This is the first time they've done it outside the studio and they just need to do their show without worrying about any wild cards. |
| 4:03
| Not that Steve would be a wild card but still. And he's OK with not having to do it anyway. He doesn't need to sit through the entire Bears game dreading his appearance on the show. Plus the camera adds 10 pounds. |
| 4:04
| The Cadillac Club is open for 90 minutes after the game and a lot of guys still hang out to drink. Plus the mood changes considerably if the Bears lose. |
| 4:05
| Soldier Field is a very dangerous area after a Bears game, especially if you're wearing the opposing team's colors. |
| 4:06
| Steve's only advice to the Post Game Live people is they should set up against a wall so people can't walk behind them to get on camera. |
| 4:12
| Steve vowed earlier in the show to make himself less accessible but he's going to read this email that someone sent from their Blackberry. Who has time to type all this on their Blackberry? |
| 4:13
| Emailer Jeff can't believe that Steve, as a lifelong Sox fan, would say that the Cubs draw people based on their manager. First of all Steve is not a lifelong Sox fan. It's bad enough he had to argue this with Chuck Garfein. |
| 4:14
| Jeff points to the 3% attendance increase from 2006 to 2007 as a reason why the Cubs will always attract fans, regardless of how bad they are. |
| 4:15
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 4:16
| Former Vice President Al Gore has won the Nobel Peace Prize. So he's got an Oscar, an Emmy and a Nobel Peace Prize. The White House issued a statement saying they're happy for him and Rush Limbaugh says it's a joke. |
| 4:17
| Why is it a joke? Why is Rush Limbaugh on the air anyway, wasn't he a drug addict? And did he even cop to it? Isn't there any accountability? |
| 4:18
| Hold off that trip to the Netherlands because Amsterdam has banned the sale of magic mushrooms. |
| 4:19
| Buzz remembered being able to get peyote buttons at a market outside of Guadalajara. Was that 40 years ago or can you still get them? |
| 4:20
| The mother of the Pennsylvania teenager arrested for threatening to open fire at his school has herself been arrested. Did Buzz happen to see this woman? She's a monstrosity. |
| 4:21
| Cannibals are back in the news. Mexico City authorities found human remains in the apartment of an aspiring writer. Police believe he killed and ate part of his girlfriend. |
| 4:26
| Did Buzz happen to see the Jerry Seinfeld commercial on NBC last night? He's involved in some sort of cartoon movie but he must have a huge stake in it because he's very involved. |
| 4:27
| Last night must have been the first night for it but during the commercial breaks they had these little vignettes with Jerry about the movie. Maybe Steve should bring the TV experts in on this. |
| 4:28
| Pete didn't see any of the NBC line-up last night so Steve should probably just dial him right out of this conversation. Jim thought the one vignette with him catching people at the border was pretty good. OK Chuck Garfein. |
| 4:29
| Generally speaking though, they weren't funny right? It's pretty obvious that Larry David was the funnier of those two. |
| 4:30
| So are these commercials for Bee Movie or are they sponsored by someone else? Steve thought it was sponsored by Ford or something but Jim can't remember. |
| 4:31
| They weren't funny though, they were painfully unfunny. Jim liked Jerry on 30 Rock last week but he didn't write any of that stuff. |
| 4:32
| Caller Rick can confirm that the Bee Movie vignettes are sponsored by Ford. So this is technically content? |
| 4:33
| Steve's pretty proud that he knew more about TV than Jim did though. |
| 4:40
| 30 Rock had a lot of Seinfeld but it was the 30 Rock people who wrote it so it was funny. |
| 4:41
| Caller Jeff remembers seeing Jerry Seinfeld at Cannes last year wearing a bee costume. He must have everything sunk into this movie. Steve saw desperation last night. |
| 4:42
| Today we're going to do Pizza Tragedies after 5:00 so if you have one, call in. Or you can email if you want to. |
| 4:43
| We'll be talking to Jeff Joniak at 5:00 also right after Steve has his Taco Bell. |
| 4:44
| Caller Sue wanted to let Steve know that Jerry Seinfeld's wife has a new cookbook out. She was just promoting it on Oprah. |
| 4:45
| The book is called Deceptively Good and it's for parents who's kids won't eat their vegetables. |
| 4:46
| If Oprah likes it then it must be good right? She knows so much about kids since she doesn't have any. She does have those girls in Africa. |
| 4:47
| Jessica Seinfeld, like many busy parents, had a hard time getting their kids to eat their veggies. What's she busy doing, being a billionaire? Firing the nanny can be very time-consuming. |
| 4:48
| Steve hates the word veggies and the word burbs. It sounds like Jessica just discovered her blender, she's just pureeing vegetables and putting them into other recipes. It also teaches your kids not to eat their vegetables the right way. |
| 4:49
| It seems like you'd be better off teaching your kids to just eat their vegetables. Maybe not though. It seems like a lot of work to make your own chicken nuggets and then imbed broccoli in them. Most parents don't have time for that. |
| 4:50
| The chicken nugget recipe calls for paprika and onion and garlic powder. When Steve's sons were younger they loved all that stuff. They couldn't get enough onion or garlic powder. |
| 4:56
| Who's going to spend hours in the afternoon preparing a meal for your kids? That's the problem. If you have time to prepare dinner for your kids then they're going to have a balanced meal. |
| 4:57
| Steve would bet that everyone who bought this book never made any of the recipes in the book. |
| 4:58
| The problem is that people don't make dinner any more so kids aren't used to eating vegetables. If you're making brownies with spinach in them for your kids, when they're older and on their own something bad is going to happen. Then they're just going to be eating brownies all day. |
| 4:59
| No one has time to make chicken nuggets with broccoli in it unless you're a billionaire. Billionaire's shouldn't be telling other people how to live when it's stuff like this. |
| 5:00
| It's time for the Five O'Clock Taco Bell. Once again Steve is having the Chili Cheese Nachos Bell Grande. Taking the top off is a two-handed job so you can't do it when you're driving. |
| 5:01
| If you need a utensil to eat something you shouldn't eat it when you're driving. This morning-well actually it was this afternoon-on the way to work Buzz saw a woman driving and eating yogurt with a spoon at the same time. |
| 5:02
| Steve's pretty sure that our own Mary eats a bowl of oatmeal with a spoon while she drives to work. |
| 5:10
| On the phone is Jeff Joniak, voice of the Bears. Hell yeah! Sunday wasn't a good night but it was a good outcome. |
| 5:11
| Steve tries to maintain some sort of modicum of not breaking bad on the Bears until it's really over. |
| 5:12
| Steve's boys are very quick to break bad on the Bears though. Steve can't even watch a game with them. |
| 5:13
| Jeff's dad was the same way as Steve but he'd actually kick him out of the living room or the basement if he gave up. Jeff would be hearing his dad cheering as the Bears came back but he wouldn't be allowed to watch. |
| 5:14
| Steve was very disheartened though during the first half. Doug Coletti actually put a card together of what the defense had given up between the 4th quarter in Detroit and the end of the first half against Green Bay. The numbers were incomprehensible to Jeff. |
| 5:15
| Steve's not sure what Lovie said during halftime on Sunday but whatever it was it worked. Lovie wasn't screaming but he raised his voice and that got a lot of guy's attention. |
| 5:16
| Peanut Tillman saved the game on Sunday with those two strips in the first half. And depending on what happens the rest of the way he may have saved the entire season. |
| 5:17
| The bad news for Bears fans this week is that Dick Stockton and Brian Baldinger are calling the game. That's the worst broadcast team because of Brian Baldinger. This is when you could use one of those Delay Play devices. |
| 5:18
| Steve has another Delay Play to give away today. Be the 1,059th person to text radio to 41509 and you win. |
| 5:19
| Vasher and Walker are doubtful for Sunday which means they really won't play. Vasher is still weeks away with that no-famous groin injury. Jeff has talked about this for weeks on the show. |
| 5:20
| Steve and Buzz don't really remember what they talked about but they're known for their groin stuff. |
| 5:21
| The encouraging news is that Bernard Berrian will play on Sunday. He didn't practice all week but he was out there today. Briggs and Tait also will play. Tillman has some bruised ribs but he'll play and Urlacher has a weak back, which he got about a week back. According to Pat Dahl that's Steve's only joke. |
| 5:22
| The Vikings QB situation will be a game time decision. Tavaris Jackson is a scrambler but he's a rookie so he's interception prone. Kelly Holcomb is a veteran so he'd be a little more composed. |
| 5:23
| The Vikings RB, Adrian Peterson, is something else though. You can't let him turn short passes into long gains. He's also returned several punts for touchdowns. |
| 5:24
| A few weeks ago in Green Bay Peterson had 100 yards on 10 carries in the first half. In the second half he had 2 carries and they lost. Brad Childress was ripped up and down in the Minneapolis media. Sounds like some Ron Turner play calling right there. |
| 5:25
| The Bears did stick to the run on Sunday and it worked out for them. It seems like Lovie had a little talk with Ron Turner. |
| 5:26
| Jeff was already yelled at by Tom today. Jeff was late for the pre-game against Kansas City so Tom wanted to make sure he wasn't late on Sunday. Jeff couldn't help it, there was a lot of ambulance activity around the stadium. |
| 5:27
| Tom and Jeff did not go to Carl's Chophouse in Detroit either. Little Z already had a plan in motion that involved a place in Greek Town. |
| 5:28
| With all due respect, Steve will take his suggestions over Little Z any time. Little Z should be calling him for recommendations if he's going to set up a plan. |
| 5:29
| If Jeff and Tom need Steve on the road for restaurant suggestions he's willing to do that. The only problem would be traveling on the team plane, he'd need to be in first class. They might not be able to work that out though. |
| 5:30
| Steve would actually feel weird flying on the team plane because he shouldn't be there. He'd feel weird and creepy. |
| 5:31
| Anything else to look for on Sunday? Jeff thinks it'll be a low scoring affair. The Vikings are a good team, despite their record. They could be 4-0, they've lost their games by 13 points. |
| 5:32
| Jeff always likes the division games, especially against the Vikings. He's never liked them. He could stomach the Packers more than the Vikings, they always have an arrogance about them. |
| 5:33
| Tom doesn't like the Vikings either. It was in Minnesota where Tom tried to attack a ref for not starting up the play clock on time. Turns out Tom rode up to the booth in the elevator with that ref. |
| 5:34
| There's a similar story involving Todd Cavanaugh, who does the music at Soldier Field. One day he played the Beer Barrel Polka. Tom got up, took his headphones off and went to find Todd. Then the told him to never play that song at Soldier Field again. |
| 5:35
| Todd does play some good music at the games. The best though is Jeff pointing out the fire exits and Tom and other Bears players telling fans not to get too rowdy. |
| 5:36
| The pre-game is a great thing to listen to, especially when you're on the way to the game. It really gets you jacked up. |
| 5:37
| Then on the way home Jim Schwantz-who has an unfortunate last name-Jay Hilgenberg and Ron Gleason do the post-game. And Drew put all that together so you really have to give him credit for it. |
| 5:41
| Steve will probably do some tailgating at Soldier Field on Sunday. He's got the SUV so he'll pop open the hatch and then pull out the cooler with the Diet Coke and the Evian water in it. It's just Steve so he can't play the bags game with anyone. Sometimes he brings out the grill with the smoke machine in it. |
| 5:42
| Steve doesn't tailgate but he enjoys walking through the parking lot and checking out all the other tailgaters. Everyone is having the time of their lives. |
| 5:43
| It's an amazing scene coming off the Stevenson onto Lake Shore Drive. It's just a sea of Bears colors and smoke. Sometimes if Steve hasn't finished his Diet Coke he will pop the tailgate and just hang out. |
| 5:44
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 5:45
| Song: Duke's on Sunday, Jimmy Buffett |
| 5:50
| That song was written by Henry Kapono. Duke's is where he plays every Sunday night. He plays with his back to the ocean with the sun setting in the background. |
| 5:51
| If you're ever in Waikiki on a Sunday get to Duke's, you owe it to yourself. |
| 5:58
| What was that drop? Steve thinks it's something from Weeds. Buzz should start watching that because Kate Olsen is on the show. |
| 5:59
| Brendan, Pete and Jim were involved in something to hassle Buzz but they failed at it. Usually Buzz picks up on this kind of stuff. Actually it was just Brendan and Pete. |
| 6:00
| Chad Johnson, wide receiver for the Bengals, has a trash-talking website. You go there and type in a bunch of information about someone and their favorite team and then Chad Johnson calls and talks trash about them. |
| 6:01
| Pete and Brendan were trying to get a message for Buzz about the Dolphins but they couldn't get the technology working. Also Buzz could care less about the Dolphins. Steve's going to try it for himself. |
| 6:02
| Are Brendan and Pete tweaking in the other room or something? It seems like they have a lot of resentment for Buzz. Why not put the technology aside and just attack Buzz in the hall? |
| 6:03
| Steve's sorry that he included Jim in that since he's Buzz's new buddy. Maybe Brendan and Pete are jealous. |
| 6:04
| Jim knows that he has to live with Buzz back in the news room so he probably didn't dare get involved. |
| 6:05
| Steve's going to try another one for Buzz while the news starts up. |
| 6:06
| News with Buzz |
| 6:07
| Several prison guards were exonerated in the death of a teenager at a facility in Florida. |
| 6:08
| Steve has some new trash talking for Buzz. Buzz and Julian aren't options on the website though. Perhaps Buzz would like to come up with a more common name? |
| 6:09
| A standoff continues between Texas police and a man they believe killed his wife and step-children in Forth Worth. |
| 6:10
| The capsule carrying the new crew to the ISS has successfully docked. Among those on board is the first Malaysian and Muslim in space. |
| 6:11
| A teen involved in the Jena 6 has returned to jail to serve time on a previous charge. Jesse Jackson calls it revenge from a judge involved in the trial. |
| 6:12
| A Denver school district is attempting to cut down on the number of overweight students. They've begun sending parents a note with the proper height/weight index. That index is hardcore, it's the same one they've been using for years. Buzz is overweight on that thing. |
| 6:13
| Police are not going to charge a 6-year old who tried to drive his parents car to Applebee's. Why aren't they going to charge him? They should at least charge the parents. In the cutest audio of the day, the boy says he's 4-years old though. |
| 6:14
| Steve hates to mess up Buzz's investigative report but it sounds like he's saying "I'm just a boy". |
| 6:15
| Two men involved in a dispute over a leg will take their case to Chicago for a filming of Judge Mathis. That's filmed here? |
| 6:16
| Steve has one more trash talk thing here for Brendan from Pete. Although apparently Brendan is not a name on there either. |
| 6:17
| It's not that vicious but it's sponsored by Degree so they can't get too bad. It's something to do though. Maybe Steve will send it off to a few people's phones tonight. |
| 6:22
| We're gonna do Pizza Tragedies on the phone today so if you have a pizza tragedy call in. |
| 6:23
| Buzz and Matt worked out their own pizza tragedies on the air and they got through it. |
| 6:24
| Alright time for some sports. |
| 6:25
| The Rockies took game 1 of the NLCS against the Diamondbacks. There was some trouble in the game last night. One of the D-backs took out a Rockie to break up the double play but he was called out. Then fans threw stuff on the field. |
| 6:26
| Game 1 of the ALCS is tonight Boston. CC Sabathia takes the mound for the Indians against Josh Beckett and the Red Sox. |
| 6:27
| Suspended Penn State running back Austin Scott has been charged with the rape and assault of a woman he met in a bar. That's not going to help him get back on the team. He might have to transfer to Miami. |
| 6:34
| Alright it is time for Pizza Tragedies. We start off with the singing Elmo doll. The pizza sings too. Then it's right into the theme song. |
| 6:35
| After establishing the song Steve would like to share his own pizza tragedy. The other night Janet had her friends over to do something with beads or quilts. Steve was told they were going to be ordering pizza from Steve's favorite place. |
| 6:36
| Janet asked Steve what he wanted on his pizza even though she already knew. It doesn't matter anyway, they always get spinach on their pizza because it seems healthy. |
| 6:37
| When Steve got home there were only 3 pieces left because she only got a medium. They were the squares too, not the full pieces. With the squares you need at least 12 pieces. Then Steve accused Janet of acting like her sister. |
| 6:38
| Two years ago in Florida Steve and Janet had to attend a party for Janet's sister Jenny since it was her last night. Her sister ordered 1 large pizza and one medium pizza with different ingredients. Pizza's not that expensive, let's go long on it. |
| 6:39 | There was also some fried shrimp that had been left out. Steve reheated those in the microwave so it was nice and soggy and doughy. Then Steve got sick to his stomach. |
| 6:40
| That spinach thing is so fake. It's dough and cheese, it's not going to be that healthy. Those ladies really strapped on the feedbag though, aren't women only supposed to have 1 square? The best thing about pizza is you can keep eating until you can't eat any more and then have some leftovers for the next day. |
| 6:41
| On Sunday Steve wanted pizza and Pat Dahl was in town and it's also his favorite pizza place that they ordered from. Of course no one can get it just the way Steve likes it. Pat Dahl wants onions on the side. |
| 6:42
| So they got a large cheese and a large with the ingredients that Steve likes. They all claim there's nothing better than the simplicity of a cheese pizza but they eat Steve's pizza anyway. There are always a lot of pizza problems in Steve's house. Everyone else in the house should get pizza the way the dad likes it. Steve should have put his foot down on that issue years ago. It's not too late for everyone else out there though. |
| 6:43
| Caller Gene has an old pizza tragedy from when he was delivery in the 70s. He pulled up across the street from a house and ran out of the car, across the street. Then he stubbed his toe on the curb which caused the pizza to go flying. |
| 6:44
| Everything after that went in slow motion as the pizza flew through the air and landed upside down with a thud. The family was sitting on the front porch during all of this. Gene flipped the pizza over, put it back in the box and gave it to the family who promptly paid him. |
| 6:45
| Caller Mark has a Pizza Tragedy involving his in-laws. Steve can say that Pizza Tragedies are plentiful around in-laws. Maybe it's just because different families have different ways of ordering. |
| 6:46
| Mark's wife had to run out and do something and the kids were hungry so he offered to run out and get some pizza. The in-laws had just eaten so they said they weren't hungry. Mark returned, put the pizza on the table in front of the kids and then went to go get some plates and napkins. |
| 6:47
| When he got back to the table the in-laws were lined up ready for pizza as if they'd been in from the beginning. |
| 6:48
| The other thing with the Pizza Tragedy in Florida was that they couldn't even order from Steve's favorite place down there. They also leave the box open after they take a slice. The box closes for a reason people! |
| 6:49
| Caller John and his wife decided one Friday night to tear up their carpet and put in hardwood floors. So this was an impulse decision? Was there drinking involved? |
| 6:50
| Normally John picks up to avoid pizza tragedies. They decided to deliver this time though because he was busy. After an hour and a half the pizza hadn't arrived so they finally called to see what was going on. |
| 6:51
| A half-hour later the pizza girl arrived. John gave her a $20 for a $12 pizza and she didn't have change. So he took the $20 back, kept the pizza and made her go back and get change. Well played on John's part. |
| 6:54
| It's Fry Daddy Friday on the Matt Dahl Show. They're trying to fry it up later so they don't stink the place up. Steve doesn't mind the smell of hot oil but he should change it once in a while. |
| 6:55
| What was the deal with that cheese pizza on Sunday? Steve got a lecture from Matt about the simple beauty of a cheese pizza, like he's Kenny Loggins, and then he eats all of Steve's. Variety is the spice of life. |
| 6:56
| So the boys get two options and Steve gets one. He doesn't like cheese pizza, that's what they give old people. Should Steve order a third pizza with stuff that only he likes? |
| 6:57
| Then Pat wanted the onions on the side. And Matt scoffed when Steve told him to get the pepperoni on the outside. How great was the crispy pepperoni though? Why do they question Steve's greatness? |
| 6:58
| Pizza ordering is not Democratic. Steve is a Communist when it comes to pizza, everyone should have the same thing. |
