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| 2:01
| OK, Steve is here live right now by himself so this isn't the Best of Dahl. Steve's by himself also. Oh wait, here's Buzz. |
| 2:02
| Buzz thought Steve would do some crosstalk with himself. He's done it before. |
| 2:03
| It's very weird to have Steve and Buzz on tape and then have them live. Steve has had dreams and nightmares that are similar to this scenario. Steve's not sure what this is. |
| 2:04
| There was a lot going on yesterday with the announcement and the guy from the Tribune here shooting photos and video. The video ended up being really funny and it's right on the Tribune's homepage. |
| 2:05
| The video guy let the whole thing play out until Steve actually started mugging to the camera so it was good. Steve will have to send him something. |
| 2:06
| Everyone on the air lost their job and Steve doesn't know who else still works here from the sales staff. Steve doesn't want to go down there, it seems depressing. |
| 2:07
| Steve's calling down to Drew's office. He might be gone too. His voicemail is still working so he must still be here. |
| 2:08
| Steve was caught in a PD smack down between Todd Cavanaugh, the guy with the dragon on his jeans, and Drew. Steve is so getting those jeans, that's his new look. |
| 2:09
| Steve tried to stitch a dragon on his shorts but it was very labor intensive. It doesn't look like much. |
| 2:10
| Steve recorded some promos for Jack to run on this station. Todd says he hasn't heard them enough so he was looking for Drew. He might be giving him a beat down right now. |
| 2:11
| Todd said that Eddie & Jobo do an impersonation of him but Steve hasn't picked up on anything yet. Right now Steve's going with the dragon on the jeans but he's never worked for someone he couldn't impersonate. |
| 2:12
| Drew is going back to work at WBBM-AM but Steve's not sure about anyone else. He's afraid to go down there but Buzz thinks he doesn't even have to. That's true which is why Steve is not going down there. |
| 2:13
| It's weird that the station Steve has been at for 12 years is being shut down and turned into something different. Everyone who's been on the air around him is gone. The only guy who might survive is Skynyrd because he's like a cockroach. |
| 2:14
| Maybe Garry is going somewhere else and has a deal worked out. Buzz has heard rumors about him going to The Loop for afternoons. Steve was the one who told him that. |
| 2:15
| Steve's pretty sure they're not paying what Garry is looking for. He does know that The Loop wanted Danny Bonaduce on in the afternoons to play 6 songs per hour. |
| 2:16
| Steve's sure that everyone else will land on their feet. It's a tough business but everyone else here is talented. |
| 2:17
| The thing that really brought this place down was Rover. Losing Howard Stern was bad though. |
| 2:18
| Steve got Matt and Brendan an agent, who's also Buzz's agent. Steve's not sure if he wants to part with Brendan though. |
| 2:19
| Brendan's been doing a really good job with all the people calling in this week. He's taken a lot of abuse and handled it with aplomb. He's probably going to take more abuse next week from the people who want to hear Eddie Money instead of someone talking in the mornings. |
| 2:20
| Brendan's actually at the beginning of the video on Tribune.com, it's him answering the phones. |
| 2:21
| Steve's going to try again with Todd and Jack's engineer to get it hooked up so we can tape Brendan screening calls. Steve feels it's a comedy goldmine and he's been trying to get that done for 3 years. |
| 2:22
| Todd will probably say yes because he also works with Eddie and Jobo. Compared to them Steve and Buzz look normal. Those two are 80 years old and walking around in muscle tees and bling. |
| 2:23
| Right now the only thing weird about Buzz is that he can't take his hat off. Steve was thinking that everyone should go to dinner sometime this week, perhaps tomorrow, but the place he was thinking tells you right when you come in "gentleman please remove your hats" |
| 2:24
| Buzz can't do it tomorrow anyway, he has to watch Piper. Maybe she could come with? Does she have anything funny to say? |
| 2:25
| Steve's just trying to be a team builder. The team is already built but it's still very weird around here. Steve and Buzz are in the studio but out in the hallways people are crying and clutching the door handles trying not to let go. |
| 2:26
| There's a staff of 80 people here that are all being let go. Steve just wants to remind the people on this show that they're still part of something. Buzz thinks the team we have now is very professional so there's no worries about that. |
| 2:27
| It's also weird to have tapes of the show on before and after the live show. Plus that rejoin coming into the show said it was still tapes. This is live though. |
| 2:28
| The lights are also off in the hallway, it seems like the entire place is shut down. Steve wouldn't be surprised if they turn this floor into a Gap. That would be convenient for Buzz. |
| 2:29
| Maybe they could put in a Potbelly's and a mini Border's or something. Wouldn't that be nice? |
| 2:30
| Steve feels bad that everyone lost their jobs but luckily this show had good ratings so he doesn't feel guilty. |
| 2:31
| Steve would like to tighten up security around here. It's way easy for a disgruntled former employee to get in here than to go down to Cleveland and deal with Rover. You can't get onto the 9th floor without a special pass because Eddie & Jobo have a stalker. |
| 2:32
| It could even be Drew who bursts in here with a gun. He's going back to WBBM-AM but Steve's pretty sure he doesn't have his same job. It could be Dan Falato also. Stan Lawrence should really be at the top of that list though. |
| 2:33
| The other weird thing is that Steve is not moving studios starting on Monday. He gets to stay in his sweet studio, he gets to keep his office and the Green Room, Buzz gets to stay in his office. And most importantly Steve gets to keep his sweet parking spot. |
| 2:34
| Steve assumes that WCKG, continuing as something else, will also be broadcasting from the same floor and using the same offices. We'll be out of here by 10:00 AM though, at least Steve will be. Buzz will be home by 10:05. Buzz is wondering if there will be aircheck sessions? |
| 2:35
| Steve might be going over Buzz's stuff but that's it. Todd and Peter, the general manager, both seem really cool. If Buzz wants to improve himself it's an option though. He can submit to aircheck sessions with Todd on his own. |
| 2:36
| Steve's gotten mostly positive feedback about the switch to mornings. Some people said they can't listen and are breaking up with him. Buzz is looking forward to hearing from the regular Jack FM morning listeners. |
| 2:41
| Steve's eating a candy pumpkin, he can't get enough of them. They're made of the same substance as candy corn but there's something slightly different about them, other than the shape. |
| 2:42
| The pumpkins are called "Mellowcreme" but the candy corns are not called that. Sometimes there are pumpkins and candy corn together in a Brach's autumn mix. |
| 2:43
| Steve would like to once again recommend the taste treat that is candy corn and Planter's peanut. It's like a Payday candy bar on crack. |
| 2:44
| Maybe Mellowcreme is different but Steve's not a candy expert. It appears that the pumpkins and candy corn are made of the same thing though. There's honey in both of them, high-hive for the free range bees Buzz! |
| 2:45
| Mark Czerniec is weighing in now, he says the pumpkins are made with real honey. They're ideal for a holiday candy dish or for decorating your favorite Halloween recipes. |
| 2:46
| They appear to be the same as the candy corn but Steve enjoys the pumpkins more for some reason. Brach's could very easily be making candy breasts. Buzz thinks Helen Brach might have ruled that out, before she was murdered. |
| 2:47
| Song: Roll With the Changes, REO Speedwagon |
| 2:52
| You gotta roll with those changes Buzz, that's all you can do. |
| 2:53
| Drew came in to see Buzz's hair. He's also follicly challenged and might want to get the procedure done as well. Then Steve got up and looked at his hair and he could see the little sprouts. |
| 2:54
| It was sort of disappointing that Buzz didn't take Steve up on his offer to donate hair. He could have a nice silver thatch of hair back there, it could be like his trademark. |
| 2:59
| Steve would like to go back to the candy chat for just one more second. He's on the Brach's website and assorted mellowcreme's are different than candy corn. |
| 3:00
| There are other mellowcreme shapes but Steve can't make the photo bigger. He wouldn't mind trying out some other shapes though, maybe a bat or something. |
| 3:01
| Steve was always under the impression that candy pumpkins were just giant candy corns. Steve has some candy laid out for him and Buzz to do a taste test. |
| 3:02
| The pumpkins seem a little creamier. Buzz feels the pumpkin has a little more flavor too. But if someone hadn't told him there was a difference he wouldn't know. |
| 3:03
| Caller Bill is neither a chemist nor a candy scientist. He does like candy corn and Indian corn. For his money the Indian corn is the best but Steve doesn't like the chocolate. |
| 3:04
| Bill is in Plainfield, does he happen to know the couple who set off the professional grade firework in their living room? |
| 3:05
| Caller Joe has some information on candy corns versus pumpkins. They're basically the same except that the candy corn is smaller so there's less on the inside. Since there's more inside the pumpkin they're going to be softer. |
| 3:06
| Steve has to say that the candy corn is a comedown after the pumpkin. You need that creamy center. |
| 3:07
| Steve wants to know why they can't make the pumpkins year-round. Couldn't they make another seasonal squash? They do make a Santa head for Christmas. |
| 3:08
| Joe just wanted to add that he's Joe Squeegee, of the Squeegee Brothers, who Buzz knows. Why does everyone call in with weird messages for Buzz that no one else understands? |
| 3:09
| The Squeegee Brothers also did some art work for Steve with the Mother Truckers. They're not the guy who did Buenos Knockers are they? |
| 3:10
| Joe and his brother also did some stuff for Lake Effect. OK, Steve remembers them but he doesn't have feelings one way or the other. |
| 3:11
| Buzz's shout-outs are the weirdest though. Steve has the corporate connections and Buzz has the carnie connections. |
| 3:12
| Steve's not sure he can trust Joe as a candy expert though. No one else has called in with information? |
| 3:13
| Live read: WCIU |
| 3:18
| Alright the candy corn/mellowcreme debate rages on. But first Steve would like to know what the Squeegee Brothers did for Buzz. What did they give him for free? |
| 3:19
| They made the Drive-In Review shirts for Buzz which he really liked. He probably got the shout-out first because he was happy with what they did. Steve remembers them missing a lot of deadlines for him. |
| 3:20
| Buzz wonders if they're still in the t-shirt business. They have a website so they must be. Seriously though, his shout-outs are the weirdest. Hey, it's Tony the Vampire! |
| 3:21
| Caller Bruce does not know Buzz so he can't give him a shout-out. Bruce thinks Buzz is Steve's Elton Jim. There's no reason to insult him. Buzz doesn't even know who Elton Jim is. |
| 3:22
| Elton Jim is Jim Turano from Garry's show. Jim is also follicly challenged but Buzz is going with his own hair. |
| 3:23
| Jim sent Steve an email over the weekend wanting credit for inspiring Buzz to get his hair transplant. And Buzz was probably home listening to Honky Chateau. |
| 3:24
| Bruce used to work for a candy company so he can speak on the candy corn/candy pumpkin debate. The candy corns are made year-round so they require a thicker glaze. The mellowcreme's are seasonal so they're probably fresher. |
| 3:25
| That does make sense to Steve, he's willing to accept that as the explanation. |
| 3:26
| Jim Turano's toupee did look pretty good, at least until Stan outed him on the air. And once again, Steve's money is on Stan coming back here with a weapon. |
| 3:27
| Stan and Terry had a meeting after their show yesterday and then following that Terry stopped by to wave. He didn't see Stan though. Stan probably went right out to the flea market and bought himself a gun. He's sitting at home right now in the dark, blindfolded, assembling and disassembling the gun. Then he'll head out to the range to calibrate it. |
| 3:28
| Have we upgraded security around here? Steve can lock himself in the studio, it just happened earlier today. Steve was sitting there and he heard a pounding on the door. |
| 3:32
| Another fine Scrubs drop-in. No more Scrubs and we're done with candy for today. Pete should be saving up his energy for his very last Music Snob Corner. |
| 3:33
| Steve feels that Music Snob Corner at 6:00 AM is not the kind of mood he needs to be in for the people of Chicagoland. He should make it a good one. |
| 3:34
| Last week the song had to be stopped midway through. Pete always tries to make it a song that he thinks Steve will like. Which way is he leaning towards for Thursday so Steve can adjust his medication. |
| 3:35
| Steve would like to end the segment on an up note. Pete will find something that he thinks Steve will like. He'll probably make it something insulting like Van Halen or Jimi Hendrix. |
| 3:36
| How will Pete be adjusting to getting up early? Because he doesn't like change and he's been doing the same thing for 12 years. Buzz looks like an unscheduled, hair-brained lunatic compared to Pete. |
| 3:37
| Pete thinks he's getting better with change. Just this week he went to the cash station. He doesn't normally do that until the weekend. |
| 3:38
| Pete thinks he'll get here around 3:30 everyday. The show doesn't start until 5:30! |
| 3:39
| Guess what time Steve is getting here? 5:30. Pete wouldn't expect any different. Steve has all these other people working for him so he can get in at 5:30. Buzz just wrote down that he's getting in at 5:31. |
| 3:40
| If Pete gets here at 3:30 what time will he have to leave his house? Midnight? If he's got nothing better to do though Buzz doesn't see a problem. |
| 3:41
| Pete is thinking of getting a car just to make his life easier. That would be ideal, there's no traffic at 3:30 AM. |
| 3:42
| Buzz has certain obligations that prevent him from going to be at 8:00 PM. What obligations? Will he still be doing gigs? |
| 3:43
| Steve can see Buzz after dinner with the finger paint out, playing with Piper. Or maybe he's working the flashcards with her. |
| 3:44
| In reality Buzz is locked in his backroom playing harmonica all night while Piper bangs on the door. |
| 3:45
| Steve's plan is to get up at 4:30 and leave the house by 4:45. He'll have his pants on the floor, on top of his shoes. Then he'll just slip into those as his shirt comes down from the ceiling. |
| 3:46
| The good thing about doing a morning show is you can go to sleep, somewhere, at 10:00 AM. As much as Buzz loves the leisurely pace of the afternoon show he loves naps even more. |
| 3:47
| Steve might have played the wrong song. He was playing Change by Tears for Fears but he thought it was going to be that "everybody wants to change the world song" It's "rule the world" anyway so that doesn't really work. |
| 3:48
| Song: I'd Love to Change the World,Ten Years After |
| 3:51
| People keep asking Steve how he'll remember the new call letters but he never says them. They're always on the rejoin so you can't mess up. |
| 3:56
| On the phone is Pat Boyle from Comcast Sportsnet. Is this live or is this a tape? We are live, local and late breaking. |
| 3:57
| Pat saw Steve's picture in the Trib today, he's looking good. The wheel looks nice in the background. Pat heard all that yesterday, Steve seems distracted. |
| 3:58
| Photographers are distracting but they don't care if they're distracting. It's like how wedding photographers just pop up out of nowhere. |
| 3:59
| Pat offers his congratulations on the new timeslot. Steve feels bad it didn't work out here but that happens sometimes. Steve doesn't have to move his studio or anything which is great. |
| 4:00
| The other good news is that Jack FM is building an identical studio to the one Steve has now right on the floor below, just in case something happens up here. |
| 4:01
| If Pat were the vendor of Red Bull in Chicago he'd be waiting outside of Steve's door with a palate for him. Steve had 10 Diet Red Bulls on Sunday but it still didn't change the outcome of the game. |
| 4:02
| Pat was listening to some of the Best of today and he heard the tape of Steve recapping the Super Bowl. Even though it was wet and cold and they lost, he'd still rather be there than where we are now. |
| 4:03
| Sundays game was brutal and it seems like the whole season is a wash. In the history of the NFL only a few teams have made the playoffs with this kind of record. And it's not like they only have one thing to tweak. |
| 4:04
| There's not enough sugar-free Red Bull in the world to make that go away. Steve did have his share of it on Sunday and it went down nicely. |
| 4:05
| Steve has to say that Brian Griese was to blame for all those interceptions on Sunday. He can sort of see why there are so many mixed reviews on him, that's some spotty play. |
| 4:06
| You can't go from going 97 yards with no timeouts and 2 minutes left one week to throwing 3 interceptions in the next week. |
| 4:07
| Pat can't believe that the Bears didn't go long down the middle of the field on Sunday. We just played the Lions 4 weeks ago, we know what defense they run and they're 30th in the league in pass coverage. |
| 4:08
| Are we blaming Ron Turner here because Steve's good with that, he hates that guy. Look at what he did at U of I. |
| 4:09
| Maybe Brian Griese should have had the presence of mind to disconnect his headset again. And it was great of the Bears to make Brian Griese go out there last Monday and change his story about the Eagles game. That really took the steam out of him. |
| 4:10
| That told Pat everything he needs to know about the Bears as an organization. Steve forgot all about that but now Pat is putting it together for him and he's back to hating Ron Turner and the Bears. |
| 4:11
| Pat has some inside information about that press conference and it wasn't Ron Turner. It was someone within the organization who was worried that what Griese said after the Eagles game would start a new trend. |
| 4:12
| Steve still thinks it's Ron Turner, he probably just went to a McCaskey and complained. He's one of those McCaskey hires, he goes to church and they love him. That's how we got Wannstedt and Jauron. |
| 4:13
| Pat can't say who said it? Was it Lovie? Pat can't say but when you hear who it is you'll be amazed that they'd worry about something like that. |
| 4:14
| Buzz is wondering how the sports reporting community is reacting to Brian Urlacher's recent attitude to the press. Pat can't ever remember really getting anything good from Brian over the years. He's never really talked to the press. |
| 4:15
| Just from watching him in the past few weeks Buzz has come to the realization that Urlacher is a jerk. Ultimately the reporters are asking him questions for the fans. The fans don't want to have to go to some website to get their answers. |
| 4:16
| Pat thinks this is years of built-up frustration finally coming out for Brian. This is about the Sun-Times doing a front page piece about the situation with his girlfriend on a game day. |
| 4:17
| Maybe Urlacher wouldn't be so crabby if he and the ex could come up with a better place to exchange their kid. They go to the tollway oasis but that's not easy because there's no good way to turn around. They should meet at the Starbuck's at Ogden and 294. Steve sees parents there all the time. |
| 4:18
| Brian's ex got remarried, maybe he has a broken heart. Or else he just doesn't want some new guy spending his money. |
| 4:19
| Steve still has that condom lecture ready to go but he NFL won't call him back. He'd use Urlacher and Tom Brady as his main examples. |
| 4:20
| The Bulls start up tomorrow, Ben Wallace will play but Joakim Noah won't. The Blackhawks will have their first home game televised on November 11th. |
| 4:24
| That's the tape of Urlacher that Buzz was talking about. It's so irritating to him that it detracts from his ability to root for the team. Also, their losing ways aren't helping. |
| 4:25
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 4:26
| Barack Obama has rejected Brad Pitt's offer of support. He's afraid it'll make him look too Hollywood. |
| 4:27
| The University of Florida student who was tased while interrupting a speech by John Kerry will not be criminally charged. He apologized to everyone involved. Does Pete have the "don't tase me" remix available, Steve wouldn't mind hearing it. |
| 4:28
| A stolen base in the World Series means free tacos for everyone in America. You have until 5:00 to get a free taco at Taco Bell today. |
| 4:29
| Mitt Romney is now referring to Hillary Clinton as an intern, saying she hasn't done anything at the White House. There's probably also a loose reference to Monica Lewinsky in there. |
| 4:30
| The parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann are now admitting that they used money donated to find their daughter to pay for their mortgage. Steve's outraged but he doesn't know, who are the McCann's? |
| 4:31
| They're the ones who's daughter went missing while they were in Portugal. You could argue that they had to use that money since they stayed in Portugal for the investigation. |
| 4:32
| Don't miss Live with Regis and Kelly tomorrow, it'll be in 3-D. How do they do that? Do you need special glasses? Buzz probably has enough glasses for all of us, he has a large collection of 3-D glasses. |
| 4:38
| There are a lot of people calling in to win the Dahlfins tickets but they're not calling the contest line. The contest line is (312) 565-1059. |
| 4:39
| There's a new number for Jack FM but Steve can't say what it is because he's not sure where it's hooked up. The new number will tie in with the new station, even though we'll still be in the old studios. Also, Buzz will have to wear a crown when he's on the air since Jack also wears one. |
| 4:40
| Song: |
| 4:44
| That's from the new Jimmy Eat World album, which Steve pre-ordered over a month ago. Steve pre-orders a lot of albums and then forgets about it. Lately iTunes has been reminding about it though. |
| 4:45
| Buzz periodically gets DVDs from Amazon that he pre-ordered months before, late at night when it sounded great. |
| 4:46
| Has Pete ever seen Jimmy Eat World in concert? He probably doesn't like them because they're too popular. Pat Dahl turned Steve onto them but then abandoned them when they signed to Dreamworks. |
| 4:47
| Steve would like to see them but he doesn't keep track of their tour schedule. Would Pete tell him if they were coming to town or would he keep it from him as punishment? |
| 4:48
| Pete would tell him, would this be a double-date? Steve wouldn't want to go with him if he's just going to sit there frowning the whole time. |
| 4:49
| Pete likes Jimmy Eat World but he probably wouldn't buy one of their albums. What if Steve gifted Pete an album? |
| 4:50
| That reminds Steve that he has to thank Jim for gifting him a Dwight Yoakam/Buck Owens album recently. Steve calls down to the newsroom. |
| 4:51
| Jim doesn't remember gifting Steve anything but maybe he did it drunkenly at 3:00 AM. It didn't seem like something Jim would send him but Steve was just happy to get it. |
| 4:52
| The message is from a different Jim, golfshark23. Steve doesn't like or know any golfers. It's someone who accidentally got his personal email address. |
| 4:53
| Quite frankly, Steve didn't like it anyway so he's glad Jim didn't send it to him. Why does he want to hear Dwight Yoakam singing exactly like Buck Owen? Pete thinks this is why people don't send Steve stuff, he just mocks it. |
| 4:54
| Pete's hanging like a sleeve with the stuff he listens to. Everything he likes sounds like the person singing is pinned under a vehicle. |
| 4:55
| OK it's not that bad but you could just listen to Buck Owen if you want to hear Buck Owen. That wasn't Jim though, he doesn't golf. He does like 23, Ryne Sandberg, Devin Hester, Michael Jordan, it's a great number. |
| 4:56
| Well the good news is that in the competition for Steve's affection Pete and Jim are tied. |
| 4:57
| A few years ago Jim and Brendan went to see Jimmy Eat World, they were offered tickets by someone at the station. He's not sure why Steve wasn't given them first. Steve would probably take Brendan, it seems like he'll put out. He'll do anything just to get a ride home. I mean, you have to wonder how his ear got bitten off. |
| 4:58
| The band was good, it was on the tour for Bleed American, which has since been retitled to Jimmy Eat World after 9/11. So maybe Steve wants to go with Jim then? Just kidding, they can all go. They're probably going on tour at some point right? Steve's too old and too cool to look up tour dates. |
| 4:59
| Jim's on their website right now. If Pete cared he would have already looked it up. Is Pete out for the show? Because Jim is working it pretty good right now. He's like a stripper in the champagne room. |
| 5:00
| He's about ready to invite his fat friend in to hit the buffet. That's how the strippers did it in New York. Meanwhile Dan Falato's got the hot stripper and all they're doing is talking about Mark Grace and Bill Murray. |
| 5:01
| So Jimmy Eat World is playing The Riv on November 15th. They have seats there but you have to get there early. That won't be a problem for us, we can get there at 10:00 AM and wait in line. Or there's the Friday the 16th in Chambana. |
| 5:02
| It has to be a Jam show right? XRT's probably sponsoring it but all they do is have Lin Brehmer go up there in a leather jacket to introduce the band in a leather jacket with his smart-alecky attitude. |
| 5:03
| That sounds like a date then. We can bring Buzz along too, if he can get out of his family obligations. Buzz is in if Lin is involved. What about Frank E. Lee? |
| 5:08
| Live read: Cheeseburger in Paradise |
| 5:09
| It's good to have them back on the show but it makes Steve hungry. He doesn't have a taco to eat right now either. |
| 5:10
| The Taco Bell thing isn't over for good, there's actually a meeting about it this week. Steve could really go for one right now though. Especially on Free Taco Day. |
| 5:11
| Caller Sean heard Steve talking about Lin Brehmer. Sean was at the Elvis Costello concert and Lin got up there to do his little announcement. |
| 5:12
| As it turns out, Elvis Costello doesn't like to have his pre-show music interrupted. At this show he was playing The Chieftains and just that day one of them had died. |
| 5:13
| Then out saunters Lin Brehmer with his announcements about the station and Goose Island beer. Doesn't anyone drink Bud over there? Not that Steve has anything against Goose Island. |
| 5:14
| So Elvis comes out and does his first song but then right after launches into a tirade about the radio station announcement. |
| 5:18
| That's Lin Brehmer and Vince Gerasoli eating dinner together. Does Pete have the longer version of that? |
| 5:19
| Steve just received word that The Hungry Hound is not coming in tomorrow because he no longer has a show on the station. He's still on ABC though, we don't care about the radio show. |
| 5:20
| Doesn't he have a radio show this week? Aren't all the weekend shows still on? We know David Hochberg still has one more show since he took the time to fill everyone else in last weekend. |
| 5:21
| Steve heard something funny about David Hochberg this morning. After Rover got fired he wanted to do mornings. He was serious about it too. Steve was incredulous when he heard that. |
| 5:22
| Although it couldn't have been any worse than Rover. We should have put him on after Stern left. |
| 5:23
| Every time Steve talks about David he gets several hate emails about it. Those must be people that David turned down. |
| 5:24
| David Hochberg is on the phone. Does he call those people deadbeats? David doesn't seem that bad that he'd engender that kind of hatred. |
| 5:25
| David did throw out the concept of him hosting mornings. He figured his ratings would better than what Rover did, even if just his family listened. |
| 5:26
| David would have done it for free, all they had to do was give him a parking pass. Steve's surprised they didn't take him up on it. |
| 5:27
| So David's got his big farewell show on Saturday, what does he have planned? Steve told Matt repeatedly not to say anything about what was happening and then a few hours later David makes the announcement. |
| 5:28
| Steve could hear Matt straining all Saturday morning to not say anything and then David comes on and says Steve is going to Jack and WCKG is going all-Lithuanian. |
| 5:29
| Should Steve do David's commercial now then? |
| 5:30
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 5:37
| That's the full Lin Brehmer/Vince Gerasoli dinner right there. Vince is sort of a poor man's Hungry Hound. |
| 5:38
| What are we going to do about The Hungry Hound, Steve likes having him in. He must have just been coming in to promote the weekend show, that's how Drew got him so fast. |
| 5:39
| Steve likes having him in though, he's like the Mr. Skin of food. He knows every restaurant people ask about and what they serve. |
| 5:40
| Steve would like to have him on tomorrow and when we move to mornings. He can still promote his segment on ABC7. |
| 5:41
| Time for some sports. Brian Urlacher is nursing an arthritic back which we learned of about a week back. Lovie Smith doesn't think it will affect him too much. |
| 5:42
| Urlacher wrote on his Fox Sports blog that he hasn't been playing well and hasn't been around the ball enough. Steve gets having a bad game but a bad half of season? |
| 5:43
| The Bulls begin their season on the road tomorrow as they take on the New Jersey Nets. Ben Wallace will start but Joakim Noah will not. |
| 5:44
| Buzz is wondering how big of a star Ben Wallace is because yesterday a reporter asked him how hard it would be for the Bulls to win it all without a star. Ben Wallace is a pretty big star but he's not a Kobe Bryant. It still seems inappropriate, Steve would have punched the reporter. |
| 5:45
| Martin Havlat is expected to join full team workouts soon after rehabbing a shoulder injury. |
| 5:46
| Kerry Wood has formerly filed for free agency and the Cubs have indicated they'd like to keep him on the team. Who wouldn't? |
| 5:52
| That sounded like Bruce Levine asking Ben Wallace the inappropriate question. That guy is such a troublemaker, why does everyone give him a press pass? That's why Urlacher won't talk to anyone. |
| 5:53
| Hopefully we get that all worked out with The Hungry Hound. He's hard to get a hold of because he's always out eating. |
| 5:54
| Song: Hungry Like the Wolf, Duran Duran |
| 5:57
| Steve smells like he sounds and don't you forge it. |
| 5:58
| Time for Mailbag! The first emailer missed large chunks of the "secret" announcement yesterday. They wanted to know if we'll still have Music Snob Corner on Thursdays at Jack. Will it be the first segment of the day? |
| 5:59
| The only thing wrong with that bit is the song. Talking to Pete and hearing how crazy he is is fine. The song always wrecks it. Even if it's good it's only marginally good. Pete only likes music that no one else likes. |
| 6:00
| We can do whatever we want but Steve was thinking Thursday would be the last segment with the music. Can't we just talk to Pete without playing the song? |
| 6:01
| Pete likes to expose listeners to new music. Does he want to be the one marching into Todd Cavanaugh's office after the show to explain why we played a song sung by someone who sounds like they were hit by a train? |
| 6:02
| Steve's willing to try it out but Pete will have to be a little less obscure. If it could be someone who's going to be on Conan that night it works. If it's some band that's from Yugoslavia but is now in Denmark and refuses to record because they're afraid their souls will be stolen, Steve can't work with that. |
| 6:03
| For some reason the bit has been tortured lately but that could be Steve not wanting to play a song but still wanting to talk to Pete. |
| 6:04
| Part of it might be that Steve tries to figure out the point of the segment. He could talk to Pete and Jim all day about nothing but if there's a point he fixates on what it is. When there's a point, we run amok. |
| 6:05
| Steve can do whatever he wants on the new show, that was one of the stipulations. So now it's just a question of whether or not Steve wants to be mad at the beginning of the show every Thursday trying to figure Pete out. |
| 6:06
| Is there any way Pete can stop moving the mic around? He sounds like Dick Biondi over there. God knows what he's hitting that microphone with. Buzz, write down in your notes to change Pete's mic sponge. |
| 6:07
| Pete got a lot of response from that song last week. It could be heightened by the fact that it was cut off midway through. It's almost like autoerotica. |
| 6:08
| Steve's not going to stop talking to Pete and finding out about his life of depravation and denial. All he does is deprive himself, even of listening to good music. |
| 6:09
| So that was a love letter from someone named Molly. Although she doesn't necessarily say she likes it. Usually the people who don't like Pete will say it in the email. |
| 6:10
| Pete understands that music is subjective so he understands that people might not like that song. He does try his hardest to find something he thinks everyone will like. |
| 6:11
| Of course the segment is doomed from the outset because Pete likes obscure, bad music. If we could just stipulate that at the beginning it might work better. |
| 6:12
| The next emailer just wanted to remind Steve that according to Spike O'Dell there are madmen on the expressway at 4:30 AM. That's when he brought Carol Marin along for the ride along. |
| 6:13
| Molly, Pete's fan, is on the phone. If he has a stalker we might need to get an elevator key card for this floor too. |
| 6:14
| Molly doesn't sound dangerous though. She's a fan of Music Snob Corner, she loves it. She's sad to hear it won't be on any more. Steve is vacillating. |
| 6:15
| Molly didn't hear the segment last week though but it was a bad song. It sounded like the girl singing was having her eyes being pulled out of their sockets and then recorded. |
| 6:16
| Pete is like a Bears QB, showing so much promise, and Steve is Ron Turner allowing it to keep happening. |
| 6:17
| Could Molly start stalking Pete because Steve would love to get this floor shutdown. |
| 6:18
| There we go Pete, that's Molly. Brendan's getting her info right now although he's probably asking her if she ever listens to the Matt Dahl Show. |
| 6:19
| More letters or is that enough? Those madmen on the expressway might be looking specifically for Spike. It could be a special squad trying to take him out. That was a great segment with Carol Marin, wearing her drapery, in the backseat. That's a nice curtain rod you've got there. |
| 6:20
| Imagine how fast Steve is going to go once he's no longer under court supervision. There are a lot of people on the road at that time though. |
| 6:21
| Steve still hopes to hit 100 every morning. He'd prefer it to be on an expressway or Lake Shore Drive. It would be fun to terrorize Spike though but Steve would have to take the Eisenhower. |
| 6:22
| Spike wasn't even driving a nice car, it was like a Ford Taurus. Maybe the good car burned up in the fire along with his dog Sparky. |
| 6:23
| Buzz doesn't think enough time will ever pass for him to laugh at that story, it's a tragedy when you throw in the dog part. Steve knows the dog's name wasn't Sparky. |
| 6:24
| Steve should do one more letter to make it three. There's another reference to Music Snob Corner. |
| 6:25
| The final emailer will be following Steve over to mornings because he's a better morning person. Steve feels the same way. When Steve gets here for the show he tries to be completely neutral. That's really hard to do until 2:00 PM. |
| 6:26
| The emailer is suggesting a song by Sugar called Changes. It might be more in keeping with Pete's Music Snob Corner. Pete's becoming a household name like Kleenex or Tampon. |
| 6:27
| That song seems obscure and snobbish enough for Steve but not for Pete. This is where the segment gets off the rails. Somewhere there's a logic disconnect. |
| 6:28
| News with Buzz |
| 6:29
| Democratic Presidential candidates converge on Philadelphia tonight for a debate aired on MSNBC. That's not even a real debate, who watches MSNBC? |
| 6:30
| Hillary Clinton holds a commanding lead over Barack Obama. It should be interesting because Obama has stepped up his attacks on Hillary. |
| 6:31
| President Bush nominated a 40-year veteran of medicine to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. As it turns out the retired general has some second thoughts about waterboarding, saying he might not approve of it. |
| 6:32
| Barack Obama has reportedly turned down the public backing of actor Brad Pitt. He didn't want to appear too Hollywood. |
| 6:33
| The Hollywood connection is a turn-off for a lot of people, including Steve. Instead of worrying about politics maybe Pitt should have gotten a better script for Mr. & Mrs. Smith. |
| 6:34
| Squirrels are now safe to eat again in New Jersey which is good. The Feds warned hunters near a waste dump in the state not to eat squirrels they killed after one of them had lead in it's blood stream. Turns out the lead came from a blender used in preparation of the squirrel. So don't use the blender. |
| 6:36
| The family lives in a house worth 500,000 pounds in Britain. So that's about $750,000 right? Or is it worth less? It's like 1 to 1 1/2 right? Buzz doesn't care does he? He reports a story from Great Britain and doesn't want to talk pounds with Steve. |
| 6:37
| Buzz is using all these great British phrases that make Steve, a Great Britainphile, want to talk Britain. But Buzz isn't interested. |
| 6:38
| It's been 6 months since Lisa Stebic disappeared. Steve heard 6 months but he's not sure if it's exactly today. They're having some sort of vigil. |
| 6:39
| Stebic's husband have cut off all communication between his children and his wife's family. |
| 6:40
| They're having a vigil for her tonight but Steve thought he read that Stebic wasn't attending. |
| 6:41
| The parents of Madeleine McCann used funds donated to help find their daughter to pay their mortgage. Their daughter disappeared when they were on holiday in Portugal. By that he means vacation. |
| 6:49
| Craig Stebic was irritated by the billboards which were put up even around his vacation home in the UP of Michigan. |
| 6:50
| If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then NBC may be paying Grey's Anatomy a big compliment. Is Buzz drinking? Steve feels if we replay this tape it'll show that Buzz has been drinking. |
| 6:52
| Multiple sources have confirmed that NBC is looking to spin-off The Office by introducing several new characters who would then move on to their own show. |
| 6:53
| This is just from a gossip, Steve can't see it being true. The show is pretty successful but it's not that successful. |
| 6:55
| Steve has some bad news for Buzz. He can probably see it on his screen too. Robert Goulet is dead at the age of 73. |
| 6:56
| Didn't Steve offer to donate a lung? Or was he trying to get Buzz to donate a lung? Buzz is a fan, even though he made some hideous singing errors. |
| 6:57
| Steve would like to think that if there is an afterlife, Robert Goulet and Elvis will be friends. They always say that in the afterlife all of your pets are there but that's too many dogs for Steve. Maybe it's more like you can go visit your dog at a dog park, managed by Bob and Ron. |
