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| 5:32
| Is Steve supposed to be talking now? He was out in the hall listening to a radio on delay. Is that the start of the show we're looking for? |
| 5:33
| Steve's familiar with Our House but he didn't know it was by a band called Madness. The only Our House he knows is by Crosby Stills and Nash. That makes Steve old right? |
| 5:34
| The CSN song is now in a Sears commercial. That's how you know you're old, songs that meant something to you as a kid are now in commercials. |
| 5:35
| Steve loves his Crosby, Stills and Nash though. He was in a Crosby, Stills and Nash cover band called Bing Crosby, Stills and Hash. Their version of Teach Your Children brought tears to people's eyes. |
| 5:36
| Steve doesn't really need a show opening, he can just come on after the song. Who cares if there's an open, it's 5:30 in the morning. Steve can just say there was an open. |
| 5:37
| Buzz is demanding a show open. Pete concurs. By the way, Pete's Mel Tillis is right on. It's like talking to Porky Pig. |
| 5:38
| Maybe Pete should come into the studio and talk to Steve. Everyone in Steve's family is concerned about Pete's commute. Well not everyone but Janet and Mike. |
| 5:39
| They both said Pete shouldn't be taking the train at that hour of the night. Steve doesn't care if Pete sprouts wings and flies to work, as long as he's here when Steve gets here. Then Janet told Steve that if he paid Pete more he could buy a car. Pete makes enough to afford a car. He makes more than Buzz does! |
| 5:40
| Pete doesn't mind riding the train, it's really not that bad. Steve still can't believe the CTA lets the homeless people sleep on the train. Pete feels the CPD has a heart and doesn't want to roust them from the trains. |
| 5:41
| The homeless people are probably why those trains are so filthy. One of the new things the CTA is trying to do is keep the train cars clean. The cars are very clean, it's the bums that are dirty. |
| 5:42
| Usually the homeless guys don't say anything to Pete, they're probably just sleeping one off. He expects to see some drunk guys tomorrow morning since it's Thursday. |
| 5:43
| This morning Pete saw two drunk college kids get off at the Loyola stop. They were arm-in-arm and the guy said "I so want to kick that pigeon" and then the girl egged him on saying "Kick it, kick it!" |
| 5:44
| Pete gets on at the Loyola stop because there's a Dunkin' Donuts there, even though it's a little further from his place. Where is Loyola exactly? |
| 5:45
| Pete wanted to pick up some bagels and donuts for what Mary is calling Pete's Perk, like Central Perk. He thought everyone from the staff could hang out in there and enjoy the spread. |
| 5:46
| All they had at the Dunkin' Donuts was two bagels. Pete didn't want to just bring those in, he figured Buzz would be up-in-arms about it. "What is this crap?!" |
| 5:47
| Steve did not go to Dunkin' Donuts today, he's withholding affection from the Indian girl in there. Yesterday Steve got an apple fritter and he didn't feel great for the rest of the day. You can't throw down a fried apple thing that early in the morning. |
| 5:48
| Then Chef Hans came in with the steak sandwiches and the bacon that Brendan was handing out like they were concert tickets. |
| 5:49
| Steve is looking to go in there everyday and throw down a twenty. Who knows what will happen to him after that. The girl's not that cute but she can make a donut so it's a trade-off. |
| 5:50
| Steve was going to get a breakfast sandwich but then he wasn't sure how long it would take to make. Is that something he really wants? |
| 5:55
| A funny thing just happened but Steve doesn't want Buzz to take it the wrong way. A pre-recorded commercial just played for the hair transplant place and Buzz said "what the hell is this, it's two weeks old!" Then Steve asked if he'd recorded a new one, which he hadn't. |
| 5:56
| Buzz didn't know they were still going to air that old commercial, which is outdated. It says Buzz is going to get a procedure but he already had one done. Nevertheless, the new ad is not going to cut itself. We don't have enough Buzz audio stored up for Pete to cut a new spot together. |
| 5:57
| Steve feels there's a bit of a crossover from the bad WCKG sales staff to the new, fairly efficient Jack sales staff. That only highlights how bad the WCKG staff was. |
| 5:58
| Steve got an email from Troy of Balance for Life. He was sitting out the first week on Jack because he wanted to see what the show was going to be like. He thought Steve would just be playing music. Shouldn't someone from the WCKG sales staff tell him something like that? |
| 5:59
| What song is Steve not playing next? It's Men at Work. Colin Hay was just on Scrubs actually. Steve has given up on that show, and on TV in general. It seems like the writers have too. |
| 6:00
| Based on some of the TV Steve has seen lately maybe they need some new writers. It might be time to bust up that union. If Mark Cherry is your spokesman you're in trouble. |
| 6:01
| Now that Steve's been home all week in the afternoon at 7:00 PM he can't believe it's only 7:00 PM. How many hours are there in a day? The good thing about doing afternoons is it really broke up your day. |
| 6:02
| Steve's been sitting home all afternoon answering emails, it's like he has a relationship with these people. He's been getting a lot of emails from people saying he left a hole in the afternoons. Steve explains that mornings was the best option for him and then recommends listening to Jack the rest of the day. Then he gets an email the next day demanding Steve recommend something else. |
| 6:03
| Steve got another email from someone saying that they listened to him in the afternoons but they have other stuff to listen to in the morning. What is Steve supposed to do with that? |
| 6:04
| It's only going to get worse at the Steve@dahl.com address because that's how he's giving away tickets for the next Dahlfins show. He likes the breaks to be clean with no promos or sounders of Steve saying "Whoa Nelly!" |
| 6:05
| Did Pete get that audio problem figured out yet? He listened to the last break and the commercials were still too high. Steve thought he made it pretty clear to Todd Cavanah and his doppleganger what it was he wanted. |
| 6:06
| That's the other thing Steve sees a lot in his email inbox, complaints about the levels. Buzz is too low, the commercials are too high. Steve's actually cranked Buzz up a bit today because at some point in the show he's leaning back a bit too far from the mic. |
| 6:07
| At 9:00 PM last night Steve got an email from his doppleganger suggesting a mic harness to keep Buzz close to the mic. |
| 6:08
| The next Dahlfins show is November 17th at Durty Nellie's. Is Steve still opening for Prezence, the Led Zeppelin cover band? Steve was supposed to start at 8:00 instead of 9:00. He got the feeling that Budweiser forced that gig on Durty Nellie's and they don't want him there. |
| 6:09
| Steve's going on at 8:30 which still means he has to be off the stage in time for Prezence to set up. Steve's already been paid for the gig so most likely something bad is going to happen. No one has asked Steve to introduce the band but he probably will anyway. |
| 6:10
| What Steve really wants to do is get together with The Nadas and learn an entire set of Led Zeppelin songs. They'd probably kick off with Kashmir. Buzz will be backstage getting an audio recording of Prezence's response to what's going on. |
| 6:11
| You can probably count on something bad happening at the show. Steve is being cleverly kept away from getting to Durty Nellie's too early with a personal appearance at The Little Guys earlier in the day. |
| 6:12
| Steve has a feeling he's going to get there and see his equipment set up in front of Prezence's equipment. They probably won't let him use the lights or the front monitors. |
| 6:13
| So if you want tickets to the show you can email your name and address to Jack@IknowJack.com or Steve@dahl.com. Steve would prefer people email the Jack address because he'll be inclined to respond to emails sent right to him. |
| 6:14
| If you feel more comfortable emailing Steve because you don't really know Jack, don't expect Steve to recommend any afternoon shows. The only thing Steve's going to recommend is listening to Jack all day. |
| 6:15
| Steve will also take the first 5 callers at (312) 616-1043. This is the last Dahlfins show, maybe forever. Depending on what happens Steve could be banned from the Chicago bar scene. |
| 6:20
| Steve doesn't get the Jack promo he just heard that said the show is "kind of like the post office only slower." What does that even mean? Steve thought he had a discussion with Jack about that. |
| 6:21
| There's a bit of a lag time with Jack but still, that needs to be rectified soon or Steve's also predicting something bad will happen here. |
| 6:22
| Those promos make it sounded like Jack doesn't even like this show. So you play that and go right into a Crowded House song? Genius programming! Steve was just going to play a song too but how about some headlines? |
| 6:23
| The House has passed a resolution protecting gays and lesbians. What about fat people? |
| 6:24
| There was just a study that said obese people were healthier but then that was debunked. |
| 6:25
| Rudy Guiliani has received the backing of evangelist Pat Robertson. Was he doing leg presses when he made the announcement? |
| 6:26
| Everyone seemed shocked that Robertson would endorse Giuliani. Is that because of his stance on abortion? It seems like there are a lot more important things going on right now besides that. |
| 6:28
| A Boston priest has been arrested for stalking Conan O'Brien. That's all Buzz knows right now. He's not sure if this is a sensual stalking. Conan was an altar boy. |
| 6:29
| Rev. David Ajemian was arrested last week trying to enter a taping of Late Night With Conan O'Brien. Steve's just going to guess that he's stalking Conan because he doesn't like what he's saying about Catholics or something. |
| 6:30
| Ajemian began sending notes to Conan on parish letterhead in 2006. In one note Ajemian said he wanted a public confession from Conan before he would consider giving him absolution or a spot on his couch. |
| 6:31
| The Boston Archdiocese said that Ajemian has been placed on leave and was no longer allowed to minister publicly. The Catholics always think that's the answer for this kind of thing. They need to call 911, not John 3:16. |
| 6:32
| Robert Redford is in town for the screening of his new movie Lions for Lambs. Are we having some sort of festival here, why are we getting all these screenings? |
| 6:33
| Steve has a little more about this priest. He sent Conan menacing postcards and letters to his home and NBC studios. The letters continued even after he was asked to stop. |
| 6:34
| Conan was probably pretty patient about these letters because the guy was a priest. Plus it's someone he knew from Harvard. Anyone who goes to Harvard tells you that all the time. |
| 6:35
| They start every sentence with "when I was at Harvard..." Steve likes to say "when I was getting my GED..." but they don't think it's funny. He never mentions the time he spent at UCLA. |
| 6:36
| In an April letter Ajemian told Conan that he wasn't "Seung Cho" alluding to the Virginia Tech shooting. That's probably when Conan called 911, although the guy wasn't arrested until this week. |
| 6:37
| The letter continued “Even if I did once look out on that dark and dreaded doorway on West 72 Street, remember Frank Costello once dodged a bullet in your building, and so can you." Was Frank Costello the guy that The Departed was based on? |
| 6:38
| When Steve was at The Loop, which was in the Hancock Building, he used to get these letters from a guy who said he was set up on top of the Water Tower Place. |
| 6:39
| The guy knew when Steve came and went everyday and said he was going to shoot him one day. For some reason Steve parked at the Water Tower and walked across the street to the Hancock, increasing his exposure. |
| 6:40
| Steve might have parked across the street because it was cheaper, but to and from the building he was zigzag through the street. |
| 6:48
| Live read: Cheeseburger in Paradise |
| 6:49
| It's time now to find out what today's Steve Dahl Show Web Question of the Day is. First though, the results from yesterday. Steve should have probably done this earlier since the question is already up on the website. |
| 6:50
| Whoever puts that up should probably wait until after Steve reads the question. People are already voting now. |
| 6:51
| Yesterday's question was about your preferred method of torture, waterboarding, strappado or burning with hot cookies. |
| 6:52
| Strappado is where they bind your hands behind your back and then hoist you up with a rope, dislocating your shoulders. |
| 6:53
| As a teenager Buzz tried out for the gymnastics squad, he loved the rings. Steve would pay good money to see Buzz Kilman work the rings with the rosen on his hand and the tights. |
| 6:54
| If you didn't kick your arms out properly on the rings, you'd pretty much be giving yourself a strappado. |
| 6:55
| Only 2% of people in the poll said waterboarding was their preferred method of torture. It's not very popular now but had Steve known about it when the boys were younger he would have used it on them to get them to talk. |
| 6:56
| Burning with hot cookies seemed to be the preferred method. Probably because it smells good and then after it's done you get to eat a cookie. |
| 6:57
| Steve's still going to go through the motion of opening the envelope for the web question, even though 800 people have already voted on it at the website. Today's question is "have you ever used a fake ID?" and the options are yes and no. |
| 6:58
| That ties in with the O'Hare workers using fake IDs. That's way too loose. If that's going on why does Steve have to take his shoes off, or open his computer or prove that he's fat and not strapped with C4? |
| 6:59
| Federal and local law enforcement officials raided several O'Hare warehouses yesterday and arrested 24 workers in the country illegally and using phony security badges for jobs on the tarmac, cargo areas and other restricted zones. |
| 7:00
| Those could be immigrants from anywhere too. With all due respect to Hispanic people some Arabs look Hispanic. You put a sombrero on any of those 9/11 guys and they could look Hispanic. |
| 7:01
| Steve has to go through all this stuff when he flies anywhere and for what? He has to take his laptop out of his bag, show his ID and boarding pass to the most disinterested girl ever and stand behind people who aren't smart enough to get their ID out on time and have it properly justified so the woman can quickly match up the ID and the boarding pass. |
| 7:02
| In one incident last month a manager told a worker cooperating with federal agents to pick out a security badge that looked the most like him. Seriously, what's the point of all this security if this is going on? You even have to pay extra on your ticket for the increased security. |
| 7:03
| Steve's been at the airport when there's a shift change in the baggage area, they might want to look into that too. People are leaving with giant duffle bags, what's in there? It's Steve's stuff! Plus it doesn't look that hard to get in that area if you work there. |
| 7:04
| A corporate secretary who signed off on fake security badge applications could face up to 10 years in prison. Who is she a secretary for, Steve keeps wondering that. |
| 7:05
| Steve did see that woman on TV yesterday though, she was not having a good day. |
| 7:06
| The arrested workers face criminal charges in Cook County but are expected to be deported. Don't worry though, they won't get back into the country, unless they want to. They'll probably just work closer to home at San Diego's airport. |
| 7:07
| Does yesterday count as a full day in prison for George Ryan? Or does the day go from noon to noon since that's when he got there? |
| 7:08
| Yesterday the woman from the prison had to make a statement about what was going on because Ryan was sent into the prison from the back way. |
| 7:09
| Why does she need to explain that? They sent him in the back because of all the reporters and TV crews in front. Buzz thought the woman had a stripper name, something like Cherry Montana. |
| 7:10
| There's also a sweet photo of Jim Ryan giving a great frowny face as they're all getting into the car after going to the Original Pancake House. |
| 7:11
| You could just tell that Ryan was setting that photo up and he timed it perfectly so he'd get that frown in. |
| 7:12
| Pete was listening to the video on Tribune.com of the woman's press conference and her first name was cut off. It's Christine Montonna though. |
| 7:13
| Back in the day Christine was a very popular stripper name. There's a very famous stripper in New Orleans that Buzz knows of who's named Christine. |
| 7:14
| Some of this stuff Buzz should just save and put in his book. |
| 7:21
| Steve was watching the channel 7 news at 6:00 yesterday although maybe it was a different time. There are a ton of newscasts from 4:30 to 6:00 and they're all called something different. |
| 7:22
| 5:30 is the national news which isn't even in HD. But at 6:00 Paul Mienke was camped out in Oxford. Is that the name of the town or just the prison? |
| 7:23
| George Ryan is going to be in prison for 6 years, Paul Mienke doesn't need to be there right now. Maybe he was hoping to catch a prison break, if he could get Ryan escaping that would be great. He's not going to want to go home to his family though, that's the ugliest family Steve has ever seen. It's like a family of trolls. |
| 7:24
| If Steve was George Ryan's cellmate he'd want him on the bottom. Not sexually but on the bottom bunk. |
| 7:25
| Paul Mienke was mad as a wet hen because George Ryan went in the back way. Some producer from channel 7 did follow the car so there's footage of him going in the back way. |
| 7:26
| So they show some grainy footage of Ryan going in that way and then cut to Paul Mienke who's mad because he's not there. It was a candid shot too. |
| 7:27
| Then there's this video on Tribune.com of all the reporters going nuts on this Christine Montonna woman. |
| 7:28
| So this audio is the reporters badgering this woman into submission, or at least into retreat. |
| 7:29
| Why does it matter how George Ryan physically got into the prison? He's there, that's all that matters. |
| 7:30
| The audio ends with someone asking the woman if Ryan will be treated differently. How much better can you be treated? |
| 7:31
| So he gets to make soup instead of clean toilets, so what? Buzz heard that everyone in the prison starts off cleaning toilets, that's a rule. |
| 7:32
| Steve could see George Ryan being really good at cleaning toilets. Inmates will want to sit on the toilets that he sat on. |
| 7:33
| Steve has no doubt that Ryan will be on soup detail in no time. Lorelei will probably be sending him soup recipes, which he'll have to multiply by 100. |
| 7:34
| What's the big deal about this though? He's in prison, he'll probably die in prison. Or his wife will die when he's in there. |
| 7:35
| It's sort of creepy that the media is covering his entire trip up to prison and then getting mad that he goes in a side door. |
| 7:36
| Who cares about that? Steve wants to know more about the Raiders kicking to Devin Hester. What's that all about? |
| 7:37
| Ben Gay is here with some sports. Buzz has never seen him this early. He's seen him this late though. Ben is a little groggy to be honest, he's waiting for some stuff to kick in. |
| 7:38
| This is a little early for Ben but he got up and worked out at East Bank Club. It's a great place to see and be seen. It's not Ben's favorite gym for socializing though. David Barton is a nice place to go, maybe Ben could bring Buzz there some time. |
| 7:39
| East Bank Club is fun if you want to go see Chet Coppock working out. That's why Buzz would go for. It's funny to see because Chet is not in shape. Whatever he's doing, he's doing it wrong. |
| 7:40
| There's a lot of action in the steam room and there are also a lot of guys drying themselves off with one leg up on the counter. |
| 7:41
| Ben was out pretty late last night though, it was $1 drink night at Spin. As if Buzz didn't meet him there! Buzz came for the drinks and stayed for the man-on-man dancing. |
| 7:42
| The Bulls host the Pistons tonight. Scott Skiles' team, or is it Skiles's? Buzz thought it was Skiles's. That's his Miami education talking. Scott Skiles's team is searching for their first win of the season. |
| 7:43
| Ben likes Scott Skiles, he's attractive in a very bulldog/pug sort of way. He reminds Ben of that guy on Frasier who had the sports show. Wasn't his name Bulldog? |
| 7:44
| Brendan confirms his name was Bulldog. Also, Ben was right, it's Scott Skiles'. That's Iowa slapping down Miami. Buzz isn't sure if he believes Brendan. Time to whip out the sheepskins. |
| 7:45
| The coach of the Oakland Raiders is prepared to kick to Devin Hester this weekend, saying it's no fun to kick out-of-bounds. |
| 7:46
| Brian Urlacher was excited-and Ben loves an excited Brian Urlacher-when he was told of the Raiders plan. So now Urlacher is back and speaking in full, at least junior high school level sentences. It's a good start. |
| 7:47
| For the Raiders Justin Fargas, son of Huggy Bear, will start at running back. That's quite a legacy he has to live with. |
| 7:48
| Lance Briggs will host the 2nd annual Briggs for Kidz charity bowling tournament. Is Buzz thinking of making that? He loves bowling. |
| 7:49
| The Blackhawks beat the Blue Jackets 5-2 last night but maybe have lost center Kevin Adams for the season with a knee injury. Ben's hoping to give him some therapy. |
| 7:50
| The White Sox re-signed Juan Uribe to a one year, $4.5 million deal. Steve was hoping they'd get rid of him but apparently not. Ben can't believe someone that stupid can make $4.5 million. |
| 7:51
| This is the longest sportscast Ben has ever had written for him. Should we take a break and come back? We could probably call Pat Boyle and tell him to go back to bed. |
| 7:52
| Pat is so much more than sports though. He's a tall drink of water and he's got those Jack-o-Lantern eyebrows. Everyone on Comcast has pointy eyebrows. |
| 7:57
| Isn't that Scott Skiles cute? He's just like Bulldog on Frasier. As it turns out the gentleman who portrayed him is gay. |
| 7:58
| He was talking about Joakim Noah speaking out after the game about how the Bulls are playing. Ben's trying to figure out how to pronounce Noah's first name. His dad is Yannick Noah so there could be a hundred different ways to pronounce it. |
| 7:59
| Yannick Noah was married to Cecilia Rhode, Miss Sweden 1978. Ben was Ms. Sweden 1974 and don't you forget it. |
| 8:00
| So the Sox re-signed Juan Uribe who has the worst attitude ever and a horrible goatee. Buzz thought he stepped it up at the end of the season but by then it didn't matter. |
| 8:01
| Juan had a little trouble in his native Dominican Republic. An Italian sailor was murdered but he was cleared of the charges. |
| 8:02
| Peter Ueberroth said recently that if the Cubs had made the World Series in 1984 they would have played home games at Comiskey Park. |
| 8:03
| Ben doesn't know all the details but during the ill-fated 1984 Cubs championship bid the schedule was changed. Ben doesn't know all the details but Dan Falato does, he's free to call in if he wants. |
| 8:04
| Ben's under the impression that the schedule favored San Diego because certain games had to be played at night. Ben worked with Dan at WGN and the Peter Ueberroth rant was fun to watch. You just set it and forget it. |
| 8:05
| This is a really long sportscast. Ben's not even on page 2. Eric Lindros, who's a cutie-pie, is expected to announce his retirement today. |
| 8:06
| The Miami Hurricanes will play their last game at the Orange Bowl this weekend. Are they just giving up on football? Buzz thought they already did. |
| 8:07
| Patriots QB Tom Brady has been offered $1 million to be the new face of Calvin Klein underwear. How great is that going to be for Ben?! |
| 8:08
| The entourage of Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey beat up a man who was heckling him at Monty's Restaurant in South Beach. |
| 8:09
| After getting up to use the bathroom Shockey's entourage pummeled the man. Then Shockey returned and appeared to try to break up the fight. But he also grabbed a Miami hat off the man's friend and told him he was a disgrace to the school. |
| 8:10
| That's pretty low coming from someone who was on the MIami football team. |
| 8:11
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 8:12
| Steve's having a little trouble with this live read, probably because he quickly scanned ahead and saw his own name. |
| 8:13
| Steve doesn't really like seeing his own name in a live read he's reading. Jeff Schwartz probably told David to put it in there because that's what Steve likes. Steve can't take any more emails from Jeff saying stuff like "I miss you" or "your friendship means everything to me." |
| 8:14
| David sent Steve an email asking if it would be OK if he promoted his new WIND show on Dahl.com. Steve said it was OK but Buzz isn't sure about it. |
| 8:15
| If Buzz morally objects to it that's fine but will he make up any lost money? Does Buzz even go to Dahl.com? |
| 8:16
| Buzz goes to Dahl.com from time-to-time. Would he like more stuff about him on there? Maybe Buzz's Corner or something? Buzz actually wouldn't mind posting a movie review every Monday of whatever he saw over the weekend. Would Buzz write that or would he just tell Steve and he'd have to write it himself? |
| 8:22
| That's a voicemail from Jeff Schwartz. He loves Steve, so much. Their friendship means so much to him. |
| 8:23
| Pat Boyle is on the phone. He's got some more sports to follow-up Ben Gay's comprehensive sportscast. Ben always goes long. |
| 8:24
| Pat's back to work after a day off yesterday. The Bulls are back to work, taking on the Pistons tonight at the UC. The Bulls have all sorts of problems offensively. |
| 8:25
| Scott Skiles has heard all the excuses about the Kobe trade distracting his team or Ben Gordon and Luol Deng not getting extensions. They're professionals though, they should be able to work past it. |
| 8:26
| Right now Jack is torturing Steve and Buzz by placing hot cookies on their nipples and they're working right through it. Skiles might want to give that a shot. He's not going to let the Bulls make up all these excuses though. |
| 8:27
| Scott doesn't sound disgruntled as he normally does. He does have a surly side. He was asked yesterday if he needs to start calling out any players but he said it's too early. |
| 8:28
| One player who should be called out is Ben Wallace. He has 4 points and 4 rebounds per game. Steve could do that just through sheer will. |
| 8:29
| For all the money Ben Wallace makes he's very limited in what he can do. You can't play him at the end of a game because the other team just fouls him and sends him to the line. |
| 8:30
| Pat also heard during Ben's report that the Raiders are going to kick to Devin Hester. Steve's not sure if he believes it, why would they announce it? |
| 8:31
| Hopefully Cedric Benson can get his game going. The Raiders run defense ranks near last in the league so he should be able to get over 100 yards. |
| 8:32
| This whole thing about the Bears running the table seems ridiculous. There's no way that's happening. The Comcast guys are a little even-handed about it but Jim Rose seems to think it's going to happen. You can't set up Bears fans like that. |
| 8:33
| No one should be saying anything about the Bears running the table. The sports should just be them praying to God that they can at least beat the Raiders. |
| 8:34
| There was just a study about game experiences for NFL teams. The Bears ranked pretty low on that list for the parking at the stadium. |
| 8:35
| Just because the Bears are bad doesn't mean the stadium is bad. The stadium is on a great piece of lakefront property, compared to where most stadiums are. |
| 8:36
| Steve will still go to the games even if the team keeps losing. Even if there's bad weather, his seats are inside. |
| 8:37
| Pat congratulates Steve on being named a Friend of Red Bull. Steve got an email from a guy at Red Bull, his wife works for XRT and hooked all them up with Red Bull. |
| 8:38
| Then Steve got an email from Lin Brehmer after he said that Lin's fridge better not be better than Steve's. Lin's email was pretty funny though. He said he could take Steve saying he looked like the Pillsbury Doughboy with a bad plastic surgery job but he couldn't take him disrespecting his fridge. |
| 8:39
| Dennis Miller also has a new TV show. It's similar to his HBO show only about sports. Because he did such a great job on Monday Night Football? |
| 8:40
| Anyway Pat put out the feelers to the crack staff here and Pete came up with audio of Miller's rant about the abuse heaped on Cubs fan. |
| 8:47
| Everyone's in denial about the fact that there's probably no playoffs or Super Bowl for the Bears this year. Steve's not though. |
| 8:48
| Live read: Medical Hair Restoration |
| 8:49
| Buzz is no longer going "Pete Postlethwaite" after his procedure. Steven Spielberg says he's the greatest actor in the world though. |
| 8:51
| Steve saw a picture of that guy, his hair isn't that bad. It's not as bad a combover. |
| 8:52
| So the final Dahlfins show is coming up, next weekend. It's November 17th at Durty Nellie's in Palatine. They're all opening for a Led Zeppelin cover band and have to be offstage a half hour earlier than normal. |
| 8:53
| Steve has a feeling something bad will happen at the concert when Prezence shows up. It's sort of like how something bad is going to happen if Steve hears one more Jack prom about his "yapper". |
| 8:54
| Steve told Mary that if he heard one more he was going to put his fist through a wall but he might now put it through a person. A little jail time could do him good anyway. |
| 8:55
| So if you want tickets email your name and address to Jack@IknowJack.com or Steve@dahl.com. Also the first 5 callers right now will win tickets. |
| 8:56
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 8:57
| Pakistan's president said the country will hold elections on February 15th after he had previously suspended them. Also the rest of the world is starting to worry about Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. |
| 8:58
| Des Moines, Iowa got a surprise visit from Barack Obama yesterday after his plane landed in the wrong place. |
| 8:59
| The recently tased 82-year old grandma is making national headlines. Why did she get tased again? |
| 9:00
| Police pushed their way into her house and then she went and got a hammer and waved it around. You can't wave a hammer around at cops. Why did they push their way into her house though? |
| 9:01
| Buzz doesn't have the exact complaint but a neighbor called the police. And of course Mary Mitchell is doing daily columns about it. |
| 9:02
| Steve has today's Mary Mitchell column is Buzz wants to talk about it now. Today's is about Bill Clinton. Congrats to her for getting off the topic then. |
| 9:03
| The drowning death of Drew Peterson's third wife is no being given an "undetermined" cause instead of an accident. |
| 9:04
| Steve would like to know why those cops went into the woman's house. He doesn't follow this stuff because he doesn't mind tasing. Tasing is better than being shot isn't it? |
| 9:05
| Alright yesterday's column says the police were at the woman's house for a "wellness" check. Turns out she wasn't too well. |
| 9:06
| The elderly and mentally-ill woman was tasered after police burst into her house. Who says they burst? This woman? She's crazy and she came at them with a hammer. Steve would have shot her but that's why he's not a cop. |
| 9:07
| As Steve's reading this even he feels bad saying an old lady should be tasered. If it's a wellness check the cops probably wouldn't burst in though. |
| 9:08
| The reason we don't really know is because it's Mary Mitchell. Tomorrow there will probably be a story about Steve talking about this story. |
| 9:09
| Steve is fascinated with the story about the toys that have the date rape drug in them. |
| 9:10
| US safety officials recalled 4.2 million Chinese-made Aqua Dots that contain a chemical that causes vomiting and a comatose condition when swallowed. |
| 9:11
| The toy's coating contains a chemical that when metabolized, converts into the toxic date rape drug GHB. Isn't that stuff just cleaning solution? |
| 9:12
| Even though the toys are on a list of popular holiday items they've been pulled from store shelves. They should sell them at night clubs. |
| 9:13
| How does something like that happen? Not on purpose right? It seems like a lot of toys from China are not good to eat what with the lead and everything. It's important to get the lead out as we know. |
| 9:14
| It seems like we might need a better Consumer Products Safety Commission here. That woman who works for them was hauled in front of Congress for accepting a free trip to China. She only did that because they didn't have the money to send her over there to inspect factories. |
| 9:15
| A pet pig who's wait tripled while in the care of a sitting has been put on a diet. That has to be embarrassing since you're already a pig. The caretaker has been charged with animal cruelty. |
| 9:16
| The 5-year old animal, Alaina Templeton, is part potbellied pig. What's the other part? Steve doesn't know who's writing for the AP now but he can see why Buzz doesn't always have all the info. They're just leaving it out of the story. |
| 9:17
| Owner Michelle Schmitz left the pig with a caretaker for 9 months as she recovered from ankle surgery. What kind of ankle surgery takes 9 months to recover from? |
| 9:18
| What kind of person has a potbellied pig, really? A person with fat ankles maybe. |
| 9:19
| It doesn't seem right to charge the caretaker with animal cruelty. When Steve was a kid he had to watch his neighbor's dog. He kept feeding the dog because it ate so quickly and he didn't realize dogs eat until they explode. He imagines pigs are the same way. |
| 9:20
| Caller Laura Mae is a petsitter. She's actually been watching a neighbor's pig. Potbellied pigs are supposed to be heavy. |
| 9:27
| Steve hesitates to do this but he's going to go back to the tased woman with the hammer. |
| 9:28
| The police officer who fired the taser at the elderly woman was reacting to her refusal to put down a hammer she had armed herself with. |
| 9:29
| Police officers were called to the home after Department of Aging employees tried to perform a wellness check on her and were greeted with her armed with a hammer. |
| 9:30
| So the cops didn't just burst in on her. Sure they probably could have tackled her to the ground but Steve loves a good tasing. |
| 9:31
| This is getting a lot of attention because it's an old lady being tased. But Mary MItchell says the forced their way in or burst in. |
| 9:32
| Steve doesn't read the Sun-Times but when he does accidentally he makes sure not to read Mary Mitchell. |
| 9:33
| Caller Dave was calling in about the Aqua Dots. He makes deliveries to Costco and on their loading dock they had a whole pallet of them. They weren't aware of the recall yet. |
| 9:34
| Steve's tried to go into Costco several times and it seems like they're always closed. He went by on a Saturday at 6:00 and it was closed. Who's closed on a Saturday at 6:00 PM?! |
| 9:35
| Caller Bob is a cop, most of the guys who carry tasers are sergeants. The people who check up on the elderly are nonaggressive agents. |
| 9:36
| Bob was wondering if Steve wants to know what he and his colleagues refer to Mary Mitchell as. Steve does not want to know that. That's would just mean a series of columns about him. He doesn't even want to be tempted by knowing it. |
| 9:37
| Actually could Brendan write it down and give it to Steve? Buzz wants to know too. |
| 9:38
| Caller Bob (different Bob) points out that the whole point of a taser is that you don't have to tackle an old lady and break her arm. You're supposed to meet force with force. If a woman has a hammer you can't really use a gun. |
| 9:39
| Steve's still giving tickets away for the next Dahlfins show. Email Jack@IknowJack.com or Steve@dahl.com with your name and address to win tickets. This could be the final Dahlfins show ever based on the fact that they're opening for a Led Zeppelin cover band. |
| 9:40
| Also the first 5 callers to (312) 616-1043 also win tickets. |
| 9:45
| Turns out the nickname the guy had for Mary Mitchell wasn't racist or anything. It's Moprah, which is just clever. |
| 9:46
| Steve though, you never what the guy could say. You've got a cop with a nickname for Mary Mitchell. |
| 9:47
| We've got the commercial free hour coming up on Jack at 10:00 which is very exciting. Steve could tell Buzz every song that will play in the next hour but he doesn't have to. |
| 9:48
| It'll kick off with Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard. Buzz loves them after seeing their made-for-TV movie. They overcame some real adversity. |
| 9:49
| When OJ Simpson returns to a courtroom to face charges or armed robbery he'll also face years of doubts over his murder acquittal 10 years ago. |
| 9:50
| In Simpson's mind these latest charges are rooted in him being found not guilty of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Fred Goldman. Never mind the fact that he burst into a guy's hotel room with guns to take some sports memorabilia. |
| 9:51
| The case is likely to pivot on OJ's claim that he didn't ask anyone to bring guns and didn't see any displayed during the incident. |
| 9:52
| The FBI knew about OJ's plan to raid the hotel room. Is he going to try to say that he's doing stings for them now or something? |
| 9:53
| Live read: Medical Hair Restoration |
| 9:54
| Steve can't wait for the unveiling of Buzz's hair. He never really looked at the back of Buzz's head though. |
| 9:55
| The new hair will grown in over the next year or so. Ideally no one would really notice. That's probably the best thing. |
| 9:56
| That Steve Baskerville looks like he's wearing a yarmulke. Steve's not sure what happened there. |
| 9:57
| Weeks before OJ's recent arrest the FBI was alerted that the former football star might be attempting to recover memorabilia that was stolen from him. |
| 9:58
| He's going to get off the hook because this things too convoluted. He thought he was involved with an FBI-sanctioned sting. |
| 9:59
| Buzz just hopes he doesn't skimp on an attorney. He can't get Johnny Cochran because he's dead. Maybe if they postpone the trial long enough they could get the actor who played Jackie Chiles to go to law school, pass the bar in Nevada and then become his lawyer. |
| 10:00
| Steve has more Dahlfins tickets to give away. Be the one of the first 5 callers to (312) 616-1043 or email Steve@dahl.com or Jack@IknowJack.com with your name and address. |
