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| 5:32
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the Steve Dahl Show with Buzz Kilman. Buzz must be getting used to this schedule because he came into the studio humming. |
| 5:33
| Steve's worked with Buzz for about 10 years, cumulatively. When he hears him humming that has to mean he's getting used to the schedule. Next week he'll come in singing. |
| 5:34
| Steve knows he's getting used to the schedule because he got up at 3:30 to use the bathroom (he has a going problem) and thought to himself "get up now, how great would that be?" |
| 5:35
| But Steve went back to sleep and slept so hard for that half hour that when he woke up at 4:00 he didn't know where he was and he knocked everything off his nightstand trying to turn the alarm off. |
| 5:36
| So Steve's feeling pretty good now but it could be the sugar-free Red Bull talking. Steve hasn't been stopping for a donut either, he feels it's a bad way to start the day. |
| 5:37
| On the afternoon show when Steve ate a donut at 5:00 it was for a sponsored segment. But if you have an eating disorder and you start the day off with a donut at 4:30 you have nowhere to go but down. It's like waking up and having a drink or doing a line. |
| 5:38
| Steve doesn't need a buttermilk donut at 4:30 in the morning even though he's working the Indian girl at Dunkin' Donuts. He feels that by next week he could go in and just get coffee. |
| 5:39
| Although the coffee is useless to Steve because it's too hot. It takes him 25 minutes from Dunkin' to work and it's still not cool enough to drink. Why are we brewing coffee that's so hot? It's like a worldwide phenomenon. |
| 5:40
| Maybe Steve should invent fast-cooling coffee. It would probably be pretty hard to change the physical properties of water but Steve could do it. |
| 5:41
| Dunkin' Donuts has those sweet lids for their coffee but the holes on them aren't big enough to cool things off. Maybe they need to put a cooling hole on there. |
| 5:42
| A lot of people like Dunkin' just for the coffee. Buzz's niece is coming into town this weekend from Massachusetts and she's really excited that they live so close to a Dunkin' Donuts. |
| 5:43
| Is this a niece of a "niece"? Because there was a time when Buzz was dating someone who called him uncle Buzz. She wasn't really his niece, she was the daughter of his godfather. |
| 5:44
| So Steve hasn't been in to see his girl for the last few days. She's not really that attractive, except for the chipped fingernails. |
| 5:45
| Caller Bob is recommending a scoop of ice with the Dunkin' Donuts coffee. They'll do that for you if you ask. Steve could get an iced coffee but that seems weird when it's 32º at 5:45 everybody. |
| 5:46
| Someone emailed Steve the other day saying he needed to give the time more on the air. Give the time more?! Get a watch! She didn't say anything about the temperature though. But it was a letter debasing him for not giving the time more. That was the point when Steve turned over all his Steve@dahl.com chores to Stephanie. |
| 5:47
| People are asking Steve what they're supposed to do in the afternoon now that he's on in mornings. What about Steve?! What's he supposed to do?! He looks at his watch and it's only 3:00. Then at 4:00 it's only 4:00 and he's been up for 12 hours! |
| 5:48
| Bob used to work at O'Hare with an Indian guy who owned several Dunkin' Donuts and a Subway, it's very profitable. A lot of those guys probably come over here with cash and go right into the franchise. It's very profitable. Steve feels that donut-making is another trade he could excel at. He'd probably blow up at 12 hours though, like that guy in Meaning of Life. |
| 5:49
| Bob is glad to hear Steve and Buzz on 104.3 because he can get the station all the way up to Racine. That's why we left, we didn't like the coverage. Buzz came in one day and said "Look at this 3 millivolt contour here, it's ridiculous. Buzz Kilman is not on a station with a 3 millivolt contour like this!" |
| 5:55
| You know all those mean Jack promos that Steve's hearing? Turns out Mary's writing them. Todd Cavanah must have given him poison Kool-Aid. |
| 5:56
| Steve threw a fit about it yesterday but he won't today. They better not be there on Monday. |
| 5:57
| Mary has never really had to deal with radio people. She interned with Kevin Matthews, then she became Steve's assistant and then the producer. And she's the best producer but Jeff and Drew weren't really radio people. Plus they loved Steve. |
| 5:58
| Meanwhile Todd Cavanah has this radio book with all these methods in there. Mary has Second City training and that fits in very well with a method. Steve will have to deprogram her. |
| 5:59
| Now Mary's actually pointing out the promos she wrote. How about some self-effacing about Jack too. And quite frankly Jack sounds borderline gay. Why not say that?! |
| 6:00
| Steve does like Todd though and he has a lot of good ideas that he's benefited from. But Steve doesn't want to do a half hour of genius radio and then hear Jack say "when Steve's done yapping..." |
| 6:01
| Jack's not even playing what he wants, he's playing what Todd Cavanah wants. Steve's hotter than Todd Cavanah too, how about putting that in a promo? |
| 6:02
| Sure Todd wears $1,000 outfits everyday. But Steve's in a $5 shirt from Cabela's and a some big and tubby pants from Land's End and he still looks hotter. |
| 6:03
| Buzz hasn't seen Todd's dragon-stitched jeans yet. It's sort of hard to see him because Buzz leaves at 10:10 everyday. |
| 6:04
| Steve was talking to Todd about going to Vegas this weekend. Todd is the kind of guy Steve could go to Vegas with because he likes to stay at the same hotel and do the same stuff. |
| 6:05
| Steve's going out there this weekend for Pat's bachelor party. Mike and Matt and some of their friends are on the flight out there and then they're meeting Pat and some of his LA friends out there. |
| 6:06
| Steve's only going so he can pay for it which is fine. Steve doesn't mind paying for it because Steve Dahl's Las Vegas is pretty expensive and they're all kids who are going. Their version of Vegas is sleeping three to a room, which they're still doing. |
| 6:07
| The only way Steve's sleeping three to a room is if the other two are hookers. That's not really going to happen though. |
| 6:08
| MIke Dahl is taking his duties as best man very seriously because he comes from a frat culture. He's getting mad though because some of Pat's friends are the types who are still in school and will be there forever. Some of Pat's friends have good jobs but all of Mike's do. |
| 6:09
| Pat's friends in Hollywood have good jobs but they're not high paying job. That's how they keep you down out there. Steve doesn't mind paying for the weekend though. He's paying for the wedding and that's not fun for him. It's nothing he likes to spend money on but Vegas is. |
| 6:10
| Mike got the idea that Pat and his friends are freeloaders so he sent out an email regarding that. He wants to go to Rum Jungle at the Mandalay Bay tonight. |
| 6:11
| The last time Steve was out in Vegas with Mike and Pat they went to the Rum Jungle. Steve got them into the VIP room because that's easier than just waiting in line. Pat and Mike were arguing about what kind of bottle to get. Mike said vodka which is the right choice. |
| 6:12
| If you're trying to get girls to come to your table vodka is a great idea because you can mix it with anything. But Pat wanted Pusser's Rum which is spiced and disgusting. He might have been going for the joke and he won out. |
| 6:13
| Steve only stayed for an hour because it seemed wrong that all the girls were coming to him instead of the boys. Not really, Steve just thought it was weird to hang out in the VIP area with them for too long. |
| 6:14
| So Mike's been arranging the Rum Jungle thing, through Steve's travel agent. He wants three tables for 10 guys which is about $1,000. Steve will pay for that though, he doesn't care. |
| 6:15
| Mike had the benefit of going to U of I which didn't cost as much so he thinks he's not the spoiled Dahl boy. He can't believe Pat and his friends won't pay for the Rum Jungle. |
| 6:16
| But Todd seems like a good guy to go to Vegas with. He seems to have a lot of contacts because he plays records on this station and B96. It's more like how radio used to be. |
| 6:17
| So if you're in Vegas with him it seems like he could get you tickets to stuff. It seems easier to get showbiz stuff done with him as opposed to Drew. Hopefully he isn't awake yet, hearing Steve say he already wants to go to Vegas with Todd as opposed to never going to LA with Drew. |
| 6:18
| Steve sees Drew everyday now, he's the news director at WBBM-AM. Steve thought that was a demotion but Drew seems to love it. It's like Broadcast News, he's probably in heaven. |
| 6:19
| But Buzz would have had the day off if we were still in afternoons. He still has his afternoon off, everyday. At about 3:00 or 4:00 Buzz hits a wall and he doesn't know what to do. He feels that's due to a lack of planning, he should be doing something big. |
| 6:20
| Now Steve understands why he drank. You do your show, then you drink from 10:00 to noon. Then you have a little lunch, drink some more, head home for a big nap and then you're hungover the rest of the day. That makes you go to sleep earlier though. |
| 6:24
| Mike Dahl was trying to get a stripper up into a room for the bachelor party but that seems dangerous, especially in Vegas. Every seen Very Bad Things? |
| 6:25
| Steve got the boys hooked up at Club Paradise, the sister club of The Admiral. Buzz has been there, it's actually the only strip club he's ever been to. |
| 6:26
| Buzz didn't have a great time but that's only because they were there with too many people. They were people you shouldn't be at a strip club with like Spike and Dan Falato. Next time it should just be Steve and Buzz. |
| 6:27
| Steve has arranged for that after a dinner. The boys want him to go but Steve's uncomfortable with that concept. He was just going to go there and make sure they were all hooked up, which means paid for. |
| 6:28
| Steve said in his blog today that maybe he'd stay for 3 dances, one Guns 'n' Roses, one Van Halen, one ZZ Top. Steve prefers the Sammy Hagar-era Van Halen. After that Steve will leave and go gamble or something. |
| 6:29
| Steve likes to gamble with the boys but at some point it seems like a solitary pursuit he enjoys undertaking on his own. Steve likes Vegas because it's every bad idea in the world, under one roof, all at one time. If you're a person with an addictive personality it's challenging and exciting. Every time you turn around there's something that you have to try not to dive headlong into. |
| 6:30
| There's also a desperate loneliness to Vegas which Steve enjoys as well. That might be why Buzz didn't like it. They put up the Eiffel Tower and New York city underneath that there's a desperation that Steve finds compelling and oddly healing. |
| 6:31
| So Steve doesn't mind being alone out there. Plus he figured someone should be out there looking after those knuckleheads. The boys have tried to kill each other, even as adults, so who knows what will happen. |
| 6:32
| It's the perfect set-up because Steve has the boys staying at the same hotel as him but it's a different hotel. He's at the Four Season in the Mandalay Bay. |
| 6:33
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 6:34
| A fresh warning from the FBI, Al Qaeda might be planning attacks on shopping malls during the holiday season. They didn't offer any means of protection. |
| 6:35
| Someone from the Chicago police said they're unconfirmed reports though. What kind of country to we live in where we take what will probably be one of the worst holiday seasons in the last 20 years and make it worse by saying Al Qaeda might attack? Why not just cancel Christmas? |
| 6:36
| Buzz feels if the FBI doesn't have an suggestions they should keep their yapper shut. Now there's a good Jack promo. Steve will use this to get out of holiday shopping though. |
| 6:37
| They can't even tell us what stores are being targeted. Is it the food court? Or the kiosk that sells covers for your cellphone? Because Steve will stay away if he knows. |
| 6:38
| OJ Simpson is gearing up for another day in court. Criminal defense attorney Mickey Sherman says the FBI could be working in OJ's favor. |
| 6:39
| What if Steve saw OJ in Vegas? "Juicebox, what up?!" Steve would hang out with OJ in Vegas, that would just add to the desperate loneliness. |
| 6:40
| Caller Emily wanted to let Steve and Buzz know that the FBI didn't plan on releasing the info about the Al Qaeda threat but there was a leak and the media found out about it. Why does the FBI have a leak? And why is the media reporting this non-story? Was it Buzz? Is he the media member who leaked the story? |
| 6:41
| Emily's going to Vegas on Monday but Steve won't be there, unless something goes horribly wrong. His plan is to be home on Sunday night. |
| 6:42
| Emily's going out there for work, which Steve loves. What kind of conference happens in Las Vegas, how do you get anything accomplished? Why not just flush money down the toilet. |
| 6:43
| Emily's an occupational therapist and she's going out there for a conference about neo-natal babies. In Vegas?! |
| 6:44
| Mickey Rourke was busted for a DUI last night, driving his Vespa in Miami Beach. Mickey! Nooooooooo! What's he doing on a Vespa? Police say when he got off the Vespa he uttered several obscenities. |
| 6:45
| You can't really tell it's Mickey Rourke any more, he doesn't look like he used to. His head got weird or something. Buzz says he's a plastic surgery junkie. |
| 6:46
| It doesn't seem like you should get a DUI when you're driving a Vespa. In that situation you're only putting yourself at risk. When you get on that thing drunk you're making that choice because you need to get home. |
| 6:50
| A lot of people are complaining about the podcast not being updated properly. Steve's sending something to Ed and Adam, his IT and marketing team, as well as Todd Cavanah. |
| 6:51
| There's some sort of issue with the podcast and Steve's recommending that's how people fill their afternoons up. Todd will get right on the issue. |
| 6:52
| Next Saturday, the 17th, Steve Dahl & the Dahlfins, The Nadas and Buzz Kilman are opening up for a Led Zeppelin cover band at Durty Nellie's in Palatine. |
| 6:53
| If you want tickets send an email to Jack@IknowJack.com or Contests@dahl.com with your name and address. |
| 6:54
| This is the last day to email but we'll be giving away tickets next week on the air. In fact Steve will give some away right now. |
| 6:55
| Song: Livin' On a Prayer, Bon Jovi |
| 6:58
| Caller Beth is coming in hot. She might be talking too closely to the phone. Beth, bring it down a little bit. |
| 6:59
| Beth really misses Steve in the afternoons, there's nothing on. Steve can't do two shows though. Beth can listen to the podcasts in her car, she just needs a hook-up for her iPod. |
| 7:00
| There's really nothing on in the afternoons but Steve hopes that's why he and Buzz weren't number 1. |
| 7:01
| Steve was running yesterday and he went to stop at the park to use the Port-a-Potty. There were two moms there and one of them started talking to him. |
| 7:02
| Steve pulled out his earbud and she said "looks like you've found something to do in the afternoons" Then she said she liked that he was on in the afternoons because she could listen more. |
| 7:03
| Steve told her he had to go use the facilities but she told him it wasn't there any more. Steve couldn't see that far ahead but the Port-a-Potty is sort of in a wood enclosure. So Steve had to go use the bushes. |
| 7:04
| Steve appreciates the fact that people miss him in the afternoons but there's nothing he can do about it. This wasn't really his idea either, he just got out in front of it. |
| 7:05
| Steve's been in this business since he was 15 so he could recognize what was happening. He was able to get out in front of it though. |
| 7:06
| Beth misses Matt's show too. She needs to stop living in the past. As Coach would say, the past is for losers. Steve got Matt an agent, he offered Garry a spot on this show, he hasn't heard from Stan and Brendan is still answering phones. |
| 7:07
| Caller Christine had a rough week after Steve moved to mornings. Steve doesn't want to take any more calls about this. |
| 7:08
| Christine woke up at 4:00 AM on accident because of the time change. Her husband accused her of waking up early to listen to Steve. So he's jealous? |
| 7:09
| In the afternoons when Christine has her laptop open he thinks she's listening to the podcast. Then she was at a teacher's conference and left her lights on for the whole day. When she called her husband for help he asked her if she was listening to "that Steve Dahl?" |
| 7:10
| What's wrong with Christine's husband? They've been married for 16 years and she sort of has him trained. She's tried to convert him to being a listener. Does she really want to give him something to talk about? |
| 7:11
| Caller Mark is a die-hard fan. He's been listening all week in the mornings when Steve and Buzz come on somewhat awkwardly. We're working on some fanfare although Steve's getting used to just coming on after the song. |
| 7:12
| Mark is used to the crosstalk and the fanfare in the afternoons. It is 5:30 in the morning though, there's only so much Steve can handle. |
| 7:13
| Mark listens from 5:30-6:00 in the car and then from 6:00 to 10:00 in the office, since he's the boss. His afternoons are a little empty so now his wife has him doing work around the house. He needs to get hooked into that podcast. |
| 7:14
| Again, Steve appreciates people saying they miss him in the afternoons but there's nothing he can do about it. And then people are asking him to recommend afternoon personalities to listen to. |
| 7:15
| Mark is up at 3:45 in the morning for work. Steve hates when people top him but Mary tops everyone. She's up at 1:30 everyday. She tops everyone. |
| 7:16
| Mark can understand what Steve's saying about having nothing to do in the afternoons. When he takes a half day and he's home before noon there's nothing to do. Steve understands why he started drinking, that's all he's saying. |
| 7:17
| Caller Carlton is up earlier than everyone, he's up at 1:00 AM. He delivers papers for the Tribune, Sun-Times and Southtown. He's done by 8:00 AM with that job but then goes to another job at Bank One. Alright Steve's going to stop complaining right...now. |
| 7:18
| Steve got all of his newspaper issues worked out and they're all delivered, with his name on them. Via the trickle-down effect Buzz also has newspapers every morning. |
| 7:19
| We do appreciate the fact that people are missing us in the afternoons but this is where we are and this is where we're going to be for at least the next 3 1/2 years. Unless something goes horribly wrong. |
| 7:20
| Steve's sure that everyone else will land on their feet. He's not sure about Garry though, he never knows what his plans are. He needs to rethink things though. He had a chance to reunite with Steve, that's like being handed the keys to a goldmine. |
| 7:21
| Steve doesn't think it's a personal issue with Garry, it's financial. Even if you have the keys to the goldmine you still have to bring a pick and work a little bit. |
| 7:22
| Jeff Joniak is coming up next, the Bears are finally playing. Quite frankly. Buzz really needed that bye week. |
| 7:23
| Before the Bears season went downhill Mike Dahl had booked the return flight for 11:00 AM Vegas time, which was during the Bears game. Steve had him change it to after the game but now it doesn't really matter. |
| 7:24
| The Bears better win or else Steve will be waiting at the airport for them. Has Buzz heard the latest Urlacher tape? He continues to be super irritating. |
| 7:32
| Jeff Joniak was on the line but then his plumber showed up. Jeff said he'd call back but he had to show him something. |
| 7:33
| Jeff has a water heater issue and Steve imagines that everyone in the house is probably waiting to take a shower and get ready for the day. |
| 7:34
| Jeff will call back but in the meantime Steve has the Web Poll Question of the Day. Today's question is how Steve should be on the Bears game in Vegas. |
| 7:35
| The options are against the spread, over/under, money line and parly with a second game. However the vote goes Steve will bet that way with $100,000. Actually it'll probably be $100 out of pocket. |
| 7:36
| It'll probably be more like $500 becuase it's more exciting that way. Steve feels it's good that he can keep it at $500 because some guys need to bet $50,000. |
| 7:37
| There are some guys who can get excitement from betting $5 and Buzz is one of them. Steve is the kind of person who would bet $5 and win and then regret not betting $500. |
| 7:38
| Right now a lot of people are going with the parly bet which Steve isn't a big fan of. That's for two different games so if one doesn't go his way he spends all day wondering why he just didn't bet the one game. |
| 7:39
| Alright Jeff Joniak is back on the line. He got the plumber squared away but it was a bit of a surprise. The hot water heater went out over the weekend but they have two. |
| 7:40
| The other heater sprung a leak on Saturday, shortly after Jeff was doing a considerable amount of yard work. |
| 7:41
| Jeff was digging out some sort of bush with a woody stem. Woody Stem used to be Buzz's radio name by the way. |
| 7:42
| Jeff kept pulling and pulling on these roots and ended up puncturing his cable line too. The whole thing was just driving Jeff nuts because the roots were going everywhere, under the house. He didn't even plant the thing. |
| 7:43
| Jeff's wife was fairly POed that he'd taken the bush out too but he had no choice. That one bush was taking over three other bushes. He sacrificed one to save many. |
| 7:44
| Steve had no idea that Jeff had a green thumb. Steve doesn't really like gardening but he likes watering up to a point. Then his psychotic nature takes over and he starts worrying that he's not covering enough ground or that he's not using enough water. |
| 7:45
| Steve has a sprinkler system but occasionally he's pressed into service to water all the potted plants. There are about 500 potted plants and sometimes Steve misses one. Then Janet gets home and wonders what happens. |
| 7:46
| Buzz isn't a yard man because he doesn't have a yard. He has a Weber Grill (or has he calls it Webster) which he never uses. |
| 7:47
| Jeff's heading out to Oakland tomorrow afternoon. It's a good thing he got the water heater fix. Jeff feels pretty good about the game but he says that every week. He's not an eternal optimist by nature though. |
| 7:48
| Jeff doesn't want to just beat the Raiders, he wants to decimate them and announce to the league that the Bears can't be counted out yet. But really he'll just settle for a W. |
| 7:49
| Jeff would really like to see the Bears run the score up on the Raiders, their fans will turn on them in a second. Those guys are crazy out there. Steve doesn't get why you'd want to get dressed up like that for a football game. |
| 7:50
| Everyone keeps saying how bad the Raiders are but they're 2-6 and only 2 games behind first place. They're in a rebuilding process and have been since they last went to the Super Bowl. Jon Gruden sort of left them in a lurch. |
| 7:51
| The Raiders offensive coordinator was lulled out of retirement, he was running a bed and breakfast in Idaho. Now you know why Randy Moss left. |
| 7:52
| Their last head coach, Art Shell, is on record as saying that Randy Moss has lost all his skills and wouldn't do well in New England. |
| 7:53
| Their lead receiver caught one pass all of last year. JaMarcus Russell is probably going to be the back-up QB. |
| 7:54
| Nathan Vasher will not be playing on Sunday and Ruben Brown is out of the year. Terrence Metcalf will be taking his place and he's had a lot of practice over the course of the season. |
| 7:55
| Are the Raiders just that crazy that they'd kick to Devin Hester? Steve sure hopes so and he imagines Jeff does to. |
| 7:56
| Jeff thinks they will kick to him. They're a young organization so they need to figure out what they have on special teams. Some of these special teams coordinators were out for blood with Hester, they wanted the challenge. |
| 7:57
| The Bears have a terrible run defense so this is the week to get the running game cranked up. It'll only be for one week though. If they do get it cranked up this week then next week everyone will get cocky. |
| 7:58
| Then the Seattle game is next week, it was moved down from a Football Night in America game to a 3:15. Jeff's fine with that, the players are fine with it but Steve's embarrassed for his team. |
| 7:59
| Jeff feels if the Bears can finish the season 7-1 they can make the playoffs. That's totally doable! Everything's fine Buzz, don't worry. |
| 8:00
| They need to win the next three games though, those are all must-win games. Buzz is wondering what we can expect from the Bears if the playoffs become out-of-reach. |
| 8:01
| Every coach on the team is a little different but Jeff feels we'll see everyone on the roster. These guys are still playing for their jobs. |
| 8:02
| Can't we just take it one game at a time Buzz? Jeff still has to broadcast all these games and Steve has tickets that he paid for. Buzz will just go to a movie on Sunday afternoon if things go bad but Steve and Jeff are invested. |
| 8:03
| Just so Steve knows, the pre-game dinner in San Francisco will be at Kincade's. Steve called out Little Z a few weeks ago and it really rattled him. He's stepped things up since then. |
| 8:04
| Steve's being reminded that Little Z wants to be called Vice President of Field Operations. Tom was reluctant to give him that title. Both he and Jeff agree that Little Z's fastball is a little off this season. They think it's because he got engaged. |
| 8:05
| He used to be good for the cheerleader photos but now he's sneaking them. And next to the Cowboy cheerleaders the Raiderettes are the best. The Bears need to get cheerleaders, it's flat-out embarrassing. |
| 8:10
| Steve totally missed what that drop was, he was finishing a breakfast sandwich from Au Bon Pain. It was Brendan Ayanbadejo talking about the Raiders kicking to Hester and then getting down to playing some football. Did he say schtrap it up? |
| 8:11
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 8:12
| Mark Czerniec, information director, posted something on his page that he saw on WGN at 8:01. It was a video of a hooded Drew Peterson saying "there's some things a pig won't do" but that's all he caught. |
| 8:13
| Pete has the whole thing, some reporters were asking him questions last night as he was leaving his house. He was doing his whole stand-up routine. |
| 8:14
| Pete has the audio. Someone asks him if he had anything to do with his wife's death and he responded with the joke "what do you do when you cross a pig with the media?" The punchline is "nothing, there's some things a pig won't do" |
| 8:15
| That was taken wholesale from a Teamster joke Buzz tells all the time. That one involves a baboon but the Teamster does not come out on top. Buzz doesn't have to worry about his car being blown up, he just takes a cab home everyday. |
| 8:16
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 8:17
| There are unconfirmed reports from the FBI that Al Qaeda plans to target shopping malls around the holiday season, specifically in LA and Chicago. They have nothing to back that up though. |
| 8:18
| Pakistan's former president, now the opposition leader, was unable to even leave her house which is surrounded by security guards. The good news is she won't be robbed. |
| 8:19
| Robert Goulet will be buried in Las Vegas today. The funeral will be attended by Steve & Edie, Rich Little Phyllis McGuire and Celine Dion. They were going to cremate him but the fire would never go out because he's so greasy. |
| 8:20
| The headless, charred body found in Michigan has been identified as Daniel Jean-Vincent Sorensen, a registered sex offender from Illinois. |
| 8:21
| Buzz was always a fan of Jean-Vincent, a contemporary of Elvis. He used to carry his records around in case there was a record player around. |
| 8:22
| The Jeffrey Pride Foundation will hold it's 5th annual Concert for Hope tonight at the Abbey Pub. Among those appearing are Michael McDermott, Dick Holiday and possibly Buzz and John Spiegel. And what is this benefit for? |
| 8:23
| The Jeffrey Pride Foundation benefits children's cancer research and treatment. Steve is so sick of Buzz's do-gooding ways! |
| 8:27
| Live read: Medical Hair Restoration |
| 8:28
| Steve's still giving tickets away for the final Dahlfins gig at Durty Nellie's. This is the last day that you can email your name and address to Jack@IknowJack.com or Contests@dahl.com for tickets. If you're one of the first 5 callers now to (312) 616-1043 you can also win tickets. |
| 8:29
| Song: Aloha Friday, Steve Dahl and the Dahlfins |
| 8:32
| The funny thing is once people heard that song they stopped calling. They didn't want to hear that. |
| 8:33
| Caller Paul heard Steve for the first time yesterday. Was that because he was in a coma or just the first time in the morning? Paul's a little slow so it took him a few days to realize Steve was on in the mornings. |
| 8:34
| Paul was very shocked driving in this morning when he saw Steve's big head on the back of a Hummer. Steve assumes that's the Jack hummer and not just some random person. |
| 8:35
| On a recent weekend in Vegas men with gelled here in tight shirts lined up to get into the Playboy casino where female dealers are dressed in Vegas. Steve imagines that's what it'll be like this weekend. Although his shirt isn't tight on purpose. |
| 8:36
| Steps away at another club hundreds of shirtless men crowded a dance floor at a party billed as a "non-stop weekend of sensual sizzle and decadence" for the gay community." That might be the party Steve's at. |
| 8:37
| After years of ignoring the gay community Vegas is not courting it with vigor. Many major Vegas hotels are now offering lavish commitment ceremonies to same-sex couples. |
| 8:38
| What exactly do you have to do differently in Vegas to cater to the gay community? A few shirtless dance parties should be enough. Are they going to stock every room with KY jelly? |
| 8:39
| It never seemed to Steve that Vegas wasn't gay friendly. If you have money in Vegas it doesn't matter who you are. |
| 8:40
| Vegas is now recognizing the power of the gay and lesbian dollar. Isn't that the same dollar Steve uses? He wants to be marketed to as a fat, middle-aged guy who doesn't drink but still likes to spend money. |
| 8:41
| Vegas has never shunned gays but has never offered them much either. What do they need? Gambling, free food, free drinks, sex, the Eiffel Tower right next to New York City. What else is there? |
| 8:42
| Until two years ago, when Krave opened, gay tourists were relegated to the off-strip area of the city for gay bars. Steve actually walked into that place on accident, he thought it was a White Castle. |
| 8:50
| Live read: Cheeseburger in Paradise |
| 8:51
| Steve's going to finish reading this Vegas thing but Pat Boyle is also on the line. Pat's a little jealous Steve's going to Vegas. |
| 8:52
| Steve's going to try to stay away from most of the bachelor party activities. Tomorrow is dinner and then Club Paradise. |
| 8:53
| He'll probably stop in at the strip club to make sure everything is alright and maybe get three quick dances. Steve's not even sure he wants to do that though. He wouldn't want to see his dad doing that. Plus he feels the boys will use it against him. Buzz just had a vision of his dad getting a lapdance and he wouldn't want to see it. The boys said they wanted him to come along but he feels they haven't thought it through. Steve is all hands at the strip club, the boys don't want to see that. |
| 8:55
| The article was about Vegas marketing to gay travelers. Steve always thought they did market to gay travelers. What else do they need to do other than a few shirtless dance parties? |
| 8:56
| So far Steve and Buzz haven't come up with any other differences. The only thing Buzz can think of is where they advertise. Pat was thinking buffets with healthy food. Buzz doesn't want to stereotype here. He's stereotyping gays and Vegas. |
| 8:57
| You can't really find any buffets in Vegas any more. You don't see a lot of fat gay guys though. Steve learned that when he walked into Krave. The guys were all over him. |
| 8:58
| In the forward to Steve Freiss's guidebook Gay Vegas he wrote that when he told people he was writing this book they joked that it would be very short. Steve doesn't get this at all. |
| 8:59
| Steve got an email from a listener wondering if al the five dollar bills in gay Vegas have Gaybraham Lincoln on them. |
| 9:00
| The landscape has changed dramatically since Freiss's book came out in August. It's always been like that! He's just taking credit for it! |
| 9:01
| As a closeted gay man Steve can say that he's been going to Vegas for 30 years. Please don't tell Mike Dahl about this Pat. Even weird than seeing Steve in a strip club, imagine if the boys were walking down the strip and saw Steve in Krave dressed like the motorcycle cop in the Village People. |
| 9:02
| The MGM Grand and several of it's other properties began aggressively marketing commitment ceremonies as a welcome message to potential lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender travelers. |
| 9:03
| Welcome message?! They're just trying to make money! What do you put on a transgender wedding cake? |
| 9:04
| Casino-commissioned research has shown that most gay tourists in Vegas are couples. So the casinos put these studios together and then get someone to write them. That's good marketing. |
| 9:05
| Steve learned the hard way that most gay tourists in Vegas are couples. It was very hard to find an unattached man. |
| 9:06
| Harrah's decided that their Paris Hotel was best suited to market to gay couples. Steve and Buzz of course had their commitment ceremony there the last time we did a broadcast. It was quite moving. |
| 9:07
| Michael Weaver, head of marketing for Harrah's, said the next step was sensitizing employees to gay couples. Reception clerks have been instructed not to assume that two men booked into a room with 1 bed is a mistake. |
| 9:08
| The Paris Hotel now has a specific website for gay travelers which it uses to track and attract gay travelers. On the website a video features romantic music as a camera pans over two razors and two bottles of aftershave. Can't they use the same aftershave? |
| 9:09
| This video has some hot lesbians right in front of the Eiffel Tower. Then there's some gay dudes at the buffet. |
| 9:10
| Steve's going to take a break before he talks to Pat Boyle. That'll give Pat time to ask Dan Jiggetts if he wants to go out to Vegas this weekend for a commitment ceremony. |
| 9:17
| Live read: Medical Hair Restoration |
| 9:18
| Pat talked to Dan Jiggetts and he's in for Vegas. They can have a nice ceremony and then Steve will take them out to dinner. |
| 9:19
| Pat is seeing a whole week of shows from Vegas. That's fine with Steve but they'll have to start the show at 3:30 AM their time. That's an interesting time to be up in Vegas, maybe Steve will work on it this weekend. They'll pitch it to the Paris Hotel as a gay-friendly trip. Then they'll make it all lesbians. The trip will be called A Plane Full of Lesbians. |
| 9:20
| The Bulls finally won last night, they beat the Pistons. That's a really good start for them though. Beating a quality opponent like the Pistons will be a good thing to build on. |
| 9:21
| Then they head out on that stupid circus road trip for 6 games. Generally your Western Conference teams are better, like the AFC in football. |
| 9:22
| More bad news for the Beras, Ruben Brown is out for the season. It must have been a really bad injury if he took himself out after a bye week. |
| 9:23
| Nathan Vasher won't play on Sunday but the Bears are probably wise to hold him out. The Raiders pass defense isn't that great so they should save him for Seattle. |
| 9:24
| There's a caller on hold that Steve has to take just because he really doesn't understand it. It says that Pat Boyle's voice sounds exactly like Ming Tsai who has a Food Network Show called East Meets West. Pat sounds like the chef from the East. |
| 9:25
| Caller Tony says Brendan got his info wrong. That's low, blaming Brendan. Steve will hear Tony's explanation and then make a decision. |
| 9:26
| Steve actually read the call screener wrong, just so Brendan knows. This is definitely one of the weird comparisons Steve's ever had in all his time on the radio. |
| 9:27
| Steve's familiar with this guy but he's trying to find some audio of him. He has to download something here. Pete's trying to tell Steve something but the intercom, as usual, cuts off the first two words. |
| 9:28
| Pete has some audio of Ming Tsai. Alright Steve can hear what Tony's talking about. Ming Tsai is the Asian Pat Boyle. Why is Pete sitting on that audio? |
| 9:29
| Pete actually went and grabbed the audio, that's how good he is. Pat thinks Pete is good but scary. Maybe he'd like to come over and have a cup of coffee from Pete's percolator? |
| 9:30
| There's a nice photo of the percolator on Dahl.com. Steve was sort of surprised that Pete uses half & half considering he's watching his weight. He also uses real sugar. This is the time of the week where he goes crazy. |
| 9:31
| OK so back to the Bears. Up at Halas Hall right now there's sort of an "us vs. them" mentality. How about an "us vs. the other team" mentality. No one else is causing them to lose. |
| 9:32
| And how hard is it to remember to stay in your gap. Every week they forget that, what else is there to remember? STAY IN YOUR GAP! |
| 9:33
| Pro Football Weekly had a scathing article about the Bears this week and how Lovie Smith's new roll with the team is hurting them. Isn't that just a disgruntled Hub Arkush? |
| 9:34
| There's no name attached to the article either. It has to be Hub, he probably just doesn't want to lose his press pass. Pat actually co-host a Pro Football Weekly show with Hub. AWKWARD! |
| 9:35
| Moose wasn't too happy about it, he said as much on Countdown to Kick-off last night. |
| 9:36
| And speaking of media rifts, Brian Urlacher continues to have issues with the media. Even Brendan Ayanbadejo is trying to get him to open up a bit. |
| 9:37
| That was awkward too. But on the other hand, Steve wouldn't really enjoy sitting half-naked at his locker answering Les Grobstein's questions which Peggy Kusinski chews her gum and shoves the mic in your face. |
| 9:38
| There are also some new developments on the legal side for Brian Urlacher. He's going to have to give more than one-word answers in court. |
| 9:39
| Steve's getting some word about Urlacher now. He said he went to go pick up his kid but his I-Pass records showed that he didn't. He could have just taken a different car. Steve has said time and again about avoiding that tollway. |
| 9:40
| Of course the real solution would be for Urlacher to wear a condom. He's a football player! All they care about in a game is protecting their body. How about protecting the body part that's going to end up costing you money over the next 18 years. |
| 9:41
| Pat still thinks Steve should put some money down on the Bears this weekend. That is the Dahl.com Web Poll Question of the Day. |
| 9:42
| The results are pretty even right now but against the spread is in the lead with 27.6% of the vote. |
| 9:43
| Post Game Live is on right after the Red Wings/Blackhawks game. That will be the first televised home game for the Hawks. |
| 9:44
| Hopefully they're breaking down a win on Sunday. If they lose though Steve will want Jim Miller to explain why. He's been pretty good at that lately. |
| 9:52
| Steve thought the Barack Obama/airplane thing was kind of funny but he didn't talk about it on Wednesday. |
| 9:53
| On Tuesday night Obama's private plane landed in Des Moines accidentally. As they all sat on the plane campaign aids wondered where the car was to pick them up. |
| 9:54
| Turns out they were supposed to be in Cedar Rapids. A mistake in the route caused him to be an hour late to a rally at a community college. Mistake? What kind of mistake is that? Isn't there air traffic control or something? |
| 9:55
| Doesn't Des Moines look a lot bigger than Cedar Rapids? Or do you just see lights and land? |
| 9:56
| Obama told reporters it was a "mix up." That's more than a mix up. If Steve ended up in Reno today instead of Vegas that would be more than a mix up. |
| 9:57
| If you land a plane at the wrong airport you should lose your pilot's license. Steve gets that Iowa is sort of monotonous and looks the same but there's a big difference between Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. |
| 9:58
| Monday is Veteran's Day and we don't get that off, just so Buzz knows. Veteran's Day is actually on Sunday but the day off is on Monday. |
| 9:59
| They're talking about raising taxes in the city and the county but they just take a day off? |
| 10:00
| The CTA, Pace and Metra will be on regular schedules, most public schools will be closed today or Friday, most banks and bond markets will be closed and there will be no postal service. |
| 10:01
| Can't they have a day they call Rip Off the Taxpayers Day, so at least we know what we're getting? Isn't everyday like that though? |
