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| 5:30
| ZZ Top and LaGrange, a song about LaGrange, Illinois. They had a great whorehouse out there. Not really Buzz. |
| 5:31
| Would that they did, Steve would have stopped by just to sit in the parlor and listen to the great ragtime music. |
| 5:32
| Steve couldn't help but notice that Buzz was involved in a headphone ballet during the song. How can he tell what the headphone sounds like if he's not talking? |
| 5:33
| The music is only piped in from one channel so he should try the headphones out while talking. Buzz usually doesn't select noise-canceling headphones because if he's on a plane and the kid starts screaming he needs to know about it. |
| 5:34
| Buzz brought in his own headphones which work fine with his iPod. That's not always a good indicator. Steve has some Shure E3's that sound fantastic with his iPod but in here they sound bad. |
| 5:35
| People at home must think Steve and Buzz are idiots but headphones matter. Plus headphones are the tools of their trade so they have to make a big-ass deal about it. |
| 5:36
| Also when you talk you have to worry about what you sound like. You don't want to do that, we've heard it happen to our own Brendan. He gets enamored with his own voice and loves what he's hearing and then it takes an hour and a half for him to get through a paragraph. |
| 5:37
| Steve likes the headphones he has but you have to get the volume tweaked just right. Once everything is tweaked Steve can't even tell he's wearing them. Steve's recommending the Sennheisers to Buzz. |
| 5:38
| Buzz thought we had Sennheiser mics in the studio but they're Electrovoice. Of course the microphone thing ruined Steve's relationship with Shure. They gave WCKG a bunch of mics but then one of the Shure guys saw a photo of the studio in a trade publication and noticed the Electrovoice mics. |
| 5:39
| So the Shure guy tried to get them back but the WCKG engineer thought they were a gift, not a rental. The Shure guy says he's not mad about it but then you don't get free stuff. Now Steve will get an email from Ron Lewis because his neighbor works for Shure, asking if he should say something. |
| 5:40
| Steve got some mics from Shure and broadcasted from their booth at a trade show in Vegas. That was during a very weird time at WCKG. On this particular day Steve was suspended from the air for an hour. He doesn't even remember why but he had a lot of problems like that at WCKG. Nevertheless he hung through that for 12 years and in the end he was featured 24 hours straight for a week on the station. |
| 5:41
| Steve's just buying his own Shure headphones for the iPod. He needs a new pair almost every month, he has no idea what he's doing to them. Sometimes he gets the plastic thing stuck in his ear, sometimes he gets earwax stuck in the headphone and then he sticks a toothpick down there which breaks the speaker. |
| 5:42
| Steve needs to figure out how he can get ear cleanings from a doctor without having to do the hearing test. He puts peroxide in his ear and it bubbles up and makes noise but Steve's not sure if it does anything. |
| 5:43
| Steve got one of those Earigators but then a listener called in and said it doesn't work. There's no pressure in the thing either, it's like shooting a squirt gun in your ear. Of course they couldn't make it powerful because some idiot would blow his ear drum out and sue them. So it's completely useless. |
| 5:44
| The thing cost $17.99 and it doesn't work. Steve got two of them too for work and home. They're worthless though. |
| 5:45
| Speaking of ears, Buzz's 6-year old daughter came home with pierced ears yesterday. Did she do that on her own? |
| 5:46
| Aimee took Piper to get her ears pierced behind Buzz's back. He didn't pitch a fit because it was already done. He was told it was very common but it seems like self-mutilation to Buzz. |
| 5:47
| A lot of Mexican girls get their ears pierced when they're babies. Buzz's daughter has several Mexican friends that she hangs with on the weekends. It sounds like things are going great at the Kilman house. Piper loves hip-hop, she listens to Eddie and Jobo, her favorite artist is Snoop Dogg and she just got her ears pierced. Maybe he should get those noise-canceling headphones. |
| 5:53
| That's a drop from Two and a Half Men which Buzz has never seen. Does it need to have an alien or a vampire in it for Buzz to be interested? Buzz is actually slightly irritated with Charlie Sheen for dumping Denise Richards. |
| 5:54
| On the other hand you could admire Charlie Sheen for getting Denise Richards in the first place. It's a toss up. It's a funny show and Steve likes to keep the personal lives of actors out of the enjoyment of a show. |
| 5:55
| Yesterday Steve got home around noon and watched Blades of Glory which he hadn't seen all the way through. Steve ordered it several times at a hotel room but with all movies he orders at a hotel room, he fell asleep about 10 or 15 minutes in. |
| 5:56
| Comcast On Demand has a lot of good movies, in HD. Last week Steve watched Knocked Up. Steve fell asleep during the movie for a little but was then woken up by Matt's dog. |
| 5:57
| Steve doesn't want the dog at his house but it's there anyway. Plus it looks like a Cambodian street dog. Steve doesn't like to have male dogs in the house anyway because he doesn't need to see the lipstick case coming out. |
| 5:58
| Whenever the dog is there and Matt's not it pines for him. He's got it upstairs in a cage that's not really for that dog. Plus Matt has his mom tricked into think that because of his instability with not having a job he needs the dog. |
| 5:59
| Matt has free rent downtown, free rent in the suburbs and his parents taking care of a dog that no one wants but him. Yesterday he had to go downtown to get his checkbook for the new car. Steve told Matt to take the dog and then he'd write a check for the car and get paid back. |
| 6:00
| Matt didn't want to do that so he drove all the way downtown and didn't have his key. So he had to come all the way back to the house and again Steve told him he'd right a check and drop it off because the guy who owns the dealership is a neighbor. |
| 6:01
| Matt must have gone out somewhere last night because when Steve was leaving this morning the lights were on in his new car. So Steve had to find where Matt was sleeping since he wasn't in his room. |
| 6:02
| Steve was going to just find Matt's keys and turn the lights off since you probably don't want your battery dead on the third day you have the car. So he would have just grabbed the keys but then the dog barked at him which made him mad. |
| 6:03
| So Steve went into full wake-up mode, with the lights off to really freak Matt out. Matt gave Steve the keys and he wasn't a jerk about it and then he wished him a good show. That's the showbiz camaraderie. |
| 6:04
| When Steve put the keys in the ignition the warning alarm started going off. So there's no way you can get out of that car without knowing the lights are on or something. |
| 6:05
| Steve likes to get here at 5:00 everyday so he had to go a little faster than normal. You might recall that he's under court supervision. |
| 6:06
| Steve takes Columbus once he gets to Soldier Field. Normally if you get the first light you get them all because it's timed out perfectly. Today though Steve got the red on every single light which made him mad. |
| 6:07
| If Steve got his license taken away he'd probably just get a car service. He likes to think he'd take the train but that probably wouldn't last very long. Plus once he got down here he'd either have to walk or take a cab. |
| 6:08
| Plus because of 9/11 cabs can't come into Union Station which was the sweetest part of that place. The terrorists have won Buzz! Steve thinks that every time he's standing in his underpants at the airport. |
| 6:09
| Caller Nick went scuba diving and snorkeling in Fiji and got swimmer's ear. He hadn't been since he was in Maui in the 90s with Steve. So he's dropping a Fiji and a Maui on us? |
| 6:10
| Brendan! What are you doing out there?! He put some guy on hold who's just rambling into the phone. |
| 6:11
| Steve wasn't talking about a cure for swimmer's ear but the caller's point was that local remedies in Fiji worked better. Can Nick just get to what the product was? Steve will buy the book about all the things Nick has done at Border's but now he just wants to know the remedy. |
| 6:12
| Steve doesn't really want to start the day with this as the first phone call so he'll go back to Nick one more time. |
| 6:13
| Nick got the swimmer's ear stuff but then someone on the dive trip recommended rubbing alcohol. Then someone recommended a local Fijian remedy, lemon leaf. Another person shoved aloe in his ear. |
| 6:14
| Steve knew he was right about this guy. He's not going to be the one to hang up on him though. Steve is compelled to go back to him though. |
| 6:15
| In the future Nick should lead with the aloe in his ear. That only made things worse for Nick, he thought the lemon leaf would be the best option. |
| 6:16
| NIck's a doctor, an anesthesiologist actually. Well he's putting Steve to sleep. Nick's call wasn't that bad, he was just in a taint. Steve was done talking about ears but then there was still this call on hold. |
| 6:17
| Brendan is supposed to act like a Zamboni and sweep these calls out. He's not really a morning person though which will have to be addressed. Steve was going to recommend cocaine but he probably can't afford it on his salary. |
| 6:24
| OK so what have we learned about swimmer's ear? By the way that guy was completely happy with the phone call. He loved talking to Steve which he forgets about sometimes. Plus the guy is a doctor so he's full of himself. |
| 6:25
| If you have water in your ear get something with alcohol in it. What kind of doctor wouldn't spend $50 to make his ear better? |
| 6:26
| So back to what Steve did yesterday. Steve watches the news most of the afternoon, channel 7. He switches to NBC for their national news which is in HD. |
| 6:27
| Steve has discovered a King of Queens rerun at 6:30 every night, so he doesn't have to watch Wheel of Fortune. So far every episode has been one he hasn't seen. |
| 6:28
| Live read: Allen Brothers |
| 6:29
| Alright time for today's Dahl.com web poll. Today's question is "Does hip-hop music make people do crazy things?" |
| 6:30
| Hip-hop and teen sexuality are under the microscope. This is an article Buzz is going to want to pay attention to. |
| 6:31
| With suggestive lyrics, dance moves and videos public health officials and parents fear that hip-hop leads to risky sexual behavior among teens. |
| 6:32
| Say what you will about the Beatles but they made everyone smoke pot. People say music corrupts people and they're right. |
| 6:33
| Public health researchers have begun deconstructing hip-hop culture, venturing onto dance floors and dissecting lyrics. |
| 6:34
| Miguel Munoz-Laboy, a profess at Columbia is part of the research effort. He wants to understand youth culture without imposing adult judgments on it. But then he's out there on the dance floor creeping everyone out. |
| 6:35
| Munoz-Laboy spent three years studying the club scene. It seems like you could get all that done in a few nights. |
| 6:36
| It seems like hip-hop is just tapping into the same thing that Elvis and the Beatles tapped into. |
| 6:37
| It looks like fun in those clubs though, especially the grinding. Normally Steve has to pay for that but these kids are getting it for free. Oh to be young again, or a researcher. |
| 6:38
| Steve's going to take a break and then Buzz has some headlines. |
| 6:45
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 6:46
| Before each NFL game this week there will be a moment of silence for Sean Taylor who died of a gunshot wound earlier this week. Sales of his jersey have skyrocketed. |
| 6:47
| Is the moment of silence necessary? Can't they just put his initials on the jersey and have that be it? |
| 6:48
| Stephen King is suggesting that Jenna Bush be waterboarded to determine if it's torture or not. Waterboarding is torture but who cares? |
| 6:49
| President Bush's line is that we don't torture. Steve's all for torturing if we're doing it to people we need information from. Steve has no problem with waterboarding and dog collars and Abu Gharaib. |
| 6:50
| Buzz is always going to be against torturing. Meanwhile he's not listening to the hip-hop lyrics of songs his daughter listens to. He needs to think locally. There is a part of Steve that likes to say he's for torturing because it makes people mad. |
| 6:51
| Massachusetts is on the verge of passing legislation that would make it illegal to spank your child anywhere at anytime. But you can marry a dude if you want. |
| 6:52
| Going back to waterboarding for a second, you can only do it once before the person figures out they're not going to drown. Right? Unless the person being tortured believes that the other person is saving them from drowning. Then the torture victim is grateful to the person saving their life. Do they give them that stuff for swimmer's ear? |
| 6:53
| In case you missed it, Buzz has audio of the winners of Dancing with the Stars. Apparently a race car driver won but Buzz has never seen the show. Really? Steve won't believe that for one minute! |
| 6:54
| Helio Castronevas won, he used to be a Formula 1 guy. His partner was that one girl who Steve thought was very hot. If Steve's Helio, he's all over that. Finishing second was Spice Girl Melanie Brown followed by Marie Osmond in third. |
| 6:55
| The Sun-Times is reporting that it was a relative who helped Drew Peterson move a blue barrel from his house. Then two days later he attempted suicide by taking sleeping pills. We still don't know who the relative is. |
| 6:56
| The prosecutors asked the media to not report the guy's name. Steve thinks that's to scare Drew. Meanwhile ABC gave him a camcorder and they're airing the footage he shot. |
| 6:57
| Buzz doesn't think the media is obligated to not report the guy's name just because the prosecutors ask them to. The Tribune didn't include his name in the article but the Sun-Times did. That's because the Tribune likes to cooperate with authorities. |
| 6:58
| It seems like if the guy's story is true then it's a big loose end that Drew left untied. |
| 6:59
| The Sun-Times website does feature the sweet photo of Drew in the Parrothead shirt and Stacy in the sundress. Those were happier times. |
| 7:00
| Drew Peterson's step-brother, Thomas Morphey was hospitalized because of a suicide attempt. He said he took the pills after he helped Peterson load a barrel into the former police officers car from his bedroom. |
| 7:01
| Morphey's wife called the police and told them her husband heard about Stacy's disappearance, became distraught and feared he may have helped dispose of her body. |
| 7:02
| Morphey hasn't testified before a grand jury because he says he has memory lapses about loading the barrel into Peterson's car. |
| 7:03
| Last Friday the Sun-Times reported that a neighbor told police he saw Peterson and another man loading a barrel into an SUV. |
| 7:04
| Apparently the Tribune has more information on this story. Morphey told a friend that he helped Peterson move a barrel that was warm to the touch. |
| 7:05
| Stacy was reported missing by her sister at 4 AM on October 29th. Drew claims his wife called him the previous night around 9 PM to say she was leaving him for another man. Why even call if you're doing that? |
| 7:06
| Sources close to the investigation have released a detailed account of the alleged activities of Drew and his relative on the day Stacy disappeared. |
| 7:07
| Drew was supposed to work on October 28th at 5 PM but took a sick day. He wouldn't have known she was leaving him at that point. Sometimes you just feel sick on a Sunday. Maybe he ate too much during the Bears game. |
| 7:08
| Peterson picked his relative up at a park at 7 PM on October 28th and dropped him off at a coffee shop with a cellphone. Drew told him not to answer the phone if it rang. |
| 7:09
| Peterson then left and some time later the phone rang, saying it was Stacy. Drew Peterson then returned and brought his relative back to his house on Pheasant Chase Court where they don't seem to have any pheasants. |
| 7:10
| The two men went upstairs and removed a large covered and sealed 4 foot-long rectangular plastic container. See, he never owned a barrel! |
| 7:11
| The moved the container to Peterson's SUV and then Drew dropped his relative off at home. |
| 7:12
| It was then that the relative became distraught and told a friend that he believed he'd just helped Drew dispose of Stacy. He also told the friend that the container was warm to the touch and weighed roughly 120 pounds. |
| 7:13
| Peterson's lawyer Joel Brodsky said that the relative has some serious psychological issues from what he hears. Sure, get your crazy step-brother to help you out. He'll have memory lapses, he'll try to kill himself, he'll be a terrible witness. |
| 7:14
| Another source close to the investigation says Drew's 14-year old son will testify in front of a grand jury looking into Stacy's disappearance and the death of Drew's third wife Kathleen Savio. |
| 7:15
| We've got some Drew Peterson home video on ABC right now. He's talking to Jim Avala, it's an exclusive. |
| 7:16
| It's a mixed message when Drew says he can't do anything because of the media, then gives all these interviews. |
| 7:17
| The footage Drew is shooting is very MTV with the tilted angles. It's very cinema verite. |
| 7:18
| It would be funny if Drew actually did what he said he was going to do and park outside of a reporter's house. |
| 7:19
| ABC has a nice shot of his garage, he looks very handy with his Craftsman toolbox. He's also got a nice big freezer, there's probably a cow in there. And by cow he means an animal, not an ugly broad. |
| 7:20
| If Steve were Drew Peterson he wouldn't say he's out trying to enjoy a meal. |
| 7:28
| Does Drew edit the video he shoots on his laptop? Maybe add some music to it or something. Steve would like to see him do Roll Out the Barrel. |
| 7:29
| Pat Boyle from Comcast is on the phone. Whenever we talk to Pat he's at home because he stays at Comcast pretty late most nights. |
| 7:30
| Pat stays after most Sportsnite broadcasts and answers questions on a blog on the Comcast website. |
| 7:31
| The other night Pat went out to dinner with Jerry Azumah and Dan Jiggetts after Post Game Live. |
| 7:32
| They always make Dan drive because he's got the big Escalade. Dan always acts like he doesn't have anything but he's got an Escalade and he sent two daughters to Harvard! |
| 7:33
| Maybe he could get some of that money that Ditka got the NFL players. Steve wasn't expecting Kyle Turley to come to Coach's defense. |
| 7:34
| Ricky Williams NFL return didn't last too long, he tore a chest muscle in that crazy game on Monday and now he's on the IR. It's not the first time a one-hitter knocked him out of the NFL. |
| 7:35
| Steve's under the impression that Pat received a speeding ticket over the Thanksgiving weekend. He was out at his wife's parents house near Pittsburgh, then they had to hit Pat's parents house in Detroit. |
| 7:36
| Pat worked Wednesday night until 8:30, he was hosting that show with Muhsin Muhammad. That's the one where he looks at the camera the whole time. Pat needs to tell him to look at him instead of the camera. It's a good show though. |
| 7:37
| After the show Pat's wife and kids picked him up and they hit the road, stopping at a hotel about 5 hours in. They got to Indiana, Pennsylvania the next morning after a nice continental breakfast at the hotel. |
| 7:38
| All the hotels have the breakfast now which seems creepy to Steve. Why don't they take the money that they're putting into the stale bagels, bad coffee and questionable eggs and do a better job of cleaning Steve's room. |
| 7:39
| About a half hour from the hotel the weather had finally cleared up so Pat opened things up a little bit. Then boom he got pulled over. The cop said Pat was going 87 which didn't seem horrible. Does Pat not have a speedometer? |
| 7:40
| The speed limit is 65 so that's 20 over. Did Pat argue about the speed with him? |
| 7:41
| There was no arguing with this guy, he was like a robot. He came to the car and immediately asked for Pat's license and registration. He didn't tell him why he pulled him over, he didn't even say anything about Thanksgiving. |
| 7:42
| Pat's question to Steve, as a heavy-foot enthusiast, is will he get points taken off his license for a ticket in another state. |
| 7:43
| Steve's pretty sure the points show up everywhere what with the computers and everything. |
| 7:44
| It might be worth it for Pat to find a lawyer in the area who goes to traffic court a lot and can plead his case. |
| 7:45
| On Saturday the family was making their way to Detroit and his daughter started feeling sick. This is how sick Pat is, he was wishing that would have happened on Thursday when he got pulled over, it would have been the perfect excuse. |
| 7:46
| Pat should just have that as the go to excuse whenever he gets pulled over. The family will have to practice that like a fire drill. |
| 7:47
| The Bulls finally won last night, Cedric Benson is on the IR and the inventor of Gatorade died. |
| 7:52
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 7:53
| David Hochberg seems to be trying to get Steve to notice him with this live read. Apparently he's not getting enough attention at WIND. |
| 7:54
| David Hochberg is on the phone. He was on NBC 5 last night. Some mayors were getting together to solve the sub-prime loan thing. Why is David calling though? |
| 7:55
| David thought Steve was busting his chops so he wanted to call in. Steve was busting his chops but that doesn't mean he should call in. |
| 7:56
| David mentioned a "cranial rectum extraction" in the live read today. Steve feels like they've talked about that before. |
| 7:57
| Steve doesn't care but Buzz was offended by it. David's a shock lender. |
| 7:58
| David had his first show on WIND over the weekend and things went well. They got a lot of phone calls and a few hate emails. |
| 7:59
| Steve didn't think he was busting David's chops. He feels the hand of Jeff Schwartz on this one. |
| 8:00
| Jeff is David's media advisor so if he can get him an extra on-air appearance he's doing his job. It's usually funny when David's on the show though. |
| 8:01
| Steve still has 10 cases of Dr. Pepper from David Hochberg and he doesn't know what he should do with it. He tried to call the food suppository and they said they'd take it but then never showed up. |
| 8:02
| Does Buzz want any? He'll have to take all of it though, not just 1 case. Buzz doesn't need 200 cans of Dr. Pepper. |
| 8:03
| Steve's calling up to the office to talk to Lucy or Ethel to see what's going on. No one seems to be there, are they out doing something? |
| 8:04
| One of them is going to get Jeff Garlin and the other is getting Steve ketchup for his breakfast. He won't eat eggs without ketchup or salsa. Steve is the only person Buzz knows, other than his father, who puts ketchup on his eggs. |
| 8:05
| Tina did a Vanna White presentation of Steve's breakfast to Buzz. Buzz used to have ketchup on his eggs but at some point he developed a taste for eggs on their own. |
| 8:06
| Alright it's time for the knuckleheads, Bob and Ron. Last week Steve said he would work on getting them paid but he wasn't totally serious about that. They led with that today though. |
| 8:07
| Why would Steve pay them? It seems like he's doing more for them than they're doing for him. Without Steve they don't have a job. They're just the dog walkers. With Steve they're dog walkers who come on the radio. |
| 8:08
| If they start asking to get paid then Steve's going to find an oldies record and do this himself. He'll at least pay for their street parking, 4 quarters each every week. |
| 8:09
| Buzz was wondering if Bob goes to the dog park up on Lawrence. Ron might be wondering why Buzz doesn't care what he's doing and Steve doesn't know. Aimee spotted Bob at the dog park and Buzz asked why he didn't invite him back to the place. |
| 8:10
| Bob and Ron have a lot of rock history birthdays this week. Roger Glover's birthday is this week, he was in Deep Purple. It's also Leo Lyons' birthday, he was in 10 Years After. |
| 8:11
| Finally it's John McVie's birthday from Fleetwood Mac. Today they've brought in Black Magic Woman from the original Fleetwood Mac line-up. |
| 8:12
| Buzz saw Peter Green recently, he got really big. Bob and Ron saw him too, he's still making music but they're not sure who's listening to it. Does everyone here realize they're having a conversation about Peter Green in modern times? |
| 8:13
| Song: Black Magic Woman, Fleetwood Mac |
| 8:16
| Steve didn't have Bob and Ron's mics on but they were talking anyway. Ron handled it better, he just started over but Bob just said "helloooooo" like it's a sound check. Just re-rack it! |
| 8:17
| Steve got caught up in a debate about whether or not he should even turn their mics back on. Bob doesn't like his words to be wasted. |
| 8:18
| This is the last week of Progvember. Bob and Ron thought they were up here early because they'd be playing a full album side or something. What is Prog again? Steve always thinks that it's Yes. They're the kings of Prog. |
| 8:19
| If you're not wearing a cape, it's not Prog. When Steve's boys were growing up there was a kid in the neighborhood who always wore a cape. He ended up being gay and a performer on Broadway. |
| 8:20
| The other day when Steve was running he saw another kid in a cape and though this is where our Broadway actors must be coming from. If it's not Halloween you shouldn't be wearing a cape. |
| 8:21
| Some kids go through a cape phase but that's usually Superman or Batman. This was a wizard cape. Once you tie that cape it can't be undone, you're headed for the Great White Way. |
| 8:26
| Jeff Garlin is here. That was a nice gear change on Curb, switching from the happy-ending masseuse to the cleaning lady. |
| 8:27
| The odds are pretty good that there will be another season of Curb. The last season was really good, especially when Larry was getting divorced in real-life. |
| 8:28
| The season was actually written before Larry got divorced but Jeff told him people were going to think he was commenting on it. |
| 8:29
| Larry's wife left him right around the time they filmed the last episode of the season. It was a great season and The Blacks were really good, especially Leon. |
| 8:30
| Leon was played by JB Smoov, Jeff's trying to develop a show with him. He's really funny. |
| 8:31
| Jeff was at the Bears game on Sunday with his son and they left early. That was Jeff's son's first football game. Jeff's son felt sick and it was good that they left because he was up all night. |
| 8:32
| The Garlin's, like the Dahl's, ate a lot of food on Sunday. Steve told Jeff all about the food change at halftime too. They have pretzels the size of Jeff's head and he has a big head. Every time Jeff is here Buzz stares at his head. |
| 8:33
| Steve thought Jeff was leaving early because he's a Hollywood guy, used to the Dodgers games where everyone leaves after the 7th. The good thing about staying until the end of a Dodgers game is that there's no traffic. |
| 8:34
| Now Jeff realizes the folly of leaving the Bears game early. A few years ago he turned off a game against Cleveland early and they scored a bunch of points and won the game. But Jeff's son was sick so he had to go. |
| 8:35
| Steve figured Jeff's son would be hassling him for leaving early but he was sick. There were also a lot of people coming up to Jeff so Steve thought that's why he left as well. |
| 8:36
| Jeff listened to the rest of the game in the car and then got back to his hotel room for OT. |
| 8:37
| The Bears, like much of the NFL this year, are mediocre. The Patriots are dominant but Jeff still doesn't think they're the best team ever. The '85 Bears would destroy the '07 Patriots. They'd wipe the floor with them! |
| 8:38
| The '85 Bears went through the playoffs and shut-out all their opponents. The Patriots defense would never be able to stop Payton. |
| 8:39
| Buzz says '72 Dolphins but he lived in Miami at the time so you can give him that. There are a lot of teams throughout history that are better than this year's Patriots. |
| 8:40
| Jeff Garlin is in town for some shows at Zanie's this week. He's not just here for the Bears game although that was one of the main reasons. |
| 8:41
| These are Jeff's last comedy club shows, he's quitting the road. This is his Last Waltz. |
| 8:42
| Live read: Jacob Ruth |
| 8:47
| Something very funny happened during that last break. Steve and Jeff were talking about the writer's strike and how there are some very pretentious video shorts on the internet by writers who "don't have words". |
| 8:48
| Then Steve notices Jeff's mic is on and he drops the f-bomb. Steve quickly dumped it so we'll have to play the commercial again. |
| 8:49
| Hopefully that writer's strike gets worked out soon or else everyone's in trouble. |
| 8:50
| The thing Steve thinks is funny is that the studios will rip the writers off anyway so why not just give them what they want and rip them off some other way. |
| 8:51
| Jeff's movie is playing at the Wilmette Theater still, it's been nicely restored. The woman up there called Steve and asked if he wanted to be part of the Q & A last Friday with Jeff and Tim Kazurinsky. |
| 8:52
| Steve is very funny in the movie, Jeff's glad he finally watched it all the way through. When Steve met Jeff's son on Sunday was introduced as the poncho dad from Someone to Eat Cheese With. |
| 8:53
| The movie is actually playing at Jeff's hotel right now which is pretty cool. He can rent it as much as he wants and no one will know because the title doesn't show up on your bill. That's almost like getting porn anyway, it's very self-involved. |
| 8:54
| You have to be self-involved to be in showbiz, at least as an actor. When Jeff was younger all he wanted to do was date actresses and most of them are very self-involved. They're nice to look at but that's it. |
| 8:55
| Jeff went to the Eleven City Diner, as they say in Sweden, goodeatin! Didn't he see the Steve Dahl sandwich on the menu? |
| 8:56
| Jeff did see that, as well as the Jerry Springer. He was actually disappointed to see that on the menu. |
| 8:57
| The Jerry Springer is pregnant 16-year olds and their boyfriends on rye. Jeff loves delis and there are a lot of good ones in Chicago. |
| 8:58
| One time Buzz ordered half a pastrami sandwich from the Eleven City Diner, he's watching his weight. Steve ordered a full sandwich but had meat removed from it by other people. |
| 8:59
| Buzz saw the rest of the meat from Steve's sandwich and thought Steve had stolen the other half, even though he only wanted half. That's how good it is. |
| 9:00
| If we keep talking about this the kid from Eleven City Diner will be up here with sandwiches. Jeff won't even be in the building so Steve and Buzz will get to eat his Schwartzie, if you'll pardon the expression. |
| 9:01
| Jeff tries to be a vegetarian but he doesn't want to label himself. He generally eats healthy. |
| 9:02
| Steve doesn't know where Jeff is saying and won't say for security purposes but behind the Hancock, on Chestnut, is Chalfin's. |
| 9:03
| Jeff didn't even know they were still open but he knew the owners. It's right by his hotel. |
| 9:04
| Steve's break isn't until 9:15 but Jeff was supposed to leave at 9:00. The guy outside who came with Jeff looks very antsy. That's Rick Gieser from Zanies. |
| 9:05
| For the entire week Jeff has not called him Rick or Mr. Gieser, just Rick Gieser. He's got one of those names where you have to say the full thing. |
| 9:06
| Tom Thayer wanted Steve to tell Jeff that he has a tape of the game and he can come over and watch it. Tom was very mad when he found out Jeff left early. |
| 9:07
| Jeff was mentioned in Zwecker's column today. That's probably Rick Gieser hard at work. He was spotted at Eleven City Diner. |
| 9:08
| Actually Rick Gieser didn't even know Jeff was there. Jeff appreciates Steve working the name in though. |
| 9:09
| Jeff's doing an Improv set at Second City after his Zanie's show downtown this week, then he's going up to IO right after that. Then he'll go take a nap and get a Schwartzie . |
| 9:10
| If Steve finds out that sandwich is named after Jeff Schwartz he's never going back to Eleven City Diner. Steve's name is only mentioned with the pastrami, Jeff can't have a full sandwich. |
| 9:11
| Steve thinks Jeff is doing the vegetarian thing for his wife. He does have some dietary restrictions like lactose intolerance. |
| 9:12
| Steve does know that we have a stash of Pop-Tarts for whenever Jeff's here. He goes at them like crack! It's a beast, you have to feed it. For Buzz feeding the beast is turkey and two Fig Newtons. |
| 9:13
| When you eat too much no one really notices. It's not like ordering an 8-ball of crack. When you order a sandwich no one says anything. It's like being an alcoholic and needing to drink 3 glasses of wine everyday in order to survive. |
| 9:14
| Steve's never been to the Eleven City Diner but now that he's got the afternoons free he might head over there. With the afternoon show he never used to eat lunch. |
| 9:15
| Yesterday on the way back from the gym, going through the pedway, Steve stopped at Sopprafina. They've got a new Jimmy John's down there too and the line is out the door everyday. Steve likes Jimmy John's but waiting in line for it seems ridiculous. |
| 9:16
| Then Steve passed by Salad Spinners which always smells like they're frying food in there. It doesn't smell healthy. |
| 9:17
| Steve never goes to any of these places so he doesn't know what line to get into. He went to the cash register and want a salad so the woman told him to get into the salad line. |
| 9:18
| That line was too long so Steve got into the pasta line and got some lasagna. Then he had to decide on one of 6 sauces. |
| 9:19
| In the 12 years Steve has worked down here he's never gone to any of those restaurants. Then he got some cash from the ATM while holding his food. Steve's become a downtown guy. Maybe he'll head to Macy's after the show and buy some jeans that already have holes in them, just like Todd Cavanah's. |
| 9:20
| Steve doesn't get the point of buying jeans that have holes in them already. Most of Todd's jeans are pre-faded as well. Buzz actually buys pre-faded jeans, he doesn't have time to fade the jeans any more. |
| 9:21
| Steve doesn't own any jeans but he probably would buy pre-faded jeans if he did. |
| 9:22
| Brad Rubin from Eleven City Diner is on the phone. If Steve comes in there will he call Bill Zwecker and tell him what he's eating? |
| 9:23
| The Schwartzie is not named after Jeff Schwartz. Brad is going to have to get rid of the Jerry Springer sandwich and then name one after Steve. |
| 9:24
| Brad was going to name a sandwich after Steve but he was worried his people would come after him. Steve is his people, there's no one higher than him. Buzz remembers this quandary before. Brad was coming off the Marshal Field's thing and he was gun shy. |
| 9:25
| Brad can name the sandwich after Steve though, he'll get right on that. Steve will be down there any day now. With his afternoons free he can come down and kibitz with him. |
| 9:26
| Brad really thinks Steve doesn't own the rights to his own name? He wouldn't say it if it wasn't true. Plus why would he sue Brad for using his name for a sandwich? Macy's made a mistake making him change the name. |
| 9:27
| Steve remembers talking to Brad about how he should handle the Marshal Field's situation. He gave him a good idea, which he can't remember, but Brad didn't listen to him. |
| 9:31
| Sometimes Steve reminds himself of Larry David, except he's not a billionaire. Larry also had problems with a sandwich named after him. |
| 9:32
| Steve would like to see the Jerry Springer named after him. it's half pastrami half corned-beef on marble rye. |
| 9:33
| Steve told Brad Rubin to rename the Marshal Field The Macy and then get them to pay for new menus. His problem back then was that he couldn't pay for new menus. |
| 9:34
| Steve reads from the August 31st, 2006 show log. Steve even told Brad back then that he could name a sandwich after him and he'd sign all the necessary papers. |
| 9:35
| Tyrone's checking with some traffic. Don't talk over his intro Steve! Tyrone's flying around doing traffic reports for WGCI and WVON but he likes to blow in a call to Buzz becuase he's a blues man and a news man. That's free of charge too. |
| 9:36
| Tyrone can't remember the first time he met Buzz. Was it at Buddy Guy's Legends? Those early meetings are a bit hazy. |
| 9:37
| On I-90 eastbound at River Road there's an accident in the open road tolling lane. When Tyrone flew over nobody was there but emergency vehicles might be on the scene. |
| 9:38
| The center and right lanes are blocked up so you can probably get around until the authorities show up. Then they'll close the whole thing up for their fake investigation. |
| 9:39
| If people are in an accident they should push them off to the side of the road with a plow or something. Get off the damn road! |
| 9:40
| Tyrone's going to look for Stacy Peterson now. If he finds her she's gonna be happy. They'll be thumpin'! |
| 9:41
| Live read: Jacob Ruth |
| 9:42
| Steve turned off Chef Hans' mic because he was breathing like Darth Vader. Of course he stops now that Steve points it out. |
| 9:50
| Steve was watching channel 11 last night, which he blogged about today. BUzz knows all this because he reads Steve's blog everyday. |
| 9:51
| Last night they had a new Geoffrey Baer special, Foods of Chicago. The guy from Al's Beef talks like Drew Peterson and was describing how to stand when eating a beef sandwich. It was a really good show even though they shut it down several times to beg for money. That takes some of the sheen off. |
| 9:52
| Live read: The Little Guys |
| 9:53
| This commercial is all about Steve. He's never read a commercial where he said "I" this much. Normally he likes something that's a little less jive-ass. |
| 9:54
| Chef Hans is here, can Steve call him Cheffrey? |
| 9:55
| The Little Guys is a great store but Steve would prefer the copy not say "I", he likes to say it on his own. |
| 9:56
| Chef Hans worked from about 4:30 AM to 7:00 PM on Thanksgiving. Steve was there and it was packed and it was rockin' and it was good. Steve has the turkey which surprised Hans. |
| 9:57
| It was Thanksgiving so Steve figured he'd go turkey. You get a nice mound of white meat, a little dark meat and it's all on a bed of stuffing. Steve went with the au gratin potatoes, the parsnips and the mashed sweet potatoes for sides. They also had chutney, cranberries and Brussels sprouts. |
| 9:58
| During desert Pat Dahl stepped up with his weird ordering habits. In the past he's ordered Pusser's Rum at the Rum Jungle VIP room as well as 50 wings at Hooters. |
| 9:59
| Pat ordered the drunken donuts, which is an order of very small donuts, pecan pie and carrot cake. Then he got himself a scoop of ice cream. Steve didn't have the energy to stop it and they'd already been there for 4 hours. It was all delicious though. |
| 10:00
| Steve saw Brandmeier and his wife and daughters so he talked to them for a while. Steve's hoping S & W becomes a yearly tradition because preparing all that food is a nightmare. |
| 10:01
| You spend hours buying and preparing the food, you eat for 20 minutes and then you spend 2 hours cleaning up. |
| 10:02
| Hans thought there might have been too many options for the Prix Fix menu so things took a little longer. Steve thought everything went fine though. |
| 10:03
| Several groups of fans stopped by to say hello to Steve and his family. There was one table that seemed to be camped out waiting for him. |
| 10:04
| Steve wouldn't mind going to S & W for Christmas either. They'll probably do turkey again as well as Beef Wellington. It'll probably be a little smaller though. |
