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| 5:31
| That's Foreigner, not that Steve has to tell Buzz that. He knows his Foreigner. |
| 5:32
| Steve went into Pete's studio before the show started. Pete is our production...how about production wizard? |
| 5:33
| Steve had a question to ask Pete and of course it takes 30 seconds to get his attention. He's wearing headphones, has a million TVs on and some really loud music that isn't this station. |
| 5:34
| Pete said he heard that Foreigner was coming up so he turned on something else. What kind of grown man can't listen to a Foreigner song? |
| 5:35
| Pete was listening to the great Josh Ritter. Steve would rather listen to Foreigner than that crap! We really need to have Pete committed. |
| 5:36
| Pete likes some of Steve's comedy but not the music he plays. Steve would like to have Jack on in the studios when he's here. Buzz is wondering if Josh Ritter is related to John Ritter. |
| 5:37
| Like Pete actually knows. He's such a poser. He just finds this stuff when he's cruising for 14-year old girls on MySpace. |
| 5:38
| Steve wants to hear more Josh Ritter but Pete doesn't have it on. How can it be that hard to access something he was just playing? Did he put it away in a velvet box when he was done?! |
| 5:39
| Josh Ritter sounds alright but it sounds like a million other things. How is that any different than Foreigner? |
| 5:40
| Pete's just getting himself pumped for the show with some alt.rock. It keeps Pete's mind sharp. He might want to try something else. |
| 5:41
| Did Pete get the Intelligentsia coffee from that listener? Steve's trainer Chris told Steve about some really strong Intelligentsia called Black Cat but the listener just sent some regular house blend. |
| 5:42
| Steve would like to read an email that he got last night, it was the last thing he read before he went to bed. It was a response to the Thought for the Day email in which Ed spelled "thought" wrong. His response was "what would the Thought for the Day be without an occasional mistake from me?!" |
| 5:43
| Yesterday's Thought for the Day was three reasons to listen to the show today. The first one was Tom Thayer calling in to recap the Bears loss. The second one was Dan Tani's phone call and the third one was that if you don't listen Steve and Buzz will lose their jobs. |
| 5:44
| That's it, three reasons, comedy rule of threes, and it doesn't seem open-ended. There's no way to respond to that right? But someone responds "Can't. I can't get up that early in the morning and it doesn't sound like you're up either." |
| 5:45
| First of all, how do you know if Steve sounds awake if you're not awake and listening. Steve's awake, trust him! Buzz thinks everyone is awake. You get up, you have an hour to get yourself together and then you're awake. Buzz thinks Steve is even more awake in the mornings. |
| 5:46
| Steve is more focused in the mornings. All he cares about is getting to 10:00 AM. Then after that he just sits around like a fireman waiting for the bell. |
| 5:47
| So that's what Steve gets from a listener while Pete is getting coffee. Would it be so bad for a female listener to send Steve a picture of her in the shower? Of course now Steve's going to get pictures of dude's dorks from Craigslist. |
| 5:48
| Steve got an email from Sean McMahon who works for Intelligentsia. If they franchised Steve would get one and put it near his house where there used to be a White Hen. That's all Steve needs, a coffee franchise that he drives by everyday, seeing something that's wrong. |
| 5:49
| Sean and several other employees are big fans of the show and they heard Steve talking about Pete's Perk. Pete's not running the new coffee, he's still got the old Folger's to get through. |
| 5:50
| Sean wanted to send Steve a Technivorm which brews a mean cup of coffee. So there ya go, Steve's getting that right out of the warehouse. It's from a dude but it's nice that they're listening in the warehouse. |
| 5:51
| This Technivorm thing looks pretty cool. They've got a hot chick on the front page, maybe she could deliver the coffee maker. She's probably in Holland where they make the Technivorm but Steve has a ton of frequent flyer miles. |
| 5:52
| Buzz is wondering if Steve's miles have been affected by recent changes to the frequent flyer system. You have to have account activity within 18 months but if you put miles into your account that counts. |
| 5:53
| Buzz has about a half a million miles but he's using them to buy a gift for the lovely wife. Steve thinks that's a bad use of miles. A half a million miles will get Buzz two round-trip, first-class tickets to Europe. |
| 5:54
| Buzz was going to buy his wife a camera, which he could certainly afford with out the miles. The airline tickets seem more impressive. |
| 5:59
| Buzz should use the frequent flyer miles to fly to Japan with Aimee where he can buy her a new camera. |
| 6:00
| Steve's working on going to Japan with his friend Shu. Over there you have to have a recommendation from a Japanese person to stay in a really nice hotel. |
| 6:01
| Buzz has been to Japan, he thinks Steve will love it. Don't have the burgers at the airport though. Steve wouldn't eat an airport hamburger even without Buzz's warning. |
| 6:02
| Something very funny happened on Friday which Steve forgot to mention yesterday. Steve was in the studio and Todd Cavanah, program director for Jack and The B, came in to talk to him. Normally they talk in Steve's office after the show. |
| 6:03
| Yesterday's topic was that idiot kid downstairs who can't end the show on time. He has all night to get things to end on time and he can't do it. |
| 6:04
| Penny's down in the studio now, she's the one who fantasizes riding Steve's knobs. Penny's right below Steve, if he had a skirt on she could look up it. Penny would bring Steve coffee so take that Pete! |
| 6:05
| In Steve and Penny's relationship Steve would be the one giving her coffee. He's not like Pete waiting around for girls to bring him stuff. Then he dates them, breaks up with them and kills them. |
| 6:06
| On Friday Todd came into the studio, probably because he wanted to see Buzz. If the show ends at 10:00 Buzz is home by 10:01:10. He has to get home to pore over the news. |
| 6:07
| Todd might have thought that Steve was just doing a Buzz impersonation and Buzz wasn't real. |
| 6:08
| Todd seemed uncomfortable being in the studio and Steve felt uncomfortable having him in there. Steve plays the first song right after the show to start their hour of commercial-free music which they can't stop promoting, starting right at 5:30 AM. Steve wants to know when they're going to promote Steve's show during the music. |
| 6:09
| You know what really scares Steve? Those listeners who call in and record Jack-related bits that air throughout the day. Who does that? Sounds like frustrated radio guys. |
| 6:10
| Those guys are on the air all the time and Steve doesn't get any promos which is where they ran into a problem. Does Steve have to call in and record his own Jack-related promos? |
| 6:11
| On Friday Steve freaked out during his conversation with Todd and thought he wasn't feeding the main studio with the first song he's supposed to play. |
| 6:12
| So Steve freaks out and started feeding Fresh FM to the Jack studio. Fresh is named after a douche. |
| 6:13
| Steve thought it was funny that he fed Fresh FM to Jack but Todd takes things very seriously. He tried to be cool about it. Everyone takes things very seriously down there but Steve's trying to get them to take it less seriously. |
| 6:14
| Todd handled it pretty well but you could tell he wanted to call Superman and have him turn back time to prevent it from happening. He was looking up H.G. Wells on his Blackberry. Get the time machine in here! |
| 6:15
| Steve felt bad for Penny because she runs a really tight board down there. She probably wants to spank Steve now as punishment right? |
| 6:16
| Later in the day Steve got an email from Todd responding to a listener. Todd said "sometimes I crack myself up." Steve responded "that was funny. It was also funny when I put Fresh FM on Jack." |
| 6:17
| Todd responded "that wasn't funny" although Steve thought it was. He probably shouldn't be able to feed Fresh FM to Jack though right? |
| 6:22
| Maybe DeLorean would be a better time machine reference for Todd Cavanah. He was looking for Michael J. Fox and the DeLorean so he could go back in time and prevent Massengill FM from being on Jack FM. |
| 6:23
| Now Steve has it set up so it's just the weather on that channel and he can't feed Fresh FM. |
| 6:24
| Buzz thinks Steve should record some Tommy Skillethead and have that at the ready. |
| 6:25
| Live read: Gladstone Homes |
| 6:26
| Steve's going to buy a Gladstone house just to get $100,000 off the price. He could use a place to base himself out of for any Will County appearances. |
| 6:27
| That $100,000 off sale is just a scant 2 days after the Jack FM/B96 Holiday Party. The last few WCKG parties involved everyone going down to Lower Wacker to party with the bums. |
| 6:28
| Jack and B96 are more successful stations. This party is at Dave and Buster's so Steve's definitely going. It's from 2 pm to 5 pm which is the perfect time for a morning show. |
| 6:29
| At WCKG the party always started while Steve and Buzz were still on the air which was irritating since their show was the only reason they were having a party. |
| 6:30
| Steve has a parody song that he wrote about Drew Peterson which he'll get to in a little bit. Pat Boyle is on hold and Steve also has today's web poll question which is not in a sealed envelope. |
| 6:31
| Pat was just imagining Steve and Buzz taking on Eddie and Jobo in some ski-ball at Dave and Buster's. Steve and Buzz could totally take them. |
| 6:32
| Eddie and Jobo are so muscled and where tight t-shirts that their ski-balling abilities might be hindered. |
| 6:33
| Steve was watching Comcast last week and he felt sorry for Pat because they work him like a dog. He does two Sportsnites, plus the Muhsin Muhammad show where he never looks at Pat, then Pro Football Weekly with Tom Waddle, Danimal and Hub Arkush. |
| 6:34
| Danimal had to wear Dan Jiggets sport coat last week because he forgot his. The jacket was a little big so they had to tape it up. Then you've got Hub Arkush with the earring which is disconcerting to Steve. Can't he take it out when he's on camera? |
| 6:35
| Things are very busy for Pat during the football season. When the Bears aren't playing well it's a real downer though. |
| 6:36
| Steve did not watch the end of the Patriots/Ravens but Buzz did. He was watching the two-hour Christmas episode of The Closer, football wasn't on his mind. |
| 6:37
| Buzz went to say goodnight to his wife who was watching football. The Patriots were losing with about a minute left. It was of course killing Buzz that New England is going undefeated because he's a '72 Dolphins fan. |
| 6:38
| The Patriots scored to take the lead and then the Ravens had the ball at the 40 yard line. They ran a Hail Mary and the Ravens receiver went up, grabbed the ball and came down 2 yard short and the game was over. |
| 6:39
| The Patriots converted 2 4th-down plays in their last drive of the game. The Ravens' Rex Ryan, son of Buddy, called a timeout which gave the Patriots time to run their play again. |
| 6:40
| At no point at the end of the game did you think Tom Brady wasn't going to find a way to win the game. Plus he's nailing the hottest chicks on the planet and knocking them up. |
| 6:41
| After the Patriots scored the Ravens were so mad that someone threw a flag and the team got penalized. The Patriots ended up kicking from the Baltimore 35 which gave the Ravens terrible field position. |
| 6:42
| Pat has the audio from the end of the game. Who would have thought that Buzz would be the one who saw the end of the game. |
| 6:43
| Don Shula was actually at the game, in the broadcast booth for the 3rd and 4th quarter. He had an ear-to-ear grin thinking the Patriots were finally going to lose. |
| 6:44
| If Steve was a '72 Dolphin he would just be happy with what they'd accomplished. It seems like a media contrivance but then you hear about the players and coaches getting together to pop champagne. |
| 6:45
| If Steve has good ratings and then years from now someone else comes along and has better ratings he's not going to be mad about it. |
| 6:46
| Dan Marino was pretty cool about the whole Bret Favre thing recently though. He's Dan Marino, he owns MIami! It seems like that's the way to go. |
| 6:47
| The Bulls lost to the Mavericks last night. On the way in Steve was half-listening to WBBM-AM and it sounded like the Bulls had won. They closed a 16-point gap but still lost because they shot horribly. It was Luol Deng bobblehead night, he had 3 more points than his doll did. |
| 6:48
| Mark Cuban was in town for the game and he's still interested in buying the Cubs. Major League Baseball is never going to let him own a team. The NBA would probably like the Mavericks back. |
| 6:49
| Steve thinks the team will go to John Canning, whenever it is they sell the team. Sam Zell doesn't have to sell the team though. He owns part of the White Sox but at some point why would you give up the Cubs? |
| 6:50
| Does Buzz have any interest in investing in the Cubs? He's not really a Cubs guy but he could become one. Steve knows a few people who went in with the Reinsdorf/Einhorn group that bought the Sox. They've never not made money. |
| 6:51
| They did only pay $10 million for the team. The McCaskey's paid $250 for the Bears and now the team is worth a ridiculous amount of money. They don't actually have that money though, it's tied up in the team. |
| 6:52
| Steve still thinks everyone in the family takes home a nice paycheck from the team though. They don't even accept credit cards for season tickets so they don't have to pay any of those fees. |
| 6:54
| Tom Brady is one of the best QB's ever, he's nailing hot chicks who let him knock them up and he's funny. |
| 6:55
| He was a 4th round pick but he came from Michigan where he probably had no problem getting laid. |
| 6:56
| Caller Chuck has the first school closing of the year. There was some bus vandalism up in Barrington so all the schools in district 220 had to close. |
| 6:57
| There were slashed tires and some spray paint that said "Class of 2008 Rules." So that narrows it down a bit. |
| 6:58
| People can't take their kids to school for a day? Steve would have done it on a Friday to get a 3-day weekend. |
| 6:59
| Should there be school closings tomorrow Steve and Buzz will challenge the validity of each individual closing. It doesn't seem the Barrington schools should be closed today. |
| 7:00
| Live read: Allen Brothers |
| 7:01
| They have some nice meat assortments in the Allen Brothers catalog. Steve thought he had one in the studio but he might have taken it into the Green Room to enjoy it in privacy. |
| 7:02
| Buzz gave Allen Brothers as a wedding gift, it was a bit hit. |
| 7:03
| Steve's sitting on a parody song but he still has the web poll question. He was hoping to get two spins out of the song today. |
| 7:04
| Steve said he'd never do a parody song again but that was after he did all those songs for the various Bears quarterbacks. |
| 7:05
| Steve feels now that with everything that's happening with this person and this case, and the fact that he's a Parrothead, he's back with an edgy parody song that fills the bill. |
| 7:06
| Song: Bolingbrookville, Steve Dahl |
| 7:11
| Well there ya go. That one fell together, sometimes they just do. Steve couldn't resist the urge. Drew's a Parrothead, you have to have a song like that. |
| 7:12
| Drew's going to want a copy of that song. Buzz knows he would. That's why he needs his iPod back. |
| 7:19
| Steve was listening to the Today's Show to see if they had any new stuff on Drew Peterson and then Pete played some new Drew Peterson that snuck right by him. |
| 7:20
| That was Drew from yesterday talking about his prom date saying he was a bad kisser. Does Pete have the audio where Drew says the media should be covering starving children instead of him? |
| 7:21
| Steve has lost Buzz to the TV behind him again. There's some strange looking people on there. |
| 7:22
| Drew was talking about sub-prime loans yesterday. Several people he knows are losing their homes during the holiday season. |
| 7:23
| Drew wants the media to pay more attention to that and stop harassing his family. He's a humanitarian. |
| 7:24
| There's talk today of freezing interest rates to help out with this mortgage crisis. That's exactly what David Hochberg said on the Noon Business Hour. Then Sherman Kaplan gave him the heave-ho. |
| 7:25
| Steve wouldn't be surprised if David was named the next Fed chairman. There has to be some way for Steve and Buzz to exploit that too. |
| 7:26
| Drew keeps talking about being harassed by the media but he keeps going on TV. Then he put up a No Trespassing sign on his front lawn. You don't really need to do that at your house, it's kind of a given. |
| 7:27
| Janet Shamlian from the Today's Show is on the phone. Are all the reporters out at Drew's house just listening to the show? |
| 7:28
| Janet thought Steve would enjoy Drew's stuff about frozen pizzas yesterday. DiGiorno probably doesn't like his endorsement. |
| 7:29
| Has Janet had any sweet run-ins with Drew that didn't make it to the air? She heard that he's talked to a few producers and invited one of them out for prime rib. |
| 7:30
| What happened to Anita Padilla, we don't hear from her any more. It's good to hear that Drew's working the producers though. He can't work the on-air talent, that's sort of an unwritten agreement. |
| 7:31
| Drew has been accused of doing research on Stacy Peterson and her friends. That's probably an attempt to get his pension denied. Drew could buy his own motorcycle with that money. |
| 7:32
| Find a cop who doesn't do that. Drew's just looking out of the well-being of his family. If Stacy is getting some text messages from a joker who wants to meet her at Denny's Drew's going to want to look into it to make sure he's OK. |
| 7:33
| Drew wouldn't hurt a fly. He's a DiGiorno's pizza-lover, he's a Parrothead and he's a meat-lover. |
| 7:34
| Caller Rod has a question for Ask Drew. Drew's got your rod right here! He's a jokester and a lover and a former police officer. |
| 7:35
| Rod was wondering if Drew would be going to the Bolingbrook Country Club for prime rib. They've got a nice prime rib carving station out there. |
| 7:36
| Craig Stebic had his timing right because he was able to invite Amy Jacobson over for a pool party. Hopefully Drew can ride this thing out until the spring. |
| 7:37
| When Steve lived in Bolingbrook the police station and city hall were in double-wide trailers. There was no country club. |
| 7:38
| The Bolingbrook Country Club is rich and lush and high end. Drew used to take Stacy there, they'd meet at the 19th Hole. |
| 7:39
| Apparently we're in another episode of Ask Drew so we need to get the theme music going. |
| 7:40
| Caller George just naturally sounds like Drew, he's not making fun of him. George was wondering who Drew wants to play him in the movie. George was thinking Dennis Farina. |
| 7:41
| Drew is sick of getting emails from people with a small picture of him and a huge picture of the Cowardly Lion as a side-by-side comparison. |
| 7:42
| George is wondering how Drew felt when the wheeled that Snap-On toolbox out of the garage. That's probably $15,000 in tools. More if he has the pneumatic tools. |
| 7:43
| Dennis Farina could play Drew, old and young. They could just make him look younger with make-up and a wig. He'll need the 70's hairstyle. |
| 7:44
| The movie should start with Drew pulling into the hotel and meeting Stacy. Maybe a few flashbacks to the bath tub. He'd have control over that if it was his movie right? |
| 7:45
| Anita Padilla is checking in. Drew hasn't hit on her lately but they're on a first name basis. Not really. |
| 7:46
| Did he invite her in for a slice of DiGiorno's or anything? Anita's not network so she probably won't get the invite. |
| 7:47
| Anita wasn't there when Drew pounded the trespassing signs into his yard. They already up when she arrived yesterday and today one of them was knocked down. |
| 7:48
| Stacy's family did come over to get some stuff they'd left at Drew's house. Apparently her dad was getting ready to move to California and was storing some things in Drew's garage, including the motorcycle. |
| 7:49
| So Drew took that motorcycle out for a ride? No wonder he almost hit the curb, he doesn't know how to drive it. |
| 7:50
| Drew's brother was not at the house today. Normally he comes everyday to drive the kids to school and grumbles something to the media. |
| 7:51
| Buzz is wondering if the gathered media is hoping for something specific to go down. They're probably all hoping to find the blue barrel. |
| 7:52
| Drew is always going to be entertaining so obviously that's why everyone is still there. Plus they want to be there if something does go down. |
| 7:53
| There are so many twists and turns in this story, you can't even explain it in a minute and a half. |
| 7:54
| Yesterday Drew said he was going to cry because it was the holidays and Stacy always made them special. It was only for 4 years though. |
| 7:55
| Steve was wondering if he'd be able to get to where Drew's house is without a press pass. He's bored in the afternoons and he's done at 10 am. |
| 7:56
| Anyone can just get in so Steve can stop by and say hello. At first the police were staked out around the clock but they're not really there any more. |
| 7:57
| John Kass was making fun of everyone staked out around the clock and then started a rumor that the police were nearby. Everyone bit on that because that's their job but then he acted like he was above it all. |
| 7:58
| So you can just go out there and hang out? That sounds like the place to be. Steve could pick up some material to use in his characterization of Drew. Maybe he'd even be invited in. |
| 8:02
| Live read: The Little Guys |
| 8:03
| This is a new live read and it's written with more I's than the last one. Steve doesn't know why it's happening but it is. It's almost to the point where he can't take the I's out. |
| 8:04
| Steve doesn't need I's in his live copy. He didn't use any yesterday and Steve and Buzz talked about The Little Guys for a while. They definitely got their money's worth. |
| 8:05
| You can see why Steve doesn't say I, it seems lame and hokey. He has no problem saying he gets all his stuff from The Little Guys, why can't we leave it at that? |
| 8:06
| Steve's going to figure out the source of this live copy after the show. That should give him something to do before he heads out to Bolingbrook. |
| 8:07
| Then Steve is off to Bolingbrook. He might workout at the LA Fitness in the area. Maybe Drew Peterson will be there, they could lift together. Then they could head over to that bikini bar, Crazy Rock. |
| 8:08
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 8:09
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 8:10
| Four to six inches of snow are expected to blast the Chicago area between this afternoon and tomorrow. |
| 8:11
| Steve's got the weather to go to any time we need it. Expect two to four foot waves on the lake though. |
| 8:12
| Turns out that Iran is not working to create nuclear weapons. Newly declassified documents say they abandoned their plan in 2003. It was too hard to figure everything out. |
| 8:13
| In Iowa, presidential candidates heard from senior military officials about U.S. interrogation and detention policies. |
| 8:14
| Waterboarding is torture but why are we even debating that? It seems like there are a lot of other issues to worry about. How many people does this country actually waterboard in a day? |
| 8:15
| Jays potato chip plant in Chicago will close tomorrow. 220 people will lose their jobs. |
| 8:16
| Two days after naming their new mascot Pork Chop the Philadelphia Phillies AAA affiliate has changed their mind. The team came under fire from Hispanics, who said the term is a racial term that refers to people of Puerto Rican descent. |
| 8:17
| Buzz has never heard that term before. Steve's guessing that Mexicans call Puerto Ricans pork chop. |
| 8:24
| The Jays brand will survive but the South Side factory will close. They used to be called Mrs. Japp's chips but that name was changed during WWII. |
| 8:25
| Caller Frank is Mexican and he was calling in to clarify the Pork Chop thing. Is that hurled specifically at Puerto Ricans by Mexicans? |
| 8:26
| Unfortunately that is the case. Mexicans and Puerto Ricans generally don't like each other which surprised Steve. |
| 8:27
| As a special bonus Frank wins two tickets to see Buzz Kilman and the Blues Rocket Scientists this Friday at Bill's Blues in Evanston. That would be the Pearl Harbor day gig. |
| 8:28
| Live read: Gladstone Homes |
| 8:29
| Alright, Ben Gay is here with some sports. He's very chilly because he's still wearing his Dallas Cowboys cheerleader outfit. |
| 8:30
| Ben put it on last Thursday for the game and then he lost track of time. He's been clubbing since Thursday. |
| 8:31
| What Ben needs is a fur coat. Actually he needs a sugar daddy is Buzz is up for that. He'd really like a sable coat but they're expensive. Ben would make it worth his wile. He doesn't know what he's missing out on. |
| 8:32
| The Bears head to Washington to play the Redskins on Thursday, it's their second game in 5 days. |
| 8:33
| Yesterday the Redskins attended the funeral of Sean Taylor. Clinton Portis delivered the eulogy with sunglasses on. If you're going to make everyone else around the league observe a moment of silence for some player they've never met at least take the shades off. |
| 8:34
| Lovie Smith believes a quick turn-around will be good for the Bears after a tough loss. It's just means they'll lose quicker and that'll leave only 3 losses to go. Then Lovie and his wife can get back to their foundation with the really long acronym for a name. |
| 8:35
| Brandon McGowan will make his second start this season replacing the benched Adam Archuleta. He has sucked all year long. |
| 8:36
| The Patriots narrowly escaped a loss last night to keep their perfect season intact. Buzz is of course rooting against the Patriots because he's a '72 Dolphins fan. |
| 8:37
| Ben would like to see the Pats go undefeated, he's sick of the '72 Dolphins. Buzz imagines that everyone not associated with the '72 Dolphins is rooting for the Patriots. |
| 8:38
| The Dolphins have their own streak going this year, they might not win a game at all. That's the bizarro perfect season. |
| 8:39
| Bret Favra has been named Sports Illustrated's Sportsmen of the Year. Ben doesn't really know why though. |
| 8:40
| The White Sox have not ruled out pursuing free agent Aaron Rowand, nor has Ben. |
| 8:41
| The Nationals acquired Elijah Dukes from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in a trade. You might recall that he was the one who sent his girlfriend a text message with a picture of a gun. |
| 8:42
| After beating the Packers last Thursday Dallas QB Tony Romo spent the weekend in Hollywood with his girlfriend Jessica Simpson. Seeing that kid makes Ben want to be hetero based on all the action he's getting. |
| 8:43
| The pair helped Simpson's BFF Casey Cobb celebrate her 30th birthday. |
| 8:47
| Steve's going to open the Mailbag if Buzz doesn't mind. |
| 8:48
| The first email was a response to today's Thought for the Day where Steve mentioned his Drew Peterson parody song. Someone responded "is it actually you singing? That can't be true." |
| 8:49
| Would someone really think it's Drew Peterson singing? Anything's possible but it was Steve singing Young Einstein. |
| 8:50
| Steve finds the next email to be especially troubling. Earlier in the show Steve read an email from a guy who said he sounds too sleepy in the morning. |
| 8:51
| People write a lot of emails that they shouldn't write. This emailer and his wife spent their anniversary at The Ritz. He suggested Smith & Wollensky for dinner because he's never been there. |
| 8:52
| The emailer is a longtime listener and enjoys the Chef Hans segments. That's always how they butter you up. A longtime, loyal listener knows not to send Steve something like this. |
| 8:53
| To make a long story short, their dinner was disappointing. Steve's definitely going to give this to Chef Hans tomorrow, when he comes in at 8:00 AM, for free. |
| 8:54
| The emailer ordered the shrimp cocktail and the ribeye which were very good. His wife ordered the salmon and when it came the server remarked that she'd been given two substantial cuts of salmon. That might have been to overcompensate for the fact that one piece was overcooked and the other was undercooked. |
| 8:55
| Wouldn't you deal with this problem right at the restaurant? Plus don't order fish at a steakhouse. |
| 8:56
| Steve doesn't want to give this to Chef Hans, it'll send him into a tailspin. He was upset on Thanksgiving when Steve said they only had 4 desserts. They'd run out of a few. |
| 8:57
| What are you supposed to do with an email like that? Take care of your own business. |
| 8:58
| There's something else that Steve can't seem to track down on his own. A guy named Josh sends Steve a lot of emails. He wants to come down and help Steve better market himself because he feels he's sitting on a gold mine. |
| 8:59
| First of all the guy is in his 30s, that's too old to get into radio. Plus a lot of his ideas are ones that Steve's already had. He offered up his services for today if Steve needs someone to take photos or hold a microphone if he goes out to Bolingbrook. |
| 9:00
| This guy also might have a blog about Steve that he can't find right now. It's creepily familiar though. |
| 9:01
| Steve has a Google Alert for his name so he gets all this stuff sent to him. Is Buzz blogging about Steve? |
| 9:02
| Steve wouldn't mind if Buzz had a blog on Dahl.com. It doesn't have to be everyday either. Buzz thinks he might be at the point where he could blog. How about Buzz's Bedroom Antics? |
| 9:03
| Besides something that Steve can't say on the air, this guy feels Steve is the next best thing to wake up to in the morning. Steve doesn't want to be associated with that sexual act so right there that's creepy. Buzz is creeped out too. |
| 9:04
| Yesterday the blogger heard two commercials on Jack that he thought he should mention. The first was one by Jack and a recipe for strawberry fubar pie. Steve also can't say what FUBAR means. |
| 9:05
| At some point the guy ends his post by saying his wife wants to do him so he has to go. Steve doesn't need to know that. |
| 9:06
| Usually the blogs that mention Steve's name feature things cut and pasted from the newspaper. This one is actually equating Steve to a...you-know-what. |
| 9:07
| This guy is a listener and he listens to the podcast so Steve doesn't want to be too mean to him. Last week he said he tried to keep a log of the show and found it difficult. That's probably what Jim says everyday. |
| 9:08
| Steve calls down to the weather center. Jim says it's not too hard to log the show. He can say it's hard, it's OK. Plus now he's logging Steve reading some guys blog. It's folding in on itself. Plus Jim has his own blogging to do. |
| 9:09
| The blogger has to get props to Pete for the show log he keeps. Pete's getting all the credit here! He's getting coffee from listeners and now all the credit for the show log. He doesn't really do that much in there, he just listens to music really loudly and ignores people. |
| 9:10
| Jim's not getting any of the credit but he probably will after this. Everyone can agree this is creepy though right? It is a high compliment to have the show compared to a you-know-what but it's still creepy. |
| 9:11
| Buzz thinks it's great but that's probably because his name isn't mentioned anywhere. No one is saying that listening to him is like a you-know-what. |
| 9:12
| Live read: Jacob Ruth |
| 9:13
| Steve's going to play his Drew Peterson song again. Buzz is wondering if we've heard from Drew yet, has he requested another playing of the song or even a copy for himself. |
| 9:14
| As usual when Steve debuts a new parody song Brendan keeps all the calls off the air. We've probably gotten hundreds of calls about it right? |
| 9:15
| Buzz feels that at some point Drew Peterson will call in. He has to be entertained, he has to be listening. |
| 9:16
| Song: Bolingbrookville, Steve Dahl |
| 9:17
| Steve was just getting ready to take a delightful wiz and the song started skipping. Is that the CD or the CD player? Pete put that on CD, doesn't he quality check? |
| 9:18
| Steve even left the seat up. If some broad should wander in to use the Green Room bathroom she might fall in. |
| 9:19
| Song: Bolingbrookville, Steve Dahl |
| 9:22
| Drew never thought his above-ground pool would be immortalized in song like that. It'll live on forever. |
| 9:29
| Stacy Peterson always made the holidays special for Drew and the family. Those were the happiest 7 years of Drew's life and then something went wrong. |
| 9:30
| Live read: Cheeseburger in Paradise |
| 9:31
| Steve is missing all the music cues on this life read. What's wrong with him today? |
| 9:32
| Pete says he's sorry for messing up the song but he doesn't sound sorry. That's the same story you get right before he hacks you up with a linoleum knife. |
| 9:33
| Alright on to today's Dahl.com web poll question which has been up for quite some time now. |
| 9:34
| Today's question is "Which question would you ask Oprah?" |
| 9:35
| The Hollywood Reporter recently interviewed Oprah. Oprah called the reporter directly, no personal assistants or secretaries. |
| 9:36
| Oprah probably set all that up, it looks better. She has an assistant call the reporter and then she picks up the phone before they answer. |
| 9:37
| Oprah says she really had to work hard to be successful at business. What did she do exactly? It was the King Brothers who syndicated her and made her rich. |
| 9:38
| At Oprah's heart she is a teacher. Steve thought she was a TV host. |
| 9:39
| Caller Chris wanted to remind Steve that it was Roger Ebert who told Oprah who syndication works. He told her to take the syndication deal. |
| 9:40
| We learned recently that Roger told Oprah all about that on a date. Roger likes the dark meat. He wasn't the guy she dated who made her do coke is he? |
| 9:41
| It probably wasn't Roger but she did date a guy who made her do coke. That's how she can relate to the coke whores she has on her show. |
| 9:42
| You'd think this would be a really long article but it's only a few questions. The reporter makes a big deal about it though. |
| 9:43
| Just a few weeks ago Oprah had to do 11 shows in one week. Normally she does 6 shows. Oh! My! God! It's not like she has to do anything, she just goes out there and does the show, she has producers to do everything else for her. |
| 9:44
| Caller Britney just interviewed Oprah's entertainment lawyer Jeff Jacobs, he was her lawyer when she got the syndication deal. It was still Ebert who told her about syndication. |
| 9:45
| Britney has been to a taping of Oprah's show and she's no-nonsense. She also works very hard. |
| 9:46
| Alright one final question from the Oprah interview. It says they talked for 45 minutes but the article is very short. The final question is "morally have you made a decision you regret." |
| 9:47
| Oprah says she has never regretted a decision because she's lead by something higher than self-ego. Of course it's self-ego to think you're lead by something higher. |
| 9:52
| Oprah didn't do crack, she did cocaine. Back in the 70's cocaine was OK to do and then the war on drugs came along. |
| 9:53
| $500 billion later we still have the same drugs we could get in the 70's but they probably cost more. Buzz doesn't know about that though. |
| 9:54
| Buzz has very cleverly thrown us off his track. Oddly enough Buzz was just ready an extremely long article in Rolling Stone about how we lost the war on drugs. |
| 9:55
| The only thing we have to show for it is our prisons are bulging with people who all have the same problem. It's good to know Buzz is at home ready super long duh articles in Rolling Stone. |
| 9:56
| One of those last callers was Buzz's friend Chris. He's Buzz's bagman. Steve always thought Chris was Buzz's designated driver but it's the other way around. |
| 9:57
| Chris is always hammered at the Dahlfins shows and he's sort of getting to be an annoyance. It's just a little bit though. He might be ready to make the jump from Buzz to Steve which seems like a mistake. Buzz would be jealous if he knew how many emails Steve was getting from Chris. |
| 9:58
| During the break Buzz said that next time Chris calls in he has to recuse himself. It was a good call though. |
| 9:59
| Steve can't remember where he was but Chris Wood was there and they saw two 500 pound women. Chris turned to Steve and said "you want to hit that?" but he might have been serious. |
| 10:00
| Buzz gave Chris the Jacob Ruth gift certificate from the prize wheel, he's not a dinner and a movie kind of guy. Does Chris then kick back $100 from that or something? |
| 10:01
| Any other news stuff we need to know about today? We've still got Drew Peterson to monitor but he probably won't come out too much. He went to the store yesterday and got himself a few DiGiorno pizzas. |
| 10:02
| He might come out because he's supposed to snow today and tomorrow. Steve hopes it snows because he was waiting for it all day Saturday. Steve put off his cardio on Saturday until he could shovel the driveway but it never came. |
| 10:03
| The snow might not come until later so Steve might have to get up earlier tomorrow to shovel. Steve doesn't think he can get up any earlier than 4 am but he is enjoying waking up that early. |
