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| 5:30
| Good morning everybody, Def Leppard comin' at ya on the Jacker. Getting Jacked on a Friday morning! |
| 5:31
| That's the best one-armed drumming Buzz has ever heard. No one plays more Def Leppard than Jack. Kudos to Penny for getting that done right at 5:30 too. |
| 5:32
| They hauled that other kid out of there, the one before Penny. Todd has those kids afraid to drop any songs though. |
| 5:33
| The other day the show started right after a commercial break and that just won't do. So Steve had to whip out some Tush. Then of course Buzz is still late getting back into the studio after the song. |
| 5:34
| After that show Steve told Todd that he has to tell those kids down there that it's OK to drop a song. Todd figured out what the problem was that day, they played the full version of Money for Nothing. Then Todd said that Jack only plays the full versions. Jack's not a real person! |
| 5:35
| For some reason Steve's a big fan of Def Leppard. Whatever that drummer did with the arm that he lost, he now does with a kick pedal. Buzz is wondering what that says about drummers. |
| 5:36
| Steve calls down to the Jack studios, keep up the good work Penny. Is she still fantasizing about riding Steve's levels? What is she wearing? |
| 5:37
| Steve will be seeing Penny at the Jack Christmas party next Thursday. It's from 2 pm to 5 pm but it should be 2 pm to ? Who knows what'll happen after Steve gets 12 sugar-free Red Bulls in him. He might want to throw down a credit card and buy everyone more game credits. |
| 5:38
| How is Penny at skeeball? How about strip skeeball? Steve's good at skeeball but he can be bad if he wants to get naked. |
| 5:39
| Penny is right below Steve's studio which is the same studio he used on WCKG. We're on a different station but you can't really tell, other than that we're on in mornings and the signal is better. |
| 5:40
| On December 31st, 1984, while driving under the influence near Sheffield, UK, Def Leppard's drummer lost control of his Corvette. Corvette? That's not a rock and roll car! |
| 5:41
| The car flew over a stone wall, which are very quaint, and into a field. Rick Allen was thrown from the car which resulted in his severed arm. Doctors reattached the arm but it was later removed due to infection. |
| 5:42
| Former Status Quo drummer Jeff Rich helped Allen in his recovering and helped him develop an electronic drum kit he could play using one arm. That's good since he only had one arm. It would be silly to develop a drum kit that required 2 arms to use. |
| 5:43
| Buzz thought someone else was killed in the accident but that's not mentioned anywhere. That's what Buzz remembers from the Def Leppard TV movie. |
| 5:44
| Caller Rob loves hearing Steve and Buzz in the mornings. They like it too although today Steve would have chose an afternoon show since he was up until 12:30. |
| 5:45
| The Bears got Steve so mad, then he had to watch the post-game on Comcast. It was a nightmare. |
| 5:46
| Rob's a big fan of the Def Leppard movies, it's one of the best around. And by best he means bad like The Doors movie. |
| 5:47
| Rob is out plowing in Wheeling right now. He doesn't go door to door, he just has a few places he does like the company's owner. Rob is very neurotic with his snow plowing, he likes precise lines, so he'd never make any money doing it. |
| 5:48
| Can Rob plow Steve's driveway? Steve's got a couple of Mexican guys doing his driveway, and he loves Mexicans, but snow isn't their thing. |
| 5:49
| If Steve ever redid his driveway he'd got one that's heated. It seems pointless for him to tear up a perfectly good driveway to replace it with a heated one though. |
| 5:50
| Steve's driveway is brick and the Mexican guys seem better suited to that kind of work. But they seem to think that as long as you can get your car out of the garage their work is done. |
| 5:55
| Many times what Steve is saying can be summed up by a drop from the Gilmore Girls. Sadly Pete has every episode memorized. It doesn't make Steve feel very masculine. |
| 5:56
| It's either Gilmore Girls, King of Queens, Simpsons and Scrubs. Pete feels those are all quality shows. |
| 5:57
| Gilmore Girls is boarder line. Steve likes the show but he wouldn't admit to watching it. Pete has no problem with that, or admitting that he watches Grey's Anatomy. |
| 5:58
| Pete was very tempted to turn off the Bears game and see what was happening at Seattle Grace. Maybe if the Bears were playing the Seahawks they could have taken Rex there. |
| 5:59
| There are only 16 games in a year so you have to watch everyone. There will definitely only be 16 games for the Beras unless there are a few plane crashes in the league. |
| 6:00
| The sad thing is that there are two more home games left and the McCaskey's don't do refunds. Plus you have to pay for your season tickets with a check so you can't get credit card miles. |
| 6:01
| Song: Bolingbrookville, Steve Dahl |
| 6:04
| Come home Stacy, that's all Drew is asking. Apparently it's not easy being Drew according to an article in the Tribune today. |
| 6:05
| Drew wants to be remembered for something positive and not something that results in his photo being plastered on a piñata. |
| 6:06
| The piñata was on display at a prayer vigil held for Stacy Peterson. Nice vigil! |
| 6:07
| Drew would rather be a celebrity for something good. When he was in New York they snuck him in and out of the Today's Show studios and at the airport his face was all over the TV. You know why? Because you were just on the Today's Show! |
| 6:08
| Peterson has not taken part in any searches for Stacy and still believes she ran off with another man. Of course no one else has been reported missing. |
| 6:09
| Peterson's former friend Rick Mims has sold his story to the National Enquirer. That hurts. What was the price of that betrayal? Hopefully it was a lot. |
| 6:10
| Peterson chalked up the betrayal as another moment of "et tu Brute?" for him. Drew's hauling out the classics here. |
| 6:11
| Drew says he befriended Mims when he was just a street kid. Have you noticed that everyone Drew knows, friends, wives, all come from a troubled past. Or at least that's what he says. |
| 6:12
| Mims said that it was a cellphone bill and his big heart that made him talk to the Enquirer. Big heart? Does he have heart problems? |
| 6:13
| Mims will pay his $480 phone bill, which he mostly racked up talking to reporters, and then donate the rest to a Benefit for Stacy charity. |
| 6:14
| It sounds like this guy needs to get U.S. Cellular, they don't charge you for incoming calls. |
| 6:15
| They must have not paid this guy that much if he's fixating on a $480 phone bill. They probably offered him $1,000, that's double what he owes. |
| 6:16
| Drew would probably be more mad at Mims that he sold short. They're sitting on a million dollars in story rights here. |
| 6:22
| If there are piñatas with Drew's likeness on them being sold he's probably entitled to some of that money. Who wouldn't want a Drew Peterson piñata? |
| 6:23
| Stacy's family would probably want one for sure. Drew wouldn't mind having one himself, he could bring it to the Buffett shows when he tailgates. He's got a pretty nice set-up out there, he brings the Denali and opens up the back, then he cranks the Buffett music up. He's also got a tent out there, he could hang the piñata in there. |
| 6:24
| Drew would fill the piñata with stuff that adults want. Condoms, some headache medicine for when you come down from the margaritas and other stuff for people living the Parrothead lifestyle. |
| 6:25
| Buzz is wondering what was in the original Drew Peterson piñata. It was probably empty. They've got nothing on Drew or in Drew. |
| 6:26
| Live read: The Little Guys |
| 6:27
| Alright back to the story of Drew being shunned. The family had a vigil for Stacy that featured a Drew Peterson piñata. |
| 6:28
| Drew's friend, who he rescued from the streets, sold his story to the Enquirer. Is Drew cruising bad neighborhoods for friends? |
| 6:29
| Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, said any evidence from Peterson's vehicles may be tossed out because it was illegally seized. |
| 6:30
| Drew's cars were seized on November 1st when the first warrant was executed. However the warrant only says the cars can be searched, not seized. |
| 6:31
| Drew's been renting cars for over a month now. |
| 6:32
| Brodsky said police officers tried to rectify their mistake with the first warrant by executing a second warrant with different language. |
| 6:33
| Richard Kling, a law professor at Chicago Kent, says there are reams of case law stating items need not be searched where they are found but Brodsky's case could have merit. |
| 6:34
| Why is Steve reading this part as Drew? He did pronounce the guy's name correctly as Drew though. |
| 6:35
| Does Buzz want to hear the rest of this legal stuff? It's kind of boring. Buzz feels he has a firm grasp on all that. |
| 6:36
| The second warrant authorized the seizure of chemicals or chemical storage containers. The cops are theorizing that Drew put Stacy in a blue bin he uses to store chlorine. |
| 6:37
| Drew has to keep the pool clean, the neighborhood kids are always peeing in it. He tells them he put a chemical in the pool that makes a red ring around you if you pee in it but there is no such chemical. |
| 6:38
| Steve really enjoys talking as Drew. Is Buzz ready for the headlines? We've got tree pieces of audio. |
| 6:39
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 6:40
| Authorities have released 911 tapes from the Omaha mall shooting. This is the first we've heard from the scene. |
| 6:41
| The shooter was 19-year old Robert Hawkins who died on the scene of a self-inflicted gun shot wound. He had previously broken up with his girlfriend and lost his job at McDonald's. |
| 6:42
| Women dressed in lettuce leaf bikini's will be present at a hearing for Barry Bonds today. They're using the trial as a platform to protest the use of hormones in turkeys and chickens. |
| 6:43
| Is that because Barry allegedly used human growth hormones? Is that the connection? Say what you want about that stuff but those chickens can really hit the ball out of the park. |
| 6:44
| IHOP has discovered that the Presidential primaries taking place on February 5th will get in the way of National Pancake Day celebrations. They'd like the primaries changed. |
| 6:45
| It seems like it would be easier to change National Pancake Day. Can't you vote and then get pancakes? It should be waffles anyway since so many politicians waffle. |
| 6:46
| Jennifer Flowers, Bill Clinton's alleged mistress for all those years, says she'll vote for Hillary Clinton for president. |
| 6:47
| In the Tribune today there's a list of the 10 Worst TV shows. Steve and Buzz's old friend Ernest Ainsley is listed as number 8. Steve and Buzz took a trip down to South Bend to see his show and they were threatened by him from stage. He said he hoped that someone killed them on their way home. |
| 6:48
| Then Ainsley's goons advanced towards Steve and wanted to take him out. The goons normal job was to collect money in a bucket. It was like a KFC chicken bucket! |
| 6:49
| Jenna Bush was on Ellen yesterday and Ellen DeGeneres got her to call the White House and talk to her parents on the air. |
| 6:53
| That was a drop form the show the morning after Steve and Buzz were threatened by Ernest Ainsley. It features a very young-sounding Steve and Buzz. Garry always sounds the same, he's timeless. |
| 6:54
| Song: Heal Me, Steve Dahl |
| 6:55
| On TV Ainsley would bring people u on stage who couldn't hear or speak and he'd heal them. Then they'd pass out and someone would catch them. Then he'd snap his fingers in their ears and make them talk. |
| 6:59
| After Buzz saw the list of the worst TV shows he found a website devoted to Ernest Ainsley. There were testimonials on there from people who had been healed and also from people of relatives who he'd healed. Then the relatives died shortly after of whatever disease they had. |
| 7:00
| Tom Thayer is on the phone, he was working the Jack FM thing very nicely. Tom tried to bring up Jack when the security tackled that Redskins fan. |
| 7:03
| Tom and Jeff had the better coverage of that guy charging the field. They don't like to show that stuff on TV because they say it just encourages more people to do it. It seems like you'd be discouraged if you saw the guy getting beaten up. |
| 7:04
| Tom remembers being at a game in Tampa and a guy ran the length of the field towards Ditka. Just before he got to him Jay Hilgenberg blind-sided the guy and jacked him up. Ditka didn't even notice, he was just standing there chewing his gum. |
| 7:05
| The broadcast booth is really awful in Washington. You're in the end zone and there are fans that are a foot away from you. Most of the people are really cool about it and understand what's going on. |
| 7:06
| But later in the game a younger guy was standing there and started dropping all these f-bombs trying to get on mic. Tom made eye contact with the guy and then asked him to stop. |
| 7:07
| Tom told him that he knew he was a Redskins fan, having a beer for the first time, but they were trying to broadcast the game. But the guy just kept going, swearing at Tom, flipping him off. |
| 7:08
| The guy finally got up in Tom's face which is when Tom told him that the reason he's up in the stands with the women is that he can't play football. |
| 7:09
| The security booth is right next to Tom and Jeff's booth so Mark Zerang tapped on the glass and pointed to the guy. A few seconds later three big security guards were around the guy. |
| 7:10
| The guy kept going though and he got right up in the face of a huge security guard. That's when they dragged him off and Tom and Jeff never saw him again. |
| 7:11
| It takes a lot of guts to do that to Tom though. There was a moment when Tom considered putting his job in jeopardy to jump into the stands but he didn't. |
| 7:12
| When Grossman went out, it looked like that guy on the Redskins was going for his knee. Tom thought it was just his momentum carrying him towards Rex. |
| 7:13
| The block by Chris Samuels that hurt Antonio Garay seemed like more of an infraction. That was a cheap block. There are other ways to do that block. |
| 7:14
| Was it retaliation or just a coincidence when the Redskins QB went down? It was just coincidence. There were two guys on the Bears that got to him. |
| 7:15
| So the Bears are just playing for pride at this point? Tom saw a few plays last night where it seemed like they left their pride on the field. |
| 7:16
| All the Bears can do now is go to practice on Monday and evaluate their roster. They don't have enough players to make wholesale changes though. |
| 7:17
| There are some guys on the practice squad who deserve a look in practice. It might also be time to evaluate Kyle Orton in a game. |
| 7:18
| Grossman's obviously out for the season and Griese is not the future so it seems like you need to look at Orton. |
| 7:26
| Tommie Harris said he was worried the guy who charged the field yesterday had a weapon. It's pretty hard to get a weapon into an NFL stadium, they pat you down. |
| 7:27
| It seems like the person most in danger in that situation is the guy charging the field. It's him versus 22 football players in full pads. |
| 7:28
| Live read: Allen Brothers |
| 7:29
| Is Tom getting a prime rib roast for Christmas this year? Last year he got two of them for the Thayer Clan, which he drove around in his car, strapped in with seatbelts. |
| 7:30
| Steve appreciates Tom calling in this morning. They got in at 4:30 and Tom has just been hanging out around the house. |
| 7:31
| On most flights home Tom ends up talking to trainers and other guys like that about what he'll talk about on the show, they're all listeners. They're wondering how Steve is going to kill them today. |
| 7:32
| Steve doesn't even know who to kill. What the hell happened? In the pre-season Steve and Tom were saying "just win the division" even though it seemed like they could go further. |
| 7:33
| It started in the first game with Mike Brown and Dusty Dvoracek getting injured and it just got worse. They have a lot of stuff to figure out though. |
| 7:34
| Steve would like to see Orton playing against the Vikings. He did alright in his rookie year and in between that time he's probably learned a lot on the sidelines. |
| 7:35
| Tom remembers seeing Kyle coming out of the rookie lockerroom during the pre-season and he didn't look like an NFL QB. |
| 7:36
| Since then he's changed his entire approach, he's become more disciplined in the weight room, he's changed his diet. He has changed a lot physically since then. |
| 7:37
| The Vikings game is a good time to start Kyle because it'll be warm in there. It'll give the receivers a chance to really open up on the field and people won't be worrying about going to the sidelines to get warm. |
| 7:38
| Caller Mike appreciates Tom's honest and realistic analysis during the games. It seems like the Bears were using Devin Hester much more logically last night a the end of the game. |
| 7:39
| Mike was wondering if Tom will take a similar approach when he becomes offensive coordinator next year. |
| 7:40
| If teams aren't going to kick to Hester the Bears need to find another way to use him. It's going to be tough for Tom to broadcast games and be offensive coordinator though. |
| 7:41
| Caller Jason would love to see Kyle Orton in there but he really thinks the problem is the receivers. They're dropping too many passes. The good receivers make the tough catches. |
| 7:42
| A lot of the routes the Bears run seem to prevent them from getting many yards after the catch. |
| 7:43
| It would help if the Bears had a QB who could last more than a year. Why can't we get someone like Tony Romo? |
| 7:44
| When Rex first came to the Bears Tom really believed he'd be a great QB. |
| 7:45
| Caller Jerry is mad about something too. There are a lot of people complaining about the running game, does that have anything to do with the o-line? |
| 7:46
| The offensive line has not played up to their pre-season billing. For the last few years the Bears have been determined to be a running team first. |
| 7:47
| Then they were going to be assisted in that by the down field passes and the play-action. |
| 7:48
| The o-line guys are Tom's favorite guys on the field but all three running backs on the Bears have similar stats this year. |
| 7:49
| It seems like Adrian Peterson has a little more power than Benson but you never see that extra surge that the offensive line is supposed to give you. |
| 7:50
| They're not exactly giving the QB time to make a pass either. Jerry was thinking the same thing! |
| 7:51
| All Jerry can say is that he wants his '85 team back. Steve predicts that Jerry will run onto the field at the Bears next home game. |
| 7:52
| Steve appreciates Tom coming on this morning after the late night. |
| 7:53
| If we go for 7 more minutes Tom will have been on for an hour. He has the afternoon record that's over an hour but he doesn't have a morning record. |
| 7:54
| Tom gets himself in trouble from time-to-time in Minneapolis so he should behave himself. |
| 7:55
| The officials just need to make the right calls, that's all. Last night he and Jeff had security on one side, officials on the other and abusive fans in front of them. |
| 7:56
| So if they had got that Berrian call wrong Tom could have been tapping on the other side of the glass to get the official's attention. |
| 7:57
| Tom really wants to go for the hour here. We can do it, we're so close anyway. |
| 7:58
| Tom was talking about using Garrett Wolfe more last night. He doesn't know what happened to the Pro Set formation but it seems like they could use Garrett that way. |
| 7:59
| You're not going to put Garrett in an I formation and then have him run over a defender. You need to find him a hole. Just because he's a tiny guy it doesn't mean he doesn't have ability. Height-wise he's the same size as Barry Sanders and he did alright. |
| 8:00
| Let's hope that Ron Turner is listening. And if he is listening, way to get that cold sore healed up. Tom thought it was just a shaving cut. Maybe he was trying to slit his throat and he missed. |
| 8:01
| Alright Tom has the new record, one hour and one minute. He'd like to thank everyone at Jack FM. |
| 8:07
| Steve saw Kyle Orton a few weeks ago at the Bears game, he was stretching on the field. |
| 8:08
| Steve took off his knit cap so that Kyle would recognize him. Steve yelled over to him and at first he was dismissed. Then Kyle did a double take and realized it was Steve. |
| 8:09
| Then he stopped his stretching and came over to talk to Steve. Steve told him that Kyle should call in some time. Not that Steve's fair weather or anything but if you're a third-string QB maybe you don't want to be reminded of that every week. |
| 8:10
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 8:11
| Yesterday we talked to David Hochberg about all the rate freezing. He said he had the Wall Street Journal but hadn't read it yet. |
| 8:12
| Steve accused David of not reading the article because it doesn't apply to him. He's already made the loan, why does he care about the rate freeze? Steve still stands by that. |
| 8:13
| David Hochberg is on the phone. Buzz points at that it was the Wall Street Journal from Wednesday but he's not saying that to defend David. |
| 8:14
| Buzz has noticed lately that he's really being hounded by various people to refinance. Is that in response to the current crisis? |
| 8:15
| The government is putting it's foot on the lender's throats and telling them to freeze rates for 5 years. It's only for about 15% of the people. Those people took out loans from January '05 until the end of this year. |
| 8:16
| It's only for sub-prime loans too. So if you borrowed during that time and haven't missed a payment on your sub-prime loan then you qualify. What's the difference between and ARM that's going to go up 4 or 5 points and a sub-prime loan? |
| 8:17
| So the bigger idiot you are the more likely you qualify for the rate freeze. That's usually how it is with the government. |
| 8:18
| David knew he was going to be on today, did he have to call from a carphone? |
| 8:19
| David has some issues, he really needs to see someone. He's still holding on to his appearance on the Noon Business Hour. |
| 8:26
| It's very dangerous when David knows he's going to be on the show. The element of surprise seems better for David. |
| 8:27
| Live read: Cheeseburger in Paradise |
| 8:28
| Steve's really having trouble hitting the post with this music for some reason. |
| 8:29
| Steve has another one to read because he needs to catch up. Tom Thayer was trying to set the morning show record. |
| 8:30
| Live read: Jacob Ruth |
| 8:31
| Time for today's web poll question which is a little late today. Better late than never. |
| 8:32
| Today's question is "which hip and happening hot spot should Steve visit first?" The options are the totally new Le Passage and Drawing Room, PJ Clarke's on Armitage or D4 Irish Pub and Cafe. |
| 8:33
| And now something from Chicago Scene magazine. Steve's pretty sure a reporter from that magazine wasted his time interviewing him before that Gilda's Club thing. |
| 8:34
| According to Chicago Scene those 3 places are the hottest new bars in Chicago. The new Le Passage is cashing in on the couture cocktail craze. |
| 8:35
| At Le Passage you can try the Gloom Lifter, a $15 cocktail made of Jameson's, Hennessy Privilege, fresh lemon sours and fresh raspberries. Yuck! Who's drinking that?! Hopefully not dudes. |
| 8:36
| The Secret Cocktail contains Plymouth Gin, Laird's Applejack, pomegranate grenadine and fresh lemon sour. All grenadine is pomegranate. Steve hasn't been drinking in a while but he still knows he doesn't want to drink that. |
| 8:37
| Steve will not be going to Le Passage. How about the new PJ Clarke's? Isn't that a place where Pete and Catman work chicks? |
| 8:38
| They double team the girls. Catman is the crazy ladies-man type and Pete is the quiet, fake-sensitive type. Although he's not really fake-sensitive, he's just sensitive and deeply disturbed. They're offering everything the ladies could want. Then they bring Ed Silha with them to funnel all the chicks their way. |
| 8:39
| PJ Clarke's isn't new but they have a new location on Armitage. People going to PJ Clarke's on Armitage can expect the same place as the other two locations. |
| 8:40
| They're probably all replicas of the original PJ Clarke's in New York where a young Buzz Kilman met Skitch Henderson. |
| 8:41
| It'll feature the same eclectic beer and wine selection as the other PJ Clarke's. Of course Pete enjoys that. |
| 8:42
| There's no better place in Chicago to find single malt whiskey or single women apparently. Pete prefers beer though, now that it's winter he'll go with Guinness. They pour a good Guinness at PJ Clarke's. Does it really matter? |
| 8:43
| Some bartenders are better than others according to Pete. Occasionally they'll even put a shamrock in the foam. With what? Do they add more foam and use a spoon? |
| 8:44
| Finally there's the D4 Irish pub which will serve Irish-inflected fare. Steve's been to Ireland, the food isn't great. |
| 8:45
| You can vote however you want to on Dahl.com but Steve's not going to any of these places. Maybe PJ Clarke's but that's it. |
| 8:46
| Caller Dan has some info about the foam shamrock in Guinness. It's made using the tap, as they pour. You'd never know listening to Pete, he sounds like a retarded 5-year old giving that explanation. |
| 8:47
| Dan is also getting tickets to Buzz's Pearl Harbor Day gig at Bill's Blues in Evanston tonight. Dan better hope Pete's not there, he's going to kick his ass for what he said. |
| 8:48
| Steve was going to defend Pete but he knew we'd get Dan's name and address. Pete's best revenge would be go and try to nail Dan's wife. |
| 8:49
| Steve would be most likely to go to PJ Clarke's. He hates Irish food and Irish music and Le Passage doesn't seem like Steve's kind of place. |
| 8:54
| Live read: Medical Hair Restoration |
| 8:55
| Song: Bolingbrookville, Steve Dahl |
| 9:00
| Come home Stacy! Hey Buzz, how's it going?! Hey Pat Boyles, how's it going? |
| 9:01
| Drew watched the game, such as it was. He also watched Pat's fine post-game report with Jerry Azumah, Dan Jiggetts and Walter Payton's kid. |
| 9:02
| Payton's kid looks like he's about 60 years old, does he have that Progeria disease? And where's Jim Miller? Did someone stick him in a blue barrel? |
| 9:03
| Jim is recovering from surgery to take care of an old football injury. He couldn't wait until after the football season to take care of that? |
| 9:04
| Before launching into the sports Drew wanted to say something on his behalf. Everyone says he's guilty but so far there's no proof. |
| 9:05
| After reading this he'll be looking for some apologies. The trucker who claims he was approached by Drew and a salt-and-pepper haired man to move a package appears to have fabricated his story. |
| 9:06
| Phone records determined that the man was actually in Louisiana on the day he claims he was approached by Drew. |
| 9:07
| It never made sense anyway, why would Drew ask someone to move a package for him when he could do it himself, if he had something to move. |
| 9:08
| So that's all Drew has to say about that. It was a false story, as he said last week. Buzz, Pat, back to you. |
| 9:09
| Pat's recuperating from an ugly football game. Steve was unable to get to sleep last night because of the game so he ended up watching most of the Comcast post-game. |
| 9:10
| Everyone seemed really irritated by the whole thing. As Chris Collinsworth said it was unprofessional football. |
| 9:11
| Steve could have Tom Thayer on from 5:30 to 10:00 and he still wouldn't be able to get to everything that went wrong last night. |
| 9:12
| It's time to bring out Kyle Orton. There's nothing left to play for and they've got 10 days to get him ready. |
| 9:13
| We're always in love with the back-up quarterback in Chicago. He's the back-up to the back-up though. |
| 9:14
| Pat thought it took a lot of guts for Rex to walk off the field under his own power yesterday. His knee is probably all torn up. |
| 9:15
| Rex Grossman had his first full season during a perfect storm for the Bears with their defense. |
| 9:16
| The way the free agent market is it seems like the Bears have no choice but to bring him back. This season proved that Rex wasn't the reason the Bears were bad. He shouldn't be the scapegoat. |
| 9:17
| Pat has some audio today. The first cut is a montage of Chris Collinsworth from last night. |
| 9:18
| It was good to see number 20 back in the line-up last night missing tackles. You can look at the front office and wonder why they brought in Archuleta and why they didn't have back ups for Mike Brown. This was a bad season and in 4 weeks it'll be forgettable. |
| 9:19
| And of course we had a great moment with Bryant Gumbel where he missed the field goal call. First he thought it was good, then the refs signaled it wasn't. My bad! |
| 9:20
| The Bulls take on the Pistons tonight. Kirk Hinrich will be benched which means Chris Duhon should get more playing time. |
| 9:21
| The Hawks are hosting the Ducks tonight and Steve will be at the game. Pat thinks Steve needs to get Buzz to one of the games. |
| 9:28
| Live read: Medical Hair Restoration |
| 9:29
| Time for a Mailbag! |
| 9:30
| The first emailer, like Steve, has recently begun to like hockey. They've always sort of liked hockey but it's more exciting that they might be good. |
| 9:31
| Steve mentioned in his blog that he's been contacted by the Hawks about having any player he wanted on the show. That would be great just to explain some of the more complicated things about hockey. |
| 9:32
| For instance, why do they rotate out a center if he gets too excited before the puck drop? |
| 9:33
| Most of the hockey players probably have funny accents too. Buzz remembers when he first got to town, Dennis Savard sounded like he was on helium. Steve really was on helium. |
| 9:34
| Steve thought he had a few good emails set aside but he doesn't. He'll have to go through the new ones that have come in which is time-consuming and frightening. Or we could do some headlines. |
| 9:35
| Steve normally likes to do three letters but he's going to have to shut the mailbag. He only saved that first one because he wanted |
| 9:36
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 9:37
| This just in, John McEnroe is expressing concern that organized crime, particularly the Russian mob, is influencing professional tennis. |
| 9:38
| It's Pearl Harbor Day, the 66th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. |
| 9:39
| Buzz is supposed to have some audio but no one brought anything is. Buzz wanted to play something from the old CD but Steve threw it out. |
| 9:40
| Normally Steve throws the old CDs out because otherwise there's too much clutter in the studio. |
| 9:41
| The audio is worth it though playing though, it's the 911 call from the mall shooting. |
| 9:42
| It seems like the emergency is that there are gunshots ringing out everywhere. |
| 9:43
| Navy Pier's 7th annual Winter Wonderfest opens tonight. It'll feature 700,000 twinkling lights. That's a lot of lights. |
| 9:44
| Drew's put his decorations up, plus the no trespassing sign. He's got one of those inflatable snow globes but that seemed in poor taste. |
| 9:45
| Drew's also got the creche but there are no wisemen. Where's the wisemen Drew? That's what they're asking. |
| 9:52
| LIve read: Jacob Ruth |
| 9:53
| Did Steve hear it right, is Buzz going sledding today? |
| 9:54
| Buzz is heading up to Cricket Hill after the show. It seems like the perfect day because Piper has the day off. Is it a snow day or a service day? |
| 9:55
| Buzz doesn't really know, he just knows that she's off. Way to stay involved! It seems like it's enough that Buzz is going sledding. |
| 9:56
| Buzz isn't enjoying the time with his family? Or is he enjoying it as long as he's napping? Sometimes Buzz just likes to sit in the kitchen and take it all in. It's like how Ward Cleaver used to sit at the table and read the paper. |
| 9:57
| Buzz said he'd have to be out there for three hours, does Piper really have that long of an attention span? Can't he promise cocoa or a donut if she leaves? That's part of the deal so it's not even a carrot. He could threaten her with Mexicocoa which she doesn't like. That's a carrot but a mean one. It seems like he should work the "daddy's really old" angle. |
| 9:58
| Buzz should get himself a heart monitor and he could count the sledding as a workout. Yesterday when Steve was cleaning up his driveway he burned 975 calories. |
