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| 5:29
| Steve Miller Band, Take the Money and Run...woo woo! There's a guy on WBBM-AM named Steve Miller. |
| 5:30
| When were on WCKG which is WCFS, Fresh FM, Drew Hayes was the program director. That is the most depressing station in the world. It's all run out of a studio down the hall by a kid in a stocking cap. |
| 5:31
| At on point in Larry Lujack's career he was working at WCFL which is now MVP. They switched over to Beautiful Music and he stayed because he had a contract. He thought it was cool that he was staying, that it would really show them but Steve didn't understand how. |
| 5:32
| So on WCKG, now Douche FM, Steve remembers telling Drew Hayes, also with WBBM-AM, that every time Steve Miller is introduced on the news he should say "woo woo" |
| 5:33
| Drew just replied that it wasn't the first time he's heard that suggestion. Steve even told his suggestion to Steve Miller. It's probably hard to do that after you've done a story about a family being killed or something. |
| 5:34
| Steve Miller's picture in the elevator lobby on WBBM-AM's floor along with everyone else who's on the air. Steve knows everyone by their photo, it's like having a program with you. |
| 5:35
| Steve has been told there's a photo of him gracing the 9th floor. That's the same floor where B and Jack is. They don't call it B96 or even The B, it's just B. |
| 5:36
| Should Steve go through all the CBS radio stations floor by floor. Let's start on 11 so we can walk down the stairs. It's also helpful in a fire. Of course in a real fire Steve would just push everyone over and ride their bodies down the stairs. |
| 5:37
| On the 11th floor you've got WBBM-AM, Newsradio 780. That takes up the entire floor except for Steve's offices. That's not an invitation for Buzz to come up there and leave his dirty little gym bag though. |
| 5:38
| It's all very secure up on the 11th floor so don't even think about going up there. It's so secure that they've unlocked the ladies room. It's been locked for 12 years and Steve goes to plenty of places with unlocked bathrooms, but it's driving him crazy now. |
| 5:39
| Down on the 10th floor is US99 and WFresh along with Steve's studio from WCKG. If you get back in the stairwell and go down the stairs to the 9th floor you've got B and Jack and all of their offices. |
| 5:40
| So apparently on the 9th floor there are photos of Steve. He could probably call Penny and see what they're like. When Steve first started on WJMK there was an effort to put up posters from various vacations. Why remind Steve of his failures? They're nice posters but WCKG is dead to Steve. Let's move on. |
| 5:41
| When you get off the elevator on 9 there are photos of Eddie and Jobo looking all tan and ready to party. They're like celebrities. Everywhere they go they're followed by a red carpet and paparazzi. |
| 5:42
| Steve calls down to the Jack studios where Penny is riding his levels. Oh yeah! There are two photos of Steve, are they fetching? |
| 5:43
| Penny's favorite one is with the blue background and it has some Jack phrase on it. He looks very handsome in it. |
| 5:50
| Steve Miller acts like he hasn't heard any Steve Miller Band jokes either. He said that to someone in a press conference. Why say that? Just laugh at it or change your name. Maybe he should sign off "I'm Steve Miller, the space cowboy." If you have the name you should make the most of it. |
| 5:51
| Steve has a weather report for this morning. It was still snowing when he left and his street hadn't been plowed. He was surprised to find that someone gets up and leaves early than he does because there were tire tracks going out. |
| 5:52
| The guy on WBBM-AM was freaking out about the weather even though the Stevenson was fine. The people were driving like idiots though. The truckers were going 90 because they were angry at all the other drivers who hadn't wiped the snow off the back of their car. Why don't you buy a brush and clean that off? |
| 5:53
| Those people can't see out of the back of their cars and yet they still don't use their turn signals. You'd think the opposite would be true. |
| 5:54
| When Buzz first got to Chicago someone gave him a Maxim to drive for a week or so. What's a Maxim? Is he talking about a Maxima? Who gave him a free car? |
| 5:55
| Buzz was living in Greektown at the time and when he got onto the expressway he realized there was snow on the back window and on the mirrors. He couldn't find anywhere to stop so he kept driving way past his exit until he found a place to pull off. That's how people should drive. |
| 5:56
| Steve did not have to blaze a trail in the left lane though, someone had already done it. If people are going to drive slow and two-handed they should get into the right lane. Steve's got a show to broadcast! |
| 5:57
| Steve actually got down here faster than he normally does just to prove a point. He should be allowed to speed, he's almost like an emergency vehicle. |
| 5:58
| Buzz had his first repeat cab driver, at least that he's sure he's had before. He only knows it was the same guy because he asked him about Kevin Matthews. He's the king of Grand Rapids. |
| 5:59
| The Nissan Maxima is part of a line of midsized executive sports sedan. Buzz felt like an executive driving one. It started in the Blue Bird line but then spun off into it's own line in 1980. That's probably when Buzz got one. Steve knows nothing about Japanese cars. |
| 6:00
| At some point Buzz couldn't keep track of all of the Japanese cars so he gave up. Back in the day you needed to know your cars. |
| 6:01
| The first Japanese cars were like sardine cans, now they've got the Lexus. Remember when Drew Hayes wouldn't say what kind of Lexus he drove because he didn't want it to be vandalized. |
| 6:02
| How about some news? Buzz could use a few minutes so Steve will do the web poll. The other day Steve was meeting with Todd Cavanah, who's pretty good at dealing with talent. That probably comes from working with Eddie and Jobo who seem crazy. Steve's probably a relief after them. |
| 6:03
| In Todd's own, subtle way, he suggested that Steve give the results of the web poll after 9 everyday. |
| 6:04
| Today's web poll question is "which industry will have the best Super Bowl ads?" 93.2 million people tuned in to CBS for the Super Bowl last year. Steve didn't though, he was sitting in the crowd soaking wet. |
| 6:05
| Fox has the game and they're getting up to $3 million for a 30 second commercial. As usual the beer companies will have a lot of ads. Budweiser has 10 for Super Bowl Sunday this year. Steve likes that Budweiser ad where the guy keeps saying "dude". |
| 6:06
| If Steve was drinking beer he'd probably drink Budweiser. It just seems like that's the beer always on the tip of your tongue. He doesn't like that Miller ad where the Dalmatian is on the Budweiser clydesdale cart and it gets off and jumps onto the Miller truck. |
| 6:07
| First of all, dogs can't read. Plus it doesn't seem right for the dog to abandon it's master. Dogs don't drink beer although it's funny when they do, at least until they vomit. |
| 6:08
| Steve's dog Mabel threw up on Sunday. Steve was sitting in the kitchen highlighting songs he likes in the Jack playlist when he heard what sounded like a gallon of water being spilled on the floor. |
| 6:09
| He goes to the stairs to find a very relieved-looking Mabel and the most vile vomit he's ever seen cascading down the stairs. |
| 6:10
| So Steve went to go find the carpet cleaner but he couldn't find the attachment. So he's lifting this heavy vacuum up the stairs. He was going to go out and buy a handheld cleaner but the boys were coming over and he wanted to get on the treadmill. |
| 6:11
| It made Steve think that now that the boys have all moved out they should get a live-in housekeeper. First of all Steve would like someone to cook for him but she could also clean up messes like that. |
| 6:12
| Although Steve's on a new diet now so he doesn't need his current housekeeper, Emily, living there and cooking Mexican food. |
| 6:13
| As it turns out Steve's diet has enough food although he was worried about that yesterday. Buzz saw him panic. |
| 6:14
| Steve looked in the fridge to make sure his food wasn't in there but when he got home it wasn't in his car. He contacted Stephanie who said she forgot to put it in there and said she'd bring it out. But it got late so she messengered it. Steve liked having a visitor because he gets bored. She probably knew that and sent the messenger just to be on the safe side. |
| 6:15
| Stephanie and Tina are in charge of Steve's food. Stephanie is very sorry that she forgot it but Tina hasn't said anything yet. On some days Tina doesn't talk to Steve at all. She disapproves of what he does. He's bringing down society. |
| 6:23
| Steve saw an excellent King of Queens last night. After watching the news on ABC7 from 4 to 5:30 he switches over to the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, who's really good. |
| 6:24
| After that he keeps it on NBC because now they're in HD. That Ginger Zee looks good in HD. Marion Brooks needs to change her look though. She's a good looking girl, it's just a question of getting the look right. Ginger Zee has nailed it though. |
| 6:25
| After the NBC news Steve switches over to The U. For some reason NBC ends their news a few minutes early so Steve always catches the end of The George Lopez Show. It's always funny too. |
| 6:26
| Everything on that show must be tied up because those last few minutes usually stand on their own. Then someone's dog comes on and they say what show it likes to watch. Then it's King of Queens. |
| 6:27
| Jeff Schwartz wanted Steve's dog to be on WCIU. Jeff always said he wanted "Momma" to be on WCIU so you think he's talking about his mother but it's actually his dog. |
| 6:28
| Jeff and his dog liked to watch Becker which is the worst sitcom ever. The TV industry actually took -com off the end of it, it's just a sit. |
| 6:29
| Steve likes that King of Queens, it's a funny show. He was on it once, or would have been before he walked off the set. He was an extra sitting behind a wall, he wouldn't have even been on screen. |
| 6:30
| Thanks to Craig Gass for hooking Steve up with that. He cut in line at the catering table, got a double In-and-Out Burger and the left. |
| 6:31
| That was a three burger day for Steve. After he left the studios he went to Apple Pan and had a burger then had another one at his hotel. |
| 6:32
| Steve was bummed because King of Queens is his favorite show. When he got there he was going to be an extra in the driver's room but he ended up being placed behind a wall. Then he had to argue with the assistant director about whether or not he was going to be on screen. |
| 6:33
| Steve never got a chance to get to Kevin James. As it turns out Craig is a bit of a pain in the ass to deal with. Plus he was nailing the caterer which Kevin James probably doesn't appreciate. |
| 6:34
| Steve sent Kevin James some steaks and never got a thank you but it's still his favorite show. |
| 6:35
| Can Steve finish up with the web poll? He feels bad that Buzz hasn't done the news yet but he gave him every opportunity to do it at 6:00. There's nothing urgent to report right? |
| 6:36
| Maybe the reelection of Castro isn't urgent to Steve. It seemed like a forgone conclusion that he'd get reelected though. Over the weekend he had a gastrointestinal problem although Steve said to his radio "you mean Castrointestinal." Unfortunately his radio doesn't say stuff like "right on" back to him. |
| 6:37
| So the Super Bowl is coming up and they've got Garmin, Pepsi, Coke, Gatorade and Doritos ads. Doritos is doing some thing with unsigned musicians which seemed pointless. |
| 6:38
| What do indie bands have to do with Doritos? Will people eat Doritos because they support indie bands? Doritos are for everyone! |
| 6:39
| Steve will be watching the Super Bowl from a dry location this year. It seems like the actual Super Bowl is not designed for fans of either team. If you're at the game it couldn't be less about your team. |
| 6:40
| You're better off staying home and watching the game. Of course Steve can say that now because the Bears lost and he was soaking wet and cold. |
| 6:41
| Song: Flagpole Sitta, Harvey Danger |
| 6:45
| Steve likes that song but he never knew it was called Flagpole SItta. When he saw the song on his list for today he thought it was a hip-hop song. |
| 6:46
| Buzz is wondering if any Fergie is being played on Jack. She's getting a lot of play around the Kilman house. |
| 6:47
| Of course Flagpole Sitta reminds Steve of Captain Beefheart's Batchain Pulla'. He likes to play a little clip of that just to freak Todd Cavanah out. |
| 6:48
| By the way, Steve told Lilia Chacon he was doing Pilates and she was very impressed he was doing it. |
| 6:49
| Steve wanted Buzz to know that because he mocks him for doing it. Steve does need to put a stop to the other Pilates guy coming into his session. |
| 6:50
| Steve went around that guy so he could get the female instructor and now he seems mad about that. These gym people are crazy, it's like their own world. |
| 6:51
| Everyday though the guy comes into the private Pilates session to check up on Steve. |
| 6:56
| Can we wait and do the news at 7? Steve wants to take a call but he'd also like to tell Buzz about his favorite new show. He's going to like it and it's On Demand. It also involves meth. Steve and Buzz love movies about meth, it makes people do crazy things. |
| 6:57
| Caller Larry loves the morning show. He works out a lot, running playing, basketball. It sounds like he's reading Steve's own schedule back to him. |
| 6:58
| Larry tried Pilates and it was really hard, Buzz should try it. The first time he did it he tried to do everything and he was extremely sore that night. He didn't tell his wife, he just downed 6 Ibuprofen. |
| 6:59
| The hardest part for Steve is not breaking wind. It won't ever happen either, he'll shut it down before it gets to that. |
| 7:00
| News with Buzz |
| 7:01
| Democrats debated in South Carolina last night and finally got really personal. Finally? Last night was more Hillary on Barack, not through some third person. |
| 7:02
| According to post-debate polls John Edwards came out the winner in the debate. Probably because he took the high road. At some point it's not very Presidential, what Hillary and Barack are doing. |
| 7:03
| Tom Brady was photographed in New York yesterday limping and wearing a walking cast. The photos were posted on TMZ. Those guys are a pain, they make life difficult for everyone. |
| 7:04
| Fidel Castro has been reelected as the deputy of Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power. It was touch-and-go for a while, it didn't seem like he'd win but he did. |
| 7:05
| Meanwhile a priest of the Santeria religion, of which Steve and Buzz are both members, says Yoruba Gods are protecting Castro. Steve and Buzz actually sacrificed a chicken before the show today so it should be a good one, plus they'll have a delicious lunch. |
| 7:06
| It will take at least 2 months for seniors in Illinois to get free transit rides but he's still trying to sell it to them. What does he have to sell, the whole thing was already passed. |
| 7:07
| Blago says that people in Springfield can ride the bus in Chicago and vice versa although Steve thought that was one of the flaws in the plan. This was the hot topic of conversation in the newsroom today. |
| 7:08
| How does that go down in the newsroom because Jim barely talks most of the time. If you touch on the right subject you can't shut him up. |
| 7:09
| Steve calls down to the newsroom. He and Buzz discussed the transit issue but they never figured it out. Did Jim do any more research on it? It seems like Buzz left the room and the conversation was over. |
| 7:10
| Steve was told by Phil Walters that the free transit only applies for the area that you live in. Buzz thought Phil Walters was dead, was it from the grave? Who is Phil Walters? Pete thinks that maybe it was Phil Rogers. |
| 7:11
| Steve had to send Jim an email yesterday because the daily audio clip on the website said "Miss Friday's Show?" but it was from Monday. Jim didn't seem to think it was that big of a deal. |
| 7:12
| Steve felt bad though because Jim works hard so he sent him an email with the "this tyranny will not stand" quote from Big Lebowski and Jim didn't even recognize it. |
| 7:13
| Steve heard it from Phil Rogers, he said the CTA deal wouldn't work anywhere else except for the metro area you lived in. Even if it does work everywhere, what is there to sell? |
| 7:14
| Buzz thinks this is the only positive thing in Blago's life, other than his hair. Doesn't he look like a jive ass dentist? |
| 7:15
| Drew Peterson, suspected in his wife's disappearance, tells the Joliet Herald News that he can't leave the house without women approaching him. That's right, the broads are starting to come back. |
| 7:16
| Brendan has a correction to make. The line from The Big Lebowski is "this aggression will not stand." Maybe that's why Jim didn't recognize the quote but he probably wouldn't have known. |
| 7:17
| A fight over a single cigarette led to a Chicago man being run down. They are bad for your health. The incident happen when one man took a cigarette from a friend's supply and sold it to someone else for 50¢. These guys had to be hammered right? |
| 7:18
| Back to the transit stuff, each system will decide itself how to implement the free rides. So it's not statewide, as Steve was told by Phil Rogers. |
| 7:19
| Blago is painting a different picture but he's an idiot. The totality of his idiocy is mind-boggling to Steve. |
| 7:20
| Another troubling thing that's going on lately is Blago rhyming. Maybe we could get some audio on that. At the Marin Luther King Jr. scholarship breakfast he broke into a quick poem about the CTA funding. |
| 7:27
| Caller Kyla says hello to Steve and Buzz, who isn't strapped in yet. He was probably down in the newsroom having a lively discussion about transit with Jim. Actually they moved on to UFOs which is probably much easier to track down. |
| 7:28
| Kyla called in about Steve's completely rational fear of passing gas in Pilates. They actually encourage it. Steve's not passing gas in front of anyone on purpose. |
| 7:29
| Kyla lives in Rogers Park, home of our own Pete. Maybe one day she'll see him on the train. It could be the last thing she does though. |
| 7:30
| Pete's look on the train is not great, he's always carrying around shopping bags. Kyla doesn't care as long as he's not wearing a trenchcoat. Does he have a trenchcoat? |
| 7:31
| Pete just has a regular winter jacket, what a vivid description. It's not a North Face like everyone else seems to have. |
| 7:32
| Pete's going to get his jacket so he can see what kind it is. This isn't TV Pete! Steve never sees Pete in a jacket so he's not sure what it looks like. Maybe Pete could put it on and model it for Steve. |
| 7:33
| Steve doesn't know how to describe the coat. If Carhart made a trendy coat that's what it would look like. |
| 7:34
| This just in, the Fed has cut interest rates by three-quarters of a percent. This was in response to being confronted with a global stock sell-off which was fanned by increased fear of a recession in the U.S. |
| 7:35
| You want the banks to get along, that will make everyone else feel a lot better. You don't want the stock market to open down 5,000 points. At that rate Steve won't retire until he's 90. Buzz will never retire. We're already installing wheelchair ramps and easy access to oxygen for him. |
| 7:36
| Live read: Pro Flowers |
| 7:37
| Yesterday Steve was on a conference call with the Pro Flowers people. At first it was just him and a woman from Pro Flowers. Then Sid Rosenberg from Miami got on. |
| 7:38
| Steve knows Sid somehow but he couldn't remember. When Sid found out it was Steve he went on for about 5 minutes telling this woman that she was talking to a living legend. It was great. |
| 7:39
| Because Sid knew Steve the phone call took about 4 minutes, he really sped it along. |
| 7:40
| Ron Lewis is on the phone. He wanted to let Steve know that Sid Rosenberg worked on Don Imus' show. Steve remembers him now, he was really funny. |
| 7:41
| Being Jewish, Ron knows who Sid Rosenberg is and where he is at this moment. Jewish guys are very good at networking. The Lutherans don't network like that. |
| 7:42
| According to Wikipedia Rosenberg was involved in a lawsuit for stealing DirecTV and was taken to rehab for a triple addiction to crack cocaine, alcohol and gambling. |
| 7:43
| Cocaine, alcohol and gambling? Steve seems like a lightweight compared to him. Steve should have told Sid that he was one in the presence of greatness. |
| 7:49
| Live read: Kent Dean |
| 7:50
| Tyrone's checking in with some traffic. He heard Steve say earlier that things were fine but he couldn't have been more wrong. |
| 7:51
| Steve was one of the only cars on the road but when it's that early in the morning people are either drunk or mad that they have to be up that early so they speed. |
| 7:52
| Right now it's 2 hours from downtown to the airport so use that as your high water mark. It doesn't seem like there's a lot of snow but there is a lot of black ice. |
| 7:53
| The black ice would have tied in better yesterday with Martin Luther King day, better than the white snow. |
| 7:54
| If you're watching TV and they're showing the traffic almost every expressway is red. That's how bad things are. |
| 7:55
| Tyrone's going to focus on the Edens right now because he's heading out that way. He's got a little Jewish girlfriend up on the North Shore. |
| 7:56
| There are 45 incidents being reported on the expressways right now, that's a lot Buzz. |
| 7:57
| Tyrone should be careful up there though, there are still some flurries. That's why no one is plowing, they can't keep up. |
| 7:58
| If Tyrone were a plow driver he'd be having breakfast right now. The best part of being a plow driver is holding up traffic. |
| 7:59
| Always good to hear from Tyrone isn't it? He's a trooper. It's bad out there but everyone knows that. |
| 8:00
| You can listen to people tell you how bad it is or you can listen to two idiots who are completely oblivious. Your choice. |
| 8:01
| Time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. It's Taco Tuesday which means Steve and Buzz get to eat tacos. |
| 8:02
| Steve and Buzz have something special today, a Double Decker Taco. Buzz saw it on TV last night and then did a 90 second Taco Bell promo that he directed at Aimee. |
| 8:03
| Buzz wanted to read what was on his sauce packet but Mary's not going to be happy about it. Sauce Packet Wednesday is tomorrow. It says "Help, it's dark, I don't know where I am and I hear laughter." Buzz says that all the time. |
| 8:04
| Steve's sauce packet says "I collect straws." He's also going to be yelled at by Mary for letting the music run out again. |
| 8:05
| Song: Counting Blue Cars, Dishwala |
| 8:10
| As Buzz reported earlier, the broads are still interested in Drew Peterson. They keep coming up to him outside of his house. |
| 8:11
| Where is this article from? Because he could read along with it. |
| 8:12
| Drew stopped in at a local tavern this weekend. You still need to go out, maybe have a burger or some buffalo wings, mild. Drew prefers the drumette part, what does Buzz like? |
| 8:13
| Buzz likes the drumette as well. He sucks the meat out of the wingy part which is why he prefers the drumette. |
| 8:14
| Drew doesn't like the wings because of those little hairs that are sometimes in there. He would give the chicken hair removal but it's too late. Sometimes he brings tweezers. |
| 8:15
| While Drew was at the tavern over the weekend several women approached him and give him their phone numbers. Phone numbers lead to sex right? |
| 8:16
| Where does Drew start with all of these phone number? He's got a list of numbers and he's prioritized by number. Out by where he lives you only get as high as a 7 or a 7 is a 10. It's like a golf handicap. |
| 8:17
| Drew goes by the downtown scale though so a 7 is a 7. You start getting out by the suburbs and everything changes. It's the Billy Dec Standard, developed by him and maintained by him and his cronies. |
| 8:18
| A 10 in Bolingbrook is a 7 to a Billy Dec which is how Drew views it. Buzz seems surprised that Drew knows about all of this. He's familiar with the club scene, he did security for a few athletes. |
| 8:19
| Recently a woman left a note on his mailbox. It was from a woman named Ashley. Like Ashley Judd? Who wouldn't want to do her? Not her sister though, that would be like doing a small mountain. |
| 8:20
| Drew has high standards as a police officer. They can get whatever they want. |
| 8:21
| How about a break and then Bolingbrookville with newly updated audio? |
| 8:28
| Stacy once hit Drew in the head with a frozen steak and it just about knocked him dizzy. Not quite though, it'll take more than that. |
| 8:29
| Does Buzz want to hear Bolingbrookville now? What's Buzz's favorite part? Is it when he rhymed finagle and bagel? |
| 8:30
| Song: Bolingbrookville, Steve Dahl |
| 8:34
| There's new audio in there but you have to leave the "Come home" at the end, that's the song's signature. |
| 8:35
| Buzz is wondering about the other song, Have You Seen Her. Does he mean the song that's not prepared yet? |
| 8:36
| Members of the Giants rang the opening bell at the NYSE, probably not the best day for it though. |
| 8:37
| Steve has Peanut Butter on hold but he was also going to bring Ben Gay on. He's not sure how to mix all that though. Buzz thinks it's best to keep Peanut Butter and Ben separated. |
| 8:38
| Steve could have Pat's music going the entire time but it's distracting. Pat needs to keep talking, he can't just listen to the song. |
| 8:39
| The Giants rang the bell at the NYSE, they'll probably be down about 400 points 16 minutes into the Super Bowl. |
| 8:40
| Buzz is wondering about Tom Brady's air cast. It's just one of those inflatable things right? Steve thinks it's for sympathy after the three interceptions. |
| 8:41
| Once Tom Brady gets in on your game there's nothing else you can do. If he comes up to the bar and starts talking to your girlfriend, leave and find yourself a new girlfriend. |
| 8:42
| The Dow seems to be coming back up a little bit which is good news. Steve would just like to know what's going on. Why don't they show the NASDAQ? |
| 8:43
| Steve has a few audio cuts, the second one is Tom Brady on a Boston radio station talking about his injury. |
| 8:44
| Tom Brady's just a cool guy. What does he care, he's probably looking at his girlfriend nude while talking to the guys on the radio. |
| 8:45
| In other QB girlfriend news Eli Manning ordered his girlfriend to sit in the stands for Sunday's game. |
| 8:46
| Those bikini girls were wearing coats on Sunday as well. And now they've been invited to the Super Bowl by Maxim. So the Packers won't be going but at least they will. |
| 8:47
| They'll probably be at the Maxim party, just one of the many parties Steve and Brendan weren't invited to when they were in Miami last year. |
| 8:48
| The Penthouse Party was completely full when they arrived and David Hochberg was waving them into a room with no exit. Then they went back to their car and there was a guy nailing his girlfriend on top of the parking garage. |
| 8:49
| On the way to Miami the traffic was terrible and Steve had a dinner miscarriage which resulted in him pulling off the side of the road and running into some hotel to use their bathroom. |
| 8:50
| Brendan ended up staying around after Steve and the boys left. He went to a strip club because he had some time to kill before his red eye flight. |
| 8:51
| NFL Network was just rerunning the Super Bowl from last year and for some reason he wanted it. It was a year ago last night that the Bears won the NFC Championship. |
| 8:52
| It feels like much more than a year. When Steve looks at teams like the Packers and the Colts and the Chargers he realizes how hard it is to get to the Super Bowl. |
| 8:53
| And the Bears squandered their opportunity. The game could not have started off better either. It seemed like it was going to be a route. |
| 8:58
| Steve just got yelled at for not reading his live reads. Buzz comes in waving the paper around when he has one and Mary wants him to be more like that. Why doesn't she just tell Pat and Buzz that he has something to read. Buzz comes in waving his copy like he's carrying the Ten Commandments. |
| 8:59
| Live read: The Little Guys |
| 9:00
| This copy says it's the 12th anniversary of The Little Guys but it's actually the 13th. You'd hate to think this is the copy from last year but it probably is. It's vintage Little Guys copy. |
| 9:01
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 9:02
| Back to Pat Boyle. The Bulls took the day off yesterday along with everyone else. Unfortunately they had a game to play. They got killed by the Grizzlies. |
| 9:03
| They're about 14 games out of 1st place, the season is over for them right? The way the NBA playoff system works they could still make it in. Sounds like a great system. |
| 9:04
| Firing Scott Skiles was like removing Saddam from Iraq. As it turns out Skiles had things in control on this team. |
| 9:05
| The Hawks are on Comcast tonight. When are they going to get all those games in HD? It bums Steve out when they're not in HD. |
| 9:06
| Hockey needs to be in HD. Whatever Fox was trying to do with that glowing puck is accomplished with HD. |
| 9:07
| The NHL should demand that every game is in HD. Of course the league is almost bankrupt. |
| 9:08
| The Hawks are getting back into the playoff picture, they're only 5 points out right now. As long as they keep Patrick Laline in between the pipes they should keep winning. |
| 9:09
| Khabibulin has the largest deal in team history but he's just sitting on the bench. Steve does see him going out before the game to talk to Patrick Laline so he's being a team player. Wouldn't you be a team player for $7 million a year? |
| 9:10
| Steve's still trying to decide who to talk to from the Blackhawks. At first he was thinking Savard but now he's leaning towards Adam Burish. He's a crazy player, he seems funny and it doesn't seem like he'd give the cliched answers. |
| 9:11
| He doesn't want to go with someone like Patrick Kane or Jonathan Toews, they're a bit too young. |
| 9:12
| There was a Chicago Tribune article where Patrick Sharp was interviewing Adam Burish. Burish and Patrick Sharp are roommates on the road which is one of the cute things about hockey. |
| 9:13
| Sharp was referencing Sharp's dominance over Burish on the road. Burish has named himself room captain. Buzz and Pat are reading way too much into this, they're just joking around. |
| 9:14
| Sharp often tells Burish about the number of goals he has for the season and that he's up for a contract this year. |
| 9:15
| Sharp also dominates Burish in all areas. |
| 9:16
| Whenever Steve keeps going about hockey it's up to Pat or Buzz to stop him. He's passionate about it so it's hard to get him to stop. |
| 9:17
| This is the first time Steve has watched hockey sober since he was a kid. The NFL is done, what else is there to talk about? The Sox signed Octavio Dotel, he's a pitcher. |
| 9:18
| Do we have time for Ben Gay? Brendan wrote the script up already so Steve feels bad. Can he use the same one on Thursday? |
| 9:19
| Brendan will write a new one for Thursday, he likes doing it. That Brendan is a good kid and he works hard. How long has he been here for? |
| 9:20
| Brendan has been here going on 7 years. Buzz thinks he should be ashamed of himself. He should have his own show by now. |
| 9:21
| How did Buzz turn this into a negative? What does Brendan have to be ashamed of? Steve knows how much he makes and he's doing alright, plus he had his own show for a while. |
| 9:22
| Steve likes everyone he has working on the show. He doesn't need someone leaving thinking there's something better out there. Does Buzz want Tina answering phones? |
| 9:23
| Brendan still has the podcast and he's doing this show. At least he has a job! |
| 9:29
| Steve blew out his headphones. Buzz is wondering how that happens. Does he keep them too loud? One side just cut out, it happens. |
| 9:30
| Pete should throw out the old headphones though. Otherwise he just puts them in a pile of other headphones that don't work. What's he going to do, take them home and repair them? |
| 9:31
| That was a drop of Paula Faris talking about Tony Dungy about coming back to the Colts. He's sick of this "man of integrity" stuff. How does she he's a man of integrity? Because he says it's a ministry. |
| 9:32
| Everyone says that about Tony Dungy but what has he done? He wrote a book about being nice. Steve could write a book about being nice but that doesn't mean he's nice. |
| 9:33
| News with Buzz |
| 9:34
| Within a minute of the start of trading today the Dow dove 400 points. A lot of that was from overnight trading. Now it's only down 180 points or so. |
| 9:35
| Then you get CNN breaking in with news about the stock market, causing people to panic. They shouldn't cover the stock market that in-depth. We should go back to the days of hearing about the market the next day in the paper. |
| 9:36
| The nominees are out for the 80th Academy Awards. The films vying for best picture are No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Atonement, Juno and Michael Clayton. Steve hasn't seen any of those. |
| 9:37
| Steve's a little disappointed that Superbad didn't get any nominators, or Norbit. Norbit got several Razzy nominations though. Steve saw it, it wasn't that bad. |
| 9:38
| The suspected Marine killer is thought to be in Mexico. That's according to authorities involved in the manhunt. |
| 9:39
| The curtain may be coming down on Fred Thompson's campaign. When did it ever go up? In the meantime Ralph Nader is still deciding if he will run in 2008. |
| 9:40
| Steve would once again like to point out that Ralph Nader is the reason why the 2000 election got screwed up. You can trace so much back to that election. |
| 9:41
| If all those knucklehead kids hadn't voted for Nader then Gore would have won, no problem. He's never going to win. |
| 9:42
| He's very liberal so you'd think he wouldn't want to be responsible for Bush in the White House. But that's exactly what happened. |
| 9:43
| Members of MUFON, the Mutual UFO Network, met with residents of Stephenville, Texas, to discuss recent UFO sightings. |
| 9:44
| Some believe the government knows more than they're letting on. Do we really need UFOs? Is that going to help us right now? Buzz thinks it'll help take our minds off of things. |
| 9:45
| A Canadian man pinned underneath his quad bike survived by eating rotten animal carcasses and drinking melted snow, thinking of his grandkids. |
| 9:46
| What's a quad bike? If it was a normal bike you'd be able to just get out from under the bike. |
| 9:53
| Caller Dave wanted to let Steve know that a quad bike is a 4-wheel ATV. They only make the 4 wheelers because the 3 wheelers tipped over right? |
| 9:54
| It's a good thing he tipped over near a dead animal. It's delightful really. It helped him survive too. |
| 9:55
| Steve still needs to talk about his new favorite TV show. He's also planning on watching Parking Wars tonight. |
| 9:56
| The show is called Breaking Bad and it's On Demand and maybe on ITunes too. A chemistry teacher finds out he has a terminal disease and decides to start cooking meth to ensure his family's financial future. |
| 9:57
| It's with that Bryan Cranston guy who was the dad on Malcolm in the Middle and he's really good. He's perfect for the role. |
| 9:58
| Steve loves shows about meth cookers and meth tweakers. He loves Spun with Mickey Rourke. The show featured a lot of new meth terms that Steve had never heard before either. |
| 9:59
| Steve doesn't know where the show is going from this episode though. It was a good pilot because there was closure but a lot of stuff went on. |
| 10:00
| It's an awesome show so check it out, it's on AMC Sunday nights but you can get the first episode On Demand. |
| 10:01
| If Steve's going to be inconvenienced to the extent that he is by tweakers, in that he can't get Sudafed over the counter, he at least wants to be able to watch them in action. |
