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| 5:30
| Steve can't drive 55 although he did this morning. It took him a while to get in. What's the point of having a four-wheel drive SUV if you can't go fast? |
| 5:31
| Standby for a double clearing Buzz. Steve just powered down a Big Cherry. It's Snow Closing Day, Steve has traffic reports every minute and school closings coming out the wazoo. |
| 5:32
| The left lane should be for 4 wheel drive vehicles only, at least today. Steve was behind a guy in a Hummer who was not going fast enough. Steve actually stuck his head out the window like a dog and yelled "YOU'RE IN A HUMMER!" |
| 5:33
| Steve shouldn't have had that Big Cherry. It's so much sugar that it actually closes your throat. |
| 5:34
| Based on Steve's commute at 4:30 am today, rush hour should be a nightmare. Buzz couldn't help but think about Pete on his way in. In a sexual way or in a travel way? |
| 5:35
| It's relatively easy for Buzz to get in, he just needs the cab to arrive. The walk to the cab this morning was tough though, he almost got lost in the snow. |
| 5:36
| Buzz's building doesn't shovel? There's a guy doing a morning radio show living in their building! Steve wonders why his driveway isn't plowed first since he's probably up the earliest on his guy's route. |
| 5:37
| Buzz and Aimee bought their place because it was close to Lake Shore Drive and therefore easily accessible to all radio stations. It's served him well. |
| 5:38
| Pete is in Rogers Park though so Buzz wondered how he did this morning. The worst part for Pete is the walk from Michigan Avenue to the building because it's on a slant, it's like a wind tunnel and you have to go all the way around to the back of the building. |
| 5:39
| They have the weirdest configuration in this building for what doors are open during off hours. The Prudential Building is on Randolph, let's come in on Randolph. Steve will even give you Lake or Beaubien but Stetson is the most inconvenient of the 4 streets around the building. |
| 5:40
| The Prudential Building lobby is not set up for the 9/11 world. First of all the plaza is two buildings stuck together. The security system in place is completely meaningless too. |
| 5:41
| When you come into the building you need a pass to get to the elevators. If you leave before 7 pm though you don't have to use your card to check out. As far as the buildings records are concerned there could be millions of people still in the building. |
| 5:42
| If you're a guest you have to sign in and get a pass. But when you leave you don't have to sign out. There could still be people in the building wiring a floor with explosives. It's a cockamamie system. |
| 5:43
| The sidewalks weren't plowed when Pete got in but they were starting when Buzz arrived. There are 10 radio stations in this building, Steve's demanding better service. |
| 5:44
| He also wants more from his plow guy. At least he could clear out the straight shot between the garage and the street. |
| 5:45
| On the way in Steve listened to WBBM-AM and they couldn't stop with the school closings. Those seem unnecessary though. The storm watch in this city seems more like tradition these days, like Christmas. |
| 5:46
| Anything you need to know you can find on the internet instantly. Plus schools have calling trees. That's what the PTA and the PTC is for. That and wrestling cage matches. |
| 5:47
| Everyone goes into crazy school closing mode or traffic mode. Steve has come up with a way to make it seem like we fake care about school closings. Steve feels that he's rigged his computer up to tell us school closings in the background. |
| 5:48
| Buzz remembers when he first came to Chicago the school closings took about 5 minutes. But the audience was all 20-year-olds so he wondered who he was doing this for. |
| 5:49
| Buzz was told to call home if he found out Piper's school was closed. They're involved in the madness at home! If Piper's school is closed someone is going to call the house. Aimee's been hypnotized by WGN! |
| 5:50
| Aimee's probably sitting at home switching from station to station to see the school closings. If they really cared about the school closings they'd keep the crawl on the bottom of the screen during commercials. |
| 5:51
| Buzz saw Lauren Jiggetts doing a report last night on an overpass. The wind was blowing so hard that it was actually making her weep. Did Buzz want to go console her? He came away with a profound respect for her. |
| 5:52
| She was at ORD earlier in the day. There's not much to report when all the flights are canceled. It's just people walking up to the arrival/departure screens and shaking their heads. |
| 5:57
| It's a big school closing day Buzz! He's the news guy, get going! Usually it's the Catholic schools that close first. The Chicago Public Schools are all open. Let's keep them open people, get the kids off the streets. |
| 5:58
| The ones that are closed have the craziest names. That just gives Buzz renewed hope that he'll have a school named after him one day. |
| 5:59
| Steve's not going to get involved in this, otherwise it'll take up the entire show. Steve's looking at a list with 500 schools on it and WBBM-AM does them twice an hour. How can they possibly get to every one of them? |
| 6:00
| Even back in the day the school closings seemed fake to Buzz. He couldn't believe that someone was actually sitting by the radio waiting to hear their school. |
| 6:01
| Caller Jim is glad all the schools are closed, it'll make the roads empty. They're not all closed though, that's a blanket statement. Steve can say that Alice's Discovery Center in North Chicago is closed. Is that a store or a school? It sounds vaguely sexual to Buzz. |
| 6:02
| Jim is a plow driver, he's hoping all the schools are closed so the roads will be empty. Why isn't he out plowing right now instead talking on the phone?! |
| 6:03
| Jim's going on the guest list for Buzz's show tonight at the House of Blues Backporch Stage. That'll be the most underattended concert ever. Buzz will be happy if the band shows up. |
| 6:04
| As a plow driver, Jim's truck is out all night. So how does Jim get to the car? Steve was imagining Jim in the back of a pick-up truck and then he jumps out into the plow as the other driver jumps out so it never stops. |
| 6:05
| Patrick Bertoletti is on the phone right now. He's at the Wachovia Center for the Wing Bowl. Patrick always says it's fixed which Steve feels is a mistake. |
| 6:06
| As usual Patrick has all the details. He's very big into details. |
| 6:07
| Patrick is headed to Mardi Gras after Wing Bowl but not for an eating competition. He will be on a float though so that means he'll have beads. |
| 6:08
| Patrick was thinking of bringing a telescope for the float. What good will that do him? By the time he finds what he's looking for it'll be gone. |
| 6:09
| Patrick always says the fix is in on that contest but he's probably just mad he doesn't win. Steve's pretty sure a radio station can't run a fixed contest. |
| 6:10
| Patrick says it every time and every time Steve has to work us out of it. |
| 6:11
| Caller Dale is in an SUV and he's been doing about 45 or 50 until he gets behind a van. First off, where's he coming from? |
| 6:12
| Dale's coming from Dwight. Did he just get out of prison? Dale works in the Loop. And he comes from Dwight? Dale drives to Joliet and then takes the train in. Why would you do that? |
| 6:13
| Dale called in about a month ago and Steve gave him crap for living so far away and saying he had a better house. Steve doesn't remember saying that but maybe Dale insinuated that. |
| 6:14
| Dale moved to Dwight because he wanted property. Steve remembers saying that it's nice to have property but it seems like he'd be too tired to enjoy it. |
| 6:15
| Dale just passed by a snow plow in a ditch near Wilmington. Wilmington! We're on in Chicago! Brendan heard 55 and put the guy on, that road goes all the way downstate! |
| 6:16
| Brendan should try to remember that guy's voice in the future. When he says he's on 55, ask where! |
| 6:21
| There was a guy on hold but he hung up when the crazy guy from Dwight called in. He probably didn't want to be a part of what was going on. |
| 6:22
| Would Steve ever say his house is better than someone else's? It might not even be true. Wanting property is a specious reason to live in Dwight. Plus the property isn't as valuable in Dwight as it is here. |
| 6:23
| He drives 44 miles to Joliet and the has to take the train in! 44 miles is far enough. He does listen to the show though. |
| 6:24
| The other guy on hold got a text message saying his kid's school was closed. Schools have all kinds of ways to inform parents of closings. The only thing that interests Steve are some of the funny names on the list. |
| 6:25
| Baker Demonstration School, whatever that is, is closed today. For the most part Steve can't get involved in all this. The list is too long and this isn't the way to find out in this day and age. |
| 6:26
| It's snowing, the roads are bad, it'll probably take you 2 to 3 times as long to get into work. And maybe you won't have to go to work. Buzz was probably sitting at home wondering if Steve or Rod Zimmerman or Todd Cavanah had called in to say he didn't have to come in. |
| 6:27
| Back in the day on WCKG Jeff Schwartz would have given people the day off for bad weather. He gave everyone the day off on 9/11. We're broadcasters! But Jeff would say we're people first. Jeff would call a snow day at a radio station. He would and he has. |
| 6:28
| Buzz has never got that call in 30 years but he's a broadcaster. These are the days he needs to be here. Steve and Buzz need to be here to not talk about the snow all day, as an alternative. |
| 6:29
| Once again, if you have an SUV put it in 4-wheel drive and be a man about it. Steve will never forget driving behind a guy in a Hummer doing 20. He could have been drunk though, hammered in a Hummer. You run into a lot of drunks at that time of the morning. |
| 6:30
| If you are going to drive drunk, stick to the middle. Steve can say that as someone who's never been pinched for it. He's pretty sure he's the only person in the room right now who can say that. You want to be in the middle lane if double vision kicks in. |
| 6:31
| News with Buzz |
| 6:32
| The big news is snow and a lot of it. It will continue to fall through the morning rush. Final accumulation could be between 8 and 12 inches. By the way, Blue Cap Schools are closed. Do you have to wear a blue cap to school? Booth Tarkington is also closed. Didn't he play for the Vikings? |
| 6:33
| Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama took part in their last debate before Super Tuesday last night. It was civil and they both took President Bush to task for his handling of Iraq. |
| 6:34
| A tape has also been unearthed of Barack Obama saying he was in favor of decriminalizing marijuana. |
| 6:35
| This just in Creme de la Creme Preschool in Westmont is open today. Only the brightest and most attractive kids go to that school. |
| 6:36
| One of Al Qaeda's top commander's was killed by an air strike. How do we even know if he's really a top commander? It seems like if they get a guy who looks like Al Qaeda they just say he is. How would we know, it's not like they have business cards. |
| 6:37
| Britney Spears has been hospitalized for the second time this month. According to TMZ's Harvey Levin, she's been diagnosed as bi-polar. What business is that of his? It's because of people like him that she's in the state she's in. |
| 6:38
| The family of Drew Peterson's third wife might be planning to bring an unlawful death suit against him. |
| 6:39
| To commemorate the day that Across the Universe was recorded NASA will turn it's transmitters towards space and blast the song towards the heavens. Are they drunk? Is this the first time NASA has ever done pot? |
| 6:40
| Everyone with blue eyes may have a single common ancestor. Scientists believe blue eyes are the result of a mutation that according 6,000 to 10,000 years ago. Scientists studied blue eyed people in several countries and they all had the same mutated gene. |
| 6:41
| Steve has blue eyes and so does Buzz. This is like a family reunion. How about a hug and then some potato salad? |
| 6:42
| Should Steve play Across the Universe anyway? That NASA thing is crazy though right? Buzz remembers we sent music out in a satellite but you'd have to recover the satellite in order to hear it. Plus it's probably on vinyl. So if you're an advanced race you'd still have to have a turntable. |
| 6:43
| Song: Across the Universe, The Beatles |
| 6:46
| What the hell is he singing in that song? Is it jackaroo? Whatever it is, it's a nice song to send out to the universe. |
| 6:53
| Caller Tino has some info about Across the Universe. Jai guru deva om is a tantric meditation. Of course! You can't walk the halls around here without saying that. |
| 6:54
| What does that meditation do for you when you say it? Can you have sex for longer? It centers you and takes you to another universe. Where would you go to learn something like that? |
| 6:55
| These days you'd probably have to go to India to learn that. Steve's not busy this weekend but the flights to O'Hare might be tough. Then the next thing you know Steve's answering phones over there for customer service. If you call a help line over there you can't understand a word they're saying. But then they get mad at you! You have to hang up and call back until you get an American or someone you understand. |
| 6:56
| Steve recently learned that a lot of companies are bringing customer service operator jobs back to America. Apparently the money saved wasn't worth the perceived loss of customer service. There's a company here that outsources it to people who want to work from home over an internet phone. Buzz wouldn't mind doing that "Thank you for calling American Airlines, this is Buzz." And then in the background there's a horror movie playing. |
| 6:57
| Steve's tried to learn that meditation stuff but it seems like everyone who teaches it is a flake. |
| 6:58
| Steve needs to do something, it's between meditation and tweaking. Tino knows of some people who do both which seems like polar opposites. |
| 6:59
| Steve wouldn't mind learning something that helps him sleep, other than Ambien. |
| 7:00
| What are they singing again? It's jai guru deva om. But it doesn't mean anything? |
| 7:01
| Mark Czerniec has all kinds of meanings for this song. Mark thinks he's some sort of meditation master. You hate to wonder into his wheelhouse with your loins exposed. |
| 7:02
| Guru Dev was the Maharishi's teacher. Dev means god of heavenly one. John Lennon took the liberty of adding an A at the end. Jai has several meanings including "I give hope or thanks to". Another site says it means "victory" or "salutations" |
| 7:03
| Was Mark told all this when he saw the Maharishi at the Kenosha outlet mall? |
| 7:04
| Is Mark into transcendental meditation? It seems like he would be. Steve would rather just tweak. |
| 7:05
| Caller Joe loves when you call customer service and the person in India says their name is Jason and John when it's clearly not. |
| 7:06
| Live read: Pro Flowers |
| 7:07
| Steve's mom's birthday is coming up, maybe he'll send some flowers. Her birthday is Groundhog's Day, maybe he'll send her a bunch of flowers in the shape of a groundhog. |
| 7:08
| Buzz wanted to go in with Steve on the $39.99 flower deal but he wanted to take the free dozen. It's a 50/50 split. |
| 7:09
| Does Steve want to go back and talk about Britney. They say she's bipolar but everyone says that. Not everyone can be bipolar just like not everyone can have ADD. |
| 7:10
| Last night on ABC7 they did a piece about people getting the winter blues. They even had blues guys playing harmonica but Steve didn't see Buzz anywhere. They didn't call to ask him to play? |
| 7:11
| Caller Anthony is on the way to the hospital but he's not sure if he's going to get there. He's not sick though, he works there. |
| 7:12
| Anthony is a doctor but just a lowly intern. That's better than Buzz, he was just an orderly. Once while disposing of an amputated leg he had to walk it by the guy and his wife. |
| 7:13
| Anthony agrees with Steve, everyone says they're bipolar. One day you're up, one day you're down. It's either moodiness or PMS. |
| 7:14
| There's a distinct set of rules to diagnose bipolar disorder. It's not something you can diagnose just by taking blood pressure or something. You have to build a story. Britney seems like the poster-child for bipolar disorder though. |
| 7:15
| A real manic phase takes place over months and months, not just day to day moodiness. Some of the downswing can include drug use or high-risk sexual behavior. That doesn't sound bad. |
| 7:16
| If Britney could get on some Lithium she'd be fine. Steve and Buzz are on it now but they get their Lithium from batteries. It's street Lithium. |
| 7:17
| Buzz is wondering what else Lithium is used for, other than bipolar. Buzz remembers seeing them in his step-father's medicine cabinet. |
| 7:18
| One of the side effects of Lithium is that it shuts down your thyroid. Sometimes they give it to people with a thyroid condition. |
| 7:19
| Maybe his step-dad had bi-polar disorder. Steve's not sure he wants to know the rest of the Kilman family medical history. |
| 7:25
| Live read: Pro Flowers |
| 7:27
| Time for the web poll. Yesterday's question was "are you planning on having a party for the big game this weekend?" Steve's looking at the pie chart and it makes no sense to him. |
| 7:28
| The majority of the pie is green and there's a small sliver that is red. The colors are flip-flopped. The majority of people are having a party. |
| 7:29
| Wait, Steve has it wrong. He's bipolar, did he mention that? 87% of the people answered no. No should be red, not green. Steve's mixed up by the colors which is stupid. He's bipolar though, did he mentioned that? |
| 7:30
| The good news is you should have no problem getting avocados for your Super Bowl party. Buzz isn't having a party but everyday is a party for Buzz. |
| 7:31
| Steve's having the boys over, he'd like to think of that as a small party. Brendan needs to tell Matt Dahl no dogs allowed. He can drop Walter off at Buzz's place. |
| 7:32
| What was Matt thinking when he got his dog? He couldn't even take care of a guinea pig. |
| 7:33
| Steve was going to have everyone over for the game but he felt guilty because we all have to get up so early. It would be tough for people like Pete because it takes him two days to get home. Of course someone would probably be roped into giving him a ride home. So it's Pete's fault that Steve's not having the imaginary Super Bowl party. |
| 7:34
| Pete could have caught a ride with Buzz, he can just drop him off at the train. Does Pete really think Buzz would come to a party at Steve's house? He did show up an hour early for Mike Dahl's graduation party and then he only stayed for a half hour. Buzz thought all parties were in Eastern time. |
| 7:35
| Buzz got there so early that he was directing the caterers where to put the food. Then he had some food and was out of there before anyone arrived. Just as he was leaving Jeff Schwartz showed up. He wanted to get there a half hour early to monopolize all of Steve's time. |
| 7:36
| Today's web poll question is "do you shovel or blow?" Steve has some tips to prevent injuries while doing both. Steve plans to do some shoveling and maybe blowing over the weekend. It depends on how good of a job the plow guy does. If it's shoddy Steve will have to clean it up. |
| 7:37
| Steve is a little disappointed in his plow guy for not hitting his house first this morning. Is Steve going to have to get into the plow business? Because he will and he'll be just as successful as Mr. Plow. |
| 7:38
| Steve ears his heart monitor when he's shoveling or plowing. Your heart rate really gets up there. Steve opens up the tailgate on the SUV and that's the sitting down center while shoveling. Sometimes Steve has a beverage waiting. |
| 7:39
| According to the US Consumer Products Safety Commission over 31,000 people were treated for injuries related to shoveling or snow blowing. Most injuries are strains to the back and shoulders. |
| 7:40
| Other injuries included lacerations and amputations. That's probably when you try to unplug the snowblower with your former hand. Steve knew a guy who lost a few fingers in his snowblower but he didn't like him. |
| 7:41
| Some tips before clearing snow include checking with your doctor beforehand. Yeah, Steve's gonna do that. |
| 7:42
| So check with your doctor beforehand or try to get him or her to come over and do it for you. |
| 7:43
| If you have a heart condition or don't exercise regularly, hire someone to shovel for you. Wear layered clothing and proper head gear. Steve wears a fleece burqa when he shovels snow. |
| 7:44
| Avoid falling by wearing shoes with good tread on them. Or if you fall, just pretend you're making a snow angel. |
| 7:45
| Shovel early and often, just like blowing. Start shoveling when there's a light cover of snow to avoid dealing with heavy, packed snow. |
| 7:46
| Make sure you're eyes aren't covered by a hat or scarf. Steve is doing all of this stuff when he shovels. |
| 7:51
| That's a drop from Juno about Tony Little. He does look pretty crazy. Buzz is confusing him with Billy Hayes who's also crazy. He sells every other thing on TV. |
| 7:52
| Does Steve need to do a double clear? Buzz just had a trail mix bar and there might be a loose seed in his throat. Buzz was notified there'd be not tacos today and he immediately threw down a trail mix bar. |
| 7:53
| Live read: Gladstone Homes |
| 7:54
| Now back to tips to prevent shoveling and snowblowing injuries. When shoveling, warm up your muscles. OK. Steve doesn't see any guy doing that. |
| 7:55
| Take frequent breaks from shoveling. That's what Steve does. He pulls down the tailgate and sits in the back. Steve feels like Ben Cartwright overlooking the Ponderosa when he does that. |
| 7:56
| Then Steve goes in an Hop Sing has some stir fry waiting for him. |
| 7:57
| If you experience chest pains, shortness of breath or other symptoms associated with a heart attack, stop and seek medical advice. |
| 7:58
| Don't use a shovel that's too heavy or too long. Don't lift the snow, push it. If you have to lift bend your knees and keep your back straight. That sounds like a prison rape. |
| 7:59
| Don't try to remove a lot of snow at once, do it in pieces. If you're not hitting bottom every time you stick the shovel in you shouldn't be doing it. HIre someone else to do it then! |
| 8:00
| Don't throw the snow over your shoulder or to the side. This requires a twisting motion that can strain your back. Why don't you just go buy a dress? |
| 8:01
| When snowblowing, never stick your hand in the snowblower. The CPSC is really doing their job with these tips here. |
| 8:02
| Don't leave the snowblower on while unattended. You don't want it coming after you. |
| 8:03
| Don't let kids 15 years of age or under near the snowblower. That seems a bit high. If your kid is 15 he should be doing the snowblowing. |
| 8:04
| Time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. Steve and Buzz aren't having tacos today. It's hard to send someone across The Loop to get tacos in a timely fashion and still have a good conscious. |
| 8:05
| That'll just give Buzz more time to crave the taco. Perhaps the Kilman's can hit Taco Bell post-sledding. |
| 8:06
| Caller Karen doesn't have a snowblower. She usually shovels herself but when it gets this bad she calls the 18-year-old hunky neighbor to do it. Does she ever invite him in for cocoa? |
| 8:07
| Karen's husband is usually sitting there which is sort of a buzzkill. What kind of husband lets her wife shovel the driveway, except Buzz? Buzz better be careful or Aimee might call the hunky neighbor over. |
| 8:08
| Caller John knew a girl who's father had a heart attack one summer. For Christmas she got him a snowblower. |
| 8:09
| A week later it snowed and he had a heart attack trying to start it. |
| 8:10
| Just so Buzz knows, the Grundy Alternative School is closed today. Steve's just trying to highlight some of the goofy school names. That one isn't too goofy though. |
| 8:11
| Helen Keller School is closed also. Buzz is still grooving on Alice's Discovery Center. What are the Helen Keller sports teams called, the Water Pumps? Buzz thinks that's a bit obscure. |
| 8:12
| That's not obscure, everyone knows about the water pump. It's funny that Buzz calls Steve obscure. |
| 8:13
| Caller Claude lives in a condo so he doesn't have to worry about shoveling. The only thing making this weather bearable is that Spring Training is a few weeks away. |
| 8:14
| Claude doesn't work now, he's on disability. That doesn't sound bad. Drop the wife off and then back home to look at porn all day. |
| 8:15
| That doesn't sound bad. Does Claude have good pizza and Chinese places near him? It sounds like he's looking to make it a full time thing. |
| 8:16
| Caller Sandy is on her way into work. It was bad even when Steve came in. It's like it never snows here. |
| 8:17
| Sandy works at a preschool and they're not closed today. Herscher High School in Herscher is closed. That's where they have the Herscher Highway. |
| 8:18
| Sandy was looking at her calendar for weird holidays coming up. Monday is Halfway Through Winter Day. |
| 8:19
| Only halfway? It seems like winter has been going for much longer but it doesn't start until December. |
| 8:20
| Are Sandy's kids waiting for her now? What's planned today, some fingerpainting? Sandy recommends adding fingerpaint to shaving cream, it's homemade puffy paint. |
| 8:21
| Can Sandy come down and show Steve and Buzz how to do that? And then maybe a nice supervised nap and some snacks. |
| 8:28
| Caller Kelly's on her way into work. Normally it's a 2 hour drive but she's up to 3 hours now. So she'll at least be double. How about triple? Steve and Buzz are on until 10. |
| 8:29
| It's funny to Steve that everyone drives really slow but still tailgates. Even if you try to leave space someone just slips in there. |
| 8:30
| Kelly went to Helen Keller School, they used to be the Trojans-named after the condom-but now they're the Wildcats. They're not the Water Pumps? |
| 8:31
| Did Kelly at least get the reference? Because Buzz accused him of being obscure. That's a low blow coming from the King of Obscurity. They're not the Helen Keller Sunglasses? Or the Helen Keller Hand Signals? |
| 8:32
| There must be a lot of blind jokes to the refs whenever the Helen Keller team is playing. |
| 8:33
| Caller Dwight is not from Dwight. He's from Naperville and he saw the weirdest thing 10 minutes ago. |
| 8:34
| The plow that was supposed to be plowing was doing donuts in the parking lot. It's hard to resist that. |
| 8:35
| Steve was thinking of doing some donuts when he left today. He doesn't mean eating donuts although he's not opposed to that either. |
| 8:36
| Dwight can't do donuts in his car because is has front wheel drive. What about donuts in reverse? It's a little more dangerous but it's still donuts. |
| 8:37
| Dwight has not commuted into work yet. He works retail so it's a very short commute. He is supposed to have a corporate visit today but he's not sure if that'll happen. |
| 8:38
| Dwight works for Wilson's Leather Experts. Did Steve and Buzz mention that they need new jackets? |
| 8:39
| Dwight has had a lot of people ask for discounts for various reasons. There's the "hook me up because we're both black" discount, the "hook me up just because" discount and the "hook me up because I recognize you from your old job" discount. |
| 8:40
| Steve and Buzz are not black though. Dwight can't believe that! |
| 8:41
| Steve received an email yesterday that troubled him. Excuse the casserole burp, it just hit bottom. Steve just had a nice Spanish frittata. Buzz had a trail mix bar. If he was fat enough maybe he could have the frittata. |
| 8:42
| The emailer can't listen at work because they're not allowed. The music during the Townstone Financial live read is not from As the World Turns, it's from The Young and the Restless. |
| 8:43
| That was sort of troubling to Steve. He can't remember if he knew and just forgot conveniently or if he never knew. As the Mortgage Turns works better than The Young and the Penniless. |
| 8:44
| Steve did take the time to download the them for As the World Turns. That's just some of the show prep Steve does when Buzz is goofing off. |
| 8:45
| Buzz doesn't like the music. It sounds like something from a 1970s French romantic comedy. Steve's not sure if this is the actual theme or just other music from the show. |
| 8:46
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 8:47
| Steve's going to take a break and then talk to Pat Boyle. He wants to find out about his night with Danimal. |
| 8:48
| Pat missed his wake-up call yesterday. When does that ever happen at a hotel? One of the key functions of a hotel is the wake-up call. |
| 8:54
| That's a drop-in from My Boys, a show Pete only watches for the drop-ins. He can't really like it can he? |
| 8:55
| Pete does like it actually. What's wrong with him? |
| 8:56
| Steve calls down to the weather center. It's snowing out right? And travel times are doubled or tripled. Jim watches Lost, did he see the premiere last night? |
| 8:57
| Steve watched the recap before the premier and he totally got it. Then he watched the next hour and he was lost again. |
| 8:58
| It's obvious that the producers of the show went in with no idea what they were going to do. Then it became a hit and now they're just making it up as they go along! That's all, Steve just wanted to vent. |
| 8:59
| It's Peanut Butter Jelly time. Pat is back in Chicago. He had a nightmare flight but getting home from the airport was even worse. |
| 9:00
| None of the cabs wanted to come to O'Hare. A Hub Arkush doesn't have a limo? What about Danimal, doesn't he have a Chevy picking them up? |
| 9:01
| Pat did get home eventually, did he have to hitchhike? They were trying to double people up in the cabs which Pat didn't want to do. He doesn't like talking to people on his flight, he's not going to talk to people in the cab. |
| 9:02
| Pat called the wife and told her he was going to take the train. But he didn't realize that cabs would be just as hard to find when he got off the train. Mrs. Boyle doesn't pick him up? She had to watch the kids, they were in bed and it was late. |
| 9:03
| So Pat walked a few blocks to a bar, had a few cocktails and then had them call him a cab. |
| 9:04
| Let's do sports and then Pat can talk about his night out with Danimal. |
| 9:05
| There was a fight at the Blackhawks practice yesterday. It was Duncan Keith and Patrick Sharp. They should have been beating up Khabibulin. They need to just leave that guy behind at the next stop. |
| 9:06
| The Hawks would be better off having 6 guys skating and leaving the goal untended. Just leave the stick in the crease and hope the puck gets stopped. |
| 9:07
| Buzz is wondering why they allow fights in hockey. It's a self-regulating sport. If they hit your guy then you send your goon on them. It cuts out the step of having the commissioner's office involved. |
| 9:08
| It's sort of like in the old days when you could hit a guy in a bar just because of how he was acting. You can't do that any more. |
| 9:09
| Pat has some audio from The Dreamy One, Tom Brady. The teams will be on media lockdown starting today though. |
| 9:10
| Buzz is wondering what happens if the Patriots lose. That's counted against their season so they can't be called perfection. Then Buzz comes away victorious, along with Mercury Morris and Larry Csonka. |
| 9:11
| There's no way the Patriots lose on Sunday. The question is whether they annihilate the Giants or it's a close game. It seems like after the Plaxico Burress stuff, they've set it to annihilate. |
| 9:12
| If the Giants do win though, Pat can see Buzz in the studio on Monday, kicking back with some champagne in his turquoise Speedo. It's weird that Pat is fantasizing about Buzz in a Speedo. Plus everyone knows he wears orange. |
| 9:13
| So Pat was in Arizona and he went out with Waddle and Danimal. Then Danimal left with Mrs. Danimal to go meet Ditka. The thing about the Arizona Super Bowl is that it's very spread out. Is this where Pat complains about how spread out everything is. |
| 9:14
| Pat and Waddle went out to dinner with a few guys from Waddle's station. What restaurant did they go to? Pat doesn't seem to want to answer. |
| 9:15
| They had sushi. What a squandered opportunity! No wonder Danimal left them. Did they at least go to a fully nude strip club after that? Probably not. He just went back to his hotel and forgot to put in a wake up call. |
| 9:16
| Actually what happened there is that they put in Pat's shuttle time as his wake-up time. Pat's transportation needs are boring to Steve. |
| 9:17
| Pat's a transportational lightweight. Remind Steve to ask about that stuff next time he interviews someone to work here. Although most of the people on the show don't have cars and they get around alright. |
| 9:18
| Sushi! Steve really hopes that wasn't Tom Waddle's idea. Maybe Dan Falato is out there, he used to produce Kaplan and Waddle on WGN> |
| 9:22
| News with Buzz |
| 9:23
| National Weather Service forecasters say snow hitting the Chicago area should stop sometime around noon. The winter storm warning remains in effect until 6 pm tonight. |
| 9:24
| In the final debate before Super Tuesday Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton squared off. They mainly attacked George Bush and were cordial to each other. The Sun-Times endorsed Obama (yo momma) in the Super Tuesday primary. |
| 9:25
| A video has surfaced featuring Barack Obama endorsing the decriminalization of marijuana. |
| 9:26
| A New Jersey woman is facing charges after a bar fight in which she tried to rip a turban off a man's head. She was trying to get into his turban. |
| 9:27
| Joel Brodsky has turned over photos to Fox News that he believes could be photos of Stacy. Everyday it seems like Peterson and Brodsky won't be able to top themselves but they do. |
| 9:28
| Steve didn't think they'd be able to top the divorce attorney but then they come up with these photos. |
| 9:29
| A retired police officer says he saw Stacy in Thailand. Stacy always liked Thai food. She wanted to go to the place where Pad Thai was invented but it was probably invented here. |
| 9:30
| Beginning today, and for one week, Hannah Montana hits the big screen in 3D. |
| 9:31
| Steve's looking at the pictures Joel Brodsky gave Fox, that is not Stacy Peterson. |
| 9:32
| It would be nice if it was Stacy, then Drew could start dating again. He hasn't heard back from the divorce attorney, Corri Fetman. That's not Corey Feldman from the TV show. |
| 9:33
| You have to give Drew and Joel credit because they keep topping themselves. They'll have something really good on Monday after a weekend of working on it. |
| 9:34
| Patrick Bertoletti is on the phone. He fell short of first place behind Joey Chestnut. Loser! |
| 9:35
| Patrick ate 227 wings but Joey Chestnut had about 241. He ate 227 wings?! He was probably too focused on the strippers. |
| 9:36
| Patrick tried to get some of the girls to go back to the after party with him but they seemed freaked out by the mohawk. You can go either way on those things. |
| 9:37
| Britney Spears has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder according to TMZ's Harvey Levin. |
| 9:38
| Britney has also accused her mom of sleeping with her paparazzo boyfriend. He doesn't seem like the type of guy who would do that does he? |
| 9:39
| Paris Hilton has been spotted partying with Elisha Cuthbert. The pair were seen dancing, drinking and kissing. That's so hot. |
| 9:47
| Who was Freckle Face Grape talking to on Fox News Pete? That was John Gibson. Drew's not familiar with him. Fox is his walk-off station though, he's got another interview coming today. |
| 9:48
| Entertainment Tonight and The Insider paid $200,000 for a Heath Ledger video but they're not airing it. |
| 9:49
| Steve watches all the entertainment shows but he can't keep track of which is which. All those shows are very good at promoting what they're going to do but never actually do anything. |
| 9:50
| Both shows purchased tragic video of Heath Ledger. Was that from their Tragic Video department? |
| 9:51
| The footage was shot without Heath's knowledge at the Chateau Marmont in 2006, after the SAG awards. Heath is shown talking at a private party after snorting a cocaine-like substance, holding a rolled up bill in his hand. |
| 9:52
| Steve didn't see that, he just saw Heath talking to someone about his daughter saying his girlfriend was going to kill him. |
| 9:53
| But they're not showing the rest of the video out of respect to his family. When did they care about the family before? |
| 9:54
| Why are they telling us any of this? |
| 9:55
| The kid is dead, it seems like maybe someone should have gotten involved sooner. Jack Nicholson said he warned Heath Ledger. |
| 9:56
| It seems like someone should have helped him before he died. It would be interesting to have a show where they try to stop people. |
| 9:57
| The reason these people go nuts is because they're hounded wherever they go and everything they do is photographed. |
| 9:58
| Some people can handle it but it seems like a lot of actors and actresses are fragile. |
| 9:59
| Buzz has been a Britney fan since that video where she was dressed up as a school girl. It's unbelievable that it's gotten to this point. |
| 10:00
| She's sort of an idiot though. Then you put the screws to her and have these paparazzi camping out in front of her house asking stupid questions. All they do is ask stupid questions. |
