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| 5:31
| Is that song over? Steve can never tell with the Def Leppard. Was there a false ending on that song? Steve and Buzz were just sitting in the studio practicing the show. Based on that practice they've got a great show in store. |
| 5:32
| You can never hear too much Def Leppard. Actually you can, on Jack FM. Steve's monitors seem further away than normal, like someone monkeyed with them. |
| 5:33
| There's a weird sound happening when Steve brings up Pete's studio. It sounds like the effect they use on The Doobie Brothers' Listen to the Music. It definitely seems like someone was monkeying around. |
| 5:34
| Steve the engineer might have been in the studio on Friday doing something. Steve the engineer is like a puppy that followed Steve home. |
| 5:35
| Steve likes the engineer but he's a weird guy. He comes down to the studio everyday and just stares at Steve. It's a soul-sucking stare too. He might be undressing him with his eyes. |
| 5:36
| Steve and Buzz shouldn't sound like this though. Maybe Pete could cue that song up. |
| 5:37
| Steve the engineer has called in. Steve always thinks this name is Steve Austin but it's Steven Wright. You know he's just laying in bed nude listening to the show. One of these years at a Christmas party Buzz is going to walk into a room and see something he won't believe. |
| 5:38
| Steve the engineer was in the studio on Friday and he did push the monitors back. He was working on Steve's headphone issue and he thought he put the monitors back in their place. |
| 5:39
| He's not sure why Steve sounds the way he does. There's some sort of phase shift going on. Steve and Buzz love it though. |
| 5:40
| Steve was just kidding about all that other stuff though. But if he's going to come down to the studio could he at least laugh? Maybe he could wear shades as well. |
| 5:41
| Buzz can hear what Steve's talking about right? Steve just started up Listen to the Music and he can't hear it. We're having some technical difficulties around here. |
| 5:42
| Maybe only Steve and Buzz could hear the phase shift from Pete's studio since the song seems to be coming in to one channel. Good thing we're not on the air yet. |
| 5:43
| This is not the way Steve wanted to start the show off today. Steve the engineer fiddled with things on Thursday but then he did some more fiddling on Friday. |
| 5:44
| Steve would have come down here on Saturday to make sure everything was OK. It's not like he had anything else to do. |
| 5:45
| Caller Matt is reminded of Steve's early days with the surliness and the one channel of sound. He can hear the phase-shifting though right? |
| 5:46
| Sometimes it's hard for Steve to tell what people can hear while they're listening to the radio at home. Occasionally he switches over to the air feed to hear it something was dumped and gets Fresh FM instead. |
| 5:47
| The other day someone came up to Buzz and expressed shock when he learned about the switch to mornings. Buzz found that hard to believe since there was so much talk about it. When the guy called Fresh FM they wouldn't tell him where Steve went. |
| 5:48
| Steve's going to put that on his list, right after figuring out what's wrong in the studio. It's disheartening to know that though since Fresh FM is part of the CBS Chicago radio cluster. |
| 5:49
| Steve should probably take a break before he plays The Doobie Brothers. He's not sure if the commercials will be heard or not but he's going to let them play like everything is fine. |
| 5:50
| The commercials sound like The Doobie Brothers as well. |
| 5:53
| Steve can't in good conscience play a commercial break that sounds like that. Just to make sure someone needs to call in and make sure it sounds out-of-phase. |
| 5:54
| Steve and Buzz will just have to chat and then rock from the CD player until the problem is resolved. Whenever Steve sees his monitors in the wrong place his sphincter tightens just a little bit. |
| 5:55
| Caller Rob confirms that the commercials also sound like Listen to the Music. He's wondering if he could play Def Leppard like that. |
| 5:56
| The silver lining in this situation is amazing to Buzz. Thank God Steve can switch into silver lining mode. |
| 5:57
| Steve has Listen to the Music but it doesn't seem like the regular version. It must be a live version. Things just keep getting better. |
| 5:58
| Steve's thinking about going back home right about now. It's 50/50 at this point. Steve's going to have to buy the song off iTunes. It's sort of good that he doesn't have the song in his collection. |
| 5:59
| Caller Tim is listening to Steve and driving in his H2 with an 8 speaker sound system. It sounds like AM radio. |
| 6:00
| Steve's going to keep Tim on the line while he makes sure the song sounds alright. He might have to talk to him for a half hour if it doesn't. Steve hopes Tim wasn't one of those guys doing 20 in the left lane on Friday. |
| 6:01
| Tim wasn't driving slow, he makes his own lanes. That's good to hear because on Friday Steve got behind a guy in an H3 doing 20. He's an embarrassment to all Hummer drivers. |
| 6:02
| It's funny because right when Steve came into the studio he had to decide if he should mention that his monitor's had been moved. It's one of his pet peeves. Turns out that was the least of his problems. |
| 6:03
| Song: Listen to the Music, The Doobie Brothers |
| 6:06
| Like a lazy flowing river, surrounding castles in the sky. Steve's having some issues with the console. It's digital and it's in some weird mode so things are out-of-phase. |
| 6:07
| Pete is in the studio taunting Steve, bending over the table and shaking his sweet ass. That's the money maker. |
| 6:08
| Pete had to reset something. That's all he had to do? It looked like he knew what he was doing but he shrugged and gave Steve an "I don't know " look like he's Jack Benny. Rochester! |
| 6:09
| Steve's about 5 minutes away from going home and going back to bed. Should Steve try it now, is it ready to go? Cross your fingers Buzz. Steve's managed to keep it together for 39 minutes but he can't promise anything past 40. |
| 6:10
| Someone needs to bring Steve a long record so we can reset the entire system. Or maybe Penny can play something from downstairs. Problem solver Steve is checking in now. |
| 6:11
| Steve calls down to Penny. She loves when he sings for her. Penny's got Life's Been Good by Joe Walsh, it's 8 minutes long. That'll give Steve just enough time to get to his car and be out of here before anyone knows he's left. |
| 6:12
| Song: Life's Been Good, Joe Walsh |
| 6:18
| For Steve's money he still doesn't have a good reason for why Eagles didn't play the Super Bowl 2XL Halftime show. That was a Super Bowl named after Steve's waistline. |
| 6:19
| Who would say no to the Super Bowl? Steve does like Tom Petty and he liked those tunes but that guy needs to wear a bag over his head. The beard didn't help either. As a beard wearer Buzz probably didn't like that look. |
| 6:20
| Steve likes the fringe jacket though. He still has the first one he ever bought for $150. That was a lot of money back in the 30's. Maybe the jacket was $50. Does $150 seem like too much? |
| 6:21
| It was the real suede jacket with the fringes and everything, just like David Crosby had. $150 seems about right. |
| 6:22
| Everything has been reset so cross your fingers that it works. Steve doesn't know what will happen if it doesn't work. Is Buzz prepared to go over to Lou Mitchell's for breakfast? It's a perfect sledding day too. |
| 6:27
| Everything seems to be working in the studio, let's pretend they were working all along. There are people just rolling out of bed right now and they don't know the trouble Steve and Buzz have seen. Nobody know the trouble they seen. |
| 6:28
| Live read: G Boutique |
| 6:29
| Steve stopped short in this live read after he saw something troubling in the next sentence. Brendan will be at the G Boutique Models & Martini night, offering love advice. |
| 6:30
| This is what Steve gets for letting people who work for him do appearances and charge less. Steve's fee would have been negotiable considering there were going to be models there. |
| 6:31
| How did Steve miss out on this? He was at the meeting when they discussed it and they didn't have Steve or Buzz money. They had Brendan money and as you can imagine there's a disparity. |
| 6:32
| That seems like a sweet gig Brendan got. It sounds like the kind of gig that you can't believe they're paying you for. Buzz is wondering if that will be one-on-one counseling. He'll probably do that and then an overview. |
| 6:33
| He'll probably just be trying to get into the g-strings of the G GIrls. He works everyone. Everyone! Eventually that pays off though. |
| 6:34
| Time for today's web poll. Friday's question was "do you blow of shovel?" Steve did some blowing over the weekend because his blow guy didn't get close enough to the curb. Steve prefers people park on the street than in the driveway, especially if they have leaky cars. |
| 6:35
| The snow was heavy enough that Steve got a cardio workout just from using the snowblower. He didn't have to shovel. Steve's not sure why his plow guy doesn't hit his house first. Spike O'Dell's plow guy probably gets his place plowed first. Eric & Kathy too! |
| 6:36
| Today's web poll question is "have you ever been offended by an advertisement in a store." Dateline Virginia Beach, Virginia. Police seized photos in an Abercrombie & Fitch store after customer complaints. |
| 6:37
| Steve's been in that store a few times. It's enjoyable because they have loud rock music and hot chicks but they don't have anything that fits Steve. |
| 6:38
| Steve goes in there occasionally just to drive himself crazy. It's close he can't wear and girls he can't have. The girls wear flip-flops which he also likes. He's not a foot guy but he likes that casual nature. |
| 6:39
| Police cited the manager of the store on obscenity charges. Store management had not heeded warnings to remove the photos so they were cited. |
| 6:40
| The mural-like black and white photos depict three shirtless men walking in a field. One man is pulling his pants up but you can still see his upper buttocks. |
| 6:41
| The photo is on the website, Steve will have to find it. He normally checks their website every week but he didn't today. |
| 6:42
| There's also a girl in the photo. That makes it more titillating. It's either a girl or David Lee Roth, which would make it less titillating. |
| 6:43
| The other image is of a woman who is topless with her hands covering her nipples. That's the part you have to cover right? |
| 6:44
| The store's corporate offices in Ohio were closed on Saturday. It's funny that they're so hip but the store is from Ohio. Hopefully that doesn't get out. |
| 6:45
| Caller Rob used to work in Virginia Beach, they have some weird obscenities out there. You can't swear on the beach or at the stores near the beach. |
| 6:46
| A few of Rob's friends went out to a bar and at the end of the night there was an issue with the bill. They thought it was too high, one of them started swearing and the cops were called. |
| 6:47
| Steve goes to Abercrombie & Fitch sometimes, if he's Christmas shopping. If he has to wait for a Genius at the Apple Store he'll grab a pretzel from Auntie Anne's and sit in front of Abercrombie. |
| 6:48
| While Steve sits there he thinks there's no way any girl would think an old man gumming a pretzel is hot. Sometimes he takes his shirt off. |
| 6:49
| Do they still put the catalog out? It seems like most kids would prefer to go to the store or shop online. |
| 6:50
| Remind Steve never to go to Virginia Beach. |
| 6:59
| Caller Jim didn't know Bruce Weber was a photographer for Abercrombie & Fitch. He does that in his spare time, when he's not coaching U of I. |
| 7:00
| He goes to all these high schools on recruiting trips, that's probably where he finds his subjects. |
| 7:01
| News with Buzz |
| 7:02
| The big news is that the New England Patriots came up one game short in their bid for perfection. Steve forgot Buzz was vested in this. |
| 7:03
| This is good news for Buzz because he's a Dolphins fan. Those guys on the '72 team seem like idiots every time they show them. Steve was up early on Sunday and he happened to catch the '73 Super Bowl with the Dolphins. |
| 7:04
| Steve emailed Buzz that it was on but he didn't respond until after it was over. Steve told him they'd won, just in case he didn't know. Buzz was sleeping when the email came. He informed the family afterwards that they'd won which prompted Piper to go into her room, get all her Miami gear on and do 10 minutes of cheers for them. She's an enthusiastic youngster. |
| 7:05
| Steve had money on the Patriots even though he wanted the Giants to win. Todd Cavanah was out in Vegas and he convinced Steve to go with the Patriots. |
| 7:06
| Once Steve saw the pre-game he wanted the Giants to win but it was too late to change his bet. He was the only person rooting for the Patriots in his house, at least until he realized they weren't going to cover the spread. |
| 7:07
| Steve feels that everyone else in his house was rooting for the Giants just because they knew he had money on the Patriots. He lost $100,000 on that game, no big deal. |
| 7:08
| If the Patriots do in fact cheat more than any other team then maybe they got theirs. That Bill Belichick does seem like kind of a jerk. He left the field before the game was over and he also said he taped the Giants run-thru on Saturday. It didn't seem to do any good. |
| 7:09
| Steve thought those Sales Genie ads were the worst one. That was a waste of millions of dollars. Steve always thinks there weren't any good ones but then he looks at the Ad Meter on USA Today and he remembers them. |
| 7:10
| His favorite one, also the most popular, was the Dalmatian training the clydesdale in the Budweiser ad. The second most popular was the FedEx ad with the giant pigeons, then the Bridgestone ad with the screaming squirrel. |
| 7:11
| Buzz had to bring Piper out and show here the Bridgestone ad but she wasn't impressed. Of course she lives in a world of screaming squirrels and other animals. |
| 7:12
| Steve did not see the number 4 ad with the mouse going for the whole bag of Doritos. Number 5 and 6 were Budweiser ads. |
| 7:13
| Steve liked the #7 ad with the Macy's balloons of Underdog and Stewie going for the Coke bottle and then Charlie Brown gets it. |
| 7:14
| Actually Steve's favorite one was the E-Trade ad with the baby who was trading stocks online and rented the clown with the money. |
| 7:15
| There were a lot of ads that shouldn't be on the Super Bowl though. Steve's sick of that U.S. Cellular ad where they talk like babies. |
| 7:16
| A storm that moved through the area last night dropped as much as 5 inches in places like Grundy County. Steve lives in Grundy of course, on his massive Grundy estate. |
| 7:17
| State police report 40 spin-outs or crashes and 450 flights were canceled. Rain is expected today with more snow on Tuesday and Wednesday. |
| 7:18
| It's supposed to warm up so all that snow will melt. That's good for Steve, he just got some new pumps installed. It's a dream come true for Steve, his new neighbor is a plumber who specializes in pumps. What's Steve's entire life about? Pumps! Plus he's got pumps in stock at his house, in the event of an emergency. |
| 7:19
| Unbeknownst to Steve he had two pumps out in his house. He also has a new system in place to test that his pumps are working. There's a little straw that comes out and you suck on it, then plug it back in. It seems makeshift to Buzz but it's not, it's just physics. |
| 7:20
| There was a survivor of the shooting at a Lane Bryant store in Tinley Park over the weekend. She was released from the hospital yesterday and was working with police to identify the suspect. |
| 7:21
| John McCain is quietly confident that he'll win the Republican nomination. Steve doesn't trust Mitt Romney. He doesn't trust anyone who would spend that much of his own money to get elected. |
| 7:22
| Maria Shriver has endorsed Barack Obama for President. Steve said the other day that Schwarzenegger's endorsement of McCain wasn't a big deal because he's reviled in California. Only Steve's dad reviles him though. |
| 7:23
| Hidden camera footage shows teenager Joran van der Sloot admitting he was with Natalee Holloway when she was dying on a beach in Aruba. |
| 7:24
| The Israeli army has suspended several soldiers after they were filmed mooning Palestinians. |
| 7:25
| A Texas man claimed he was trying to remove a demon from his wife's body when she died in their home. The man was holding his wife's face against a rug in a bathroom when she died. |
| 7:33
| It was a year ago today that Steve was at the Super Bowl in Miami. The weather on that day was not unlike the weather we have today in Chicago. |
| 7:34
| At some point during the game yesterday Steve was sent into a depression over last year's Super Bowl. He realized how fortunate the Bears were to even get to the Super Bowl. But they had that idiot Rex Grossman at the helm. Then they went and screwed the team up this season. |
| 7:35
| Steve was trying to figure out at what point in last year's game he lost hope. It was definitely before halftime. Then he went to the bathroom and missed Prince, which was probably the highlight if you weren't a Colts fan. |
| 7:36
| Steve likes Tom Petty last night but that whole thing seems unnecessary. He comes out and does 3 songs, then what? |
| 7:37
| Steve used the halftime show to jump the buffet line. Everyone else watched it so Steve was first in line. |
| 7:38
| Steve went through a lot changes throughout the game because he had money on it. Steve should have gone Giants but Todd Cavanah convinced him to go with the Patriots. |
| 7:39
| Steve's trying to get an invite to Vegas with Todd so he went Patriots, he wanted to be down with him. |
| 7:40
| Eventually Steve started rooting for the Giants. It was cool to have Peyton Manning up in a skybox watching everything. |
| 7:41
| The game was exciting though. Then afterwards Steve watched all the New York City newscasts just to rub his face in it. |
| 7:42
| Steve has to say that although people seemed excited, it would have been a bigger deal in Chicago. There was a mini riot but by the time the news was on everyone had gone home. |
| 7:43
| It was more of a measured reaction in New York. Say what you will about New York but they handle things better. The parade is on Tuesday through Lower Manhattan but it could rain. Steve can't remember what they call that area, the Canyon of Greatness or something. |
| 7:44
| We've got some delays at O'Hare today, 2 hours and 35 minutes on average. At Midway, only 15. It seems like Midway is your best bet in the winter. |
| 7:45
| That's just a random tip from Steve. Another random tip, although one Buzz might not fully appreciate, is that you can text G-O-O-G-L with a flight number, or Oak Brook Mall and it'll come back with info. It's amazing. |
| 7:46
| Steve learned that one from his kids actually but he kept forgetting to mention it. |
| 7:47
| Steve's going to try it now. How about Prudential Plaza. Could he have picked something that was easier to type? |
| 7:48
| When Steve types in Prudential Plaza he gets back a listing for Giordano's. Steve uses it mostly for flights. |
| 7:55
| So that Google thing is pretty handy. Steve uses it a lot. Buzz loves Google. |
| 7:56
| On Steve's phone the number you get back is highlighted in blue so all you have to do is touch it on the iPhone. |
| 7:57
| Steve tried to Google himself but no results came back. Maybe it's only limited to flights and restaurants. |
| 7:58
| It's good that it doesn't come back with Steve's home address or something. That's a silver lining. |
| 7:59
| Live read: Kent Dean |
| 8:00
| It's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. It's Manager Monday and on the phone is Christine Rojas from the Taco Bell in Elk Grove. |
| 8:01
| Super Bowl Sunday is sort of a down day at Taco Bell, they don't deliver. How great would it be to have a guy bring you a hundred tacos. |
| 8:02
| Steve saw a Taco Bell ad during the game yesterday with the new Fiesta Platter. It's only $4.99 and it's a whole meal! How do they do it?! |
| 8:03
| If Steve's ever in the Elk Grove Village area he'll stop by Christine's Taco Bell. |
| 8:04
| Here's the official word on the Google text messages. Personalized SMS saves your location for future use. So you can probably just type in "pizza" and get something back. It'll probably come back "you don't need any" or "haven't you had enough?" |
| 8:05
| It's not coming back, maybe Steve threw the entire system off. Maybe more people are checking it out because he's talking about it. |
| 8:06
| Last week Steve was talking about Cheez-Its and when he went to order some on Peapod they didn't have the regular size. Although the good news is the Big Cheez-It is where it's at. |
| 8:07
| The Google results are coming back, they're all places he knows. Steve learned yesterday that pepperoni is the #1 pizza topping. |
| 8:08
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 8:09
| Last year at the Super Bowl they had the parking lot set-up bad. There was a lot of snow fence around so you had to go really far out of your way to get to your car. |
| 8:10
| It was also raining and your team has just lost so it's really irritating. Plus there are guys trying to sell you Bears Super Bowl XLI champion shirts for .99¢ |
| 8:11
| The boys brought all of their luggage because the plan was to go to the post-game party at the Bears hotel and then to the airport. So the boys were all naked in the backseat changing. |
| 8:12
| Even though the Patriots lost they will be heroes to poor families in various countries. The incorrect t-shirts saying the Patriots won will go to families throughout the world. |
| 8:13
| If these kids grow up to be football fans they're going to be screwed up. They'll think the Bears won the Super Bowl last year. |
| 8:14
| Ryan Seacrest was on the red carpet at the Super Bowl last night. Steve actually doesn't mind Ryan Seacrest, although he knows that's against the prevailing sentiment. |
| 8:15
| Steve likes Seacrest on the American Idol tryout portion, that's when he shines. So he didn't mind him on the red carpet. What he did mind was the guy from House, which was on after the game, saying he'd never been to a football game before. That didn't make Steve want to watch the show. |
| 8:16
| House is very popular but Steve doesn't watch it. Buzz knows Hugh Laurie from Stuart Little. He's very good at not having an accent. |
| 8:17
| A significant portion of Bears merchandise was distributed to Namibia. So if you go there it's like the Bears won the Super Bowl. |
| 8:24
| The speakers were up too loud on the red carpet so there was a wash out on Ryan Seacrest's mic. Steve likes Ryan Seacrest though. |
| 8:25
| People just get mad at him because he has all these jobs. They're not jobs Steve would want or that he thinks he'd be good at. He's not a judge on American Idol although he's probably just as qualified as the other judges. |
| 8:26
| On Friday people got pizza because they showed up to work. It was in the Fresh FM conference room. |
| 8:27
| What do Steve and Buzz get for getting in at 5 am? They should get lasagna and salad or something. |
| 8:28
| Steve didn't know that not showing up was an option on Friday. Businesses close like schools. |
| 8:29
| Alright it's Peanut Butter Jelly time. Steve didn't know the Peanut Butter Jelly Song was an actual song. Buzz's bodyguard, Chris Wood, has it in his iPod. |
| 8:30
| Chris delivers an excellent rendition of the song. Were Buzz and Chris out drinking over the weekend? |
| 8:31
| Buzz had a gig at the House of Blues on Friday. He was surprised by the turnout although the band became mutinous. They did two 90 minute sets and about 75 minutes into the second set there was some grumbling. |
| 8:32
| Pat Boyle is on the phone. Just as expected we had a low-scoring Super Bowl in which the Giants won. Remind Steve never to bet on a game again. He lost over a quarter of a million yesterday. |
| 8:33
| Steve would have won $270 if the Patriots had covered. While he can appreciate the value of $270 it's not worth taking all the fun out of the game. |
| 8:34
| Maybe Steve should speak at a Gambler's Anonymous meeting or something. He's not addicted to gambling though. |
| 8:35
| People are saying it's the most exciting Super Bowl ever. Steve's not sure if that's true. Buzz can say it's true, he's seen and remembers all 42 of them. |
| 8:36
| Buzz has a little extra get-up in his step after the Dolphins perfect season was preserved. Well that's good for Buzz, even though he didn't bother to wake up early yesterday and watch the '73 Super Bowl with the Dolphins. |
| 8:37
| Steve likes watching those old games just to see how horrendous the graphics are. He can't believe that was on broadcast television. |
| 8:38
| The game bummed Steve out though. He went outside and hosed himself down and then burned some money after the game. |
| 8:39
| The play of the game had to be Eli Manning, escaping the grasp of two Patriots, then hurling the ball to David Tyree. He caught the ball by pinning it to his head. |
| 8:40
| Why does everybody hate Joe Buck? Steve thought he gave the Sox a short shrift when they won the World Series but he's a good broadcaster. |
| 8:41
| It was good for Michael Strahan too, he's been in the league for a while and missed their last Super Bowl. He should try to give a few more interviews too. |
| 8:42
| As it turns out Plaxico Burress' prediction wasn't too far off. He said the Pats would only score 17 points and Brady seemed offended by that. They didn't even score 17. |
| 8:43
| The only negative is that the '72 Dolphins can continue to gloat. They live in the past, because it was in 1972. As Coach says, the past is for losers. |
| 8:44
| Buzz can join those guys on the Rubber Chicken circuit. The thing is those guys will be dead soon. Plus we don't have to have the debate about the Patriots being the greatest team ever. |
| 8:45
| Tiger Woods won in Dubai over the weekend. He got $3 million just for showing up! |
| 8:53
| What are these football players taking that makes them cry? You have to stifle it, that's your job as a man. |
| 8:54
| Live read: Pro Flowers |
| 8:55
| Song: Love Me When I'm Gone, Three Doors Down |
| 8:59
| Buzz loves Three Doors Down of course. Steve prefers Two Doors Down, they're a little more mainstream. |
| 9:00
| News with Buzz |
| 9:01
| The good news is that the snow has stopped but get ready for fog the rest of the day. Then tomorrow night a winter storm goes into effect until Wednesday morning. |
| 9:02
| The fog is spooky to Buzz. If you saw Stephen King's The Mist it looked just like this. |
| 9:03
| The manhunt continues for the man who killed 5 women at a Lane Bryant store in Tinley Park. |
| 9:04
| Following in his brother's footsteps Eli Manning led the Giants to a Super Bowl upset over the New England Patriots. |
| 9:05
| Steve's Thought for the Day today was "I bet it REALLY sucks to be the third Manning brother today" and of course he got back emails from people saying Cooper Manning was the better athlete and that he's involved in some phase of the family business. |
| 9:06
| That doesn't matter. The guy could make more money than his brothers, he could get laid more, he could be more well-endowed. But his brother's both won Super Bowls. |
| 9:07
| Joran van der Sloot says he was with Natalee Holloway on a beach In Aruba when she died. That's according to hidden camera footage. |
| 9:08
| Another email Steve got today in response to the Thought for the Day was "no Steve, I bet he was a pretty big part of what we saw last night. Sometimes it's what's behind the curtain that counts." |
| 9:09
| Who sends that kind of email to someone? It was a guy who sent it too. Who sends a lecture email to another guy, unless he's in your employ. |
| 9:10
| The three month old writer's strike could be coming to an end soon, at least according to the LA Times. |
| 9:11
| A teenage boy is being charged with the murder of his parents and two younger brothers in Maryland. |
| 9:12
| Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir will play a Get Out the Vote concert in San Francisco tonight for Barack Obama. |
| 9:13
| The Hannah Montana movie was #1 at the box office over the weekend. Last weekend it was Here Come the Spartans. Is that a porno? |
| 9:14
| It's actually Meet the Spartans, it's a take off on 300. Buzz hasn't taken Piper to the Hannah Montana movie yet, probably this week. |
| 9:23
| Steve's got something on the TV right now, it's good news for him and Buzz. It's the Kanoki Foot pad. |
| 9:24
| You put it on your feet when you sleep and it draws toxins out of your body. When you wake up the next day it's all dirty. You know why? Because your feet are dirty! |
| 9:25
| That can't work can it? Buzz thinks it does but he's not getting any. He's comfortable with his level of toxicity. |
| 9:26
| Buzz comes from a homeopathic household so that's how he knows they work. Aimee used them for a while and they worked but there's some funny reason why she stopped. |
| 9:27
| Buzz portrays himself as a good listener but occasionally his mind wanders. Steve's familiar with that. |
| 9:28
| If it really worked they wouldn't be advertising on CLTV would they? They don't have the right equipment to detox Steve and Buzz. |
| 9:29
| You can order the pads and if you need more you can get a lifetime supply, only paying shipping and handling. That's probably where they make all their money. |
| 9:30
| If they really worked they wouldn't need to advertise them like this. They would also be able to sell them for whatever they wanted. |
| 9:31
| Live read: Gladstone Homes |
| 9:32
| Caller Richard is wondering if those pads pull out stuff like THC and opium. SO he hasn't been suckered into buying one, he's just trying to pass a drug test. |
| 9:33
| Caller Bill's wife and daughter have been suckered into using these things and something comes out into the pad. It's the dirty feet! |
| 9:34
| Bill does know a guy who goes a homeopathic doctor for a treatment. He puts his feet in a bucket of water with an electrode in it and a copper wire hooked up to a battery. |
| 9:35
| When that gets switched on the bucket turns black. That probably has something to do with plating. That's how they plate metal. |
| 9:36
| Of course Steve's sitting here and Buzz has his feet in a bucket. |
| 9:37
| Steve's going to open the mailbag for an official Mailbag segment. He got an email over the weekend from someone complaining that the Mailbag theme is used everywhere. |
| 9:38
| Letterman does have a similar theme but Steve owns the song, he bought it on a CD. |
| 9:39
| Steve has an email that says "Copper Manning" and he thought it was the bucket thing. It's actually a response to the Thought for the Day about Cooper Manning. |
| 9:40
| The first emailer is the manager of Harold Livingston and the Mile Mark 24 Band, of Florida. They're a Trop Rock band and they'll be touring through Chicago this summer. |
| 9:41
| They were looking to send some CDs and maybe come on the show. They were told by a local chapter of Parrotheads about Steve. |
| 9:42
| The next emailer said they saw Drew out to dinner with the hot blond divorce attorney over the weekend. Steve's not sure if that's true though. |
| 9:43
| The next emailer wants Steve to rename the double throat clearing as the citywide throat clearing. He doesn't think he's the only person who clears his throat when Steve does. |
| 9:44
| That's from Tim, a podcast listener in New York. Congratulations to your Giants Tim, if you're a Giants fan. He could be a Chicago transplant. |
| 9:45
| At this time last year Steve was leaving the house for the Super Bowl. He really didn't think it would keep raining but it did. Steve's still catching grief from his boys for not getting into that Penthouse party. |
| 9:46
| Steve was looking at the recap of the Super Bowl last year trying to figure out why it was so hopeless at halftime. |
| 9:47
| The Bears scored zero in the second quarter and the Colts scored 10. Right there you're bummed out and skitterish. Imagine being a Patriots fan though. They all thought a win was a given. Can you blame them? |
| 9:54
| Steve has been seeing a lot of Tom Brady on TV, post-game. He hasn't heard any of it, does Pete have something he could cue up? |
| 9:55
| There's still an issue when Steve brings up Pete's studio, it's got the Listen to the Music effect on it. |
| 9:56
| Steve the engineer is here but he was told not to come by until after the show. There were some technical difficulties at the beginning of the show. Steve feels he worked through them though. |
| 9:57
| The web poll question from earlier today was "have you ever been offended by an advertisement at a retail store?" There were 2812 people who said no and 292 who said yes. Steve's not offended by anything. |
| 9:58
| Steve's offended by Rex Grossman not paying attention during that New Year's Eve game last year. But if he's offended by something like a sign or a display he ignores it. |
| 9:59
| Alright here's some Tom Brady. One thing he forgot to leave out was that he still gets to go nail Giselle Bundchen. |
