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| 5:31
| WJMK, 104.3 Jack FM, good morning everybody. Feels Like the First Time, comin' around in the Windy Town. |
| 5:32
| Steve's had some contact with the boys from Foreigner over the years. None of them were great. You could tell that they knew their showbiz clock was ticking so they made the most of their time. They acted like jerks to everyone. |
| 5:33
| Steve's advice to all you youngsters out there, looking to get into music, is to develop your talents and always be changing. Look at Jeff Tweedy. He's always changing from album to album and sometimes fans get mad but then look, Wilco is nominated for a Grammy. |
| 5:34
| Other good examples include Dave Grohl and Neil Young. They're always changing, they're enigmatic. Bob Dylan's the same way. Then you become a fan of the person and not just the music. They take you along for the ride. |
| 5:35
| The worst experience Steve had with Foreigner was when Teenage Radiation opened up for them at Alpine Valley. Steve doesn't remember all the details but not because he was stoned. Although he probably was stoned. |
| 5:36
| Last night at the Comcast Sports Awards Steve found himself chugging a glass of water and eating two Altoids every time he was backstage. He's thinking there was a time when those were other substances. Buzz is wondering why Altoids. Maybe because they're powdery and can be crushed up and snorted. |
| 5:37
| The make-up lady had the green Altoids which Steve had never had. So he sent down for a tin of them. Sadly he left them behind. |
| 5:38
| So Steve's opening for Foreigner at Alpine Valley. If he was Foreigner he probably wouldn't be happy with that but Steve was in with the the guys who owned Alpine Valley. |
| 5:39
| Steve knew that Foreigner probably wouldn't want to see Steve walking around in matching Hawaiian shirt and pants, the embodiment of the fact that they weren't drawing the crowds they used to. So he steered clear of the band. |
| 5:40
| Steve's road crew-which consisted of a road manager and two other guys-ended up in Foreigner's dressing room drinking their beer. This was before the band had arrived. That caused Foreigner's road crew to steal a lot of Steve's stuff. |
| 5:41
| They stole Steve's giant golden spoon, his giant snaggletooth necklace and his giant razor blade, which he fashioned himself out of cardboard. Hopefully Foreigner worked those items into their act. |
| 5:42
| Steve needed all those props for Do You Think I'm Disco, that's the big finish along with the bag of powdered sugar that you throw everywhere. Then the sound guy gets mad at your because there's powdered sugar in his monitors. |
| 5:43
| There was a Kangaroo Court backstage where it was revealed that Foreigner sanctioned the stealing of Steve's stuff and wouldn't be giving it back. Steve had to agree with them since his road crew stole their beer. |
| 5:44
| Steve told Foreigner he'd never play their records again but then here he is playing it. They knew it was an empty threat. How could he not play Hot Blooded and Feels Like the First Time? |
| 5:45
| The props might have been stolen after Steve performed actually. He can't see himself going on without them. Plus it was the road case that the props were in that was the valuable part. |
| 5:46
| There might have been some hanging around after the Teenage Radiation set and the beer was consumed while Foreigner was onstage. |
| 5:51
| That's Jeff Tweedy on the Grammys talking about Wilco. They're always reinventing themselves. Maybe next will be a polka album. Wilco didn't win the Grammy on Sunday but Foo Fighters did which is fine with Steve. He likes them too. |
| 5:52
| Live read: Fresh Diet |
| 5:53
| Steve has been getting a lot of questions about Fresh Diet via email and he thought he couldn't be more clear about it. Fresh Diet bought Balance for Life. It's the same but it's better. |
| 5:54
| Also, can people stop with the afternoon thing? There's nothing he can do about not being on in the afternoon? One emailer is a teacher and can only listen for a short time in the morning. |
| 5:55
| Steve feels this woman's students could benefit from a few hours of Steve and Buzz. |
| 5:56
| Steve's breakfast today is apple-stuffed honey wheat French toast with vanilla ricotta cheese. Doesn't Buzz wish he was fat now? |
| 5:57
| Buzz's breakfast today was a half a banana and a shot of fake eggs and orange juice. OK Rocky. Did he punch a side of beef before coming in? |
| 5:58
| Why doesn't Buzz go protein powder instead of egg? Steve knows Buzz won't change but it's just a suggestion. |
| 5:59
| If Buzz could find the right protein powder he'd probably do that. He has been actively looking though. Where, under the couch? He's looking for something you can mix with orange juice. A lot of protein powder mentions on the label that you shouldn't mix it with orange juice. Is there a skull and cross bones? |
| 6:00
| Occasionally Buzz will run into some expired fake eggs which has a bad effect on you. Of course you don't find out for about 90 minutes. |
| 6:01
| Time for today's web poll. First yesterday's results which Buzz always likes to hear. A lot of people don't know he's a researcher, a pollster, a psychographic, demographic junky. He plays that down though. |
| 6:02
| Yesterday's web poll was "have you ever sold something on eBay?" Even Steve has sold stuff on eBay. There's a market for his underpants overseas. |
| 6:03
| Pat and Matt both sell Steve's stuff on eBay. It's the twentysomething version of a lemonade stand. They'll walk around the house finding stuff of Steve's to sell and then put it up for sale. |
| 6:04
| Pat often does it when he's home over the holidays. He collects all the money but then leaves the items for Steve to mail. Matt on the other hand doesn't collect the money and doesn't send anything out. He just forgets about the entire thing. Some of the items for sale might not even exist. |
| 6:05
| Then the buyers freak out because they haven't received their items. Some of them threaten to call their lawyer. The boys are probably banking on the fact that Steve has a competent staff. |
| 6:06
| So the staff takes over and sends the items out. It's embarrassing for Steve to come in with figurines to ship out. |
| 6:07
| Steve still sells stuff on eBay but Ed Silha handles all of that. He's got the follow through though. |
| 6:08
| Today's web poll is "are you paper or plastic?" When it comes to plastic bags the answer is not blowing in the wind but the problem is. |
| 6:09
| Plastic bags are clogging sewers, harming wildlife, hogging up space in landfills and using up fossil fuels. |
| 6:10
| What else is Steve supposed to do with fossil fuels? Why do they have gas stations then? Steve got some gas this morning and he didn't not appreciate the guy who pulled into his normal spot. |
| 6:11
| Gas stations need to standardize the entrance point for gas stations. Steve's sick of people pulling in from different directions to get gas. They also need to standardize which side the gas tank is on. Otherwise it's all willy-nilly and people are yelling at each other. |
| 6:12
| Steve also likes to leave the car on when he's pumping gas. It freaks everyone else out, they think you're going to blow them up. It's the winter, you don't have to worry about vapors. |
| 6:13
| Even in the summer you don't really have to worry about it. Unless you're smoking or using a cellphone you're not in danger. Why should Steve not have AC for 5 minutes while he's filling up? |
| 6:14
| Once when Steve was filling up a gas can for his snowblower this old man came over and started yelling at him because he'd left his car on. He's just filling up a gas can! It's not Steve fault this old man has to ride shotgun to his wife now. Take it out on her, not him. |
| 6:15
| Plastic bags have no shortage of critics. Recently the disapproval has moved from words to action. Whole Foods and the government of China took steps to reduce plastic bag use. |
| 6:16
| In December, San Francisco started requiring that only paper of biodegradable sacks be using in grocery stores. All these things start in California, they're trendy. What's a biodegradable sack? Is that just a burlap bag with the Whole Foods logo on it? |
| 6:17
| Pete probably has one of those, or as he calls it his Whole Foods briefcase. He has a Jewel reusable bag. He needs to go Whole Foods, the chicks are into that. Jewel, that's your mom's store. |
| 6:18
| Pete's wondering if he should try a Saturday night at Whole Foods. Steve's not sure if that's fat girl night, they might be too self-conscious. Has Pete ever tried Saturday night at the Jewel? He might want to look into it. There are always great things in their shopping carts. Not only are there frozen pizzas but there are the makings of things too. |
| 6:22
| Live read: Fabbrini's Flowers |
| 6:23
| Steve has some phone calls to take about regulating the flow of cars at gas stations. Today when Steve was going to get gas there was a guy coming from East to West into his normal pump. |
| 6:24
| Steve felt that guy was in the wrong although maybe he wasn't. But then Steve had to do the math to figure out which pump to go to based on where his tank was. |
| 6:25
| Steve feels that if you're driving East to West you should only go to gas stations on the North side of the street. And then for West to East on the South side. |
| 6:26
| Caller Curt is a first time caller. At Costco's gas stations they only have one way in and out. |
| 6:27
| The Costco is a little out of the way for Steve. Curt has found the gas about 15¢ a gallon cheaper. And then after you can go inside and buy 500 of the same item. |
| 6:28
| Costco is like Sam's Club for rich people right? Curt wouldn't say that. How about Costco is Sam's Club for people who aren't white trash. |
| 6:29
| Steve can't go to Sam's Club. Sometimes he likes the superior feeling but you have to use a Discover Card and then show them the fake, cheap ID card they made for you. Then the guy at the door has to check your cart to make sure you're not stealing. |
| 6:30
| Most gas stations are on a corner so Steve can't see them regulating where you come in and where you go out. He'd like to see those spikes like they have at car rental place. That would sell a lot of tires. |
| 6:31
| Steve's gas station recently added a larger store but there's nothing in stock. They have a coffee area but don't serve coffee. How hard is it to get some water and some beans? |
| 6:32
| Caller Steve is also a first time caller. Go Sox! Pitchers and catchers report next week. Steve thought it was this week for both teams. He got a lot of inside information at the Comcast Sports Awards last night. |
| 6:33
| Steve bonded with Jim Thome last night. He was very nice and so was his wife. Jim broke Steve's hand just shaking it though. He was ready for it too. |
| 6:34
| Steve lives in Seneca, does that mean he's an Indian? Seneca's down near Morris. There's a weird thing that happens down there where there are hills and lakes and it seems like people have summer homes. |
| 6:35
| Steve was pumping some gas last weekend and he flashed a badge, he was checking the pumps as a state regulator. He said that because of the dry air you could get a static charge which could cause and explosion. |
| 6:36
| Steve has never had any static problems at a gas pump. Maybe if he's walking on carpet there's static. |
| 6:37
| Maybe Steve shouldn't encourage people to leave their cars on. But if he's going to go out he'd want to go out that way. |
| 6:38
| Cubs pitchers report on Wednesday. What day is this? This is Tuesday. The White Sox report on Saturday so caller Steve was kind of right. |
| 6:39
| That even goes for Vazquez and Contreras who have long journeys to make. Sometimes their paperwork isn't in order and sometimes they've murdered someone. |
| 6:40
| Juan Uribe didn't murder anyone but hopefully he'll have all season riding the pine to think about it. Steve couldn't remember Juan's name. He's been having some name problems lately. |
| 6:41
| Last night he had so many names to remember and that Mike Liederman is very panicky. |
| 6:42
| OK back to the plastic bag article. Last week the Chicago City Council began talking about requiring chain retailers with large stores to offer bag recycling programs. |
| 6:43
| Why don't we just go back to paper bags? Steve likes the paper bags and if he has to make an extra trip to the car, so what? Plus Steve thinks that the recycling all gets combined back together at the dump. He can't prove it though. |
| 6:44
| In 2007 Illinois briefly considered requiring stores that were 10,000 square feet or larger to collect and recycle the bags. Remember when Buzz thought Oprah's new store was 55,000 square feet? Steve wouldn't put it past her. |
| 6:45
| The policy was watered down and a task force was established to study the issue of a recycling program. They'll report back in 2010. How can it take 3 years for that study? |
| 6:46
| Buzz has found that you can carry more in the plastic bags. You can carry 10 of those at once because the handles go together. Steve and Buzz both do arm curls in the parking lot with their bags. |
| 6:47
| Steve's fine with a paper bag but he's not going burlap sack. Pete might want to think about it though. Maybe a Whole Foods, maybe a Trader Joe's. How about Wild Oats? That would say something about his personality. |
| 6:54
| Steve's pretty sure that stores prefer plastic bags because they're cheaper. But Buzz wonders about paper bags and the trees. Screw the trees! Plus those bags are usually made out of recycled paper. |
| 6:55
| It seems like it's better to cut down trees, which are renewable, as opposed to having a planet covered in plastic. The idea of a shrink-wrapped planet appeals to Buzz though. It could protect us. |
| 6:56
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 6:57
| Steve has a feeling the story in this live read is not going to end well. |
| 6:58
| News with Buzz |
| 6:59
| More primaries will take place today in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC. Barack Obama hopes to keep his momentum going. |
| 7:00
| Six Guantanamo Bay detainees will be charged in connection with the 9/11 attacks, including the alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Muhammad. |
| 7:01
| There's controversy over Massachusetts lottery winner Daniel Snay. Some believe he should be allowed to keep his money, others think he doesn't deserve it because he's a convicted level 3 child sex offender. |
| 7:02
| Yesterday the issue was that the guy didn't register as a sex offender when he moved to a new address. He got a lawyer to figure all that out though. |
| 7:03
| What Steve would have done was registered as a sex offender and then waited a few months to come forward as the winner. Then if they ask you why you bought that ticket in that area you tell them you were looking for a house when you bought it. |
| 7:04
| Steve's not sure what happens when you don't register after a move. Do you go back to jail? Maybe by failing to register he made it so he wasn't eligible to even play the lottery. |
| 7:05
| Steve's not a sex offender but he registers anyway. He likes the bad boy image. Not kid stuff though. |
| 7:06
| Testimony continues in Washington today about steroids in baseball. Meanwhile John Rocker, on a radio station in Atlanta yesterday, claimed Bud Selig knew he was on steroids and didn't do anything about it. |
| 7:07
| Steve doesn't care what baseball players take, he just wants to see good baseball. Do whatever you want, they're charging a lot of games these days and Steve wants to see juiced up guys doing crazy stuff. |
| 7:08
| It's Lincoln's Birthday which is a statewide holiday. All state offices will be closed today. Keep up the good work state of Illinois! |
| 7:09
| Would Buzz like to hear some Gay Lincoln stuff today? You can't have a Lincoln's birthday go by without some. |
| 7:10
| For those of you wondering what happened to Patty Hearst, the former SLA...spokesmodel had a dog in the Westminster Kennel Club dog show and it won. |
| 7:11
| Remember when she had a thing for her jailer? You know that guy was probably getting some. |
| 7:12
| Steve's going to get into some Gaybraham Lincoln, it's his favorite part. Maybe he'll dot it as Bill Kurtis today to give it an air of distinction. It's also his Oprah but the difference is the music. When you hear the music it's Bill. |
| 7:13
| It's funny how that works. They're both pompous asses. So is Steve but it doesn't come through in his voice. That's not the issue here. |
| 7:14
| Lincoln moved to Springfield as the town of New Salem was disappearing. Business losses had left him shackled with debt. He arrived in Springfield on April 15th, 1837. It was the halfway point of his life. |
| 7:15
| Lincoln stopped at the general store where he first met Joshua Fry Speed. He asked Speed what it would cost for furnishings for a single bed. He's putting it out there. |
| 7:16
| He wanted a mattress, sheets, cover lid and pillows. What kind of guy wants a cover lid? That should have been the first sign. What's next, pillow shams? |
| 7:17
| Just for the record, Steve pioneered Gay Lincoln humor. It's everywhere now but Steve was the first one to do it, other than the guy who wrote this book Steve's reading. |
| 7:18
| The book came out in 2005 but Buzz feels it was before that. Maybe someone could check it out in the archives. |
| 7:19
| Abe calls down to the news room. It's Lincoln's birthday today, would Jim like to go to Bennigan's after the show for some potato skins? Does Jim know why they call him the rail splitter? Would he like to go out for a gander pulling? |
| 7:20
| Has Buzz ever been gander pulling. What you to is take a greased goose hung by it's feet. Or maybe it's head. It's a greased goose, a horse and you. And you ride at the horse and try to hang on to it. Lincoln's going to Google it on his shovel. |
| 7:21
| Jim has checked our archives, the first time Gaybraham Lincoln appeared was in 1999. That is remarkable! That is almost a decade ago. In 1999 there was an article by Larry Kramer about Gay Lincoln. |
| 7:22
| This was before show logs too, before the turn of the century. So many things came into play around the turn of the century. So that was 5/17/1999. Buzz knew it was longer than that. It's long alright. |
| 7:23
| Abe's going to take a break but maybe later he and Buzz could go Gander Pulling. They'll need a couple of horses, some ganders and some grease. He doesn't know where we'll get those items from though. |
| 7:24
| 1999, that's so impressive. And it was just stolen from Tina Fey and Conan O'Brien. They're all from here, their writers too. How do you collect money on that? |
| 7:31
| Steve would like to say that he also coined the phrase Gaybraham Lincoln. Meanwhile Tina Fey has the #1 sitcom on TV and Conan O'Brien has his late night show. What does Steve has? He has plenty but still. |
| 7:32
| So that Larry Kramer article came out in 1999 which inspired Steve. There were some details but not enough. Then the book came out in 2005 and it had everything. |
| 7:33
| The timeline is murky, Abe is going to call Jim back. Would he be a sweetheart and look up the Larry Kramer article? Does he have a shovel and charcoal to write this all down? |
| 7:34
| Does Larry reference The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln in his article. According to the archives Joshua Speed is referenced in that article, along with how they met. So it took 6 years for the book to get published. Sometimes it takes forever for a dream. |
| 7:35
| So there is a chronology. Ask Conan O'Brien, what's his chronology? Is this Gay Lincoln stuff going to cut into Ben Gay? Or Lincoln could just do the sports. The only sport he knows his gander pulling though. |
| 7:36
| Live read: Woodfield |
| 7:37
| Yesterday Mark Czerniec posted a pronunciation of Texas de Brazil on his page, Steve read it but now he can't remember it. Maybe he could call in. |
| 7:38
| Steve saw Mark on his way out of the Comcast Sportsnet Awards last night. He and his lovely wife were waiting for their car. |
| 7:39
| Steve was really glad they were able to come down and they enjoyed the event. They were a little concerned about the weather though. |
| 7:40
| Turns out it was dry as a bone most of their way home. But for a while they were considering taking the train in or staying over night. The weather wasn't as bad as previously thought. |
| 7:41
| Mark was on the Texas de Brazil website and he was going to cut and paste the info but it's a flash page. It's pronounced Texas, like the state. It's a combination of Brazilian food and Texas hospitality. |
| 7:42
| Perhaps Mark would like to meet Lincoln at Texas de Brazil? Or maybe just at a restaurant in Racine? He has the day off since it's his birthday. Whenever he drives the tollway he pays with 80 pennies. |
| 7:43
| On to gander pulling, or the The Goose Hangs High. Abe lettered in gander pulling in high school. The game can sometimes be played on skates or horseback. |
| 7:44
| In order to play erect two gander poles at each end of a field. The posts must have two forks. This is too complicated. |
| 7:45
| Abe has lost his way. There's a lot of gander pulling information coming in. The neck of a gander was greased and hung head down from the crotch of a post. |
| 7:46
| The horsemen who could ride by and pull off the gander's head at full speed won the contest and the gander. That sounds unacceptably brutal to Buzz. |
| 7:54
| That's the Family Guy, dipping their toes into the Gay Lincoln pool. The original author, Larry Kramer, was gay. His point was that maybe Lincoln was gay so lighten up. |
| 7:55
| And that's fine, Steve doesn't care what you do. By the end of this decade he might just marry a man. |
| 7:56
| Live read: Pro Flowers |
| 7:57
| We've got Pat Boyle coming up in a few minutes and at 8:30 Steve will be talking to Patrick Kane. |
| 7:58
| They're going to be filming Steve for the radio icon night at the Hawks game. Steve's going to get emails about this but he's not calling himself a radio icon, that's the Blackhawks. |
| 7:59
| Steve's going to take Buzz to a Hawks game, it's going to blow his mind. He might see a guy get his throat slit. |
| 8:00
| Now back to Abraham Lincoln. Bill has so much to tell us this morning. In the 1930's the Illinois Midland Railroad Company commissioned several paintings of Lincoln to be used on their calendars. |
| 8:01
| Fletcher Ransom painted a series of pictures depicting different phases of Lincoln's life. |
| 8:02
| One of the paintings, titled Lincoln, The Arbiter, depicts him taking part in gander pulling. |
| 8:03
| When Lincoln lived in New Salem he was a famed wrestler. Coincidence? In other sports he was usually the judge or umpire. |
| 8:04
| Lincoln's neighbors knew him to be honest, cool and fairheaded. That's probably why he was always the judge. Those qualities, his gander pulling judgment, were ones the American people would later recognize and trust. |
| 8:05
| How much would a painting like that go for? Buzz thinks it would be well within his range. What if it's in a museum? Steve would have to have it stolen. Buzz thinks he could arrange for that. |
| 8:06
| It's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. Today Steve and Buzz are enjoying some original tacos. |
| 8:07
| OK, back to the Gay Lincoln stuff. Buzz can't believe Steve finished his taco already. He wasn't sure if it would be appropriate for Gay Lincoln to be eating a taco. |
| 8:08
| Bill's just going to start over with Lincoln leaving New Salem for Springfield to start a law practice. |
| 8:09
| Recent business losses had left Lincoln broke and shackled with death. He arrived in Springfield on April 15th, 1837. It was the halfway point of his life. |
| 8:10
| Lincoln asked store owner Joshua Speed what it would cost to furnish a bedroom. At $17 it was cheap enough but Lincoln did not have the money. He told Speed that he'd be able to pay him by Christmas. |
| 8:11
| Speed, having never seen a sadder face, suggested a different plan for Lincoln to avoid the debt. And that's when Lincoln perked up. Speed had a large room with a double bed which he welcomed him to share with him. |
| 8:12
| Lincoln took his saddle bags upstairs and came back with the most changed countenance. He beamed "well Speed, I have moved." And that Buzz is part of the Abraham Lincoln story you won't hear on any tours. |
| 8:13
| Happy Birthday Rail Splitter. Does anyone need any rails split before Abe hits the road? He's going over to Lou Mitchell's and then he'll work the crowd at the train station. |
| 8:20
| There's been a change in plans and Steve and Buzz will be talking to Adam Burish, not Patrick Kane. That's fine, Steve likes them both. It's not happening right now though. Also Buzz won't be on camera so he won't be getting booed at the game. |
| 8:21
| Live read: Gladstone Homes |
| 8:22
| Last night Steve hosted the Comcast Sports Awards. Buzz thought he heard Steve lisping right there. He's pretty sure he didn't but thanks for checking anyway. |
| 8:23
| There was no Blackhawk of the Year but Steve didn't want to get into that. Steve didn't want to bring that up though since Rocky and John McDonough were sitting right in front of him |
| 8:24
| Actually, Bill Wirtz was the Blackhawk of the Year. They had a nice video tribute for him. Did Buzz watch last night? |
| 8:25
| Steve feels he bonded with Jim Thome last night, they'll be enjoying coffee and scones at Starbucks in no time. |
| 8:26
| Buzz actually missed the show last night but he has a good reason why. This has to go on the scoreboard video right? Did Buzz finally break down and get a hooker? |
| 8:27
| The last thing Steve heard from Buzz last night is that he was going to go home, cook his Allen Brothers steak and watch the show. Buzz's last responsibility before watching the show was to call his family who were in Florida. |
| 8:28
| Buzz put the fries in and they had a half hour to cook. As he was talking to his family he realized he hadn't made arrangements to tape the show. As it turns out, other things were recording at the time so Buzz couldn't record the Comcast awards. |
| 8:29
| Buzz keeps recording In Treatment on HBO, even though he's not watching it. Something was overlapping which is wreaking havoc. As he's talking to the wife and kid he's also trying to stop recordings and reschedule things. |
| 8:30
| Then the oven timer goes off just as Buzz is explaining why he won't be meeting the family at the airport today. Is that because he doesn't want to? Why would he go out to the airport when there are a bunch of cabs there? Being Buzz Kilman. |
| 8:31
| Buzz had rectified the TiVo situation, he moved Terminator to the other recorder. Just for Steve? He's touched. |
| 8:32
| Since Buzz was having an expensive steak he should eat in the dining room, with a glass of wine, instead of in front of the TV watching Prison Break. |
| 8:33
| When Buzz went back to watch the show it hadn't recorded. The only thing that had recorded with In Treatment. That's because he was too hasty talking to his family and telling them that he doesn't believe in the airport pick-up. |
| 8:34
| Adam Burish from the Blackhawks is on the phone. The team is in Columbus for a game tomorrow. That means they have a whole day to kill in Columbus. |
| 8:35
| Steve liked that fight the other night. It was right after the puck drop, how does that work? Because if you fight before the puck drop you get kicked out. Adam and the guy he fought with aren't the best of the friends on the ice so they looked at each other and said "are we doing this?" They decided to get the crowd into it early. |
| 8:36
| Steve knows the Roach family from Madison, their daughter dated Adam. It's cool that he grew up close to here. The Blackhawks were his team growing up. |
| 8:37
| There was a game a while back where Adam was mic'ed up. Mike Dahl has listened to the entire thing and he said it's great. His favorite part was when Adam said another guy was "soft as baby's blank" Steve's never heard that phrase before but he loves it. Did Adam coin that? |
| 8:38
| Toews is back with the team now, he's healthy so that will help the team. They're coming so close, making it to the shootout and then they come up short. |
| 8:39
| Steve thinks they're still going to make the playoffs. No one on the team has given that up either. |
| 8:40
| That's Adam Burish, good old number 37 for the Blackhawks. Buzz has to see this guy in action. He saw the fight on Steve's computer yesterday. |
| 8:41
| Steve's puck drop his March 5th against the Ducks, the Stanley Cup Champions. If you haven't been to a game in a while, check it out. They have a great group of kids. |
| 8:42
| Steve can't skate but if he could he'd be an enforcer like Adam Burish. Or he'd be a goalie because he could fill up the whole net. |
| 8:47
| That was Steve talking to Jim Thome about stalking him and leaving the muffin baskets. Jim sort of gave him a dirty look but then he won him over. |
| 8:48
| Steve can't believe Buzz didn't watch the awards last night. Then again he won't even pick his wife up at the airport. He just doesn't want to. There's so much people can learn from Buzz. For some it's too late. |
| 8:49
| Pat Boyle (Peanut Butter) is on the phone. He thought Steve did a great job last night, everyone did. |
| 8:50
| That Mike Liederman guy, who produced the show, is never happy with anything. At the beginning there was a pre-taped thing with Steve and Jim Corno in the dressing room. |
| 8:51
| The bit was that Steve was in the make-up chair, which Buzz is going to love because he looks unflattering. |
| 8:52
| Caller Jennifer wanted to let Steve know that they're rebroadcasting the awards at 4 pm today. Will they cut it down to an hour? There's no way those awards get done in an hour, even without Steve. |
| 8:53
| So Steve and Jim taped this thing in the back in one tape. Of course the Comcast people want to go back and get a few different takes. They also want to do cutaways of Steve and Jim. |
| 8:54
| Steve had to argue for 20 minutes about how they should just keep it as is because it looked more real. They didn't like that you could see the cameraman in the dressing room. |
| 8:55
| As Steve is waiting off stage he's watching then air this bit and he's sort of nervous because everyone is still talking and they're not laughing. There was no announcement about the ceremony starting so they might want to think about that for next year. |
| 8:56
| Steve's watching this taped bit with Mike and he's throwing his arms up in exasperation every time he sees the cameraman. Then every time after that when Steve went backstage Mike told him how they were already running over. |
| 8:57
| Steve had a great dressing room though, he shared it with the Luvabulls and the Bud Ice Girls. They're all comparing their spanky pants and putting lotion on. It puts the lotion on. |
| 8:58
| Everyone from Comcast and March of Dimes were really happy with the show and how everything turned out. And all those kids were really inspirational. |
| 8:59
| So what about that guy who got his throat slit in the hockey game? Richard Zednik lost about a half gallon of blood from his carotid artery. He's going to live though. |
| 9:00
| Steve had a lot of names to remember last night so he mixed up Dan Jiggetts with Norm Van Lier during an introduction. When Steve got backstage Mike threw his arms up and yelled "what was that?!" |
| 9:01
| Steve told him he'd make it pay off and he did. Later on Steve accidentally introduced Dan Jiggetts twice more. Then when it was Dan's time to come out he snuck up behind Steve and bear hugged him. |
| 9:02
| Things are getting worse for Roger Clemens. Over the weekend Brian McNamee said he once injected Clemens wife with HGH. Tomorrow Clemens and McNamee are testifying in front of Congress. |
| 9:03
| What crime has Roger Clemens committed though, Steve lost track of it. Right now he's looking at perjury, the other stuff is just baseball related. |
| 9:04
| Paul Edinger is going to play for the Rush for $29,000 a year. That's Brendan Greeley money. But it seems like a case of a guy who just wants to keep playing. What else is he going to do, open a kicking store? |
| 9:05
| Steve's looking at the photo of Debbie Clemens from Sports Illustrated. She looks like a dude, it's not attractive. Steve doesn't need a woman with a 6 pack. |
| 9:06
| The whole thing is bizarre. Steve doesn't like Roger Clemens so he doesn't care what happens to him. He's a jerk, and not just because all of his kid's names start with a K because he's Mr. Strikeout. |
| 9:14
| The Comcast thing was fun last night though. And they raised about a half million dollars for March of Dimes. |
| 9:15
| The dinner was at the Hilton on Michigan. Steve got there in the afternoon and ordered up a corned beef sandwich from Kitty O'Shea's in the lobby. If they're going to call themselves Kitty O'Shea's they need to have better corned beef. |
| 9:16
| Then Steve ordered a movie, Charlie Wilson's War, and watched that. It was quite good. Normally Steve rents a movie at a hotel and falls asleep right away but he watched the entire thing. He didn't know it was written by Adam Sorkin. |
| 9:17
| Steve meant Aaron Sorkin. He's been having some trouble with names this week. There was the Dan Jiggetts thing and then he referred to Eddie Curry as Reggie Curry. |
| 9:18
| Steve doesn't know basketball really. He did meet Joe Smith last night and he seemed like a nice guy. Ted Lilly was also a nice guy, they bonded. As he was leaving the stage he said something to Steve but he couldn't hear him. |
| 9:19
| Steve ended up meeting a lot of Cubs people, like Len Kaspar and Dan Plesac, and they were all very nice. Steve wants to hate them because it's the Cubs but really it was WGN that always gave him trouble. |
| 9:20
| Steve might have freaked out Jim Thome but he came around and realized he wasn't being stalked. He has run by Jim Thome's house though just on his normal route. |
| 9:21
| Steve thought about dropping off a muffin basket in front of Jim's house today but that would probably freak him out. Jim's probably wondering who's been stealing his muffins all this time. |
| 9:22
| The Hilton is really nice but they're going to need to bring in a corned beef consultant at Kitty O'Shea's. |
| 9:23
| Steve didn't have the biggest room but it was provided by Mike Liederman. He did a sweep of the room when he first got in and found a hair on the sitting chair. |
| 9:24
| Steve decided to just pick the hair up and flush it down the toilet, then he'd wash his hands. But as he picked the hair up he realized there was also a comb on the chair. Who even carries a comb any more? Steve had to take that comb all the way down to the maid's cart and then he grabbed an extra bar of soap to double wash. |
| 9:25
| As you know parking is very important to Steve. He wanted to make sure he could get out of there before the rush because he had to get home since he's up at 4 am everyday. |
| 9:26
| So Steve whipped out a $40 on the valet guy. Not a $40 bill since those don't exist. Steve told the valet he was doing this show and he wanted to keep his car in front so he could get out quickly. |
| 9:27
| In a very old school Chicago move the valet took the money to the doorman and asked him about it. He then talked to Steve and hooked him up with a great space. It was a handicap spot though which made Steve feel guilty since it was a March of Dimes event. |
| 9:28
| Steve's never done anything like the show last night. He talks for 4 1/2 hours but he never sees the people he's talking to. If he does see then they're usually fans. |
| 9:29
| The show is all about Steve but last night wasn't. Plus Steve had 6 weeks to think about it and visualize it. Now that he's done it he thinks he could visualize it even better the next time. |
| 9:30
| For starters Steve would demand that they get an announcer. Steve was just looking at the red light on the camera so he'd know he was on. And Mike Liederman did a good job. He's a TV director, they're supposed to freak out. |
| 9:31
| When Steve got to the hotel Mike was having lunch at Kitty O'Shea's. He's a big lunch guy. Every time he has a meeting with Steve he wants to make it a lunch meeting. |
| 9:32
| Mike asked him if he'd parked and checked in and he had. Steve's been to a hotel before, he can check in. |
| 9:33
| Steve told him he tipped the doorman $40 and Mike actually reimbursed him for it. Steve felt guilty about that, plus he was parked in a handicapped space. He'll be donating it to March of Dimes. |
| 9:34
| Steve made it through the entire event without offending anyone or breaking any cardinal rules. He does have Serious Events Tourette's though. |
| 9:35
| Caller Rob watched the awards last night, he thought Steve was a genius. These are all the genius calls Steve told Brendan to put through. |
| 9:36
| Steve wore a suit but no tie. He did have the pocket square though. Mark Shale made Steve a suit and he really likes it. |
| 9:37
| Caller John heard Steve talking about the doorman thing. A few years ago he was at the Ritz-Carlton in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He got to know the doorman by name and he hooked him up with the best cabs and got him great restaurant reservations. |
| 9:38
| The doormen in Chicago are the best because they keep their jobs forever. So if you go to the hotels a lot you get to know them. Isn't this city the greatest? |
| 9:39
| Steve lived in California for 20 years, Detroit for about 3 and Chicago for 30. He's going to call Chicago home. |
| 9:40
| Caller Renee is out in Wheaton where it's a little chilly. You know what they say, chili today, hot tamale. Has Renee ever been to Cream of Wheaton? |
| 9:41
| Renee's never been but she always thought it was a funny name. Steve's going to get there one of these days. |
| 9:42
| Renee saw the show last night and she thought it was great. Steve looked really good and you could really see the weightloss. Renee missed the opening though. Maybe Steve will get that cut from the broadcast or at least pixilated. |
| 9:43
| Renee loved seeing Jim Thome win that award last night. He's the man. When he came up to the dressing room for make-up he nearly broke Steve's hand with his handshake. Steve likes meeting people in a situation like that. It's more on his turf. It's weird to meet someone in a lockerroom because it's their turf and sometimes they're naked and then Steve can't help but stare. Next thing he knows he's being escorted out by security and thrown in the lock-up. |
| 9:50
| Live read: Pro Flowers |
| 9:51
| News with Buzz |
| 9:52
| The snow advisory has been called off. It was calling for up to 4 inches of snow but now we can only expect light snow on and off. This is where the weather guys say the storm missed us when in fact they just couldn't read the radar properly. |
| 9:53
| An Earthquake hit the Southern part of Mexico this morning. Buzz likes his Mexican shaken not stirred right? |
| 9:54
| Voters in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC head to the polls today for the so-called Potomac Primaries. Early polls show Obama in the lead. |
| 9:55
| Authorities in Denmark have arrested several people who were plotting to kill the cartoonist who's 2006 depiction of Muhammad with a bomb under his turbin caused a world-wide uproar. |
| 9:56
| A level 3 sex offender won the lottery in Massachusetts. Does a level 2 offender aspire to be a level 3 offender? |
| 9:57
| Why do people do Steve like this? His Thought for the Day today was "Now that I have been seen wearing a suit on the Comcast SportsNet Sports Awards, it's only a matter of time before I become a plus size male model." |
| 9:58
| He got a response from listener Tom who said "technically for it to be a suit you'd have to wear the dreaded tie." Then he told Steve he did a good job on the show. Why can't he just say that? |
| 9:59
| Steve looked it up on Wikipedia, a tie is not required to make it a suit. Trousers, jacket, vest or waist coat if you want and shirt. Even the guys at Mark Shale said it was a suit. |
