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| 5:31
| And we're back, not just from a break but from yesterday. It's been 24 hours. Steve was going to do the math on that. It's 19 1/2 hours actually. |
| 5:32
| Steve thought that Queen song went on longer. Buzz doesn't know if Steve should say that being Mr. Deejay. Steve never got into Queen although he thought they were talented. |
| 5:33
| Back in the day there was a guy who worked for Steve and Garry, Marcus Palmer. He needed his tonsils out and Steve sent him to Cook County to teach him a lesson. He was sort of a slacker and Steve wanted to show him what would happen if he kept being a slacker. |
| 5:34
| Steve called the hospital after the surgery and after talking to a few people he was told on the air that Marcus had died. |
| 5:35
| Steve retained that Phil Corboy guy for Marcus' family. Then about 10 years afterwards Steve ran into him at the Hush Puppy outlet in Michigan city. Phil is very wealthy and Steve can certainly afford a normal priced pair of shoes but they were both there. Steve asked him about the case and Phil got indignant and said "don't you think I'd tell you if there was something to tell you?!" |
| 5:36
| Actually Steve ran into him in New Buffalo and asked him about the case 10 years later. But then after that he ran into him at the Hush Puppy outlet and ignored him. |
| 5:37
| So after Steve was notified on the air that Marcus had died he became upset, as you can imagine. This was at The Loop where they had engineers who you could cue to do stuff. They always had a back-up song ready in case something went wrong. |
| 5:38
| Steve didn't have a song ready because they never played songs. Unfortunately the back-up song was Another One Bites the Dust. Steve didn't even notice it because he was thinking about other things. |
| 5:39
| Mike Downey, who now writes for the Tribune, was in Detroit at the time. He wrote some column about how heinous Steve had been, even though he wasn't on the air in Detroit at the time. |
| 5:40
| So Steve called Mike and told him what really happened and asked him to change what he'd written but he wouldn't. He might have still been mad about Disco Demolition. |
| 5:41
| That's still an issue Steve would like to resolve with Mike but he never runs into him at the Tribune Christmas party. It wasn't anyone's fault, no one did it on purpose. George Sarantos might have been the engineer at the time, he was also friends with Marcus so he wouldn't have done it on purpose. |
| 5:42
| Mike's in the paper today, A Tale to Misremember. He's weighing in on the Roger Clemens/Andy Petite thing. Steve likes to call him Petite. |
| 5:43
| Steve will probably run into Mike one of these days. He's not going to punch him or anything, he'd just like to know what he was thinking. |
| 5:44
| Steve's in the paper today too. He's having a lot of trouble navigating papers today. The Sun-Tmes has 200 pages of stuff you don't want to read. |
| 5:45
| In the At Play section of the Tribune Steve weighs in on CSI and the Peterson case. He cranked that out on Saturday. His big day on Saturday was spent cranking that out and deciding what he'd do at the Comcast Awards, which Buzz finally saw. |
| 5:46
| Buzz has two observations to make from the Comcast Awards. First of all, Steve looked like he was born to do that. He was like the Godfather of sports. Buzz was also blown away by the little kid who hit on the middle school girl. |
| 5:47
| Buzz has to believe that Steve won Jim Thome over. He was a little set back by the words "stalker" and "muffin" though. When Steve bent over to show Jim what it looks like when he's tying his show, that's when he won him over. |
| 5:48
| It was a lucky break for Steve that there was no monitor for him to become mesmerized by. They were supposed to have teleprompters, like the President uses, but instead they had a giant TV in the middle of the room that Steve couldn't really read. |
| 5:49
| Comcast might have invited Steve back for next year but he couldn't tell. He'd be happy to do it though. Buzz thinks he has a whole other career available to him as an MC. It's a good way to meet jocks too. Now if Steve sees Jim Thome somewhere he'll know him. He also really bonded with Ted Lilly. He might want to go hang out at The Lodge or something. |
| 5:51
| Plus Steve even got in a mention of Buzz. He didn't say what station they're on though, he thought that would be whorish. They might have said it at the beginning. It wouldn't have killed them to put up a lower third identifier once in a while though. |
| 5:52
| As it turns out Mike Liederman is like a chicken with his head cut off. It's like dealing with a diva. Next time Steve's going to be in charge of the props too. He had some problems with the giant scroll he unfurled. |
| 5:53
| Steve's going to take a break and then he has a funny scroll story. He also has a line that he'd like to incorporate into the show from now on. |
| 5:59
| Steve's been doing a really good job of avoiding himself on that Comcast thing but Pete keeps playing it. Although that drop was appropriate because it was the Buzz shout-out. |
| 6:00
| Can that be the end of it though? Pete can just take the tape home and watch it himself. It was rerun after the Hawks game last night. Steve couldn't get that TV off fast enough. |
| 6:01
| Steve feels much better with the idea in his head of how the show went. As he's gotten older he's realized that ignorance really is bliss. Buzz is a pioneer of that. |
| 6:02
| At the beginning of the show there was a thing Steve taped with Jim Corno Sr. Comcast is owned by the Hawks, Bulls, Sox and Cubs so you can't really make too much fun of any of those teams. It's a sports banquet and that's where Steve would go but it's a roped off area. |
| 6:03
| So Steve's idea was to have Jim come into the dressing room and tell him all the things he was planning on saying. Then Jim would tell him he couldn't say those things. They did it in one take and Steve was happy with it. |
| 6:04
| But then Jim Corno Jr. and Mike Liederman wanted to do more takes and edit it into something. Steve had to firmly refuse to do it again and prevail upon them to leave it as it was. They weren't happy that you could see the camerman in the mirrors but Steve thought that made it seem more like backstage. |
| 6:05
| Jim Corno Jr. bought in pretty quickly though, probably because his dad's in charge. At the end of the taped segment Jim handed Steve a list of things he couldn't say. You couldn't really tell it was a scroll although Buzz knew it was. |
| 6:06
| Mike thought Jim should unfurl the scroll in the dressing room but Steve told him he should do it on stage during the actual show. Then there was a 10 minute argument about that. |
| 6:07
| So Steve gets down to the hall and Mike Liederman asks him where the scroll is. Steve didn't know but he thought he'd left it in the dressing room. Then Mike starts yelling "where's the scroll people?!" That's the line. Steve told him where it was but he kept yelling. Then he sent someone up to get it. |
| 6:08
| While the segment is airing Mike keeps pointing at the screen every time he sees the camerman's reflection. So they sort of got off to a bad start but Steve thought the scroll paid off. |
| 6:09
| It wasn't paper though, it was just three feet of vinyl window shade. Mike made a big deal about getting the scroll in an email but all he did was go to the hardware store. Steve would have had 20 feet of paper with crazy stuff written on it. Next time he's doing his own props. |
| 6:10
| "Where's the scroll people?" seems like a classis showbiz line to Buzz. Steve didn't think it was funny at the time because he's the one who forgot the scroll. It was the only thing he had to bring down. |
| 6:11
| Steve found it extremely distracting that Mike wa standing backstage. He should have been out in the truck or somewhere else and a cute girl should be there as a calming presence. Or a gay guy, it doesn't matter to Steve. |
| 6:12
| That would be another one of Steve's suggestions for next year. Mike didn't say anything encouraging for the entire 90 minutes. He kept telling Steve things like "we're running 12 minutes heavy." With all those awards there's no way they can get it done in an hour. |
| 6:13
| Finally Steve apologized but Mike said "oh, we knew it would go over." So what's he doing to Steve?! He's very theatrical though. He might do some community theater in his free time. |
| 6:14
| Steve likes Mike though. He's a typical showbiz but, he always wants to do lunch. Steve doesn't need to do a sit down lunch, he weighs 300 pounds. |
| 6:15
| Caller Mike is wondering if Kerry Sayers is as hot in person as she is on TV. Steve thinks she's hotter in person although she's shorter than he thought she'd be. Mike liked her leather boots. |
| 6:16
| Kerry did yell at him to make sure she didn't screw up his intro like he did with Norm Van Lier. Steve was being yelled at backstage during every break, that didn't help. |
| 6:17
| So "where's the scroll people?" you don't hear that everyday, unless you're living in Ancient Greece. Steve did forget the scroll but maybe he shouldn't have been in charge of it. |
| 6:18
| Sometimes the talent is babied but Mike did not baby Steve. If DCFS was there they would have taken Steve away from Mike. He was very close to putting a cigarette out on him. And after it was all over he double high-fived Steve. |
| 6:19
| But Mike turned into a completely different person when he had those headphones on, it was like Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. Steve should have know he would go Hollywood on him, there were warning signs. |
| 6:20
| But Steve would be happy to do it again. He's glad he didn't take a talent fee, plus it was a charity. He did buy two tables at the dinner plus those suits aren't cheap. Steve likes the suit though, it fits great and he looks great in it. |
| 6:21
| Buzz could probably get one if he wants. Buzz has a suit but he never has a chance to wear it. When he got it it was the crown jewel of his wardrobe collection. It's more of a Summer suit so one day this Summer he might just show up to work wearing it. |
| 6:27
| If Steve does it next year he'd like to see better craft services in the dressing room. It is a charity but Steve did wave his usual appearance fee. |
| 6:28
| The Bud Ice Girls and the Luvabulls seemed hungry. One of the Ice Girls actually broke out a box of Girl Scout Cookies. Steve feels like he really bonded with them, maybe because he knows more about what they do. |
| 6:29
| Steve knows what the Luvabulls do but he's more familiar with all the Ice Girls moves. He can't wait to go to the next Hawks game. |
| 6:30
| The guy who was the honorary chairman was up in the dressing room with his two kids, 8 and 10. They were there to get Andre Dawson's autograph but their dad also told them to get Steve's autograph. Steve wouldn't have been hurt if they hadn't asked for his autograph though. |
| 6:31
| Afterwards one of the kids came back and asked Steve who he'd wanted in the Super Bowl. He was a kid but he sounded like an adult so Steve gave him a very long explanation about how he wanted the Giants but he bet on the Patriots because he had a friend who went to Vegas that weekend. |
| 6:32
| It would have been nice if there were some hospitality items Steve could have broken out for the ladies though, maybe some cocktails to mix up. He could just pay for that stuff next year. |
| 6:33
| Next year Steve's going to have a camera backstage to tape Mike Liederman. That could be a reality show. |
| 6:34
| Live read: Gladstone Homes |
| 6:35
| News with Buzz |
| 6:36
| Despite the threat of a veto from President Bush, Congress has voted to outlaw waterboard usage by the CIA. And just when Steve and Buzz had started up their waterboarding store, Snowboards and Waterboards! |
| 6:37
| The vote was strongly along party lines with the Democrats for it. Steve's sick of this party line stuff. Somehow even the Clemens thing came down to party lines. How did that happen?! |
| 6:38
| Those hearings accomplished nothing yesterday. Steve wouldn't have listened to anything that Brian McNamee guy said. He seems like a total dweeb although he looks better in a hat and warm-up clothes. Nothing about him makes it seem like he could make you better than you already are. |
| 6:39
| New Yorkers weighed in on the Clemens hearings, one person even said he'd probably do the same thing. Steve would take something if it made the show better. He's on something right now! |
| 6:40
| New Yorkers will be getting a special Valentine's gift today when the city's health department hands out the new NYC condoms. |
| 6:41
| Is Chicago going to have condoms that say "the city that works...chicks" or "the city of big shoulders and that's not all"? |
| 6:42
| Sheriff David Gee of Hillsborough County, Florida is apologizing after wheelchair bound Brian Sterner was ejected from his seat by a deputy. |
| 6:43
| This story is not from around here but based on how much they show it on the news it seems like it is. |
| 6:44
| There's also a skateboarding video that Buzz has been seeing a lot of. He has some audio of that but Steve has something that says "wheelchair" first. Buzz doesn't remember what that is, there's no audio in the wheelchair video. Is Jim just putting his own audio in there now? |
| 6:45
| Steve calls down to the newsroom. The audio Buzz had was a spokeswoman for the sheriff. Did he put that in there himself? Jim just did the woman's voice himself. Buzz asks him to make up audio if he can't find any. Then he sits down in the office working on his hair treatment commercials. |
| 6:46
| Steve came in early to record something and Buzz was in there working on a new hair commercial. |
| 6:47
| Buzz realized you can't do that stuff early in the morning. Pete should have told him to stop if Steve had to get in there. Pete probably has some great outtakes of Buzz though right? |
| 6:48
| Pete has about 5 hours of tapes of Steve swearing while recording live reads. Buzz was swearing as well but just so Pete wouldn't be able to put it on the air. We can still put it on the air and bleep it. Or it might be nice for the Christmas party. |
| 6:49
| Steve plays the skateboarding tape. A kid called a cop dude and the cop wasn't happy about it. Buzz can't find the song Don't Call Me Dude and this is the time to play it. He's had it for 15 years. |
| 6:50
| A Canadian man, Jack Worthington, is claiming he is the love child of John F. Kennedy. He's demanding DNA tests from the Kennedy family. They could probably get some DNA off of Marilyn Monroe's corpse. |
| 6:51
| The world's fattest man has announced that he has dropped nearly 500 pounds or half of his weight. He weighed in at over 1,000 pounds, that's half a ton. Half a short on at least. |
| 6:52
| The guy has a fiance too. How do you get a girl when you weigh 1,000 pounds? He probably has a good sense of humor. Usually a sense of humor takes off 40 pounds. He might be the funniest guy in the world. |
| 6:53
| NASA left a wake-up call for the astronauts on the ISS. Buzz has no idea what the song is. Dude! Does Steve get to do Name That Tune? The audio sounds like it was Jim in his living room taping himself watching TV. |
| 6:54
| Steve calls down to the weather center. That's the audio quality they sent to outer space? It sounded like a kids show but usually they send something like Chuck Berry. |
| 6:55
| Is Steve keeping Jim from something? He's trying to figure out what the song was, they don't have the info on Metro. Metro? This isn't a radio convention. Does he mean the wire? Say something that people understand like "commercials". The info did not come off the wire. There ya go. |
| 6:56
| If Steve's an astronaut he doesn't feel good about that song. He'd feel like he might never make it back to Earth. Steve's getting a billion calls here and as you know it takes Brendan a while to get through the pleasantries. |
| 6:57
| Caller Joe has some info about the world's heaviest man. He saw a show on him, the guy had a woman coming to his house to cut his hair since he couldn't leave. She's his fiance. She's not half bad looking either. He must be funny right? |
| 6:58
| Caller Mark has identified the NASA wake-up call. Now that Steve sees what it is he recognizes it. It's from the musical Oliver. That's a very poor quality recording though. |
| 7:00
| That seems like a weird way to start the day. Is one of the astronauts gay? Or an orphan or pickpocket? |
| 7:05
| Pete might have angered Buzz by playing the outtakes from his hair treatment ad. Buzz actually thought they were running an inferior version of the commercial. It was a good outtake though. |
| 7:06
| Steve feels he's done the broadcasting equivalent of laying down on the ice to stop a puck from going into the goal. Buzz was on his way into Pete's studio when Steve stopped him. |
| 7:07
| Years and years of frustration were about to be poured out on Pete by Buzz. His yogurt would have been all over the place. Then he would have taken his granola bar and his lunch money. |
| 7:08
| Everyone is used to hearing the uber-professional Buzz on the air so it's nice to hear this side of him. |
| 7:09
| It's time for the web poll. Steve always says "yesterday's web poll was, of course" just to buy himself some time to click on Dahl.com and find yesterday's results. |
| 7:10
| Yesterday's poll was "have you ever been the victim of a police sting?" 47% of the people said they had. Then there was the story about the hunting licenses for deadbeat parents. Then Steve and Buzz talked about the best police sting, the fake Super Bowl party. |
| 7:11
| Today's web poll is "are you planning on attending 'An Evening with the Stars'?" What is that you may ask? |
| 7:12
| The writer's strike threw An Evening WIth the Stars into limbo. The gala on February 24th is entirely linked to the Oscar broadcast. The event will feature Richard Roeper reporting live from his seat at the ceremony. |
| 7:13
| The uncertainty of the broadcast hurt ticket sales for the event which are $100 or $250 for VIP. That VIP better include sex. Even co-chair Spike Manton and his wife Tami, hoped to raise attendance from 350 to last year's 300. |
| 7:14
| Remember when Spike came back to do sports on the show, he was very focused on ticket sales for his play, Leaving Iowa. He's famous for not selling tickets. Steve kept telling him to change the play to Leaving Chicago when he was writing it. |
| 7:15
| High-profile personalities include WMAQ GM Larry Wert. He's a high-profile personality? He demands to be put on the news every time he's at a banquet so he must be. |
| 7:16
| As rumors started to fly last week that the strike was being resolved the event's organizes shifted back to their original plan. There's way too much information about this event. Steve can see Spike working the phones on this one. |
| 7:17
| Spike and Harry Teinowitz used to be radio partners. When Steve did the charity for Harry Teinowitz he ran amok on stage. Harry kept saying it was a charity for child abuse. |
| 7:18
| This one is an event to benefit Autism Speaks. It doesn't say it benefits autism but the word cure should be in there somewhere, or the word fight. People want to fight. March of Dimes helps fight birth defects, that's what the dimes are marching for. |
| 7:19
| When Spike's play was at the Apollo Theater he scheduled Steve Dahl Night, which Steve really wanted to get out of. Steve Dahl Night at the Apollo Theater? Why don't you just take him down to the parking garage and shoot him? |
| 7:20
| Spike has a new play and Buzz is trying to figure out what it's called. Is it Return to Iowa? He really needs to put Illinois in the title. People in Chicago will go see that because Illinois is in the title. It's like how |
| 7:21
| Spike Manton is on the blower. Is he back on the wacky tobacky? The funniest thing you could do is re-air the interview between Spike and the woman from Crain's. |
| 7:22
| The woman was very concerned about what business leaders would be at the event since it's Crain's. But the article came out the day before the strike was officially settled so she was reaching and it became very convoluted. |
| 7:23
| They're still going with the Oscar theme and there will be no mingling allowed. There will be a red carpet where Spike will be taking photos of people coming in. Then he'll offer those photos for purchase as they're leaving. |
| 7:24
| The highlight of the evening will be Spike personally auctioning off some of Steve's Scout Seats. Look at Steve, he's involved in the community and he doesn't even know it. Those tickets are for the Cubs/Sox series right? |
| 7:25
| Steve thought it was more for the Sox/Tampa series. Spike was just trying to pounce, he's an opportunist. He's the most unfortunate opportunist though. |
| 7:26
| Spike has a new play, it's called Standing in Mattoon. At least he's in Illinois. Leaving Iowa did sign with a publisher which is good. They're head for the small time. A publisher means that high schools will do the play. They're also having a West Coast premier. |
| 7:27
| Spike was Steve's sports guy several times. He started off doing it from his basement and it was such a hassle that Steve said he'd rather have Spike here in person than deal with the hassle of the phone. |
| 7:28
| Spike was looking forward to seeing Buzz at Standing in Mattoon. He would have been there if the play had run just one week longer. That's the same scam he was running with High School Musical on Ice. He would have taken Piper but she was out of town. |
| 7:29
| Steve owes Spike a hockey game too. He used to make fun of Spike and Harry for going to Hawks games but he was right, they're great. What if Spike gave away some Blackhawks tickets at the event? |
| 7:30
| Spike is unbelievable. Steve does like him but the last time he was here he was crazy and unlikable. The last time he was here he was losing his ass on this place and he was unconsolable and unfocused. |
| 7:37
| Spike's new play, Standing in Mattoon is about a small town invaded by the media. A reverend, a bagel inspector and a stranger in a hat compete to win a Chevy van while the community prepares to break the Guinness record for world's largest bagel. Sounds like Spike's trying to write a screenplay. |
| 7:38
| Leaving Iowa could never be a movie because it's all in a car. Steve recently wrote about a movie in his blog, Never Been Thawed, but he didn't hear any response about it. He even emailed Pat Dahl about it and he didn't get back to him. Sometimes Steve feels like he's dead. |
| 7:39
| The movie is about a group of people who collect frozen dinners. He rented it on Netflix and it's one of the few movies he's watched from there. It was very funny and low budget. |
| 7:40
| Spike's play sounds like a movie, Steve wishes him luck on that. He's not being facetious either. |
| 7:41
| Steve hasn't talked to Spike in a while but apparently he donated Sox tickets for this event. Steve even apologized for making fun of the Creaseheads show he did with Harry and offered to take him to a game but Spike still wanted more. At least he's consistent. |
| 7:42
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 7:43
| Ben Gay is here for sports. Why is the music so loud?! Sometimes Steve likes to crank it. Ben has seen him crank it but that's not for air. |
| 7:44
| Buzz forgot Ben was coming by today. He was scheduled to come by on Tuesday but didn't feel like it. He can do whatever he wants. |
| 7:45
| Happy Valentine's day to Buzz. There might be a box of chocolates waiting for him. One of them has a tab of X in it so he should call Ben when he figures out which one it is. |
| 7:46
| Spring training just started and Cubs pitchers and catchers have reported to camp. Ben loves the way that sounds. He can pitch and catch. They also had their stuff ripped off by a tweaker. |
| 7:47
| The White Sox players aren't reporting until Saturday. You'd think they'd report early based on how bad they were. A lot of them have problems getting back into the country. |
| 7:48
| Pitcher Ryan Dempster is predicting that the Cubs will win the World Series this year. Ben feels this thing has been miscategorized by the media. Everyone shows up in spring training thinking they'll win the World Series. Otherwise what's the point of showing up? You can't show up thinking you'll only make it to the playoffs as a Wild Card. |
| 7:49
| Then the media takes it to Lou and hope he'll whip it up some more. They don't have much else to do out there in Arizona, it's the desert. |
| 7:50
| Lou said Dempster made a bold prediction. It's not that troubling though but they're trying to make it into that. It would be more troubling if he didn't think they'd win the World Series. It seems unfair but that's the typically shoddy journalism that goes on out there. Ben won't be a part of it and not just because of the restraining order. |
| 7:51
| The Blackhawks beat the Blue Jackets 7-2 last night behind Dustin Byfuglien's two goals. Originally they thought he had a hat trick but the third goal went off an opponent's stick into the goal. |
| 7:52
| The Hawks are in Nashville tonight which is hockey town. Dennis Savard said that last night's win was a great team win. |
| 7:53
| If Buzz goes to Spike Manton's Oscar event and does some mingling he could mention that there's a reason the Hawks scored 7 goals against Columbus, because Jonathan Toews is back. |
| 7:54
| Can Ben take a break and then continue, he needs to powder his nose. Buzz can't wait to see it. |
| 7:55
| Live read: Woodfield |
| 8:02
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 8:03
| Did Ben hear someone say "stimulus package"? That seems like a cue for Ben to come in. Where was Ben? Oh yes, sports. |
| 8:04
| Buzz is a big fan of the Notre Dame football program so this next story will shake him to his core. Buzz is torn about Notre Dame. He starts off hating them but then feels bad for them. Does he feel bad for that big fat tub of lard Charlie Weis? |
| 8:05
| Ben's been banned from their lockerroom too which hurts because he's Catholic. He was in the seminary for many years but was then defrocked, before he was even frocked. Whenever you can drink wine at work and have it be part of your job it's exciting. |
| 8:06
| Allt he good players Charlie had when he got to Notre Dame weren't recruited by him. He's not a good recruiter, would you want that guy on your front porch? He wouldn't make you want to do anything for him. Why not send over some cheerleaders or that leprachaun? |
| 8:07
| Cleveland Browns QB Brady Quinn was part of a group of men shouting gay insults at men passing by outside a Columbus restaurant early on New Year's day. |
| 8:08
| Columbus police received a 911 call that morning identifying Quinn among a group of friends. |
| 8:09
| The person making the call knew it was Quinn and said he wasn't as involved as his friends were. |
| 8:10
| A Browns' spokesman had no comment. Calls to Quinn and his representative were not returned. |
| 8:11
| Quinn was the Browns back-up quarterback last season. How great was it watching him in the draft when he kept getting passed over. It was great! Plus AJ Hawk was nailing his sister. Although now they're married. |
| 8:12
| We have a tape of the 911 call, is it going to have the f-word in it? It's been bleeped out. |
| 8:13
| Quinn has parlayed his good looks into several national ad campaigns. |
| 8:14
| The 911 caller left the scene before the police arrived because he feared for his life. When police arrived they found Quinn in a verbal argument with another man. |
| 8:15
| Police arrested the man Quinn was arguing with but he wouldn't back down and turned on officers. Additional police officers were called to clear the scene. |
| 8:16
| The owner of the restaurant where Quinn and his group had dinner on New Year's Eve said there were about a dozen people, half men and half women. The only problem they gave him was trying to figure out the bill for the evening. You'd think Brady would just pick up on the tab on New Year's Eve. |
| 8:17
| The head of a Columbus gay and lesbian anti-violence group, as opposed to a pro-violence group, called Quinn's use of a gay slur distressing. |
| 8:18
| And now the 911 call from that night. The guy said Brady was wearing a brown jacket. Knowing him it was probably a Browns jacket. |
| 8:19
| You'd think on New Year's Eve everyone could just get along. It's good to know there's a gay and lesbian union in Columbus though. |
| 8:20
| Ben has been to both the restaurant and club mentioned in his incident and he had a lovely time. |
| 8:21
| Football players spend a lot of time with other men naked. It seems like sometimes they have some issues to work out. |
| 8:29
| Live read: Fresh Diet |
| 8:30
| Steve's going down to Florida this weekend. The Fresh Diet people are based out of Florida and they said they'd be happy to deliver the food to Steve down there. He'd rather have pizza this weekend, that can also be delivered. It's nice of them to offer though. |
| 8:31
| With Fresh Diet you can make all of your menu choices online. With Balance for Life they included a menu in with your food and you had to make your choices and fax it back. Hello?! The 70's called, they want their fax machine back. |
| 8:32
| Just for the record Brady Quinn said he didn't do anything. It was still probably a crazy scene though. Brady seems smart enough to know not to do anything like that. Just because he was with a group of friends doesn't mean he was doing anything. |
| 8:33
| Is Buzz ready with some news? Steve thought Jim was in here but he's so mesmerizing. They did have chit chat so he must have been in the studio. |
| 8:34
| They were talking about Friday Night Lights because Steve said it had been canceled. Jim was wondering if he had some inside info. The creator seems to think it's going to be canceled, he's probably the best source. |
| 8:35
| Steve told him to do some research but he just rolled his eyes and walked out. He's very busy, ordering wacky t-shirts online. Steve's wearing one of those wacky t-shirts now, it's the EL t-shirt that says Sox/35th. |
| 8:36
| News with Buzz |
| 8:37
| Future Hall of Famer Roger Clemens squared off against his former trainer Brian McNamee yesterday. Clemens vehemently denied ever using steroids but his trainer claims he has proof he did in the form of syringers he used on Clemens. |
| 8:38
| What about that Greyhound thing where they were pretending they were an airline and canceling a bunch of buses. Steve can't remember what day it was because that Comcast thing took up 2 days. |
| 8:39
| But they kept showing video on the news of people stranded at the Greyhound station on Harrison. How bad could the roads have been, Steve still got to work? You know how funky it is when people sleep at the airport after a canceled flight, imagine what it's like at the Greyhound station. |
| 8:40
| You could tell Greyhound thought they were like American Airlines canceling buses. It's really hard to take anyone seriously when they're taking the bus. It costs $100 to fly somewhere! |
| 8:41
| Police arrested a parolee who resembled the Lane Bryant suspect but have now said he is not the person they're looking for. |
| 8:42
| Why didn't they wait until they had something more concrete before they reported it? It turns out they've arrested a lot of people, including Steve. He hasn't had that hair braid for years. |
| 8:43
| It's Valentine's day but a lot of people don't know why we celebrate it. St. Valentine was a man who performed secret wedding ceremonies in Rome. At the time the Roman Emporer didn't want men to get married believing they didn't make good soldiers. |
| 8:44
| St. Valentine was caught and sentenced to death. He wrote a letter to his beloved from prison. Buzz was asked about Valentine's day this week. Did he just say it was a Hallmark concoction? |
| 8:45
| The world's fattest man, who lost 500 pounds, will be lifted out of his house by a special crane. The man weighed over 1,000 pounds or half a short ton. |
| 8:46
| For all of Steve's life he had never heard of a short ton. For him a ton is 2,000 pounds. But then here comes Buzz saying short ton. A short ton is a ton but Buzz has to introduce this new phrase. |
| 8:47
| O.J. Simpson's girlfriend is in the hospital with a severe head injury. |
| 8:48
| Madonna has directed a film which was released at the Berlin Film Festival. One critic said that after being a bad actress for a long time Madonna has graduated to being a bad director. If she had done catering on the movie they would have had a Jonestown situation. |
| 8:55
| Once again it's very hard for Steve to take someone seriously when they're stranded at the Greyhound bus station. |
| 8:56
| It's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. Caller Sandy is in Lake Zurich, although not in the lake itself. That would make for a soggy taco. |
| 8:57
| Sandy will be having a Chalupa Supreme which is what Steve will also be getting. That's a chalupa with sour cream and tomatoes as well. |
| 8:58
| Is Sandy drinking today? Only coffee but she might want to back off. Sandy used to live near where Steve lived. |
| 8:59
| Is this the only call that came in for a Taco Pal? That was the best Brendan could find. Buzz would love to hear the other ones. Steve feels bad but he can't get into the physics of a chalupa or where he lives. The past is for losers. |
| 9:00
| Who else is the past for Pat Boyle? Coach used to say it was for losers and cowards. Can Pat be Steve's Taco Pal? |
| 9:01
| Steve's going to move on but go to Taco Bell. Sandy's happy, she's getting some Taco Bell and a date with Brendan. |
| 9:02
| Steve still wants a chalupa though, he has his little heart set on it. Is that OK with Pat? On the Taco Bell website there's some model named Danielle and you can direct her to do different things in a photo shoot. |
| 9:03
| Danielle is a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. You can pick from several locales in Grand Cayman for a photo shoot. |
| 9:04
| Then you can send the photos to yourself. This might be something for Steve to do this afternoon. He can add the photo to his collection and pass it off as his own. |
| 9:05
| Usually when Steve does this the girl isn't cooperating. He just comes up to her on the beach and takes a photo. Sometimes the camera phone is at his hip so you can't see it. |
| 9:06
| There's a listener who makes hip-hop mixes and Steve's been trying to get the Peanut Butter Jelly Time song remixed. The guy at B96 didn't do it the way Steve wanted him to. |
| 9:07
| But Andre Rogers at Nubian Studios did a mix of the song for Steve which he's going to play now. |
| 9:08
| He's off to a good start but Steve wants more of the scratchy stuff at the beginning. Andre should feel free to just go crazy. That's the kind of stuff Steve does when he's DJing at Crobar but there he has all his tables. |
| 9:09
| What's that guys name again? Andre Young, he's the DJ. He should feel free to just go crazy on it. |
| 9:10
| Actually the guy's name is Andre Rogers. Pete said it right the first time. Is Pete OK? He'd be the last one to know of course. Steve hasn't really seen Pete in a week except for briefly this morning. |
| 9:11
| Steve ran into Pete carrying an armload of tapes. He quickly ducked into the stairway so he wouldn't have to talk to Steve. |
| 9:12
| The emails have really gotten away from Steve today so he lost the one from Andre. He's been getting a ton of emails today, people asking if there's anything special they have to say to get the Steve Dahl special from Fresh Diet. Then there's a guy who alerts Steve that the FAQ page on Dahl.com still says Balance for Life. |
| 9:13
| There's another person who can't believe Steve glossed over the fact that 47% of the listeners from yesterday's web poll had been involved in a police sting. Buzz can't believe it's 47%. We did go over this earlier today and Steve mentioned the 47% to Buzz. |
| 9:14
| What is the emailer implying, that all those listeners are criminals? You can do a police sting for everything. Sometimes they have them for seatbelts. |
| 9:15
| Then the last email is about the guy at the beginning of the show saying Steve Dahl on Jack FM. What else should it say? Buzz thought that was a reference to the Comcast awards. It did come in at 5:53 AM today, you'll have to excuse Steve for not remembering. He doesn't read these emails right away, how about some context? |
| 9:16
| Steve saw Pat on the Blackhawks post-game last night. He's noticed that Pat likes to use the hockey team nicknames, which he likes. Instead of the Thrashers he said The Thrash. |
| 9:17
| Ryan Dempster thinks the Cubs will win the World Series but who doesn't think that? You don't show up to spring training thinking you're not going to win. |
| 9:18
| Roger Clemens testified in front of a Congressional committee yesterday, Mr. Stiff Goes to Washington. |
| 9:20
| Steve didn't watch much of that but enough to know that Clemens was sticking to his story and the trainer who doesn't look like much of a trainer was sticking to his story. Steve wouldn't listen to that guy at all. He's clearly dealing and not taking. |
| 9:21
| If you take McNamee and Clemens out of the equation you have Andy Petite and Chuck Knoublach. Even Clemens said that Petite was a truthful person. But he also said he misheard the HGH conversation. |
| 9:22
| It ended up being Republicans for Clemens and Democrats against. Steve doesn't understand how it came down on party lines like that. What are they basing it on? |
| 9:23
| There was some party at Jose Canseco's that Clemens said he wasn't at but everyone else says he was. |
| 9:24
| The whole thing is ridiculous, it's a kangaroo court. Some of these Congressmen are acting like big defense attorney with a crazy cross-examination and it doesn't even count. |
| 9:25
| Pat thought it was really cowardly that Clemens threw his wife under the bus. McNamee says he injected Pettite and Knoblauch but didn't know anything about that. Then Clemens says that he didn't know his wife was also being injected. |
| 9:26
| He only found out after his wife had some side effects. But if he was so up in arms about it why didn't he fire McNamee? |
| 9:27
| Steve doesn't even care. If he were an athlete he'd take everything he could take to make him better. |
| 9:35
| Live read: Laz Parking |
| 9:36
| Caller Bill has an idea for this whole steroids thing that he thinks Steve would get behind. An all-steroids league where people who want to use can play against other uses. |
| 9:37
| It would work for all sports, not just baseball. Imagine tennis with people on steroids. If Steve's an athlete he'd get on whatever he could to play better. |
| 9:38
| Andre Rogers is on the phone, he's the guy who made the Peanut Butter Jelly mix. He's not Andre Young, he doesn't know who that is. Andre Young might be a felon. |
| 9:39
| This is a troubled name Andre leads. Andre Young is Dr. Drew, Andrew Young is the former mayor of Atlanta and Kenny Rogers is a singer. |
| 9:40
| Andre heard that Steve wants him to whiten up the mix a little bit. Something for a white guy at a wedding. |
| 9:41
| Steve heard the phrase "jukin' it up" which is something they do on WGCI. Is it still whitening it up then? |
| 9:42
| That name got confusing on us. Andre didn't help either and it's his name. Buzz enjoyed hearing Kenny Rogers mentioned. At some point Steve had to bring it back to something he understands, The Gambler. |
| 9:43
| So we'll get that remix tomorrow and see how it goes. Andre has done some other things for Steve and he's quite talented. He knows what a juke is and that's what Steve's looking for. |
| 9:44
| Steve really doesn't need to do another thing that won't pay off for him but sometimes he can't help himself. He'll have to look for it during the break, just pretend he didn't bring that up. It's kind of interesting to him but he's not sure how Buzz will feel about it. |
| 9:51
| Steve found what he was looking for but he's not sure if he wants to talk about it. It's a guy who blogs about the show and lives in Boston. |
| 9:52
| It's not anything bad though but it's just reviews of different segments that Steve and Buzz do. Buzz found this blog and he couldn't make sense of it. |
| 9:53
| There are also links to the podcast hours from each day too. He says the Frank Caliendo segment was a misstep. |
| 9:54
| Steve gets the Google alerts and stuff like this comes in. He doesn't need to see that about the Frank Caliendo segment. |
| 9:55
| The newest post is about Steve making fun of Buzz for sitting at home shooting up and listening to jazz. He said it was funny. |
| 9:56
| Then there's a post about the guy who emailed Steve for the Mailbag. He said he was getting amourous with his girlfriend while listen to the show. He wanted to turn it off but the girlfriend told him not to. |
| 9:57
| So the blogger, directed at the emailer, said now he can listen to the podcast of Steve reading the email he sent in. |
| 9:58
| Steve promised Drew singing Have You Seen Her today. Buzz thinks that would be a great thing to go out on today. Of course he can say that because he's just sitting over. He's out of here as soon as the show is over. |
| 9:59
| Drew sings Have You Seen Her just for Buzz. |
