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| 5:33
| The Police, coming back to town Buzz! He couldn't be more excited about The Police, or The Pigs as he calls them, coming back to Chicago. Buzz loves Sting and the whole tantric sex thing. |
| 5:34
| Although Sting recently said that whole tantric thing was a joke. If word was out on the streets that you could go for 5 hours you shouldn't correct that. In fact, bump it up to 8 hours. The only reason you can't go longer than that is because of the poor girl. |
| 5:35
| Something very troubling happened after the show yesterday. Buzz doesn't like to stick around for the post-show stuff just because something troubling might happen. |
| 5:36
| Steve likes Don't Stand So Close to Me, it's about inappropriate behavior between a teacher and a student. Buzz will have to listen more closely the next time. It's all right out there in the lyrics Buzz. |
| 5:37
| Buzz likes Roxanne. He knows it's about a prostitute right? Don't Stand So Close to Me is the theme song for Steve's No Child Left Behind program. Every student should be able to nail their teacher. It screws up the girls more than the guys though. |
| 5:38
| If Ms. Shauflin wanted Steve to throw one into her, if he knew how, he would have. At the time he was only 10 but there were kids from middle school coming back to hang out and talk to her. He knew something was going on but he couldn't quite crack the whole thing. |
| 5:39
| Steve would like to think he was a sexy 5th grader in his white Levi's, crew socks, penny loafers and madras shirt. Who wouldn't want to take a run at that? That was Buzz's look in high school and he's 10 years older. Did Buzz have to buy his clothing at the JC Penney's husky department? Imagine the shame of that? |
| 5:40
| Husky doesn't sound as bad as big and tall though. Husky sounds like a football player. Plus you've got the Alaskan huskies delivery flu serum to sick people. |
| 5:41
| Last night at the Hawks game the players were wearing NIU stickers on their helmets. Their minor league team is in Rockford which is very close to NIU. |
| 5:42
| Buzz saw that the Bulls players were wearing NIU t-shirts while sitting on the bench last night. They probably share officers with the Blackhawks so they saw the sticker and had to one up them with the t-shirts. |
| 5:43
| Buzz wouldn't mind wearing an NIU t-shirt to show his support for the school. Steve's pretty sure we can track one down for him. Let the healing begin with Buzz and his Hanes Super Beefy large NIU t-shirt. |
| 5:44
| Steve's going to get the same tattoos that that guy had. As it turns out there were warning signs from the shooter. His girlfriend doesn't seem too stable either. She gave different stories to CNN and the police. |
| 5:45
| Buzz would have liked the Hawks game last night because there was a fight that made sense. It didn't just happen right after the puck dropped. A guy from Minnesota went after Patrick Kane and had his stick in his face. He didn't get called on it though. |
| 5:46
| Patrick Kane, or Kaner as Steve calls him, is one of the team's prized possessions so it would be the job of one of the defensemen to protect him. Last night it was #7, Brent Seabrook, or Seaber as Steve calls him. He beat the crap out of the Minnesota player. The other guy didn't even get a punch off. |
| 5:47
| As Seabrook was going over to the penalty box Patrick Kane came up behind him and gave him a tap on the leg with his stick. It was cool and if Buzz had been there he would have thought it was a perfect fight. Plus the Hawks won. Steve stayed for the whole game, it was a shutout. |
| 5:48
| Sometimes after a frustrating game, where the other team doesn't score, there might be a good fight. Plus the Hawks had lost 9 games in a row to Minnesota. |
| 5:49
| Because Steve stayed late there was a little extra traffic. Plus Steve's an aggressive driver and he just came from a hockey game. He'd also just seen a lunar eclipse so he was pumped. |
| 5:50
| Steve's waiting to turn onto the expressway and the guy in the lane next to him, driving an Impala, starts inching forward. He was trying to get ahead of Steve but he just sat back and waited. Then when the light turned green Steve completely shut the guy down. |
| 5:51
| The guy should have looked over and known that Steve was sitting on 600 horsepower. When it was all over Steve said to himself "how awesome was that?" And then of course he couldn't get to sleep when he got home. |
| 5:52
| Steve hit the commercials but then stopped it right away. Buzz thought he heard something. He'll just rerack, like in bowling. Reset the pins, have a sip of your beverage and then run your fingers over the air. Buzz thought there was chalk involved in bowling. |
| 5:57
| Is Pete saying with that drop that it was the White Sox sporting NIU gear? When the Sox showed up to camp Ozzie and Ken WIlliams were wearing NIU stuff. |
| 5:58
| Pete's not familiar with what Buzz saw but Buzz isn't either. He saw something, maybe some athletes in an NIU thong or something. |
| 5:59
| He saw it on NBC which is his first mistake. Steve can't watch that newscast any more. Brant Miller acts like he owns the entire newscast. |
| 6:00
| NBC has some addendum to that Check, Please show and last night it was about Uncle Bub's out by Steve. Buzz has said he doesn't like the place because it's too smoky. He prefers the meat to fall of the bone but Steve didn't mind. |
| 6:01
| So after it was over they go to Brant who says it's going to be cold and he wouldn't mind putting his hands over Uncle Bub's smoker. He's inside! It's not cold to him! |
| 6:02
| Caller Janet wanted to let Steve know that Buzz is right, the Bulls did wear NIU t-shirts last night on the bench. They lost though, they can't even win for some dead kids. |
| 6:03
| Janet is a frequent caller isn't she? Her name and voice sound very familiar to Steve. She hasn't called in since Steve's been on Jack, the last time was probably about 6 months ago. |
| 6:04
| Did Steve and Janet meet at the zoo sometime after he'd arranged a meeting in front of the apequarium? |
| 6:05
| Janet did see Steve at Max & Erma's once but she didn't want to say anything. Was she on her way up to the sundae bar maybe? Steve doesn't eat at Max & Erma's because they have the worst service. They never bring you anything close to what you ordered. You didn't order a monkeyburger? Well the cook won't make anything else for you. |
| 6:06
| Steve always wants to go to Max & Erma's though because there's never anyone there. But there's never anyone there because it sucks! |
| 6:07
| Ed Silha, PARTY OF ONE, is on the phone. Buzz thought you chalked up when you bowled. You use rosen. How does that affect an Ed Silha wearing a bowling glove? |
| 6:08
| Buzz is wondering if Ed has ever heard of a bowler named Buzz Fazio. We have gone down to a Buzz Kilman rabbit hole here. When Buzz was a kid he got a letter from Buzz Fazio on his birthday. |
| 6:09
| Ed hasn't worn his bowling glove since the incident with Craig Gass at the bowling alley. That was when Ed got into a heated argument with the people bowling next to him, who weren't following the rules. |
| 6:10
| That was when Craig learned that Steve does a great impersonation of Ed. It's always funny when people who do impersonations are amazed Steve can do them. He talks for 5 hours a day for the last 30 years. |
| 6:11
| Yesterday Rod Zimmerman, who's a smart guy, said he turned on his favorite morning show (Steve's show) and heard some black guy who he thought was really funny. He was probably also wondering why this guy was on when he pays Steve so much. |
| 6:12
| Rod mentioned this to Todd who told him that was Steve doing Tyrone. Steve's Pilates instructor also heard Tyrone and didn't know it was Steve, which he takes as a compliment. |
| 6:13
| Buzz Fazio was a pioneer and early American bowling star during the mid-20th century. That makes Buzz sound old. |
| 6:14
| Buzz is wondering if there's anything else out there about Fazio. He could Google it himself and maybe put together a report which could be published on Dahl.com. |
| 6:15
| Fazio was known for his fierce competitiveness and audience pleasing theatrics, much like Buzz. |
| 6:16
| Fazio was born in Ohio but brought to Detroit in 1947 to join the fabled Stroh's Beer Bowling Team. He captained that team for 9 seasons. Steve doesn't see anything else in here though, no mention of meeting Buzz. |
| 6:17
| Buzz's dad met him and had him send a telegram. Buzz wasn't familiar with him because they didn't have a TV at the time. But they got one the next year and he followed Fazio's career. |
| 6:18
| Buzz's dad also met Rocky Marciano at a barbershop in Rochester, New York. He followed Rocky back to his hotel and had him autograph a photo to Buzz. It was a photo of Rocky knocking out Jersey Joe Walcott. |
| 6:19
| Buzz has it in a frame on his wall along with his other heroes like Steve and Eddie & Jobo. Last night was Eddie & Jobo night at the Hawks game and it was brutal. Usually there's at least a smattering of applause but last night it was all boos. |
| 6:20
| Steve might have to cancel his radio icon night. Does he need to go out on the ice in a jersey that says Dahl on the back? What if he hired one of those guys who looks like him? Would that still be depressing? |
| 6:21
| In a moment very reminiscent of Steve throwing out the first pitch before Disco Demolition, Eddie went out to drop the puck after Jobo but by then it seemed to be all over and the players were leaving the ice. |
| 6:22
| Eddie did get to shoot the puck during the second intermission and he got booed some more. He did get to walk off the ice with a girl in high heels and a swimsuit. She seemed very young though, it might be child endangerment. |
| 6:23
| When the Hawks were here last week shooting that video Steve exhorted the crowd to get one more boo out. He might have to approve the final edit on that thing now though. Or maybe he'll just bring Buzz along and pretend the boos are just people yelling "BUZZ!" |
| 6:24
| Even sending a doppleganger will still be depressing right? What if he sent large inflatable Steve? He could drop one of those giant foam puckheads. |
| 6:25
| There is precedence for giant things at hockey games because they have 15 foot tall inflatable things that race around on the ice. |
| 6:26
| Steve said to Matt Dahl that he wanted to find out what kind of shoes those characters wear. Matt said "What do you care?" How about for walking around on ice? Did he think Steve would want to go out walking around on hockey rinks? |
| 6:27
| There's ice everywhere in the winter. A guy like Steve can't fall. Buzz came out of the house the other day and saw a husky fellow go down hard on the ice. |
| 6:28
| He was having trouble getting up so Buzz debated about whether or not he should go help him. He just stood there watching him and the guy eventually got up. |
| 6:35
| Steve has a lot of calls so he'll keep this short. He thought yesterday was the 30th anniversary of his first show in Chicago but it was actually yesterday. |
| 6:36
| Steve's been telling people that it was February 21st for at least the last 5 years. He sat down to write his blog yesterday about how his first day was President's Day and it was a holiday which made him mad. |
| 6:37
| So after Steve got done writing his block he pulled up a calendar from 1978 and there was President's Day on February 20th. Steve tried for about a half hour to move the red square on the 20th to the 21st with his cursor, thinking he could change time. |
| 6:38
| So Steve had to rewrite his blog and then notify the staff that we'd already had the 30th anniversary. The bad news is that Steve got it wrong but the good news is that it's already over. |
| 6:39
| Steve didn't want to make a big deal about it because he just likes to show up and do the show. There was some shock and awe though but it's been documented by several people now. |
| 6:40
| Buzz is trying to think if he did anything yesterday that would commemorate the 30th anniversary. He did have some Lindy's Chili. We're still going out to dinner tonight though, at an undisclosed location. Steve doesn't want the paparazzi showing up. |
| 6:41
| Steve didn't tell Todd, Rod or Dan Mason about the mistake though. They all sent him congratulatory emails about the anniversary being today so why take the fun out of it? |
| 6:42
| Steve stared at that 1978 calendar for a half hour. He tried to move the red square on the holiday over to the 21st with his mind but he couldn't do it. He Googled time machine but eventually he had to make the call. He even thought about lying about it. Part of Steve thinks he knew his first show was President's Day but decided it didn't count because he was mad and made it the 21st. Someone would have probably remembered Steve saying President's Day and then looked it up. |
| 6:43
| Steve just remembers being told his first day would be on a holiday and he didn't want to do that. They wanted him to work the kinks out. |
| 6:44
| Based on the tape of the second day that Pete just played it sounded like there were still some kinks. When Buzz heard the tape he thought it was Matt Dahl. He and Brendan do their webcast everyday and they're are a lot of people listening. Hopefully they get a job soon. |
| 6:45
| Live read: Illinois Lottery |
| 6:46
| Caller Joe also thought that tape of Steve sounded like Matt. Matt's doing a great job but it's hard for Steve to listen all the time because they sound alike and because he knows how hard it will be for Matt. It's a little easier though because of Steve. |
| 6:47
| Joe thinks Steve should find the hottest woman in the world and bring her out on the ice with him to hand him the puck. Janet suggested that as well but they're even booing women now. |
| 6:48
| Caller Jim thinks Steve should get Terri Hemmert to fill in for Steve. She's a radio icon! What if Steve went out there and said he was Terri Hemmert? |
| 6:49
| Jim has been listening since he was 18 and he's 48 now so that's 30 years. Steve got a note today from Stephanie in his office saying she's been listening since kindergarten. That freaked Steve out and turned him on at the same time. |
| 6:50
| Time for today's web poll question, "are you forgetful?" This is coming from a guy who forgot the anniversary of his first day in Chicago though. Yesterday's poll was "is your body red carpet ready?" A resounding 99.38% said no. 10,431 people voted not while 65 said yes. That was probably Buzz voting 65 times. |
| 6:51
| It was awkward yesterday for Steve running into that woman at the gym who Buzz was checking out. She might be aware of the whole thing. Steve realized that she has the same butt as Buzz so really he's just checking out his own butt. |
| 6:52
| The proliferation of cell phones, Blackberries, Outlook calendars and other smart technology has left many people feeling stupid in the memory department. |
| 6:53
| The addresses, phone numbers and birthdays that people once rattled off from memory have become mysteries to people who rely on electronic directories. |
| 6:54
| Experts say it's unlikely that this new technology is harming our capacity to remember though. |
| 6:55
| This spring Westin Hotels will introduce Brain+Body Fitness, a program incorporating a series of mind and body exercises given to guests at check-in. Forget about Steve's memory, just get him his room service burger when he wants it! |
| 6:56
| Gary Small, a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at UCLA, where Steve went briefly, designed the program for Westin. |
| 6:57
| Small is launching a one-day Brain Boot Camp at UCLA. Steve saw last night on the news that baby boomers have better health care so they could be less likely to develop Alzheimer's. |
| 6:58
| Maybe Steve should attend one of these boot camps since he can't even remember the date of his 30th anniversary in Chicago. |
| 7:04
| Tyrone's checking in with some traffic. What up Buzzman?! It must be chilly up in the choptater today. |
| 7:05
| Tyrone's windows are all frosted up, he can't see nothin'. That's dangerous work he's doing. |
| 7:06
| Right now Tyrone's in Indiana which is the birthplace of the KKK. He's always nervous about being down there, especially during Black History Month. |
| 7:07
| There's black ice on eastbound I-94. That's racist. Why is it black ice? Is it going to sneak up behind you in an alley? |
| 7:08
| There's a car flipped over on the eastbound Edens near Dundee as well. Why can't it be white ice? Ice is white! Tyrone just got word that eastbound I-94 has opened up now. |
| 7:09
| So if you were stuck on I-94 and wondering what was going on, it was black ice. Tyrone couldn't get to us earlier, he was having breakfast at Cracker Barrel. That name also scares him because of cracker. They always serve him though. |
| 7:10
| Tyrone need to pull over and use the bathroom though, he had a big omelet for breakfast. Can he just go in a field? He doesn't want some Indiana farmer coming up and shooting him though. |
| 7:11
| Maybe he should find a truck stop with a bathroom. That's always creepy though, being bracketed by two white guys in Pendelton shirts with beards. They say "what are you doin' here boy?" and then Tyrone just turns around. That usually quiets people down. |
| 7:12
| Sometimes it arouses people though, you never know at those truck stops with the showers and the bunk houses. Next thing you know you're involved in a prison scene with two guys named Lyle and Squinty. |
| 7:13
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 7:14
| In an effort to improve Steve's own memory he's going to go back to something he started doing earlier in the show. Steve feels Buzz will be hurt and shocked. |
| 7:15
| Steve calls down to Penny in the Jack studios. She's right below Steve. If he stood up and jumped hard on the floor she'd hear it. That's 300 pounds coming down right there. |
| 7:16
| Steve was sitting in his office minding his own business after the show, talking to Todd Cavanah about plans for the 30th anniversary. Steve wasn't really paying attention, the only thing he wanted to know was if he'd make money off of it. |
| 7:17
| Then Todd told Steve that Penny said it was annoying when Steve was eating on the air yesterday. Penny can't believe Todd ratted her out to Steve. Steve can't believe Penny ratted him out to Todd! |
| 7:18
| Penny was having a bad day yesterday and Todd came in to talk to her after the show. She's beet red now by the way, just so Steve knows. Penny told Todd he was having a bad day and said something about Steve eating on the air. |
| 7:19
| She only mentioned Steve but then Todd added on that Buzz's eating bothers him. Steve doesn't care if people don't like to hear him eating on the air. |
| 7:20
| In Detroit Steve became known for eating cereal on the air. He did the same thing when he came to Chicago. It annoyed people but they were talking about it. |
| 7:21
| When Steve has the Taco Bell Penny does actually crave that. Who annoys Penny more when they're eating on the air though, Steve or Buzz? It doesn't matter what she says, it's OK. Penny or Todd won't stop them from eating on the air. |
| 7:22
| Penny would have to say Buzz annoys her more, which is also what Todd said. Sometimes Buzz's mouth is completely full of food and he starts talking. Often times though Steve is demanding that Buzz talks if he's eating. |
| 7:23
| Steve loves Buzz but if there is food put in front of him that's all he's focused on. It's like Steve's dogs, when he feeds them all they care about is the food in the bowl. |
| 7:24
| What is Penny going to rat Todd out about today? That memory bit went on a bit long and Steve didn't really end it funny. Although he forgot to go back to it which is funny but sort of abstract. He's not playing enough Duran Duran either, he's not maintaining the Jack audience. |
| 7:25
| It was sort of an e tu Penny moment though. Penny didn't mean it to be like that but it came at Steve when he was unaware. It was right at the end of this great meeting where everyone was coming in to congratulate him about 30 years. Rod came in and was so amazed that Steve was the one doing the Tyrone voice. |
| 7:26
| Now Steve knows why Buzz leaves right at 10:01. Penny's going to start doing that as well. |
| 7:27
| It was very hurtful though, Steve might have to break up with Penny. That's what she was afraid of. Will it make things better if he sends a taco down today? |
| 7:28
| Caller Robin is so excited to talk to Steve, she's been listening for 30 years. She's the balm or salve for his wound. Robin's in grad school and the other night they were talking about Steve. Whenever Steve eats on the air everyone craves what he's eating and goes out and gets it. |
| 7:29
| Steve was just shocked by it. That's how he ends the meeting?! He's getting Steve to agree to all this stuff, like a kissing booth at a street fair named after him and then he drops that on him. |
| 7:30
| Steve was thinking $5 for a regular kiss and $10 for a French kiss. It's all for charity too. |
| 7:31
| Steve thinks that if you ask anyone else who works on the show if they would volunteer negative information to Todd, they'd probably say no. Maybe Tina would though, she's probably been coaching Penny. Steve's like a runaway train, you've got to bring him down from time-to-time. |
| 7:38
| News with Buzz |
| 7:39
| A Navy destroyer hit a defunct spy satellite last night with a missile. The satellite was shot down after concerns that fuel in its tank could be toxic. |
| 7:40
| Steve was thinking he should play Skylab since there are concerns about something falling from the sky. |
| 7:41
| The New York Times is reporting that John McCain may have been involved with a lobbyist in 2000. That was almost 10 years ago! He was married at the time though right? |
| 7:42
| McCain's wife has her own checkered past, she was addicted to pain medication. Steve doesn't even care about the President doing stuff like that. He didn't care about Clinton doing it. |
| 7:43
| Those Clinton's are crazy though. Now they're saying Obama is stealing stuff from John Edwards when he says there needs to be a change in Washington. Anyone who had been to Washington would say that. |
| 7:44
| They'll do anything to win although it's served them well in the past. Steve likes Bill Clinton though but the hound dog Bill. He's probably going to pitch Barack on a Vice Presidency. Can he be Vice President? |
| 7:45
| The U.S. Military is contradicting reports that the February 1st Pet Market blast in Baghdad were carried out by two mentally handicapped women. Initial reports that the women had Down syndrome caused outrage. |
| 7:46
| Bill Clinton can't be Vice President because he would become President if something happened to the President. |
| 7:47
| What was the outrage over the Down syndrome thing, who was outraged? No one was casting aspersions on people with Down syndrome. |
| 7:48
| The outrage is that people who manipulate other people with mental incapacities. Steve would be more outraged that they were blowing people up. |
| 7:49
| Did Buzz see that lunar eclipse last night? It's funny Steve should mention that because Buzz is holding the story in his hands. |
| 7:50
| Someone called Buzz to remind him about it and he went out side and had such a clear view. He thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime event and had to wake Piper up. |
| 7:51
| But then he looked at it and it wasn't that spectacular plus it's not a once-in-a-lifetime thing, it'll happen again in 2010. So he didn't wake Piper up. |
| 7:52
| Steve and Matt went outside during the second intermission of the Hawks game to check it out. |
| 7:53
| A lawyer for Tony Rezko says his client is living in very poor conditions at the Metropolitan Correction Center downtown. Let's hope so. His lawyer said Rezko has to share his underwear with other inmates. Is that on purpose? |
| 7:54
| Steven Kazmierczak had been on three different prescriptions before the NIU shooting. |
| 7:55
| Kazmierczak's girlfriend, Jessica Baty (who seems a little batty) said he had been taking Xanax, Ambien and Prozac. She was nervous about the prescriptions and tried to persuade him to stop taking one of the drugs. Good idea! |
| 7:56
| After he stopped taking Prozac he was a little quicker to get annoyed. Steve's surprise she hasn't gotten into the sexual side effects. This is way too much information, she needs to stop giving interviews and get back to class. |
| 7:57
| She says he wasn't a monster but he was, he killed 5 innocent people who were just studying. She told him to stop taking his medicine, is she a psychiatrist. He killed 5 people! People say Steve's a jerk, he hasn't killed anyone! |
| 7:58
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 8:00
| Steve was taken aback for a moment because the word "suck" appears right at the beginning of this live read. |
| 8:05
| That Jessica Baty is an idiot but look at the loser she was dating for two years. |
| 8:06
| Song: Skylab, Steve Dahl |
| 8:09
| The outrage is palpable! Steve's one angry young dude right there. That was 1979 or 1980 right? Steve was outraged! |
| 8:10
| As it turns out nothing happened with Skylab. You know why, because Stev put that energy out there to save us all. That was 1979, there was a lot going on in that year. |
| 8:11
| That was a good year for parody songs for Steve. He had Skylab, Do you Think I'm Disco and Ayatollah. There's your hat trick of parody songs. He was an angry young man with a microphone and a band. |
| 8:12
| That's how it all starts and it'll take you on a ride that goes for 30 years, and a day. Steve realized yesterday that February 20th was the anniversary of his first day in Chicago. |
| 8:13
| Steve wrote his blog yesterday and then did a little research about President's Day in 1978, his first day on the air. Turns out it was on the 20th of February. Steve sat there trying to move the red box from the 20th to the 21st with his cursor. |
| 8:14
| But that's OK because we still get a nice cake from Zingleman's for Steve's 30th anniversary. Buzz don't eat the cake on the air though, it'll annoy Penny. |
| 8:15
| Steve's pretty sure Adam overslept today. He was supposed to pick up the cake at 6 am but then we got a call saying it wasn't picked up yet. So we called Adam and he tried to turn it around on us. |
| 8:16
| Everyone oversleeps, Steve doesn't mind. He was just wondering if Adam would try to turn it around on him on the air. |
| 8:17
| Buzz feels that if there's one day to not oversleep it would be a day like this when everyone is expecting donuts. And by everyone Buzz means himself. He was pacing the hallways like a lion waiting for those donuts. |
| 8:18
| What probably happened is that Adam heard the news that Steve got the date of his anniversary wrong, it hit him hard and he went out drinking. He couldn't believe he cast his fate with someone who couldn't even remember his broadcasting anniversary. |
| 8:19
| Steve calls down to Adam's office. He overslept a bit and apparently traffic gets pretty bad after 6 am. He wasn't sure what name the cake and donuts were under though so that took a bit of time. He tried Tina's first and last name but it was under "Adams". Steve likes what he did there, turning it on Tina. |
| 8:24
| Thanks to Todd and everyone at Jack for putting together the 30th anniversary promos. It was yesterday though. Although the tape Steve has is actually from the 21st since there's no tape of his first show. |
| 8:25
| They put Steve up in Eugenie Square when he first moved her at Eugenie and LaSalle. They got him some furniture from Swingles and they had a few guys take him around Chicago which really helped. |
| 8:26
| Steve had to do a test run of his show in the middle of the night. He had to go into the studio with the engineers he was going to use at around 2 am and do a show that wasn't even going to be on the air. That's impossible to do. |
| 8:27
| HIs first show was on President's Day. It was pitched to Steve that his first show should be on a holiday where maybe not as many people are listening. Plus they said they weren't going to tape his first show, that's sort of a standard thing. |
| 8:28
| Steve has a tape of the second day though and based on how much that sucks the first day must have really sucked so it's good thing there's no tape. |
| 8:29
| Steve had no choice but to do that test run. It was just the beginning of a pattern of abuse heaped on him. They might have brought Steve to Chicago to break him. In Detroit he was beating both the ABC-owned stations in town. |
| 8:30
| Caller Brett congratulates Steve on 30 years. Todd and Rod had Eleven City Diner send some sandwiches over. Steve should probably start saying Rod and Todd since Rod is higher up. He'll bring out the flowchart on him. Rod and Todd are also the names of the Flanders boys on The Simpsons. |
| 8:31
| Brett has a copy of the WDAI press release from Steve's first day in Chicago. It was obviously written by a woman based on the handwriting. They put out a series of post cards chronicling Steve's trip from Detroit to Chicago with writing on the back. |
| 8:32
| But it was written in women's handwriting. Steve has nice handwriting, he should have written it. But they didn't trust him back then. They brought him here to break him but he broke them. |
| 8:33
| Brett actually got the postcard from someone at Steve's 10th Anniversary in 1988. That was when he was on The Loop and they did way too much for Steve, more than he wanted. They were probably just jealous and all of them are gone now. |
| 8:34
| Brett's a radio nerd so he collects all this stuff. It's just a copy that he got from someone at The Loop. The card says Steve will start his show on February 20th. |
| 8:35
| Brett's starting to scare Steve a bit, he's had that card for 20 years. He has tapes of old shows though, Steve wouldn't mind having those. Brett's actually putting them on disc and he has the address to send them to. |
| 8:36
| Live read: Devry University |
| 8:37
| Peanut Butter is on the phone. He's a day late with his 30th anniversary congratulations but we all are. |
| 8:38
| Steve promised unpredictability when he came to Chicago and that's what people got. |
| 8:39
| Steve needs a Taco Pal to have lunch with him today. They won't have lunch together, just the same menu item. |
| 8:40
| Pat thought Steve should call Penny to be his Taco Pal. Steve's not talking to her. Someone remind Steve to tell Pat about the 20 minute rule. |
| 8:41
| The Nubian has cut another mix of Peanut Butter Jelly Time, this is exactly what Steve likes. Way to go Nubian. |
| 8:42
| Time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. Steve does need to talk to Pat about the 20 minute rule though. Everyday Pat brings up something that Steve has to explain. He appreciates that Pat is listening though. |
| 8:43
| Caller Bob is Steve's Taco Pal, he's having the Double Decker Taco Supreme today. |
| 8:50
| Josh Mora got kissed by Dustin Byfuglien after the game last night. Those Hawks are getting feisty. Does Dustin look like a good kisser? |
| 8:51
| Not to violate the 20 minute rule but Steve was telling Buzz earlier that he would have liked the fight in last night's game. That goes back to what Buzz said yesterday about how he doesn't like hockey fights right after the puck drop, there's no back story. |
| 8:52
| But the fight last night had a back story. One of the Minnesota guys put a stick to Kane's face so Seabrook went after him and pounded him. |
| 8:53
| Last night on Comcast, in honor of Buzz, Pat asked Jason Williams about fights right after the game starts. |
| 8:54
| Steve appreciates the plug mentioning the show but next time mention Buzz's name. All Jason Williams heard was "Steve Dahl" so he's probably going back to the rest of the team to tell them about it. |
| 8:55
| Steve likes all fights, premeditated or otherwise. Buzz just likes a bit more of a story, like last night's fight. |
| 8:56
| And Khabibulin, a guy who's been ripped on his show, had a shutout last night. Steve feels it was that ripping that helped him play better. He actually turned around after the game last night and said "thanks Stever" |
| 8:57
| The trade deadline is quickly approaching. If they end up being around the 7th spot they might be sellers. If they're up around 4th and Khabi plays well they might move him to a team that would take on his salary for someone who could help them. |
| 8:58
| Steve thought he heard that the Blackhawks were 8 points out of the playoffs but Pat has 6 in front of him. That's good because 8 really bummed Steve out. |
| 8:59
| The Bulls lost again, in overtime, to a horrible Nets team that doesn't have Jason Kidd any more. The NBA deadline is at 2 pm today, John Paxson would probably like to trade the entire team but he can't. |
| 9:00
| There's talk now that the Bears will not franchise Bernard Berrian so he'll become a free agent. So without him and Moose what do you have? No problem there, the Bears have an awesome running game. |
| 9:01
| US Magazine has the scoop that Tony Romo may indeed have marriage plans for one Jessica Simpson. That seems like a mistake but maybe if you're in love it doesn't seem like a mistake. |
| 9:02
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 9:03
| Time for a Mailbag! Steve's going to interrupt the Mailbag to talk to David Wexler from The Little Guys. |
| 9:04
| Buzz was in a dither on Tuesday with the news that Toshiba was going to stop manufacturing HD DVD players. It was just one of many dithers Buzz is in during the course of the day. He might be addicted to dithers. |
| 9:05
| So now Buzz is wondering if he should get a Blu-Ray player or just forget the whole thing since the discs are so expensive. Steve said a while ago that that Blu-Ray would win the format war. |
| 9:06
| It's about time Sony won something after the whole Beta thing. Plus they had the walkman and could have been the leaders in mp3 players but then Apple came along. Sony finally realized that it's smart to play well with others. |
| 9:07
| Caller Chris wanted to correct something Steve said in the Woodfield Nissan live read. 72 months is 6 years not 5. Steve accepts that, you're talking to a guy who thought today was his 30th anniversary in Chicago. |
| 9:08
| OK back to the Blu-Ray. Buzz should go out and buy a Blu-Ray or if he wants a combo player. He could probably pick up some cheap HD DVDs. |
| 9:09
| Buzz likes to think of himself as an early adopter but he's not that early. He's earlier than most though, he likes to wait a little bit for the price to come down. How much did Steve's Blu-Ray cost? And now it's slow and old. It takes so long to load a DVD in that thing. |
| 9:10
| For a really good Blu-Ray player that plays all the sound formats, you'll have to spend $499 and up. The Blu-Ray discs aren't that expensive, they're between $20 and $30. Plus you can rent them on Netflix or at Blockbuster. And Blu-Ray players are backwards compatible. |
| 9:11
| When Buzz sees the picture he'll get from Blu-Ray he won't mind spending the extra money. Plus some of the better players make your old DVDs look better. |
| 9:12
| Steve needs to switch over to the DirecTV HD package though. If they'd only switch their software over to TiVo! |
| 9:13
| David already went to Cubs fantasy camp, he just got back actually. He was thinking of Steve when he was filling his rental car up with gas in his full uniform. He's no better than Ronnie Woo Woo. |
| 9:14
| Steve loves baseball and the camp is something he would want to do but he refuses to be involved with anything where grown men get off wearing baseball uniforms that aren't theirs. |
| 9:15
| There's talk of the different fantasy camps playing each other which at least makes a little more sense. |
| 9:16
| Blu-Ray Buzz, you won't be sorry. Until this came up Buzz thought he was in video heaven in his living room. There's always a higher level of heaven as it turns out. It goes on forever. |
| 9:23
| Steve has an open Mailbag. He might switch back to The Carpenters' Please Mr. Postman for the Mailbag theme. Buzz points out the relevance of this switch since there's a movement in California to preserve The Carpenters' house as a historic site. |
| 9:24
| Is that song on Steve's machine? Does he type in Carpenters or Postman? |
| 9:25
| It's funny to watch Pete tiptoe into the studio like the Pink Panther. It's not like he'd make any more noise walking normally. |
| 9:26
| Steve doesn't need it today. It was nice of Pete to leave him with that music sting before he left though. |
| 9:27
| Steve was prepared to look up the song himself. It didn't seem like Pete had any more mastery of the machine than Steve does. |
| 9:28
| Pete wanted to do it himself so Steve wouldn't get bogged down in the minutiae. |
| 9:29
| Alright the first email is one that went to Heywhatsup@dahl.com. It seems like it should have gone to the powers that be at Jack FM though. The emailer is wondering why Jack put that loud mouth on the air in the mornings. Steve assumes they're talking about him. |
| 9:30
| The emailer doesn't listen to Jack until 10 am and she can't believe they'd put Steve on after he's destroyed many morning radio shows. Steve has only had successful morning shows. Maybe she's talking about Grover, who isn't even on in Cleveland any more. |
| 9:31
| The emailer thought Steve was hot in the 70s, Steve assumes she's talking about his career. She's prefer that Steve be on from 2 am to 5 am. How does Buzz feel about that? It is during the safe harbor so we could be more risque. |
| 9:32
| Once again this was sent to Steve's website, not Jack FM. The emailer was at a party last weekend and there was a lengthy discussion about Jack FM and the dislike for Steve. A whole party? That hurts! Maybe it was a party of all the people that get together because they hate Steve. |
| 9:33
| The emailer suggests that Jack take a poll to see if anyone actually listens before 10 am. Oh, they take polls alright. Steve's got your poll right here! |
| 9:34
| The woman goes on to sign her name and where she works. If Steve's the real estate company where this woman works, in Libertyville, he wouldn't want this woman sending out hate mail on his dime. |
| 9:35
| Steve's very close to saying where she works. She's the front desk administrator, that means receptionist right? Maybe Steve needs to stop in an repair the damage. What if he bought a house? |
| 9:36
| Letter number 2 is in response to yesterday's discussion about Buzz's sleep problems. Steve tried to download some meditation stuff on iTunes. |
| 9:37
| The emailer suggests yoga nidra on ITunes along with a a pillow with speakers in it. Steve downloaded some yesterday, it's very soothing. |
| 9:38
| There's a part where the guy takes you to a staircase and it's making Steve sleepy just talking about it. He takes you down 20 steps and you're out before he reaches the end. |
| 9:39
| Don't listen right now if you're in a car though. |
| 9:40
| Steve's almost asleep right now but that could be the pastrami. |
| 9:47
| Yoga nidra may be rendered in English as yogic sleep or the sleep of the yogis. Hey, hey, hey Booboo! |
| 9:48
| Steve didn't think it would help him fall asleep but he did. Although sometimes Steve will just fall asleep on the couch when he doesn't want to. |
| 9:49
| News with Buzz |
| 9:50
| John McCain says that a story on the front page of the New York Times, alleging a relationship he had with a lobbyist is not true. If it was true would he be violating the public trust? |
| 9:51
| This makes him seem younger to Steve though. McCain's camp is trying to woo the ultra-conservatives so they might not be happy with it. Who else are they going to vote for though? What good would it do them to vote for Clinton or Obama? |
| 9:52
| Bill Clinton told voters in Texas that it's up to them and voters in Ohio to get Hillary the nomination. Steve's theory is that he doesn't want her to win. |
| 9:53
| Steve has a picture of the lobbyist, kudos to McCain even just for having her as a friend. |
| 9:54
| A California woman is in jail in New York for threatening to cut off Hillary Clinton's arms and legs. Good luck with those legs, they're quite thick. She'd need a chainsaw to get through those cankles. |
| 9:55
| Stanford University will no longer charge tuition for students who's family makes less than $100,000 a year. They will also not charge room and board for families under $60,000 a year. |
| 9:56
| Rave reviews are coming back from last night's lunar eclipse. Steve doesn't have any more audio. Buzz is very disappointed. |
| 9:57
| Steve calls down to the newsroom. Jim only burned a CD with the McCain and Clinton audio, as Steve already said. There was some miscommunication. |
| 9:58
| Did Jim get caught up in Buzz's decision over what food to eat this morning? Should he have a donut? Should he eat the pastrami sandwich? Should he bring something back for Aimee? |
| 9:59
| Buzz would like to add that Aimee is in fact buying peanut oil for the beignets at home. That's probably why they taste so good. They should make the switch to lard. |
| 10:00
| And now the rave review of the lunar eclipse from a kid in Brookline, Massachusetts. He probably gets beat up in school everyday. DIdn't Buzz say earlier that the kid reminded him of a young Steve Dahl? He's offended by that! |
| 10:01
| Lawyers for Tony Rezko claim their client has been subject to poor conditions while in jail including having to share underwear with other inmates. Does he get to wear the underwear first and then someone takes it from him? |
| 10:02
| Once again, this is why Steve doesn't wear underwear in prison, he goes smokeless. He doesn't understand the underwear sharing though. Does someone see Rezko's underwear and want them to wear? Or do they wear his underwear and then force him to wear it again when they're done? |
| 10:03
| Mark Czerniec says it's the old joke "good news men, today you get a chance of underwear. You change with him, you change with him and you change with him." |
