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| 5:30
| We wanted to start Buzz off with his favorite band, Guns n' Roses. It's a great way to start the week. Where do we go, where do we go now? If it wasn't so early Steve would get up and do his Axl Rose impersonation. |
| 5:31
| You know Buzz, Sweet Child o' Mine is a song by the hard rock band Guns n' Roses. Steve's gotten away from talking about the music at the beginning of the show. He feels that's the future for him. He could be like Ryan Seacrest, telling you things you already know but in a very disarming way. |
| 5:32
| Does Buzz have a cold today? He actually woke up with Brendan's voice yesterday. Steve thought maybe he was just trying to prove who had the deeper voice. Or maybe he hit puberty. Finally! He'll have to start manscaping though. |
| 5:33
| Steve had something going on with him last week. There were theories at Steve's house that he had the part of the flu that the vaccine missed. |
| 5:34
| Buzz saw the most mind-boggling thing coming into work this morning. He gets on Lake Shore Drive at Irving Park. For the entire ride down there was a car in the northbound lane but driving south. And of course had their been an accident Buzz would have stopped to report on it and act as a paramedic. |
| 5:35
| Buzz knew that if there was an accident he'd be a witness and it would probably be a national story. Buzz didn't want to see an accident though, with all that destruction and the smell of death in the air. Steve would feel bad for the person going north on Lake Shore Drive. |
| 5:36
| You have to be pretty hammered to get on Lake Shore Drive going in the wrong direction. |
| 5:37
| Steve saw a guy on the wrong side of the road when he was coming in today, maybe it's a trend. It is Pulaski Day, maybe people were out partying last night. Or maybe there's a movement in Poland to drive on the wrong side of the road and it's moving over here. |
| 5:38
| Bars with a late license are open until 4 am on Sundays right? So you're still going to get people leaving the bar at 4:30 or so. Steve notices drunk drivers on Fridays and Mondays. |
| 5:39
| Going back to Sweet Child o' Mine is a song by the hard rock band Guns n' Roses from their debut album Appetite for Destruction. It was their first number one single. |
| 5:40
| The subject of the song is lead singer Axl Rose's then-girlfriend and eventual wife, Erin Everly. Isn't that nice? Drummer Steven Adler and guitarist Slash were warming up when Slash began playing a "circus" melody. Guitarist Izzy Stradlin came in with the chords. What part is the "circus" melody? |
| 5:41
| The final dramatic breakdown was not added until producer Spencer Proffer suggested the band add one. They weren't sure what to do so Axl started saying "Where do we go? Where do we go now?" The producer suggested they sing that. Geniuses! |
| 5:42
| Casimir Pulaski Day is celebrated in Chicago with an annual parade, also on the wrong side of the road. Cook County government and the Chicago Public Libraries also close today. No wonder they wanted to get that budget done on Friday, they have today off! |
| 5:43
| Buzz isn't sure his family knows that Piper has the day off. She has to have it, Steve's kids always did. He never got why though. It's just a fake, kiss-ass holiday that someone came up with to get people to vote for him. Buzz points out Pulaski was the father of the U.S. Cavalry. |
| 5:44
| How can Cook County raise all these taxes and then shut down the entire government today? Steve's not sure if kids all over the state get the day off though, they don't really embrace our holidays down there. |
| 5:45
| Pulaski was a member of Polish nobility and a military commander for the Bar Confederation that fought against Russian domination. When the uprising failed he emigrated to North America. Failed?! He's a loser then! |
| 5:46
| Here are your Pulaski Day closings for today. All Chicago public schools are closed, suburban and Catholic school closings vary. There's no garbage pick-up in Chicago either. The Cook and Will County courts are closed but Federal courts are open. Good news for Tony Rezko. |
| 5:49
| It's Blue Monday as we can tell by the rejoin music. Plus Buzz has the blues man voice today. He sounds like Fred Winston, only funnier. Buzz is wondering if Fred's still working, he likes to keep tabs on the local broadcast legends. |
| 5:50
| Steve's not sure what Fred is doing. He has a farm up in Michigan, he might be canning cherries or something. Steve had Fred on standby in case Buzz acted up during contract negotiations. Buzz feels honored by that. |
| 5:51
| You never know with Buzz though. It could go wrong over a simple request, like asking Buzz to hang his coat in the coat closet instead of on the back of his chair. |
| 5:52
| Steve's sources tell him that Buzz Kilman was spotted at a Nadas show over the weekend. The Nadas are of course The Dahlfins as well but they don't have any shows scheduled. There was some talk of a Cinco de Mayo concert but Steve hasn't heard anything else about it. |
| 5:53
| Steve's price went up because The Nadas ended up costing him more than he thought they would. They all want to stay in hotels even though they have a tour bus. They all want their own room too, they're big timing it. |
| 5:54
| The Nadas did not ask Buzz on stage to jam with them, they seemed more interested in selling their new CD. Buzz talked to them before the show and he had his harps with him. That seems like a mistake on their part but they're hicks. |
| 5:55
| It's nice that Buzz went to their show though. Steve couldn't make it, there was no parking. Buzz was parked very far away and flagrantly in violation of parking laws. They were also in Champaign, Steve would have probably gone there instead just because the parking is better. |
| 5:56
| Steve always got irritated when Buzz jammed with The Nadas on stage and he was the showstopper. Then people would email him afterwards and say he needed to have Buzz on stage longer. Buzz is the one who picked the showstopper. |
| 5:57
| Steve didn't mind actually, playing on that song was his favorite part of the show. And towards the end of the tour Steve might have thrown down a nice solo. It gave Buzz a chance to say "STEVER!" and exhort him to play. |
| 5:58
| The Nadas were at the Beat Kitchen, do they serve food there? It's a small kitchen, but it's good food. They've got burgers and these little, round, red potatoes. Buzz likes his women and his potatoes the same way. |
| 5:59
| Is Buzz ready for the news? If Steve waits just a little longer it'll be the 6 am news. |
| 6:00
| News with Buzz |
| 6:01
| Hillary Clinton showed up on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. And it was the most interesting thing on there. Steve watched the entire show, nothing was funny. Wilco was good though. But there was nothing funny. Do something at least! Pull your pants down or something! |
| 6:02
| The Hell's Angels biker gang reportedly plotted to kill Mick Jagger. According the Sunday Daily Telegram. Steve thought Buzz received a telegram from the Hell's Angels. |
| 6:03
| The gang targeted Jagger after the Altamont Speedway performance in 1969. The Hell's Angels were hired as security but Jagger refused to use them after that. |
| 6:04
| The Hell's Angels planned to attack Jagger by boat at his home in the Hampton's. Hell's Angels on boats? That's just not right. It's probably why the plot failed. |
| 6:05
| Former Chicago alderwoman Dorothy Tillman was arrested in Alabama over the weekend. |
| 6:06
| Festivities honoring Polish culture were held yesterday at Navy Pier in honor of Casimir Pulaski day. The event featured Polish food, dancing and music. Really thinking outside the box on that one. Chicago has the largest Polish population outside of Warsaw. Is that really true or just something people say? |
| 6:07
| Once again Steve would like to complain that the Cook County board passed all those tax increases on Friday just so they could have today off. |
| 6:08
| A man who caused a security scare at Old Orchard in Skokie was not planning to do anything according to police. He just looked weird. Do they have to evacuate the whole mall? Can't they just grab the guy? |
| 6:09
| Days after a judge ruled that Drew Peterson's seized property should be returned to him Craig Stebic wants his stuff back. He's such a wannabe! |
| 6:10
| According to TMZ.com the Van Halen tour is falling apart. Insiders claim Eddie is the root of the problem and he has issues. So far the band has postponed two shows last week without any explanation. |
| 6:11
| Finally Ben Chapman has passed away. A decorated Korean War veteran and real estate mogul, he's best known for playing the lead in Creature from the Black Lagoon. |
| 6:12
| Steve received an email over he weekend from someone who was very unhappy with a Buzz film recommendation. Buzz saw Semi-Pro over the weekend, it was so funny. Steve saw it too. |
| 6:13
| The email was about Buzz's recommendation for Anklebiters. The emailer said everything about the movie was shoddy. Buzz never said it was good. He knew how bad it was, that's why he was giving it away on the Prize Wheel. It's got a great name, it could almost be a porno. |
| 6:14
| Skokie police said the man they talked to on Saturday was acting strangely but posed to threat. Several people at Old Orchard noticed his suspicious behavior and called police. |
| 6:15
| They don't say much about the guy though. Is he Middle Eastern or something? It says he was 24. It seems like you should be arrested for this but on the other hand Steve can see people up their overreacting. |
| 6:16
| That was the Sun-Times account of the story. The man left the ball on a bus at 5:15 and police tracked him to his home in Evanston. How did they do that? |
| 6:22
| That's from some Drew Peterson video he shot inside his house. It ended up on Greta Van Susternanananaananan's show. There's someone playing harmonica, Steve thought it was Buzz at first. |
| 6:23
| Buzz learned his lesson from the Amy Jacobson thing. You won't see him hanging out at Drew's house, playing harmonica in his bathing suit. |
| 6:24
| Live read: Johnsonville Brats |
| 6:25
| It's so great to be able to talk about firing up your grill. Steve is so sick of winter! It might be time for Buzz to fire up the Webster, this could be the year. Brats would be a good entry-level item for Buzz. |
| 6:26
| You know who can help Buzz out, Matt Dahl. He's a good barbecuist. He went to a lot of festivals and you learn how to cook-out at those things and make fires. Steve's also pretty sure that in high school him and his friends used bond fires to disguise the smell of pot. Luckily Steve had an actual drug-testing kit. Then he found a bottle of someone else's urine in Matt's car. It's like he's running Cook County jail. |
| 6:27
| So Buzz saw Semi-Pro over the weekend and he really enjoyed it. Steve likes when Buzz likes a comedy. Buzz likes Will Ferrell but he makes so many movies so not all of them are going to be good. He was sold on Talladega Nights and Old School though. |
| 6:28
| Steve saw it too but didn't like it as much as Buzz. He should probably just go along with him though. If Will Ferrell wasn't in it it probably wouldn't be as good. |
| 6:29
| Steve was experimenting with a new movie theater over the weekend. Pat Dahl came in so Steve thought they'd go to a movie. Then Pat ditched him to hang out with his brothers. There's this place called Muvico up in Rosemont and they have a VIP seating options. As Steve always says, say no to drugs, say yes to premium seating. |
| 6:30
| In the V.I.P. section you can actually select the seat you want online. So Steve bought 4 tickets thinking he'd go with Pat, Janet and whoever else. They ended up taking their friend Bonnie. There's valet parking too. |
| 6:31
| The premium seats are $15 and there's a bar, restaurant and complimentary bag of popcorn. Steve had a bacon double cheeseburger. It was a little warm up there but Steve's been having temperature control issues. |
| 6:32
| There was an issue with a guy sitting behind Steve but he got that worked out. They had an extra seat that they put their coats on. When Steve came back from getting his burger the guy in back of them had put his coats on the top of the chair. |
| 6:33
| Steve put his burger down and asked him to remove his jacket. The guy gave him a dirty look but it's Steve's chair. He might have been trying to scare Steve with his blackness but Steve doesn't care. |
| 6:34
| Semi-Pro wasn't as good as Talladega Nights. Buzz liked the story in Semi-Pro though, usually there's not much story in a comedy. He actually liked the story of a team in Flint, Michigan trying to get into 4th place. |
| 6:35
| Steve enjoyed his entire movie experience though. He's pretty sure you can order something from the restaurant and have them bring it into you. Buzz is wondering what the motivating factor of going to the movie was for Steve. |
| 6:36
| Steve wanted to see the movie and he thought he'd go with Pat but then he ditched him. Then Pat went to go see it last night with Matt. That was their plan all along but Steve's never privy to that stuff. |
| 6:37
| Buzz is addicted to the entire movie going experience. You'd be surprised how much $15 extra really eliminates a lot of the dead wood at the movies. Steve really liked being able to choose his seats and as you can imagine he labored over that for a while. |
| 6:38
| Maybe next time Steve will eat in the restaurant, Bogart's. That Rosemont has it going on, they've got a lot of good stuff there. Plus they have valet. Buzz still couldn't bring himself to valet this weekend. He needs to have a higher opinion of himself. |
| 6:39
| If Buzz valets it's $20 unless he goes to one of two restaurants where it only costs $8. But then he'd have to change his restaurant. He could take a cab but he's concerned about not being able to find one back. So instead he parks illegally and hopes he doesn't get a ticket. So he went out gambling. |
| 6:40
| Time for today's web poll. Friday's web poll was, of course, are you a Leap Year baby? 2.89% said they were. |
| 6:41
| Today's web poll is "Which sausage is your favorite?" Legend has it that the Brewers/Klement's Sausage Race began in the late 90's. It started on the scoreboard at County Stadium and then morphed into actual sausage costumes. |
| 6:42
| The Bratwurst was the most popular among the original three of Polish and Italian. Later a hot dog was added. The race moved across the street to Miller Park when that stadium opened. |
| 6:43
| Knowing someone with in the Brewers organization gave you the chance to maybe one day race in a sausage costume. In 2007 the Chorizo was added. |
| 6:44
| The popularity of the race has gone beyond expectations. Bobbleheads, t-shirts, dolls and pins flooded the market and were snatched up by fans. |
| 6:45
| There's a bio of each sausage on the Brewers website. The Bratwurst comes to the Brewers after years of Olympic training on the German National team. He didn't make it but still intimidates his opponents with his muscular physique. |
| 6:46
| At the Hawks games they have hockey player costumes that fans get into. They're like the Sausage costumes but people try to score goals. |
| 6:47
| Polish Sausage came to Milwaukee after years of coaching high school cross-country. He might have been Steve's cross-country coach. |
| 6:48
| The Italian Sausage is the suave one of the bunch. He makes everything look easy and does break a sweat most times. Which two Sausages fought? Was it Italian and Bratwurst? |
| 6:49
| Hot Dog is an All-American favorite of both young and old. He's worked hard to deserve his reputation. His simplicity is what makes him so popular. Just like Buzz. |
| 6:50
| Chorizo came to Milwaukee after paying his dues training and racing throughout Central America. And after the Brewers realized there were a lot of Hispanic people in Milwaukee. |
| 6:51
| They love their sausages up in Milwaukee and this race is a pretty big deal. Plus it was funny when the two sausages fought that one time. There was a Pittsburgh Pirate who hit a Sausage with a bat but Steve thought two Sausages fought too. |
| 6:52
| Pittsburgh Pirate Randall Simon took a swing at The Italian, knocking her into Hot Dog. There was a Sausage pile-up. |
| 6:53
| Caller Rick has some more info about the Randall Simon incident. It cause a lot of controversy. Then Randall Simon ended up on the Cubs. They had to trade him to a team without a mascot. |
| 6:54
| Steve has to hand it to the Cubs. Yesterday Steve was accosted by Skates, the Blackhawks mascot. Skates came up to shake his hand but it's weird because he doesn't say anything back to you. |
| 6:55
| Yesterday after the game Steve and Pat Dahl went up to a post-game party for season ticket holders. They got into an elevator with 4 dudes and one of them was telling a story about how he was at Cheli's Chili and saw Roenick spill a beer on Chelios. It was like gay hockey talk, guys talking about spilling liquids on other guys. |
| 6:56
| The Bud Ice Girls came out and the four guys got really into that, saying it was finally their chance to talk to them. Then they came to Steve's table because they knew him. |
| 6:57
| How is Rick liking Buzz's voice today? Did Jim engage Buzz in pre-show conversation as Steve instructed him to? Buzz sounded like this all yesterday and had no explanation for it. Maybe Buzz got Steve's cold. He does insist on deep, long kisses during the breaks, who is Steve to say no? |
| 7:04
| Live read: Fresh Diet |
| 7:05
| Steve's having a Philly Cheesesteak whole wheat wrap. It's awesome. And it's a diet! It seems wrong when you're eating it but it's on the diet, you have to eat it. |
| 7:06
| Caller Patrick wanted to let Steve know that the unofficial Cubs mascot is Ronnie Woo-Woo, a grown man walking around in a dirty Cubs uniform. Steve saw him at a hockey game. |
| 7:07
| Patrick misses Steve and Buzz in the afternoons but loves them in the mornings too. He should go podcast in the afternoon, or listen to Jack. If more people listen in the afternoon they call that the Steve Dahl Halo Effect. So that means Steve and Buzz get to keep working. |
| 7:08
| Steve saw Garry Meier at Jimmy John's on Friday. He wasn't working there, he was having lunch with Drew and Garry's wife. Steve went in and said hello and Drew might have wet himself. It's always been Drew's dream to reunite them. |
| 7:09
| Garry's being paid so Steve told him to come on the show and see how it goes. But he wants more money. |
| 7:10
| Caller Mark wanted to let Steve know that Skates was the Wolves mascot. Steve's not sure who the Hawks mascot is then but it's something similar. |
| 7:11
| Mark was wondering about the possibility of a Steve Dahl & Teenage Radiation box set. Steve's not sure if they have enough songs but maybe an album. |
| 7:12
| Some of the songs are parody songs so they'd have to secure the rights to all those songs. Steve's tried to get a reunion going but Roman, the lead guitarist, won't entertain it. |
| 7:13
| Caller Sean was going to pick 17 for the prize wheel and then it just landed on 17 for the last caller. He can still pick that number, many times it lands on that number again. So far Sean hasn't qualified for a spin though. This textbook cart before the horse. |
| 7:14
| Tommy Hawk is the Blackhawks mascot. Steve had to shake hands with him yesterday, it was furry and creepy. He shouldn't come up to adults without kids. |
| 7:22
| Live read: Kent Dean |
| 7:23
| Caller Curt was out in Phoenix a few years ago when the Cubs played an exhibition game at Bank One Ballpark. He's walking around with a friend and he hears Ronnie Woo-Woo's trademark woos. In Arizona! Does this guy have a sponsor or something? |
| 7:24
| Steve doesn't know anything about him. He doesn't know where he lives or what he does but he travels more than Steve does. If Steve were the Cubs he wouldn't let Ronnie in the ballpark. |
| 7:25
| The Sox stopped letting Andy the Clown in and it was the right move. It killed him but it was the right move. |
| 7:26
| Steve's hearing the whirring of turbine engines behind Curt. He's a a dry cleaner so he's got his machines running. What is dry cleaning if Steve could ask? |
| 7:27
| Dry cleaning uses a chemical with very little moisture that evaporates very quickly. The clothing soaks up the chemical though. What's the point of dry cleaning then, is it cheaper? |
| 7:28
| Dry cleaning is more expensive but since there's very little moisture your clothes don't shrink. Does Curt ever drink the dry cleaning fluid? That stuff gets you high doesn't it? |
| 7:29
| Steve remembers as a kid when he would go to the dry cleaners with his mom he'd get something from the candy machine and sniff the dry cleaning fumes. |
| 7:30
| Steve has his clothing picked up and laundered but they probably just get taken to a dry cleaner right? That's a service that some places do. Steve likes getting his shirts laundered because they're cotton. He looks sharp though. |
| 7:31
| Steve just ordered himself a bunch of Dockers although there was a hold-up with the big and tubby store. There was some dispute about the correct address, which they didn't have. |
| 7:32
| When Steve gets the Dockers he'll send those out to get laundered. Steve likes Dockers. When you're fat your goal is to be able to wear Dockers. When they first came out Steve couldn't fit in them. |
| 7:33
| Steve went with the 48 x 30 Dockers. He sounds like a rectangle. He's the bottom half of a rectangle! |
| 7:34
| Caller Elaine is just dragging herself out of bed, she just had a baby. Steve did a very dangerous thing this morning. He woke up at 3:56 and turned his alarm off. He thought he'd lay in bed for 4 minutes and the next thing he knew it was 4:10. |
| 7:35
| Lucky for Elaine she has a squawking baby in the other room. When the baby gets a little older she can flip the |
| 7:36
| Elaine had a Ronnie Woo-Woo sighting on Super Tuesday. Her and her husband were watching the Obama event downtown. She asked her husband what all these people would rather see, Obama winning or the Cubs winning the World Series. |
| 7:37
| So she's disparaging the Cubs? Elaine is a Sox fan but her husband is a Cubs fan. It's all a social occasion up there. They do seem to have a pretty good team this year, that could mess things up. And Obama supporters seem like Cubs fans. |
| 7:38
| So the camera is panning across the crowd and Elaine spots Ronnie Woo-Woo, standing pretty close to Michelle Obama. Maybe he's going to be Vice President? |
| 7:39
| Of course the Obama people kicked Big Steve out of their last rally when he won the Senate seat. Then they confiscated him. The Obama people thought it was Dennis Hastert. |
| 7:40
| Steve saw Dennis Hastert in the building the other day. He looked pale and unhappy. Then he cut in front of Steve to get into the elevator. |
| 7:41
| Steve was going to say something but decided not to. The guy could have just finished out his term though. Instead we have to have an election just to see who finishes out his term so he can go off to a fat farm and get a tan. |
| 7:42
| Steve's going to tell Buzz about our St. Patrick's day broadcast. He doesn't know about it, which is always Steve's favorite part. He has this Larkin Moran Brothers song to use but it's hard to talk over. This is the song about some band member who was over in Ireland on tour and nailed the woman who ran the inn they were staying at. Of course the band members freak out when Steve brings it up. |
| 7:43
| The Steve Dahl Show will be at Phil Stefani's Riva restaurant at Navy Pier on St. Patrick's day from 5:30 to 10 am. |
| 7:44
| Come out and enjoy the complimentary Irish breakfast. Steve has the menu here somewhere. |
| 7:45
| Steve's pretty sure anyone can just come to the broadcast, that's how we roll. This is the first live broadcast for Jack and maybe the last one. Steve's not sure how he'll feel about being at a bar at 5:30 am. |
| 7:46
| The Irish breakfast includes Guinness french toast, Steve's not sure if he can have that. Budweiser won't be happy with that either. |
| 7:47
| Parking will be only $5 that day to go to the broadcast. They'll probably still have a valet set up though. |
| 7:48
| Steve thinks it'll go fine. It might be easier to do a live broadcast in the morning than in the afternoon. People can just stop by before they go into work. |
| 7:56
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 7:57
| Steve should say that in all the time he's been doing these live reads no one has ever said they've been ripped off. He's one of the good ones. |
| 7:58
| From time-to-time people email Steve saying they tried to contact David but never heard back. Steve doubts that very much. So he passes it along to David. |
| 7:59
| Caller Seymour was in charge of his cousin's bachelor party a few years ago. He told everyone that there'd be a surprise during dinner, which they assumed would be a stripper. |
| 8:00
| Then when everyone was tanked up in walks Ronnie Woo Woo. He had a list prepared of things to Woo and he showed up with a representative. Steve remembers now that he does have a wife or a girlfriend. Because he was missing a few years ago and she was on the news. |
| 8:01
| Ronnie overstayed his welcome a bit and ended up ordering some meatballs and not paying for them. It cost them a little under $150 although Seymour probably could have gotten him for free if he tried a little harder. |
| 8:02
| Steve would be disappointed with Ronnie Woo Woo at his bachelor party. He'd want a sex worker of some sort but he's a pervert. |
| 8:03
| Caller Pat's brother was at the Stacy Peterson fundraiser over the weekend. He put in a bid for the Drew Peterson piñata and won. |
| 8:04
| Steve saw a picture of that, it was disappointing. It was just a normal piñata with a photocopy of Drew's face on it. |
| 8:05
| If Steve's going to a fundraiser like that he'd want to see an actual Drew Peterson piñata. You can get those online. |
| 8:06
| Pat's brother paid $400 for the winning bid. That's ridiculous. He must have been drunk right? |
| 8:07
| Steve's looking at PinataDesign.com and you can get a custom piñata in 14 days. Or you could take something like a pig and put a mustache on it with bags under the eyes. |
| 8:08
| Maybe Steve should get his own piñata for the kids in the office. It would be a nice tension reliever. On a day when Steve is particularly a jerk they could fill it with candies and whack at it. They probably wouldn't do it in his presence although he'd enjoy watching it to see who hits it hardest. Probably Tina but maybe Pete. He wouldn't do much damage though because of the limp wrists. |
| 8:10
| When Steve was a kid they always had piñatas. It's a good way to humiliate people by pulling it up right before someone swings. Steve would want to be there for that. |
| 8:11
| Time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. Usually today is Manager Monday but there's no manager on hold. |
| 8:12
| Instead Steve has a special announcement. If you go to MyLocalTacoBell.com you can win a chance for you and 5 of your friends to see a Bulls game in a penthouse suite. |
| 8:20
| Steve's getting himself a piñata, would Buzz like one? He's probably worried the staff will defile it. How great would a Buzz Kilman piñata look hanging in the newsroom? and it could double as an Eric Clapton piñata. |
| 8:21
| Steve was sick last night and he sent out for a bagel from Au Bon Pain. It didn't taste right so the next day he sent out for a bagel from Einstein Brothers. It's all the way up Michigan Avenue so they had to take a cab. So it was $30 bagel and it didn't taste any different. |
| 8:22
| Steve decided that the bagel didn't taste right because he was sick. He went back to his Au Bon Pain today and it tastes fine. A little too much cream cheese though, it's coming out of the middle. It looks like the bagel is relieving itself. |
| 8:23
| Steve calls up to the office. Tina got the bagel and she was worried there was too much cream cheese or butter on it. No need for Tina to offer up that Steve likes butter and cream cheese. He likes butter and a light spread of cream cheese. |
| 8:24
| Peanut Butter is on the phone. First Steve has something to read though. |
| 8:25
| Live read: Johnsonville Brats |
| 8:26
| Yesterday at the Hawks game the guys next to him were saying "brats" with a long a. Steve wondered what kind of idiot would do that and then he just did it. |
| 8:27
| Baseball season is only 4 weeks away. It's always a good sign when Daylight Savings starts. |
| 8:28
| So the Bears made some moves over the weekend. They signed Lance Briggs but lost Bernard Berrian. Steve's glad they kept Briggs but wants the last year of his life back. Briggs has been bitching about his contract since Super Bowl media day last year. |
| 8:29
| He turned down a 6 year, $33 million deal back then and signed for $3 million more. On the other hand Bernard Berrian did very well. Pat's not sure what Drew Rosenhaus told the Vikings but he doubled the up-front money the Bears were offering. |
| 8:30
| Steve likes Bernard Berrian but he didn't like him last year. He dropped a lot of passes and he seemed very timid. He's not the kind of guy who's going to go across the field. |
| 8:31
| Of course now wide receiver is a huge question for the team. The depth there is scary. The wide receivers they have left caught 29 passes last year so they'll have to go out and get someone in free agency or the draft. |
| 8:32
| Randy Moss probably won't come here just because of the QB situation. Right now it seems like Dallas is the front-runner to land him. |
| 8:33
| Steve tried to watch some Arena Football over the weekend, he didn't like it. He doesn't get it, he doesn't like it, even though it was in HD. |
| 8:34
| Steve was at the Hawks game though, that was fun. Jonathan Toews was boarded right in front of Steve. He lost a tooth and ended up needing 50 stitches. |
| 8:35
| And then right away Cam Barker goes out and has Toews' back. Steve feels Barker is completely worthless in a fight. He's just trying to not get hit. |
| 8:36
| Steve kept waiting for Adam Burish to do something but he wasn't in the line-up yesterday. Steve talked to him after the game yesterday at that event for season ticket holders. |
| 8:37
| Since it was an afternoon game Steve didn't have to leave right away. He got to see the Three Stars of the Game and then went up and had some food at the event. |
| 8:38
| Steve saw Rocky and John McDonough and then he said hello to Adam Burish who knew him because he was on the show. |
| 8:39
| Steve's standing at the bar talking to Rocky and some guy who worked for him and then Savvy walks up. Steve knows Savvy too, they might have partied at some point. |
| 8:40
| Patrick Kane was at the other end of the bar having a Coke or something. He sort of did a Spin-a-rama move so Savvy yelled down at him that that was no Spin-a-rama move. |
| 8:41
| What is Comcast planning for Steve Dahl Radio Icon night? There's going to be a two hour Sportsnite and the first hour will be all Steve. How about a camera on Steve for the entire game? |
| 8:42
| Alfonso Soriano fractured the middle bone of his finger shagging fly balls so he'll be out 3-5 days. No big deal though. |
| 8:43
| Baseball season is just around the corner although Steve's not done with hockey. It seems like basketball should be done though. Didn't the Bulls get booed off their own court on Friday? |
| 8:44
| Originally Steve though maybe it was Pat being booed off court since he hosted that halftime singing competition. |
| 8:45
| As Pat was walking off court someone yelled "Peanut Butter Jelly Time!" That song is very popular, Buzz knows people who have it on their iPod. And by people he means listeners, not family members. Buzz knows listeners? Steve's shocked by that. |
| 8:51
| Steve wasn't trying to have too much hockey talk in that last segment. He just doesn't feel that Cam Barker puts up a good fight. It needed to be done though and he knew it but when it was going on he realized what he'd got himself into. |
| 8:52
| A broken nose could only help Cam Barker look better. He looks like an aardvark now. If Steve's wrong though, feel free to call in. |
| 8:53
| Steve mentioned that to Adam Burish yesterday. He was the only guy there who knew Steve other than Savard. |
| 8:54
| The guy who boarded Toews was still on the ice after the game, someone should have taken care of him then. Buzz didn't know you could fight after the game. |
| 8:55
| Caller Jason was at the game yesterday and he was in the nose bleeds. He totally agrees with Steve, Barker was just trying not to get hit. |
| 8:56
| Caller Sarah has to disagree with Steve. Uh oh. She just thinks that the players aren't taking classes to fight and they probably don't want to take themselves out of the game. Barker can afford to come out. |
| 8:57
| Sarah will be at the game tomorrow, her mom's a big Hawks fan. She's looking forward to Steve's puck drop, she'll be there Wednesday too. |
| 8:58
| Steve timed out the puck drop, it's only about 15 seconds. 15 seconds is nothing, he could do that standing on his head. |
| 8:59
| Steve will not be shooting the puck on Wednesday though. Sarah thought the girl who shot it yesterday was lewd. Some might say lewd, Steve thought it was hot. |
| 9:00
| Caller Tami wanted to let Steve know about a book called The Code about the unwritten rules of hockey fights. |
| 9:01
| Steve's guessing that book would tell you that yesterday's fight with Cam Barker was not a good fight. |
| 9:02
| Buzz feels Steve will be insufferable after reading this book. Listeners like Tami who like hockey are enjoying the fact that Steve likes hockey now. They can listen to someone else talk about hockey other than guys on The Score. |
| 9:03
| Hockey has made the winter fly by for Steve. He started going in November and it's already March. |
| 9:04
| Steve has the timing for the puck drop on Wednesday if Buzz would like to hear it. They're asking that he arrive by 7 pm at Lot H. Steve's pretty sure that's where he parks now. |
| 9:05
| Steve has Lot H so wired. He'll enter through gate 4 and wait with security. There may be local media who want to ask him some questions. That's just setting Steve up for failure since no one will want to. |
| 9:06
| Steve will be escorted to the lockerroom at 7:20 and John McDonough will present him with a jersey. Buzz imagines this is when the flash bulbs will start popping. Then Steve will change right there in the hallway. |
| 9:07
| At 7:34 Steve meets the captains and then drops the puck. Then he stands behind the Hawks bench for the National Anthem and then back to his seat. |
| 9:08
| Caller Ryan had an idea for Steve that he already had. He decided to go with no hijinks on Wednesday. Ryan was at the game yesterday and the girl who shot the puck was not wearing that top that she wore out on the ice. |
| 9:09
| Ryan's idea was to do the thing where they make the players leave the face-off. That seems like too much trouble for Steve. He thought about doing that but one of the players would probably punch him. |
| 9:10
| Caller Kurt is glad to be part of hockey talk. He doesn't think the Hawks have had good fighter since Bob Probert. Steve almost got into a fight with him at a Chris Chelios golf outing. He's not that tall without the skates. |
| 9:11
| Kurt skated for 20 years. When players come up through high school, college and the minors in hockey they're teaching you to fight. |
| 9:12
| Bob Probert was hassling Steve at a golf outing. He was asking him about sobriety and Bob got mad because he wasn't sober. Steve didn't know that though. |
| 9:13
| Don't forget on St. Patrick's Day Steve and Buzz will be at Phil Stefani's Riva Restaurant for a live broadcast. |
| 9:14
| Enjoy an Irish breakfast, music and green beer. Plus $5 parking from 5 am to noon. |
| 9:21
| Steve knows we have news to get to but can he open the Mailbag first? He just has one email but it's a good one. |
| 9:22
| This is titled "Your show sucks and I can fix it." So it's good news and bad news. There's nothing on the radio in Chicago that doesn't suck according to the letter. That's a good opening sentence. Take everyone down at once. |
| 9:23
| The emailer thinks it's great that Johnny B is back, maybe he could be cloned and we'd have a bunch of Cheesehead humor. That'll sell mortgages! The emailer has seen monkeys with more innovative potential. So far he's just ripping on Johnny B. Maybe this letter went to the wrong person? |
| 9:24
| The emailer is glad we're not littered with shock jocks every 300 khz. We're on mhz on FM though. So the emailer should be thankful for that? |
| 9:25
| When the emailer flips the dial over he hears Steve, the guy who led and perpetuated Disco Demolition on Jack FM. Steve's just minding his own business and he gets this at 6:39 pm last night. |
| 9:26
| None of this was the meat of the email though, just the preamble. Now Steve hangs out on a station that plays The Bee-Gees as part of it's server-based rotation. Do we play The Bee-Gees? |
| 9:27
| The guy can't believe Steve is the only live person on a station that plays 1/3rd disco music. That seems like an exaggeration. |
| 9:28
| The emailer was rather turn to CDs, Sirius or a lobotomy with a dull melon baler. All mellon balers are dull, aren't they? |
| 9:29
| The emailer doesn't have a Crazy Eddie kick line but wants to get Steve to a decent morning show. What does any of these mean? The fix for Steve is quite simple and he'd like to discuss it with Steve over lunch. That sounds like a great idea! |
| 9:30
| He claims he can do the same thing in Chicago that Russ Martin did in Dallas. Steve has no idea who that is. If Buzz would like the guy's phone number, maybe they could set up a lunch. |
| 9:31
| News with Buzz |
| 9:32
| Hillary Clinton will try to break Barack Obama's win streak with primaries in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island tomorrow. |
| 9:33
| A U.S. soldier accused of killing a military couple and taking their baby is now in custody. Yikes. |
| 9:34
| The U.S. said it will work alongside Russia's new President. It's in the best interest of both countries to do so. |
| 9:35
| Trespassing charges have been filed against Dorothy Tillman in Alabama. She allegedly got into an argument with a nurse over the treatment of her aunt. That's where the action began. |
| 9:36
| The Hell's Angels plotted to kill Mick Jagger, a new BBC documentary claims. The Hell's Angels were mad after Jagger refused to use them for security at their concerts. |
| 9:37
| The last time Buzz did this story he said it was in Britain but The Hampton's are in the U.S. Or is there a Hampton's in England too? |
| 9:38
| The families of Drew Peterson's third and fourth wives gathered together on Sunday for a fundraising event. Drew said he didn't buy a ticket because it would probably turn into an "I hate Drew" party. |
| 9:39
| In the meantime Drew says that his private investigator has uncovered some new information about Stacy's whereabouts. |
| 9:40
| Can we just stop a read a fine article about the fundraiser? Family spokesperson Pam Bosco, who Buzz is hot for, was heartened by the turn out. |
| 9:41
| Bosco wasn't sure how many people attended the event. Don't they have someone counting at the door? Drew used to own a bar so he knows how important it is to know that stuff. |
| 9:42
| Bosco said that any money raised at the event would go towards searching for Stacy this spring and summer. It will help pay for food, lodging and equipment. Searchers can't pay for their own food? And can't they go home after they're done searching? |
| 9:43
| Attendees were charged $25 in advance and $30 at the door for live music, raffles, a buffet and silent auction. |
| 9:44
| They probably threw themselves off with $25 in advance, $30 at the door so they don't know how to account for how many people were there. |
| 9:45
| Some of that money had to go to the bar where the event was right? And who paid the bands? Does Buzz play fundraisers for free? |
| 9:46
| Buzz would do it but the rest of his band probably wouldn't. Drew might need to hold his own fundraiser, would Buzz be available for something like that? |
| 9:47
| Live read: Johnsonville Brats |
| 9:53
| Drew says he has a new respect for the housewives of America now that he's retired and raising his kids. |
| 9:54
| Caller Tony just did his daily drive by Drew's house. He noticed that Drew's neighbor put his house up for sale. |
| 9:55
| Drew was actually thinking Buzz might by that place. He's been wanting to move out to the suburbs. He could still maintain his city residence and use the Bolingbrook home as a country retreat. |
| 9:56
| Drew could take Buzz out to Ted's Montana Grill and get a buffalo burger, or Buffalo Wild WIngs where they don't serve buffalo. There's a Krispy Kreme nearby too. |
| 9:57
| Tony was wondering why Drew rented a van but it just sits in the driveway all day. He has it for emergencies, it's facing out like a fire engine. The last time Tony saw it it was right up against he garage. So someone did move it. |
| 9:58
| Tony's not there all the time, Drew moves it. He has to take the kids to school or go shopping. Why else would he rent it? |
| 9:59
| Tony was wondering if Drew has talked to his neighbor who is selling his place. If there's an open house Drew will walk through and see what kind of housekeepers they are. They don't have to run it by Drew any more, he's not a police officer. Wouldn't you want to move out of there? |
| 10:00
| Drew just hopes that everything is back to normal and Stacy returns home in time for the block party. Put the saw horses up at either end of the block, rent a big Moonwalk, grill some food and have a big laugh about everything. |
