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| 5:31
| That would be your John Mellencamp, Lonely Ol' Night. A lonely ol' night, custom made for two lonely people like me and you. Shouldn't it be you and me? He's just trying to keep it real and small town, even though he grew up in a college town. |
| 5:32
| That small town stuff is a load of crap. Mellencamp's a multimillionaire, he's probably got a secret, high-speed underground train that takes him from Seymour, Indiana to LA. |
| 5:33
| Steve likes John Mellencamp but he doesn't need to hear about his political opinions. Steve doesn't even care about his own political opinions. He just wants it to be over, he doesn't care about Hillary or Barack. |
| 5:34
| And the election isn't even this November, it's next November. Right? Buzz is pretty sure the election is in November of 2008. But the conventions are over the summer? So they only have 3 months until the election after that? |
| 5:35
| It seems like the more important part of the election is from the conventions to the election. Don't you want more time to decide which person to vote for? |
| 5:36
| Steve's really sick of the whole Jim Oberweis/businessman and scientist thing. His opponent has the commercial of the talking cow saying Oberweis hires illegal immigrants in his company. Then Oberweis has an ad where his opponent says "you can fix anything by throwing money at it" and it's clearly out of context. |
| 5:36
| There was a time when Jim Oberweis was on the show but that's only because Dan Falato booked him. Dan thought Steve would want to have him on since he drinks Oberweis milk. And he thought people liked politics. Steve's not Spike O'Dell! |
| 5:37
| Then Oberweis said something about abortion, how it's really no one's business and that's not really a Republican talking point. So people were trying to get tape of that and use it against him and then Steve's in the paper in the same sentence with "Oberweis" and "abortion" |
| 5:38
| If you watch the news in the afternoon all you see are rotating ads of Oberweis and his opponent. It's one after the other. They're finally having a special election tomorrow to determine who takes over for the last year of Dennis Hastert's reign of terror. |
| 5:39
| Yesterday there was an ad where Barack Obama told you all about Bill Foster, businessman and scientist. The guy works at Fermilab, Steve thinks that makes him a freeloader. That's not even a real government lab. They're just racing particles around. |
| 5:40
| The Oberweis thing was mentioned in the Catholic World News, not something Steve wants to be mentioned in, FYI. Oberweis said "I think that right now we're getting a very, very strong symbol in the Taliban of what can happen if we try to impose our religious beliefs on others." |
| 5:41
| Steve just wants it over. This election is where you have to write-in Mickey Mouse, just to make a statement. Mickey Mouse, businessman and cartoon. |
| 5:42
| Caller Aaron lives in the district where Jim Oberweis and Bill Foster are running. It's even worse for him because the candidates are always calling at night. They're averaging about 5 mailing a day too. |
| 5:43
| Hastert's term is up on January so then there has to be another election right? All because Hastert couldn't ride out his term. The guy was a wrestling coach, how did he become the Speaker of the House? Wrestling coaches are the biggest idiots. |
| 5:44
| Steve can't remember what Hastert was involved in but there was a time when he was holed up in his house. But he forgot to draw the blinds one night and all the TV stations had footage of him making a sandwich. Then some preacher guy somehow got his way into Hastert's house. |
| 5:45
| Hastert was involved in that whole thing with the Florida Senator and the underage boys. He refused to comment on it or something. What happens in Congress stays in Congress. |
| 5:46
| Steve couldn't vote for Oberweis since they can never get his milk order right. Aaron is sick of the Foster mailers, everyone features a picture of a cow or milk or something. Oberweis is milking those cows! So what? Foster's a scientist though, he's just milking the government. |
| 5:51
| For Steve's money the negative campaign ads are contemptible and he doesn't vote for someone who does it. A lot of people do it and there are a lot of blank spaces on Steve's ballot. |
| 5:52
| When Steve's voting for judges he votes for Irish people. A lot of the lawyers he knows are Irish so they network. He alternates between Irish dudes and Irish women. Although it seems like Irish dudes are more likely to give you probation or something. They might adhere more to the old code. |
| 5:53
| It seems like the Cook County government works best when it's run by Irish people who all know each other. Steve feels it benefits him as a white guy who's part Irish. Everyone else votes for their nationalities, why shouldn't Steve? |
| 5:52
| Buzz never thinks of Steve as Irish. Sure he's got the Scandinavian last name and the Nordic good-looks but he's Irish enough to know how the system works. It's not Steve's fault that the system was set up that way. It was set up back in the day when white men ruled the Earth. They're a dying breed though, soon they'll be in the Field Museum. |
| 5:53
| Steve thinks one of the things overlooked in that Texas primary this week is that Mexicans don't like black people. It's not a surprise Barack didn't win. They don't even try to hide that fact either. Black people might not like Mexicans either. |
| 5:54
| There's only shame when white people don't like other people. Steve feels wrong saying he only votes for white people. He's just trying to keep the machine going. |
| 5:55
| And then George Ryan goes to jail! What happened there?! Although Ryan did finally get moved to the prison he wanted. Jim Thompson is keeping us all up-to-date on what's going on. Ryan just got a new toothbrush and the thread count on the sheets is better. |
| 5:56
| Buzz thought Ryan didn't want to be in Indiana. Steve's pretty sure he didn't want to be in Wisconsin. In Indiana he's closer to Kankakee so Lura Lynn can stop by and go Midnight Express on him. She can press her 90-year-old hooters up to the glass. "OH GEORGE!" |
| 5:57
| Mark is probably looking for that information right now. Mark is of course our Director of Information , he has a blog that he posts all day for Steve and Buzz. |
| 5:58
| The blog used to be available to everyone through Dahl.com but then Steve found out other shows were using it. Buzz remembers when he first joined the show, he was surprised the page was available to everyone. |
| 5:59
| Steve thought it would be an interesting glimpse behind the scenes of the process of the show. But then he realized he didn't want people to see that. |
| 6:00
| George Ryan was moved to a smaller prison camp in Terre Haute, Indiana. Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Felicia Ponce said that medical care at the Oxford, Wisconsin prison has changed so inmates older than 70 are no longer housed there. Ryan is 74. He'll be out by the time he's 80! |
| 6:01
| Oxford has been the prison of choice for many of Chicago's white-collar criminals, politicians and mobsters. Ryan's attorneys fought to get him into Oxford because he was originally assigned to one in Duluth, Minnesota. |
| 6:02
| The husky-voiced, snowy-haired Ryan is serving a 6 1/2 year sentence for racketeering and other offenses. Can Buzz start calling Steve "snowy-haired"? |
| 6:03
| Lura Lynn told the Sun-TImes that her husband had a job at Oxford cleaning a workout room. That's kind of gross. And the other inmates should have better gym etiquette, they're not even wiping down the equipment when they're done. |
| 6:04
| News with Buzz |
| 6:05
| Soon you might not have Ron Paul to kick around any more. Steve doesn't even really know who Ron Paul is although he seems like a nut job. He's very liberal. Isn't he a religious nut job? |
| 6:06
| Buzz has heard him talk, he almost seems like a pacifist. He's a Libertarian. |
| 6:07
| He hinted to supporters in a 7 1/2 minute video that he might be quitting the race but there was nothing specific. |
| 6:08
| References to the bombing of a military recruiting station in Times Square were referenced in letters sent to Congress. |
| 6:09
| As promised yesterday, Brett Favre met our expectations in his retirement press conference. Buzz imagines Pete has the entire thing but he just has a highlight. Steve likes Brett but a little of the press conference will go a long way. |
| 6:10
| Buzz would like to know the inside story on this retirement. Because he was playing well last year and now he's quitting? Maybe he just doesn't want to do it any more. He probably likes being in the game but not all the other stuff. |
| 6:11
| Steve didn't need to know a lot of the stuff he heard in the press conference yesterday. When you put it off another day and give reporters the chance to fly in from all over the country you're going to get too many questions asked. |
| 6:12
| A Florida man convicted of killing his neighbor for the height of his grass was released from prison. Buzz doesn't have any other details though, he's not sure why the guy was let go. Maybe the grand jury saw the light, the grass was too long. |
| 6:13
| Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis will not see the outside of his Nevada prison any time soon. It seems like things were really going well for him until he got arrested. |
| 6:14
| The denial of bail coincided with Francis' announcement that Girls Gone WIld would be release a new magazine. Well at least he's still working. Does he have a Prisoners Gone Wild video in the works? |
| 6:15
| The prosecution in the Sean Bell trial introduced more than six dozen pieces of evidence yesterday. That's the guy who was shot and killed at his bachelor party? The head of the Detectives Endowment Association said it's not a crime for a police officer to fire his weapon and miss and there were a lot of misses. Detectives Endowment sounds like the name of a porno. |
| 6:16
| Police in Lake County say that the accidental death of one man was actually a murder. Ari Squire did not die when a car he was working on fell on him. He lured someone to his house, killed him and took his identity. It's a very complicated plan, amateurs shouldn't do something like that. |
| 6:17
| Squire left for Missouri living under the dead man's identity but then killed himself in a hotel last week when authorities were getting close. It doesn't seem like a good plan. For starters there's the issue of the missing guy who's identity you steal. |
| 6:18
| It's why Steve doesn't think Stacy Peterson ran off with another guy. Someone would be wondering where that guy was, even if he's a loser who lives with his mom. |
| 6:19
| Todd Stroger admits he hasn't read a recent report by a Hiring Monitor but also doesn't believe patronage hiring exists. They've already got him documented hiring 10 or 15 different people! He hired his best friend last week! |
| 6:20
| From Australia comes word that hundreds of wild kangaroos will be killed off at a military base in Canberra. |
| 6:21
| Live read: Johnsonville Brats |
| 6:28
| Live read: Hawthorne Racecourse |
| 6:29
| Steve's going out to Hawthorne today with Todd Cavanah. They're having a special V.I.P. event in their club. So Steve will meet some people, bet on some horses, eat some food and pass it off as work. |
| 6:30
| Steve's a little disappointed that Todd hasn't called him to coordinate their wardrobe. What if they wear the same turtleneck? Todd doesn't know that the turtleneck is Steve's horse racing look. It's sort of a Robert Vaughan/Robert Wagner look, very jaunty. |
| 6:31
| Then tonight Steve's going to the Hawks game. And last night was the chef's table with Stan Mikita, which was awesome. This is where drinking really comes in handy. |
| 6:32
| Todd wanted Steve to clarify what he said yesterday about the mango margaritas. Todd told Steve at the Hawks game on Wednesday that he drank 3 mango margaritas. It was actually guava margaritas. Buzz feels that actually makes it worse. |
| 6:33
| Regular margaritas are OK to drink if you're with a girl that you're trying to nail. Or if you're at Spin. That reminds Steve he has a story to tell about Spin. |
| 6:34
| Steve's looking for the post time for the Hawthorne races. They're still leaving key information out of these Jack live reads, like where things are or times. They've never had people at Jack so they're getting used to it. |
| 6:35
| Alrighty time for the web poll. Yesterday's web poll was "do you support mandatory minimum sentences in drug cases?" 74% of the people said no, thanks to Steve and Buzz's fine comments on the issue. They're changing the world one show at a time. |
| 6:36
| Standby, Steve has the Hawthorne post time. It actually works out better for him. |
| 6:37
| Caller Bob's going to Hawthorne today, 1 pm is the post time. That's an easy day for Todd, he's out of here by noon. |
| 6:38
| Today's web poll question is "have you ever purchased a Beanie Baby?" Steve knows Buzz is a big collector. Steve didn't even know they made those things any more, he thought they were all illegal. |
| 6:39
| Ty Incorporated won it's long-standing trademark infringement case against Softbelly Inc. That's the name of Steve's company. |
| 6:40
| The suit began in 2000 when Ty claimed that Softbelly's line of animal-shaped computer screen cleaners called Screenie Babies were a trademark infringement. |
| 6:41
| How could they think Screenie Babies would be an OK name to use? And how much money could they really make off it? Probably not enough to defend themselves in a trial. |
| 6:42
| The lawsuit was drawn out after Softbelly claimed that Ty Warner, owner of Ty Inc., tampered with a witness. Steve's wondering what he did. Maybe he sent the witness a bunch of Beanie Babies. |
| 6:43
| Steve remembers there being a lot of Beanie Babies at his house at one time. It might have been towards the end of when he was drinking. They were an easy way of buying yourself out of guilt with the kids. He goes to Boston, he comes back with a lobster Beanie Baby. It's going to be worth a million dollars one day. |
| 6:44
| Screenie Babies, shaped like animals. Really? Even when you have the idea you should realize the Beanie Baby people will sue you. What they should have done was gone to the Ty Inc., guy with the idea. Let him put up the money and take a few cents per item or something. |
| 6:45
| Ty Warner lives out in Santa Barbara next to Oprah. His house is so big it has a monorail, indoors. That's a lot of money for those stupid little toys. People got crazy over them too. Women were stabbing each other to get them. |
| 6:46
| Ty Warner is a genius though because he made limited amounts of certain Beanie Babies so everyone would want them. Then later they'd put out 10,000 of those limited Beanie Babies. He was working supply and demand like he wrote the book on it. |
| 6:47
| Softbelly should have just written a check to Ty Inc. as soon as they got the call about the lawsuit. Plus they have to pay legal fees too. The system is designed for the big guy to beat the little guy. |
| 6:48
| Caller Rick has an aunt who lives in Florida. She's in her 70s but when the Beanie Babies first came out her and her friends would be up at 2 am waiting outside stores to buy Beanie Babies. She must have a thousand of them, all with the tags in special plastic and each one in it's own tube. The call screener says 10,000, did Rick up it to 10,000 just to get on the air? |
| 6:49
| Meanwhile Ty Warner is probably out in California walking around nude in his backyard. They're just beanbags! |
| 6:50
| Good work on Rick upping the number to get on the air. It's not like Buzz and his nonexistent investigating team would be sent out to look into it. |
| 6:51
| Caller Mike remembers when McDonald's was selling Beanie Babies in their Happy Meals. He remembers mom's waiting in line to buy 10 Happy Meals and throwing out the food. |
| 6:52
| Mike can't really talk though because he probably has boxes of them at home. They were a good way |
| 6:58
| We'll get back to Beanie Baby talk in uno memento. During the break Buzz called Aimee and she's bringing down his entire collection as we speak. It's going to blow Steve away. |
| 6:59
| Steve and Buzz will be at RIva's at Navy Pier on St. Patrick's day which is less than 2 weeks away. Steve's already begun the process of dreading doing a remote. He'll dread it all the way up to the broadcast and then when the show starts he's just a big show off. |
| 7:00
| But for a month before he's saying he doesn't like to be in front of people and he'd rather just be in the studio. He doesn't want to comb his hair and put pants on. But then once he's there he's up on the tables dirty dancing, doing the full monty. It's all part of the process. |
| 7:01
| Live read: Paulina Meat Market |
| 7:02
| Paulina Meat Market dropped off some corned beef sandwiches today. Steve thought he detected a hint of corned beef from Buzz when he kissed him after coming into the studio. |
| 7:03
| The corned beef is really good and they have a lot of Steve's favorite dried meats up there. It has the perfect fat content. Buzz hasn't had any yet but he should grab some soon. You know how the people are around here. |
| 7:04
| Steve's studio is up on 10 and Fresh FM is up here too. Yesterday the Baby Ruth people sent over 8 boxes of candy and within 10 minutes they were all gone. Steve had to send Jim and Brendan out to round up the boxes and return them to Steve. |
| 7:05
| You can't just take an entire box! Take a few bars! The next time there's food out in that kitchen Steve's putting rat poison on it. |
| 7:06
| Steve forgot Buzz's corned beef hash again although he's still reluctant to give it to him. The last time Buzz got some corned beef hash sent to him he said he preferred the stuff he gets in the can. |
| 7:07
| The Paulina Meat Market people might like Buzz more than they like Steve, they really want him to try the corned beef hash. As usual Buzz is playing hard to get. That's his genius. |
| 7:08
| Wait until Buzz has that corned beef, it's going to blow his mind. Buzz noticed several varieties of mustard in the kitchen. There's also several kinds of bread, Swiss cheese and horse radish. Whatever you want they have. |
| 7:09
| Caller Colonel Chrusiel is an auctioneer. What kind of name is that? That's his real name? Some lady called him and said she had some valuable dolls she'd like to auction off. He goes over to her house and she pulls out the largest box of the McDonald's Beanie Babies he'd ever seen. |
| 7:10
| He told the woman that it's a nice collection to her but probably not something he could auction off. She was convinced he was wrong because she'd seen their value in a catalog. They probably put those catalogs out to make people think they're worth more. |
| 7:11
| He went through the motions anyway because the woman was driving him nuts. He had photos taken of it and put it up on eBay. They went for between $24 and $28. Most likely if something is junk now, it'll be junk in 30 years. |
| 7:12
| Caller Eric plays in a band and they played a corporate picnic for Ty 10 or 12 years ago. What kind of band is it? Are they a cover band? They're the ultimate party band, 60s, 70's, 80's, even some disco. |
| 7:13
| Those gigs are the best kind because you don't have to sell tickets and the check always clears. How does Steve get in on something like that? |
| 7:14
| Before they get to the party they have the contract which doesn't have the Ty name on it. The location was secretive too, they didn't know where it was until right before the event. |
| 7:15
| At the picnic the employees were all getting special, limited edition Beanie Babies as bonuses and they were all really excited about it. It's like a cult. And then the band goes into Boogie-Oogie-Oogie. |
| 7:16
| Does Eric's band go in order from the 60s to current? They're more all over the place, they go from Pat Benatar to Grease. Does the band need a vocalist? |
| 7:17
| Steve and Buzz need to start a wedding band. He just paid for a band for Pat's wedding, they make the same amount that he does for a gig. |
| 7:18
| Caller Steve was at a cook-out about 10 years ago and Ty Warner was there. He's a very nice guy but he showed up with an entire security team. It was like the President had arrived. Steve would have a security team like that too if he was running that kind of scam. |
| 7:19
| He was a nice guy but very paranoid. You need to have security when all those old ladies find out their Beanie Baby collection isn't worth anything. He'd get a knitting needle in the eye. |
| 7:20
| Caller Scott works for a company that got contracted by the company that shipped all the Beanie Babies for McDonald's. They were holding the Beanie Babies at the distribution center and employees were stealing them. Scott's company was contracted to put up $70,000 worth of cage to keep them locked up. |
| 7:21
| Steve has one more Beanie Baby call but after that Brendan needs to stop putting them on hold. He can't help himself. |
| 7:22
| Caller Don wanted to let Buzz know about a new retirement option for him. They now have Beanie Babies 2.0. When you buy a Beanie Baby they came with a code on the tag. You go onto their website and become that Beanie Baby, raising it and interacting with other people. |
| 7:23
| Steve's going to pick some of those up and retire on them. He might not even be here on Monday. Buzz should contact Fred Winston and see what he's up to. |
| 7:30
| Pete came in the studio and said there was a computer thing happening and he missed his drop-in. Was there something he wanted to play, Steve doesn't want to deprive him. |
| 7:31
| We've been having some computer issues lately but it seems like they're all figured out right now. |
| 7:32
| The drop is from Garden State where someone's talking about the Desert Storm trading cards he plans to sell and retire on. Those aren't worth any money then? |
| 7:33
| The only thing worth any money are the baseball cards Steve had when he was a kid. Because everyone threw those out. Buzz's wife has a nice collection of baseball cards in a shoebox. Those might be Steve's cards! |
| 7:34
| Live read: Sport Clips |
| 7:35
| Steve read the bullet points for Sport Clips yesterday but demand that Jaime, the sales guy, write up actual copy. He might not understand what Steve was saying about the smell in haircut places. If there's perfume on a hot woman cutting your hair, who would mind? |
| 7:36
| Brendan might want to switch to Sport Clips since he's been going to a place where he gets a cut and neck massage from a dude. |
| 7:37
| Last night Steve went to a chef's table at Smith & Wollensky. Hans takes them very serious. He's very big on the secret order stuff. You get a lot done in secret as it turns out. |
| 7:38
| Tonight at the Hawks game they're honoring Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull which is great. They deserve it and it's great to incorporate the past into what's happening now. |
| 7:39
| Chef, or Chefy as they all call him, arranged a chef's table for Stan and Bobby and they invited people. At a chef's table the restaurant chef invites you to a table at his restaurant and he actually cooks for you. Usually they're in the kitchen but last night it was in a private room. |
| 7:40
| So Chef actually cooked the dinner last night and it was really good. Usually a restaurant chef oversees the kitchen and isn't actually on the line. You know Steve though, he never wants to do anything. All day yesterday he was dreading having to go to the dinner. He's learning to always do something even if he's dreading it because he ends up having a good time. It took him 53 years to learn that but he's getting there. |
| 7:41
| Apparently video of Steve dropping the puck is up at Dahl.com. Steve doesn't see it on his page, he might need to refresh. Steve doesn't want to see it anyway. Buzz has it, it looks to him like Steve really belongs there. |
| 7:42
| Steve doesn't want to see himself almost slipping on the ice. Plus it's all heightened because Savard was mic'ed up during the game and you can hear him laughing when the carpet moves and then cowering because he thinks Steve's going to fall. |
| 7:43
| Buzz watches the entire video. That carpet really goes out from under him. He sort of looks like Charlie Chaplin on the second near-slip. What's the purpose of putting that carpet out there if it's going to move around on you? |
| 7:44
| The best part is Savard at the end watching Steve almost slip. He didn't want to see Steve fall, they just had a nice conversation in the lockerroom. Falling in front of all those people and the hockey players was not a good option for Steve. |
| 7:45
| Before he threw out the first pitch at a Sox game Steve went to their training facility and practiced pitching for 2 weeks. If he had fallen on the ice he probably would have gone into the team trainer's office and found something to overdose on or slit his throat with a skate. |
| 7:46
| So Steve went to the chef's table last night, he got there right at 5:30. Stan Mikita was there as well as his son and son-in-law. They were all at the game so they saw Steve almost fall. Dale Tallon was there as well and Steve hadn't talked to him in a while. |
| 7:47
| Hans arranges the seating and he was in between Dale and Doug Wilson who used to play for the Hawks but is now the GM of the Sharks. So Steve is among the hockey elite. |
| 7:48
| Hans made sure that Steve knew that what is said at the chef's table says there. Steve always adheres to the guy code so he doesn't need to be told. In fact telling him about it is a violation of the guy code. |
| 7:49
| Hans is very much into all the secret orders so there were a lot of rules to follow. If you're a rookie at the chef's table you have to tell a story. Hockey guys all have the best stories and the former players all played with each other so they overlapped. |
| 7:50
| Steve doesn't have any stories as good as those. He just goes home everyday. Most of the things he's done in his life he's done alone and for good reason. Steve lied and said he wasn't a rookie and they bought it but he still had to tell a story. Steve wishes Hans wouldn't do stuff like that. He's always trying to get him to speak. |
| 7:51
| At the Blackhawks Alumni Dinner Steve was the guest speaker although he didn't know beforehand. And at the Escoffier DInner Hans wanted him to speak. Steve wants to listen to the hockey stories, those are classics. What's he going to do, tell a story about him and Garry? Garry's not there so it won't be like a hockey story. |
| 7:52
| Steve recounted the puck drop story, adding a few more details and some profanity. But then Hans broke his own rule because he made everyone tell a story. Then he made everyone tell a joke just so he could tell his own joke. All of Hans' jokes start with the punchline. |
| 7:53
| For some reason Steve drove behind Stan Mikita the whole way home. They must live in the same area. Bobby Hull never showed up though. On Wednesday they put the camera on him at the game and everyone went nuts. |
| 7:54
| It's good to see Stan and Bobby involved with the team again. It seems to Buzz like there's a hockey Renaissance going on in Chicago. Those guys all know what they're doing. |
| 7:55
| Steve was home by 8:30 although yesterday felt like two days. When you get up at 4 am and then do all that it's like two separate days. |
| 7:56
| Hans needs to stop demanding that Steve speak though. You can't top athlete stories. Maybe if Garry was there Steve could come up with something but when he's not there Steve has to explain who he is. Steve did have a troubling lockerroom story from yesterday but it might not be something they want to hear. |
| 7:57
| The most troubling thing Steve has seen at the health club is a completely nude 60-year-old man at the urinal still wearing a heart monitor. With that black strap it takes on a weird bondage thing. With one hand the guy is holding his business and with the other he's reading the newspaper. Steve saw that, turned around without showering, dressed and got the hell out of there. It was perhaps the most troubling thing he has ever seen. |
| 7:58
| That's not really a story that would interest athletes. They all see each other naked, it's part of the job. But Steve feels an added pressure because he's a communicator. |
| 7:59
| Luigi's story wasn't that great either. It was just about how he met Stan Mikita and didn't know at first who he was. When Luigi first came to this country he was going to a lot of hockey games with tickets he got from Hans. |
| 8:00
| Luigi met Stan and thought he was just some guy named Stanley. They'd drink together or have dinner and Luigi didn't know until he invited a friend along. Luigi was mad at the guy because he didn't talk at all during dinner. |
| 8:04
| That's The Toewser talking about Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull. At the chef's table guys were calling Stan Stach. Steve just calls him Stan. He does call Bobby Hull Golden thought. |
| 8:05
| Time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. Taco will be consumed today by Steve and Buzz since it's the Weekend Kickoff. |
| 8:06
| And starting March 10th, the Cheesy Beefy Melt is coming back to Taco Bell. Steve and Buzz were very upset when they stopped selling them. |
| 8:07
| While Buzz enjoys his taco Steve's going to play a tune. Wednesday night was Radio Icon Night at the Hawks game, where Steve almost slipped on the carpet but rode it out. During the second intermission they have people come out to shoot the puck. It's during the second right? For some reason Steve can't remember. Maybe Pete remembers. |
| 8:08
| Pete? For some reason he's not answering. Steve calls down to the newsroom. Steve thinks it's the second intermission, Jim confirms that it is. Where's Pete at? Maybe he's hurt or something. |
| 8:09
| Rick Nielsen from Cheap Trick and Al Jourgensen from Ministry both came out to shoot the puck. Rick had a sweet hockey sweater on, it was the Rockford Ice Dogs but it had the Cheap Trick checkerboards on it. Al Jourgensen looked like he was wearing one of those fake Jamaican dreadlock wigs. |
| 8:10
| Someone emailed Steve and told him that Al Jourgensen had written a new Blackhawks song and it was debuting on Wednesday. The song grew on Steve but it's not Here Come the Hawks. That's a classic. |
| 8:11
| Song: Keys to the City, Ministry & Co Conspirators |
| 8:15
| That's an extremely hardcore song. It has a Megadeth feel to it but Steve couldn't stop listening to it. The guy from Ministry is no spring chicken but he's still crankin' that stuff out. |
| 8:16
| Caller Dave wanted to let Steve know that Rick Nielsen was wearing an Ice Hogs jersey with the name Cheaptrickski on the back, like it's a Russian player. He did have come checkerboard on the jersey too. Is that part of the jersey? Maybe he owns part of the team. If he did he'd definitely put the checkerboard on there. |
| 8:23
| Can Pete play that drop again? It was all the information on that Ministry song but Steve was out in hall taking some last-minute instructions. |
| 8:24
| Steve was also telling Brendan that the reason the webcast was canceled yesterday was because Matt was up all night on Wednesday. |
| 8:25
| Steve asked Matt if he did his show yesterday and he said no, some things came up. What things, he doesn't have a job? Then Matt said he didn't feel well and finally admitted he'd been up all night. |
| 8:26
| Steve thought it was tradition in his family to be up all night and still do a show. He's done that many times. Matt can't do a show from his bed? Steve's done many horizontal shows. |
| 8:27
| Buzz remembers walking through the driving rain, high on Melarill just to get to work. It's an anti-psychotic. DId Buzz mean to take a psychotic. |
| 8:28
| Live read: Super Cycle Show |
| 8:29
| It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time with Pat Boyle. The Bulls won last night, they upset the Cleveland Cavaliers. Ben Wallace returned to Chicago and was roundly booed. |
| 8:30
| It seems like Wallace really messed that team up. They kept him in check in the first year without headbands but then this year he just took over. |
| 8:31
| Wallace should have been the last piece for a championship team but Paxson made the mistake of making him the foundation. The Bulls are only a game out of the final playoff spot which is amazing. |
| 8:32
| The Hawks take on the Sharks tonight, that should be a huge game. The game starts a half hour late so they can have all the Mikita/Hull stuff. |
| 8:33
| Comcast's coverage starts at 7. Or maybe it starts in 15 minutes, they're going to make a huge day of it. |
| 8:34
| And of course we had Brett Favre crying yesterday during his press conference. Buzz's expectations were exceeded yesterday actually. |
| 8:35
| He was 13 words into his statement before he started crying. Steve thinks he stuck around for too long afterwards to answer questions. We don't need to know why he's retiring, he doesn't owe that. |
| 8:36
| Where is Brett ever going to get that kind of high again though? He's at Lambeau Field, in front of thousands of people, more watching on TV. |
| 8:37
| One thing he said yesterday was that during some games, when they'd be down, the coach would be talking to him on the sidelines telling Brett that it was his time to lead the team. |
| 8:38
| And Brett said that he sometimes though why he was the one who had to do it. That's the kind of stuff Steve doesn't need to know. |
| 8:39
| Brett said that he knows he can still play but he doesn't think he wants to. Again, that's what Steve doesn't need to know. |
| 8:40
| It does seem like the end of an era though. Steve wouldn't mind if he came back to play for the Bears though. |
| 8:41
| Steve understands that Pat has a Fuzzy Thurston story to tell. Maybe he should take a break first. |
| 8:46
| Steve's pretty sure the Packers know that every penny they spent on Brett Favre was worth it. He can tell we're getting all that audio from Comcast because only Comcast thinks Brett Favre's retirement press conference isn't enough. They also have to put highlights with Brett's audio over it. |
| 8:47
| Do they really think our attention spans are that narrow that they also have the show the highlights? Isn't Brett enough? |
| 8:48
| Steve's going out to Hawthorne with Todd Cavanah today, they might have some guava margaritas. Steve goes to Hawthorne a lot but since it's work-related today he wanted Todd to come with. |
| 8:49
| Right now Steve and Todd are feeling each other out for a possible Vegas trip. They're trying to get Peter Bowen to come too but he always has an excuse why he can't. |
| 8:50
| So far the only issue that's come up is that Steve won't fly United to Vegas. He can't sit in coach unless there's an empty seat between him and some hot chick and she wants to put the blanket over him and sex him up. |
| 8:51
| So far that's never happened and it probably won't happen now that Steve looks like the girl's grandfather. That happened to Buzz once but it's something he would have never initiated on his own though and he couldn't believe it was happening to him. |
| 8:52
| Buzz thinks they'll have a great time in New Orleans. Does he mean Vegas? Buzz was probably thinking of his own flight. That's a Penthouse forum letter right there. "There I was minding my own business in 32C" and then Buzz whips out the andouille sausage. |
| 8:53
| Buzz has a sporting event to promote. Tomorrow is the amateur fighting debut of Piper Kilman, known in some circles as the WIndmill of Death. She's 6 and fighting a 7-year-old. It's full-contact martial arts, sort of like Ultimate Fighting. Buzz is expecting a blood bath. |
| 8:54
| Buzz is nervous for Piper but he's pretty sure she's not thinking like that. She could probably take him now though, she's got a lot of moves like the spin kick. |
| 8:55
| Piper won't back down during a fight which Buzz thinks is good. If she gets hit she keeps coming at her opponent. Well that's great. Then it's off to the American Girl store for high tea? |
| 8:56
| The highlight for Piper is after the fight. Is that when Buzz stops pushing her? Buzz doesn't take any responsibility for this, she got into it on her own. If anyone would push her it would be Aimee. Buzz just wants her to go to her lessons every week. |
| 8:57
| The big decision for Piper after the fight is if they should go to dinner at the favorite Italian restaurant or KFC. Pat would love to see the home video of the match with Buzz yelling and egging Piper on. Buzz is usually too nervous and he's fretting the whole time. |
| 8:58
| There was one sparring session after a practice where Piper was fighting against an older boy. He hit her unexpectedly and she was taken aback. She started to cry but then regained composure and went at him with fists of 6-year-old fury. |
| 8:59
| So Pat Boyle met Fuzzy Thurston when he was starting up in Florida in the early 90s. He hosted the half hour sports show on the ABC affiliate and was always looking to fill time. |
| 9:00
| A guy who worked at the station knew Fuzzy Thurston so he told him he'd bring him by. As you can imagine there wasn't much to cover in the world of sports down there. |
| 9:01
| Pat's aunt and uncle were living down there and since he was only making $5 he'd have dinner at their house a lot. When he told them that Fuzzy Thurston would be on the show his aunt chimed in that she went on a date with him and Paul Hornung back in the 60's in San Francisco. |
| 9:02
| How did his uncle respond to that? Because Paul Hornung and Fuzzy Thurston doesn't sound like a date to Steve. |
| 9:03
| So the wheels are working for Pat and he decides to film his aunt talking about the date. She was all dolled up and really excited about the whole thing. |
| 9:04
| The show aired at 11 pm and by 11:20 Fuzzy hadn't shown up. Pat didn't know much about him and he showed up tipping the scales at over 400 and he'd just had a tracheotomy. So he has a voice box he's talking through. |
| 9:05
| Pat told Fuzzy what he was going to do and he wanted to see the video. After viewing it twice he told Pat he couldn't air the interview because when he went on the date he was married at the time. |
| 9:06
| So Pat's not going to run the interview and he has to fill 10 minutes with Fuzzy Thurston. And the whole time you can hear the heavy breathing from his voice box. |
| 9:07
| So the interview ends and they send the tape off to the Smithsonian. The station didn't have a limo or anything so Pat had to drive Fuzzy back to his condo. They didn't have much to say to each other as you can imagine. |
| 9:08
| When they pulled up to the building Fuzzy's wife was waiting outside to tell him what a great job he'd done. Fuzzy popped his head back in the car and told Pat if he'd ran that interview he probably would have been divorced, but to say hello to his aunt, he had a great time. |
| 9:09
| So the next day Pat had to explain to his aunt why they didn't run the interview. She thought maybe they didn't have time or she didn't look right but it was because Fuzzy was married at the time. He response was "oh, that dog" |
| 9:10
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 9:11
| Steve would like to take some time to thank all the idiots who took out loans they couldn't pay back. Steve has never taken out a loan that he couldn't pay back. But now he has to watch on TV as stocks plummet. |
| 9:12
| News with Buzz |
| 9:13
| It comes as a shock to many but Presidential candidate Ron Paul is hinting to supporters (all 20 of them) that he might be quitting the race. |
| 9:14
| The FBI apparently has someone in custody in connection with a number of letters sent to Capitol Hill following yesterday's bombing in Times Square. |
| 9:15
| Authorities stress that the man is not connected to the bombing though and that the timing of it is a coincidence. |
| 9:16
| The Bush administration says a Congressional resolution passed in 2002 allows for a longer troop deployment in Iraq that could theoretically go on forever. That's great to hear. |
| 9:17
| Daylight Savings starts this Sunday. The 2 am switch is one of the earliest ever. What's going on, everything is early this year. Easter is in a couple of weeks. |
| 9:18
| Chicago leaders are taking steps to make schools safer. Mayor Daley said that cameras in schools will be linked to police headquarters and it will make everyone safer. |
| 9:19
| Barack Obama was a no-show last night for the all-black production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway. Is it a big deal that he didn't go to a play? |
| 9:20
| Trouble across the border, Gary's police chief and two close associates were arrested and are out on bond. They're charged with civil rights violations. |
| 9:21
| Chicago's new top cop wants to implement new fitness training for the Chicago Police Department. It seems like there should be some sort of grandfather clause though. |
| 9:26
| Live read: Hawthorne Racecourse |
| 9:27
| Pro golfer Tripp Isenhour apologized for killing a hawk that was making noise while he was filming a TV show. |
| 9:28
| Now the Humane Society wants the PGA to take action. Isenhour was charged Wednesday with cruelty to animals and killing a migratory bird. Those charges carry a maximum sentence of 14 months in jail and $1,500 fine. |
| 9:29
| Isenhour, real name John Henry Isenhour III, was mortified when the bird was killed. He only intended to scare the bird off. Where does he get Tripp from John Henry Isenhour? |
| 9:30
| Is it because he's the third? Tripp like triple? Steve and Buzz know a guy named Tripp, is he the third as well? They always thought he was a stoner. Steve and Buzz aren't old money, they don't know this stuff. |
| 9:31
| Tripp became angry while filming Shoot Like a Pro on December 12th at the Grand Cypress Golf Club when the hawk began squawking and forced another take. |
| 9:32
| He drove his cart closer to the bird and began hitting balls at it. The bird didn't move and he gave up. Then later it came within 75 yards of their shoot so Isenhour said "I'll get him now" and aimed for the hawk. |
| 9:33
| The sixth ball he shot came very close to the bird's head and Isenhour was very excited. A few shots later witnesses say the ball hit the bird's head. It immediately fell over and was bleeding from the nostrils. |
| 9:34
| Dale Bartlett of the Humane Society says the case, like Michael Vicks's dogfighting, is disappointing for society. Buzz can't believe they're comparing Michael Vick to a bird getting killed. |
| 9:35
| Normally Steve would agree with Buzz but he dislikes golfers so much so he's taking the bird's side. Buzz is impressed with the guy's accuracy too. |
| 9:36
| Jethro Senger, a sound engineer on the shoot, said that hitting the bird was basically a joke to Isenhour. |
| 9:37
| The killing was not caught on video. That's the biggest tragedy of this story. The bird was buried at the golf course but later dug up by investigators. |
| 9:38
| The sound engineer says more in this article. Usually they're very quiet with all the recording equipment but this guy's opening his yapper. That makes Steve think the golfer was a bit of a jerk if anyone on the crew is going to speak up. |
| 9:39
| Steve and Buzz should go to one of his tournaments and start making the sound of the hawk from the gallery. |
| 9:40
| Steve's torn with this story. On the one hand he enjoys bird abuse but on the other hand he hates golfers. |
| 9:41
| He's also disappointed with the sound engineer. There's an unwritten agreement between sound engineer and performer, they hear a lot of stuff that's not supposed to be aired. |
| 9:42
| Caller Rick wanted to let Steve know that the hawk noise is quite annoying if you hear it a lot. Rick's a Cubs fan and he went on a tour of Wrigley once. |
| 9:43
| Throughout the tour he kept hearing this bird noise over and over again. They play the sound of a hawk on the PA to keep the pigeons away. |
| 9:44
| Upon hearing the hawk sound Steve thinks he might hit a ball at it. It's very irritating. |
| 9:49
| Live read: Johnsonville Brats |
| 9:50
| This just in from our office manager, Tom. He's the Jack office manager on the 9th floor. Steve and Buzz are up on the 10th floor. |
| 9:51
| The email is addressed to "The Ladies of the 9th Floor" so Steve's not sure why he got it. |
| 9:52
| Tom just took a call from then Tenant Manager and building engineer reminding all of the ladies not to flush anything but toilet paper in the toilet. |
| 9:53
| Feminine products, paper towels and plastic bags must be disposed of in the trash. Normally Tom ends these emails with "please see me with any questions" b ut he's hoping to move on and not have to think about things like this. |
| 9:54
| What Steve's going to offer up his an opportunity to see him with any questions. He's willing to meet with anyone who needs to work through this. Because it's driving Steve crazy that the women's bathrooms are unlocked. |
| 9:55
| Steve goes many places where the bathrooms are unlocked but for the last 12 years in this building they've been locked. Now they're not locked any more. |
| 9:56
| The formica counter in Steve's bathroom has finally been fixed. They didn't use the same color of formica though. It's grey but it doesn't have the spots. Steve feels if he takes this any further people's thoughts about him will be confirmed. He's the only one who uses the bathroom so he's trying to live with it. |
| 9:57
| The carpenter was in there when Steve had to go so he had to use the one out in the hallway. He had a complete meltdown when he got to the bathroom door and realized he didn't have the key any more. |
| 9:58
| That's sort of a long story without any payoff. At one point he was almost crying because he had to go and didn't have a key. It didn't even occur to him that he's been yearning to go in the ladies room now that they're unlocked. Sometimes Buzz will be standing at the door looking for his key when someone walks past him and opens it up without one. |
| 9:59
| Don't forget, Steve and Buzz will be at Phil Stefani's Riva at Navy Pier on St. Patrick's day broadcasting from 5:30 to 10 am. Steve and Buzz will be attempting to color the lake green. He's bringing some food coloring and he'll be making an attempt. |
| 10:00
| It's easy to color the river green, it starts off that way. Where's the challenge in that?! |
