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| 5:28
| Alright that would be your Def Leppard. As Buzz can see from the clock on the wall it's not yet 5:30. They have all night to time these songs out, how hard is it?. |
| 5:29
| Steve can talk his ass off for 4 1/2 hours spontaneously and be off by exactly 10, how hard is it songs? Steve's going to fill because that's what he does. |
| 5:30
| Song: Bolingbrookville, Steve Dahl |
| 5:33
| Come home Stacy! Get your ass home! Drew got his stuff back yesterday, or at least his car. It has to be exciting for him to get the Denali back. |
| 5:34
| They kept saying there might be shards of blue barrel in the car so he'll have to check for any of those. Drew never had a blue barrel. He did have one of those tubs that you put a keg in. |
| 5:35
| Let's say you have a pig roast, you can wheel that in the backyard for all of your motorcycle friends. Drew used to have a motorcycle, it was Stacy's dad's bike. But he took it back when Drew lost Stacy. |
| 5:36
| Drew might have bitten off more than he could chew in the age gap with Stacy. He can only go once a day, maybe twice if she's wearing freaky underwear. She might have needed a younger guy who could go 4 or 5 times a day. That's what the younger guys are doing these days. |
| 5:37
| Sometimes Drew would grab a keg of Corona and bring that to the Buffett show. That used to be Jimmy Buffett's beer but there might have been some falling out. Now he has his own beer, Landshark. |
| 5:38
| You'd think there would be some sort of lawsuit against him by SNL since Landshark used to be the Chevy Chase bit. That was back in the day when people would have a bong load of weed or some Coke while watching the show. That's what the offenders did. |
| 5:39
| Hey Drew's on TV right now, hold on! There's that damn neighbor of his again. That is not a flattering haircut. She has a round face already, the haircut makes her look like a troll. And there's her sign that says "Where's Stacy?" Drew has one that says "I don't know" but he's working on a new one that says "You tell me!" |
| 5:40
| CLTV says their sister station is WGN. Can you have a sister station if you aren't a real station? You can't even get CLTV everywhere. One could argue that WGN isn't a real station either, they didn't even broadcast the St. Patrick's day parade in HD. |
| 5:41
| Buzz needs to clear his throat. He might have the same thing Drew has. It might be the orchids that Jim and Pete keep around here. They're growing them in Matt Dahl's old office, in their underpants. |
| 5:42
| Drew opened his home to WGN to show them how his neighbor is dealing with the disappearance of Stacy. |
| 5:43
| Now they're showing her garage which has windows in it. That's something they do in the Midwest, maybe because of the window unions. Does it make the house look bigger? |
| 5:44
| The thing that really bothers Drew is the Stacy sign that's right on the Bychowski's grill. It looks like Weber Summit but it might just be a knock-off. They do have a slightly nicer backyard than Drew, he will say that. |
| 5:45
| If the Bychowski's do have a Weber they should know that the company actually recommends not covering the grill. Even though the sell grill covers, they actually hold moisture underneath leading to more rust. The cover isn't even put on properly. |
| 5:46
| This is what Drew's living next to, it's a freaking nightmare. How is he supposed to survive? |
| 5:47
| Drew should begin his own campaign of harassment. Maybe posters for Jenny Craig? Or something that says "Vidal Sassoon called, he wants his 70's haircut back" |
| 5:48
| He's going to make this personal, although one could say that the "Where's Stacy?" signs are also personal. |
| 5:49
| Frankly that bitch should be bring him casseroles and tamale pies! |
| 5:55
| Steve sees that there's news audio, Jim was just in here during the break. He took the Bolingbrookville CD out of the player and then asked Steve if he should just put it on top. |
| 5:56
| Steve encourages Jim to talk more but not if it's going to be that stupid. Where else could Jim put it? Maybe they could play frisbee with it in the hallway? It should have it's own case or something but Jim didn't offer that as a solution. |
| 5:57
| Steve calls down to the newsroom. Jim had to run the board yesterday and do the show log and the podcast. Standby, Jim didn't have to do all that. So he just sat her dozing off. |
| 5:58
| Stephanie did the show log but Jim did the podcast after the show. That's why Steve got complaints after the show that they weren't up yet. Way to delegate Jim! Him and Pete are the same, no one can do it but then. The podcast is just a little harder to edit that it used to be. |
| 5:59
| If Jim showed Stephanie how to do it she could probably handle it. Brendan could too. OK Ed Jr.! Ed won't show Adam how to do things on the website, he's not giving him the keys. |
| 6:00
| Did Jim miss Steve and Buzz yesterday? He did a pretty good job except for when he didn't bail early enough on Peanut Butter Jelly Time. The Larkin & Moran Brothers started singing it, which Steve thought was a tribute to him. Turns out they sing it on stage all the time. |
| 6:01
| What did Steve and Buzz miss around here yesterday, anything exciting? Not really. Jim thought it was a good show yesterday though. Steve had fun. Todd Cavanah came by and said "you guys are really funny, I should have you doing these every week." That's not going to happen without some extra fees being paid. |
| 6:02
| Steve also saw Peter Bowen who used to be the general manager. Todd said that he didn't have anything to say after the show which wasn't a feel good. |
| 6:03
| Todd might have been disappointed with his choice of shirt though. Buzz doesn't even remember what kind of shirt it was which means maybe it wasn't a great choice. |
| 6:04
| When Todd sees Steve rockin' and $18 Dockers plaid shirt-the 60's California surfer boy meets turn-of-the-century Latino gang member-and he's wearing a $200 he doesn't know what to do. |
| 6:05
| Steve's going to put all the CDs in cases since that was apparently beneath Jim. He was going to do that but the break was ending and Steve needs to get to his seat. He got in there a little late. |
| 6:06
| With Buzz it's all up-to-the-minute, very exciting. Steve needs to tape Buzz and Jim back there. Buzz is walking around like a movie director shouting "let me hear it!" He needs him to tighten up the audio but it's just some guy talking about UFOs. |
| 6:07
| So once again Jim ran the board and edited the podcast after the show. He couldn't do that during the show? Because running the board is just pressing one button. Steve's not exaggerating, it's one button every half hour. Steve does it, that's how easy it is. |
| 6:08
| Stephanie did the show log and Brendan did the commercial log and fielded phone calls. Sounds like a good use of everyone's time. Steve would put the phones on hold, teach someone to so the show log and another to do the podcast. |
| 6:09
| Are we feeling the absence of Tina? Steve hasn't sensed anything so far. Maybe emotionally everyone is feeling it. Who's going to lord their education over us now? Nobody has one except Brendan and Mary. Jim graduated from DePaul but he didn't go to grad school like Tina. |
| 6:10
| Buzz at least went to college, Steve didn't even finish high school. Pete went to Loyola and graduated. Then he went to the Seminary after that right? That's where he picked up all his secret rituals. |
| 6:11
| Steve calls down to Adam's office. He did go to college, at Columbia. Did he major in Bossiness? |
| 6:12
| Now that Tina's not here, can we get some hot girl interns from Columbia? No dudes! Adam's in charge of the intern hiring, he's interviewed a few people but they're not up to his standards. |
| 6:13
| Why is Steve letting someone crazy interview the interns? He just wants girls who will come in and go get Steve's burrito when Stephanie asks him to. Steve doesn't want any dopey dudes standing around with half mustaches because they haven't gone through puberty. |
| 6:14
| Speaking of interns, Steve read something disturbing about a former intern. He mentioned this yesterday during the show. That Ric Kempfer guy wrote that text book about radio producing. |
| 6:15
| Ric was Steve's producer when he worked with Garry. He wasn't that good but he was a nice guy. It seems like everything in the book is just what Steve taught him. He also has a radio blog that no one reads except Rob Feder. |
| 6:16
| Steve has Google alerts for his name so this is how he was directed to this blog with an interview with a former intern named Matt. He's the director of programming at WERV, The Werve. |
| 6:17
| The Werve just hired Bill Cavanah as their General Manager. Is that Todd's dad? Former intern Matt was just named to Edison Media's list of the top 30 under 30. What does that mean? It seems like unsuccessful people need lists like that. |
| 6:18
| Steve's going to let Adam go because he's not laughing or even chortling. That's very unprofessional. When Steve has Pete or Jim or Stephanie on they can't stop laughing. |
| 6:19
| Matt was an intern for Steve in the 90's so Ric asks him what that was like. It's a loaded question, it seems like Ric still has some unresolved issues with Steve. |
| 6:20
| Matt was 17 at the time and he couldn't wait to get in the business. Can't he just leave it at that? |
| 6:21
| At the time Steve was on AM1000. There were a lot of interns around working for all the shows and people said they walked around like schools of fishes. Some called them the Boyquarium. Not some people, Steve. |
| 6:22
| Intern Matt feels that he might have made the wrong choice working for Steve, he should have been where the action was. This guy is yet another person who wouldn't be where they were without Steve and yet still hates him. |
| 6:23
| He could join the club with Ali and Dan Falato, Ed sitting there trying to stay neutral, all of them eating tapas. Pass the thinly sliced ham please! |
| 6:24
| For a few months Matt grabbed tape carts for Steve and prepped his diet colas. How do you prep a diet cola? You open it up, you tell it you want to fizz for a little bit. |
| 6:25
| After that Matt went to work for Wendy & Bill and followed them all the way to Q101. |
| 6:26
| Matt loved it from the beginning, Wendy was like a big sister to him, Bill was hilarious and he felt like part of the show. He was more involved in decision-making and writing. You really want a 17-year old helping you out with that. Buzz is surprised there was writing. |
| 6:27
| Steve has plenty to teach people. What's with this interview, why is it even on the internet? This kid made some bad choices and he blames them on Steve? This is why Steve just wants to have hot girls working as interns. |
| 6:33
| Steve calls back to Adam's office, where's he going to look for interns? Adam's always had good luck at DePaul. The Blue Demons? Adam has already started working on the intern search. How do you do that so early in the morning? |
| 6:34
| Right now Adam's revising the job description. Did he put "hot" in there? He's not sure if he can put that. Did he mention that they'll have to prep Steve's Diet Coke's? They must be willing to be sexual harassed and know how to work a table shower. |
| 6:35
| Can Adam bring the job description in, Steve would like to read it. How about foreign exchange students, they wouldn't even know what Steve and Buzz are saying to them. |
| 6:36
| Live read: Chicago White Sox |
| 6:37
| Opening day is less than 2 weeks away! |
| 6:38
| Alright Steve has the intern job description. Want to work for one of Chicago's most talked about radio personalities. Talked about? Shouldn't it be something like enduring? |
| 6:39
| Interns must be outgoing as well. Steve doesn't want anyone outgoing. He doesn't need people walking in here yelling "WHAT'S UP STEVER!" |
| 6:40
| Intern duties include show logging, call screening and call vetting and merchandise fulfillment. These are all lies right? |
| 6:41
| Interns are expected to be at the WJMK studios 2-3 times a week from 5 am to 10 am. They may also be scheduled for special events. If they're hot enough. |
| 6:42
| The way Adam describes the job makes it seem full-time. He needs to make it sound more fun. How about "interns must enjoy Margaritas"? Steve's going to write up his own job description and we'll see which one gets more interns. |
| 6:43
| Adam also says students should have communications and marketing classes. Do we need to limit it? How about just college students? |
| 6:44
| The craziest thing is that these kids intern and it's not paid but they have to pay their college for course credit. |
| 6:45
| This job description is very formal and austere. Steve needs to just pick the interns on his own, he usually has a good eye for it. |
| 6:46
| Steve's not opposed to dude interns but it has to be the right dude. Steve can usually tell if guys are going to be jerks. He picked Brendan and he's pretty sure he picked Jim too. |
| 6:47
| Steve calls down to the weather center. Steve did pick Jim, in person at the station. Steve picked Brendan and Jim and they're both functioning, high-paid members of the staff. |
| 6:48
| Steve didn't pick Pete, he had worked with Shemp so he came with him. Pete thinks he stuck around because he stayed out of Steve's way and just did his job. |
| 6:49
| Some interns come in here and they're popping their head in Steve's cooler, looking around. There was that one girl who was always telling Steve she was going to book the Rolling Stones on the show. That was actually a Brendan hire, he grabbed her away from Brendan. |
| 6:55
| Steve will work on that description for the intern job, there's no reason to tell them right away how bad it'll be. There is a lot to learn around here though. |
| 6:56
| Maybe Steve will put something clever in there like "must love Margaritas and hard work." Then people will think that he's clever. He's an old dude but you can learn a lot from him. |
| 6:57
| Every once-in-a-while you'll get an intern who breaks bad on your 10 or 15 years later. He's still in radio but thanks to Wendy and Bill he's in Naperville. And where are Steve and Buzz? Downtown in morning drive. |
| 6:58
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 6:59
| Steve thinks it's really unfair that David mentions his radio show in the copy. He had him on for 20 minutes yesterday, isn't that enough?! The show is just an infomercial on another station. Mentioning it doesn't enhance the live read, it just confuses people. |
| 7:00
| Just for the record this isn't a bit where Steve says he doesn't want David mentioning the show in the live read. |
| 7:01
| News with Buzz |
| 7:02
| The Supreme Court will review Washington DC's ban on handguns. They're also hearing an FCC case. |
| 7:03
| A while back a bunch of stations got fined because of some random profanities during a live sporting event. The stations had no control over those profanities. They'll also be reviewing whether the FCC has the right to regulate speech at all. |
| 7:04
| Barack Obama will deliver what his campaign is calling a major speech in Philadelphia today. He's also in the process of distancing himself from his pastor Jeremiah Wright. He was a bullfrog right? |
| 7:05
| One of the highlights from his sermons as that this country is still controlled by white people. It doesn't seem like that's true any more, the rich white people are losing their grasp. |
| 7:06
| Barack Obama told soldiers that he would not lower the drinking age to 18. If you're a soldier you can probably get an older soldier to buy you alcohol right? |
| 7:07
| Over the weekend Steve saw a really good movie about the military with Tommy Lee Jones. It was called In the Valley of Elah. Steve's not sure how you pronounce Elah. |
| 7:08
| This week is the 5th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Hillary Clinton is putting that at the front of her campaign. |
| 7:09
| The Dalai Lama said he would step down as leader of Tibet's government-in-exile if Tibetan violence spirals out of control. |
| 7:10
| The Dalai Lama fled into exile in India in 1959 and denied Chinese accusations that he was masterminding protests. He's kind of a chicken isn't he? If he goes back they'll kill him though. What's he going to resign from? |
| 7:11
| Steve spent some time with the Dalai Lama, he was in Chicago doing radio interviews. Does he talk more like an Indian guy or an Asian guy? He's very relaxed, almost like Sulu on Star Trek. He's a fun guy though, he loves to laugh. |
| 7:12
| A group of Cuban migrants has landed in Miami. At least 15 people came ashore overnight after being at sea for almost a week. Since they made it to land they can stay. They're the only people who have that extended to them for some reason. |
| 7:13
| The Star-Ledger newspaper reports that former New Jersey governor James McGreevey was allegedly involved in three-way sex with his estranged wife and a former employee, according to the employee. |
| 7:14
| McGreevey's "Friday night specials" often involved dinner at T.G.I. Friday's and then sex at McGreevey's condo. Steve really needs to start going to T.G.I. Friday's more! |
| 7:15
| Drew Peterson got some of his stuff back. Items seized from Drew's house by police will be returned to him. |
| 7:16
| Heather Mills was awarded over $48 million by a judge in her divorce from Paul McCartney. |
| 7:17
| Investigators in the Lane Bryant murder are looking into a man who robbed a casino in Vegas over the weekend. His height, weight and tightly braided hair match the suspect in the Lane Bryant case. He also knocked over a credit bureau. |
| 7:18
| Younger emergency room patients with heart attack symptoms should be asked if they've used to cocaine recently. Some treatments for a heart attack could be deadly if they've done cocaine. |
| 7:19
| An eBay listing for a Frosted Flake shaped like Illinois is now up to $201,000. That's fake right? Someone's just driving the bidding up and will never pay. It doesn't even look like Illinois! |
| 7:26
| Does Buzz ever watch that Two and a Half Men? He doesn't really watch sitcoms. That drop Pete had was from last night, that's a good turn-around. |
| 7:27
| There was also something on King of Queens that relates to what we do here everyday. He can't remember what it is though, he was on the treadmill and couldn't write it down. |
| 7:28
| It's the one where they hire a Mexican maid and Carrie and the maid are talking about Doug in Spanish. Then Doug hires Spence's mom as his maid and they're having dueling maids. |
| 7:29
| Steve skipped his workout after the show yesterday and went right home. He was sitting in the living room half sleeping, having a weird dream about him and Buzz stuck in a phone booth that was filling up with water. Then Buzz was grabbing his genitals. |
| 7:30
| So Steve woke up and decided he need to go upstairs and have a proper nap. But later in the day he felt guilty for not working out so he decided to run on the treadmill for a while. |
| 7:31
| It's very foggy downtown right now but Steve's not sure what it's like anywhere else. Steve hasn't seen one weather forecast lately that's been even close to what actually happen. What's the point of doing the weather if it's never going to be close? |
| 7:32
| Steve's looking at CLTV right now, that guy they have in Vegas couldn't look more like the sketch of the Lane Bryant suspect. Maybe they just don't want to get people's hopes up. |
| 7:33
| If you're going to rob a casino you really should throw on a ski mask. How much can one of those cost? They're not hard to come by in the Chicago area either. |
| 7:34
| Alright time for the web poll. Steve remembers yesterday's web poll because it mocked and humiliated Pete. Really it was just because Steve talked to Pete about it on the air. His girlfriend's mom showed up at the broadcast and Pete thought he handled it pretty well. |
| 7:35
| Good news for Pete though, Ed Silha actually came in first in yesterday's web poll "who's more in need of a mail order bride?" He got 96.44% of the vote although that could be that pollsitter computer guy who hates Ed. |
| 7:36
| Really though, Ed is the one who's most in need of a mail order bride who doesn't speak the language and doesn't know the culture. Today's web poll question is "do you have plans for spring break?" |
| 7:37
| Spring break plans are being scaled back do to the economic slowdown. This is from the Tribune. A recent survey found that half of U.S. families with children will scale back spring break plans and 63% said they'd stay home. |
| 7:38
| Families don't really go on spring break do they? It's just college kids going somewhere to get drunk and have sex. And maybe some high school kids if they can figure it out. They should all wear wristbands so you know they're underage though. |
| 7:39
| Kids don't scale back spring break do they? They still go, they're kids. It's not spring yet but this is when kids go away. |
| 7:40
| Buzz's kid is on break and she was talking about it yesterday. He had to point out that it wasn't spring yet. It was a horrendous discussion. Did Piper point out that spring starts on Friday? She needs to retain someone to argue on her behalf with Buzz, otherwise it's just not fair. |
| 7:41
| Does Piper have spring break plans? Is she going to Fort Lauderdale or Panama City? She's actually going to a camp for the week. Did he yell about that when he was writing the check? It's not even spring, why is she going on spring break?! |
| 7:42
| According to Mark Czerniec agricultural spring began March 1st. Maybe she's going off of that calendar. Steve should give Piper Mark's email address, he's the best person to talk to for arguing against Buzz. |
| 7:43
| She's probably going off the agricultural calendar. Doesn't Aimee have an agriculture background? Doesn't her family live in the hinterlands or something? |
| 7:50
| Caller Judy has something that Buzz can call Piper's vacation instead of spring break. How about Solstice Hiatus? Buzz is a hardcore pagan so that's perfect for him. |
| 7:51
| Then she can pass that along in school and become an outcast, leading the way to her career as an outsider artist. It'll save Buzz hundreds of thousands of dollars but cost her hundreds of thousands of dollars in therapy. |
| 7:52
| Caller George is out in Naperville where it's foggy and rainy. Just so everyone knows there's a picture on Dahl.com for the web poll that features some spring break girls. Steve wants to click on the photo to make it better but it won't let him. |
| 7:53
| George went to Arizona State for spring break so he'd always come back to Chicago when he was off. You can't imagine what it's like when you're 19 and flying from the warm weather of Arizona to the cold weather of Chicago. |
| 7:54
| That does seem like a dumb idea. Why didn't he go West? How about Hawaii? He liked to come home because that was during the Jordan Bulls era so he saw a few games. |
| 7:55
| That was a dumb call Brendan. Steve thought that the guy was going to say he came home because it's always like spring break at ASU. |
| 7:56
| Steve and Garry once did a show from a frat house at ASU. He couldn't believe what went on there under the guise of education. |
| 7:57
| Caller Joe points Steve to something on the NBC news yesterday. Bob Sirott was talking about the Blackhawks during his One More Thing and in the midst of his rant he wonder how long it would be until Steve wa made the team's official mascot. He wasn't breaking bad on Steve though. |
| 7:58
| During the 10 o'clock news last night there was a story about a corned beef eating contest. Art Norman and Andy Avalos were participating in it. Don't forget Charlie Wojciechowski, the token Polish guy. |
| 7:59
| None of them won the contest but Buzz could have sworn that somewhere in the background, off-mic, someone said Steve won the contest. Buzz reran it over and over again. But when he played it again for Jim he didn't hear it. |
| 8:00
| So Buzz didn't actually hear Steve's name, he's just imagining that he did in his own head. |
| 8:01
| Does Pete have any of that? Is he aware what's going on? Steve's going to enjoy a Taco Bell taco while Pete plays the tape. |
| 8:02
| Pete thinks Steve will enjoy the One More Thing because he also talks about how he doesn't like the NCAA office pools. Steve thinks you should be able to pick your winners after each round. |
| 8:03
| Steve finds Bob's comment about the Blackhawks mean-spirited. Maybe Bob thinks Steve's talking about hockey too much. He's gone to 30 games this season! And here Steve was going to take Bob to a game. |
| 8:04
| Pete thinks that maybe Bob is upset that John McDonough left the Cubs. But he loves Steve, he probably just wants to get his name out there. |
| 8:05
| Steve doesn't really care, Bob's just being a smart-ass. Buzz thinks might just be making fun of Steve for being a hockey fan. To Steve making fun of him is negative. |
| 8:06
| Of course Buzz is the guy hearing Steve's name after they do a story about a bunch of people eating corned beef sandwiches. Pete and Buzz only think this isn't making fun of Steve so they can say worse about him. |
| 8:07
| Pete plays the corned beef tape. Buzz is still hearing Steve's name but it's clearly "skinny guy". It couldn't be more obvious. But Buzz thinks they really nailed Steve here. |
| 8:08
| Caller Bob thinks that there might be some jealousy on Bob Sirott's part. He mentions both Mike North and Steve's name in the One More Thing. They both had radio icon nights but Bob didn't. |
| 8:09
| Bob should take it out on Spike O'Dell, he got a radio icon night and no one cheered or booed him. |
| 8:10
| Maybe Steve's just being too sensitive or something. Bob should feel free to call in and explain what he was thinking if he's not too busy eating his milk and toast. That's a slam on WGN. |
| 8:11
| Did Buzz see that Garry Meier tried to get a job at WGN? It was in Phil Rosenthal's column. Why doesn't he just come work here? He's already getting paid through August. |
| 8:12
| They probably wouldn't let him work at WGN anyway until August. |
| 8:13
| Steve wants to hear the corned beef tape again. It's obviously "skinny guy". Slowly Steve is taking the magic away from it for Buzz. |
| 8:14
| Why do people do this to Steve Pete? It's is because he's contemptible? |
| 8:21
| Steve got an email during the break from someone who didn't take what Bob Sirott said as a negative. It was just that everything else he said in One More Thing was negative. |
| 8:22
| Steve bought his season tickets before the Hawks hired John McDonough. As soon as Rocky took over the team and said he was putting games on TV Steve knew he should buy tickets. |
| 8:23
| Even if Steve didn't like hockey at the time he thought they'd be valuable tickets. He still needs to take Buzz to a game though. |
| 8:24
| Steve feels that the pressure of taking Buzz to a weeknight game will be too much. Buzz will probably want to leave early and he'll probably need a ride home. |
| 8:25
| Buzz would prefer to go to a weeknight game actually. How about tomorrow night? That would actually save Steve the Sophie's choice of deciding between who goes to Tony Esposito Night, Mike or Matt. |
| 8:26
| We've got the BSer on the phone. Buzz is right, Bob was just having a little fun. Steve is nobodies shill though, just so Bob knows. |
| 8:27
| The genesis of that whole thing was that someone told Bob that he was listening to the show the other day and heard Steve say that Bob never calls him any more. Bob listens all the time but he never heard that. |
| 8:28
| So Bob had that in his head when he was writing this One More Thing. Does Bob want to go to a game with Steve? He'd love to, he hasn't been a game in a while. Steve hadn't been in a while either. When he used to go to the Stadium he was drunk and he didn't know there was a real game going on. |
| 8:29
| Steve does have a tip for Bob though. When he's doing the transition between his show and John Williams show he needs to sound a little different. They both sound too similar. The only way Steve can tell the difference is that Bob is funnier. |
| 8:30
| Steve has Pat Boyle on the phone now. He's going to blame Pat for the hockey stuff, he's the one who always wants to talk about it. |
| 8:31
| Bob does have to talk to John McDonough about getting his nephew Judd in the broadcast booth. Right now he does games for Mark Cuban's HDNet. For some reason Steve has a Judd Sirott bobblehead doll. He worked for the Wolves and they made bobbleheads for a lot of guys. Steve doesn't even have a bobblehead! That's when Bob got jealous, when his nephew had a bobblehead. |
| 8:32
| Bob's opinion is one of the few that really matters to Steve so maybe he was being a little oversensitive. When Steve first came to Chicago Bob was one of the only people who was nice to him. He was teaching a class at Columbia and invited Steve to speak to them. |
| 8:33
| The only reason Pat wants to talk about hockey is because it's been a long winter around here and the sports have not been great. The Hawks were the only glimmer of hope. |
| 8:34
| Steve's just glad to see the team embracing their Hawkness and embracing the past. It's not right that MIkita and Hull used to be afraid to come to games because they weren't sure what kind of reception they'd get. |
| 8:35
| It should be cool for Tony Esposito Night tomorrow as well. That's when it's OK for Buzz to wear his Jason hockey mask. |
| 8:36
| Based on the response from yesterday's broadcast Steve's going back to the full version of Peanut Butter Jelly Time. Plus they had the nice Irish version. Pat should stop by the studio more often. |
| 8:37
| So the Bulls had the league for three quarters last night but still lost. Talk about your bleak winter sports landscape in Chicago. And yet they're still only 2 1/2 games out of the playoffs. |
| 8:38
| The frustration spilled into Comcast's post-game last night as Norm Van Lier went off on the team for not having any heart. |
| 8:39
| It doesn't seem like the Bulls would be any better off with Scott Skiles though. He's the better choice than Boylan but it's just a team of conflicting egos. He was like Saddam Hussein though, keeping a lid on everyone. |
| 8:40
| Then to add insult to injury Kendall Gil called them mental midgets. They just stopped guarding that one guy last night, Chris Paul. |
| 8:41
| And speaking of depressing the Hawks are still fighting to get into the playoffs. Pat thinks they'll win tonight but it's a game from 1971. Do they get 1 point or 2 points for that? |
| 8:42
| And the Dodgers played their last game at Dodgertown, in Vero Beach, Florida, yesterday. Steve always heard them talking about Dodgertown when he was growing up but he never got to go. |
| 8:43
| Pat thought Steve had a condo near Vero Beach, why didn't he ever go? Does Pat have to point out stuff Steve has everyday? |
| 8:44
| The Dodgers are moving to Glendale, Arizona where they'll eventually be sharing the facility with the White Sox. They're going to move there in a few years or if they can get out of their current lease earlier. |
| 8:45
| Steve's not really a fan of Spring Training, it just seems like everyone is horsing around. You got to see the players up close but do you really want to? It seems like a lot of them are jerks. |
| 8:46
| It's given Sox fans a chance to get to know new White Sock Nick Swisher. Get used to seeing him in a lot of Sox marketing this summer. |
| 8:47
| Another interesting story this summer should be Brian Anderson. It seems like that kid maybe came into the big leagues a little too soon. |
| 8:48
| He got into Ozzie's dog house early, he wouldn't change his swing. There was also an incident when the team was on the road and he was out at a bar with a bunch of people. He said he'd buy everyone a round of drinks. |
| 8:49
| Some how that got in the paper and Ozzie wasn't happy about it. So he ended up in Ozzie's dog house a bit. |
| 8:50
| How about two surprises for the Cubs this Spring Training? The biggest surprise has probably been Kerry Wood who could possibly become the closer. Pat's not sure if Kerry can last for the entire season though because of all the injuries he's had. |
| 8:51
| Also look to Geovanny Soto, he's the new catcher. It'll be interesting to see if he can handle the pitching staff. Having a good catcher is key. |
| 8:57
| That's Steve Stone talking about the White Sox. As a Cubs fan you probably don't like seeing Stone broadcast Sox games. Steve saw him wearing a Sox jacket and even he was unsettled. |
| 8:58
| Steve Stone broadcast for the Cubs for something like 20 years didn't he? Pete's not sure, Brendan thought it was at least 15 years. Maybe Jim knows, it seems like something he'd keep accurate records on. Jim doesn't know either but he thinks it was about 15 years. |
| 8:59
| Steve thinks it was longer than that. By 1984 he was broadcasting for the Cubs because Steve was with the team in San Diego. Jim can't keep track of it because Stone did leave the team for a couple of years when he was sick. Then he was let go in 2004. |
| 9:00
| Buzz imagines Stone calling games for the Sox is really disturbing. Pete doesn't like it. Jim wishes he still called Cubs games though. If Santo was calling Sox games it would shake him to his core. Stone's glory days weren't with the Cubs either. And the team sort of treated him like garbage. |
| 9:01
| Jim hasn't seen Stone in the White Sox jacket though. Maybe he'll be more unsettled once he saw that. Even Steve was unsettled by it. |
| 9:02
| Live read: Kent Dean |
| 9:03
| Is Buzz ready for the news? Steve doesn't have any audio in here but Buzz is ready. And here comes Jim now with the audio. |
| 9:04
| News with Buzz |
| 9:05
| Just for the record, Steve Stone was broadcast for the Cubs for 19 years. It'll be good when Stone and Farmer finally sync up. They're both talkers so it could take a while. |
| 9:06
| Steve heard that first game, they were both just whipping it out. And it's a spring training game too so you don't know who half these guys are. |
| 9:07
| The Supreme Court will hear arguments today against FCC indecency rules. At the center of the argument is whether or not they can decide what's acceptable to broadcast. |
| 9:08
| It would be nice if the FCC got out of that business. Really it should be people who decide what is or isn't decent. If they don't like it, they won't listen. |
| 9:09
| Barack Obama told soldiers that he will not lower the drinking age to 18. You can serve in the military but you can't drink. |
| 9:10
| New York's new governor admits that he once had an extra-marital affair, as did his wife. |
| 9:11
| Did he make sure to point out that it was a free affair? His wife also admitted that during that time period, when their marriage was in trouble she also had an affair. |
| 9:12
| The Star-Ledger is reporting that a high-level aide for former New Jersey Governor James McGreevey alleges he engaged in sex with the governor and his wife. |
| 9:13
| Steve has to interrupt Buzz because Ed Farmer is on the phone and he has a plane to catch. |
| 9:14
| Ed's just getting ove the flu that everyone else on the team has had. But he's catching a flight to Tucson to call a game. |
| 9:15
| Stoney won't be calling the game though, the next time Ed sees him will be in Cleveland for Opening Day. |
| 9:16
| So far Ed's enjoying his time with Steve Stone and he hopes all the fans will enjoy it too. Steve thinks they will, they're both beloved. |
| 9:17
| Alright Steve knows we have news to get back to but he has a few other things to do first. |
| 9:18
| Live read: Joebees |
| 9:19
| Ed Farmer should take some bee pollen. Bees never get sick, has Buzz ever seen a sick bee? No! |
| 9:20
| Does Buzz want to see the stinger again? |
| 9:21
| Does Buzz want any honey? Because Joe can get him some. What kind does he like? How about Tupelo honey? |
| 9:22
| Does Buzz want it right in the honeycomb? Has he ever had honey like that? Buzz remembers he used to have it as a kid. |
| 9:30
| Back to the newsroom with Buzz |
| 9:31
| The Dalai Lama says he will step down if violence continues in Tibet. China is accusing him of inciting protests in his home country. |
| 9:32
| Drew Peterson is getting some of his stuff back, including his Denali. He had to be taken in through the backdoor of the court yesterday after receiving death threats. |
| 9:33
| Drew was taken in through the sallyport. He can handle death threats though. When did he become a chicken? |
| 9:34
| Sallyport doesn't sound good though. It sounds like something they do to you in prison. |
| 9:35
| The judge who awarded Heather Mills $48 million in a divorce settlement with Paul McCartney said that Mills claims were exorbitant and her evidence was not sufficient. But she still got |
| 9:36
| By the way, a sallyport is a noun. It's a small exit from a fortification where soldiers could sally from. |
| 9:37
| It's really just a backdoor but Joel Brodsky must have been trying to show that he was smart. Loading dock would have sounded much manlier though. |
| 9:38
| Ben Gay is here and yes he's a little late. He overslept after a wild and woolly St. Patrick's day. |
| 9:39
| He spent the night with a man named Patrick who was no saint. And there was no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow either. |
| 9:40
| Ben loves St. Patrick's day, he loves chasing all the snakes out of Ireland one at a time. Buzz is wondering where a Ben Gay spends St. Patrick's day. |
| 9:41
| Ben was everywhere yesterday but he was really hoping to run into Buzz. Buzz was hoping he'd see him at the remote but it's way too early in the morning. |
| 9:42
| It wouldn't matter anyway since Ben is banned from Navy Pier. He completely forgot that you could see into the Ferris Wheel cars. |
| 9:43
| The Cubs are looking to finalize their roster for the season. Lou Piniella says they may go with only one lefty in the bullpen. |
| 9:44
| Meanwhile the Sox tied with the Brewers in 10 innings yesterday. That's like kissing your sister, which Ben has done. He doesn't want to talk about it. |
| 9:45
| The Bulls led for three quarters last night before they lost to New Orleans in the 4th. Chris Paul single-handedly won the game for the Hornets. |
| 9:46
| Jim Boylan probably won't be around for long so don't get used to seeing him. It seems like a lot of guys on that team will be gone, they're all miserable people. Ben's not just saying that because he was banned from the United Center for life either. |
| 9:47
| He was banned though and he blames Kirk Hinrich. Kirk said Ben was staring at him but he wasn't. If he's going to be staring at something in there it won't be a skinny white boy, it'll be all that chocolate goodness. |
| 9:48
| It might have been a mistake for Ben to bring his flesh-colored mic with the purple wind screen. |
| 9:55
| Alright, it's Buzz's choice, Barack Obama or back to Ben? Buzz thinks they should go back to Ben. Barack's starting his speech late anyway so it'll probably be a while until he get to the meaty part. |
| 9:56
| Barack Obama's in Philadelphia talking about race. They're having some mic problems, there are a lot of banging noises. Normally Ben doesn't mind that. |
| 9:57
| By the way, Ben is the answer to #3 down in the Tribune crossword puzzle. The clue is "soothing product" and the answer is Ben Gay. Buzz finds Ben soothing doesn't he? |
| 9:58
| This speech is like a history lesson. He's just trying to distance himself from that preacher guy. |
| 9:59
| If that preacher was white and he said what he said it would be fine. Because everything he's saying is true. |
| 10:00
| The Clintons keep dragging Obama back into this because they'll do anything to win. |
