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| 5:29
| That's a cold close on Robert Palmer's Simply Irresistible. Would it kill that guy to fade the song down? He's dead now so something did. |
| 5:30
| If Buzz is talking to Steve he can't hear him. His mic is off again. Buzz swears he's not turning off his mic, someone else is. Is he saying that Steve is asking him a question and then turning his mic off? |
| 5:31
| Buzz was just saying that he was excited that it's Opening Day! That is exciting. It's the home opener for the Cubs if it doesn't get rained out. Seems like it will get rained out. |
| 5:32
| Steve has been seeing opening day forecasts since Friday. If he hears one more forecast he's going to kill someone. They said it's 50/50, that's not a good sign. |
| 5:33
| Why do they keep telling everyone the forecast, it only effects about 28,000 who are going to the game. That's how many the place holds right Pete? |
| 5:34
| Pete says you're going to get about 40,000 people today. 40,000! They're always saying it's so quaint, that's not quaint Pete's pretty sure it holds more than The Cell. So what are they always complaining about? Do they need more skyboxes, is that it? |
| 5:35
| Buzz heard they added more skyboxes for this season. Pete doesn't know about that because he's a regular guy. He's Blue Collar Pete. Buzz is just repeating what he heard on the news. |
| 5:36
| Steve is going to call down to Jim because Pete doesn't seem to know anything. Pete isn't well-versed in the Cubs, he's just there for the ladies. He's just trying to line up who he's taking over to Cubby Bear or Hi-Tops. |
| 5:37
| Hi-Top is no longer, it's now Harry Caray's. Why did they do that, Hi-Tops was fine? Buzz is wondering if they'll build a Hi-Tops statue somewhere in the city now. Steve saw something about that AT&T commercial with the Harry Caray impersonator. Apparently Dutchie didn't approve the ads. She must not own the rights. |
| 5:38
| Steve calls down to the newsroom. Pete can stay on though. The Cubs did add new seats but not luxury boxes. They're called Bullpen Seats, on the third base line where the tarp used to be. |
| 5:39
| Those seats are sponsored by the Chicago Options Exchange and they were auctioned off to fans. That money doesn't go to charity though, it goes right to the team. |
| 5:40
| There were some complaints that the CBOE logo is huge and garish. There are always complaints up there. There's been a Budweiser add up there for years now! Last year there were Walter E. Smithe ads in the dugout where it looked like everyone on the bench was sitting in dining room chairs. No one was complaining about that! |
| 5:41
| Steve loves the Smithe Brothers but they've been showing that Smithe Brothers Field of Dreams ad. Those guys in the ad, Billy Williams and Ernie Banks, aren't even dead! You can't have guys who aren't dead coming out of the ivy. And they're in suits too, not uniforms. |
| 5:42
| Maybe Ron Santo was trying to get out but his stump got caught in the ivy. What is that?! And why are they all in suits? Then Billy and Ernie are reduced to arguing over how plays first base. Billy played the outfield, why are they arguing?! Maybe it's a Who's on First-type routine. |
| 5:43
| Do the Smithe Brothers still sponsor the dugout? Brendan says it's State Farm. That sponsorship was pretty expensive and it probably didn't translate to furniture sales. Everything is sponsored up there, the Cubs are the biggest bunch of whores ever. Eliot Spitzer has been calling them all week. |
| 5:44
| Brendan is heading up to the game today to check it out, as are Jim and Pete. Jim doesn't have tickets, he's going to try to get some or else just hang out at Yak-Zies. They've got the great wings over there. |
| 5:45
| While we're having our sports conversation Steve has to say he was really offended at the Hawks game last night. It was Steve Cochran Radio Icon Night. First of all he wasn't on the schedule and also he's not a radio icon. He was wearing an ill-fitting sweater too. He looked like a bratwurst in a microwave about ready to explode. |
| 5:46
| His reception was the same as Spike O'Dell's, really nothing. Whoever they gave tickets away to were cheering but Steve tried to start up the booing. Then there was a moment of silence for Wally which was silent. Steve told Mike to make sure he got a moment of silence too. |
| 5:47
| Steve Cochran isn't an icon, he's never been successful at anything. He's survived but so have traffic reporters. Maura Myles thinks she's some sort of legend. Steve just got an email from her giving him a hard time in a really passive-aggressive way. |
| 5:48
| Maura used to be on with Pete before Steve and Buzz on WCKG, which we ran into the ground. There was one day when Maura said she'd bee on in Chicago for 18 years doing traffic. Steve said that traffic doesn't count as on the air because it's a minute an hour. You add all that up and it's 6 months. On the air means 4 or 5 hours a day. |
| 5:49
| Steve got an email from her last week admonishing him, luckily he has it handy. People have been sending her copies of the show log from last Tuesday when Steve was talking about her. |
| 5:50
| Jim put "proceeded" in the show log instead of presided. Doesn't he do a spell check on the show log? Are all the show logs this bad? Jim spelled the word correctly but he used the wrong word. That's what Steve means, he's not question Jim's spelling. Didn't Jim go to college? He went to DePaul, he should ask for his money back. |
| 5:51
| Jim really left Steve wide open on here, he appreciates that. Pete is wondering if Maura alerted Steve to her upcoming Radio Icon Night. |
| 5:52
| Steve also got something from that Mender kid because of the mention last week. So they're all taking umbrage from that mention last week. Mender was trying to point out that they doubled Kevin Matthews ratings. Doubling nothing is still nothing isn't it? |
| 5:53
| Maybe he didn't like Steve saying we ran the station into the ground. He didn't actually point out specific people did he? |
| 6:01
| Steve never got to the bottom of that Wrigley Field stuff, how many does it hold? Steve calls down to the newsroom. |
| 6:02
| Jim says the park holds around 41,000 but he's not sure if that includes skyboxes and the new seats. It doesn't matter, that's still only 41,000. Why does Steve have to keep hearing about the opening day forecast? |
| 6:03
| Jim imagines they'll do the same thing for the Sox. Steve's not crying favoritism but in the grand scheme it's a forecast for 41,000 people. It snowed in Cleveland last year on opening day, Steve heard it's supposed to rain today. Jim agrees but he doesn't know for sure. |
| 6:04
| Steve's checking the forecast in Cleveland. There are a lot of Clevelands, not just in Ohio. There's Cleveland, MIssissippi, Cleveland Massachusetts. Steve sounds like Bubba from Forrest Gump. |
| 6:05
| There's a 40% chance of rain in Cleveland, Ohio. Steve can't get out of Cleveland to check Chicago. |
| 6:06
| There's a chance of rain in Chicago too which Buzz thinks will appeal to the gambling nature of baseball fans. Do you go? Do you stay home? It doesn't matter up there, if it rains you just go to a bar. Then it's like a wet t-shirt contest. |
| 6:07
| That's one thing they really got going up at Wrigley, getting laid. You could go to Jimbo's after a Sox game but you don't want to jump into that. There are a lot of monstrosities. Plans seem to be in the works for more bars around U.S. Cellular though. |
| 6:08
| The official forecast for Cleveland is 60s and breezy but a 90% chance of rain. In Chicago they're forecasting patches of fog then cloudy and a chance of thunderstorm. It will be warmer today though which is good. Chance of precipitation 90% |
| 6:09
| Steve doesn't know what he was looking at before. It was the AccuWeather on NBC which isn't always Accu. |
| 6:10
| It's time for the web poll. Steve's pretty sure that even though we're not giving out the exact number of people voting, that one guy who hates Ed Silha is still messing with the web poll. Friday's web poll "would you let your 6-year-old participate in Ultimate Fighting?" It's exactly 50/50. |
| 6:11
| Doesn't Ed notice that it's exactly 50/50? How many parents are really going to let their kids do Ultimate Fighting? Ed won't change the results though, they have to be posted as is. This guy is a grown man, messing with an online web poll! |
| 6:12
| Ed Silha is on the phone. He thought we were going to ignore this guy. Steve was all ready to do that but he can't ignore 50/50. |
| 6:13
| Steve doesn't want to display the results of the poll as the day goes along. That's going to take some doing from Ed. Is this something Steve won't understand? |
| 6:14
| Ed could just have the poll up during the show, this all day thing seems to be empowering people. Isn't there a way we can make it so people only vote once? |
| 6:15
| Ed thinks that we don't want to do that. Who's we? On Silha.com maybe Ed can let people vote as much as they want but not on Dahl.com. Ed says it'll cost $200,000 for a system to fix that problem. |
| 6:16
| Ed always says that stuff will cost way more than it actually does. Why is Ed being crabby about this today? |
| 6:17
| It won't cost $200,000 but Ed doesn't want to change the web poll because then the guy wins. Steve doesn't think he's winning, he's just figuring out a way to stop this guy. |
| 6:18
| Ed can probably change the web poll voting but he'll have to make some changes to the web poll. This guy is an idiot though, Steve will give Ed that much. |
| 6:26
| Caller Matt is down in Crown Point, Indiana. Johnny Depp has left the town which Matt is happy about. Why were they covering that so much? Steve thinks it just makes us look like hicks, in Indiana and here. It's a hick magnet! |
| 6:27
| ABC had Frank Mathie hanging out down there covering the movie filming. There is still a war going on in Iraq right?! |
| 6:28
| Matt was thinking that maybe Adam is the web poll sitter. They do tend to get into it although they seem to be getting along better lately. |
| 6:29
| What really bothers Steve is that we live in a world where someone would actually take the time to do something like this. |
| 6:30
| Although Adam was hanging out near the studio during the break, making himself available. He thought there would be a way to make it so people could only vote once. So maybe it is Adam. |
| 6:31
| Steve's been trying to get those two boys working well together. Steve didn't mean to wake Ed up on the wrong side of the bed. Ultimately Steve knows how to win though so we'll figure something out. |
| 6:32
| Today's web poll is "are you attending opening day at Wrigley Field?" They're can't be more than 41,000 votes though. |
| 6:33
| And this article comes from Pete Zimmerman's own March 2008 issue of Vineline. The Cubs have their own magazine Buzz. Although it says on the sticker "care of Steve Dahl" which makes Steve think he's paying for it. |
| 6:34
| Pete paid for his subscription but he might have put it on the corporate card. There's a corporate discount that he wanted to sign up for. Pete was hoping that someone in the Cubs organization would notice Steve's name associated with his and give him free tickets. |
| 6:35
| Steve's sure they pour over the subscriptions looking for the underlings of media types. Why doesn't Pete just ask Steve for tickets? Of all the people that ask Steve for Steve he'd rather do stuff for people on the show. |
| 6:36
| This article is written at what, about a 3rd grade level? Or is this more 5th grade? Buzz thinks the brief sentences are more in the style of Hemingway. The Cub Also Rises. |
| 6:37
| The Cubs have quite a few devotees in the comedy circles like Bill Murray, Jim Belushi, Tom Dressen and Jeff Garlin. Cubs catcher Geovanny Soto really like Jamie Foxx. Sam Fuld, who is not with the team, enjoys Jerry Seinfeld. He likes the dry, deadpan humor. Good thing he won't be at Wrigley because it'll be wet. |
| 6:38
| Michael Wuertz likes Frank Caliendo because of his impressive impersonations. Rich Hill likes Robin Williams as well and how he can switch between characters. They love the characters on the Cubs. Travis T. Hip is wondering why Steve doesn't do more impersonations. If a Cub is listening right now he's loving this. |
| 6:39
| Jon Lieber likes Larry the Cable Guy, he identifies with him because he lives in the South as well. He's also a former Husker. The Cubs are into some very edgy comedy here. |
| 6:40
| So that's the web poll, "are you attending opening day at Wrigley Field?" How does Pete find Vineline, as a magazine? He likes it becuase it keeps him informed about the goings on, like in the minors. |
| 6:41
| However Pete doesn't like knowing that Jon Lieber's favorite comedian is Larry the Cable Guy. That's something you want to keep to yourself. Plus Larry the Cable Guy isn't funny. |
| 6:42
| In the last issue they asked players what their favorite book was. A lot of guys said stuff like Great Running Backs of the NFL and other fake books like that. However Ron Santo's favorite book was Black Beauty. Isn't that cute? Pete found it troubling. |
| 6:43
| The White Sox don't have a similar magazine because Sox fans can't read. They don't need to read, that's why they've got the video scoreboard at The Cell. |
| 6:49
| Steve remembers on Friday Buzz mentioned that he might go see Little Walter on Saturday but he was listed at two different places. Did Buzz pick the right place? |
| 6:50
| Buzz actually didn't go see Little Walter, he was waylaid at the Mexican restaurant. Actually that was Friday, on Saturday he just got waylaid at home. |
| 6:51
| Buzz's new Mexican restaurant is still working well for him. Actually he has two Mexican restaurants which is a lot for him. The one he used to go to closed down and moved. Now the new location is a bit too hip for Buzz. |
| 6:52
| It's still good though, and there's another El Mariachi restaurant down the street that's much smaller. The guy makes quite a molè sauce at this place. It's very hot and on some weekends Buzz just isn't looking for the hot molè. |
| 6:53
| So if Buzz isn't in the mood for that he goes to Fiesta Mexican. Either way they have great tequila. |
| 6:54
| Live read: Fresh Diet |
| 6:55
| Steve mentioned earlier that he was at the Hawks game last night which ended in a shoot-out. Steve's never seen a shoot-out live and it was very exciting. The shoot-out is probably going to save hockey. |
| 6:56
| You can't sit there watching a game for a few hours and then go home with a tie. Steve can't get there at 6 and then go home with a tie. Although last night Steve walked around a bit, got himself a Hawks pin and a pork tenderloin sandwich and then ran into Chef Luigi. |
| 6:57
| Steve has not seen Chef Hans at the Hawks games lately though. He might have forgot where Steve sits. Because every Wednesday Hans comes in and says that he came to his seat and he wasn't there. |
| 6:58
| So last night was Steve Cochran Radio Icon Night and his scoreboard video was some sort of in-studio bit and there was a guy with bandages on his face. Steve couldn't hear it well from his seats though. |
| 6:59
| Steve got an email from a listener who was at the Hawks game. He spotted Steve Cochran in a skybox, still wearing his ill-fitting hockey sweater. He probably kept it on so people who know who he was. |
| 7:00
| The listener thought that Steve Cochran was greeted with some laughter but mostly silence. |
| 7:01
| News with Buzz |
| 7:02
| Authorities in North Chicago are looking for a wild cat that could possibly be a cougar prowling the town. Where does something like that come from? Did it come over the Skyway or something? Do they have cats in Gary? |
| 7:03
| Hillary Clinton told supporters that she will not be dropping out of the election any time soon. And Bill told supporters at another rally that HIllary will win the election. Bill is a genius. He's on the road, away from her, under the guise of supporting her campaign. He's a poontang master. |
| 7:04
| Caller Joe wanted to let Steve know that North Chicago is actually up north near Waukegan. For some reason Steve was thinking of East Chicago which is in Indiana. |
| 7:05
| There are probably cats up in Wisconsin and they must come down from there into Waukegan. |
| 7:06
| Buzz wanted to say, and he doesn't mean anything bad by this, that caller Joe sounds exactly like the photographer on Dirt. Buzz likes the show because he comes from a newspaper background. A sleazy newspaper magazine though, Steve has to point that out. Didn't he once get a woman to give him the only remaining of her dead son for a story? |
| 7:07
| Steve has some audio from Dirt which he'll compare to caller Joe. The guy doesn't talk much in the clip but he does sound like Joe. |
| 7:08
| Steve has some more audio, hopefully the guy talks a bit more. |
| 7:09
| That's close enough where Steve is declaring this bit over! Buzz thinks that anyone who watches the show would definitely agree that they sound similar. |
| 7:10
| The second annual Earth Hour was held on Saturday night. Dozens of cities participated in the event to bring attention to global warming. |
| 7:11
| There was a caller last week who said his wife works for a law firm in the Prudential Building. They wanted their employees to come into work on Saturday night to turn off all the lights in their offices. |
| 7:12
| It occurred to Steve over the weekend how much a waste of gasoline that would be to have all those people come into work. |
| 7:13
| Volunteers combed forests and field over the weekend in the search for Stacy Peterson. They don't really comb though, they just walk through a field with walking sticks. They need to fan out more. |
| 7:14
| It was the first organized search for Stacy since they were suspended for winter weather. |
| 7:15
| Floyd Mayweather made the most of his Wrestlemania appearance, knocking out Paul "Big Show" White last night. |
| 7:16
| That's probably fake though right, since Wrestlemania is fake. There's no way Floyd Mayweather could really knock that guy out. He's huge! |
| 7:17
| Mayweather won the match by grabbing a pair of brass knuckles and knocking White out with one punch. That's cheating! Now there will have to be a rematch. |
| 7:25
| It takes a lot of guts for Drew Peterson to admit that she probably ran off with another man. |
| 7:26
| Live read:Hawthorne Racecourse |
| 7:27
| Song: Closing Time, Semisonic |
| 7:31
| Steve's wondering how Buzz's naps are going in the afternoon. It's confusing for him still. Sometimes he gets nice 45 minute nap but sometimes he falls through the cracks and sleeps for 2 hours. |
| 7:32
| There's a product Steve found called Power Nap but it's from the makers of Pain Away, which is some sort of gel for people who can't take pills. |
| 7:33
| Power Nap claims you can get three hours of deep sleep in 20 minutes. It was created by a former musician who pulled a lot of all-nighters. |
| 7:34
| The Power Nap is a CD you can buy and put on your iPod or there's a special machine that plays the Power Nap CD. |
| 7:35
| If you had 3 hours to sleep you could wake up and feel relaxed and refreshed. But who has time for that other than the rich, retired or unemployed? Steve and Buzz have time for that too though. |
| 7:36
| Who benefits from Power Nap? People who work long hours, ambitious people looking for a few more hours in the day, students. |
| 7:37
| So should Steve order the CD or the machine? The CD is only $9.99 but the machine looks cooler. It's a little bit more though. |
| 7:38
| If Buzz put the CD in an iPod though it could switch to the next track and he could wake up a crazed killer. |
| 7:39
| Steve has a sample of Power Nap, hopefully no one falls asleep. |
| 7:40
| Buzz thought that nap was way too short. It's only a sample. Or else he's been asleep for the last 20 minutes. |
| 7:41
| Well Steve will order up the machine for himself and a CD for Buzz. Although the only caveat is that they're selling the pain relief cream, which seems like snake oil. |
| 7:42
| What happens if you take the Power Nap but then can't sleep at night? Then you'd have to do another power nap and you'd become addicted to the CD. |
| 7:43
| Caller Mike is just getting ready to go to bed, he works the second shift. Isn't that the third shift? |
| 7:44
| Mike gets off work at midnight and then can't get to sleep so he stays up through the night and goes to bed around this time in the morning. |
| 7:45
| Mike doesn't go to the bars after work? Because by midnight all the chicks would be hammered. Mike's not a drinker but you don't need to be to pick up the chicks. |
| 7:46
| Mike ordered something called The Proteus which is something like goggles with LED lights inside and headphones. |
| 7:47
| The headphones play frequencies, one in each ear that are slightly different. Steve's not sure if he could fall asleep with headphones and sunglasses on. |
| 7:48
| Mike used The Proteus and when the program was over he shot right up and he was awake and alert. |
| 7:49
| Steve's going to try this Power Nap although he's not really having trouble falling asleep. |
| 7:50
| Steve is just worried Buzz would get this Power Nap thing and then be unable to sleep at night. Then he'd start cursing Steve. |
| 7:51
| It just seems we could all use Power Nap. Buzz occasionally goes into a dark room and doesn't fall asleep but he feels better when he comes out of the room. |
| 7:59
| It's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. On the phone is Robert, manager of the New Lennox Taco Bell. They're open at 10 am so you can get your Cheesy Beefy Melt first thing in the morning. |
| 8:00
| What's going on down in New Lennox? Opening day for the Joliet Jackhammers? Spring break is over for all the schools. Brendan points out that high school football powerhouse Providence which is in the area. |
| 8:01
| It's time for Brendan to come in and go over the NCAA brackets. Steve didn't really watch any of the games but now that it's down to the Final Four he'll probably start watching. |
| 8:02
| It was a wild weekend in the NCAA tournament. Steve doesn't have his bracket with him though. |
| 8:03
| It doesn't seem like Brendan is going about this in the best way, why doesn't he just cut to the chase? Who's in the Final Four? |
| 8:04
| All four #1 seeds are in the Final Four for the first time ever. People always gets mad when you pick the #1 sees for the Final Four but it finally happened that way. |
| 8:05
| Steve calls up to the office to talk to Stephanie. She has an updated tally for the tourney. Ron Lewis is still in the lead even though he doesn't work here. |
| 8:06
| Mary is in second, followed by Steve, Jim, Pete, Stephanie, Brendan and Adam. Did Adam forget to fill out half his bracket or something? |
| 8:07
| Steve could still win though, he has North Carolina and UCLA in the Final Four with UCLA winning. Ron has Kansas and UCLA with UCLA winning. |
| 8:08
| Steve really surged over the weekend didn't he? He'll be winning and taking Ron Lewis' money. He wants a check with everyone's name on it though, not cash. Can't everyone put in another $20 or something? Steve can't win less than $300. |
| 8:09
| Actually Steve will be donating the money to charity. Steve recently saw Kevin Cronin on that Fox show where you have to remember the lyrics to song. |
| 8:10
| He got pretty far and ended up winning $300,000. He donated the money to charity although he could have probably used that money. He probably does alright but who couldn't use $300,000? |
| 8:11
| When Steve was on The Weakest Link he won but he had to donate that money. |
| 8:12
| Steve beat Ramblin' Ray but it's not that big of a deal because he can't read. Although as a Sox fan Steve can't read either. That's why they don't have a magazine for Sox fan like Vineline. |
| 8:13
| Caller Mike was just driving down 90 through Rosemont and they've got a Sleep Convention coming up at the Stephens Convention Center. |
| 8:14
| Steve and Buzz might have to go to that. Do they have free samples of pills or anything? Maybe that Lunesta butterfly flying around? |
| 8:15
| Buzz's daughter wants that butterfly, she thinks that's what they're selling. They are selling a butterfly, for your brain. |
| 8:16
| That thing is called The Big Sleep Show, a sleeping and wellness convention. Although Steve's not having sleep problems. |
| 8:24
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 8:25
| An employee at Frenchy's Adult Bookstore was shocked over the weekend when a man entered the store, took off all his clothes and began smoking what he believed was crack cocaine. You can't smoke crack cocaine like that. |
| 8:26
| The employee has caught people naked before, which you would expect at an adult bookstore. Do they still have a peep show at Frenchy's? |
| 8:27
| The employee told the man he had two minutes to leave before he called the police. That's the kind of courtesy they give you at Frenchy's. |
| 8:28
| Police escorted the man out of the store without incident and no arrest was made. They did not find any drugs in his pockets. |
| 8:29
| It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time with Pat Boyle. Pat's back from his vacation down in Sanibel Island, his second in March. |
| 8:30
| Pat had a lot of fun, the weather was great and he got to the Mucky Duck. He actually brought Buzz something from the Mucky Duck but not Steve. That's going to be a mistake. |
| 8:31
| Pat did pick up some shells on Sanibel Island. It's a very slow and peaceful pace. That's how vacations are supposed to be. |
| 8:32
| So we've got opening day at Wrigley Field today, weather permitting. It doesn't seem like it's going to happen today. |
| 8:33
| This is the first time the Cubs have opened at home since 2001. Now you can see why, the weather usually sucks. Are there any big changes in the line-up? |
| 8:34
| The Cubs are going to bat Ryan Theriot first and then Soriano. Didn't they pay millions to have Soriano lead-off? The debate about him is whether or not he's a prototypical lead-off hitter. |
| 8:35
| Zambrano gets the start today against Ben Sheets. Ernie Banks has his big statue unveiling today as well. It must be hard to walk around that park without running into a statue. |
| 8:36
| Buzz remembers the Cubs being accused of not treating Ernie Banks the way he should have been treated. Is the statue a peace offering? Pat isn't aware of anything like that. Steve thought it was something about how he couldn't wear a Cubs hat so he had to wear the Mr. Cub hat. |
| 8:37
| The Sox open up in Cleveland today and they definitely have a lot of changes. You'd have to after losing 90 games. They've got Nick Swisher leading off in left and Alexei Ramirez will be in center. Steve's friend and Pat's, juan Uribe is starting at second. How does that happen? |
| 8:38
| What about Brian Anderson? Ozzie hates Brian Anderson. Is it because he's white? When is someone going to stand up for the whitest white guy on the team? |
| 8:39
| Brian turned some heads in spring training. Although Steve saw Brian, right before his first ever MLB game, talking on a cellphone to some chick. |
| 8:40
| Is it just Steve or is Ozzie's accent getting worse year after year? It's like Ricky Ricardo. |
| 8:41
| The Blackhawks won in a shoot-out last night so they're season is still alive. They're 4 points out with 3 games to play. At least it's meaningful for the last week of the season. |
| 8:42
| Steve already talked about the NCAA tourney earlier today. He's in a position to win the pool. His winter spent watching college basketball could pay off. |
| 8:43
| George Bush threw out the first pitch at the Nationals new ballpark. He didn't throw to the catcher, Paul LoDuca, because of the whole steroids thing. |
| 8:44
| Bush was not greeted with a very warm reception at the Nationals game though. And Steve was worried about being booed at the Radio Icon Night. |
| 8:45
| It's an exciting time of year with baseball starting up, even though the weather sucks, you've got NCAA and the Masters is coming up. That's the big one for Steve, he loves the golf. |
| 8:46
| Actually Steve doesn't mind golf once he starts watching it. Buzz can't believe golf is on TV. If you're not into it then all you see is a white ball rolling around on the green grass. |
| 8:54
| Live read: Joebees |
| 8:55
| Joe Bee is here. Can Buzz call him Bee? Or should he call him Joe Bee? Buzz can call him whatever he wants. He can call him Sting if he wants. |
| 8:56
| Does Buzz want to see the stinger? Did Joe have a long weekend or something? |
| 8:57
| There's a movie coming out on May 30th called The Foot Fist Way, it's a send-up of taekwondo which Buzz might think is funny. |
| 8:58
| Buzz is wondering if it's from the guy who made Shaolin Soccer and Kung-Fu Hustle. Steve has never heard of either of those movies. |
| 8:59
| They're both send ups for martial arts movies but there is also a lot of martial arts in the movies. This movie Steve's talking about is more making fun of guys who do taekwondo. |
| 9:00
| Steve was going to play the trailer but it's not airable. Pete has an edited version which he can play now. |
| 9:01
| The guy in The Foot Fist Way was in The Heartbreak Kid remake which Steve saw over the weekend. That actually wasn't that bad either. |
| 9:02
| Is the trailer going to be funny even if it's edited? Because Steve has a version of the trailer for all-ages. |
| 9:03
| Steve's just going to play the trailer. |
| 9:04
| After seeing the trailer Buzz thinks it's in the same vein as Kung-Fu Hustle. Steve's going to look up the movie on IMDB. |
| 9:05
| This says it came out in 2006 but the trailer says May 2008. Maybe it just sat on a shelf for a while and is only coming out now. |
| 9:06
| The director is Jody Hill, Buzz is pretty sure that's not the same guy who did Kung-Fu Hustle. But it's from the same genre. |
| 9:07
| If it came out in 2006 then can't Steve just rent it? Because he was really excited to go see it in May. |
| 9:08
| Steve's looking at the radar for the Quad Cities, he's seeing a big storm coming in. It looks like a couple of hours before it hits. |
| 9:09
| Foot Fist Way premiered at several film festivals in 2006. So it must be funny if if played at film festivals. |
| 9:10
| News with Buzz |
| 9:11
| Air Force One heads for Europe this morning for the NATO Summit. |
| 9:12
| Former President Bill Clinton believes in the primary process and urged superdelegates to let it play out. He's also fully confident that Hillary can win the election. |
| 9:13
| China's president presided over the relighting of the Olympic torch in Beijing on Sunday. |
| 9:14
| A coroner leading the inquest into Princess Diana's death revealed that there's no evidence that Prince Phillip or a secret intelligence service had any involvement. How much longer are we going to have to hear about this. |
| 9:15
| A Florida woman attacked by 2 cheetahs over the weekend will be leaving the hospital today. She was bit over 40 times while conducting a show at a zoo. Officials believe the cheetahs were distracted by a child bouncing a ball. Who lets their kid bounce a ball at the zoo? |
| 9:16
| Airport officials in Houston are investigating the discovery of a fetus in the garbage can of an airplane. |
| 9:17
| First degree murder charges have been filed against two men who killed a third man over mushrooms. Those are hallucinogenic mushrooms. Because regular mushrooms are easy to get. |
| 9:18
| If you're out of work and have a class B license the CTA wants you. Does Steve have a class B license? He's not out of work but he wouldn't mind driving a bus in the afternoon. He's an aggressive driver. Every morning Steve drives up Columbus and a bus always stops near Balbo. No matter what is behind it the bus goes all the way from the right to the left lane. |
| 9:19
| Steve's looking at his license, he has a class B with a motorcycle endorsement. The first job fair is at the Austin town hall on Lake Street. Steve will have to get over there. |
| 9:20
| So anyone with a driver's license who's 21 can drive for the CTA? No wonder Steve always gets cut off. |
| 9:21
| Paul McCartney's ex-wife will soon be back in front of the camera. Is she doing a stump love pictorial for High Society? She'll actually be a judge for the Miss USA pageant. Is Donald Trump trying to break a piece off? A piece has already been broken off. |
| 9:22
| A Russian doomsday cult is being urged to leave a cave where they're waiting for the end of the world. Russian authorities believe rain will cause the cave to collapse. |
| 9:23
| Speaking of rain, it says on Weather Bug that at 1 pm today there's an 80% chance of rain with 100% sky coverage. It doesn't seem like they're going to get that game in. |
| 9:30
| That's the movie Steve was in that was on the shelf for a while, Outing Riley. Buzz was in it too but Steve had the part he was supposed to have. |
| 9:31
| Buzz didn't miss out on anything though since no one ever saw the movie except Pete. Buzz has seen Steve's scene in Outing Riley, he was flawless. It was irritating initially becuase the part was offered to him first. |
| 9:32
| Steve doesn't know why he gets talked into doing stuff like that. He really just likes doing the radio show. |
| 9:33
| Would Buzz like a Love Me Tender chicken tender? They're the official chicken of the Chicago Cubs. Is Steve refusing one because of the Cubs connection? |
| 9:34
| Actually Steve had two already but he doesn't want to have a third. He's pretty sure they're available at Cubs games. |
| 9:35
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 9:36
| Steve keeps his studio TV on CLTV while Buzz watches CNN. Between the two of them they miss pretty much everything. |
| 9:37
| Normally the commercial that most irritates Steve on CLTV is the one with the woman who has dodged paying her taxes and calls herself a law-abiding citizen. But she's not because she broke the law and didn't pay her taxes. |
| 9:38
| But right now there's another ad that's the most disgusting thing Steve has ever seen. It's for the Ped Egg which is something you use to scrape dead skin off your feet. |
| 9:39
| They show gross feet and then show the people using the ped egg on it. Then they empty the dead skin filings into an empty, black trash can with no lining. That's the grossest thing ever isn't it? |
| 9:40
| Now the other commercial Steve really hates is on TV. If the IRS is giving people these kind of deals then something isn't right. |
| 9:41
| Buzz's friend Tom Webb had some tax problems and he worked out a sweetheart deal. Then he died and didn't have to pay them anything. |
| 9:42
| It really eats Steve. This one woman owed $48,000 and only had to pay $400? That's not right Buzz. |
| 9:43
| Caller Jack bought the Ped Egg for his wife, it's disgusting. It made her feet raw. That's because it's basically a cheese grater. |
| 9:44
| Then the use the Ped Egg on an orange, apparently to show that the orange doesn't get hurt? Maybe you could use the Ped Egg to zest oranges and lemons. |
| 9:45
| Buzz finds an unlined trash can or waist paper basket unacceptable. You need to put something in there folks. |
| 9:46
| Steve would like to see someone take a used Ped Egg and empty the filing into the mouth of the woman in the tax commercial. They could do it right in her kitchen while her dopey husband with the bug eyes looks on. |
| 9:47
| How about Barack Obama bowling? He didn't do well, he bowled a 37. That's not going to float in the blue collar circles. He would have been better off just not bowling. |
| 9:53
| According to what Steve is looking at the manager of the home baseball team decides if the game should be called. Steve always thought it was the ump and there couldn't be a drop of rain falling. |
| 9:54
| That's what Steve has in the Major League Baseball rule book like an umpire, along with a little broom. Although it's supposed to snow tomorrow. If Steve were Sweet Lou he'd play the game today. |
| 9:55
| One of Steve's worst moments ever took place on opening day at Wrigley Field, about 30 years ago. This is how unpopular the Cubs used to be. Steve, working at WDAI had full access to do his show from the press box. No one else was there, no one was doing their show or anything. |
| 9:56
| There is Steve sitting by himself doing his show along with Roger Skolnick who was running the station He's not known for his sense of humor becuase he had a PhD from University of Chicago. So you can imagine the kind of guy Steve is dealing with. |
| 9:57
| Skolnick sat there the entire time smoking his pipe. Steve was doing Who's on First with himself doing the Travis T. Hip voice. That's something that's hard to do and it's even harder when the only guy sitting there isn't even smiling. |
| 9:58
| Steve's pretty sure going to the Cubs game was his idea sadly. He always did it in Detroit and it was great because there were people. |
| 9:59
| Live read: Hawthorne Racecourse |
| 10:00
| So after Steve finished his show at Wrigley, Skolnick told him that Who's on First was quite good. But he just sat there staring at him! Guys smoking pipes can't laugh. If they laugh they'll drop their pipe and ash will go everywhere. |
