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| 5:29
| This theme today sounds Asian to Buzz. That's because it's Asia Day around here. Massages with happy endings for everyone! And of course Jack FM is coming off that Asia concert which Steve was unaware of. |
| 5:30
| Of course we just heard from the great Stevie Nicks, who Steve once saw snort cocaine off an amp at a show in Detroit. That's rock & roll baby! |
| 5:31
| Everyday after the show Steve has a meeting with Todd Cavanah. Todd is of course the program director of Jack FM and the guy who decided to start the music off yesterday after the show with Der Kommissar. |
| 5:32
| Buzz doesn't know that one, can Pete cue it up so we can enjoy it? Steve and Buzz bust their asses to do the show and then the music starts off with Der Kommissar? The 80s are Jack FM's core but they're not Steve's core. |
| 5:33
| Steve actually didn't meet with Todd yesterday, he was only at 75% and didn't get in early enough for it. His girlfriend was in Vegas over the weekend and got back late Sunday so maybe that's why he didn't make it in. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas unless someone can get you to slip up and say something. |
| 5:34
| Steve actually hit the button to start playing Der Kommissar yesterday but Buzz was probably in his cab already on the way home. Then as soon as the song started Ed came in to hook up Steve's Slingbox on his computer. |
| 5:35
| Then Adam comes in as a chase vehicle because they both fight over Steve's computer like it's a girl. They might have both had sex with the computer, they aim for the Apple logo. If they could take it out they would. That's just what Steve thinks though. |
| 5:36
| Ed was testing the Slingbox or maybe showing off for Adam and some audio leaked on the air. They were surrounding Steve like rodeo clowns in the studio, they were on him like flies on rice. |
| 5:37
| After the leak Steve heard the loudest intercom scream ever as Penny yelled "YOUR BLEEDING!" Buzz actually heard that but he didn't let him slow him down. In fact he double-timed it after hearing that. |
| 5:38
| Steve didn't care that his computer was bleeding because it was Der Kommissar, a song he only knows because he's heard it several times on the station. Steve missed the 80s dance music craze. He doesn't really care what Jack FM does after 10 am. |
| 5:39
| In one of those post-show meetings Steve might have heard about an Asia concert. We don't play commercials for that during Steve's show though. There might also be a Stevie Nicks show coming up. |
| 5:40
| Steve was supposed to do a sushi-eating contest but then he heard a promo for that on XRT. His appearance fee must have been too high while the guy on XRT probably charges $20 and only requires a place to park his bike. |
| 5:41
| If there is a Stevie Nicks concert Steve wouldn't mind jamming with her, if you'll pardon the expression. We have a promotions department here but Steve never hears from them. |
| 5:42
| Adam used to be a liaison to the promotions department but he might have been cut out and bitter about that. Whenever Steve asks him about a promotion he denies any knowledge. He's sort of like that character Martin Short used to play on SNL where he's smoking the cigarette. |
| 5:43
| Steve calls down to Adam's office. He doesn't know anything about the Stevie Nicks concert but he'll look into it. He's been cut out of the loop on promotions but he'll cut himself back in. |
| 5:44
| Adam put up some nice Steve Dahl/Jack FM posters in the hallway yesterday, he wanted this studio to feel like part of Jack FM. It's a satellite studio. |
| 5:45
| How are the travel mugs doing? Adam doesn't like to give out an exact number because that makes us vulnerable but we're almost sold out of them. |
| 5:46
| What else is Adam selling? Mugs? Keychains? Shouldn't we have some t-shirts for the summer? Does Steve have any catchphrases that we could put on a t-shirt? How about "Reading is for Losers"? |
| 5:47
| Maybe some listeners could call in with catchphrases. |
| 5:52
| Live read: The Little Guys |
| 5:53
| Steve figured out something yesterday. CBS is always touting the HD programming but they have nothing local in HD. That's because they're moving to that new studio at Block 37. |
| 5:54
| CBS 2 news needs a new set, it's too small. Steve is becoming taken with that new anchor, Anne State. Her teeth might be a little too white though. |
| 5:55
| It's Earth Day, not that Steve has to tell Buzz that. He's a noted Earth Day advocate. Since it's Earthy Day Steve has earth tips for everyone with some earthy music. |
| 5:56
| Is this music earthy enough? Buzz would know, his wife is a massage therapist. As the husband of a massage therapist, does Buzz get a lot of massages at home? |
| 5:57
| Buzz isn't really a massage guy unless he's injured. It's probably good that a massage therapist didn't marry a massage guy. Steve loves massages and if he was married to a massage therapist he'd be getting one everyday. |
| 5:58
| The first Earth Tip today, turn off lights and appliances when you leave the room. Steve does that and he's accused of being Larry Lujack. There was an article about Larry doing that. |
| 5:59
| Larry was recently inducted into the NAB Hall of Fame, that's the Cooperstown for broadcasters. Of course he had to give a jerk speech. He went up there and said "You probably think I'm going to come up here and thank people!" |
| 6:00
| That's because Larry's a chicken. It's much easier to go up there and be a jerk instead of give a serious speech. His act is tired though. Does Pete happen to have that Bob Sirott interview with Larry where he says he hated working in Chicago? |
| 6:01
| Pete has the Sirott interview. Larry said he never liked Chicago because there were too many people on the road. Oh my God! Traffic in a large city?! |
| 6:02
| Steve's going to order up a Stevie Nicks t-shirt from her website, NIcksFix.com. They're charging a $2 premium for the 2X but that's standard. Steve just jacks up the price of his t-shirts so they all cost the same as the 2X. |
| 6:03
| Steve wants to get this t-shirt now so it'll have a worn look in case he ends up on stage with her at her concert. Buzz is wondering what the odds are that that will actually happen. |
| 6:04
| Todd asked Steve if he knew Stevie but he doesn't. They do have a mutual friend in Joe Walsh though. It's very exciting around here, last week it was Mariah Carey and then Stevie Nicks is coming up. |
| 6:05
| Steve likes the skirts that Stevie Nicks where, they're sort of longer than a mini-skirt but they're not quite a mini-skirt. |
| 6:06
| Steve was asking for t-shirt ideas to sell on the website for the summer, not unlike the Stevie Nicks t-shirt. Her shirt is from 2007 though. Steve's going to wear it to the gym several times a week to break it in. Plus how sweet will it be to wear that shirt to the gym? |
| 6:07
| Ron Lewis was checking in to remind Steve that Joe Thomas, of Soundstage, is close with Stevie Nicks. Ron needs to stay out of this but he's always trying to reunited Steve and Joe. |
| 6:08
| The last time Ron tried to reunite them Steve ended up pooching a duet with Gerry Beckley of America. Joe likes to set Steve up to fail. There was also the tour with Brian Wilson where Joe made Steve play the theremin even though the Beach Boys didn't use a theremin. The entire New York Times review of the show focused on Steve's theremin playing. |
| 6:09
| Caller Tim has a t-shirt idea. The front would say "I know it seems like a long time" and on the back it would say "But it's just been since 5:30" That way you get the time of the show out there on a t-shirt. |
| 6:10
| Steve has some traffic info for the North Shore area, even though he's not allowed up there because he's black but he's not a football player. A trailer jackknifed and wrecked an underpass at Waukegan road on the Edens. |
| 6:11
| Caller Michael's t-shirt idea is "You know it's Aloha Friday and I got me this shirt." Steve likes it! And then on the back it could have a bunch of fake tour dates. |
| 6:12
| Caller Lenny's t-shirt idea is for the ladies it would say "I get Dahled up in the mornings." That's a good one too, perhaps it could be nippleless. Lenny suggests "Steve Jacks me up" for the guys but Steve's not sure about that one. |
| 6:13
| Caller Gary is up in Rogers Park where our own Pete is from. Gary's watching the sunrise right now. Steve saw some photos of a recent sunrise but we have no view of it here. |
| 6:14
| Gary's t-shirt idea is "Steve's Back" on the back and then "Mornings on Jack" on the front. Steve's writing all of these down and of course they're his intellectual property. |
| 6:15
| Steve's going to go check out that sunrise although it seems like we should have a view from here. They built the WBBM-AM studios so the on-air people could see the sunrise. Right now Pat Cassidy and Felicia Middlebrooks are hugging each other as they watch it. |
| 6:16
| Caller Ed has a correction about that jackknifed truck, it's actually Winnetka Road but that's right near Waukegan Road. What's with the trucks lately? Steve was on Lake Shore Drive and a truck almost ran him off the road. The guy isn't even supposed to be on Lake Shore Drive and he was doing about 80. No wonder those things always flip over. |
| 6:17
| Steve's glad Ed called in though, that mistake would have driven him nuts all day. When Steve first moved here and was looking for a house with Janet thy were up on the North Shore. Their realtor told them that this area wasn't for people like him. |
| 6:24
| Live read: Gladstone Homes |
| 6:25
| It's Earth Day Buzz! If Buzz still had Earth Shoes he'd be wearing them. Steve had a pair too, they were slanted and made it seem like you were always falling backwards. |
| 6:26
| Earth Shoes had nothing to do with Earth other than that you were walking on the Earth when you wore them. They seemed sort of dumb but Steve had them along with a pair of pants from the Gap and a gauze shirt. |
| 6:27
| Earth Day marks the beginning of the modern environmental movement in 1970. Steve also had an environmental movement in 1970. |
| 6:28
| NBC is doing another Green Week which is really just an excuse to get more advertisers. NBC is owned by GE although they claim they're the greenest of the huge companies. |
6:29
| Allison Rosati was doing a story about Macy's plans to be green this week and she said they were jumping on the green bandwagon. So NBC must view being green as a bandwagon? |
| 6:30
| Other events that happened in 1970 include the Kent State massacre, the death of JImi Hendrix and the birth of Mariah Carey. Buzz finds it curious that as Jimi died Mariah was born. She's not as talented as he was so something was lost in the ether. |
| 6:31
| Last week Steve was listening to some Mariah Carey promos in his office and he was made fun of for not knowing that she could sing very high. That's her thing apparently but how wants to hear that? That being said Steve does like her gams and cans. Has he said that already? |
| 6:32
| Earth Day was started in 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. At the time Americans were slurping leaded gas through massive V8 Sedans. Those were the days! |
| 6:33
| Air pollution was commonly accepted as a the smell of prosperity. You smell that?! Nothing else in the world smells like that! |
| 6:34
| 20 million Americans took to the streets on April 22 to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment. Thousands of colleges organized protests against the deterioration of the environment. Groups that had been fighting oil spills, polluting factories, power plants and raw sewage all realized they shared common goals. |
| 6:35
| Steve and Buzz actually protest for oil spills. Their biggest achievement was the Exxon/Valdez spill. They were the ones who gave the captain the gin. |
| 6:36
| It does seem like things have gotten better with the environment since 1970. Remember when the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie caught on fire? Turns out there was more than just water in there. |
| 6:37
| Although it's because of Earth Day that Steve has to haul the recycle bin out to the curb. He's positive that they just mix the garbage in with the recyclables but he can't prove it. It's mostly newspapers which he doesn't even read. Reading is for losers! Janet is always telling him not to drink bottled water because the bottles are a waste but what about all those newspapers?! |
| 6:38
| For Earth Day 2000 the big picture feistiness was combined with the Earth Day 1990 international grassroots activism. Steve loves The Grassroots. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall, which is not a mall at all. |
| 6:39
| There's no Gap, there's no food court, there aren't even any anchor stores. Would it have been so bad if Martin Luther King grabbed some garlic chicken at Panda Express before his speech? |
| 6:40
| The Ecology flag was created by cartoonist Ron Cob and first published in 1968. It was patterned after the U.S. Flag and has 13 stripes in green and white with a yellow Theta in place of stars. |
| 6:41
| They should bring that flag back. How great would it be if Steve and Buzz has bell bottoms made of the Ecology Flag? They could head down to Grant Park and play frisbee with their bandana-wearing dogs. |
| 6:42
| Steve Dahl Earth Day Tip #2, use the microwave to cook small meals today. Steve has discovered so many great features of his microwave. Right now he's enjoying the reheat feature. |
| 6:43
| Steve can put a frozen Home Run Inn pizza in his microwave and it will defrost it and then some crazy light comes on from above and browns it. It's like he's at Home Run Inn! He had to get pretty deep into the reheat feature though, first to frozen foods, then pizza then the doneness. |
| 6:44
| The box says 4 minutes but the microwave was going for 10 minutes. Steve just had to trust it though. Steve had to measure the size of his pizza in order to properly reheat it, that's how crazy he got. It was a 6 inch pizza...or maybe an 8 inch. Steve's so used to lying about that stuff, sometimes he forgets. |
| 6:45
| Earthy Day Tip #3, replace your light bulbs with CFL light bulbs. Steve doesn't like the way he looks in those things. But if everyone in America used those bulbs it would be equal to taking 1 million cars off the road. That way Steve wouldn't feel guilty about his SUV. |
| 6:50
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 6:51
| There's a guy on hold who works for Waste Management and he says they don't mix the recycled products. |
| 6:52
| Caller Ed works for Waste Management but he's been with other companies before that. You can get in big trouble with your company if you mix recycled products in. |
| 6:53
| The recycle bins just make things easier for sorting things out later. But someone still has to sort the glass, cans and paper right? |
| 6:54
| Ed doesn't have a short answer for anything on this call, Steve can't talk to him any more. Steve's done talking about the environment. |
| 6:55
| Alright time for the web poll. Yesterday's question was "Is Sophie Dahl Steve's daughter?" and Shh! Don't Tell was the winner. Listeners went for the comedy on that one. |
| 6:56
| Steve doesn't have any other children with his last name that he knows about. There may be some with the name Steve. And of course our own Stephanie is Steve's daughter. One day he walked into the building lobby and she was there waiting. |
| 6:57
| The web poll is now sponsored, that's how popular it is. The sponsor is Four Winds Casino. Today's question is "Do you take advantage of a hotel's laundry service?" |
| 6:58
| Steve does take advantage of hotel laundry services although he's always told it's too expensive. It's $3 to clean his underwear! They should charge $10 but it's only $3. He likes having all his stuff washed and folded when he comes back home. Then he can live out of his suitcase when he gets home. |
| 6:59
| Rather than pack a lot of clothes for his frequent trips abroad Patrick Brady leaves suits at dry cleaners in cities that he visits often. He had suits in Zurich, Nuremburg-where Steve and Buzz were tried after WWII-and Erlangan, Germany. |
| 7:00
| Since he often stays at the same hotels Brady also leaves sets of workout clothes and running shoes with the hotel staff. That seems like a bit much and how do you know they won't wear your clothes? It seems like an imposition just because you're too lazy to carry your shoes with you. |
| 7:01
| That leaves Patrick with just a carry-on which is key. Why does Steve see this guy as someone who would irritate him if they were on a flight together? |
| 7:02
| Who is this guy and who cares? While abroad he works normal business hours and then returns to his hotel to make calls to clients in other countries. This guy is quite the show off isn't he? |
| 7:03
| On the advice of his wife he stopped answering his phone or sending text messages after 11 pm. |
| 7:04
| Steve loves the hotel laundry service. It's great to leave your room in the morning and come back to clean, folded clothing. Buzz likes the service but he couldn't see doing it just to return home with clean clothing. |
| 7:05
| There's nothing better than getting a nice, clean pair of boxer shorts returned to you in a box. Steve's not spending money on the mini-bar so he might as well spend it on this. |
| 7:06
| The Four Winds is the casino in New Buffalo that Steve's been going to, it's huge. It's like Vegas! |
| 7:07
| Steve assumes that he'll be getting VIP treatment now that they're sponsors although he already does. The best way to get the VIP is to open up a line of credit at the casino. |
| 7:08
| Mike and Jason from The Nadas are on the phone. Steve's not sure if they're still The Dahlfins as well. There was a rumored Cinco de Mayo gig that never materialized. |
| 7:09
| It sounds like Mike and Jason do not want to be up this early. They're on their tour bus right now, hopefully in separate bunks. They'll be at Schubas tonight and then in studio tomorrow. |
| 7:10
| The Nadas have a new album out, The Ghost Inside These Halls, and it's quite good. Are they still The Dahlfins too? |
| 7:11
| The Nadas are only The Dahlfins when they get the call to do it, they're like superheroes. All Steve has to do is flash the signal in the sky and they'll be here. Steve has the light, he's just waiting to use it. |
| 7:12
| Steve's going to play a song from the new album, which one are they pushing? Goodnight Girl is the single but it doesn't seem right to play right now. Steve's going to play it anyway, it's not like people will think it's nighttime and go to bed. |
| 7:13
| Song: Goodnight Girl, The Nadas |
| 7:18
| That's a good song, it should be on radio stations that play that kind of music. And they're at Schubas tonight, it's only $12 to get in. |
| 7:19
| It's Earth Day and Steve's giving out Earth Day tips because that's how he rolls. He's an environmentalist first. |
| 7:25
| Live read: Joebees |
| 7:26
| Joe Bee loves Earth Day. We've got to have the flowers so he can pollinate. He's full of pollen right now. |
| 7:27
| Joe's got the big stinger and all the flowers love it. Just the other day he overheard a daisy talking to a lilly about him. He's got a hydrangea stalking him right now. |
| 7:28
| Sometimes he likes to cross pollinate and get really freaky, that's his version of interracial dating. Steve doesn't approve of that but who cares what he thinks? |
| 7:29
| Alright two more Earth Day Tips. #4, cut down on AC and heating. Steve can't do that, he needs to be at 70º all the time. He's like a fine wine, he always needs to be at room temperature. That's actually 72º which is too high for Steve. |
| 7:30
| Tip #5 is to not let the water run while shaving or brushing your teeth. The other day Steve shaved his teeth and brushed his face, it was a little early in the morning. |
| 7:31
| Steve does like to run the hot water when he's shaving because he likes to see the steam. He doesn't leave it running when he's brushing his teeth because he likes to see the stuff that comes out of his mouth. |
| 7:32
| News with Buzz |
| 7:33
| The final Rasmussen poll before today's Pennsylvania Primary has Clinton with a slight lead at 49% to 46%. In nationwide polls Obama is still in the lead. |
| 7:34
| Obama said that if he only loses by single digits it's still good for him. Hillary's not quitting anyway so it doesn't matter. She was just talking yesterday about recounts in Florida or Michigan. |
| 7:35
| She is not going to quit though, she'll do whatever it takes to win. At some point people are going to start pressuring her to quit but she doesn't care about that. She's like the Energizer Bunny in a bad pants suit. |
| 7:36
| Steve bashes Hillary a lot and it's tough for Buzz to stay out of it. He's very disappointed in her though. Steve just finds it all funny and as Buzz knows he's for Ron Paul. |
| 7:37
| There's a new video that some people claim shows Obama flipping Hillary. Why would he do that? Steve has seen the video and some people might see that but he's too smart to do it. Steve would do that but that's why he's in radio and not making laws. |
| 7:38
| Earth Day advocates are urging people to flood the U.S. Capitol with phone calls today to bring attention to environmental issues. What's the number Buzz? |
| 7:39
| Jimmy Carter is defending his recent meeting with Hamas leaders. He also rejected a plan to meet Al Qaeda officials. Maybe he could go and tell us where they are, at least he'd be doing something. Steve hates that guy. He was on the 1980 Olympic team, throwing discus, and because of Carter he didn't get to go to Russia. |
| 7:40
| Can we stop the news for a shaving tip? Steve knows that's ridiculous but he doesn't want the guy to hang up. He could use the tip although Buzz probably doesn't need it because he doesn't shave. Buzz does shave actually, around the cheeks. |
| 7:41
| Caller Eddie is a part-time barber and a part-time bartender. For the best shave you want warm skin and a cold razor. You do that by shaving after you take a shower and running the cold water in the sink. |
| 7:42
| Monday night's episode of Deal or No Deal came with a special message from President Bush. The contestant is a decorated, three-tour Iraq war vet. Should the President ever be on Deal or No Deal, even if it's to thank a war vet? Steve found it troubling. |
| 7:43
| Colorado Springs State Rep. Doug Bruce is under fire again after comments he made about illegal immigrants. He called them illiterate peasants. |
| 7:44
| Bruce later defended his comments saying that anything could be offensive to someone but that he said is true, just look it up in the dictionary. That sounds like a 80s era Steve Dahl in a program director's office defending himself. |
| 7:45
| Bill Maher is also under fire for making comments about the Pope. He later apologized but explained that all he was trying to say was that if the Pope was the president of a chain of day care centers and he covered up the fact that his employees were molesting children he'd be in jail. He also threw Nazi in there somewhere for good measure. |
| 7:46
| The CTA is under fire for waiting over an hour to alert the city's Office of Emergency Management following the Blue Line delay last Tuesday. |
| 7:47
| Luckily a passenger got a nice long cameraphone video of the entire thing. They need conductors on the train but they'll never do that. You can't drive the train and then have to deal with everything else too. |
| 7:48
| Maybe they could have a conductor-for-a-day program, wouldn't Pete love to do that on his train? |
| 7:49
| Pete says there are conductors sometimes, usually when he rides to work in the morning. Someone is actually making station announcements and informing people about reroutes. |
| 7:50
| It all sounds very convenient for Pete. Why don't they just charge more money and make the service better? |
| 7:51
| What they need to do is have a first-class car that costs $5 to ride. Pete just wants to get to work on time. Good thing Pete moved to Rogers Park, it seems really convenient for him. |
| 7:59
| Live read: Pro Flowers |
| 8:00
| Mother's Day is coming up on May 11th. Steve assumes Buzz is still in charge of Mother's Day at his house. Hasn't he messed up Mother's Day in the past? |
| 8:01
| Buzz has messed up every conceivable holiday at his house. Mother's Day is a trap, don't forget about it! |
| 8:02
| Pro Flowers sent over an array of multi-colored roses to the office. Buzz loves and Bette Midler's The Rose. |
| 8:03
| Steve saw one of these arrangements on Ellen yesterday, which he's taken to watching every afternoon. He likes the show but she has too many guests on. |
| 8:04
| It's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. It's Taco Tuesday which means Steve and Buzz are having tacos. |
| 8:05
| Steve still has his cough, he thinks he's getting it at the gym. It seems like everyone is sick there. That means Steve probably has to stop working out. He wants to be like that guy who they had to pull out of the burning house in Evanston. |
| 8:06
| Steve's wondering if you can take the saying on a sauce packet and put "in bed" on the end of it, like you can with fortune cookies. |
| 8:07
| Buzz has finished his taco already, he really goes to town on those things. Not that there's anything wrong with that though. You could theoretically eat a lot of them. Steve's eaten 10 in one sitting and he feels Buzz could do that too. |
| 8:08
| It always creeps Steve out when he sees people who are so big that they need to be carried out fo their house. He can't believe people live like that. The guy in Evanston wasn't that big but it still had a creepy "live with your mom" feel to it. It made Steve feel better about himself though, at least he got out of the house. |
| 8:09
| They were wondering what the cause of the fire was, Steve's initial assessment was that big, fat lazy people live there. It seems like if you're big, fat and lazy there might be more chances to start a fire in your house. For instance you could start a fire making your grilled cheese sandwich. |
| 8:10
| Steve has another Earth Day Tip, take showers instead of a bath. Buzz likes to take a bath, even in the morning. He wakes up at 3 am and just stretches out. |
| 8:11
| Buzz remembers when he was 12 trying to minimize his shower time. He's not sure why he was interested in saving time as a 12-year old but he got it down to 2 minutes. |
| 8:12
| Steve used to get yelled at for being in the shower for too long, and for all the wrong reasons. They were on a septic system too so after a while Steve's dad would be pounding the door, right in the middle of him working through his adolescence. |
| 8:13
| Earth Day Tip #7, set your automatic sprinklers to only water the lawn and garden, not the street or sidewalk. |
| 8:14
| Steve was talking to Pete earlier about his train experience and he mentioned there should be a first-class section. Pete said he'd pay up to $5 to be treated properly right? |
| 8:15
| Steve knows how much he makes, he can afford a $5 train ride. He also belongs to that I-Go carshare, for hippies. It's like a hippy commune for cars. That probably impresses the ladies when he shows up with the car that has the I-Go logo on it and he doesn't actually work for the company. He owns 1/64th of the car and he's very proud of it though. |
| 8:16
| When Buzz went to Switzerland on Swiss Air was he in first class or business? It was first class on the way over and business on the way back. How about that first class? |
| 8:17
| Buzz was actually creeped out because a guy tucked him in. It was just a little too weird for him. Steve likes that kind of stuff. Steve would have enjoyed that but Buzz is already in the mile high club with a girl. Steve would go in with a guy just to get there. |
| 8:18
| Steve has this article from Crain's about different amenities in first class travel. The airline of the United Arab Emirates offers a chauffeur to the airport, a first-class lounge, pajamas and movies on your own 22 inch screen. |
| 8:19
| Did Buzz have pajamas on Swiss Air? Buzz probably looks good in pajamas, like a guy in a 50s sitcom. Steve wouldn't sleep on the plane, he doesn't want to miss all that cool first class stuff. |
| 8:20
| Jetways Air from India will be expanding service to the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates. It seems like the UAE is the place to be, Steve and Buzz need to go. That's the place with the world's tallest building and that subdivision in the water that's shaped like the world. Steve and Buzz could go in on an island shaped like Panama. |
| 8:21
| Qatar Airways offers free secretarial services, a nursery, boutiques, a spa and showers plus their own immigration services. |
| 8:22
| Kingfisher of India offers movies and live TV shows to economy passengers. When they expand service economy passengers will also have access to a stand-up bar. |
| 8:23
| Did Buzz ever fly on those 747's that had the bar upstairs. Those places were like the Playboy mansion. Lufthansa offers a 79 inch bed, they set the industry standard. Steve took that to London on his romantic trip with Pat Dahl. |
| 8:24
| Steve and Buzz need to get to Singapore or some Asian country and do a broadcast though. They would be there doing an expose on the sex trade of course. |
| 8:25
| All of this might be a bit much for the L but maybe $5 for a cup of water and a conductor you can understand would be worth it. |
| 8:29
| It's Earth Day Buzz but before tips Steve has a call to take. |
| 8:30
| Caller Della loves the show, Steve's as funny as he was when she was listening as a little girl. She probably didn't follow all of his stories but neither did Steve. She loved the songs though, like Ayatollah. |
| 8:31
| She grew up in Elmwood Park so she loved when Anthony talked about going to Johnny's for a beef and an Italian ice. Della used to ask her dad if they'd see Anthony whenever they went to Johnny's. |
| 8:32
| Della also wanted to let Steve know there were a lot of female listeners out there because she usually just hears guys on the phone. That's Brendan, he's blocking Steve and just telling women about his podcast. |
| 8:33
| Caller Curt turned his father on to the show when Steve was calling Iran and he turned his son onto him with the Drew Peterson stuff. So they're multi-generational listeners. |
| 8:34
| Curt is advising Steve against going to Singapore, that's the place where you spit out your gum and they cane you. |
| 8:35
| OK, back to Earth Day tips. If you have extras of anything donate it to charity or someone in need. |
| 8:36
| Tip #9 is to reuse an empty jar to hold leftovers. Steve's definitely going to do that. He'll rinse out a jar so he can store meatloaf in there. Isn't this why they invented those disposable Gladware containers? |
| 8:37
| Live read: Fresh Diet |
| 8:38
| Ben Gay is here, he just got back from a yoga class on the lakefront. Buzz didn't think he could be more flexible than he already is. |
| 8:39
| Ben is getting older so he needs to stay flexible for the younger men that he meets out on the scene. |
| 8:40
| The Cubs, who are as hot as David Beckham, beat the Mets last night 7-1 behind a strong performance by Carlos Zambrano. |
| 8:41
| Aramis "Peppery and Potent" Ramirez and Felix Pie (or do you say pee-ay?) both hit home runs for the Cubs. |
| 8:42
| Felix Pie could get endorsement deals with Baker's Square for pies or for some sort of PA system, depending on how you're pronouncing his name. |
| 8:43
| The Cubs finish their two game series against the Mets today before they leave for another two game series against the defending NL Champion Colorado Rockies. They're not having a good season though, it's probably the World Series hangover. |
| 8:44
| And speaking of World Series hangovers, the White Sox being a three game series with the New York Yankmees today. |
| 8:45
| A-Rod will be in the line-up but he has a strained quad and will be looked at by a trainer. Ben is hoping to look at him in his hotel room as well. |
| 8:46
| Scott Skiles was named head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks yesterday after being fired by the Bulls during the season. |
| 8:47
| Ben's no expert but he knows exactly where the Bulls season went wrong. Actually he is an expert and it went wrong with that Kobe Bryant thing. |
| 8:55
| That's the dude who was stuck in the elevator for 41 hours. His parents didn't do him any favors not getting him braces as a kid. |
| 8:56
| That guy's teeth were really yellow, he had the feel of someone who smokes constantly. |
| 8:57
| Steve knows that everyone has their habits but having to walk through that gauntlet of smokers is funky. It's like walking through an ash tray. |
| 8:58
| There are cigarette butts everywhere too. There's one building employee who's only job seems to be cleaning up cigarette butts. |
| 8:59
| It seems like they need a better place to smoke. They should have a truck that drivers around that people can smoke on. Steve was thinking a flatbed with a fence but it could just be a double decker bus. |
| 9:00
| There was a smoking lounge at the Vegas airport, it was just a glass enclosure where people could smoke and play slot machines. |
| 9:01
| Alright time for some more Earth Day Tips. Car pool or take public transportation or ride a bike. There you go Pete! And Jim and Brendan take the train too right? |
| 9:02
| Steve calls down to the newsroom. Brendan and Jim both take the Blue Line which goes out to O'Hare. Steve would think about taking that if it was nonstop to O'Hare. |
| 9:03
| Jim says they're working on a nonstop train from Block 37 to O'Hare that would have a baggage check. Steve does like that train station at O'Hare, it looks like you're in Europe. |
| 9:04
| Earth Day tip #11, take the stairs instead of the elevator. That's not gonna happen. Buzz can't do the stairs at the gym, it's just too much. He's there to workout, not take the stairs. |
| 9:05
| Steve's going to open up the mailbag. The first email is a link to an article in Smithsonian Magazine which she found interesting as a transplanted Chicagoan and she thought Steve would like as a Sox fan. |
| 9:06
| The article is about Roger Bossard who is the U.S. Cellular groundskeeper. The article will be read today by visiting dignitary Bill Kurtis. |
| 9:07
| It's time to learn about the Sodfather Buzz. Major league teams from coast-to-coast are turning to third generation groundskeeper Roger Bossard to give them an edge. |
| 9:08
| Harry Caray is smiling down from wherever at a sign on a bar on Sheffield Avenue. Is Harry looking at the Torco sign? Although it's not the Torco sign any more, it might be that building where those idiots have that Latin saying. |
| 9:09
| Isn't that right Pete? Pete says the Latin saying is on the building next to where the Torco sign used to be. Bill saw that guy's sons on the WGN/Cubs special. |
| 9:10
| Bill doesn't like Latin, it seems sort of gay. He doesn't want to be associated with all that buggery. |
| 9:11
| Wrigley Field finally got the face lift is so desperately needed this past offseason. The last time the Cubs won the World Series was in 1908. |
| 9:12
| There are new allegations that the Cubs threw the World Series in 1918, based on the testimony of White Sox pitcher Eddie Cicotte. |
| 9:13
| Field-pummeling concerts and bad fungus wreaked havoc on grass. Would Pete have Bill singing the 7th Inning Stretch in the archives? Is that something we keep? |
| 9:20
| That was Bill singing the 7th Inning Stretch and it wasn't that bad. His only mistake was saying "Let's play ball" instead of "Let's get some runs" |
| 9:21
| Maybe they didn't need any runs, Bill can't remember. Then he should have said "Let's hold 'em so we can get back to the hotel room" |
| 9:22
| Live read: Illinois Back Institute |
| 9:23
| Time for some more Earth Day tips. If you're printing, print double-sided to save paper. At Kurtis Productions they installed bidets in all the bathrooms to save on toilet paper. |
| 9:24
| That bidet feels so good. Sometimes you use it even if you haven't gone to the bathroom. You can always use it right? |
| 9:25
| OK, back to Roger Bossard, The Sodfather. Wrigley has always been a great place to watch a Cubs game but it's become increasingly difficult to play there. |
| 9:26
| Uneven grass in the outfield made for some bad hops and you couldn't see the outfielder's legs from the infield. The drainage system was also very poor. |
| 9:27
| Bossard works for the crosstown rival White Sox but he's also worked for a Saudi Prince, building the a soccer field in the desert. |
| 9:28
| Other soccer teams have called on Bossard but his true calling is baseball fields. The last 16 stadiums built or rehabbed had fields done by Bossard and 5 of the last 7 World Series teams had fields built by Bossard. |
| 9:29
| The Cubs are hoping for some of that mojo. You don't expect to see the word mojo in a Smithsonian article. |
| 9:30
| Bossard laid out his patented drainage system with pea gravel first after pulling up the old field. |
| 9:31
| A four-blend bluegrass from Colorado was used at Wrigley Field. Bill had Bossard help with his English Garden which he has for no reason out in Mettawa. |
| 9:32
| Does Pete have a problem with the White Sox groundskeeper rehabbing the Cubs field? Pete's fine with it because it needed the work. |
| 9:33
| This is quite a long article and Bill doesn't need to read all of it. But if Buzz has any question she can answer them. |
| 9:34
| We're very lucky to have a world-renowned baseball field expert right in Chicago aren't we? |
| 9:35
| That is the story of the Sodfather which also ends our mailbag segment for today. |
| 9:36
| Actually Bill has to open the mailbag again, he has something else to tell us. |
| 9:37
| We have many people out there who have lawns but probably not English gardens. Would Buzz like to come out to the English Garden in Mettawa? They could have high tea and by that Bill doesn't mean it's made of maryjane or mushrooms. Buzz can have any tea he likes but no Sleepytime, we don't need him driving home sleepy. |
| 9:38
| Bill has some tips for the home gardeners so you can have great grass. He's not talking about the maryjane either. |
| 9:39
| Fertilize your lawn 6 times a year and Bill isn't talking about anything sexual. He's not going to tell people to procreate, that's the Pope's. |
| 9:40
| At the end of April and in late July or early August apply a grub control to your lawn. Also aerate the lawn in the spring and fall. |
| 9:41
| Cut your grass every three to four days and never cut off more than 1/3rd of your plant. Keep your lawn at 1 3/4th to 2 inches. |
| 9:42
| Bagging the clippings is better than mulching too, you don't want to leave that stuff on the grass. |
| 9:43
| Bill has a lawn for cricket and a lawn for croquet. Would Buzz prefer to come out and play croquet in their Great Gatsby outfits? Bill will have him picked up in a classic Dusenberg. |
| 9:44
| Finally, sharpen your lawn mower blades once a year. |
| 9:50
| Live read: The Little Guys |
| 9:51
| Steve has some more Earth Day tips if Buzz is interested. He knows that the environment is number 4 or 5 on Buzz's list of concerns. Of course his family is first and then weekend plans but environment is right up there. |
| 9:52
| Another tip is to trip chain which means running all of your errands on one trip. Steve doesn't see Buzz running errands but Aimee probably does. |
| 9:53
| Instead of driving to work you can try telecommuting. Steve does not want Buzz to do that. We already get accused of phoning it in anyway. |
| 9:54
| You can do a lot from home but Steve won't telecommute. It's better to be at work. |
| 9:55
| News with Buzz |
| 9:56
| Voting has begun in Pennsylvania for their primary. When is this all going to be over? Not until November right? |
| 9:57
| Some Muslims are calling for Mecca to be the central point of world time. They want it to replace Greenwich in England. |
| 9:58
| DNA testing continues on children taken from a Texas polygamist compound. Those people are from another planet right? Steve's guessing they're going to find a lot of in-breeding when they get the test results back. |
| 9:59
| A Roman Catholic priest in Brazil floated off over the ocean held up by balloons. He has yet to be located. |
