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| 5:31
| Steve wanted to give Buzz some extra time to calm down after that song, David Lee Roth's California Girls. Buzz loves David Lee Roth, he's one of the few men Buzz is sexually attracted to. |
| 5:32
| Steve and David shared a 4th grade class together at Altadena Middle School, their teacher was Mrs. Pitts. She did not like Steve because he was a smart-ass and he was smart. |
| 5:33
| She couldn't do anything to mess Steve up. He had spent 3rd grade in some weird experimental class that combined the smartest 3rd graders with the dumbest 4th graders. Whatever those 4th graders lacked in smarts they made up for in bullydom. |
| 5:34
| Buzz can't even imagine what Steve's school was hoping to get out of that experiment. It seemed to be advanced placement for 3rd graders but it made all the 4th graders mad at you. It was one step away from special ed for them. |
| 5:35
| Steve might have become a bully in 4th grade because of his experiences in 3rd grade. He and David had a few run-ins and they were also fighting over the same girl. Steve's not sure if she ever picked him because he didn't know what that entailed. |
| 5:36
| Buzz had the same problem, he and another guy were fighting over the same girl and they used to go to her house after school. In Steve's case a third guy came out of nowhere and got the girl. |
| 5:37
| Steve turned his attention to Gayle Wondry, who used to twirl around on the parallel bars with no underpants on. If you sat near those bars she'd get up and spin around. Steve's going to say that she was his girlfriend, even though she did that for other people too. That's probably about the most you're going to get in 4th grade. |
| 5:38
| Steve also worked in some poundings of David Lee Roth. Around this time Steve's school was changing, demographically. There were more and more black kids, or negroes as they called them back then, and the black 6th graders would hang out in the bathroom and beat everyone up. |
| 5:39
| Jan Conn, one of Steve's classmates, decided to stop going to the bathroom all together and would usually go in his pants. Steve did that too on occasion but he was wearing the white Levi's so it was covered up. |
| 5:40
| Once Jan dropped a deuce in his pants and David was merciless in taunting him. So Steve decided he needed to defend the kid because there but for the grace of a diet high in roughage goes Steve. |
| 5:41
| David Lee Roth's autobiography Crazy From the Heat features a photo from his 4th grade class. He wrote a bunch of fake captions for some classmates, making up things about what they went on to do, knowing full well that Steve became a successful radio host. |
| 5:42
| Steve met David again when he was at The Loop, but he didn't remember their time in 4th grade. He was also walking around with a bottle of liquid, pharmaceutical-grade cocaine. |
| 5:43
| Eventually David remembered that Steve was in his class but then he didn't mention it in the book. That's fine though because the book didn't do that well. He didn't cut loose with a lot of good details in there, unlike say the Mötley Crue book. |
| 5:44
| The Motley Crue book actually mentions David Lee Roth coming to a party at their house and not sharing the cocaine he brought. Cocaine is a potluck drug, like bringing a tamale casserole to someone's house. |
| 5:45
| So that other guy came out of nowhere to get that girl that Steve and David were after. He was bigger than both of them and that's usually what girls go for, Later in life a guy can get by with being a good provider or being funny. |
| 5:46
| It seems like David Lee Roth is a failure even though he probably makes a lot of money on the reunion tour, and Rick Hadley, the other guy, worked at Rick's Burritos the last time Steve saw him. So maybe Marianne Grafidi made the wrong choice. |
| 5:47
| The last time Steve saw Rick Hadley was 20 years ago so maybe he's moved on. He could have moved on to Taco Bell or something. Maybe he's the reason Steve does the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell everyday, who knows? |
| 5:48
| David Lee Roth was asking for those beatings in 4th grade though. He used to wear a crested blazer to school everyday, even though they didn't go to a private school. The blazer might have been a predecessor of the assless chaps that he's been known to wear. |
| 5:53
| That sponsor Buzz just read, is that for the hour starting at 6 am or at 5:30? Because if it started at 5:30, so far so good on that hour. |
| 5:54
| On sponsor Steve needs to start patronizing is U.S. Cellular because he can't get good phone service at Sox games. Sometimes when you're at a game you need to make a call and send a text message. So he'll need a phone just for going to Sox games. They also sponsor the Bears so he can use it for those games as well. |
| 5:55
| Steve talked to a guy from U.S. Cellular at the Bears convention a couple of years ago. He told Steve they have a signal booster at Soldier FIeld and it seemed like he was going to hook him up with some phones. Instead he just gave him the location of the nearest U.S. Cellular store. |
| 5:56
| Steve talked to the guy on the air for 20 minutes about their new sponsorship of the Bears. After that he's expecting a few phones to come his way. It was a gratuitous interview anyway since they were announcing a sponsorship of the Bears, not Steve. They do advertise on the show but they were doing that already at the time. |
| 5:57
| That was the Bears convention where Steve and Buzz met Devin Hester. It was the first time he had heard Joniak's call of the Super Bowl runback. He was having dinner near Steve and then Janet whipped out her camera. |
| 5:58
| Steve told Janet to put the camera away, otherwise it's celebrity-on-celebrity photography. Mike Dahl called out to him and as he looked over the flash went off. Janet claims these photos are for the website and she does have one of half his head. |
| 5:59
| Janet didn't even seem to be in awe of Hester or anything. This was coming off Janet saying Steve had bad table manners so the photographing of Hester could have been a way to keep him down. |
| 6:00
| Steve's table manners were bad but he was in a room full of 400 pound Southside guys. There weren't any table manners to speak of but Steve's were better than Devin's. |
| 6:01
| Steve made a wager that he could have gone over to Devin and he would have known him. Then Janet took the photo and Steve didn't want to go over there. |
| 6:02
| Live read: The Little Guys |
| 6:03
| On the phone is Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti, the #2 ranked competitive eater in the world. He's moving up the ranks. Patrick is headed out to Stockton, California, for an asparagus eating contest. |
| 6:04
| Apparently the specialty out there is basically tempura-fried asparagus. It sounds really good but after 5 pounds of it, it'll probably get gross. |
| 6:05
| Steve ate a jar of mayo as a kid so he can't eat mayo any more. Does Patrick have the same reaction after an eating competition? Patrick goes more by texture and with something like oysters he still has trouble getting past that. |
| 6:06
| The asparagus festival sounds fun though, Joan Jett is going to be there and Steve full expects him to hit that. Patrick was hoping for some cougar practice beforehand but Steve doesn't think he'll need it. He's walking in there with a mohawk and a winning attitude. |
| 6:07
| Patrick has won two turkey eating competitions but he probably shouldn't mention that right away. Later on though he should bring it up and say how guilty he feels about it and ask her for forgiveness. |
| 6:08
| You can never hear the Joan Jett tape enough right? |
| 6:09
| Steve had to turn Patrick off because in the middle of that tape it sounded like he started unloading the dishwasher. Buzz thought Joan Jett was doing the dishes. Patrick's not there any more, did he fall over or something? |
| 6:10
| Patrick is back on the phone, he tipped over a wine glass. He's starting early so he can get some sleep. Maybe he should try wine in a sippy cup. |
| 6:11
| So how does Patrick prepare for the competition? He had his boss order up 8 pounds of asparagus and then after work this week he fired up the deep fryer and did a practice run. He made a big mess and ate about 7 1/2 pounds. |
| 6:12
| Buzz was wondering what happened to Kobayashi. He's still recovering from that jaw arthritis, or jawthritis, and no one knows what he's doing actually. |
| 6:13
| He needs to come back for Nathan's this year and it'll be a showdown with Joey Chestnut. That means Patrick needs to figure something out. |
| 6:14
| Steve and Buzz had written Patrick off when he lost by 45 hot dogs a couple of years ago but then last year he improved. And he should have come in second because Kobayashi hurled. |
| 6:15
| There are two rules in competitive eating, don't touch the food before the competition starts and don't hurl. |
| 6:16
| Steve was thinking of making the trip to Stockton with California because he loves asparagus but he might have to take the trip to Nathan's. He'd like to see Yankee Stadium before they tear it down since his grandfather used to go there as a kid and watch Babe Ruth. |
| 6:17
| Patrick can hook Steve up with the Black Widow but he'll have to get in line behind him. There's another Asian eater who's just as hot as the Black Widow though. Steve's going to remind Patrick that he's married and his wife is probably listening. So he's just going to be Patrick's wingman. There's no reason a guy with a mohawk can't get both of them. |
| 6:18
| Steve will just hang back and watch Kobayashi and file a suit against he IFOCE if he hurls and isn't disqualified. If Steve's Nathan's he doesn't want video of this guy hurling the hot dogs up. It's bad enough that they do the water dipping, that's really unappetizing. |
| 6:19
| What kind of beverage will Patrick be drinking? Normally he has his special mixture of juice but this time he might go with some Wyler's pink lemonade and fruit punch. |
| 6:20
| Patrick was wondering if he should just humor Steve if he doesn't get Joan Jett. No humoring, he just needs to make it happen. |
| 6:21
| Based on that turkey audio Patrick is hoping she doesn't talk that much. He might not like it but he still needs to do this. She'll be a notch in his belt and maybe he'll be a notch in her belt. |
| 6:22
| Maybe he should follow it up with a 6 month fling with Joan Jett where they'll be featured in all the tabloids, on Perez Hilton's website, on the red carpet. |
| 6:23
| Patrick was looking for some pick-up lines for Joan Jett if Steve has any. All he needs to do is get a backstage pass and then get her to the competition. What hotel is he staying at? |
| 6:24
| Patrick's actually staying at Joey Chestnut's house because he lives out there. Steve doesn't like him staying with the competition, he might put something in his toothpaste or something. |
| 6:25
| Maybe Patrick should tell Joan "I hate myself for loving you", he should start with that. |
| 6:32
| Steve is thinking of going to Nathan's this summer although part of him does want to go to Stockton as well. As a youth he spent time in the San Joaquin Valley and he also loves asparagus. |
| 6:33
| Steve does want to go to New York although he'll get in trouble because he doesn't want to take his boys with him. He sees it as a pilgrimage to pay respect to his grandfather, who was a Yankees fan. |
| 6:34
| He walked around with a Yankees line-up he got out of the paper, it was the Murder's Row line-up. That's the one with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig right? |
| 6:35
| So Steve is viewing his more as a one-man pilgrimage. He had forgotten they were tearing down Yankee Stadium and he's never been. |
| 6:36
| Buzz is wondering what else Steve would do in New York by himself. He is Client #11 so he would have gone to the Emperor's Club if it was still open. Steve just likes to walk around New York when he's there though. |
| 6:37
| He'd probably base himself out of the Four Seasons, he likes a restaurant in that hotel. Then he'd go over to the Carnegie Deli at some point. He likes the feeling of being an ant in a giant ant farm, but only for a day or two. Then he likes to come back here and be a big ant. |
| 6:38
| Our own Pete will be in New York over that same weekend of the Nathan's competition. He's staying with the girlfriend and there's probably room for Steve. It's a big place, for New York. There's a nice 3 foot couch Steve could curl up on, like the one at the end of the bed that Michael Scott sleeps on. |
| 6:39
| Pete's girlfriend lives in a 2 bedroom apartment but she has a roommate who's a dude. He's also straight, extremely good-looking and an actor. Pete needs to clamp down on that right now. |
| 6:40
| Pete doesn't see the roommate as being that kind of guy. All guys are that kind of guy, he needs to clamp down. Pete doesn't see his girlfriend as that kind of girl and he's probably right but why risk it? It's very expensive to live alone in New York but maybe Pete should start subsidizing. |
| 6:41
| The roommate could spend one night with Steve and he'd probably move out. There's always the risk that Steve could take Pete's girlfriend though. She could be attracted to his sense of humor and roly-poly nature. |
| 6:42
| When Pete heard Steve might be in New York he was excited but then he worried about Steve and his girlfriend. Steve would never do that though. Even though all guys are like that you also cut slack to certain people. Steve would never Catman Pete. |
| 6:43
| If it wasn't for Catman Pete would have never met his girlfriend. He hasn't been back to New York with Pete yet but he always wants to come. Has he asked if he can hit that yet? |
| 6:44
| The Yankees are playing the Red Sox on the same weekend of the Nathan's competition so it'll be a tough ticket. Steve would probably just get a press pass since he doesn't really care about going to the game. He doesn't think he'd even want Pete at the game with him because he might get weepy. |
| 6:45
| Steve doesn't want to get an actual seat though. He'd want to get two seats and based on what he's seen of Yankees fans this week he'd spend the entire time trying to keep people out of his seat. |
| 6:46
| Steve's on StubHub right now and tickets for that weekend range in price from $29 to $9,999. That has to be a skybox right? |
| 6:47
| Pete definitely wants to go to the Nathan's competition. He and Steve need to keep an eye on |
| 6:48
| Prince is on the phone and he has some advice for Pete about his woman livin' with another dude. If this guy is an actor he's probably acting like he doesn't want to hit that but he does. Even Ray Charles could see that. |
| 6:49
| We need to get Prince a new cellphone because the one he has sucks. Steve wants him to be a regular part of the show and we can't have someone who we can't understand. |
| 6:50
| Prince is right though, Pete needs to make that roommate thing stop. He also just broke up with his girlfriend. It's time for Pete to go to the checkbook. He's also a bartender so there are a lot of late nights. |
| 6:51
| Pete was fine with the roommate until he actually met him. He was there once and his girlfriend had a female friend staying there from the Midwest. Pete wanted to know why she couldn't just be her roommate. |
| 6:52
| Pete probably needs to say something then. He needs to put that commitment idea out there. Tell her he wants to take their relationship to the next level but he can't with that dude roommate. It would be better if there was a girl roommate and then Pete would try to get them drunk and have a three-way. |
| 6:53
| The roommate is going to be in Seattle for a while on a job so this is when Pete needs to be proactive and get a girl in there. The worst thing that could happen is they get drunk and experiment and Pete is the mad scientist. |
| 6:54
| Live read: Illinois Back Institute |
| 6:58
| Steve's watching CNN here, after switching off CLTV. He can't stand seeing that ad any more where the people ducked out of paying the taxes they owed, especially with Wesley Snipes getting three years in prison. |
| 6:59
| Although Steve thought he read somewhere that he'll only do a year of supervision. CNN has these guys on and Steve can't believe this is news. |
| 7:00
| That Reverend Wright guy needs to go on a long vacation for a long time. He seems reasonable in his latest interview but that doesn't matter. There's enough tape of him saying crazy stuff out there. |
| 7:01
| There were some guys at an Obama rally and they were wearing Abercrombie & Fitch shirts. This is a story? First off, why are 3 guys going out all wearing Abercrombie & Fitch shirts? Is this Night at the Roxbury? |
| 7:02
| When Buzz first heard this story he thought some marketing genius had planted these guys on behalf of Abercrombie & Fitch. But it seems like they're just tools. We probably have that Night at the Roxbury song in the Jack library, it's part of our 80's core. |
| 7:03
| Pete says the song is called What is Love? by Haddaway. It seems like those Abercrombie guys should be using this song. |
| 7:04
| One of the guys works for Abercrombie & Fitch and a company rep said they weren't about getting that kind of attention. Although he also said he wished he would have thought about it. Even though it's not what they're about? |
| 7:05
| So that explains it, they're Indiana dorks. One of the guys was undecided on who to vote for and yet they all ended up at the premiere event for the election. Steve knows why, it's because they're picking good-looking people to be behind Obama. |
| 7:06
| They say they've had a stressful weak but what is stressful about all this? They don't have to perform or do anything really. |
| 7:07
| How about Steve, Buzz and Pete get Abercrombie shirts and walk around after the show. This is the lamest thing ever. |
| 7:08
| David Axelrod, who consults for Obama, is a genius. He might have decided Obama needed the Abercrombie vote. Guys like this might vote for him now. |
| 7:09
| Again though, Steve has to ask what kind of guys all decide to wear Abercrombie & Fitch t-shirts and go out together? It's not something Steve could pull off although he does like to go in the stores for a few minutes. They play music and the girls who work there are hot. |
| 7:10
| Live read: Hawk Ford |
| 7:18
| Live read: Joebees |
| 7:19
| That music was a little loud, Joe Bee didn't mean to scare Buzz. Is this even the beginning of Flight of the Bumblebee? |
| 7:20
| Joe doesn't pick the music though, he doesn't even have the ability to do that. He does have an iPod though. |
| 7:21
| Joe is really looking forward to The Taste this year. He doesn't normally like human food but after a while the pollen gets old. |
| 7:22
| Those fireworks are pretty scary though. A lot of Joe's Fourth of July's are spent buzzing around a garbage can in Grant Park. People leave a lot of food uneaten. |
| 7:23
| Joe got sick last summer eating some bad tabouli at The Taste which is why he usually sticks with the pollen. |
| 7:24
| It's time for Steve to take his bee pollen and put an end to the rambling bee. He just kept going and going. |
| 7:25
| We've got a call coming in for Joe Bee. |
| 7:26
| Caller Phil thinks Joe should head over to Michigan, they're supposed to have some great blooms on fruit trees this year. |
| 7:27
| Joe has a place up in Michigan where he parties with his bee friends. They call it a Bee-for-All. |
| 7:28
| Hi-hive Buzz! Joe didn't show him his stinger today did he? Buzz didn't see it today either and he missed it. |
| 7:29
| Time now for the web poll, brought to us by Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo. Yesterday's web poll was "Do you have the guts to start your own business?" 45% of the people said yes. |
| 7:30
| Today's web poll is "How do you like your potatoes?" For a few days we didn't have envelopes so Steve was doing a fake envelope opening. But we have envelopes today and Steve still faked the opening. |
| 7:31
| Steve likes his potatoes scalloped. The UN General Assembly has declared this year the International Year of the Potato. With estimates of the world population increasing by 100 million in the next 2 decades the UN is pushing potatoes. |
| 7:32
| Potatoes provide more nutritious food quickly and farmers get more potatoes from less land and in harsher climates than any other major crop. |
| 7:33
| You can plant a few seeds and eat them within a few days, they're just smaller. The Idaho Potato Board launched a website in February that offers a new potato recipe everyday. |
| 7:34
| Most potato varieties still grow where they were first planted 8,000 years ago in the Andes Mountain of South America. That's good potato country. |
| 7:35
| By 1597 Londoners were growing potatoes and soon France and Belgium followed close behind, spurred on by Marie Antoinette wearing potato flowers in her hair. |
| 7:36
| Irelands moist soil and cool air provided the best growing climates for potatoes though. Potatoes have weathered millennia of invading troops and harsh weather, except for one ba rainy August in 1854 in Ireland. That would be the Potato Famine. |
| 7:37
| Today most local markets only carry 8 to 10 of the 4,000 existing varieties of potatoes. Steve's thinking of a potato store that carries all 4,000 varieties of potatoes. |
| 7:38
| Dan Donnelly of Indianapolis Fruit has a few tips for how to pick a good potato. This article must be from Indiana then? It also mentions Winnetka and Glencoe, maybe that's just the name of a place up there? |
| 7:44
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 7:45
| Caller Russell wanted to let Steve know that Indianapolis Fruit is in Indiana. Russell works for a fruit market as a driver. What does he think about Steve's idea for a potato store? |
| 7:46
| Caller Mary Beth thinks Russell isn't who he says he is. He sounds just like Joe Walsh. Buzz was trying to figure out who he sounded like, it's Joe Walsh! |
| 7:47
| Steve's going to get Russell back on the phone. People actually tell him he looks like Billy Joel. |
| 7:48
| Mary Beth misses Joe calling into the show. He called in a few weeks ago when Eagles were in Holland. Mary Beth might have been on spring break. |
| 7:49
| Joe's tour schedule coincided with his daughter being on that MTV show where musicians go on with their kids. Joe felt bad that he didn't want to do the shows but he shouldn't be hanging out with guys like Dee Snider. |
| 7:50
| Caller Rich works for a vending company. If you have a vending company how do you get your machines into businesses? |
| 7:51
| We have really bad vending machines here and Steve's pretty sure no one is getting a cut. It's getting harder to give people a cut because of rising gas prices. Usually employers just do it for employee convenience. If people are leaving the office get a snack it costs the employer money. |
| 7:52
| Steve was thinking of buying his own vending machines and running them out of here like Paulie Walnuts. Rich sells refurbished machines if Steve is looking. There will have to be a tragic fire in the machines down there now before any of that can happen. |
| 7:53
| Rich also refurbishes vintage vending machines from the 60s and 70s. Steve remembers a pop machine that required you to pull the bottle through almost a maze to get it out. Then there was a bottle opener at the end of it. |
| 7:54
| The door opened at the end to get one pop out although some enterprising kids could figure out a way to get more than 1 bottle. |
| 7:55
| Rich also has a name for Steve's potato store, Spud Studs. Steve and Buzz might not be studs yet although maybe the guys working the floor could be ripped. |
| 7:56
| Caller Rocky has a great idea for Steve, a vending machine that vends potatoes. You could put them right next to those machines that vend movies. Of course, people love their movies and potatoes. |
| 7:57
| A potato vending machine might be tough although they have machines that vend cooked pizzas. We could have all that stuff up here but we don't. It's just stale candy. |
| 7:58
| Luckily Steve has people to go get stuff for him, like Cinnabon. |
| 7:59
| Caller Trevor and his buddy were driving to school today and the friend has a test for History of American Pop Music. On the study guide there's a question about Disco Demolition with Steve's name next to it. |
| 8:00
| There's no much information on there though. What kind of school is this? It's Lewis University which isn't really a school. It's just a bunch of building around a landing strip. |
| 8:01
| Trevor was looking for some more information about Disco Demolition for his friend. Well it happened on July 12th, 1979 between a double-header of a Sox game. The message was "Disco Sucks". |
| 8:02
| There's a Disco Demolition video at Dahl.com, Trevor should get the instructor of this class to buy one. Really he should buy one for everyone in the class. |
| 8:03
| What kind of teacher doesn't provide more details for the tests though? He should buy the DVD, it's very reasonably priced at $25. For an additional $5 Steve will autograph it. |
| 8:04
| Alright it's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. It's Friday so it's the Weekend Kick-Off. You want to get some Taco Bell in you after those late nights out this weekend. |
| 8:05
| Are the guys in The Champs still alive? If they are Stev would like to have them record a new version of Tequila that says "Taco!" at the end. They'd probably do it if they're desperate for money. |
| 8:06
| Caller Dan wanted to let Steve know that there's a hot potatoes vending machine in the Boise Airport. It makes Ore-Ida french fries, puts them in a cup and they're hot and fresh. Then you go can into the men's room where Larry Craig is working stall #2. |
| 8:07
| Dan listens to the podcast all the time during the week when he's in Scottsdale. He commutes to and from Chicago every week, he just got in last night. |
| 8:08
| Mike Dahl's girlfriend does the same thing only she works in Washington, D.C. |
| 8:09
| Caller Jim reminds Steve of comic book vending machines in the 60s and 70s. You'd put a dime on one side and 2 pennies on the other and you'd get a comic book out. And what planet was this on? |
| 8:10 | Jim grew up in Hickory Hills and they had machines all over the suburbs. Growing up in California Steve would just go to the drug store and get an Archie comic or Betty & Veronica is he was feeling horny. |
| 8:11
| Is Steve talking to the Comic Book Guy now? Worst vending machine ever! Jim is a comic book artist and he once sent Steve a drawing of him as the Hulk. |
| 8:12
| Jim used to work for a company in Chicago that put out comic books like The Terminator and Ghostbusters. He's an inker. Buzz's aunt used to be an inker for King Features Syndicate, working on Prince Valiant. |
| 8:13
| Steve doesn't remember the drawing Jim sent, does he still have it? There was a Loop comic book which for some reason featured a centerfold of Steve with his pants off and the words "USDA Grade A" on his butt. |
| 8:14
| Maybe Steve and Buzz need their own comic strip for Dahl.com? He's thought about it before but whenever he looks into it people want money for it. |
| 8:15
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 8:16
| Steve got an email from a listener about David Hochberg which he thought he could use in a commercial. But David beat him to the punch. |
| 8:24
| Joining Steve now is the lovely and talented Jim Norton. He slept for 8 hours last night for the first time in years. |
| 8:25
| Normally Jim gets up pretty early for O & A. He usually goes to bed around 1:30 but he's been trying to curb this sex addiction stuff. |
| 8:26
| The last time Steve talked to Jim he was working Craigslist a lot as well as The Erotic Review. Actually he just got an email about his Erotic Review subscription. You need to be a VIP in order to read the full reviews. |
| 8:27
| It's been hard keeping off the sex sites though and then his girlfriend broke up with him. She actually broke up with him after he changed his ways. |
| 8:28
| It's hard to spend time with prostitutes and have a girlfriend. It's not something you could do openly at least. |
| 8:29
| Is Jim curbing this stuff because of the Eliot Spitzer thing? Was he a client of the Emperor's Club? Because Steve's client #11. |
| 8:30
| Jim is at the Lakeshore Theater tonight, Steve has no idea where that is. As of last night there were only 16 tickets left and those were the comps that Jim always gets but never uses. |
| 8:31
| Buzz's favorite Mexican place, El Mariachi, is right across from Lakeshore Theater. They make a great molè sauce. |
| 8:32
| How are O & A doing? They're still on in New York and Boston and they just replaced Rover in Cleveland. Rover is the guy who pretty much ruined WCKG. |
| 8:33
| The big tout on Rover when he came to Chicago that he was a rock star there. We don't care about that here though. He ruined the station to the point that it couldn't recover. |
| 8:34
| Now Rover has lost his job in Cleveland because he was always having to buy his way out of trouble from some crazy thing he did on the air. |
| 8:35
| Steve liked O & A and he was sorry to see that it didn't work out. Plus it would have prevented him from having to get up at 4 am every morning. Steve's used to get up early though but still it would have been good to see that all work out. |
| 8:36
| Jim's been with O & A for a while now hasn't he? He started coming on in 2000 during the Subway Series. Jim used to be a Yankees fan but Jeter was a jerk to him so he's been railing on them for a few years now. Jim wants to hug David Ortiz because of how badly he beats up the Yankees. |
| 8:37
| Jim's sick of the whole Yankees organization, they haven't won since 2000! It would have been nice to win in 2001 against those dirty Diamondbacks and that filthy Randy Johnson. Jim hates that guy since his days on the Mariners. |
| 8:38
| Jim is not a Mets fan though, that's a chick team. He'd like to recreate the Kennedy assassination with Mr. Met. Jim has met a lot of guys on the Yankees and most of them are jerks. Jason Giambi was nice to him but he was coming off the steroids thing when he met him. |
| 8:39
| Baseball players are coddled from a very young age so they're usually big jerks. Steve needs to fly Jim in for a Yankees/White Sox game next year. It's weird for Jim to root against the Yankees though since he's been a lifelong fan. |
| 8:46
| Alright Jim Norton is here, he can be heard on Opie & Anthony's show. Steve can't recommend satellite radio though, it's just a way for the government to track you wherever you go. You don't know what those signals can do to you either. Until we know the best bet is to listen to terrestrial radio. |
| 8:47
| O & A do 3 hours on terrestrial radio and then 2 hours on satellite where they can get out all that pent-up swearing. |
| 8:48
| Jim's working on a new book, the first one did really well and it's going to be on paperback soon. |
| 8:49
| Jim's a little behind on the new book, I Hate Your Guts. That was going to be the title of Buzz's new book! |
| 8:50
| There's some biographical info in the book but mostly it's Jim ripping on people he doesn't like. Buzz is still dismayed to hear about Jim breaking up with his girlfriend. |
| 8:51
| Jim was saying the last time that the girlfriend was OK with what he did but it was just that she accepted that was who he was. Eventually she realized she needed something better. |
| 8:52
| It's impressive that Jim hasn't reverted to going to the sex sites though. You'd think a break-up with your girlfriend would put you back on that. |
| 8:53
| Jim had to stop because he was spending all of his time on these websites. He'd come home from the show and instead of sleeping he'd get on the computer. Next thing he knows he has to go out that night to do a show. |
| 8:54
| Then he'd be getting hookers at 2 am when he had to get up at 5:15 for to do the show. Jim might want to get a therapist at this point. |
| 8:55
| Jim has been a pervert since he was very young and it finally had to stop. Steve read Happy Endings, it sounds like he had fun while it lasted. |
| 8:56
| Jim couldn't stop for a while though. He'd go on Craigslist or Eros and find these women and he'd set-up meetings when he was going to be in town. It was like a pub crawl with whores. a whore crawl. Sometimes he would plan his gigs based on women he wanted to meet. |
| 8:57
| The whole thing took over his life though so he had to stop. And now it's weird that he can read a book or something. He just read something about the JFK assassination by Vincent Bugliosi. He's normally a conspiracy theorist but Bugliosi debunks the whole thing. |
| 8:58
| Steve's been reading a book about the Iroquois Theater fire which is interesting. 602 people were killed in that fire. The construction of the theater was rushed to get it open in time for Christmas so it wasn't up to code. |
| 8:59
| The fire could have been contained but the actors on stage rushed out the back door sending cold, December air into the theater. That created a giant fire ball that swept through the entire upper balcony. Most of the people on the floor weren't killed by the fire but some were trampled. |
| 9:00
| People were jumping out the window and by the end some of those people survived because their falls were cushioned by 10 feet of dead bodies. |
| 9:01
| For some reason Steve likes reading books about tragedies, especially fires. He doesn't have a desire to start any fires though. He's just fascinated that this stuff happens right down the street and most people don't even know about. |
| 9:02
| These days a car crashes into a light pole and there's a whole shrine put up. There might be a plaque at city hall for the Iroquois Theater fire but that's it. |
| 9:03
| Jim still can't believe that Ground Zero still has nothing built there. They're wasting time with Freedom Towers or whatever, they should just put up the World Trade Center exactly as it was. |
| 9:04
| Is Buzz ready for news because Steve is ready for him? This is how we do it around here now. We say goodbye to the guest, give him the mug and then right into the news. Buzz was caught off guard, all of the sudden he's a fan of the long goodbye. |
| 9:05
| News with Buzz |
| 9:06
| Three police officers have been acquitted in the murder of Sean Bell in New York. He was shot coming out of a strip club just hours before how was to be married. |
| 9:07
| Interpol has issued a warning about a real possibility of terrorists targeting the Beijing Summer Olympics. |
| 9:08
| Steve's going to interrupt Buzz right now because people are assembling near an SUV in New York after the acquittal of those police officers. It looks like it's on the verge of going bad. |
| 9:09
| Barack Obama's pastor says he's being painted as a fanatic by the media. Steve gets what he's trying to do but it might not help anyone. Buzz likes the interviews with Wright because he actually seems reasonable. |
| 9:10
| Wesley Snipes was sentenced to 3 years in prison for failure to pay his taxes. He will do 3 years in a prison and then a year of supervision. |
| 9:11
| Wesley fell in with one of those groups of people who believe that you don't have to pay your taxes. That's just not true. |
| 9:12
| He's going to end up owing about $20 million to the government as well. You'd think they would keep him out of jail so he could get out there and earn that money. That's what they did with Willie Nelson. |
| 9:13
| Police patrols were beefed up around a Northside elementary school today after anonymous threats were made following the shooting of the cougar. The shooting occurred about a block from the Audubon Elementary School. |
| 9:14
| There's something happening at schools everyday now. They might want to stop publicizing all of these threats. |
| 9:15
| In other school news a group of boys at Zion-Benton high school were suspended for 7 days for dressing up as bananas, and one gorilla, and running through the halls. Sounds pretty funny to Steve. |
| 9:16
| Oscar winning movie producer Tom Rosenberger is the latest person to testify in the Tony Rezko trial. |
| 9:17
| A Federal Court has ruled that a Naperville teen has the right to wear a t-shirt that says "Be Happy, Not Gay". |
| 9:18
| You'd think at some point the parent would just step in and tell the kid to not wear that shirt. Buzz gets the feeling that the parents are the ones encouraging it. It was some sort of response to a Gay Day at the high school or something like that. |
| 9:19
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 9:26
| It doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with putting on some banana suits and having a guy in a gorilla suit chasing you around. |
| 9:27
| It seems like getting in trouble for this actually makes the whole thing better. Plus you get a week off of school towards the end of senior year, when the weather is getting warmer and you've already been accepted to the school of your choice. |
| 9:28
| That "Be Happy, Not Gay" t-shirt is in response to the National Day of Silence, which is today. Why not just wear a shirt that says "Be Happy"? Who cares if people are gay? |
| 9:29
| Everyone needs to get their freak on in different ways. Steve doesn't care what you do in your bedroom unless it's being done to him. |
| 9:30
| The National Day of Silence brings attention to anti-LGBT harassment in school. This year's event is dedicated to Lawrence King, an 8th grader who was shot and killed because of his sexual orientation and gender expression. |
| 9:31
| Live read: Paulina Meat Market |
| 9:32
| The Paulina Meat Market is awesome. Steve got a tour from a guy who works there and he recommended all of his favorite sausages and meats. |
| 9:33
| Steve can't remember the guy's name though but he knew his stuff. Steve calls down to Adam's office. He's supposed to know these things off the top of his head by the way. |
| 9:34
| Adam has the guy's name somewhere in his office, he's looking for it now. It was Eddie who showed them around. Is he sure? |
| 9:35
| Adam was up at Paulina Meat Market with Steve. The beef jerky is fantastic because they use a tri-tip. |
| 9:36
| They've been trying to send Buzz some corned beef hash, did he get any of that yet? Steve got one tube and gave another to his neighbor, it's fantastic. You need to crispify it though. |
| 9:37
| Steve fries his up with butter to get it really crispy. Buzz likes to cook it in the pan first and then put it in the oven to brown it. Steve thinks he can do all that on the stove top. |
| 9:38
| Piper's dojo is right by Paulina Meat Market. Buzz can drop her off for killer ninja lessons and then head over to the Paulina Meat Market. |
| 9:39
| Earlier Steve mentioned how he wanted to reunite The Champs to re-record Tequila for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell and have them say "Taco" instead. |
| 9:40
| The Champs were formed by studio execs at Gene Autry's Challenge Records. They wanted them to record a B-side for the Dave Burgess single Road to Nowhere. Tequila ended up being more popular than the A-side. |
| 9:41
| Glen Campbell and Seals & Croft were in The Champs and sax player Danny Flores sang vocals on Tequila. Unfortunately he passed away in 2006 so there goes Steve's dream. |
| 9:42
| Steve went to the Sox game last night based on weather reports that said it wouldn't rain until 1 am. But it rained before the game, delaying the start, then it rained again in the 4th inning. What's the deal with that? |
| 9:43
| All afternoon Steve was checking weather reports and they all said it wouldn't rain until later. Steve was looking at the sky thinking "There's no way it's not going to rain" and it did. |
| 9:44
| Steve had to go home and watch the rest of it and he fell asleep before it was over. But when he woke up they had won so it was almost like Christmas morning. |
| 9:45
| Steve feels the baseball teams also have more information about the weather but don't tell anyone about it. They want you to show up to the game, have a few beers and then a rain delay. |
| 9:46
| Caller Romeo drives a snow plow and he needs to know the weather. There's a premium version of AccuWeather that's always right. For some reason the regular AccuWeather is never right. |
| 9:54
| Live read: Seattle Sutton |
| 9:55
| Buzz is ready to snatch Steve's food right out of his mouth. He hasn't eaten anything or drank anything all morning. Buzz is fasting because he's having a minor procedure today. |
| 9:56
| Is this that sex change surgery Buzz has talked about having? He's a woman living in a man's body! This show could use a female perspective, Buzz could probably pull double duty and we'd save money. |
| 9:57
| Buzz is having a procedure done on his thyroid, which is apparently producing too much calcium. That's why he got the kidney stones. |
| 9:58
| There's a part of his thyroid that's not working so they're just going to take it off. Otherwise he's just waiting for another kidney stone and then Steve gets to hear "I gotta go" and then Buzz is gone for 2 weeks. |
| 9:59
| Buzz won't be completely under, he'll sort of be in that twilight area, feeling groovy. That's actually great for Buzz. |
| 10:00
| Buzz's doctor's name is Cord Sturgeon which is the coolest doctor name in the world. He sounds like a superhero. |
