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| 5:33
| Thank you Buzz Kilman and the Orchestra for another fine selection. Buzz would prefer Steve not talk until the theme is completely over. |
| 5:34
| Just like when scoring a movie, Buzz is in a separate studio conducting the theme while Steve is in the main studio. When it's over he'll put down the baton and head into the main studio. |
| 5:35
| Of course we've got Brendan coming up, reporting live from the People vs. R. Kelly. At this point it looks like it's coming down to a mole, and that doesn't mean a rodent or an inside man. |
| 5:36
| It seems like if you did have an identifying mark like a mole you could get it removed in 6 years. Steve hasn't talked to Brendan yet but he's pretty sure he saw the video in question. |
| 5:37
| Buzz read all about the video in the paper this morning, it said you will see things you've never heard of. And by paper he means the Sun-Times, his paper of record. Buzz reads the Sun-Times because you don't have to fold it. |
| 5:38
| Of course Buzz will never see the video but he's probably heard of everything that went on in the video. The judge admonished the reporters not to sketch anything too specific featuring the video because then they would be engaging in conspiracy to distribute child pornography. |
| 5:39
| There was a sketch that featured the video on NBC but it was very vague. There was no use of the color yellow whatsoever. |
| 5:40
| Steve would be glad to read from that Sun-Times article is Buzz can find it. Steve has a Sun-Times but Obama is on the cover and it says "Yes He Did". Of course then Steve was worried that Obama was somehow involved in the R. Kelly trial. |
| 5:41
| Obama reached a major milestone in the pledged delegate count but for some reason it's still not over. Depending on who you talk to Hillary is either in the race still or has no chance. Hillary's people have a story and they're sticking with it. She must have learned that from Bill. |
| 5:42
| Steve has something from the Tribune, it's a quote from the prosecutor. She said "You will see that child perform acts you've never seen before." It's probably not anything that would shock Steve though. |
| 5:43
| So Brendan probably got an eyeful yesterday in court. Steve gets the feeling that nothing in the video shocked him either. It's hard to shock the Great Brendino. |
| 5:44
| Steve saw the video many years ago, as part of his research, and he doesn't remember seeing anyone being paid. Apparently there was a money exchange in the middle of it too. |
| 5:45
| Buzz feels that someday all of this categorization of what's legal and what isn't will be forgotten. You'll probably be able to see something like this at Imax because right now it's just American moralizing. Alright, Steve's going to write all that down and put it in the time capsule. |
| 5:52
| That was R. Kelly right Pete? He has kids? At the time of the alleged video the kids were much younger but now they're grown. Is 13-years-old grown to R. Kelly? Was he married? If he was the tape probably put an end to that. |
| 5:53
| Steve's pretty sure that the tape was sent to that Jim DeRogatis, the fat, pimply music critic at the Sun-Times. He turned it in and he might actually have to testify. |
| 5:54
| Jim DeRogatis is a contemptible little greaseball so it'll be fun to hear about him wetting himself on the witness stand. Of course that'll just get R. Kelly off. He's just a miserable little man. |
| 5:55
| Steve and Pete saw him at Arcade Fire, he was lecturing random people about music. Pete also saw him at Lollapalooza which is worse because it was really hot out. He basically just goes to those things and eats, then he takes the Rolling Stone review and makes it negative. |
| 5:56
| We can speculate all we want gentlemen but we are not experts. We have an expert on the phone in Brendan Greeley. He's covering the People vs. Robert Kelly gavel-to-gavel, gravel-to-gravel. |
| 5:57
| Just to answer a few questions, Jim DeRogatis will be called as a witness this Friday. First he's going to talk to the judge. Does the judge disagree with his review of a Ryan Adams CD or something? Because Jim is always very tough on Ryan Adams. |
| 5:58
| When Steve was at the Sox game last night he told a couple of the security guards, who are also sheriff's deputies, to stop by and say hello to Brendan. One of them was actually there last week when the donuts were delivered. He was going to take one but then the higher-up put a stop to it. |
| 5:59
| R. Kelly's wife did file for divorce about a year ago or so. He was married to Aaliyah when she was 15, using a fake marriage certificate. In 1996 Kelly married Andrea Leigh, a dancer from his tour. |
| 6:00
| Together the couple have 2 daughters and a son. According to Andrea, Kelly become abusive to her later in the marriage. She still stands by him as far as the case goes. |
| 6:01
| Steve still feels the corn rows are a bad look for a defendant. He couldn't be more clear about that and yet R keeps showing up with them. Brendan points Steve to a section of R. Kelly's website where you can upload your corn rows and have them judged. Has Brendan sent his in yet? |
| 6:02
| Shirley down in the Prudential basement could probably give Steve some great corn rows. Although he's putting product in his hair right now. Buzz thinks that's just the first step to corn rows. |
| 6:03
| You know who would look great in corn rows, Mark Czerniec. He's got the long hair and there must be a place up in Racine that does it. |
| 6:04
| There's a number you can call to have R introduce his new single, Hair Braider. There's also a Hair Braider ringtone, Steve is so getting that. |
| 6:05
| Steve's got a phone number on R. Kelly's website that he's going to call. He's on a phone that can't accept text messages. He can leave a message though. |
| 6:06
| Steve leaves a message for R. Kelly, suggesting braces for any legal women. It'll take at least 5 years off their age. |
| 6:07
| R. Kelly arrived around 10 am yesterday, a little early. He probably wanted to get some Jujubees before going into court. There was a few pretrial motions to be heard before opening arguments. |
| 6:08
| One of the jurors was excused and replaced with an alternate. She said it would be a financial hardship to serve on jury duty because her employer wouldn't pay her. |
| 6:09
| Legally your employer doesn't have to pay you. No wonder no one wants to serve on a jury. They pay you $17 a day which is an insult. Why pay anything? Mary is on call for jury duty all this week, she has to call twice a day to check in. |
| 6:10
| Buzz got $17 for his day of jury duty. Down here that wouldn't cover parking but he was out in Rolling Meadows and parking was free. That was the time he couldn't find a McDonald's, in the suburbs. It's impossible to not find a McDonald's in the suburbs. |
| 6:11
| So R got there around 10 am, were there any motions to not play the video? The defense was going to show a portion of it during opening statements but there was a meeting and they decided against it. Did the defense just want to show the trailer? |
| 6:12
| Brendan got to see the video on a flat screen TV. What can you really say about it though? It's 27 minutes long and does not feature the girl at the beginning who is taped over. |
| 6:13
| Whoever is in the video is seen paying this girl money but that just seems like it's all part of the fantasy. That's also part of the defense's case, they contend that the girl in the video is a prostitute. |
| 6:14
| We also have a new sketch from Brendan from yesterday's opening arguments. The judge admonished sketch artists not to get too graphic in their depictions of the video. |
| 6:15
| There are some sketch artists who would test the limits of the judge's warning but Brendan didn't. His sketch is very tasteful, almost hopefully. He's got R and his defense team and they're in front of a window and the sun is shining. |
| 6:16
| The new sketch is up on Dahl.com along with a photo of Brendan with his Steve Dahl Show coffee mug. |
| 6:17
| Yesterday in court a reporter introduced himself to Brendan. When Brendan told him who he was he recognized him as the guy who does the drawings. A woman at work sends them to him everyday and he wanted a personalized one for her. |
| 6:18
| Buzz was right about those original Greeley sketches, he always has an eye for this stuff. He was into Tony Fitzpatrick way before anyone else. |
| 6:26
| Alright time for the web poll, brought to you by the Acura Dealers Association of Chicagoland. Yesterday's web poll was "What is your 'go to' credit card?" 56% said Discover which is interesting. |
| 6:27
| Today's web poll question seems to have something to do with Mary Poppins, there's a picture of her on the website. The question is "Is Supernanny a good place to get parenting tips?" Isn't that where Buzz gets his parenting tips from? |
| 6:28
| Buzz watched that show religiously for 2 years so there was a time when he got his parenting tips from that show. It was helpful. When Buzz uses those techniques does he speak in a British accent? |
| 6:29
| Buzz's house is multinational, they use British accents, Indian, Irish and Piper speaks Chinese. Steve can't wait to take her to Chinatown. |
| 6:30
| A pregnant Jessica Alba is craving oranges and lemonade. She never liked those things before. Now she can't eat truffles or a big steak. Steve's got your big steak right here! |
| 6:31
| As she prepares for her child's arrival she has been picking up tips from Supernanny. This girl does not sound smart enough to have a baby. Buzz is a big fan, he begs to differ. |
| 6:32
| Jessica Alba secretly married Cash Warren according to People. A rep for Alba confirmed it to the magazine. The pair met while filming Fantastic Four. The couple's first child is due soon. |
| 6:33
| Would Buzz like to know some of her favorite maternity things? Right now maternity spanks are her favorite right now. The stomach is cut out so when she's wearing a dress there's no chaffing. SHe's also wearing a lot of Juicy right now because there's more room in the bust. |
| 6:34
| She's wearing flip-flops of course, she doesn't want anything else on her feet. She also likes fragrances by Fresh or Joe Malone. Her sense of smell is heightened, because she's blind, so she wants something clean and simple. |
| 6:35
| Speaking of that, what's the deal with redoing the currency for blind people. When does it stop? |
| 6:36
| Her favorite clothing item for the baby is vintage clothing. Does she mean hand-me-downs? Does Buzz want to hear more or is that enough? |
| 6:37
| Buzz remembers Jessica Alba, when she as on Dark Angel, Jennifer Garner on Alias and some girl from Birds of Prey on the cover of TV Guide. It was right when all three of them were just starting out. Buzz wondered who would make it big but the girl from Birds or Prey hasn't really been heard from. |
| 6:38
| Steve went back into his local Dunkin' Donuts today because there was no one there. He likes to be alone with his special lady. Steve was at the Sox game last night and he had heartburn from a hot dog so he needed to put something in his gullet. Steve might not be able to eat hot dogs any more. |
| 6:39
| His original intent was to get a plain bagel but instead he got an apple fritter and a water. She seemed disappointed that he wasn't getting a coffee. Then as Steve was leaving another customer came in and said "Have a good show Stever!" |
| 6:40
| Steve's hoping that guy told the girl who he was. Hopefully that will allow him to make a special request. He wants her to leave one of the fritters in for twice as long so it's extra crispy. |
| 6:41
| She lit up when Steve came in today though because he's been playing hard to get. He hasn't been in there in a while. At first it was just the two of them and then other dudes started showing up. |
| 6:42
| Steve really did need to eat something this morning after the heartburn. This is how lame he's gotten, he had a couple of Pepsis at the game and he couldn't get to sleep. |
| 6:43
| Caller Eric was helping her wife download some video on a computer. He went to YouTube to find something to download and he found Jessica Alba participating in an online staring contest. |
| 6:44
| It's the hottest thing he's ever seen. She's just sitting there, fully clothed, staring. Steve's going to it right now. |
| 6:45
| That's so hot and yet so simple. R. Kelly could learn a thing or two from this video. |
| 6:46
| Alright well that is now bookmarked, it's one of Steve's favorites. You have to like a girl who's just online goofing around like that. |
| 6:54
| We're gonna talk to Brendo but first Steve needs to make a quick call. Who he's calling is for Steve to know and Buzz to find out. |
| 6:55
| Steve was calling the White Sox raffle, he didn't win. He always buys $20 worth of tickets, last night's jackpot wasn't bad. He was off by several thousand number. |
| 6:56
| He should save the tickets because technically it's a charitable contribution. But they're basically carnival raffle tickets, how does he save those? He always buys them from the same guy, a dude in a wheelchair outside of gate 3. They have relationship but so far it's one-sided. Steve gives him $20 and he gets back 15 losing tickets. |
| 6:57
| We now go back to 26th and California for the trial of Robert Kelly, writer, director, actor...he's a very talented filmmaker. Brendan won the lottery-much like the Bulls-and was selected to be in the courtroom for opening arguments. |
| 6:58
| The Bulls won the draft lottery, that's pretty good right? They can get the best player in the country and he'll be a game changer. It's either Derrick Rose or Michael Beasley. |
| 6:59
| Steve Schanwald was at the lottery representing the Bulls and was introduced as Stan. He didn't care because he came on and gave the phone number for season tickets. |
| 7:00
| Brendan's a big Bulls fan, who does he want them to take? Or would he prefer them to trade the pick? Brendan thinks they need to make the pick but Rose or Beasley would both be good. |
| 7:01
| So yesterday R. Kelly arrived around 10 am. Brendan signed off around 9:30 to make sure he got a good seat in court. Plus he had to get some popcorn from the concession stand since they were showing a movie. |
| 7:02
| The prosecutor warned jurors that there were things in the video that they had never seen before. But Brendan has probably seen some of that stuff right? |
| 7:03
| Some of the jurors reacted as if they'd never seen some of the stuff on the video. What does R do during all of this? Does he also act shocked? |
| 7:04
| So the defense says that the person in the video is not him because of a mole on the person's back. There is no mole on R. Kelly's back. |
| 7:05
| The prosecution called their first witness yesterday, a police officer. During that questioning they showed the video and then photos of Kelly's hands and a profile of his face. |
| 7:06
| Then Jensen takes over for cross examination. He uses the cane in the courtroom but he sat down for this. That's when he whips out the photo of R. Kelly's back. |
| 7:07
| Brendan was several rows back in the gallery so he can't say for sure if the guy in his video really had a mole on his back. That's reasonable doubt though. |
| 7:08
| Whoever is in the video does whip it out at some point right? And then he does some bad things with it, the things we've heard about. Brendan didn't see the person pouring water on the girl though. That might be one of those things where Steve has post-traumatic stress and changed it to a liquid he can live with. |
| 7:09
| It's fairly hardcore though and the video is about 27 minutes long. Can you hit a special button on the DVD and listen to a commentary track? |
| 7:10
| The girl looks underage but if you would have told Brendan she was 18 he could also believe that. He'll leave that up to the experts. There's also Backstreet Boys and Spice Girls music on in the background as well as an ad for a mortgage company. Let's hope it's not David Hochberg. |
| 7:11
| Originally Brendan was scheduled to be in court yesterday and tomorrow but the guy from the Sun-Times and the girl from the Tribune are fighting for him to be in there everyday. |
| 7:12
| Steve has been reading the blogs from the Sun-Times and the Tribune and they're quite good, they keep you updated. It's nice that they're taking Brendan under their wings. |
| 7:13
| Marcella Raymond is on the scene for WGN and there's a kid from CLTV named Baskerville who might be Steve Baskerville's kid. |
| 7:14
| The fat ugly girl from ABC who came and yelled at Brendan for being in their shot used to be a guy. Steve remembers him from Greetings from Graceland. |
| 7:15
| Steve's looking at Aaron Baskerville's pedigree, it says he grew up in Glenview, went to Medill, which is a great deli, but it does not say he's related to Steve Baskerville. He has to be though right? Everyone can get their kid a job except Steve. |
| 7:16
| Steve's working on it though, he got himself a headset so he can look more like Jerry McGuire. He's working the phones on Matt and Brendan's behalf but he can talk while making a sandwich. |
| 7:23
| If Steve throws down with Bulls season tickets he'd be hitting all four sports. Steve doesn't really like basketball to be honest. Buzz had to go to one game just to see Michael Jordan. That's like seeing God though. |
| 7:24
| Steve doesn't hate basketball, he just doesn't like the see-saw nature. He also doesn't like that it can all be decided at the very end. That's just him though, a lot of people like it. |
| 7:25
| Steve good with what he has now though, Sox, Bears and Blackhawks. The Bulls and Hawks overlap too much so at some point he'd be going every night. |
| 7:26
| Steve's not complaining but he has a hard time getting to sleep after going to a Sox game. He has a few Pepsis and he's all jacked up. It's amazing that Steve is up all night after a few Pepsis, consider what he used to put in his body. |
| 7:27
| Buzz thinks Steve's body is very fragile after getting cleaned up. Now he's like hand-blown glass. |
| 7:28
| Live read: National City |
| 7:29
| Aaron Baskerville, of CLTV, is in fact Steve Baskerville's kid. Kudos to them, second generation broadcasters, along with the Ponce's and the Jiggetts. Apparently you have to be a minority to get your kid a job in this town. Steve has a little Native American in him, they need to start playing that up. |
| 7:30
| News with Buzz |
| 7:31
| Claiming that change is coming to America Barack Obama's win last night has put him within reach of the Democratic nomination. Senator Clinton won Kentucky's primary however. |
| 7:32
| Couldn't they find anyone to interview in Kentucky that didn't sound like they were from Deliverance? There has to be some smart people there but it's like the press went out of their way to find people who were dumb or racist. |
| 7:33
| In Oregon the people who voted for Hillary said they'd vote for Obama if he was the nominee. But the people in Kentucky said they wouldn't vote for Obama. |
| 7:34
| Senator Kennedy's two primary care physicians say his brain tumor is a malignant glioma, the worst kind. An emotional Robert Byrd talked about his longtime friend on the Senator floor yesterday. |
| 7:35
| Suddenly his endorsement of Obama doesn't seem so great. It seems like he's kind of losing it. Turns out that former Klan members do have feelings. |
| 7:36
| BioArts international announced it will sell chances to clone your pet at auction. Steve will have to ask Bob and Ron about this. |
| 7:37
| Napster has launched a new online store that it hopes will rival Apple's iTunes. What's it called, Napster? |
| 7:38
| Chicago alderman Richard Mell wants to temporarily reopen gun registration in the city because he forgot to register his guns. It seems like Mell needs to be arrested, he broke the law. |
| 7:39
| FindStacyPeterson.com has shut down it's messageboard. The site will now only be used for official updates and news. Over 1600 people posted messages on the site. A lot of them were probably crazy. |
| 7:40
| We got a lot of listeners off that site. They started talking about Steve's sweet impersonation of Drew. Drew said the site was being used to keep track of and harass him. |
| 7:41
| It's not that hard to keep track of Drew, every time he does something Steve gets an email about it. There's a $35,000 reward on FindStacyPeterson.com, if you find her do you get that reward and Drew's reward as well? |
| 7:42
| One thing Steve did not know about Stacy, she has a blue-yellow carnation tattoo on the small of her back. Tramp stamp! She also has some cherries on her hip. That was probably Drew's idea, Steve can see him wanting to mark up his woman. |
| 7:43
| A school district in Madison, Wisconsin will allow students to include religious images in their art work. The original rules said that no depictions of violence, sex or religion could be used in artwork. There goes all of your art. |
| 7:44
| One more thing about the FindStacyPeterson.com, site administrators felt the forum had run it's course. Steve had to shut his own forum down. Drew's neighbor Sharon Bychowski said that the forum had moved from posts about Stacy to unrelated topics like someone selling Girl Scout cookies. |
| 7:45
| Drew sort of made himself a public figure. Any time you go on the Today's Show and talk about your wife's menstrual cycle all bets are off. |
| 7:50
| It's always good to hear from Drew, he knows what he's talking about. Can Steve hear that again, he sort of missed it. |
| 7:51
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 7:52
| Alright, we now go live to Brendan Greeley at 26th and California. As far as Steve's concerned it's the main courthouse. It's like a mall for criminals. |
| 7:53
| Brendan is still awaiting word about whether or not he's going into the courtroom today. He was there yesterday and he got to see the video. |
| 7:54
| Brendan had never seen the video before but he has to say it was pretty hardcore. |
| 7:55
| The witnesses for the prosecution will continue today. The first witness yesterday was the police officer who received the video from Jim DeRogatis. |
| 7:56
| There's a part of Steve that wants to get a press pass but then he doesn't want to get too close to it. Brendan has to say that things get much more serious when you're in the court. Probably because there's a guy there looking at 15 years in jail. |
| 7:57
| Buzz is wondering if R. Kelly fans feel any animosity towards Jim DeRogatis. There has been some on messageboards over the years. |
| 7:58
| Brendan is a smoker, is he outside smoking and wearing his press hat? Has he been invited to the Billy Goat yet? |
| 7:59
| There's a voicemail that that Ryan Adams guy left for Jim DeRogatis. Jim likes to rip Ryan Adams, probably because he's popular. Some how that ended up online but it was probably Jim who leaked it. It doesn't seem like he likes to keep things to himself. |
| 8:00
| If Steve had been sent that video he probably would have kept it. Then he would have denied it if anyone asked him about it, like the Patriots. |
| 8:01
| That guy is a joke, he's just a pimply-faced, know-it-all troll. Pete has some of that Ryan Adams voicemail but it needs to be heavily edited. |
| 8:02
| Steve finds DeRogatis to be contemptible. And Brendan probably hates him too because he's an R. Kelly fan. |
| 8:03
| Alright it's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. We're giving away the Tacos for a Year prize to Monica Contreras. She's the one who wrote in wanting New Kids tickets as well. |
| 8:04
| Alright it's time now for the knuckleheads, Bob and Ron. They just slipped right in, Buzz didn't know they were in the building. That's preferable right? |
| 8:05
| What are Bob and Ron up to, other than walking dogs, collecting vinyl and apparently smoking up before coming in. |
| 8:06
| Ron recently moved and as he was unpacking he realized he had 25 boxes with probably 120 records in each one. They were hoping Steve could do the math on that. |
| 8:07
| That's about 3,000 records and the whole thing is a valuable collection. Steve doesn't understand why though, vinyl doesn't sound any better. |
| 8:08
| Ron is closer to the lake now. So that means he's on Lower Columbus? Buzz doesn't drive by those guys does he? |
| 8:09
| During the day they're all wrapped up in blankets, you just see lumps. Steve always wondered why they were so tired and then he saw them early one morning partying their brains out. |
| 8:10
| It was like a rave with no teeth. Buzz is familiar with the sleep phenomenon throughout the entire homeless community. Even up further north you always see guys sleeping in the parks along Lake Shore Drive. |
| 8:11
| One of the tunnels that goes under Lake Shore Drive to the lake was closed off for construction. Several homeless guys had gotten in there and set up a homeless village for themselves. |
| 8:12
| They'd collected all sorts of furniture, it was a model homeless community. But it would all be gone once the tunnel reopened. |
| 8:13
| Alright it's time for some rock history. This week we celebrate Pete Townsend's birthday. Speaking of child porn. He was just doing research to make sure it was as creepy as he thought it was. |
| 8:14
| This also marks the anniversary of the day that Peter Cetera was trying to enjoy a Cubs game in LA when he was beat up by some Dodgers fan. Was he being a jerk or something? |
| 8:15
| It's also Robert Moog's birthday, inventor of the Moog Synthesizer. Steve has a Moog theremin. Bob and Ron brought a Monkees song that features a Moog synthesizer. It was the first song they ever played on the show. Steve doesn't care. |
| 8:16
| Bob and Ron just realized it was the anniversary of their rock history segment, the Moog birthday was the first story they ever did. So how man years has it been? Ron says 11 but Bob says 7 or 8. |
| 8:17
| We'll have to go back and check the archives but it feels like 20 years to Steve. We can play a little of the Monkees tune but Steve's going to go play another song. |
| 8:18
| Song: Dialogue pts. 1 & 2, Chicago |
| 8:25
| That sounded great which is why Steve played it. He can't tell the difference between vinyl and CD because there is no difference. It only sounds different if you're high. |
| 8:26
| Steve likes the song and the message is still meaningful. We can save the children and Bob and Ron hope to maintain a steady high. Dialogue is a dialogue between two college students, probably at DePaul where they all went. |
| 8:27
| Bob forgot to give a shout out to Ireland, Melvin and Sawyer last week, they were a little upset with him Ron also wants to give a shout out to Scarlet and Beverly. Steve doesn't mind the shout outs but they need to give the breed. Scarlet is a Weimeraner/pit bull and Beverly is a golden retriever. Ireland is a greyhound, Melvin is a beagle mix and Bob doesn't know what Sawyer is. Oh man! He calls himself a dog walker?! |
| 8:28
| Can Bob and Ron start walking Matt Dahl's dog and have it meet an untimely death? Please! He actually hasn't brought the dog out to the house lately. Steve and Matt have a bit of a detente going on which is nice. |
| 8:29
| Matt got the craziest dog every and he has Janet convinced that it's their grandchild. Can't they have an empty nest for just a little while?! |
| 8:30
| Sawyer is an English springer spaniel, Bob just remembered. That's his mind operating at full speed now. Remind Steve not to drive with him ever. |
| 8:36
| Steve would love to run into a stoned Amy Poehler. She's crazy hot and funny. Steve thinks he's funnier than her so that would blow her away but not offend her. It would inspire her because he's an older gentleman. She's married to that Will Arnett guy, that seems like a marriage that hasn't been consummated yet. |
| 8:37
| Live read: Seattle Sutton |
| 8:38
| Ron Santo's favorite Seattle Sutton dish is the Acapulco Taco Pie. Whenever he doesn't make it into the Hall of Fame he drowns his sorrows in an Acapulco Taco Pie |
| 8:39
| Seattle Sutton is good for type-2 diabetics and probably also type-1 diabetics. That's what Ron Santo has right? That's the bad one where they cut your legs off. |
| 8:40
| Jim kid seems to be a diabetes expert, Steve calls down the newsroom. Jim is a diabetes expert, or at least he knows what Ron Santo has. It's type-1. That's the bad one right? But it's not like burns, third degree burns are the worst. |
| 8:41
| Jim is more of a Ron Santo expert and fan. He cut his leg off just to sympathize with Ron. There is no type-3 diabetes but Steve's going invent it in his basement this week. He has rats to test it on. |
| 8:42
| And how is Jim's dog Ryne Sandberg doing? The dog's name is actually Chance, Jim just couldn't go with Wrigley could he? |
| 8:43
| He actually had a few Bears-related names but he went with a Cubs name because they won on the day he got the dog. The Bears names were Payton, Staley and Ditka. |
| 8:44
| Jim thought Ditka wasn't right for a girl dog, he couldn't do that to Coach. He is on Cialis though, that's close to being a girl. Buzz doesn't think we can say for sure if Coach uses Cialis, he just recommends it. And maybe he just uses it for further enhancement. |
| 8:45
| According to our records the earliest Bob and Ron mention is in 1997 which seems about right. They've been coming in for 11 years and for a lot of that time they weren't being paid. |
| 8:53
| Alright we now go live to Brendan Greeley live from 26th and California. Yesterday he was in court for opening arguments and it was a very exciting way to start it. |
| 8:54
| Brendan is out there with the media but it's not a who's who yet. Yesterday Sway from MTV News, which isn't really news, was reporting live. MTV news makes Buzz look like CNN. |
| 8:55
| Did R come in freshly braided or were they still the ones from last week? They looked tight to Brendan but he might have the kind that stick for a few days. Steve still thinks the braids are a bad look when you're going to court. He advised Buzz against them for his last court appearance and they didn't hurt him at all. He pulls it off though. |
| 8:57
| R is expected to arrive around 10 am today but court isn't in session until about 11. Steve wants to be a judge! When do you squeeze lunch in if you start at 11 am? |
| 8:58
| They only have 45 minute lunch break but in Lake County it's an hour and a half. They knock off around 4 pm so that's about 4 1/2 hours of work. |
| 8:59
| Brendan is not going in today but he'll be briefed by the other reporters. Did he get to brief anyone on what he's seen in the video yesterday? There were a lot of people in court yesterday so he didn't need to brief anyone. |
| 9:00
| There's an outside chance Brendan will be in court today but it probably won't happen. So he'll be doing the podcast with Matt today. He does get to be outside when R. Kelly arrives though. |
| 9:01
| Brendan didn't get breakfast from his guy Roberto today. He was looking for something with bacon but the line was too long. When Brendan came back Roberto had closed up shop. |
| 9:02
| For lunch though Fontano's stops by with a lunch truck so Brendan's looking at one of those. Steve's recommending The Mafia, it's the best one. They can call it that because they're on Taylor Street. |
| 9:03
| Steve wouldn't mind seeing a low speed copter chase following R. Kelly to court. Maybe they want to save that for when the jury reaches a verdict. |
| 9:04
| News with Buzz |
| 9:05
| Obama and Clinton split primary victories in Oregon and Kentucky yesterday, both winning big. Clinton says she's winning the popular vote and her chief fundraiser says they're still in it. |
| 9:06
| She's not winning the popular vote, even if you count Florida and Michigan. She's taking away the Caucus votes, saying they don't count. Steve's not saying he's against Clinton but you can't just make stuff up. Is that how you want your president? |
| 9:07
| No one ever calls Clinton or her people on it though. Wolf Blitzer just sit there with an empty look on his face. He can't say anything to McCauliffe because he needs him on his show. |
| 9:08
| A new study released by the Virginia Commonwealth University shows that John McCain would defeat Barack Obama by 8 points if the elections were held today. It seems like people in the South won't be voting for Obama. |
| 9:09
| Steve just wanted to point out how funny it is that all these cameras are trained on Mass General because Ted Kennedy is leaving. So that means every other schmuck leaving the hospital is also on TV. |
| 9:10
| Mark McKinnon, top media advisor for John McCain, has left his post because he doesn't want to campaign against Obama. |
| 9:11
| Can Steve go back and say that the Fontano's sub is now called the Wiseguy, not the Mafia. Steve's pretty sure it used to be called the Mafia though. |
| 9:12
| Google has refused requests by Joe Lieberman to remove terrorist-made videos on YouTube. Some videos have been removed because they contain hate speech or other content not allowed on the site. Steve's trying to find some to play but he doesn't see any. There are terrorist bloopers though. |
| 9:13
| The 2007-2008 television season was the worst one on records. Studios and networks were hit hard by the writer's strike, DVRs and |
| 9:14
| Charges were filed today against a LaCrosse teenager who posted photos of a nude teenage girl on his MySpace page. Those probably aren't still up right? |
| 9:15
| Actually the teenager is refusing to take them down, even though he could be facing jail time. |
| 9:16
| Air travelers would rather fly out of Midway than any other mid-sized airport in the country. Midway was ranked #1 in it's class by JD Power for customer satisfaction. |
| 9:17
| They've got that nice new terminal out there with a great food court. It seems like they don't shutdown as much because of the weather. |
| 9:18
| Steve probably shouldn't try to find that kid's MySpace page right? He'd be the next trial after R. Kelly. |
| 9:19
| PETA has voted Paul McCartney the world's sexiest vegetarian. Steve is so sick of PETA. Other celebs on the list include Joan Jett, Thom Yorke and McCartney's daughter. |
| 9:20
| Pete, it might be time for the Butterball tape. |
| 9:28
| That's a drop of some people from the south, sounding like people from the south. |
| 9:29
| Live read: Triton College |
| 9:30
| Alright Chef Hans is here, it's time for Meat Talk with Chef Hans of Smith & Wollensky. |
| 9:31
| Hans is very busy, they've got the candy show and the restaurant show in. Steve's former neighbor, the Buddig kid from Buddig Meats, was in. Hans told him to send over some sausages. |
| 9:32
| They don't do sausages do they? Isn't it just pre-packaged lunch meat? Buzz doesn't know, he doesn't do packages. Steve's in a room with the only people who don't know what Buddig's meat is. Hans thinks it's Budding. |
| 9:33
| Hans got a phone call from a fan of the show in Ireland and he was wondering if Pete could play that. He's a fan of the show and he downloads the show from Ireland. |
| 9:34
| He left Hans a message for Hans and his son cut a CD of it. It's quite interesting and Pete has it. Can Buzz please translate for Steve? |
| 9:35
| Steve though Hans meant that his son put out an album but he just put the voicemail on CD. |
| 9:36
| Is Hans just too cheap to call the guy back so he takes care of all of it on the show? |
| 9:37
| Steve was also told that Hans received another call. Someone said that Steve called Hans and Bill aging hookers? It was just Hans. The person asked if Hans really had grass fed aging hookers. Steve never said that. |
| 9:38
| Hans hung up because he didn't think you could say hookers. Steve said something like that but it was about going to Las Vegas. It might have been as Bill Kurtis. We can ask Jim our official record keeper. Hans shouldn't have a phone though, he's too accessible. |
| 9:39
| Jim does not recall Steve saying anything like that. He's still looking but he doesn't remember anything. He might have to go back and listen to the tape. |
| 9:40
| Steve was reading from the cookbook and he might have said something like that but it wasn't about Hans. Why does he need to bring that misery in here though? Steve doesn't do that to him does he? |
| 9:41
| Steve would never say anything bad about Hans or Bill Kurtis, generally speaking. It's OK for Hans to be worried that Steve said something bad about him but he did not. He wouldn't have brought it up if he wasn't troubled by it. |
| 9:42
| Steve would never say anything mean about Hans outside of the standard stuff about the accent or how he's not as stupid as he looks. He wouldn't add on some bizarre sexual element to what he does. |
| 9:43
| There are a lot of stupid people out there though. We're better off not having phones or emails. Steve's going back to notepads or carrier pigeons. |
| 9:44
| Jim still hasn't found anything but he hasn't listened because he's been on the phone laughing. He didn't want to play the tape and distract Steve. He'd still like to set the record straight though. |
| 9:50
| Alright, let's get back to Meat Talk with Chef Hans. Steve will be in LA this weekend so he will not be grilling. |
| 9:51
| Before we get to the Meat Talk calls let's talk to our man at 26th and California, Brendan Greeley. Brendan's awaiting for the Pied Piper. Is that what he's called? |
| 9:52
| That seems like a mistake, didn't the Pied Piper lure children. Buzz thought it was snakes, Hans says rats in Holland. |
| 9:53
| Alright Steve has to call the Dahl.com Nerve Center. Jim found the reference in yesterday's show. Bill asked Buzz if he'd like to go to Vegas and then asked him if he'd ever been with a grass-fed hooker. |
| 9:54
| That's all Steve said?! He didn't even mention Hans' name. Hans needs to stop answering the phone. He was probably ready to sue Steve. One of his own people, turning on him! Is Jim going to sue him next?! |
| 9:55
| Buzz doesn't blame him, when your name is thrown in with grass fed hookers you have to defend yourself. Hans went nuts though, he was yelling, he slapped Mary upside the head, he was throwing spaetzel around. |
| 9:56
| Caller Donovan is the Donovan who calls in all the time. Steve has to play Atlantis, even though Donovan calls in all the time. Hail Atlantis! |
| 9:57
| Donovan was wondering how Hans cooks his burgers and steaks, does he grill on the first or second rack? What the hell is Donovan talking about? Some grills have two racks. |
| 9:58
| If you want something well done put it on the second rack so you don't burn it but it'll cook for a long time. He couldn't figure that out by himself? That's shameful. |
| 9:59
| Why would you cook your meat 12 inches from the flame? You're better off cooking it with a cigarette lighter. The second rack is for vegetables, your corns, your potatoes wrapped in foil. Hans doesn't use foil, you don't really need to. They're crispier without the foil. |
| 10:00
| Caller Greg has been told by friends of his that true skirt steak is the diaphragm and he doesn't mean the birth control method. |
| 10:01
| What kind of friends is Greg hanging out with? Did they diss his skirt steak? Skirt steak comes from the skirt, many cows wear them now. |
| 10:02
| What difference does it make where it comes from? Does it say in the Bible that you shouldn't eat diaphragm? Steve is reminded why we don't take Meat Talk calls any more. |
| 10:03
| Caller George wanted to go to the butcher today and get a porterhouse for himself and his wife and kids. Is he starving the family out there? George is wondering what thickness he should get, he does have a pretty hot grill. |
| 10:04
| Hans recommends an inch but you have to have a very hot grill. At Smith & Wollensky you can get the double porterhouse which is over 2 inches. George was also wondering at what temperature you pull the meat off for rare? Is he serious? We're done here, that's it. no more talking about holding meat. |
