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| 5:31
| Steve really likes having CLTV on in the morning because it's nondescript, has information and isn't very distracting. It's like a college TV station. It has traffic too in case Steve wants to lay a Tyrone on someone's ass. |
| 5:32
| However, Steve can't take that commercial where the two people talk about how they get out of paying the taxes they owed. Why would you go on TV and be proud of that? It makes Steve so mad that they owed the government $80,000 and got out of it! |
| 5:33
| The next woman probably spends $1,000 a month on cigarettes, she's sitting in front of an aquarium and a parrot. It makes Steve so mad. |
| 5:34
| Steve had a meeting with someone at CLTV, he told him he had to get those ads off the station. He told Steve it pays the bills. That might be true but it's not right! You can't have these people on TV talking about how they cheated the government. |
| 5:35
| Buzz has seen an ad for some lawyer who talks about how the IRS will ruin your life. How is that not defamation of character? It's not defamation if it's true and Steve has dealt with the IRS before. They're hardcore, and yet these people on the commercial got out of paying what they owed. |
| 5:36
| The Cubs won last night, that's 9 in a row. The Sox also won. When Buzz turned off the Cubs game they were losing. Look at him, Mr. Turncoat. Suddenly he's watching the Cubs just as Ozzie and Kenny are going through their toughest time. |
| 5:37
| Buzz knew Ozzie and Kenny would patch up their differences. He was watching the news and they gave the Cubs score and they were losing. Buzz knew they would come back and win since they don't lose any games lately. The team has made a change in policy and will only win games. |
| 5:38
| Is Blues Fest this weekend? Because normally Steve comes in on the Stevenson, takes Lake Shore Drive north and then veers over to Columbus and goes right into the guts of the Prudential. Today Columbus was shut and there were tents up in Grant Park. |
| 5:39
| It wasn't for a run or anything because for they only shut the street down during the actual run/hook-up. It was completely shut down though. |
| 5:40
| Last night on the NBC news Steve saw an interview with two Chicago guys who had the last interview with Bo Diddley. Yes, Steve is watching NBC. It's only because ABC never changes their news. The news you see in the afternoon is the exact same news you see at 10 pm. |
| 5:41
| So Steve went back over to Lake Shore Drive and got off at Wacker. There are two lanes that turn into three. The left and middle lanes turn onto Lower Randolph, the middle lane also turns onto Randolph or goes straight to Wacker. The right lane goes straight. |
| 5:42
| Steve's in the middle lane, using his turn signal because it's second nature. There's a guy on a Harley in the right lane. They go to turn left and he wanders over 2 lanes. He comes right across Steve but then looks at him like he did something wrong. |
| 5:43
| When they got to Columbus Steve was supposed to turn left but decided to turn right because he had to talk to this guy. Steve rolled down his window and told him that the lane he was in turns left as well. |
| 5:44
| But the guy-who might have been retarded, drunk or just a mush-mouth-told Steve to put his turn signal on, which he did. At first Steve just wanted to tell the guy that his lane also turns left so he wouldn't go through his day thinking he'd been cut off. |
| 5:45
| But then Steve cut the guy off because he was doing the poor pitiful me biker routine. Steve always uses a turn signal, he doesn't appreciate the accusation. |
| 5:52
| Steve always uses his turn signals, like Goofy in that driving cartoon. Would it be so bad to show that thing in high schools? |
| 5:53
| On Steve's way in today he was listening to traffic on WBBM. That seems to be the only time in the morning when traffic is actually helpful and accurate. There's nothing going on that early so the traffic guy is actually taking calls from listeners on the road. |
| 5:54
| Steve heard that 94 up near Racine is completely shut down. That must be exciting for all the Racinians, including Mark Czerniec and his wife. Traffic is being diverted through Racine so maybe they're selling coffee to drivers. |
| 5:55
| It must be exciting to have actual traffic come through town although the drivers are probably irritated. You can turn that frown upside-down with one of those Racine coffee cakes. |
| 5:56
| Steve can't remember what they're called but they're round and Steve can usually eat the whole thing. If it's on the counter Steve can eat the whole thing, one six inch section at a time. |
| 5:57
| Steve couldn't have been better about his diet but he still gained weight yesterday. When he weighed himself he actually yelled "You gotta be kidding!" |
| 5:58
| Steve might have to go Al Roker, or Paul Bryan. Paul lives in Steve's neighborhood, as Buzz might know. Sometimes Steve has to stop and talk to Paul. |
| 5:59
| Paul is on Chef Hans' answering machine, he still thinks he's a celebrity. God bless him too because Paul hasn't been on the air for 20 years. They only bring him out for the auto show. |
| 6:00
| Paul had the gastric bypass surgery and now he looks goofy. His head looks too big for his body. Paul confronted Steve about that while he was on his walk. |
| 6:01
| Paul knows Buzz has a lot to do so he'll say goodbye for now. Buzz has to call Chef Hans today right? He's trying to line up his chicken date, after the show today. |
| 6:02
| Can Paul come by? Has Buzz ever deboned a chicken with another man? |
| 6:03
| There ya go, out of nowhere. Who would have thought Steve would get anything from all those encounters from Paul. It's almost like Paul waits for Steve to walk by and then comes outside. It seems like he doesn't even have a job, he just plays golf with car dealers all day. |
| 6:04
| Alright first let's go to Mark. Mark? Mark? Or is this line Brendan? Brendan? Seemingly no one can hear Steve, that's his worst nightmare, realized. |
| 6:05
| Mark can't hear Steve, Brendan can't hear him, the listener can't hear him. OK, Steve's going to head over to the Original Pancake House, he'll be back around 7:30. |
| 6:06
| Steve has no idea how that would happen. When he came in today there was a piece of equipment that was hanging akimbo. |
| 6:07
| Buzz is wondering if that's one word or two. Because akimbo is the superhero pose. Steve thought it meant if your arms or legs are flailing about. |
| 6:08
| Steve meant to call Steven the engineer yesterday. Steven might think Steve doesn't like him but that's not true. In fact Steve likes him the most of any engineer he's had here. |
| 6:09
| However, it's distracting when someone is standing outside the studio looking in. Even if it's Rod Zimmerman, who runs all of these stations, it's distracting. So when Steve makes a gesture towards you he wants you to move because it's distracting. |
| 6:10
| So Steve meant to call Steven and tell him it was nothing personal. You just have to stay low when you're out there. Adam always stays low although he's only 3 feet tall. |
| 6:11
| Maybe Steven was in here doing something yesterday. Steve will try again, hopefully God has answered Steve's prayers and fixed the phone. |
| 6:12
| Akimbo means "with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward" But when referring to other limbs it means flung out widely or haphazardly. |
| 6:13
| Alright let's take a break and reset the phones. It's going to be tough to talk to Brendan if he can't hear us though. |
| 6:20
| The phones are not working yet. The phone company was in here yesterday and apparently something was left unplugged. |
| 6:21
| The phone company should never been in the studio without running a full test on the system. They can barely get the phones to work at Steve's house. |
| 6:22
| Every other day Steve has static on some lines but not on others. Then when the phone company comes out there's no problem. He calls the phone company and they ask him a ton of questions like he's a moron. |
| 6:23
| The kringle is that round coffee cake Steve was talking about. It was developed in Scandinavia which is probably why Steve likes it. It's still popular in Danish bakeries. |
| 6:24
| In America they're still chiefly produced in Racine, Wisconsin. In North America Racine has the largest population of Danes outside of Greenland. Steve did not know that. Greenland is a self-governing portion of the Kingdom of Denmark. |
| 6:25
| Greenland must have done something really bad to get kicked out of Denmark. It's a center of expatriate culture. |
| 6:26
| Whenever Steve is eating a pastry he actually prefers to drink water and not milk. When you're drinking water it feels a little healthier. Steve likes a nice cold glass of milk though but not with a donut or a danish. |
| 6:27
| Steve got his Oberweis order yesterday. They don't get the glass bottles because they're not handy. Once again they were missing something in Steve's order. |
| 6:28
| That Jim Oberweis needs to forget about running for office and focus more on his dairy. How can they not have coffee?! All he gets in his order is a note that says "Sorry" |
| 6:29
| Steve's going to do the web poll since we won't be taking calls any time soon. Yesterday's question was "Should pitchers wear a helmet?" 81% of the people said no. |
| 6:30
| Today's question is "Have you found love on the CTA?" Steve thinks it's funny that after all these years of people being told to take public transportation, underfunding has made it so it can't handle the load. Plus now you've got old people riding for free and taking up space. |
| 6:31
| The old people were fine with riding public transportation for free. That governor of ours is an idiot. What was his reasoning? Because it came out of nowhere, no one had even though about giving seniors free rides until he said it. |
| 6:32
| Sometimes the CTA can be a singles bar on wheels. That's what it says in the Red Eye. If you're lucky you'll be next to a guy or girl with an enticing smell. You know who has an enticing smell? Buzz was going to guess Pete but he has no smell. Steve was actually thinking of Eddie Volkman. |
| 6:33
| Steve rode up in the elevator with Eddie today. There's a girl who does overnights at B96 and she always ignores Steve. Today she said "Have a good show" but she was talking to Eddie. Steve still said "Which one of us?" and she said "Both" |
| 6:34
| Pete says he has no smell that he knows of. He wears Degree with no smell. Isn't Degree for girls? It's unisex which means it's for girls. Unisex always goes to the girls. |
| 6:35
| Is there another deodorant that Steve can recommend? Steve doesn't really care what deodorant Pete wears. The day Steve smells Pete's armpit is the last day he's alive. |
| 6:36
| Pete can see a time where Steve is pitching for our softball team, throws a no-hitter, and then Pete runs out there with his arms up to congratulate him. |
| 6:37
| Steve doesn't ever see that happening. We're not going to get a softball team together since we haven't done it in 10 years. There is a Jack FM team but they weren't interested in letting any of us play. |
| 6:38
| Brendan talked to Jason, the receptionist at Jack, about the team. He was asking him about his stats. He didn't seem interested until Brendan mentioned that Mary might also play. It's 16 inch though, we don't want to break our fingers. |
| 6:39
| Mary reminds Pete about the pitching position. This is what it's like in Steve's headphones all day long, Mary telling Steve to say something or ask about something. |
| 6:40
| Jason was asking Brendan how good everyone was and what positions everyone plays. This is Jason right, the guy downstairs? He says he wants to be a broadcaster but he's been answering phones down there for as long as Steve has been here. It's not going to be a Lana Turner situation where Todd Cavanah walks by, hears him answering phones and then gives him the midday slot. |
| 6:41
| Brendan said that Steve is a pitcher but Jason quickly told him that he's the pitcher for the team. Steve doesn't want to play 16 inch anyway. God invented mitts for a reason. Buzz is never playing 16 inch again. He wouldn't want to play with anyone asking about stats. |
| 6:42
| Pete has heard that they're not very good. Probably because Jason keeps all the good players off the team. It's just him and a bunch of sales guys. |
| 6:43
| We could organize a team ourselves and play other teams. Say what you will about Spike Manton, he was good about organizing the softball team. Maybe we should bring him back just to do that. |
| 6:44
| We've seen what happens when Brendan tries to organize it, he gets outsmarted by the receptionist downstairs. Pete doesn't want to give anyone additional jobs but Ed could probably get it organized. |
| 6:45
| That's probably better since Ed's in house. Plus with Ed you don't have to go to any plays he's written. Steve's dogs could write better dialogue if he just opened Final Draft on his computer. Steve wrote some dialogue for his blog today, a conversation between R. Kelly and Jim DeRogatis. |
| 6:46
| OK so back to the web poll. Pete has not found love on the CTA, other than self-love. That's why he carries the messenger bag. If you're on the L you can bond with someone over common CTA gripes like delays, problems with your Chicago Card or obnoxious riders bag-blocking an open seat. Pete does that right? |
| 6:47
| This article was written by Kiera Kyles, who's covering the R. Kelly trial with Brendan. Steve wouldn't mind riding the L and talking to her. You don't want to see Steve riding the L though do you? |
| 6:48
| Steve would ride his bike to the Metra station if there was an earlier train. The earliest one gets in at 5:32 which is too late. Steve could probably even take his bike on the train. |
| 6:49
| It might be exciting once but now that Steve says it it sounds ridiculous. It doesn't matter anyway because they don't have a train that comes in early enough. |
| 6:50
| Has Pete ever seen someone on the train that he thought about talking to? He was working that one homeless woman who burned down that Wrigleyville apartment wasn't he? |
| 6:51
| According to CTA riders it's actually not that easy to meet someone on the train or b us. Kyles has gotten letters from riders wishing they had the nerve to talk to someone they saw on the train. |
| 6:52
| One girl visiting from Colorado wanted Kyles to help her find a redheaded stranger she saw on the Blue Line. That's Jim and Brendan's line, do either of them have red hair? |
| 6:53
| Mike Bodge and Matt Haggerty launched Subwaycrush.com two months ago and now include Chicago posts on their site. Can't you just use Craigslist for this stuff? |
| 6:54
| The hottest spot for romance is the Red Line according to Haggerty. He lived in Lakeview before moving to Brooklyn. That's the train Pete rides. |
| 6:55
| So why is it so hard to talk to someone on the train? It seems like everyone is listening to their iPods so it would probably be hard to talk to someone. |
| 6:56
| Pete suggests a CTA bar car. They could make a lot of money on that too. Do you really want to be with someone who wouldn't work up the nerve to talk to you? Pete would like to think so. He'll go with anyone though. He was working Steve earlier for a quickie. |
| 6:59
| Is Buzz ready for some news because Steve's ready for him. He needs 30 seconds to catch his breath, he was just running up the hall. We should probably have oxygen in the studio and also some nitrous and helium. |
| 7:00
| When Buzz was a hospital orderly in Miami he had access to all that stuff and early in the morning there weren't a lot of people around to bother you. |
| 7:01
| For the first time in U.S. history an African-American has retained the presumptive nomination of a major political party. Isn't he only half black? He's a Hafrican-American, Steve's coining that now. |
| 7:02
| Hillary Clinton did not yet withdraw from the race, she hasn't made that decision. What is she deciding between? She did say she would do whatever it took to unite the party. |
| 7:03
| Among the superdelegates endorsing Obama are Jimmy Carter and Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. It's a veritable who's who of people Steve doesn't like. |
| 7:04
| Meanwhile Father Michael Pfleger has been given a leave of absence by Cardinal George. This follows comments he made in a sermon last week. Some parishioners were not happy. |
| 7:05
| It's only 2 weeks, it's like a vacation. Last night on the news they were acting like he was losing his parish. Priests only work once a week so really it's only 2 days. The rest of your time is spent doing your stand-up routine. |
| 7:06
| Pfleger's a loose cannon, he always has been. But he gets people into that church and does stuff for the community. |
| 7:07
| Sun-Times music critic Jim DeRogatis will have to testify in the trial of R. Kelly. He blew off a court appearance yesterday. When we were talking to Brendan yesterday Jim still hadn't shown up. Brendan thought he missed him but he just never showed. |
| 7:08
| Jim didn't show up because he said he thought his attorney had filed an appeal. The attorney filed it in the wrong court, but then told the judge he was wrong. Is that what you want when you're going into court? |
| 7:09
| Yesterday it was just a hearing, today he's testifying in front of the jury. And he can't claim he's protecting his source because no one cares about the source. |
| 7:10
| We do have a report that Brendan taped over the phone and we can air that now. |
| 7:11
| Jim's testimony sort of seems irrelevant but it'll be fun nonetheless. The only thing that seems relevant is where he got the tape from but they're not going to ask him about that. It seems like just a fun chance to haul him in and make him squirm. |
| 7:12
| Jim's probably having trouble keeping breakfast down today though. He didn't show up yesterday but the judge gave him the benefit of the doubt and didn't swear out a bench warrant. Then your lawyer still tells the judge that he's wrong. Plus you've got R. Kelly in there and you've been writing all this bad stuff about him. |
| 7:13
| 5 lawmakers in New York are suing Governor David Patterson for requiring all state agencies to recognize gay marriages. Who cares?! |
| 7:14
| If someone wants to get married that's their problem. That's the way Steve looks at it. |
| 7:15
| New England Patriots lineman Nicholas Kaczur went undercover in May to bust drug dealers. He had no choice though since he was arrested in April on charges of illegal possession of drugs. |
| 7:16
| Ed McMahon is fighting to avoid foreclosure on his multimillion dollar home. He was $600,000 behind on mortgage payments. How do you get that far behind? |
| 7:17
| Former CLTV anchor Rob Goldman will get a new trial for solicitation of a minor, three years after being convicted. 2 other counts will be thrown out according to the appellate court. He served his time didn't he? Wouldn't you just let it go at this point? |
| 7:18
| Is CLTV going to hire him back or something? It seems pointless to go back and go through the trial again. You could make things worse. |
| 7:19
| He got in trouble for handing out Halloween candy, they had him staked out. Since then he's had no other trouble and worked through his probation. |
| 7:20
| If you clean the record then you don't have to register as a sex offender. What if he can't though? The issue is that his jury wasn't given proper instructions. |
| 7:21
| French actress Brigitte Bardot was found guilty of provoking discrimination and racial hatred. She wrote that Muslims are destroying France. |
| 7:22
| Alright, now we have a new exciting development where the commercials aren't playing either. We can live without phones but not without commercials. |
| 7:30
| Steve calls down to the newsroom to see if Jim can hear him. He says he can't although he knows when to say no. |
| 7:31
| Live read: Rick Levin |
| 7:32
| Steve is going to play a song here so Steven can come in and try to fix the phones. Pete has chosen Spill the Wine, not exactly the song Steve would choose here. |
| 7:33
| For some reason the library was cued up to the W's. Pete was going to go with Wallflowers but we played them recently. Steve loves when Pete overthinks on his behalf. |
| 7:34
| Nothing is working in here, the song might not even play when Steve hits the button. He would have gone with Verve Pipe and The Freshmen. |
| 7:35
| Song: The Freshmen, The Verve Pipe |
| 7:38
| There ya go, Verve Pipe. It was probably cued up to the W's because we played Wallflowers the other day. All Steve knows is he doesn't want to play Spill the Wine. Those guy should be incarcerated for recording that song. |
| 7:39
| If you log on to Jack FM's website you can buy two tickets to see Jersey Boys and receive a Shell gas card and a $50 gift certificate for the Greek Islands. Steve tried out for Jersey Boys but he was too fat. Steve could do his own one-man Jersey Boys. |
| 7:40
| Buzz feels like he doesn't even have to go see it. It sounds like a good deal though. |
| 7:44
| From Black Enterprises Weekly, an interview with Oprah. They first featured Oprah in a cover story in 1996. They want to know first how the woman on the cover changed. |
| 7:45
| Oprah says she can't say she's changed but she has evolved. Isn't that the same thing? The definition of evolve doesn't have the word change and vice versa. |
| 7:46
| So she's saying it's a subtle difference. Steve will gave that to her. He'd like to give something to her! |
| 7:47
| Steve's never going to land Oprah if he keeps being mean to her. Although maybe she hasn't heard or is one of those women who like their men to be mean to them. |
| 7:48
| She's been with Steadman all this time and he hasn't even made an honest woman of her. Maybe she doesn't want to get married to that loser. He looks like Homey the Clown without make-up on. |
| 7:49
| Oprah says she's the same person but more. That means she got fatter. Her clothes are different and her hair isn't as big. Buzz has the old photo of her in his office. For years he thought it was fake but t's not. |
| 7:50
| Oprah says it's exciting for her to look at her own evolvement. That's not a word right? Steve's going to look that up. It doesn't seem like it's a word but Oprah is an innovator. |
| 7:51
| This is all from one question, "How has the woman on the cover changed?" Blamo, she's off to the races. |
| 7:52
| When Oprah started out as an anchorwoman she struggled because it wasn't meaningful. How do you take this crap from her if you don't have a cool job? Steve has a cool job and he can't take it. |
| 7:59
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 8:00
| This live read features an email from a customer to David. There's no way the customer put all that stuff in about another mortgage company, that has to be David's ax to grind. |
| 8:01
| Alright it's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. As the manager pointed out on Monday, many fast food chains are cutting their value menus but not Taco Bell. |
| 8:02
| Alright, back to the Oprah interview already in progress. Over her career she became meaningful, relevant and full of herself. |
| 8:03
| In 1992 Oprah had the idea to create her own TV network, OWN. That's a long time ago. Even though she knew it would be called OWN. |
| 8:04
| Oprah is very connected to her spiritual said and she said to Jesus that the network had to be called OWN. Jesus must get sick of taking those calls. |
| 8:05
| Oprah teamed up with Oxygen for her network although there is still an Oxygen Network. It's probably not as popular though. Everyone loves Oprah. |
| 8:06
| Oprah has made some mistakes over the years but it doesn't really matter. She makes so much money off that show that she could make all the mistakes she wants. |
| 8:07
| Really all the money came from the King Brothers but no one ever mentions them. No one mentions Roger Ebert either, he's the one who told Oprah about syndication. |
| 8:08
| That Roger Ebert likes the dark meat. If he comes to your house for Thanksgiving, save the legs of the turkey. |
| 8:09
| NBC Universal recently purchased the Oxygen Network. They're going to rebrand it with a new logo. |
| 8:10
| In the month since the sale they've dropped the O heading from any network labeling. They sold it for $900 million so someone must have made some money. |
| 8:11
| Oprah probably doesn't like the Oxygen Network because their O stands for Oxygen, not Oprah. |
| 8:12
| Alright we've got Bob and Ron next door but how about a Brendan update? Our phones aren't working today so he's phoning it in. |
| 8:13
| That was a WBBM-AM quality report. Steve wouldn't be surprised if Rod Zimmerman came down and snatched him up. |
| 8:14
| Steve's going to take a break before Bob and Ron. Are they here early today or is this the normal time? |
| 8:15
| During the last break Steven the engineer was in the studio with Steve and Mary, trying to figure out the problem. For the first time ever Bob actually looked in and just kept going. |
| 8:16
| He saw some sort of facial expression on Steve and decided to not pop in and say hello. Turns out you can teach an old dog new tricks. Do they have any shout outs for their dogs? Bob wanted to say hello to his own dog Einstein. The shoutouts should only be for other dogs. |
| 8:17
| Melvin and Bodie are both big fans of the show. He only walks two dogs? Is it down to that? There's also Ireland and Sawyer. The idea is to rotate the dogs every week, not do them all at once. |
| 8:18
| Ron would like to say hello to Lucy, a golden retriever. Steve likes golden retrievers. There's one on his running route that he's befriended. When the dog sees Steve it gets so excited. |
| 8:19
| Steve has tried to bond with one of the dogs but it won't budge. He doesn't like it so he's ignoring the dog and the dog's owners. The owners don't like Steve and the dog knows it. |
| 8:20
| So Steve's ignoring that dog. That's how he rolls, petty, insecure but persistent. |
| 8:26
| Alright before we got to Bob and Ron, Brendan has filed another report. This report is about the recent bad weather and R. Kelly's personal umbrella holder. |
| 8:27
| OK, Bob and Ron are here. They're both wearing black armbands because of the death of Bo Diddley. Steve thought they were just wearing dirty shirts. |
| 8:28
| Hopefully they don't cut their circulation off, it's very hard to hold a bong with only one arm. |
| 8:29
| No one cares about Bo Diddley. Maybe people did yesterday but Steve lost interest after he couldn't find his interview. |
| 8:30
| Steve demanded a full accounting of his archives yesterday but everyone just went home. |
| 8:31
| Bo Diddley stole the Shave and a Haircut thing, along with the Blackbird thing. Then he had Hey Bo Diddley. |
| 8:32
| It wasn't that big of a deal was it Buzz? Buzz thinks it was at the time because he crossed the black music over. Plus he had that sweet leg kick. That's probably where Elvis got his karate kick from. |
| 8:33
| There's not enough karate in music these days. Drew Peterson is a karate expert though. He could kick everyone's asses in 5 minutes. Turns out Steve could work with the Bo Diddley thing, it just took him a few minutes. |
| 8:34
| Bob and Ron just shut down though after they said they we wearing black armbands. All the good Bob did by not coming into the studio was undone with the armband crap. |
| 8:35
| Then Bob gives a shoutout to his own dog. He'd also like to give a shoutout to Max. They're coming back next week aren't they? Maybe not after today. |
| 8:36
| Buzz has noticed a lot of dog walking services being advertised. That lead him to believe there's not enough work to go around. Maybe the market is oversaturated. |
| 8:37
| Bob feels the big corporate dog walkers have oversaturated the market. Ron works for a corporate service. Have they tried to buy out Bob Walk? Has he been in negotiations with them? One of the dog walking companies in Chicago actually stole Bob's logo and name. They called it Danny Walk but it has the same logo. Is that the logo of a dog, in a circle? Bob was the first person to put a dog in a circle with a leash on it. He was also the first person to have a secondary logo for a paw. The paw print spelled Bob even though dogs have four pads. |
| 8:38
| Dogs have four paws right? They also have the duclaw but some of them are removed. This is where Bob and Ron run amok. They were good with the 4 pads. |
| 8:39
| Alright, time for some rock history. It's Curtis Mayfield's birthday this week. He unfortunately died when some stage lighting fell on his head. He was paralyzed and died from complications a few years later. |
| 8:40
| It's ironic that they fly those lights but they didn't do a super job. Hello? Bob? Ron? Steve thinks he's pretty funny but he can't work with potheads any more. |
| 8:41
| It's also Larry Taylor's birthday this week, he was in Canned Heat. Like his other bandmates he had a nickname. He was known at The Mole. |
| 8:42
| Also on Monday Charlie Watts celebrated his birthday and today we have a song from Steve's favorite Stones album, Let it Bleed. His second favorite is Beggars Banquet and the most overrated is Exile on Main Street. |
| 8:43
| Everyone says Exile on Main Street is the seminal Stones album but it's crap. The best one is Let it Bleed. |
| 8:44
| Song: Monkey Man, The Rolling Stones |
| 8:49
| That song effected Pete so much he started eating a banana. Steve likes any song where a guy refers to himself as a "cold Italian pizza" |
| 8:57
| Alright we can do the news now or Buzz can wait until 9 for an official newscast. We can pad for 3 minutes but it's harder to do without the phones working. We can certainly test those out now. |
| 8:58
| Steve calls down to the weather center. It's always a false hope to call Jim because he can hear the show through the monitor speaker but not the phone. It's still not working though. It was a relatively smooth morning though and Stephen the engineer, or Step Hen as Steve calls him, has been working on it. |
| 8:59
| When Steve was in school he had a teacher named Major Tichenor. If you said his name wrong he hit you. This was a school where they could hit you. He also liked to call Steve Step Hen, even though he didn't spell his name Stephen. |
| 9:00
| There ya go, three minutes at no charge. Now the news with Buzz. |
| 9:01
| After yesterday's final primaries Barack Obama has received enough delegates to become the presumptive Democratic candidate for President. |
| 9:02
| Meanwhile Hillary spoke to supporters in New York and she's not giving up. It sounds like she won. A nice concession speech would have gone a long way. |
| 9:03
| By the way, Steven is the 18th most common first name in the U.S. Stephen is the 31st most common male first name. |
| 9:04
| Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo are expected to be the cities making the cut as finalists for the 2016 Olympics. We'll win then because they've had the Olympics in Japan and Spain recently. They were in Spain weren't they? Or is Steve thinking of something else? |
| 9:05
| Julian is the 276th most common male name in the U.S. so it's very elite company. You've got some high-profile Julians though like Julian Lennon, Julian Fries. |
| 9:06
| Buzz is a very rare male first name. For most of Buzz's early life he never encountered another Buzz. Then Buzz Aldrin came long. |
| 9:07
| A suspected tornado sent terror through the town of Moscow, Indiana. 7 people were injured including one woman ripped out of her home and found 60 feet away. |
| 9:08
| Thousands of St. Sabina parishioners were at church last night to show their support for Father Michael Pfleger who's been put on a temporary leave of absence. |
| 9:09
| On the cover of the Sun-Times today the head line is "Won and Done" with photos of Obama and Pfleger with his Tom Dressen haircut. It's misleading though, he's getting 2 weeks off. |
| 9:10
| What does a priest do on vacation? Does he still have to wear that get-up because it would give you some bad tan lines. Maybe Steve's own personal nun also needs a vacation, they could go together. |
| 9:11
| Steve would send them to Sandals but probably not Hedonism. Buzz was once at a resort in Jamaica with the wife called Swept Away. They pitched it as being on a pristine beach, nature in your room but there was no TV. |
| 9:12
| It was a great looking place but they were there the week of the NYPD Blue finale. This was before the days of TiVo. |
| 9:13
| Following his surgery for a brain tumor, Ted Kennedy is reportedly walking the halls of the hospital. Did he go to Duke because he heard about the great parties they have? |
| 9:14
| We're getting word from our court reporter Brendan Greeley that Jim DeRogatis has arrived but can't find parking. He is a hapless idiot. |
| 9:15
| Steve would have someone drive him to his day in court, he wouldn't want to drive around looking for parking. |
| 9:16
| We do have another report from Brendan, filed before Jim DeRogatis showed up and couldn't find a parking space. Jim seems like the type who wouldn't have a car though. Maybe he does a car share like Pete. |
| 9:17
| Pete joined I-Go because he's a hippy. He's not really a hippy or green. It's more cheap. He is a city dweller although in Rogers Park there's plenty of parking. |
| 9:18
| Steve knows how much Pete makes, he can afford a car. Ginger Zee just did a report about how car shares are on the rise. |
| 9:19
| Brendan is really honing his skills. There's so much Steve wants to talk to Brendan about but the phones still aren't working. |
| 9:20
| Struggling airlines may begin basing their fares on how much a passenger weighs. Charge Steve whatever you want, he's not getting on a scale. |
| 9:21
| Meanwhile in space, there are no plumbers. Replacement parts have arrived on a Russian space shuttle and astronauts will roll up their sleeves and fix the toilet. |
| 9:22
| Steve's all in favor of cutting out some of the riff-raff on airplanes. People are bringing way too much stuff on the flight. Why not try Greyhound? It's completely safe, unless the driver falls asleep. |
| 9:23
| Freedom has come for the woman responsible for the largest fire in Colorado's history. She served 6 years in prison. It seems like you should get life for that. |
| 9:24
| Steve was reading about a teacher on the Southside who got life in prison for molesting some boys. Apparently that's the statute. Is it because he's a teacher? |
| 9:25
| Steve's curious why he got life. He's not saying what the guy did isn't bad he just wants to know. |
| 9:26
| Under Illinois law any person convicted of more than one count of predatory criminal sexual assault faces a mandatory life sentence. |
| 9:33
| That's Ginger Zee talking about car shares. So is she actually using an car share? In an effort to go green she stopped using her car for a week. Steve's got something green for her! |
| 9:34
| Steve didn't know what that meant but it sounded dirty. After a week Ginger found out about the car share but she hasn't decided yet. It doesn't seem like a good look for Ginger, you want to see her in a Porsche Boxster or something. |
| 9:35
| She must live pretty close to work if she can give up her car for a week. She's from Grand Rapids and she seems like the type who goes back there every weekend. Steve would be glad to carpool with her, she can drop him off in New Buffalo. |
| 9:36
| Pete seems disinterested in this conversation so Steve's going to let him go. It just doesn't seem like a good look. How does it save money on gas anyway? You still have to fill up the tank. |
| 9:37
| If you join a car share it's a hassle to get a car so you probably don't drive as much. That guy doesn't even hook Pete up after we mention him on the show. |
| 9:38
| Live read: McCracken Financial |
| 9:39
| Alright it's time for Meat Talk with Chef Hans. He has a new sous chef today, Buzz. He's coming over to work on the chicken today. Hans will be sitting in a high tennis chair judging Buzz's performance. |
| 9:40
| Buzz will actually be working on a gourmet dinner at the restaurant tonight although he doesn't know that. Alright let's start from the beginning here. Buzz and Hans will be boning a chicken today right? |
| 9:41
| Buzz's goal is to make a rosemary chicken similar to what Hans brought in a few weeks ago. You know how you do that? Go into the restaurant and order it. |
| 9:42
| Buzz would prefer to make it at home, his family eats a lot of chicken. While the chicken is cooking Hans will have side chores for Buzz. |
| 9:43
| Hans brought Steve a bacon mushroom Swiss burger, to what does he owe this pleasure? Hans heard Steve talking earlier in the week about how he ordered a burger over the weekend and they forgot his bacon. |
| 9:44
| Paul Bryan is actually coming over to judge Buzz's chicken today. Isn't Paul there everyday for free lunch? |
| 9:45
| Paul is always interrupting Steve's walks to talk about cars. Paul gets free cars to "test" them but still argues with Steve about his own cars. |
| 9:46
| Steve wants to call Chef's voicemail so he can hear the Paul Bryan message. Hans is the only person who knows who Paul is any more. |
| 9:47
| This is one of the few things Steve can do with the phones. That message is so wrong. Imagine the conversation that took place which led to Hans getting Paul down to his office to record that message. |
| 9:48
| Paul and Hans did the first on-air cooking show in 1982 at the Cooksmart. They did it live for an hour. Paul never had the heart to tell Chef that they weren't actually on the air. |
| 9:49
| Maybe while Buzz is over at S & W today he can record a new voicemail message for Hans. He should say exactly what Paul said on his message though. |
| 9:55
| Steve doesn't really care who's on Chef's voicemail. Paul Bryan kind of creeps him out though. But Hans takes care of Steve and he appreciates it. He brought him this burger. Hans thinks S & W's burgers are the best around. |
| 9:56
| We've got another report from Brendan at the R. Kelly trial. |
| 9:57
| Alright now it's time for a sports report from Peanut Butter. |
| 10:00
| We're out of time, things got stacked up because of the phone problems. Hans can still say auf weinerschnitzel though. |
| 10:01
| Hans would also like to add that Switzerland and the Czech Republic are playing against each other. ESPN is airing that, they officially have too many channels. |
