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| 5:35
| This music almost sounds like what they used to play on WGN for those "Whatever Classics". That was Roger Whitaker though. It also sounds like the music from Family Classics hosted by Roy Leonard. |
| 5:36
| Steve doesn't really remember, he was hammered most of the time. Buzz probably doesn't even know there's a channel 9. The only Roy Leonard he knows is Roy Leonard Pincus. Again, he probably doesn't even know there's a channel 9. |
| 5:37
| Roy Leonard Pincus is Lenny Pincus, Buzz's friend. He was the guy that Steve tried to call on the air once to ask a question but he was too busy to talk. Yet Buzz still refers to him quite a bit. Was he in Buzz's band or something? |
| 5:38
| Lenny Pincus was in Dick Holiday, the band that Buzz hired for Aimee's birthday and then they wouldn't give him a discount. He needs new friends. Steve will be his friend, they can play harmonica in the plaza. |
| 5:39
| Why does Steve know the words to Roger Whitaker songs? Remember they used to show commercials for his albums on late-night TV? |
| 5:40
| "Broadcasting live from Chicago's North Side, it's WGN and now back to Bozo's Circuth" Steve can probably take back the Cliff character now that Garry Meier isn't on the air any more. |
| 5:41
| Steve gave him the character anyway so he can take it back whenever he wants. Garry's still getting paid, at least through August. After that he might be looking to be gainfully employed. |
| 5:42
| Garry hasn't been working since WCKG folded in November. Steve invited him to join this show on Jack FM but he didn't want. He's getting paid by CBS, why not try it out? Steve even told him that if things were going well come August then maybe they'd pay him more. That goes against everything Steve normally would do. |
| 5:43
| So we had that nice Roger Whitaker-sounding music and before that we enjoyed some Pat Benatar, Jack Music of course. Jack is gone already, he took a few girls off the request line and he's probably headed down to Chinatown to do some crystal meth. |
| 5:44
| Steve can see why Jack is so edgy, why he has that attitude. One day he's gonna get popped though, he's the next R. Kelly. Steve's seen the girls that Jack takes off the request line, they're usually 15 or 16. He doesn't videotape though, that's the difference. Steve doesn't even like to hear tapes of his show, why would he want to see a video of himself doing that? It would render him impotent. |
| 5:45
| After the break, Drew Peterson and Britney Spears, the rumors are swirling. It seems like Drew's just making stuff up, not that he hasn't been making stuff up all along. |
| 5:50
| OK, Drew Peterson and Britney Spears. OK, whatever. It's about time something new and extra weird happened though. Buzz feels that Drew knows that. It's ebb and flow, you don't want to do too much all the time. You have your highs and your lulls. |
| 5:51
| Drew probably didn't want to have nothing good happen when Steve and Buzz were on vacation because they're the best chroniclers of it. While the search continues for Stacy, Drew is claiming that he's been exchanging romantic emails on a chat room and is going to be set up with Britney, WBBM's Mary Frances Bragiel reports. |
| 5:52
| Has Buzz ever seen that Mary Frances Bragiel? She's a tall drink of water, they've got a lot of tall broads up there, it's like the Land of the Amazons up there. Buzz does like tall women. |
| 5:53
| A series of emails between Drew and a woman named Ashley were made public recently. In March he wrote her wondering how much broken glass he'd have to crawl through to get a date with Britney. |
| 5:54
| In April he said he might get a date with Britney as a publicity stunt, it would be a night on the town in Chicago. Drew is very self-aware. Peterson's publicist Glen Selig said it was all innocent flirting. He's Drew, he's a jokester. |
| 5:55
| You can click on a link to the exchanges but Steve has no idea what he's looking at. It's something called drewpeterson1.blogspot.com. Let's get Mark Czerniec on the phone. |
| 5:56
| Mark had a great hiatus and we call it hiatus because we're in showbiz. It sounds more serious when you call it a hiatus. Blogspot.com is a website where anyone can create a blog. So it's not Drew. |
| 5:57
| The blog was created by a woman named Ashley claiming that Drew tried to contact her through various means like email, chat and web cam. You can click on the archives which go back to June and feature photos of what is allegedly Drew on a webcam holding up a stuffed bear. A lot of it is going on in the wee hours of the morning, what better time to do it? |
| 5:58
| There's a post from June 26th, time stamped from April, that shows Drew on a webcam with the caption "Maybe this is why Drew can't help look for Stacy, he is too busy on yahoo webcam playing with stuffed animals for other females." That's entrapment! |
| 5:59
| The woman blocked out his screen name and also whited out his son's face, he's in the background. She'll continue posting all the emails that Drew sent her with date and time stamps. She's like her own Perverted Justice. |
| 6:00
| On the next day she posted an email from Drew asking her if she can chat that night. She's going on Oprah and wants to propose to her there. Did he ever go on Oprah? Wouldn't that have been sweet, Drew proposing to some girl he met on the internet on Oprah? |
| 6:01
| Joel posted on a blog called SYM about Ashley and her blog and Drew-cifer sent her a nice long email since they hadn't talked online since March. She'll be posting that in the future. WHy not just post it now? She's leading us on too. |
| 6:02
| In the end Ashley promises everyone will see she's not the scorned female that Joel Brodsky says she is. Just like Joel asked Geraldo on TV, Ashley asks Joel what he'll do when she proves him wrong. This is a blog, they don't all make sense. |
| 6:03
| Steve's going to click on some more conversations. Ashley's 29 and Drew says he's 64 but looks 30 and acts 20. Wait it's 54 but the text is grey so it's hard to read. |
| 6:05
| OK, here's another one from Drew to Ashley, "hoping your OK" He's trying to bring his grammar down to her level. Drew wants to come see Ashley if she's feeling better. Drew's just lonely, is that a crime? |
| 6:06
| Let's see if there's any other good ones here. Steve's not going to read the girl's recap, they seem vitriolic. In the next chat Drew said his kids had fun at the waterpark and people wanted his autograph. So he must have outed himself to her at this point. |
| 6:07
| Ashley says people want his autograph because they think it'll be worth money if he's arrested. Drew says it's worth money now. Don't insult him bitch! |
| 6:08
| Drew also says someone wanted $30,000 for a motorcycle he paid $10,000. That's not even his bike, it's his father-in-laws. Wasn't it confiscated anyway? |
| 6:09
| This is all weird but thanks to Mary Frances Braigel for digging it up. She's a tall drink of water Buzz. |
| 6:10
| Next is an email sent from Drew to Ashley, it starts off with the quote "Hell no fury like a woman's scorn". Isn't it a woman scorned? Drew feels that his romantic confidences were violated by Ashley. |
| 6:11
| Drew believes Ashley has a lot of hatred for men because of what that guy did to her. All she wanted to do was bitch Drew out and vent her anger. She has a wall built up around her and Drew doesn't think anyone will ever be able to break it down. |
| 6:12
| Did Buzz know that Drew's also a psychiatrist on the side? If anyone did get close to Ashley it would be like they were walking around on eggs. Isn't it egg shells? |
| 6:13
| Drew's feelings for Ashley were real but they were waisted (sic) on another person trying to capitalize on his anguish. |
| 6:14
| Steve's not going to read all of this stuff but there are some gems in here. She responded in a chat after the email. Ashley didn't want to let Drew down by rolling fast, she's not that way. |
| 6:15
| Drew says he got carried away because he really liked her and he hadn't even seen her. Ashley says that's good because looks aren't anything. That usually means the broad is a dog. |
| 6:22
| Steve's probably not going to read any more of this Drew blog. But at some point during his conversations he floated the Britney thing out there |
| 6:23
| OK, here's one more. Drew has matured and wants to be a one woman man. LIfe is simpler, no games just growing old with a good friend. |
| 6:24
| Drew asks if he can get that phone call from Ashley so he can hear her voice. This is pathetic! He's begging for a phone call! He's Drew Peterson, can't he just head down to Bar Louie and meet someone? |
| 6:25
| Next Drew asks how much glass he has to crawl through to get a date with Ashley. He suggests a movie or a comedy club. Drew loves comedy. |
| 6:26
| Hi other suggestion is hot dogs and a video at his house. Drew is so committed though that they could go anywhere. Ashley suggests Maine for lobster and then back home for a movie. Drew says he'd do it. |
| 6:27
| Then Drew suggests a Scottish restaurant and an iPod with a movie. Scottish restaurant?! Ever had haggis Buzz? Maybe they could watch something like Nemo on the iPod. |
| 6:28
| The best date Ashley has ever been on was at a lake, with a fire, sipping on wine. Drew enjoys a good box of wine from time to time. Now they actually are starting to have good wine in boxes though. |
| 6:29
| Live read: Gladstone Homes |
| 6:30
| Steve was going to play Bolingbrookville but there are three different CDs in the studio. Pete's just going to come in and grab the CD he thinks Steve should play since he forgot the color scheme. |
| 6:31
| Steve could just tell Pete the colors and he could decide that way. We already have one person in the studio who can't remember. Why do these CDs keep ending up back in the studio? It's like Pete brings them back in after Steve's gone. |
| 6:32
| This is Pete's favorite bit, Steve not knowing which CD to play. People love it online too. |
| 6:33
| Live read: Bolingbrookville, Steve Dahl |
| 6:36
| Alright time for the web poll. Yesterday's web poll was about room service. Steve remembers because room service is so important to him. He looked at the poll last night and couldn't believe that 18% of the people had never tried it and 14% didn't like it. |
| 6:37
| It seems like everyone would like room service, what's not to like? It's expensive but life's too short to worry about how much your club sandwich with applewood smoked bacon and avocado costs. That's how Steve prefers his club sandwich, it's almost like a Cobb salad on toast. |
| 6:38
| Steve also suggest butter and not mayo. Butter and bacon? It doesn't get any better than that. Steve could could go for one right now, too bad we don't have room service around here. There are enough CBS stations in this building, we should have a commissary. |
| 6:39
| WGN has a commissary, they'll whip you up an omelet if you want. We need a kitchen here. The cook could be whipping something up for Steve and Buzz right now. |
| 6:40
| Alright today's web poll question is "Did you know ED is a health warning sign?" OF course that's erectile dysfunction. Steve knows it's a warning sign because if it happened to him he'd kill himself. |
| 6:41
| And now 5 warning signs men can't ignore, from yesterday. Women tend to see a doctor on a regular basis once they reach child-barring age but men usually wait until something serious is happening. That's partly because there aren't as many doctors dedicated specifically to men's health. |
| 6:42
| Erectile dysfunction shouldn't be passed off as a function of old age. Men who have ED are more likely to be diagnosed with heart disease. The penis is sort of the barometer of vascular diseases in general. How's your barometer Buzz? |
| 6:43
| Waking up in the middle of the night to urinate and then having trouble starting or stopping seems like another annoying thing that happens with age. Really it could be a symptom of an enlarged prostate with can cause damage to kidneys and bladders. Doesn't everyone wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom? |
| 6:44
| Chest pain is an obvious cause for concern but some men wait weeks or months to see a doctor if they have it. If chest pain lasts more than a few minutes and comes with physical exertion you should be concerned. |
| 6:45
| Sudden weakness, slurred speech or loss of balance are all signs of a stroke. The effects of a stroke can be reversed if you're treated within 3 hours of experiencing those symptoms. |
| 6:46
| Finally there's the beer belly. An excess of abdominal fat has been linked to a higher risk of diabetes. For most men if your waist is over 40 inches you increase the chance of heart disease. That's good news for Steve, he's at 48 but getting close to 46. |
| 6:47
| That's according to the Mayo Clinic, who's height and weight chart have been dogging Steve since he was 10. Buzz is probably right on the money with that thing though. |
| 6:48
| Steve's family often accuses him of having a going problem but it usually just depends on his metabolism. He went to the Sox game on the Fourth of July and he didn't go once. Sometimes he likes to go the bathroom though, just for something to do. He also drinks 10 bottles of water a day, it has to go somewhere. |
| 6:49
| Steve was also accused by Pat yesterday of having an aiming problem. He's living in the basement with his wife until they find a house. Steve thinks they should be looking 10 hours a day for a house. |
| 6:50
| Pat didn't want to be rude but he thought that Steve should try to aim better with Rachael living there. He said the floor in the bathroom was a mess but the dogs drink out of that toilet, it's them. Sometimes in the middle of the night the aim is a little off but that doesn't go on in the main house. |
| 6:55
| Alright we're coming up on news but before that Steve's going to open up the mailbag. He just has one email and he just got it so he'd like to share it becuase it's amusing. |
| 6:56
| The email is titled "Some criticisms of Steve's Show" which Steve always likes to get. Not only did it go to Steve@dahl.com but also HeyWhatsUp@dahl.com just to make sure he got it. The guy is an avid listener although Steve feels he can disprove that with the body of this email. |
| 6:57
| The guy used to listen all the time but now he can't any more. That's too bad because he's going to miss this. FIrst of all, the guy is tired of the anti-Cubs/White Sox pandering. Mike North did that and "He gone!" |
| 6:58
| Steve feels there's a lively give and take with the Cubs and Sox stuff. Everyone here is a Cubs fan except Steve and Stephanie. We don't really know what Buzz is but he's not a Cubs fan. He likes the Sox but he couldn't name any players. |
| 6:59
| The second criticism is the real estate ad dressed up as a Steve Dahl story. Is that Townstone Financial? This guy turns the show off if that comes on. Becuase of one ad? |
| 7:00
| The third criticism is for "Taco Whatever Day" He says there must be a better way to assuage advertisers for overloading listeners with repetition. What does that mean? Advertising is all repetition. Steve's pretty sure Taco Bell is very happy with what he's doing too. |
| 7:01
| The emailer also feels that Steve needs to put away some characters like the gay dude and Drew P. and come up with new ones. He should be constantly coming up with new ones. OK, wait a second while Steve gets his note pad. It seems like this guy doesn't like any part of the show. |
| 7:02
| He can put up with the many many commercials on the show but he can't take those other 4 facets. There aren't as many commercials as before and Steve worked hard for that. The emailer knows that you have to pay The Stever, even though he sent this email to The Stever. |
| 7:03
| This guy is available for consulting, Steve has his number. He owns a baseball card shop! Buzz has some baseball cards he'd like to get rid of but Steve can probably find him someone with a better temperament. |
| 7:04
| We'll find out whether this guy has really stopped listening or not. He also might find out the value of radio when a bunch of customers come into his store. |
| 7:05
| It seems like this guy doesn't like anything about this show although he didn't stay anything bad about Buzz. Of course the Drew Peterson stuff has never worked for Steve, that was a total failure! Even Drew was listening to that! |
| 7:06
| And Steve likes the Sox, what's he supposed to do. He's surrounded by Cubs fans and the coverage is pretty fair and balanced. There aren't that many commercials either. There have never been longer show segments in between commercials like this. |
| 7:07
| News with Buzz |
| 7:08
| Crude oil prices are rising but they had been falling. The change was caused by Iran's test launch of a missile with a 1200 mile range, making it capable of reaching Israel. Wasn't Iran going to turn over all their nuclear stuff to us? They were talking about that but they've still got a missile that can reach Israel. |
| 7:09
| Steve has just received an IM from Adam, who's avatar is an eyeball, to point out that North Korea is the one turning over their nukes. Steve's about ready to confiscate his omelet for this stuff. Steve calls down to Adam's office. |
| 7:10
| Steve's pretty sure that Iran is also talking about turning over their nukes. To the best of Adam's knowledge it's just North Korea. Adam hasn't decided on a breakfast yet today either. Did Adam wake up today and decide this would be his last day? Maybe we should get Mark on the phone. |
| 7:11
| Steve's going to let Adam go, it seems like this could get worse. Steve's just kidding but Adam might be worried. WHen he gets like that he turns into a cornered wolverine. That doesn't work for Steve because it causes him to be meaner. |
| 7:12
| Mark Czerniec is on the phone. Iran's nuclear talks will start up this week so Steve was right. |
| 7:13
| The Department of Veterans Affairs will tell Congress about the testing of drugs on Veterans. That includes the anti-smoking drug who's side effects include suicide. |
| 7:14
| The Green Bay Packers are not commenting about rumors that Brett Favre might want to come out of retirement. ESPN is reporting that Brett sent a text message to Green Bay's GM. Text message? Wouldn't his agent just deal with it? Steve does like the text messages though. Maybe Brett could come here since Rex is ranked 27th among QBs next year. |
| 7:15
| A busty stripper is claiming she had an affair with Alex Rodriguez. Whatever happened to stripper/client confidentiality? The stripper met him after a Yankees series in Boston. She said she felt guilty about the affair after learning that A-Rod's wife was pregnant but not guilty enough to stop it. They also met up again the next time the Yankees came to town. |
| 7:16
| That has to be the best thing about being a baseball player, you're in most towns for at least 3 days which is plenty of time to set things up. With football you're only in town for Saturday night and then Sunday. |
| 7:17
| A Blue Mound, Texas man is being accused of leaving tainted cookies at 17 police stations. Steve has the audio CD but the first cut says "Brendan Reilly" "Twisted cookies" is the second cut. |
| 7:18
| Steve doesn't know what's going on now because Brendan Reilly is the second cut. Also, Jim might need to work on his handwriting. Steve calls down to the newsroom. |
| 7:19
| Jim comes into the studio like everything is figure out and of course he doesn't talk to Steve. Jim mislabeled the CD, obviously. He also knows he has to work on his handwriting, he might need bigger Post-It notes. The small notes make him cram all the letters in so they don't look right. |
| 7:20
| Let's not get away from the first problem of Jim labeling the CD though. He's sorry for messing up the flow of the news. It's not that big of a deal, what's going on down there?! Is it "Commit Suicide if You Work for Steve" day? Adam's hanging himself from the building after that last phone call. Buzz would like to see some follow through on that. |
| 7:21
| Lighten up! What's going on down there, there's a sadness, a sorrow that Steve has tapped into. He wants no part of it. It's not that big of a deal but when something bad happens Steve has to work out of it, spread the blame around, it's all standard. Jim had two weeks where he wasn't berated by Steve, he was just feeling good about himself and now this! |
| 7:22
| They're down there having a hug circle around their omelets. Actually Adam's just having cereal. Steve gets it, he's being punished. Steve's being punished for being a boss that never really checks in to see what you're doing, he just lets you do it. Steve thinks he's a good boss, does he ever bug anyone? |
| 7:23
| Does Steve ever come in and bother someone? Right now he is but that's on the air. If something major happens it needs to be fixed but that hardly ever happens either because everyone works efficiently. |
| 7:24
| Steve and Buzz need to go down there and do some balloon animals for the kids maybe. Steve knows how to do it if he has the balloons. He can make a poodle that even has a willy that pops out. Buzz will give him a small introduction then right into making the Davy Crockett hats, then the poodle. |
| 7:25
| What's going on down there Buzz? Has he been yelling at those guys? Apparently he hasn't but maybe he needs to get tough. Steve and Buzz will go good cop/bad cop on them. |
| 7:26
| So back to the tainted cookies. A police officer in Blue Mound thought there was marijuana in the cookies but really it was LSD. Why would the police officers eat the cookies in the first place? What kind of LSD smells like marijuana? |
| 7:27
| Jersey Boys might not have to go cold turkey after all. Alderman Brendan Reilly wants to exempt live theater from the smoking ban. He's going to introduce that provision today and try to push it through quickly. Can't they just use candy cigarettes? |
| 7:28
| Sacha Baron Cohen is back in the news. The Borat star staged a fight in Texarkana and advertised $1 beer. They called it Blue Collar Brawl and 1600 people showed up to see a character named Straight Dave challenge someone in the crowd. Steve's guessing Straight Dave isn't really straight. |
| 7:34
| What ensued was two men stripping to their underwear, writhing on the mat and kissing and rubbing each other. Police officers said the performance went right up to the line of the city's morality laws. The crowd went wild, throwing beers and chairs while cameras rolled. Steve's pretty sure he's working on a movie with his gay character. That would be the gay fashionista Bruno. Steve was going to ask Jim that but Buzz knows. |
| 7:34
| According to Jim the full title of the Bruno movie is Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt. It sounds very promising. |
| 7:35
| Live read: Fresh Diet |
| 7:36
| Alright it's Peanut Butter Jelly Time, it was a big night for the Cubs and Sox. Hold on a second Pat, let's get your theme going first. |
| 7:37
| Before we get to Pat, Steve has a few things to clear up. Earlier he read that complaint email from a guy who claims he doesn't listen. But then he just got another email fro the guy. Steve's loathe to open it since the guy says he doesn't listen any more. His 15 minutes are up and it lasted about 15 minutes so it was perfect. |
| 7:38
| Earlier today Steve called Adam and scared him. Buzz had a story about Iran and their new missile. Steve thought we had a deal with Iran but Adam said it was only North Korea. Steve calls down to Adam's office. |
| 7:39
| Steve thought he heard that Iran was also going to turn their nukes over but they're only having talks. North Korea already had the talks so everyone was right but something happened in the phone call. |
| 7:40
| Steve said that Adam might have woken up and thought today was his last day on the show but he was just kidding. If Steve was going to fire someone he wouldn't talk to them like that on the air. |
| 7:41
| Steve thinks Adam is doing a good job even though he doesn't know what he does. Adam bought Steve an omelet though which is the quickest way to his heart. |
| 7:42
| Steve also said Adam was banned from all sporting events but he's not. Even though Adam wanted to buy Sox tickets from Steve but then said he didn't want them because of the weather. |
| 7:43
| Adam wanted to say in his defense that he was getting those tickets because of a girl he was dating. She didn't want to go because it was going to rain. A girl? Steve didn't even know Adam knew any girls. They're no longer together now though. Is Adam in his office online dating? |
| 7:44
| Everything is good with Steve and Adam right? Steve would never really fire Adam like that on the air. If it did happen it would be way worse. Everyone is so sensitive around here but Steve got an omelet out of it. |
| 7:45
| Adam gets his omelets at the restaurant in the Aon Building. They have way better food over there. All we have his a Panda Express and a place where you buy food by the pound. We do have that Tavern on the Park though. |
| 7:46
| We've got a florist in this building although Steve thinks the florist in the Aon Building is better. He's always looking at the shops in the Aon as he walks through. |
| 7:47
| Buzz has to defend The Golden Rose, which is in the building. They probably gave him a free flower once and now he's going out on a limb for them. You give Buzz $5 and he'll go out on a limb for you but not for Steve. |
| 7:48
| Caller Gina was trying to get information on either Bob or Ron's dogwalking service. She'd like to hire the more responsible of the two. Well they're in the other room so she can talk to them. |
| 7:49
| Bob and Ron? They're not answering but they are over there. This is the one time they actually drop the ball, when it counts. It could be Pete though, he might be refusing to put them on because this isn't there part of the show. |
| 7:50
| Pete's having some technical difficulties so he can't get them on the air. Steve doesn't want them in the studio because he's got an open food container. You know there has to be vermin jumping off of them. |
| 7:51
| Bob and Ron are making their way into the studio, take your time guys. It's like they're doing a whole mime routine. It's Bob and Ron, against the wind. Ron's work is great. That guy who emailed Steve before sent another one saying his 15 minutes aren't up. Steve still doesn't want to open the email, they've broken up. |
| 7:52
| Gina would prefer to go with the professional dog walker which would be Ron. Gina appreciates Bob's entrepreneurial spirit though. Do you really want Bob in your house, rifling through your underwear drawer? |
| 7:53
| Steve's sure Bob is very professional though. Either Bob or Ron needs to get Matt Dahl on his route. Whichever one does it will be Steve's favorite dog walker. Steve can't take Matt bringing the dog out to the house any more. He even brought it to the place in Michigan even though he was told not to. |
| 7:54
| Matt's dog is insane although he won't admit that. Steve was sitting by the pool relaxing and then Matt's dog comes out running around and barking. Then Steve's dogs can't even come out there! |
| 7:55
| Gina is in Lakeview which is Bob's territory so lock up your underwear! Steve has known Bob and Ron for 11 years and they've always shown up when they're supposed to. There was that one time when Bob was sick or something but that's about it. |
| 8:02
| Pat Boyle's nickname is catching on but Steve thinks he hates it. It just means he's catching on. Sure the song irritates Steve but it gets the job done. Len Kasper is mentioning it on Cubs broadcasts. |
| 8:03
| Pat's doing a show on The Score today but he still has some time to talk. The Score had to rearrange their schedule after Mike North left. Pat would not turn down $800,000 a year. It's better than no-hundred thousand a year. |
| 8:04
| Sure it's a bit less than the $1 million plus he wanted but what you do is you take that $800,000 and you try to augment it. If they're going to give you half the money then you do half the effort. |
| 8:05
| Time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. Today Steve and Buzz are touting the Queso Crunch Wrap. |
| 8:06
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 8:07
| Steve learned after the show yesterday that David Hochberg did do Amy Jacobson's mortgage. That was for the house she had to give up. Apparently David forgot to tell them about the emergency fund. |
| 8:08
| Alright Peanut, what's happening? Cubs fans have to love the commitment they're getting from management in the last few years. If the Cubs need something, they go out and get it. |
| 8:09
| The Cubs needed a top rated starting pitcher so they went out and got one. Rich Harden just pitched for Oakland on Sunday against the Sox and it was his first loss of the season. |
| 8:10
| There are some question marks about Harden's health though, that's the only downside. Pat Dahl writes for Rotoworld and that's exactly what he said in his article. |
| 8:11
| Harden hasn't made it through a full season in his career and this year he's had some shoulder problems. Steve hopes he does well, he's pushing for a Crosstown World Series, with the Cubs losing of course. |
| 8:12
| Steve tried to watch the end of the Sox game last night but something went wrong with their HD feed. Comcast just had a blank screen and DirecTV had what looked like a Leroy Neiman painting. |
| 8:13
| The game went very long last night, into extras. The Sox were missing Bobby Jenks last night as Scott Linebrink blew another save in the 11th. The Sox had a 2-run lead. |
| 8:14
| Steve missed all of that but he would have stayed up had he been able to see it! And no one addressed the problem either. They might not even have anyone at WCIU at night. |
| 8:15
| The Twins lost last night which increases the Sox lead. The Cubs lead is now at 3 1/2 games. Bobby Jenks should be back after the All-Star break but his injury is still a concern. |
| 8:16
| Steve thinks Jenks needs to slim down a bit. It's probably easier said than done but it seems like it's going to wear on you eventually. |
| 8:17
| Jermaine Dye is still second in the Final Vote for the All-Star game. Steve tried to vote for him but he can't be entering that code every time. Why can't they just let everyone vote once? Steve's a grown man, he can't sit there entering a code 25 times. |
| 8:18
| Why can't they just let people vote once, it would be a better sample of who's voting. Plus is this how people should be elected to the All-Star Game now that it counts? |
| 8:19
| Pat thinks Brett Favre will be coming back but the Packers don't want him. That's ridiculous though, why wouldn't you want him? He was one drive away from taking the Packers to the Super Bowl last year. |
| 8:20
| Is Steve wrong in thinking that the Bears should try to get him? He doesn't hate Brett Favre like some Bears fans. The Packers would never trade him in the division though. |
| 8:27
| Caller Jeff sent in his text vote for Jermaine Dye 10 or 15 times. You don't have to enter in a code there. Steve will try to do that later but the data has been turned off on his phone. |
| 8:28
| Stephanie went over to Cingular to sign up for the new iPhone. It doesn't come out until Friday but you can go early and get all set up. For some reason they turned off the data on Steve's phone though. |
| 8:29
| Live read: McCracken Financial |
| 8:30
| On Friday Steve will be at Smith & Wollensky for a roundtable on The Score. Dan Bernstein is moderating it with Steve, Ramblin' Ray, Pat Cassidy, Lin Brehmer and Eddie & Jobo. You can call Smith & Wollensky to make reservations. |
| 8:31
| WIthout further ado, it's time for Bob and Ron. We did get to experience their loveliness earlier though but now they're back in their studio. |
| 8:32
| Pete was having some technical difficulties in his studio so he couldn't get Bob and Ron on the air. |
| 8:33
| Bob doesn't want to bring everyone down on Wake & Bake Wednesday but the original home of the Record Club has been torn down. What does that mean? |
| 8:34
| The first place where Bob and Ron were roommates has been torn down. That's where they lived and first discovered their love of vinyl. They were there with a few other people. |
| 8:35
| Those were girls they were living with right? Actually it was a couple other dudes. How did Bob and Ron meet again? |
| 8:36
| Bob and Ron have tons of rock history but Steve only wants three items. First it's nobody's favorite Beatle's birthday this week, Ringo Starr. Ringo was in town this week and there was some thing at the Hard Rock. What was the point of all that? No one even knows. |
| 8:37
| Ron has asked many people who their favorite Beatle was and no one says Ringo. Buzz thinks Ringo knows that, he was just lucky to be there. |
| 8:38
| Bob and Ron don't normally cover the weekends but this Saturday is the anniversary of Disco Demolition. Bob and Ron think that sometimes people forget how bad disco was so they'd like to play a reminder of it. |
| 8:39
| That's what Disco Demolition was really all about, how bad disco is. It wasn't about racism or homophobia. You can't let that kind of music go. In recent years Steve has been plagued by people saying he was homophobic and racist because of Disco Demolition. |
| 8:40
| Steve knows where it all started too, it was VH1. They were mad that he couldn't do an interview with them but it was only because he'd just been fired from WMVP. So they went ahead and called him a homophobic, racist DJ. |
| 8:41
| It's not about that, if you listen to Do You Think I'm Disco? it's all about a guy named Tony. It was all about how shallow disco was. |
| 8:42
| Also this week, Kenny Rogers The First Edition and they're best known for the song Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) |
| 8:43
| Song: Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In), Kenny Rogers & The First Edition |
| 8:46
| Of course that song is featured in The Big Lebowski in that bowling dream sequence. When Steve was a youth he met The First Edition. These kids who lived down the street from Steve, their dad directed a TV show with Pat Paulson. |
| 8:47
| The First Edition was on one of the episodes and Steve would watch the film. He remembers being quite taken with Thelma Lou Comacho. |
| 8:54
| OK, another exciting Bob and Ron visit is history. It did seem especially exciting to Buzz with the listener calling in for their services. It was a very pleasant hour we spent with those delightful young men. |
| 8:55
| Does Buzz want to do the news? There's a part of Steve that wants to wait until 9 to do the news but that seems pointless. |
| 8:56
| News with Buzz |
| 8:57
| 2 more men were injured in Spain today during the Running of the Bulls. One man was gored in the face. That brings the number of injuries to 20. While the Running of the Bulls has only been popular since the 20s-with the release of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises-they've been doing it for over 400 years. |
| 8:58
| Has Buzz ever read that book, it's pretty good? Steve doesn't want to sound like Oprah here but it turns out the classics are pretty good. |
| 8:59
| Don't expect to see Barack Obama's daughters on TV for much longer. Michelle Obama allowed Access Hollywood to interview their daughters for a 4 part interview which has been airing this week. |
| 9:00
| They probably did the interview with Access Hollywood because they could control every aspect of it. Plus Pat O'Brien isn't there any more. |
| 9:01
| Crude oil prices went up this week with the news that Iran has a missile capable of reaching Israel. That's reason enough to shut Iran down, messing with oil prices. |
| 9:02
| A British teen who assumed that her mobil phone was the source of movement in her underwear discovered it was a bat. Whoa! This is a big story in Britain. |
| 9:03
| The family of a Chicago woman is suing L'Oreal claiming their hair dye killed her. |
| 9:04
| The father of a Chicago alderman faces charges and possible deportation for taking part in a fake ID ring in Little Village. |
| 9:05
| Illinois will seek the death penalty for Kashik Patel, the man who allegedly burned his two sons to death last November. |
| 9:06
| Victor Willis, the original cop in the Village People is recovering from throat surgery he had on Monday. Was he the guy who started the band and then got kicked out/ He wrote Macho Man and YMCA, Buzz doesn't see why you'd kick that guy out. Either way he's probably still making money off of it. |
| 9:07
| Live read: Gladstone Homes |
| 9:16
| Chef Hans is here, he still refuses to say guten morgen, it's always guten tag. Guten morgen is more German and Hans is going with the Swiss thing still. He's staying neutral. |
| 9:17
| Steve has to go back to something from the news because his knowledge of the Village People is second only to the knowledge of themselves. Victor Willis was a founding member of the band but was kicked out before their movie came out. Has Buzz ever seen that? It's a laugh riot? |
| 9:18
| Did Buzz see the magnet that Jack FM handed out at the Pride Parade? It features a cartoon of Steve as a Village Person. He's in the biker get-up with the big mustache. |
| 9:19
| Buzz would love one of those for his fridge but Steve doesn't think he should have it on his own fridge. Buzz likes the curly chest hair, it's just like in real life. |
| 9:20
| While Steve was on hiatus a very big movie star visited Smith & Wollensky. Kevin Costner was there on the same night as Mark Grace's birthday. |
| 9:21
| Kevin was at the House of Blues playing with his band. It was the first time Hans has ever met Kevin and he looked a little older. He did tell Hans to stop by his house if he's ever in Aspen. |
| 9:22
| Tusty Paker was also in the restaurant yesterday, he's doing very well. He was there with Potter Palmer of the Palmer family. The restaurant is getting a lot of calls about Steve coming in on Friday. |
| 9:23
| It's not just Steve though, it's Ramblin' Ray, Pat Cassidy, Eddie & Jobo and Lin Brehmer. The cost of the lunch is $25, you can get a burger, a chicken breast or a steak sandwich. |
| 9:24
| Hans knew that this station and The Score were the same company but he didn't know about the other ones. CBS has 7 stations in Chicago, should we go through them? You've got The Douche which is right down the hall. Steve noticed today that the morning guy on The Douche doesn't have to be here until 6 am, what's up with that? |
| 9:25
| Hans also ran into one of Steve's neighbors, a woman who owns The Hope Chest in LaGrange. It's a store that sells used clothing to battered women. Steve's pretty sure that they sell used clothing and the money benefits battered women. Of course Buzz likes his women battered but Steve prefers tempura. |
| 9:26
| Maybe they do cater to battered women, there are stores that cater to plus sized women. Steve loves when Hans turns things into a radiothon. Remember no check is too small. |
| 9:27
| Also, Joe Ahern was in the restaurant the other day, he runs CBS 2. He also hates Steve. CBS is moving to their new studios at Block 37 although Steve is not moving there. |
| 9:28
| Steve was actually asked about that yesterday, CBS wanted all of their stations to broadcast from there on the first day because they're doing a "concert" with John Mellencamp. It's not really a concert, he's doing 4 songs in 2 hours. It's just a scam. |
| 9:29
| Why do they need John Mellencamp anyway? Maybe instead of concerts they should focus on their programming. No one watches channel 2 news! Maybe Steve will go over there and say that all day. |
| 9:30
| Joe's dislike of Steve goes all the way back to Greetings from Graceland. At the time Joe was a sales exec at ABC and he didn't want to air the special because he said the network didn't air things of that nature. It was the only thing that won ABC an Emmy that year. |
| 9:31
| Hans is going to try to be the mediator here, he'll be Switzerland. It'll be tough for Joe to back up on his statement and Steve's happy with his position. The Emmy is still broken from when Steve was pantomiming hitting Joe on the head with it and it broke. |
| 9:32
| That station hasn't done well since Joe Ahern took over. How do you keep your job if you're not doing your job? Steve doesn't like Hans hanging out with people like that, he should bar Joe from coming in. Steve's not going over there but he might send Brendan. |
| 9:33
| Who cares if they have a new studio anyway? The only people that care are the people that use the studio. So they're in HD now, so what? They should have been in HD 2 years ago. |
| 9:34
| Steve's favorite recent Joe Ahern thing was after Randy Salerno died. Joe set up in a smaller studio at CBS and made it look all behind-the scenes as he shared tearful memories about Randy. |
| 9:35
| Hans doesn't watch too much TV so he can't help Steve out. if he does watch TV it's all sports. You sleep better if you don't want the news. What does Hans need the news for? He's got his meat locker, he knows what he's doing. He doesn't need to worry about stuff like the price of corn. |
| 9:36
| Hans doesn't even want to start with that, commodities are out of site. Potatoes went up $17 a bag. There isn't even any corn, maybe we should stop using it as gasoline! Hans doesn't understand how we can go to the moon but can't find a fuel that isn't oil-based. |
| 9:37
| Steve thinks they can but the issue is mass-producing it. Why don't they make a fuel from a vegetable that no one likes? What about Brussels sprouts? Or how about potatoes? You can make vodka out of it, why not fuel? Then it's fuel you can drink. |
| 9:38
| Broccoli would be OK with Steve too. It's supposedly one of the best vegetables to eat. If it's so good why do they have to put Hollandaise sauce on it or cheese sauce? Steve doesn't like broccoli that much. |
| 9:44
| That was a drop of Steve winning an Emmy and then blackballing himself from TV. How is that possible? With a little help from Steve's friend Jack Daniels. |
| 9:45
| Yesterday when we were talking about Amy Jacobson Steve was inspired to write a parody song of Pure Prairie League's Amie. He went and got a karaoke version of the song yesterday afternoon. |
| 9:46
| Steve was thinking that he could just play the song on guitar and sing along with it. He's never tried to perform this with the words and music together so it could be a train wreck. |
| 9:47
| Steve didn't like the back-up singers on the karaoke version which is why he just wanted to play it himself. He'll give it a try with the karaoke though. |
| 9:48
| Steve performs his new parody song Amy. |
| 9:49
| Steve's going to have a problem trying to make this all work. Does Buzz see what Steve is saying here? No one wears their bathing suit to the East Bank Club, Steve has asked people. |
| 9:50
| Steve's making the song about the bathing suit even though everyone says it's not about that. It has to be about that somewhat though. Steve thinks all women on TV news should be in bathing suits though. |
| 9:51
| How about that Anne State on CBS? Steve feels so bad for her because she seems so perky and upbeat but it's all for naught. Nothing good happens to you at CBS. |
| 9:52
| Steve stopped writing parody songs after that string of three he wrote about all the Bears QBs. Buzz knows how each and every one of us as impacted by those QBs though. |
| 9:53
| What happened was that every week after the Bears had an OK game he'd write one of the songs. Then by the next week he'd be let down by the new QB. Steve was battered. |
| 9:54
| Steve feels he pulled himself out with Bolingbrookville and he'll further pull himself out with Amy, once he gets the lyrics worked out. |
| 9:55
| There are a few rhymes that aren't really rhymes. They sound like rhymes if you sell it like "No one ever wears a suit to the East Bank Club. Don’t know if you were waxed cuz you covered up" |
| 9:56
| For Steve a good parody incorporates every humorous aspect of a story so he needs to go back and fine tune it. There are only really 2 verses and Steve feels they're not packed with enough info yet. |
| 9:57
| Steve doesn't think he wants to present any more of it at this time, he needs to work on it some more. Buzz thinks Steve has created a buzz though. We're here everyday and the story isn't going anywhere. |
| 9:58
| Buzz thinks that the Sun-Times editorial praising Amy could be helpful for Steve. Buzz didn't read the whole thing, he only scanned it. How do you find something like that? |
| 9:59
| Amy's Lap Shouldn't Sink Her Career, is that what Buzz is talking about? It features a nice come hither photo of Amy. She has some good photos out there. |
| 10:00
| Buzz didn't read the whole thing but he thinks this is it. The editorial says that all reporters should experience what it's like to be on the other side of the story. However it seems like CBS was purposely trying to defame her. |
| 10:01
| What's with these guys with missing wives and above-ground pools? Someone should look into that correlation. |
