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| 5:32
| When Steve hears this music he thinks of Buzz dancing as if he were as light as air. That's sort of a gay thought but that's what he sees, Buzz as Fred Astaire. |
| 5:33
| He imagines Buzz with coffee, a harmonica and a handful of news dancing to the studio. Over the weekend Buzz saw Game Plan with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in which he takes ballet. |
| 5:34
| It was actually a good movie but Buzz doesn't normally like the kids movies. Buzz is surprised by The Rock, he's turned out to be a huge talent on screen. He was also in Get Smart, which Steve didn't like. They should have either made it funny or real but they tried to do both and it was boring. Buzz's thoughts? |
| 5:35
| Buzz liked it because he finds Steve Carell very watchable. He also liked Evan Almighty. Steve liked that one too but he saw it at home where he always likes movies better. Did Buzz see Batman this weekend? |
| 5:36
| Batman actually opens next weekend. Steve was being hassled by Mike Dahl about tickets for Batman on Friday. On the way in today Steve heard the box office report-which he doesn't need to hear since he's not in the industry-and Batman wasn't in the top 5. He thought that was a bad sign. |
| 5:37
| Hellboy opened last weekend but Buzz did not see that either, he's about a week behind because of his vacation. He did see Wanted which he liked but it wasn't what he thought it would be. |
| 5:38
| The last movie Steve saw in the theaters was Hancock and he only saw half of it because the theater had to be evacuated. Steve asked people not to ruin the ending for him but everyone ruined it for him, via email. |
| 5:39
| Steve still can't believe that no one from Muvico read his article in the Tribune about their theater. Sure they're based in Florida but still you'd think someone would respond to what was basically a free commercial for their movie theaters in a major newspaper. |
| 5:40
| Steve was online on Friday trying to book Batman tickets but apparently that's next weekend. Buzz is tempted to see Batman in Imax since some of the movie was shot with Imax cameras. Steve's never seen a movie at the Imax but they do have one in Rosemont. Steve needs someone from Muvico to respond to his article though. |
| 5:41
| Stephanie was missing for a while but we have since located her. She overslept and she doesn't have a land line so it's impossible to get a hold of her. Everyone on the show should have a land line but no one does these days. If you don't have a land line then you're completely unreachable if your phone goes down. Stephanie is still at home now, she might as well just take the day off. She's gonna get a spanking from Steve after the show today! |
| 5:42
| Steve's pretty sure no one else on the show has a land line but he does. Pete probably doesn't right? Pete has thought about getting a land line since he gets terrible cellphone reception in his condo. That's great, no clues he should have a land line. |
| 5:43
| Everyone should have one becuase sometimes it's impossible to get a hold of people on a cellphone. Even Buzz has a land line although it's Aimee's. Whenever Buzz calls about his vacation he has to book 6 years in advance Aimee's name comes up on the caller ID. Steve imagines that Brendan doesn't have a land line either. It seems like everyone should have one. For some reason Steve thinks that Jim has a land line but let's call him and find out. |
| 5:44
| Steve calls down to the newsroom, Jim does not have a land line but he used to have one at his old place. What's with everyone? What if their cell battery dies? There's no back up! Not that anyone is ever late except Stephanie, who learned that from Tina. If you're late it makes you seem more important. |
| 5:45
| What if everyone got land lines and charged them to the station? Jim's pretty vigilant about charging his cellphone battery and making sure the ringtone is on. It's not like he's ever late but because of Stephanie we're all going to suffer. |
| 5:46
| Everyone should get land lines and then have cool numbers that spell Steve's name out. It could be something like 59-STEVE or something like that. They should all be some number that Steve likes like 69-STEVE. Everyone should have a number like that. |
| 5:47
| No one else goes off the grid except Stephanie but she really disappears on the weekends. Steve keeps in contact with everyone from the show but Stephanie just disappears, it's like she goes to a mountain retreat. |
| 5:48
| Pete checked in with Stephanie last night to see how her weekend was and she said she was stuck in Joliet becuase her brother was playing bean bags for money and they couldn't leave. Pete thought maybe he'd lost his car in the tournament. Everyone assumes someone has met with foul play when they don't show up but Steve just thinks they overslept. |
| 5:49
| Steve calls down to Adam's office. He has a land line but there's no phone plugged in. Every time he plugs in a phone he gets calls all hours of the night from people looking to offer him a loan. They insist he's some other guy so they won't take him off their call list. |
| 5:50
| He should just call the phone company and complain. It's easier for Adam to just unplug the phone, everyone calls his cell anyway. Steve still doesn't trust that, what if a cell tower goes down or if his battery dies? Adam doesn't trust the phone company anyway. He doesn't trust them? |
| 5:51
| Steve is being reminded that Adam was late to work once. He was picking up donuts for the show, that's what caused him to be late. But he doesn't trust the phone company? It's the man, they give their phone records to the government. Maybe he should stop doing things he shouldn't be doing. He should stop consorting with terrorists. |
| 5:52
| If a $1500 per event fine kicked in then everyone would probably get a land line. Steve's not sure if he has that kind of authority though. Mark Czerniec also has a land line but he can't be late, he just goes downstairs. |
| 5:58
| We just learned during the break that Stephanie was late because she was up all night throwing up. She has food poisoning so we told her to stay home. Steve would like to go back to Adam though because he really downplayed the day that he was late. |
| 5:59
| Adam was late on the day of Steve's 30th anniversary in Chicago and he was the one who was picking up donuts and cake from a bakery. All that morning Buzz was demanding to know where his donuts were. |
| 6:00
| Caller Randy suggests Steve get everyone really giant pages like they had in the 80s. That's the same as a cellphone though, you need to be near the pager in order to hear it. The thing about a land line is that it keeps ringing until you pick it up. |
| 6:01
| It doesn't seem like anyone needs a constant reminder of the show over the weekend because there's usually something that needs to be done. Steve was in contact with Stephanie over the weekend because of the iPhone. |
| 6:02
| Part of AT&T's gambit with the iPhone was making you activate it with their service at the Apple or AT&T store so that you couldn't hack into it and use another cell company. Of course at the AT&T store no one could get into their computers so they told you to activate it at home anyway. That's what they should have done in the first place since most people who buy the iPhone probably don't know how to hack into it. |
| 6:03
| Steve tried to activate the iPhone after the show on Friday but he didn't have much time because he had to go to that thing at Smith & Wollensky. Janet's phone worked fine but Steve spent all day Saturday trying to activate his phone. |
| 6:04
| It's very hard to actually talk to a real person at any of these places but once Steve got through the customer service woman realized he wasn't a crackpot and knew what he was doing. So she shot him up to tech support which is a whole other level that you can't get to on your own. |
| 6:05
| Steve has a headset on the portable phone at home because most people can't hear him. The phone isn't curved to the shape of his head and usually the boys complain about not being able to hear him. Of course they also make fun of him for having a headset. |
| 6:06
| So Steve's walking around talking to the tech support guy and he drops the phone, which causes the battery to pop out. So the 40 minutes he spent getting to tech support has been wasted. |
| 6:07
| Steve finally got back through to customer service and he went through all that and got sent back up to tech support and got everything working. Although he read an article about how some guy in San Francisco spent 90 minutes activating his phone in the store, complained a go a free phone. So Steve's wondering what he's going to get for his two days of activating the phone. |
| 6:08
| The new phone isn't that different than the previous iPhone. For instance it didn't perform the sex act Steve thought it might perform. It didn't make him breakfast or anything. Buzz thinks that maybe the phone just doesn't give it up right away. |
| 6:09
| The phone is faster though but it took Steve 2 hours to activate it. He went old school and did it by himself but the whole thing was caused by the person at the AT&T store writing down the wrong SIM card number. |
| 6:10
| The whole time Steve was trying to activate the phone he's going to the Apple website and they're acting like nothing is wrong. At least when you called AT&T they had a message indicating that something might be wrong. Steve's going to need a free computer or something for his trouble since that other guy got a free phone after 90 minutes. |
| 6:11
| Steve went to the Apple Store near his house but there was a line outside. He decided he needed pancakes but the Pancake House was closed! So he went to McDonald's and got an Egg McMuffin but they forgot his hash browns. He had driven away before realizing that and he didn't feel right going back to get them. |
| 6:12
| Steve thought about just going back in and getting another order of hash browns but then just left. Turns out Steve can eat an Egg McMuffin in about 4 bites. He doesn't normally like fried eggs though. |
| 6:13
| Buzz is wondering if the Egg McMuffin has set ingredients. He doesn't know what an Egg McMuffin is? Buzz likes something with scrambled eggs and sausage but that isn't a McMuffin. That has a fried egg, ham and cheese. If you go scrambled you might be getting into the biscuit family. Steve doesn't know for sure, maybe Buzz should pull into a McDonald's and check out the menu. |
| 6:15
| Steve's always been a fan of the biscuit sandwiches at McDonald's but it didn't seem like the right thing for him to eat. His bad thing was going to be the hash browns which he didn't get anyway. |
| 6:16
| Steve likes mustard on Egg McMuffins but he's not sure he'd even be able to do that at McDonald's. That seems weird to Buzz but as he says it he's remembering that Steve is the one who converted him to putting mustard on his turkey sandwiches. |
| 6:17
| Steve's not even sure they have mustard packets at McDonald's. Buzz imagines they have to though. Steve didn't want to ask and be embarrassed because everyone else knows McDonald's doesn't have mustard. |
| 6:25
| Egg McMuffins are actually pretty healthy, they're very balanced. In a book Buzz has, Eat This Not That, they recommend the Egg McMuffin at McDonald's. Well he'll get to try one because an Egg McMuffin is on the way. |
| 6:26
| Caller Chad wanted to let Steve know about the McGriddles in which the bread has pockets of syrup in it. So if you get that with the omelet egg and then bacon it's like when you order pancakes with eggs and bacon at a restaurant. Steve has made a pancake sandwich with eggs and bacon, maybe he's the inventor of the McGriddle. |
| 6:27
| What's Chad doing, it sounds like he's rubbing something. It sounds like there's chaffing going on. It might be his mustache rubbing against the phone. Ew! |
| 6:28
| Steve has the web poll to do but first he's going to open up the Mailbag. He's got a few complaint letters and it seems all of this stuff is out of Steve's control. He's going to read them anyway to see if something can be done about it. |
| 6:29
| The first emailer says that the commercials and Jack music are louder than the show. So whenever they're in the call they have to constantly adjust the volume. |
| 6:30
| Steve doesn't know anything about that but someone was in the studio over the weekend monkeying around. Everything sounds different today and all of Steve's stuff was moved. |
| 6:31
| Alright here's another complaint from a listener in Westmont. He was at the Taste of Westmont and was greeted with the Jack FM Hummer that featured Steve's picture on it. |
| 6:32
| Jack is supposed to be getting Saabs to be more green but in the meantime we have the Hummers. Todd was in Steve's office the other day and he said something that you only hear in radio which was "We don't have any vehicles wrapped for B right now!" That means that there are no vehicles with B96 logos on it. |
| 6:33
| The listener and his wife and daughter went to the Jack tent to enter a raffle and get a magnet and a fan. There were two nice young ladies in the tent who seemed like they didn't want to be there and didn't even talk to the listener. The only time they became animated is when they packed up to leave. |
| 6:34
| The listener doesn't know what the raffle was for and he just wanted to let Steve know that he wasn't represented well in Westmont. That's disappointing, Steve's going to call down to Adam and get him on it. Buzz thinks that maybe the promotions department isn't used to promoting a live show. |
| 6:35
| Adam is disappointed to hear this, he's going to look into it. Heads will roll! There's no need for that, maybe just send those girls up to Steve's office for spankings. He's going to be backed up with the spankings today. |
| 6:36
| Maybe Adam should go undercover at the next event, which is Summer on Southport. Maybe the girls will have a better time there since it's in the city. That's right near Buzz, maybe he'll go undercover. Steve was going to suggest Buzz put on a beard and funny hat but he already has a beard and hat. |
| 6:37
| Buzz will try to get down there next weekend. Of course now the promotions department has been notified but Steve has found that doesn't always matter. |
| 6:38
| Normally Steve likes to do three letters for the Mailbag but he only had two so he'll just do the web poll. Friday's web poll question was "Should Big Z start the All-Star game?" 78% of the people said no...ouch. |
| 6:39
| Today's web poll question is "Which music video game do you prefer?" The options are Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Steve has Guitar Hero but he hasn't played it because the Nintendo is up in the bedroom. That doesn't seem like the place Steve wants to play Guitar Hero, right before bed. |
| 6:40
| Guns 'n Roses plans to release a new song available only on the videogame Rock Band 2 which comes out this fall. MTV is expected to announce today that Shackler's Revenge from the Guns n' Roses album that has been in the works for more than a decade. That would be Chinese Democracy. |
| 6:41
| Axl's first mistake was giving the album a name. It's still a great album title though. The inclusion of this song on the game suggests that maybe Chinese Democracy is closed to being released. |
| 6:42
| Rock Band 2 will feature songs from AC/DC, Rush and possibly Elvis Costello and Bob Dylan according to a tracklist leaked online. Both Rock Band and Guitar Hero have helped the ailing music industry through song licensing and using online networks to sell additional tracks to play along with. |
| 6:43
| The games are also introducing younger listeners to older bands that they might not know. Buzz is wondering if Steve is hearing another radio station because he's hearing it nonstop. There's the third complaint for the show. |
| 6:44
| There are a few other headphones plugged in in the studio, Buzz is probably just hearing the show through those. Someone was in here monkeying around over the weekend but we'll have to fix it during the break. |
| 6:45
| Caller Scott was down at Navy Pier last weekend and there was a Jack tent set up with either Guitar Hero or Rock Band set up. There was a line of 12 year olds waiting to play the game so Scott didn't stop by. That's our target audience isn't it? |
| 6:46
| How did he find the girls at the Jack tent, were they attentive? There was a girl and a guy and they were up on their feet interacting. Steve will put a star next to their names as soon as he figures out who they are. |
| 6:47
| Steve's going to take a break and then maybe we'll do some news. We'll also try to find the source of the voices Buzz is hearing. |
| 6:55
| Turns out there was a TV on in the studio, that's what Buzz was hearing. Someone was definitely in the studio over the weekend but no one will cop to it. Stephen the engineer was out of town so it wasn't him. Those engineers sure get a lot of vacation time. |
| 6:56
| Did Buzz eat his Egg McMuffin yet? Steve had one with mustard on it. Buzz has had one before, they're good for you. It's a balanced meal. |
| 6:57
| Does Buzz want to do the news because Steve has his audio? Steve didn't anticipate Buzz swinging his mic stand out of the way when he asked him this question. He can't eat and do the news at the same time but he'll do the news because that's what he gets paid to do. |
| 6:58
| Steve sort of thought Buzz would take one bite and then do the news. Buzz can't do that and he doesn't understand how Steve can. Steve did eat his during the break and he's not sure why people talk him in to doing stuff that will get Buzz out of his normal routine. |
| 6:59
| News with Buzz |
| 7:00
| A new search for missing adventurer Steve Fossett begins today. For an instant Buzz thought that maybe he was still alive but it's a search for his body. A team of athletes led by a Canadian researcher will begin an 8-day search of Nevada today. |
| 7:01
| The Treasury and Congress are being accused of knowing that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were operating on thin financial backing. Steve would comment on this if he had any idea what Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were. |
| 7:02
| They're mortgage underwriters, weren't they always backed by the government? At some point we need to stop loaning people money who can't pay it back. |
| 7:03
| This week's cover of The New Yorker magazine depicts Barack Obama in traditional African garb, his wife in an afro and a machine gun, the American flag in the fireplace and a picture of Osama bin Laden on the wall. |
| 7:04
| It was an attempt by The New Yorker to make fun of everything that Conservatives say about Obama but when this gets sent out on the Idiot FYI Email Network it's not going to be taken that way. Not everyone has the same sense of humor as people who read The New Yorker. |
| 7:05
| Former White House press secretary Tony Snow died over the weekend of colon cancer. He was remembered fondly by Dick Cheney. That happened pretty fast. Meanwhile there's Dick Cheney still walking around, go figure. He's carrying his heart around in a lunch bucket. |
| 7:06
| A 22-year-old Venezuelan woman who was once kidnapped in her own country was crowned Miss Universe in Vietnam over the weekend. Miss USA came in 8th place after falling on the runway. The same thing happened to last year's Miss USA, that's our thing. They're always so poised when they recover from the fall but they're probably dying on the inside. |
| 7:07
| If a dying Cub fan's last request is to be buried at Wrigley Field nearby Bohemian Cemetery could fulfill that goal. Plans are underway to build a replica of the Wrigley Field scoreboard at the cemetery with room for the remains of 208 people. Why does Steve see the Cubs putting a stop to this as soon as possible. |
| 7:08
| The 7-year-old boy who's skull was fractured at a Cubs game on Friday is out of intensive care. On Saturday Derrek Lee and Ted Lilly, who hit the ball, paid him a visit. |
| 7:09
| Drew Peterson is back in court. Drew is of course a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife and in the death of his third wife. Does Buzz have to keep bringing that up? |
| 7:10
| Did Buzz hear about how they're trying to make hearsay admissible in court? Are they just throwing the Constitution out? It's the right of every person to face their accuser. |
| 7:11
| A Whole Foods store on the North Side has reopened after failing two health inspections. Inspectors found mice, mouse dropping and a dead mouse. Someone at that store must have made someone mad because every store has mice. |
| 7:12
| A former Democratic Congresswoman has been named the Green Party's presidential candidate. Cynthia McKinney was nominated on Saturday in Chicago. |
| 7:13
| Heath Ledger is receiving rave reviews in Australia for his performance in The Dark Knight as The Joker. There's even talk of a rare posthumous Oscar for him. |
| 7:14
| Caller Mary is calling in about that Wrigley Field cemetery monument. There's a miniature replica at Wrigley Field in Freeport and so far it hasn't been shut down. It was all over the news too. |
| 7:15
| They're probably not charging people to visit that field though and it's usually Little League teams playing there. Steve still thinks that it's different than a cemetery right by Wrigley Field putting this monument up. |
| 7:22
| Steve's looking at Little Cui bs Field in Freeport and he's guessing someone signed off on it. They've used some trademark items like the scoreboard. They'll sign off on a Little League field but probably not a monument at a cemetery up the road from Wrigley. |
| 7:23
| Live read: Diversey Driving Range |
| 7:24
| Steve was going to go to the driving range yesterday but he never got around to it. He really likes to leave the range on a good note by hitting three good balls but if that doesn't happen and his bucket is empty he goes and gets balls from other places. That usually annoys the other golfers. |
| 7:25
| Steve's going to go to their website becuase he's not sure where the driving range is. He gets that it's on Diversey but where on Diversey? |
| 7:26
| It's actually right on the lakefront. Is this where Pete wanted to go with Steve last week? Pete wanted to go to actual 9-hole golf course on the lake but it's probably connected to this driving range. |
| 7:27
| Does Pete want to go today? He'd have to get his clubs so maybe not today. Steve doesn't want to have to drive Pete all the way up to Rogers Park but he gets the feeling that he'd have to. |
| 7:28
| Steve saw something very sad on Friday. Everyone had lunch at Smith & Wollensky and Ron Lewis offered Pete a ride back to Rogers Park. Pete declined and said he had to go back to the station but really he just got on the train. |
| 7:29
| Pete actually did have to meet a friend downtown after lunch. He was surprised that Adam didn't offer him a ride home though. Ron's more of a talker than Adam plus the iPhone just came out and he's obsessed with it. |
| 7:30
| How about golf tomorrow then? Steve should probably take his boat out, it's just sitting in the harbor. He should go out and take a nap on it or something. Or he should just leave it in the slip and take a nap, that's probably more green. |
| 7:31
| Pete's wondering if this is an invitation to go on the boat. Steve didn't think Pete would want to go on his boat but he is welcome. They could go check out the Playpen although it's probably not up and running on a Monday. They could go over there and scout locations, maybe take some depth readings to know how much anchor they need to bring. |
| 7:32
| Steve does need to practice backing his boat into his slip and he'd rather do that with no one onboard. He does trust Pete to have some discretion though. The guy who drove Steve's boat over from Michigan backed it in and tied it up that way. |
| 7:33
| So Steve either needs to practice backing his boat up or turn it around and retie the entire thing. Who decided that Steve would want to back his boat in? Steve could probably use some help on the boat but Pete probably doesn't want to see him like that. He probably doesn't even want to know that Steve has to practice backing his boat in. |
| 7:34
| Steve will go up to that driving range with Pete though. Buzz didn't know Pete was a golfer. Is he going to bring his clubs on the L because he might get arrested for carrying a weapon. |
| 7:35
| Pete wouldn't call himself a golfer but he golfs once in a while. He has clubs but he only bought those because he's a lefty and they're usually hard to come by. Steve's a lefty but he golfs and bats righty. |
| 7:36
| Caller Greg thinks the best time to hit a bucket of balls is at night. If you hit a white ball at night a 150 yard drive looks like 250. Steve's not even at 150 yards though. |
| 7:37
| Distance isn't even a problem for Steve, he just wants to get the ball in the air. If it goes 60 yards he just says he's working on chipping. Steve wants to go somewhere where no one can see him. |
| 7:38
| Steve really just wants to hit the ball because sometimes that doesn't even happen. Greg also recommends custom length clubs, those help with the game. Steve doesn't even have clubs yet. |
| 7:39
| Caller Paul was listening and alarms went off in his head when Steve said he was going to go in his boat by himself. Why are people always worried about Steve doing that? |
| 7:40
| Paul imagines Steve's boat is the kind that has to be rowed so it might be helpful that to have someone on it. What if Steve tripped on a rope or something, then he's in the water and the boat is leaving without him. |
| 7:41
| Caller Joe has a little advice for Steve, they have those gaffing hooks for boats that helps you pull yourself in. He used to go through the locks on a 35-footer all by himself. |
| 7:42
| Steve has one of those hooks and he keeps it out for all docking procedures. Once that boat gets sideways on you it can be embarrassing. |
| 7:43
| Caller Rhonna works in Monroe Harbor, we talked to her last week. She's been driving a tour boat for 10 years and her husband has been doing it for longer. If Steve ever wants some docking lessons they can help out. |
| 7:44
| Does Rhonna ever back it in, if she'll pardon the expression? She drives a 60-foot tour boat so she has a lot of experience. Steve's pretty sure he can do it but he likes to say he can't. It wouldn't hurt to have a few discreet lessons without Rhonna's husband. |
| 7:45
| Steve would much rather take lessons from a girl than a guy. Girls aren't judgmental and if they are they keep it to themselves. Steve's pretty sure he can do it on his own but if he doesn't show up tomorrow notify the Coast Guard and begin the search. |
| 7:52
| Steve sent out a very cryptic Thought for the Day today which said "In weekend celebrity news: Mac and cheese..." Mac refers to Bernie Mac and his inappropriate routine at an Obama fundraiser. |
| 7:53
| The cheese refers to the Brett Favre situation which is pathetic. First Brett sends the Packers GM a text message wanting back on the team. Then he Fed Exes a letter to the GM wanting to be released. |
| 7:54
| Steve has a funny Fed Ex story. On Saturday he went to that NASCAR race in Joliet. The things Steve saw were awe-inspiring both good and bad. The good were the cars and the bad were the people but he'll get to that later. |
| 7:55
| Steve and Mike had tickets to the hospitality area which had sponsor tents with food. They made their way to the Fed Ex tent and loaded up their plates, then a guy walked over and asked them if they were on the guest list. |
| 7:56
| Steve told him they had the hospitality wrist bands and held his up. Turns out they had crashed the Fed Ex tent as well as the Coca-Cola tent just before that. |
| 7:57
| The guy wasn't a jerk about it, he told them they could finish their food but not to get any more. Steve told the guy that they got the tickets from someone at the track but they weren't really told where to go. |
| 7:58
| Turns out the tent they were supposed to be in was the first one they tried to get into. Mike was refused entry because the woman was a bitch. Steve finally went back with him the second time and got into that tent. |
| 7:59
| It didn't seem like anyone in the hospitality tent or at the race were from the Chicago area though. All the stereotypes you hear about NASCAR fans are true based on what Steve saw. They were all really rude too, maybe it's just from ignorance. |
| 8:00
| The guy in back of them spilled two beers on them and didn't apologized, he just asked Mike to pass him back the bottles. There were probably nice people elsewhere at the race. The woman in front of them was nice, it seemed like she was up from the South with her husband. |
| 8:01
| Steve and Mike must have looked extremely gay because they kept taking pictures of each other with their iPhones. Mike wouldn't pose right either to get the sunset behind him. |
| 8:02
| Everyone at the race missed half of it because they had to go smoke, it's not allowed in the grandstand. The race was fun though but there's not a whole lot of room in the grandstand, everyone is very close. |
| 8:03
| Buzz didn't know Steve was going to NASCAR races. Steve saw Mike on Friday and he had tickets and then Ramblin' Ray gave him a great parking pass. Ray does all the track announcements at Joliet. Steve and Mike left after lap 120 because it seemed like a lot of people were impaired, some at birth, and he didn't want to be there when they were leaving. |
| 8:04
| Alright it's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. On the phone is Raphael from the Taco Bell in Palatine on Northwest Highway. Steve has been to that Taco Bell, it's run very well. |
| 8:05
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 8:06
| Steve was at Smith & Wollensky on Friday appearing on The Score. Steve had a good time and he's not always entertained by something he's involved in. Dan Bernstein hosted the show and he did a Townstone live read. It was fun for Steve to watch someone doing one. |
| 8:07
| It was the same kind of live read Steve does so David is cheating on us. David sent Buzz a birthday card, he can't wait to see what he gets when it's actually his birthday. |
| 8:08
| Afterwards Steve had lunch with everyone from the show, it was a good time. Steve was next to Ramblin' Ray. Next to him was Lin Brehmer who talked too much. He seems like a guy who likes the sound of his own voice. He was trying to float the concept that XRT wasn't really a Cubs station. |
| 8:09
| Next to Lin was Eddie and then Jobo, they're nice guys but they talk the same way on and off the air. Next to them was Pat Cassidy who's a good guy too. Everyone was nice and it was fun. Steve thought he got a few good jokes out during the course of the meal. No one actually ate when they were on the air. |
| 8:10
| Steve had the lemon pepper chicken breast for lunch but once he started eating it he wished he'd ordered a burger. He made a healthy choice with the chicken and he only ate one breast. |
| 8:11
| David Hochberg was at Smith's on Friday eating the entire time with his back to them. That guy really straps on the feedbag. At one point during the Townstone read Ramblin' Ray interrupted to ask David why he didn't advertise with them. Most of his listeners probably don't qualify for loans though. |
| 8:12
| Ramblin' did hook Steve up with the backstreet parking pass which was good. Steve and Mike did meet some nice people at the race but the people in the grandstand around they were annoying. The most telling thing that a lot of them do is stand up and salute their favorite driver as he's buzzing by at 200 mph. Steve's pretty sure the driver isn't looking up into the stands. |
| 8:13
| David Hochberg is on the phone, he's wondering if Steve had the cheese cake. Steve thought it was too lemony. David's guy at The Score was paying for lunch so he had the cheese cake plus the salad and the split pea soup. It was only $25! |
| 8:14
| David had to have the soup because he heard it was good. Ron Lewis also had the soup and Dan Bernstein was recommending it. Is it a Jewish guy thing? |
| 8:15
| David did talk to Ramblin' about advertising on the show. They tried it for 2 months but all David was getting were guys in pick-up trucks and mom's trying to get their sons out of their basement. |
| 8:16
| David also thought Lin Brehmer talked too much, there are 7 other guys there! He had some story about playing whiffle ball with his son in their neighborhood and hurting his arm trying to throw fastballs. You can't throw a fastball with a whiffle ball! Steve asked him if the story ended with him having to register at city hall. |
| 8:17
| Buzz is surpassed David didn't wish him a happy birthday during that gratuitous call. He just rehashed everything that Steve said. We should start charging for that. |
| 8:18
| Steve's going to take a break and then we can talk about Bernie Mac and that Brett Favre thing. The whole thing is pathetic and embarrassing. The Packers are saying he can be a back-up. It just seems like a bad way for him to end his career. |
| 8:19
| Caller Brett was at the race on Saturday but he doesn't want to be lumped into the stereotype. Of course anyone listening is exempt from the stereotype. Brett brought his 6-year-old to his first race and the people around them couldn't have been nicer. That's what a 6-year-old will do for you. |
| 8:20
| Brett has heard Dale Earnhardt Jr. say that he can hear the crowd from his car. There's no way! You can't even hear the crowd in the crowd! Dale says he can hear the crowd when he's in first and he makes a good pass. |
| 8:21
| OK maybe he can hear that but he can't hear the one guy standing up and pointing at him. Brett had some Kyle Busch fans by him which was bad. A lot of people don't like him because he races dirty. It was satisfying for Brett to see Busch get caught in the infield as he was trying to rip the grass up. |
| 8:22
| Steve saw a lot of ugly t-shirts at the race and a lot of people wearing those t-shirts. The whole thing is amazing though, it's like the Super Bowl ever week, that's how much money is exchanging hands. |
| 8:23
| It took Brett two hours to get out of there though, a Steve Dahl can't do that. Brett also blew a headlight in the parking lot so he had to work on it right there, he went real redneck. |
| 8:24
| Steve wanted to stay around for the entire race but he can't wait in a parking lot for 2 hours. Brett had snacks in the car and the 6-year-old slept most of the time. |
| 8:25
| Steve did see some hardcore tailgating there though, people had some very complex rigs. Brett saw one guy who had converted an old fire truck into a tailgating rig. |
| 8:32
| Steve feels bad for stereotyping all NASCAR fans. Some of the nice ones were overshadowed by the guy behind Steve who spilled 2 beers on them. |
| 8:33
| That guy was big and dumb and he only apologized after Steve gave him the dirtiest look ever. The woman in front of them was very nice though and gave them napkins to clean up. |
| 8:34
| After a while that woman, with her tank top and tattoos, was looking pretty good. She could have been a Skynyrd groupie or something. Those tattoos say something, like they're up for the craziest thing you can think of under the right circumstances. |
| 8:35
| Pat Boyle is on the phone but we've got a bad line so he'll have to call back. He could be broadcasting underwater but we advise against that. |
| 8:36
| Steve will not be playing Peanut Butter Jelly Time when he gets back on the phone though. We probably should have just called him back. Brendan's talking to Pat now and it's taking too long. |
| 8:37
| Pat is back and the phone sounds better. He's looking forward to the All-Star Break but he doesn't get to take any time off. Steve has to say that Sportsnite had too much Cubs stuff on Saturday night. |
| 8:38
| Steve knows that Mark Schanowski is a Cubs fan but he doesn't even bother hiding it. At least Pat tries to hide it. Mark did 20 minutes on the Cubs and then they mentioned that the Sox won also. |
| 8:39
| Maybe Steve was a little sensitive because the Sox are sucking a lot lately. They're on the verge of sucking really bad but they're still in first place. |
| 8:40
| Can Paul Konerko go back to Charlotte or something? He was 0-6 yesterday, he had a bad play in field and another bad play in that Thursday game in Kansas City. |
| 8:41
| Steve likes Konerko but it seems like he has a bad attitude. There's really nothing the Sox can do with him since he has a full no-trade clause. Steve would like to see Konerko and Thome platoon as DH depending on the pitcher, move Swisher to first and then put Brian Anderson in center. |
| 8:42
| Alright let's move on to the Cubs just to be fair and balanced. They lost yesterday to the Giants, Ryan Dempster got his first home loss. Steve was listening to the game on Saturday when they blew that 7-run lead. Steve heard the end when the won and The Sant went ape. It's kind of endearing when you hear that, he doesn't even care that he's on the air just that the Cubs won. Maybe Pete can find that. |
| 8:43
| Steve saw that John Williams from WGN sang the 7th Inning Stretch yesterday, confirming his theory that they will in fact let anyone do it. Didn't Pat do it once? Pat's phone is breaking up, we'll have to call him back. |
| 8:50
| Pete was reading Steve's mind with that short version of John Williams' performance. He was getting read to start bitching about hearing the whole thing and then he saw "short version" |
| 8:51
| Alright Pat Boyle is back on the phone but it's still breaking up. We can continue though. A few summers ago when Vince Vaughn was filming The Break-Up at Wrigley Field Pat, Kerry Sayers and Dan Jiggetts sang at that game. |
| 8:52
| Each person was taking a different part of the song so Pat started it off. He was scanning the crowd beforehand and he saw Vince Vaughn so he said "From the bleachers to the rooftop to Vince Vaughn, let me hear ya!" |
| 8:53
| Pat looks down and Vince is raising his glass and saluting him. Then after the usher told Pat he probably shouldn't have mentioned where Vince was sitting. He was right behind home plate though, on TV the whole time! It's not like he's trying to hide. |
| 8:54
| It was a tight game and Vince stayed until the very end. After the game was over he was mobbed by autograph seekers. Pat actually ran into him right outside the park and told him that he was the one who sang and hoped he didn't make things inconvenient for him. Vince thought it was great though so it's a great end to the story. All Pat did was help Vince pull more tail out of there. |
| 8:55
| Steve doesn't think he'd want to sing the 7th Inning Stretch because he doesn't want to be nervous for the entire game. He wouldn't mind singing "Root, root, root for the Cubbies" though. A lot of people that Steve likes are Cubs fans so he doesn't want them to lose, unless they play the Sox. |
| 8:56
| So the Sox lost yesterday but they made it interesting, scoring 3 in the 9th. They had the bases loaded with 1 out but then Thome and Konerko both struck out. |
| 8:57
| Ozzie was not happy about the pitching in yesterday's game though. Pat loves when he gets like this, he's speaking for every Sox fan. They Sox had 22 hits yesterday and they couldn't win. |
| 8:58
| Did Pete happen to find that Santo audio from Saturday? Pete has it ready to play. |
| 8:59
| You can't help but like Ron Santo when you hear that. Whenever you hear Cubs highlights on sports radio they always say "Pat Hughes with the call" because Ron is going nuts. Ron Santo with the orgasm. |
| 9:00
| Steve and Buzz were talking about the Brett Favre situation earlier today, the whole thing is getting out of control. It's not a good way for him to finish out his career. |
| 9:01
| It seems like he just can't make up his mind, he's always waffling. It puts the Packers in a tough position because back-up Aaron Rogers is going into the final year of his rookie contract. |
| 9:02
| The Packers aren't going to release Favre so they won't make it easy for him. If he goes somewhere else and does great they'll get lynched. |
| 9:03
| Is Buzz ready with the news? Steve has his audio but he's still not ready to go. He needs a break to go down and get his papers. |
| 9:10
| Live read: McCracken Financial |
| 9:11
| News with Buzz |
| 9:12
| Sudan's President, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, has become the first sitting President in the world to be indicted by the International Criminal Court for genocide. Al-Bashir is being accused of masterminding a campaign of murder, rape and deportation. The deportation seems like the best option there. |
| 9:13
| This week's cover of The New Yorker, which depicts Barack Obama dressed in traditional Muslim garb fist-bumping his wife who has an afro and has a machine gun slung over her shoulder, is being called tasteless by some. The New Yorker meant it as a satire. Steve feels the satire will be lost on most people. |
| 9:14
| The Fed has agreed to help out mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by giving them access to their emergency cash fund. Buzz wouldn't mind access to that, nor would Steve. They'd probably abuse it though. |
| 9:15
| A bee sting caused a helicopter crash in Wisconsin. The copter was 4 feet off the ground spraying crops when the pilot was stung. His reaction was to set the copter down into the field. The pilot was not injured by there was significant damage to the copter. Plus the guy has to admit a bee caused the accident. |
| 9:16
| Buzz heard an interesting story about crop dusting over the weekend but he doesn't want to repeat it unless he can verify it's validity. So if any flight attendants out there know what crop dusting is then call in. |
| 9:17
| Now Steve needs to sit here and figure out what crop dusting is. Is it something between a flight attendant and a passenger? It's between a flight attendant and all passengers so it can't be good right? |
| 9:18
| Buzz doesn't want to generalize about all flight attendants unless he can get someone else to confirm what it is and that it happens. Is it disgusting? It's probably not something that the passengers would like but the flight attendant might. |
| 9:19
| We've got all 10 lines lit up, we haven't had this many callers since the flip-flop discussion last week. Should Buzz continue or should we take these calls? |
| 9:20
| There's a guy on hold who can tell Steve what crop dusting is. Steve would rather hear it from a girl but he also doesn't like when girl's talk like this. It was a girl who told Aimee who then told Buzz. |
| 9:21
| Caller Tom crop dusts all the time but he's not a flight attendant. Steve's going to handle this explanation anyway. The guy's not even a flight attendant! |
| 9:22
| Crop dusting is a term flight attendants use when they have gas. Pressurization causes gas and it's worse for flight attendants because of how often they fly in a day. |
| 9:23
| There's an unwritten rule about not doing it in the galley so when someone has to let one go they do it in the aisle. Usually it's when they're walking through the alley picking up trash. It's funny to watch the passengers because they always think it's another passenger. |
| 9:24
| This is definitely going to get Steve of sitting in the aisle seat. He doesn't want to know this though, it's like the Dave Savini hotel expose. |
| 9:25
| Steve had an article a few weeks ago that details all the disgusting things that go on on airplanes including crop dusting. It might take him a while to find it. He can say that the seat-back pocket is definitely a no-fly zone. |
| 9:26
| Prosecutors are considering criminal charges against R. Kelly's business manager. Only one person, Daryl McDavid, is accused of misconduct. He was the star witness who's testimony jurors discounted while acquitting Kelly. Lisa Van Allen claims McDavid offered her $100,000 to not testify against Kelly. |
| 9:27
| A Seaside Heights amusement park worker is on life support after being struck in the head by a roller coaster. The man tried to grab a hat that fell off a passenger's head when he was struck. |
| 9:28
| The guy Buzz was talking about from the R. Kelly trial, Daryl McDavid, he was an Andy Frain usher at Disco Demolition. On Saturday when Steve was leaving the NASCAR race they did a tribute to Disco Demoltion on The Score. Buzz saw something about it on ESPN. |
| 9:29
| Saturday was the 29th anniversary of Disco Demolition so we're coming up on the big 3-0. Steve's not sure if any festivities are planned for that, half the people alive then aren't alive now. If people want to that's fine and if not that's also fine. It was a long time ago but people still talk about it. |
| 9:30
| OK Steve has this airline article, it's as bad as the Dave Savini hotel thing only it's about airplanes. Seat-back pockets are a repository for toenail clippings and mushy meals. |
| 9:31
| People do things on airplanes that they never do in public. They pluck eyebrows, pick noses, polish nails. The stick chewing gum in places where only other passengers would find it, they blow their noses in the complimentary blankets, sometimes they even engage in sex acts. Buzz Kilman! |
| 9:32
| One possible reason behind the bad behavior is a decline in air service. It's retaliation for late flights, snippy workers and lost bags. |
| 9:33
| Steve has seen guys take off their shoes and socks and then clip their toenails right there. Then they just leave the clippings on the floor. Steve tries to put a stop to it but it's hard to do. |
| 9:34
| People have found old french fries, baby diapers, half a burger, used Kleenex and wet napkins in seat-back pockets. The middle seat is the worst because that's usually where a kid sits between parents. The parents will dispose of the grossest things in that seat-back. |
| 9:35
| One passenger on a flight from Reno to Dallas saw a nearby passenger put a wad of chewing tobacco in his mouth, spit the juice into a cup and then shoved the cup deep into the seat-back. |
| 9:36
| The detritus problem is only exacerbated because most airplanes only lightly cleaned between each flight. What is detritus? This is the Wall Street Journal so they like to use big words. Detritus is waste or debris of any kind. |
| 9:37
| Another passenger was on a flight from Vegas near a passionate couple in first class. They were not being discreet. That's something Steve would not mind on a plane. |
| 9:38
| Several passengers complained to flight attendants but nothing was done. The passenger wrote a letter to US Airways and sent him a form-letter apology and a discount voucher with a suggest that he could have asked to be reseated. |
| 9:39
| His second complaint drew a phone call from customer service acknowledging that it was not the proper response to the situation. |
| 9:40
| Steve really tries to keep to himself whenever he's flying. On the way back from LA a couple of weeks ago Steve was sitting next to a guy who might have been a musician. |
| 9:41
| He had a beard and seemed out of it. He got on the plane, at some Gummi Bears and shoved the wrapper into the seat-back and then he couldn't stop fondling his beard. It was really creepy. |
| 9:42
| The guy fell asleep and then he woke up and started chewing gum and putting the wrappers in the seat-back pocket. Then he started texting some guy who was 3 rows behind him. |
| 9:43
| Steve is definitely not a talker on the plane but there's a way to show that you're friendly which this guy didn't do. And he was creepily stroking his beard the whole time. |
| 9:44
| Steve has never seen Buzz stroke his beard but it's something he does when he's not in public. Steve is being told that Buzz does it more than he thinks but everyone finds it endearing. |
| 9:45
| This guy just really annoyed Steve but the guy on the flight out was much better. He came on the plane with some McDonald's breakfast but he ate it before they took off and got up to throw the garbage out. |
| 9:46
| He did snore during the flight and when they landed Steve had to tap the guy on the shoulder and get him to open the window shade. Steve didn't even say anything, he just used hand signals. |
| 9:47
| Steve has found that hand signals work much better than saying something. There's no confusion and people seem to respond to it. |
| 9:53
| Comedian Bernie Mac endured some heckling and a campaign rebuke after an appearance at an Obama event at the Hyatt downtown. |
| 9:54
| Toward the end of his 10-minute routine-you can get into a lot of trouble in 10 minutes-the 50-year-old star of The Bernie Mac Show, which is no longer on the air, joked about menopause, sexual infidelity and promiscuity. He occasionally used crude language. |
| 9:55
| As he told one joke the punchline evoked an angry response from one person who shouted to bring Barack on. They had paid $2,300 to attend the event. |
| 9:56
| Steve read somewhere that Mac said "Ho" at one point. 15 minutes later Obama came out to smooth things over and told Mac to clean up his act but said he was just messing with him. |
| 9:57
| Mac said he was a longtime Obama supporter. Longtime? Like 2 years? Steve doesn't see Bernie Mac supporting Obama in the state senate. |
| 9:58
| Later in the evening Obama appeared at a $500 per ticket performance by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. Barack introduced the band and had heard people saying he didn't have their music on his iPod which is not true. |
| 9:59
| Steve can see how some people would have a problem with "Ho". A lot of times with these things it helps if you're actually telling a joke and it doesn't seem like Bernie was telling any jokes. |
| 10:00
| Bernie Mac of course said he was done with the Sox and they were dead to him but there he was at The Cell throwing out the first pitch during the Crosstown. He didn't even make it to home, he bounced it! |
