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| 5:33
| Good morning Buzz, how are you today? Buzz is super but could be developing a slight cold. It could be allergies, that's what Steve always tells people. Maybe Buzz should try Zyrtec. |
| 5:34
| Buzz doesn't know what Zyrtec is but it sounds like something from Star Trek. "We've just landed on the planet Zyrtec." Zyrtec used to be under the counter and now it's over the counter. |
| 5:35
| There's some sort of allergy thing going on right now which Mark Czerniec, our own Michael Moore, will blame on environmental problems. Steve usually never has allergy problems. When he was a baby he was allergic to everything except poi. |
| 5:36
| Luckily there was a specialty store near Steve's parents that sold poi. Steve still hears about how expensive the poi was. Obviously Steve got over his allergies because he now weighs 300 pounds. There are a lot of fat Hawaiian guys, maybe they got their start eating poi as babies. |
| 5:37
| Steve's like that Israel guy who sings Somewhere Over the Rainbow, wearing a lava lava. That's the body wrap that big Hawaiian guys wear. Steve's parents had a neighbor who went to Hawaii a lot and he was always wearing lava lavas when he came over for cocktails. |
| 5:38
| Even back then Steve thought it was gay. He also thought the neighbor was gay although he dated Steve's aunt. Steve's aunt wasn't very attractive though so maybe it was a cover. That happened a lot back then. |
| 5:39
| It's not beyond Steve to think of an aunt as being attractive. Her daughters were attractive, Steve does remember that. He would have given anything to nail one of them, no questions asked. He draws the lines at siblings and parents. |
| 5:40
| Steve remembers being at the guy's house once and sitting in his Porsche pretending to drive. The guy found him and yelled at him for half an hour and threatened to punish him physically. Steve pointed out that he couldn't do that since he wasn't his father. |
| 5:41
| Steve often got punished by other people's parents as a kid, but he was a real ass. He always pointed out that it was unfair that he was going to be punished by his friend's parents and his parents as well. Like the one time he and a friend set the friend's avocado orchard on fire. |
| 5:42
| When you're a kid in Southern California you see a lot of forest firefighters so you want to be a forest firefighter. So maybe Steve and his friend lit a pile of dry leaves on fire which eventually consumed 10 acres. They had dragged hoses out there but it still got out of control. |
| 5:43
| For a few minutes the real forest firefighters were behind Steve and his friend helping them out. Then the friend's mom went nuts on Steve and spanked him with his pants down. Steve did find that somewhat erotic though. Buzz once had a babysitter that went nuts on him. |
| 5:44
| When Steve was around 6 or so he had a babysitter named Mrs. Moore who seemed to be about 80. She could have been younger but the word on the street was that she was a spinster. Even at that age Steve knew she needed to get laid. |
| 5:45
| Steve vividly remembers Mrs. Moore standing at the sink doing dishes while he was on the floor with his Matchbox cars looking up her skirt. She must have know he was doing that right? Steve knew something was right there he just didn't know what it was. |
| 5:46
| So that's a glimpse for what kind of psycho Steve was, even at a young age. He'd like to think he became a pervert when they moved away when he was about 9. This is another one of Steve's early cries for help. Someone should have reported him and sent him off to some sort of place for a lobotomy or a castration. That's how Richard Speck started out right? |
| 5:47
| But here Steve is and as far as he knows he hasn't committed any crimes. He might not have stayed on the right side of decency and morality but he did stay on the right side of the law. |
| 5:48
| How did Steve end up talking about this? There was the neighbor and Steve's aunt and poi. Not that it really matters but Steve would like things to come full circle. Maybe he should call Jim since he's logging all of this. |
| 5:49
| Steve calls down to the Dahl.com nerve center. Buzz started the show mentioning that he was developing a cold, Steve said it might be allergies which led to him saying he was allergic to everything but poi as a kid. The poi led to his parent's neighbor. |
| 5:55
| So much of what Steve says, so much of his life, can be summed up with a Simpsons drop-in. It's remarkable really. Steve was watching The Simpsons Movie the other day because there was nothing on TV. Summer TV is actually worthless to Steve, especially when there's no baseball. |
| 5:56
| Steve didn't really like The Simpsons Movie either though, he didn't like the plot. Buzz saw the movie but he doesn't watch the TV show so he didn't know what to expect. In the movie Homer pollutes Springfield, Steve didn't like the environmental overtones. |
| 5:57
| Steve can only take cartoons in half-hour doses. He can watch a cartoon movie on an airplane though. When he watches a cartoon he'd like the plot to have a somewhat more dramatic overtone. |
| 5:58
| Buzz remembered not liking Who Framed Roger Rabbit? because of the sexual overtones of the movie. The cartoon parts were great but he didn't find Jessica Rabbit attractive at all. |
| 5:59
| Steve likes his cartoon movies to have some realism which he knows makes no sense. A dome over Springfield? That's too far-fetched. Arnold Schwarzenegger as President? That doesn't even make sense, he wasn't born here! |
| 6:00
| Steve just turned off his TV last night, resisting attempts to get him to watch Project Runway. He did see the end of So You Think You Can Dance while he was waiting for the news to start, there was an extremely hot girl on the show and Steve voted for her. |
| 6:01
| Steve's really sick of all the reality shows though, like the one where people give teenagers a baby to care for. How about a sitcom, c'mon people! Sitcoms cost more money though, you have to pay for quality. So instead you get a bunch of irritating teenagers getting babies for a weekend. |
| 6:02
| Buzz remembers that PBS show The Loud Family, he's pretty sure that was the first reality show. And everyone was fascinated because the family disintegrated. Then Albert Brooks made Real Life which was sort of a parody of The Loud Family. |
| 6:03
| Who knew that that show would be the beginning of everything on TV being reality TV? Steve found a lot of comfort in just sitting there with the TV off. Buzz can't do that, he doesn't like being alone with his thoughts. He's worried he's going to descend into madness if he doesn't do something. |
| 6:04
| Steve was going to think about the show for today but then he moved on to something else. He can always usually come up with something for the show anyway so he didn't need to think about it. |
| 6:05
| Yesterday's comparison between Buzz and Dave McBride festered with Buzz yesterday. He finally realized how they're different. Dave got into radio to do the news and Buzz got into it to not do the news. |
| 6:06
| Steve wasn't totally comfortable with the comparison, it was mainly based on how they vacation at the same places every year. Steve just needed something to talk about so he went with it. |
| 6:07
| Buzz remembers listening to radio as a kid for the music and then getting into the comedy. It occurred to him that you could do anything you want, make up anything you want but that it probably wasn't commercially viable. |
| 6:08
| Buzz realized that he could get paid to do the news, and then he hooked up with Steve who's a whore and they went lolly-gagging through life. Steve's not a whore, he's a populist. He does have some integrity. |
| 6:09
| Speaking of integrity, Buzz has to question the Sun-Times decision to photoshop Blago's face on John Wayne's body. Steve found it delightful. Buzz did too but he still didn't think it was right. Steve does think that it's time for the Sun-Times to just go for it, photoshop the governor. They have gone for it though, Buzz thinks this is a new day for journalism. |
| 6:10
| If you open the paper there's an explanation of the photo but if you're just walking by the newsstand you think he's dressed himself like that. Steve's fine with it because Blago deserves to look like that, he's a complete tool. |
| 6:11
| He's offering to send the National Guard to patrol the streets of Chicago? What is that?! Steve wrote all about it in his blog today. Buzz remembers that we had Blago on the show years ago but even then Steve didn't like him. He looks like an abortionist. |
| 6:12
| There was a time, when Dan Falato was producer, that Steve was forced to talk to a lot of politicians. Steve was trying to look up murder rates for Springfield while writing his blog but he couldn't find them. He really likes how Blago looks on the cover though, it's great. |
| 6:13
| Caller Kate has a 4 am wake-up as well so she can sympathize. Things start to get really rough on Friday. Kate wanted to point Steve towards City-Data.com where you can research information about any town. |
| 6:14
| Steve was looking for a website like that for his blog but when he couldn't find it so he went straight mean without any facts. Kate likes "tool" for Rod Blagojevich, it's a perfect description. |
| 6:15
| Caller Stan loves the show in the morning, he just had to say that. He gets up early and drives a truck so he's always listening. Steve is also liking it, as is Buzz. |
| 6:16
| Did Buzz know that there were 254 registered sex offenders in Springfield, Illinois? Buzz remembers a time when someone said they liked kids and it was a good thing. Now, not so much. The murder rate in Springfield is 6 for everyone 100,000. Now Steve will have to look up Chicago. |
| 6:17
| Stan is on his way up to Harvard, home of Milk Day. Steve has no idea what that is but Buzz does. Could Steve be any more out of it? Chicago's murder rate is 16.4 for every 100,000. Steve might have given the wrong info for Springfield. Their murder rate is 5.2 for every 100,000 which is a lot for a smaller town. |
| 6:18
| So what is Milk Fest? It's actually Milk Day, a celebration of cow milking. And Buzz has been to it? He's actually played there. Was he sporting a milk mustache while playing harmonica? |
| 6:19
| Steve is now looking up rape statistics for Springfield versus Chicago. In Springfield there were 98.6 for every 100,000. It would be nice if Chicago's was lower. |
| 6:20
| In Chicago we have 53 rapes for every 100,000 people. That's a scandal! You'd think a newspaper would look that up. Not the Sun-Times though, they're too busy with their photoshop. |
| 6:21
| Alright let's look up robberies. In Springfield there were 307.8 for every 100,000. Steve should have probably opened two browser windows for this but it's too late now. In Chicago we had 558 robberies. 307 is still a lot of robberies. |
| 6:22
| OK, how about arson? It's probably higher up here just because we have cooler stuff to burn down. In Springfield the rate is 50.1 while in Chicago it's only 25.2. They're burning themselves to death down there! |
| 6:30
| Steve was doing research during the break and he'd like to say that the assault rate in Springfield is double what it is in Chicago. Buzz thinks that's because in Chicago you get killed, not assaulted. |
| 6:31
| Buzz still doesn't know how to explain that though. Steve is guessing that someone, somewhere has all the information for 2008 so far and he wants to see it in the damn paper! |
| 6:32
| Steve's just a guy with a blog and he at least tried to make an effort. He just couldn't find where the information was until that woman called in. |
| 6:33
| Alright it's time for the web poll, hopefully it meets Buzz's approval. Yesterday we learned that Buzz thought some of the web polls were a bit superfluous. |
| 6:34
| Yesterday's web poll was "Do you have a CTA shirt?" 97% of the people said no. Steve's pretty sure the only people to vote yes were Pete and Jim because they're proud to ride the L. |
| 6:35
| Steve saw that ridership is up on the CTA, probably because of the rising gas prices. And what is the CTA going to do now? Remove the seats during rush hour! Why not just add more cars to each train? Or they could charge more! |
| 6:36
| How does Pete feel about the no seats? It probably won't affect him since it's only during rush hour. Pete does know that the reason the CTA is doing so much construction on their stations is to make the platforms longer so they can add more trains. |
| 6:37
| Why can't they just pull up to the station and have people walk through the cars? Do they all have to be at the platform? Pete's seen the homeless guys walking through the cars, they do that when they're begging. |
| 6:38
| Pete also got to see a lovely young woman vomiting on the train this morning. She got on in the RP, probably after nailing some dude, then vomited and got off at the next stop. She didn't even attempt to clean it up? |
| 6:39
| The real question is why wasn't Pete working that? Although then he would have been the one who was puked on. Steve hears he gives a rough ride. |
| 6:40
| Stephanie's brother is actually working on the CTA renovations although Steve's not sure what is training is. His dad works for the CTA so maybe that's enough? You're just born with the innate knowledge of how electric trains work. |
| 6:41
| Now Steve can't remember how he started talking about this so he'll have go call Jim again. Steve started talking about yesterday's web poll about CTA t-shirts. It was right in front of Steve the whole time. Ridership is up, you'd think the CTA would make the trains nice to ride on. |
| 6:42
| How does Jim feel about the sat removals? Those trains are very packed during rush hour, it seems like it would be a cattle car. The CTA has ordered new cars which will feature seats facing the aisle, like in New York. That is supposed to leave more room to stand. Can't people just walk through the cars though? |
| 6:43
| The CTA doesn't want people walking through the cars, they put a sign up, but people still do it. Sometimes you have to leave a car because it smells or someone has vomited in it. Steve can't believe Pete didn't work that girl. Just face her away so she doesn't puke on you! He needs to throw a few jimmy hats in his bag when he goes to work. |
| 6:44
| Caller Yvonne is glad Steve got to her because she needs to get to work soon. She's half-dressed, right in the middle of getting ready. Which half? She will say that she has no shoes on. So it's the bottom half? |
| 6:45
| Yvonne was in Japan a few years ago and on their mass transit trains they have seats that face the aisle and fold up during rush hour. It seems like the CTA should make trains more pleasant to ride, at least in the short term. It is only during rush hour though. |
| 6:46
| Steve hasn't been on a CTA train in quite some time. When he first came to Chicago he took it a lot and sat right in the front. |
| 6:47
| Yvonne is an avid golfer and she's very proud of Steve for taking golf lessons. Right now Steve's on target for 2012 for his first actual round of golf. |
| 6:48
| There's a new video of Steve taking golf lessons but he doesn't want to post it on Dahl.com because he's very sweaty. The other two are up there though. |
| 6:49
| Steve was at the pro shop yesterday where a female employee helped him pick out a shirt that matched his shorts. It seemed like the guy working there was jealous of the girl helping him though. |
| 6:50
| Steve said he wasn't going to get into the accessories but Yvonne thinks that when he does it'll open up a whole new world for him. He's actually being fitted for clubs next week. |
| 6:57
| Live read: Chicago White Sox |
| 6:58
| The White Sox are doing Stand Up to Cancer Night this Monday. Steve has a pair of tickets to give away to the game to the 10th caller at (312) 616-1043. That's the contest line. Do not call the other line, you won't win tickets. |
| 6:59
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 7:00
| This live read features Joe Blow and his decent but not in-shape wife. That seems unnecessarily mean to Joe's wife. Mr. Blow blew through his economic stimulus check faster than the English army blew through Washington, DC in 1814. What? Is that even historically accurate? Buzz recalls an incident but he doesn't know if anyone blew through it. They got to the White House or something but BUzz is a little fuzzy. |
| 7:01
| Caller Michelle is in the car so Steve won't ask her about her state of undress. Michelle doesn't think she could live up to the last caller. Steve probably shouldn't start a trend of asking women how undressed they are when they talk to him. |
| 7:02
| On the other hand, that might be a good Thursday segment. For a time there were a lot of women emailing Steve to tell him that they were listening to the show while showering. |
| 7:03
| Michelle wanted to shed some light on the info in David's live read. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the British actually marched on Washington, DC and burned down the White House. Dolly Madison managed to save a few paintings though. |
| 7:04
| Why don't you learn stuff like that in school? All Steve learned about in California was the missions and Father Junìpero Cera. He can tell you everything you want to know about that stuff though. |
| 7:05
| Steve never understood why you didn't start with more current history in history class, then work backwards. No one ever listens to Steve's ideas when he's speaking at teaching conferences. |
| 7:06
| Steve knows that Buzz thinks some web polls are superfluous so should we do the news first? Or would he rather do the weblog? Steve meant web poll although sometimes the blog is superfluous. Today he thought he really ripped into the Blagburger though. |
| 7:07
| Steve does have to say that the photos Ed, a guy who walks around with an Obama button, chose for the web poll don't adequately capture the tone of the blog today. FIrst of all Steve would like the one on the front page to be changed to the Sun-Times photo of Blago as John Wayne. |
| 7:08
| Then there's a photo of a smoldering building that looks like it could be from the 1968 convention. The other photo is of what looks like police in a standoff which only bolsters Rod's claims about Chicago. Steve feels that Ed is trying to undermined Steve's rant in the blog. |
| 7:09
| Steve would have preferred Judy Baar Topinka as governor. They have similar haircuts but her's has more substance. Buzz gets the feeling that things would be totally different if Topinka was governor, Things would actually get done. Nothing is getting done now because everyone hates Blago, including his father-in-law. |
| 7:10
| The good news about Rod though is that he'll never move higher than governor. When he took office he had dreams of being President but he won't even get re-elected now. |
| 7:11
| Is Ed available to talk? Steve wants to know why he has to talk about a damn dog dying coming out of an upbeat record! That's Casey Kasem of course. But Steve is wondering if Ed chose the photos to portray a Democrat in a better light. |
| 7:12
| Buzz is seeing Steve's golf video on Dahl.com, his swing looks good. That's the one from a couple of weeks ago though. |
| 7:13
| Ed Silha is on the phone. He'll look for some unflattering photos of Blago online although he didn't think the ones he used were proving Blago's point. |
| 7:14
| Ed is on the same page as Steve with Blago. Ed did recently meet Barack Obama though right? And he kissed him too? |
| 7:15
| Ed did not kiss Obama but they did meet at the campaign office, where Ed does some work. He's really into this campaign isn't he? Ed's always leaving Obama buttons around the office when he stops by, Steve just throws them out. |
| 7:16
| Steve's not saying that he's for or against Obama, he doesn't like to talk politics on the air. You just alienate 50% of the people that way. Steve can't wait to cancel out Ed's vote though. |
| 7:17
| Intern Jordan is checking in to let Steve know that she was going to volunteer at Obama's campaign office this summer but instead she got this internship. She'd much rather work for Steve than the next president. |
| 7:18
| Steve really likes both the interns, Adam did a fine job. They meet all of Steve's criteria, he might have to keep them on once they go back to school. |
| 7:19
| Steve could probably talk to Ed about this off the air but he'll just do it now instead. Steve got the new iPhone, which he likes and is now working. It didn't work for 2 days because the guy at the AT&T store wrote down the wrong SIM card number. |
| 7:20
| That was a nightmare to fix though, Steve had to go very far up the AT&T customer service food chain just to get someone to help him. No one wanted to believe that the guy at the AT&T store had written down the wrong number. |
| 7:21
| The iPhone has these new applications that you can buy online and load into your phone. Is there a way to do one for Dahl.com? In order to get something on the Apple Store they have to approve it. |
| 7:22
| The iPhone doesn't support Flash so when Steve tries to go to Dahl.com on he gets that little cube with the question mark in it. Steve would like to make that his logo. |
| 7:23
| Ed can probably work on a version of Dahl.com that you can view on the iPhone, it's a good idea. Steve would want to include the blog on there. Steve would also like to add an "Email to a friend" option for the blog. So many times Buzz says "This is brilliant!" but he doesn't know how to cut and paste. Imagine how completely checked out Buzz is on this conversation. Luckily he has the golf video to occupy his time. It looks like a sausage playing golf! |
| 7:24
| Steve does think we should have a mobile version of the website. If you have an iPhone though you can download the AOL radio application and stream the show on your phone. CBS made a big deal about switching the streaming audio to AOL but now Steve understands why. The worst thing about an iPod is there's no radio, it seems like CBS should be promoting this more. |
| 7:32
| That was Jerry Taft on ABC, he didn't get an iPhone because he didn't have 4 hours to stand in line. Doesn't he have people to do that? It's not mean to send your people out to do that, that's their job. Stephanie got out of the office- where she probably would have been making Steve dinner reservations-to get Steve's iPhone. |
| 7:33
| Steve's pretty sure that Stephanie and Vicki had a lovely time waiting in line for the iPhone. Steve did have a few problems trying to get the phone registered. Every time Steve went to Apple.com it was just stuff about how cool the phone was. |
| 7:34
| Turns out Steve had the wrong SIM card number written down so after about 4 hours it was up-and-running. During that 4 hours Steve read about a guy who got a free iPhone because he waited 90 minutes to get his iPhone activated. |
| 7:35
| News with Buzz |
| 7:36
| Governor Rod Blagojevich-featured on the front of the Sun-Times today photoshopped into John Wayne's clothing-is offering to deploy the National Guard to Chicago to help us out. What a tool. |
| 7:37
| As we learned earlier today the crime statistics for Springfield are not that good. Their murder rate is lower than Chicago's but Springfield's other violent crime rates are higher per capita. |
| 7:38
| So now Blago is going to deploy the National Guard and rehire retired cops to help Chicago? He's an idiot! It seems to Buzz like Blago went out of his way to make Daley and the city look bad. How does that help him? Is Blago against the Olympics or something? Daley's in line with Madigan, that could be it. |
| 7:39
| Blago doesn't care if things get done, he just wants to make himself look better. Daley doesn't want a casino and Blago does. Navy Pier does seem like the perfect place for it though. |
| 7:40
| The United Nations World Court has ordered the U.S. to stop the planned execution of 5 Mexican citizens. The Hague told the U.S. that it must review the cases of 5 Mexican nationals on death row because Mexico's consulate did not have a chance to review the cases. |
| 7:41
| There's a sign in front of the chiropractic office of the former mayor of Placerville, California. The sign says "If it quacks like a duck" and then lists Obama's name along with Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. Where does everyone get this? Obama was born in Hawaii, he went to Harvard and he lives in Chicago! It's his whole name, that's enough to set people off. |
| 7:42
| Jesse Jackson is apologize once again for comments he made on Fox News during a break when he thought the mics were off. In the same July 6th interview Jesse said the n-word when talking about Barack Obama. |
| 7:43
| US Airways pilots are talking about concerns that they're being forced to reduce fuel loads to save money. This is a relaxing concept! |
| 7:44
| The new Batman movie is scheduled to hit theaters at midnight and some box office analysts say it could shatter all previous box office records. Tickets are selling out in cities normally not know for huge box office turn out. It's sold out in Alaska! |
| 7:45
| Steve is still miffed that he and Buzz weren't invited to last night's The Dark Knight premiere at Navy Pier. The woman who manages the theater is a fan but forget about that, they should have been invited by the studio! Steve is boycotting the movie! So is Buzz, at least for this weekend. |
| 7:46
| A new study shows big tobacco is manipulating the amount of menthol in cigarettes to hook young smokers. The menthol in cigarettes makes smoking easier for younger smokers. |
| 7:47
| A young boy who was rushed to the hospital after being hit in the head with a foul ball at Wrigley Field has left the hospital. He was given a clean bill of health by his doctor at Children's Memorial. |
| 7:48
| Steve saw that story yesterday, he was impressed that the parents didn't seem to want anything other than that their kid get better. The dad wasn't calling for changes at ballparks or anything either. |
| 7:49
| In suburban Lynwood, Illinois, police officers have begun ticketing people for wearing saggy pants that expose their boxers. Ed Yohnka of the ACLU says it's a form of racial profiling. |
| 7:50
| So if you don't have underwear on then you don't get a ticket? Buzz thought there was something in there about exposing your crack, or whatever the legal term is for it. |
| 7:51
| Live read: McCracken Financial |
| 8:01
| That was a fine entertainment report from Brendan. Pete didn't do Brendan any favors by mixing that music too hot. It was also too lively. Pete will deny it of course. |
| 8:02
| Brendan's voice is very low and with that music you can barely understand him. At some point only dogs can understand Brendan anyway. Pete seems a little down in there, is he still reeling from being alone in his studio with Bob yesterday? Steve can see why he would be though, it's weird when it's just Bob. You can really tell that Ron is the one keeping that thing together. |
| 8:03
| Steve liked the showbiz report Brendan did. He's also fascinated by the Sarah Jessica Parker story about having that mole removed. At some point she decided to play it off as being cancerous. |
| 8:04
| Maybe the listeners heard it OK. Steve's actually sorry he went down this road. Steve likes to tap into the inner workings of Pete's mind but sometimes it's scary to navigate. |
| 8:05
| Live read: Chicago White Sox |
| 8:06
| We're giving away another pair of tickets to Stand Up to Cancer Night at the White Sox game on Monday. |
| 8:07
| Brendan does a showbiz report on the Matt Dahl Show podcast but they haven't done one in a while. Brendan is an endless fount of useless showbiz info, Steve might as well use him if he's out there. |
| 8:08
| Live read: The Little Guys |
| 8:09
| Alright it's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. It's time for Steve to remind you that Taco Bell is an awesome place to eat. Think outside the bun why don't ya?! |
| 8:10
| Steve's making plans to get that box of food at Taco Bell. He doesn't know exactly that it is but he wants a box of food. It has all kinds of stuff in it though. |
| 8:11
| It's called the BIg Box Bell Meal. Steve likes when food comes i\n a box. It has a Queso Crunch Wrap. a Crunchy Taco, a Bean Burrito and those cinnamon twists, plus a drink. You'd need a nap after eating that. |
| 8:12
| Buzz has just been made of aware of the cinnamon twists. He's going to love them. |
| 8:13
| Caller Cindy passes by a Taco Bell on the way to work everyday and it drives her nuts that it's not open. |
| 8:14
| Cindy wanted to let Steve know that on WGN today Dean Richards was talking about how there were still some Batman tickets available. They're probably sold out now though. |
| 8:15
| Steve's just going to wait a couple of weeks on seeing Batman. It's not going to get any better or worse with time. Cindy's son is really into Batman but she's not sure if she should take him to see it. If Michael Caine thinks it's dark then it must be very dark. |
| 8:16
| Caller Joe wanted to say how great the show is stripped down with just Steve and Buzz. That's how they like it, lean and mean. Well mean anyway, Steve's not that lean but Buzz is. Steve's just mean. Buzz is sensing a whole ad campaign out of this. |
| 8:17
| A couple of months ago Steve was talking about that bar in Lockport, Dreams, that burned down along with a hotel. They've just lost another bar in Lockport right near dreams, it was also a mysterious fire. |
| 8:18
| Lockport is near Cog Hill right? Steve's down in that area for his golf lessons. There's an area on 83 there between Archer and Bell that seems like it could be really nice with the rivers and forest preserves but it's really funky. It's all industrial but it seems like it could be developed. |
| 8:19
| Joe thought that whole area could improve with 355 but unfortunately the industry got in first. Maybe a mysterious fire? Steve's not advocating arson, he's just saying that it could be picturesque but it seemed funky. |
| 8:20
| Well good luck to Joe with his bars. Maybe he should start drinking at home, that's what Steve did. It's much safer, no drunk driving and clean-up is a breeze. It sounds great! There's nothing like it, before you know it the kids are getting up to go to school and you're still awake. |
| 8:21
| That whole area could be nice but it's more industrial. Steve Dahl the developer doesn't exist. You won't see him buying up all that land and developing it. There's no Steve Dahl that's into the bank $30 or $40 million. |
| 8:22
| Steve did think the stone yard was nice, he likes a good stone yard. Who doesn't? |
| 8:23
| Caller Dwight is a nerd, he got tickets for the midnight show of The Dark Knight. That doesn't really make him a nerd though. He's seeing the show at the AMC 30 in Warrenville. |
| 8:24
| That's where they have that burger place, Red Robin, right? Unlimited fries with your burger! Dwight actually got yelled at by his girlfriend for asking for more fries. |
| 8:25
| So Dwight's going at midnight but they're asking patrons to be there at 11 pm because they're showing it on 7 screens to start off with. Dwight doesn't want to end up in the front row but that will probably keep him awake. |
| 8:26
| It seems like there are a lot of explosions in the movie so staying awake shouldn't be a problem. They blew up the Brach's Candy factory for the movie, or at least part of it. Steve started to read an article about that but then he lost interest. |
| 8:27
| Josh is going to the movie with a group of friends which is nerd behavior. It's a Nerd Herd. Steve is excited to see the movie though. He lost interest in the original Batman movies but he likes Christian Bale and he liked the way they did the last one. |
| 8:28
| Josh liked the second movie that Tim Burton directed, it looked really good. At some point they started switching out who played Batman and then they put nipples on the batsuit when George Clooney was in it. |
| 8:36
| Live read: Fresh Diet |
| 8:37
| Steve signed Matt Dahl up for Fresh Diet. He's not fat, he doesn't eat right. He's skinny because he only eats starches. So it's not just for people who need to lose weight. |
| 8:38
| Tonight Steve, and probably Matt, is having a stuffed chicken breast. It sounds delicious. |
| 8:39
| Alright time for the web poll. Today's question is "Should golf be an Olympic sport?" |
| 8:40
| That's a good question right? It's not superfluous. Golf's major governing body stepped up their effort to get golf added to the Olympic games in 2016. |
| 8:41
| Eight major golf governing bodies are joining together for the effort. PGA tour exec Ty Votaw will spearhead the campaign. The IOC will meet in October of 2009 to pick the host city for the 2016 games and also decide about adding two sports. There's no way Chicago doesn't get the games in 2016 |
| 8:42
| Golf was last an Olympic sport in 1904. Buzz did not know that. Buzz knows they just took softball out of the games. If Jenny Finch is mad then so is Steve. |
| 8:43
| Golf is lobbying to become an Olympic sport along with baseball, softball, rugby, roller sports and karate. Baseball and softball will be played at the Beijing games this summer but were dropped from the 2012 games in London. |
| 8:44
| What are roller sports? Is that roller hockey? In-line skating? Skateboarding? It seems like golf should be an Olympic sport, it's played everywhere. There are issues with regards to the structure of the golf season but players will probably understand if it becomes an Olympic game. |
| 8:45
| Drug testing is another potential snag. Steve didn't know you could take drugs and golf, hopefully he doesn't succumb to that. Anti-doping programs have been initiated on all major tours. How do you dope for golf? |
| 8:46
| Organizers of the 1996 Olympics wanted to add golf to the games and play at Augusta. The IOC scoffed at the fact that Augusta was male-only and had only recently accepted a black member. Steve loves when people do stuff like that. Don't worry about it, it's not your club. |
| 8:47
| In 2005 golf failed to land inclusion in the London games. Under that plan 50 men and 50 women would have played 72 holes of stroke play. Eligibility would have been determined by world ranking with no country getting more than 3 players. |
| 8:48
| Golfer Justin Rose would love to play in the Olympics in 2016 when he'll be 36. He's not sure his wife would ever forgive him for winning a gold medal. She was a gymnast as a kid and her dream was to win a gold medal. Buzz doesn't understand the concept of professional athletes in the Olympics. There's a whole new can of worms that Buzz just opened. |
| 8:49
| Steve has to think that Tiger Woods in the Olympics would be huge. And maybe by 2016 Steve will be good enough to compete. There's no way Chicago doesn't get the games though, that's Steve's stance. |
| 8:50
| Sure they've never had the Summer Olympics in South American but why start now? Spain just had it recently, they won't get it. Chicago is getting it and Steve wants it here. Buzz is against it because of the traffic. There probably won't be much Olympic traffic at 4 am but we'll get Buzz a helicopter for after the show. |
| 8:51
| Buzz isn't talking into his microphone today for some reason. Steve was going to mention this off the air but he's being told to say it now. We're getting callers who are complaining. |
| 8:52
| We will figure out a way for Buzz to get home during the Olympics. Maybe by 2016 Piper will be in the Olympics for tae kwon do or equestrian sports. There's no way we're not getting it though. That Patrick Ryan guy doesn't mess around. |
| 8:53
| Getting the Olympics will make Chicago world class which we need. Steve's sick of people being surprised at how great Chicago is. Last night on the news MIchael Caine was talking about how they shot The Dark Knight in Chicago because the skyline isn't as well known as New York's. |
| 8:54
| It's pretty well-known isn't it? What kind of thing is that to say? Michael Caine's an actor though and actor's are idiots. |
| 9:02
| That was another fine entertainment report from Brendan with different music. This music sounded more showbiz. The other music sounded like Brendan was getting ready to do a porn movie. |
| 9:03
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 9:04
| News with Buzz |
| 9:05
| Governor Rod Blagojevich is raising the possibility of bringing in Illinois State Troopers or National Guard soldiers to fight the rising violent crimes in Chicago. He'll meet with officials from those agencies today. Mayor Daley has not asked for help but Blago will talk to him when he has more concrete information. |
| 9:06
| Of course Blago was featured on the cover of the Sun-Times today, photoshopped onto John Wayne's body in Rio Bravo. The headline is "I'll clean up this town partner" Steve thinks it's great but Buzz is troubled by it. Steve is always surprised by what troubles Buzz. This, professional athletes in the Olympics...it's a great photoshop job though. |
| 9:07
| Why create that kind of panic? Now people think things are so out of control that they're calling the National Guard in. Then it ends up on CNN, it couldn't make the city look any worse. The only person this helps is Rod Blagojevich. |
| 9:08
| And it's all because Daley is in league with Madigan and they don't want a casino in Chicago. So Steve thinks this is awesome. The Trib could never do something like this. Steve's been down on the Sun-Times lately but this redeems them. |
| 9:09
| Ed also changed the photos of Blago on Steve's blog. There's one of Blago photoshopped onto Krusty the Clown and another of Blago in a dunce cap. |
| 9:10
| Denver plans to push the homeless off the streets during next month's Democratic National Convention. They'll be giving homeless people free movie tickets, zoo passes and even bus fare to get there. Why not just take them to an all-you-can-drink bar for the week? |
| 9:11
| Michelle Obama will not go on Barack's next trip to Afghanistan, Iraq and Europe, nor will she has a policy position should be be elected president. That's according to a statement released by Obama's campaign. Instead she'll stay home to raise their daughters. |
| 9:12
| A ban that stopped HIV positive people from entering the U.S. has been lifted. The change was part of Congress approving $50 billion to fight the global AIDS epidemic. |
| 9:13
| The Dark Knight opens in theaters tonight with Christian Bale as The Batman. Buzz really likes when they call him The Batman, it makes all the difference. |
| 9:14
| Kay Ryan, poet, mountain bike rider and self-described hermit is going to Washington. She will be the 16th poet laureate stating in the fall. Does Buzz have a sample of her work? |
| 9:15
| Buzz thought he printed some of it out but he can't find it. He was going to select one to read on the air, because that's what he likes to do, but none of it was speaking to him. |
| 9:16
| Last year's poet laureate really spoke to Buzz, he couldn't have been happier. Buzz will have to go home, get his pipe and smoking jacket and really dig into Ryan's poetry. |
| 9:17
| Dozens of Chicago filmmakers are getting ready to show their work to the world. The Chicago Comedy Short Film Festival starts today and ends tomorrow at the Music Box. |
| 9:18
| Actor Andy Dick has been arrested for possible drug possession and sexual assault. Police were called to the parking lot of a Murrietta, California Buffalo Wild WIngs after someone complained of a man going to the bathroom. |
| 9:19
| Police found Dick in a van with marijuana and a Zanax. He's also being accused of groping a 17-year-old girl's breasts and trying to pull off her shirt. |
| 9:20
| Before getting bust on the charges Andy got into it with a couple of restaurant patrons. He threatened to hit them with a bottle of ketchup. |
| 9:21
| A man who once held up a McDonald's at gunpoint when he was a teen is now a finalist to write a new jingle for the fast-food company. |
| 9:22
| Steve has Kay Ryan poetry if Buzz would like to hear it. Should Steve read it or should Bill Kurtis read it? If you've got Bill you might as well use him. |
| 9:23
| Bill appreciates Buzz freeing him from his cage. Has Buzz seen Bill in those new AT&T commercials? He's discovering the internet on a deserted island. He was also on the news last night talking about how The Dark Knight is good for Chicago. |
| 9:24
| Alright this is Bad Day by Kay Ryan, as read by Bill Kurtis. This poem sounds like Black Sabbath lyrics. |
| 9:25
| What the hell was that? If Steve wrote something like that he'd delete it. That's why it didn't speak to Buzz like last year's poet laureate. |
| 9:31
| Live read: Chicago White Sox |
| 9:32
| Live read: The Little Guys |
| 9:33
| Steve looked at the Andy Dick video and there's no profanity, it's just a lot of crowd noise. TMZ bleeped the profanity. Steve can play it, it's just a bunch of guys in their 20s hassling Andy Dick. |
| 9:34
| The video looks like a high school lunch room. Steve can't blame the guys for hassling Andy Dick though, he seems completely wasted. |
| 9:35
| Those guys do seem like idiots though, they're they kind of guys who either wear their hats backwards or with the brim flat and think they look like bad-asses but really they look like idiots. |
| 9:36
| Andy Dick seems completely hapless though. It seems like marijuana and Zanax is not the combination you want. |
| 9:37
| Buzz saw Andy Dick's booking photo on The Smoking Gun, he's giving a devilish look but he sort of looks like Martin Short. |
| 9:38
| Alright time for a Mailbag. The first emailer wonders if Steve heard what happened to intern Mallory at last night's Vernon Hills Days. Steve does not know but he'll read on. |
| 9:39
| Steve should probably get Adam on the phone, he's in charge of all of this stuff. Buzz doesn't know a Mallory, nor does Steve. It's probably best Steve doesn't remember their names. |
| 9:40
| A canopy blew over and it knocked Mallory out then had to be chased down. She was attended to and is fine. Sounds like they need to get some sandbags to hold that tent down. |
| 9:41
| Should Steve call Jill? Adam's usually in the loop about stuff like this though. Hopefully Jill recognizes Steve's voice, she didn't last night. |
| 9:42
| Jill's not in her office right now. Steve doesn't know why someone would send this email if it wasn't true though. Hopefully Mallory wasn't one of the interns who was rude at Taste of Westmont. |
| 9:43
| Steve did speak to Todd about those interns not being very friendly and how they didn't do anything until they had to pack up and leave. |
| 9:44
| Steve's going to call Jill back just to give her the benefit of the doubt, there is a delay. Steve could see Jill getting on another phone call just to make sure she doesn't have to talk to Steve. She's probably ordering up 5 gallons of guacamole from the Adobo Grill. |
| 9:45
| Steve has a few more letters to read but he should probably take a break. It is driving him nuts that he can't find out what happened to this intern though, maybe he'll call her again. |
| 9:52
| Time for another showbiz report with Brendan. Derek Jeter's new girlfriend is Minka Kelly from Friday Night Lights? Seriously? Kudos to Derek Jeter, that's a good girlfriend to have. |
| 9:53
| Marketing director Jill is on the phone, she was trying to figure out what happened last night. The tent does have sandbags but they were just starting to set up when it blew away. |
| 9:54
| Mallory was fine, she was not knocked unconscious and laughed it off. So magnet distribution continued uninterrupted? Steve likes the magnets but it's funny to him that we give them away. His fridge doesn't take magnets but he's not sure about anyone else. |
| 9:55
| So we've got magnets and empty beer cups right? There are also ticket giveaways and Jack t-shirts. There's the "Once you go Jack you never go back" and a Jack University shirt. There's also a Jack '08 shirt. |
| 9:56
| Jill needs to send some t-shirts up so Steve can send them to his brother, he's always bugging him about one. Are there any Steve Dahl t-shirts? Or is it just the cheap magnets of Steve as one of the Village People, belittling him? Jill wants to do some Steve Dahl t-shirts, she's asked Todd about it. Is Todd blocking that? Steve will just do the t-shirts himself. |
| 9:57
| Mallory is fine and she's not the same girl who was at Taste of Westmont. Jill got to the bottom of it as soon as she heard what happened. All the interns are told how important it is to be friendly and proactive at the beginning of the season. And by that she means festival season? |
| 9:58
| The girl in Westmont was coming off a surgery, that was her explanation for her mood. Surgery? That's really reaching deep into the excuse bag. It was the first complaint Steve has ever gotten about any of the events though. |
| 9:59
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 10:00
| Jill's next promotions event is Summer on Southport where Buzz was supposed to spy on the street team. That's probably not going to happen so they don't have to worry about anything. |
| 10:01
| There's the Pat Benatar and John Mayer concerts this Friday as well. That's not on the same bill is it? Buzz wants to know if John Mayer is bringing Jennifer Anniston along with him. |
| 10:02
| Jill didn't know they were involved but that's not her field. She deals in magnets and empty beer cups. |
