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| 5:33
| Buzz drove himself in to work today because the wife's out of town. Normally Buzz only gets the car so he can drunk drive in it. Perhaps it's an effort by Buzz's wife to collect the life insurance. |
| 5:34
| Buzz's wife is in Vegas with her sister. They're both very excited because they're seeing Donny & Marie tomorrow night. She's of that age so that makes sense. That's what happens when you marry someone who's 30 years younger than you are, they want to see Donny & Marie and the Bay City Rollers. |
| 5:35
| Aimee was a huge Donny & Marie fan. Somewhere there's a pile of lunch boxes and purple socks. Buzz got the Donny & Marie tickets on his own, Steve is very proud of him. |
| 5:36
| There was a meltdown earlier in the week over the tickets but he got through it. It was actually a bad couple of days. Buzz was relying on a guy who he thought was in charge but actually wasn't. He got Buzz far enough though to get the tickets he needed. |
| 5:37
| This is the same guy who used to work at a Wrigley Field rooftop and was always inviting Steve and people from the show. Of course Pete and Brendan and Jim and also Matt Dahl all took full advantage of it. It seemed like the guy owned the place but he didn't and that could have been why he was dismissed. |
| 5:38
| Buzz was just invited to some other rooftop or something by the guy so he might still have a connection somewhere. The guys from the show went to the rooftop on what was probably Steve's invitation. There was actually a sign that said "Welcome Steve Dahl Show" even though Steve wasn't there. Pete just crossed Steve's name out and put "Matt" |
| 5:39
| So Buzz called this guy to try to get tickets for Donny & Marie as well as Cirque de Soleil. He works at a ticket broker but this wasn't his deal and he eventually passed Buzz along to someone else. |
| 5:40
| But before that Buzz wasn't hearing from the guy and he freaked out, rightfully so. It was for Buzz's wife and Aimee's sister who advised Aimee before they were married that he would be a bad husband. |
| 5:41
| Earlier in the baseball season Catman went up to the rooftop and learned that this guy, Lawrence, didn't work there. Steve might have to clamp down on all amenities for the show, there could be a one year freeze on it. |
| 5:42
| Catman actually set up and event and paid for it and when he showed up he learned Lawrence didn't work there. The rooftop seems like a perfect place for Catman to work chicks, there's no danger of any Cubs players showing up. |
| 5:43
| Buzz actually called a post-show meeting about the tickets and he also had Adam on it as well. He found Donny & Marie tickets but they were $700 a piece. Buzz always says price is no object but Steve gets the feeling it is. |
| 5:44
| Buzz would have paid $700 a ticket, that's how much this meant to him. But he ended up talking to this guy at Just Great Tickets and he got everything on his own. We still don't know what Lawrence's connection is to them but it seems tangential. |
| 5:45
| On Wednesday towards the end of the show Buzz told Steve he was calling an emergency post-show meeting. He refused to tell Steve what it was about because he needed to keep it off the air at least until Thursday. |
| 5:46
| Steve has connections in Vegas and those were plumbed but Buzz ended up doing it on his own and we're all very proud of him. He did have a second panic when he talked to the owner of Just Great Tickets. He was very nice but he didn't seem to care that Buzz was on the radio and he didn't know who he was. |
| 5:47
| The guy told Buzz to call back the next day and that's when he talked to a sales guy who knew him and Steve and he helped him out. But that Lawrence guy did help Buzz out so he'll send him a thank you note. |
| 5:48
| We still don't know what Lawrence's connection to this ticket broker is, or how he was connected to the rooftop. His invitations to the rooftop always seemed a little too easy, he was just inviting people up there whenever. But Pete and Jim and Brendan and Matt took full advantage of it. Steve is still waiting for his thank you note from them. |
| 5:49
| So now Buzz is left to fill the hours of the rest of the weekend. He told Piper that tonight they can stay up as late as they want which means she'll probably nod off around 11 pm. Before that though he told her she can do whatever she wants, watch whatever she wants, eat as much popcorn as she wants. |
| 5:50
| Saturday is usually Mexican food night so Buzz has a babysitter tomorrow. He doesn't want to be chained to that house for too long. He looked in The Reader for something to do but he could just go to the Mexican place by himself. |
| 5:51
| Steve recommends that Buzz go back to his original Mexican restaurant that moved to a larger location and became the happening place to be. Part of Buzz regrets that he's not part of the scene any more. There's no chance of Buzz walking away with anything but a snootful of tequila. Steve has to say that when tequila is present anything can happen. Not that he wants that but the possibility exists. Tequila creates extreme instability which can be taken advantage of. There's also the freaky thing that Buzz is the same age as someone's grandpa. |
| 5:59
| Caller Ron's daughter works at Six Flags, he can get Buzz some passes and they can ride the rides and go to the water park. He could be a professional dad, or he can get a babysitter and go out drinking. What do you think Buzz is going to do? |
| 6:00
| Steve thinks he'll get the babysitter and go out. He's putting in his time tonight, it's like prison and he's getting out on Saturday for good behavior. Ron is recommending a schedule for tonight because 6-year-olds need structure. Steve feels Ron is mocking Buzz. |
| 6:01
| Buzz and Piper spend a lot of time together so they know what they're doing. Piper has half of the Buzz genes in her so she can just sit back and relax. They play harmonica together in the back room. |
| 6:02
| That's nice of Ron to offer but Buzz Kilman knows what Buzz Kilman is going to do and nothing deters him from it. Buzz has been spending time with the kid since birth, they've worked out some routines and they're comfortable with it. None of those routines include long drives to amusement parks, not without Aimee. |
| 6:03
| Last night Steve went to the driving range with Pat, who's living in his basement. They're like a Middle Eastern or Eastern European family, they've got several generations in the house. |
| 6:04
| Pat and his wife are looking for a house although Pat claims it's not a good time to buy. He still thinks the market is about 6 months away from bottoming out. It's fine though, Steve doesn't mind having them down there. They have only looked for real estate once in the 2 weeks they've been there though, Steve doesn't like that ratio. |
| 6:05
| Steve was a better golfer than Pat thought he was. Pat got a bad report from Matt, who Steve took to the driving range on Father's Day. Steve believes the exact quote was "Dad said he got some good hits but I didn't see any" |
| 6:06
| It is irritating that all of the boys are good at golf and they never had to take lessons. Pat said he learned from Steve's dad. Steve's dad never taught him to golf although Steve was fairly unteachable. |
| 6:07
| Steve got a mysterious package from his dad yesterday. He's got this Miracle Rub that he uses for arthritis and other stuff like that. When Steve was in L.A. at the Dodgers game with Pat and his dad they went up to the press box to see Ed Farmer. |
| 6:08
| Steve's dad noticed that Ed's hands were kind of gnarled, probably arthritis from years of pitching. Steve's dad wanted to give him this ointment but of course now it falls on Steve to bring it to Ed and say "My dad noticed your arthritic hands and wanted you to have this snake oil." |
| 6:09
| So Steve gets this box with a tube of the ointment, which made the whole box smell, a letter from Steve's dad to Ed and a Dodgers cap that Steve bought when he was at the game. He didn't think he should be wearing it at the game in case he ended up on TV. He gave the cap to his dad as a souvenir but he returned it and now it smells like ointment. |
| 6:10
| Steve and Pat were pulling into the garage and Pat said that word on the street was that Steve had hooked Stephanie up with Batman tickets. As far as Steve knows he didn't but if he could have he probably would have. |
| 6:11
| Pat learned of the tickets from Stephanie's away message that said "Scored 6 tickets to see Batman, it's good to have connections." That doesn't seem like Stephanie, based on what Buzz knows. He only knows her from around the office but Steve's pretty sure that what you see is what you get. |
| 6:12
| In the past some employees who Steve won't name (Tina) would use a connection from the show and throw it back in the face's of Steve's sons so they'd hassle him. |
| 6:13
| Steve calls up to the office. Stephanie only got 2 tickets to see Batman and it was through her dad. Yet Steve is being taken to task by Pat, who has already been hooked up once this week. Steve got him into a VIP cocktail party tonight with all the Blackhawks players after the first night of the convention. |
| 6:14
| Stephanie's dad works for the city and he worked on the movie picking up garbage. So they invite the garbage men but not Steve and Buzz? Steve even knows the manager at the Imax! She did send over a t-shirt and Joker bobblehead for Buzz but Steve got nothing. |
| 6:15
| Steve's dad doesn't work for Streets & San so apparently he doesn't have the connections. Steve doesn't have to say that Stephanie's dad is a sweet dresser, he wears the matching track suit and track jacket. Whenever they go to dinner at Pancho Pistolas Steph upskirts him and sends Steve the pictures. |
| 6:16
| Steve will have to just go on his own apparently. They must have matinees, he'll have to call the Imax manager and try to go next week. That Navy Pier premiere earlier in the week was a charity event but Steve is charitable. |
| 6:17
| But according to the word on the street, Steve hooked Stephanie up with 6 tickets to see Batman last night. Word on the street? What is that? |
| 6:18
| Steve would hook up Stephanie up with 6 tickets if she wanted them although now he's not so sure he can. She'd probably have to go through Buzz to get the tickets. |
| 6:19
| Steve probably could have seen the movie this week if he wanted to. At some point though he doesn't want to be involved in something that's this popular, he'd rather wait until the crowds die down. |
| 6:20
| Steve's hearing all about every theater selling out, even in Alaska. Buzz doesn't want to see a movie in a theater that crowded. |
| 6:21
| Steve's also boycotting that Muvico theater because he wrote that article about them in the Trib and he hasn't heard from one person connected to the company. He's very close to send a copy of the article to their offices in Florida. |
| 6:28
| Michael Caine said they filmed Batman in Chicago because our skyline isn't as well known. Thanks for the insult! Our skyline is plenty famous. That's why Steve's boycotting the movie. |
| 6:29
| Steve could just go see the movie on his own but he's waiting for the crowds to die down, as is Buzz. Steve always ends up behind loudest popcorn chewer in the theater. |
| 6:30
| Steve was watching ABC 7 news last night and Jim Rose, JR, said that the it's been 31 years since both the Cubs and Sox were in 1st place after the All-Star break and we all know what happened then. |
| 6:31
| Steve didn't know what happened though. He did the math and figured it was 1977 but he still doesn't know what happened. He's watching the news to find this stuff out. |
| 6:32
| Ed Silha is saying it's 41 years which would be 1967. Can Pete check the audio? Pete also heard that and JR said 31 years ago. 41 years ago was 1967. |
| 6:33
| Steve knows that in 1969 the Cubs were in first place but ended up losing out to the Mets, the Amazin' Mets. Steve's getting a lot of information but Ed is calling in. Steve is guessing that Ed said 41 years ago, Googled it and realized he was wrong and then totally shut down his computer. |
| 6:34
| Caller Carl is on his way to workin Burbank. California? That's a long commute! |
| 6:35
| In 1977 the White Sox had The Hitmen with Oscar Gamble and LaMarr Hoyt. That's when they had those blue uniforms that look like softball players. |
| 6:36
| The Sox started fading in 1977 and lost out to Kansas City who had been in the playoffs for three years. The Cubs had a huge lead in the National League and they ended up with a .500 record. So why would Jim Rose even mention that?! |
| 6:37
| Carl knows that off the top of his head because he was living here at the time. Steve was in Detroit but he doesn't think he'd be able to tell you what they did that year. That's what stats are for! |
| 6:38
| Ed Silha is on the phone, he wants to clear his name. We're only on until 10, this seems almost insurmountable! Ed thought that Jim Rose was talking about 1969 so he said 41 years ago. |
| 6:39
| That was the bad year, Steve does know that. Even in L.A. he knew it was brutal. If Steve were a Cubs fan in 1969 he wouldn't have been one after that. If the White Sox had blown it in 2005 and not made the playoffs he'd no longer be a White Sox fan. |
| 6:40
| OK Ed has redeemed himself. Steve refused to look anything up to clarify what Jim Rose said. That's their job, not Steve's. |
| 6:41
| That ABC 7 news is pretty good though, you've got Cheryl Burton and Sylvia Perez, she still gets the job done. |
| 6:42
| Caller Mike is a baseball hat/jersey collector. Steve loves making fun of guys who wear jerseys but it was recently pointed out to him by Mike that all of the Dahl boys wear them. |
| 6:43
| What does Steve care? He just finds it weird when a guy decides to wear a Joe Crede jersey or something. It's like they're going steady. How do you decide which player to wear? |
| 6:44
| Mike has a solution to Steve's smelly Dodger hat. When he would go to bars, before the smoking ban, his hat would smell like smoke. To get rid of that just rub some fabric softener on it. |
| 6:45
| Mike has been listening since 1979, he has to say his favorite bit ever was when Steve was talking over the Rolling Stones press conference. Apparently that's also Jim kid's favorite bit. |
| 6:46
| Buzz remembers a bit where Steve and Garry were talking over a Jerry Lewis press conference. Steve doesn't remember that one but it's probably in the archives. |
| 6:47
| Steve calls down to the Dahl.com Nerve Center. Steve understands that Jim has the Rolling Stones segment on his iPod? Actually it was on his iPod but then it crashed. It's in Jim's iTunes though. Thanks for being really specific. That's his job. |
| 6:48
| Jim does not know of what Buzz speaks. Steve thinks that might be the one where Jerry talks about the "human condition" and then gets mad during. Jim will have to look for it, he loves a good press conference. |
| 6:49
| Many previous broadcasts are still being archived though. Apparently this project will take the rest of Steve's life. Everything is now being archived by a blind gentleman. Ed is overseeing all of it. |
| 6:50
| Jim will look for the press conference. Steve's former archivist did a very poor job on the database. Theoretically you should be able to type in "Jerry Lewis" and "press conference" and find what Buzz is talking about but instead it's probably under "muscular dystrophy" |
| 6:56
| That must be what that guy was talking about, the Rolling Stones press conference. But Steve didn't hear himself making fun of them. Pete took that out so there was no payoff. That's the whole bit on the show, no payoff. |
| 6:57
| Pete played the wrong thing. Is he going to blame this on the archivist? Pete thought it was going to be a tape of Pete making fun of the Stones but it was just Mick Jagger being an idiot, begging to be made fun of. |
| 6:58
| Pete is currently looking for the actual segment. Steve has spent $200,000 getting his stuff archived and he can't find anything. We're still looking for that Bo Diddley interview. Pete didn't see the Jerry Lewis press conference either. |
| 6:59
| Steve still thinks he might need to bring someone in to oversee the entire archiving project. He's actually finding less stuff now than he was able to find before. |
| 7:00
| Live read: The Little Guys |
| 7:01
| Steve has to check out the web stream because he's getting reports that it's down. It seems to be working fine though but whenever there's a problem with the stream it's always our fault. |
| 7:02
| Don't forget if you have an iPhone you can stream the show through AOL radio. On the Jack website it says you can stream us through the iPhone and iPod. Steve's pretty sure you can't stream anything through the iPod. He doesn't want people trying that and then not being able to do it. |
| 7:03
| Alright time for the web poll. Yesterday's question was "Should golf be an Olympic sport?" 66% of the people said yes and Steve has to agree with them. |
| 7:04
| Steve got some crazy email from a listener yesterday. He said he tried to call in yesterday but Brendan wouldn't put him on hold. Then some how this guy figured out Steve's private email account. That of course is Stud@dahl.com |
| 7:05
| Buzz has noticed a whole new generation of great porn titles on cable. Are we talking about that? Maybe we were, Steve can't even remember. Stud is Steve's porno name and his private email. That's a porno reference right? |
| 7:06
| Steve's not taking Buzz to task though. At least 10 times a day, in the middle of a segment Steve forgets what he's talking about. So there are certainly some limitations that Steve has, which are exploited. |
| 7:07
| Maybe Steve should just open the Mailbag. He does have something to address with Pete but he'll do that later. First the email that was sent to Steve's personal email address. Steve forwarded it to the public email account because he doesn't like his box violated. Now that is where Buzz should have come in with his porn title observation. |
| 7:08
| The guy called in with a topic that he thought Steve would want to talk about, given his new interest in golf. The emailer has always appreciated Steve's commitment to grammatical excellence. Steve's trying to get away from that and just worry about his own grammar, not anyone else's. |
| 7:09
| The emailer thinks Steve would be the perfect spokesman for a movement that golf has gotten away from since it's recent exposure to the masses. That doesn't sound elitist at all. |
| 7:10
| Golf is a noun, not a verb, according to this emailer. He doesn't care what the dictionary says, it's a noun. You can usually go with what the dictionary says, that's the point of a dictionary. |
| 7:11
| This guy has a lot of grammatical and spelling errors for someone who's so condescending. Just like how you wouldn't say you're going "tennising" you shouldn't say you're golfing. Yeah, Steve really wants to lead that movement and correct people when they say they're going to golf. |
| 7:12
| According to the dictionary golf is a noun and a transitive verb. The language changes though, party used to be a noun but eventually it also became a verb. So this guy called in and Brendan screened out his call, saying that you could use golf as a noun or a verb. That, according to the emailer, is part of the problem. |
| 7:13
| So that's letter number one. Letter two is about the cemetery that's going to build a memorial that looks like the Wrigley Field scoreboard. That cemetery has been advertising during Cubs games and Ron Santo is doing the live reads. So apparently it's sanctioned. Maybe Ron got himself a spot in the memorial? |
| 7:14
| Yesterday Steve might have inappropriately asked a few female listeners about their state of undress. Of course that was wrong and you'll notice we haven't had any female callers today. |
| 7:15
| The third emailer wanted to send this letter to Steve while he was on the air. She gets up at 6:30 am with Jack already on the radio. She takes off her pajamas and walks around in her panties while she gets ready for work. |
| 7:16
| She's usually not wearing a bra until she has to switch to her cellphone radio. She needs the bra to clip the earpiece to. She can't clip it to her nipple? |
| 7:17
| Sometimes when she has the day off she jumps into the shower while listening to the show. Steve has a great voice and it helps in the shower. She also has one of those removable shower heads so things can get interesting. |
| 7:18
| It's too bad however, that Pete prevented this girl from meeting Steve at the Libertyville Dahlfins show. So Pete's blocking Steve at his own concerts?! In 6 shows Steve didn't have one woman in his dressing room! |
| 7:19
| Pete has no jurisdiction over which girls get into Steve's dressing. He was pretty hammered at the show plus he's been known to block his own friend, Catman. Steve has seen in action at these shows, hugging and groping everything. He's seen him having sex with a barstool! |
| 7:20
| Pete is now banned from any future Steve Dahl events, at least for now. It definitely deserves a probationary period. Imagine how many times something like this has gone undocumented! |
| 7:27
| Live read: Diversey Driving Range |
| 7:28
| Pete had suggested that he and Steve go to the Diversey Driving Range this week. Steve was checking it out when he took his boat out earlier in the week. Look at Steve, he's Mr. Leisure. |
| 7:29
| Steve has a lot of time with his afternoons off. The last time Steve was done with work at 10 am he became an alcoholic. Steve was also scoping out the Playpen which he will not be taking Pete to based on the blockage he just heard about. |
| 7:30
| Who knows how often Pete has blocked Steve before? It could be happening everyday. Steve knows it's every-man-for-himself, big boy rules. Not that it would have done Steve any good. He's better off hanging out in his dressing room with Chris Wood. |
| 7:31
| August 2nd is the official Playpen day. That's when the DJ comes out and the whole thing. Steve went up into Diversey Harbor by the golf course but he didn't see anyone playing. He didn't see anyone in the harbor either. |
| 7:32
| So Steve and Pete could take the boat right up there and dock it in the harbor. Steve might have reciprocal privileges at Diversey Harbor since he belongs to the one in New Buffalo. It's just a cinder block building but no one else needs to know that. |
| 7:33
| The driving range Steve was at yesterday had mats that were all torn up. This one at Diversey sounds nice though. |
| 7:34
| Janet is reminding Steve that he'll be out of town on August 2nd. That's Janet's dad's 85th birthday so they'll be in Detroit. Steve probably can't skip that but Pete might still go. |
| 7:35
| Maybe Steve should bring Janet's dad in for the Playpen. The guy flew in World War II, he's got all the great pick-up lines plus that sweet open heart surgery scar. |
| 7:36
| That's a done deal, Steve's doing it! Now he knows where the Playpen is and when you want to be there. There wasn't anything going on when Steve was there, just another dude waiting for something to happen. |
| 7:37
| Pete will probably still go on August 2nd and warn people about Steve. There's going to be a really fat, ill-tempered guy who's going to stop by in a couple of weeks, he's not where it's at, Pete is where it's at. His funny tapes are the best part of the show. u |
| 7:38
| Steve still doesn't have the news audio, does that mean we're not doing news? Oh wait, here it comes now, hot and steamy the way we like it. |
| 7:39
| News with Buzz |
| 7:40
| The good news, tomatoes are back! The FDA has lifted the ban on tomatoes thought to be contaminated with salmonella. But they can't make any promises about jalapeños and cilantro. It's a dangerous world out there if you're buying vegetables from Mexico, where they use human fertilizer. |
| 7:41
| A change of command ceremony at Ft. Riley, Kansas was interrupted when a parachutist missed his target and slammed, feet first, into the band at 55 mph. They keep showing this video over and over on CNN. |
| 7:42
| The n-word is back in the news again. Jesse Jackson recently used it on accident while preparing for an interview at Fox News. Yesterday the women of The View touched on the topic. Elisabeth Hasselbeck was practically brought to tears. Steve loves when that happens. |
| 7:43
| Whoopi Goldberg indicated that she thinks certain segments of the population should feel free to use the n-word. Steve and Buzz call each other honky all the time. |
| 7:44
| It was up to Al Sharpton to establish protocol for using the n-word, saying you should never use it. All has admitted to using the n-word in the past though. THat's only when he's writing hip-hop lyrics though. |
| 7:45
| Jesse said that he already issued an apology for previous "hurtful words" during the Great Castration Scare of Aught Eight. He probably just reissued the same apology. If Hasselbeck gets a tissue, you must reissue. |
| 7:46
| Police superintendent Jody Weis said he disagrees with the Governor's statement that crime is out of control in Chicago. He does appreciate Blagojevich's offer for help and said no offers of help would ever be denied. |
| 7:47
| Blago wanted to use state troopers even though they're in short supply. He wants to try to bring back retired officers which won't happen. If you retired from being a cop, if you made it out alive, would you want to go back in? |
| 7:48
| Starbucks has released a complete list of stores in the U.S. that will close, over 600 of them including 18 in the Chicago area. Is this really a big story? There are billions of Starbucks stores, they overexpanded that's all that happened. Every house in Steve's neighborhood has a Starbucks in it. |
| 7:49
| Buzz thinks the story is so prevalent because it's a feel-good for some. Steve's not a Starbucks hater like some people are. He had a drink over the weekend at Starbucks which was delightful. He can't remember what it was called and he's not seeing it on the Starbucks website. |
| 7:50
| A police officer in Florida threatened a Starbucks store with delayed response to 911 calls if his demands for free coffee were not met. |
| 7:51
| Steve had a Starbucks Double Shot on Ice with the classic syrup. It was part of his Sunday afternoon, he enjoyed it in the backyard. He's Mr. Sunday, that's what they call him. What's classic syrup though? |
| 7:52
| A judge has sentenced actor Dennis Farina to two years probation for possession of a a fire arm in an airport. He forgot he had it! |
| 7:53
| The Minnesota Vikings are refusing to comment on charges that they tampered with the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre. The Packers have filed charges with the league. |
| 7:54
| What are the Packers trying to do here, other than mess up the end of Brett Favre's career? They don't want him on the Packers and he still wants to play. |
| 7:55
| Despite no diplomatic ties between the U.S. and Iran for over 20 years Iran's Olympic basketball team is practicing on American soil, in Utah. |
| 7:56
| A Chicago man is being held on animal cruelty charges after he allegedly set a baby racoon on fire. Aren't raccoons varmints? |
| 7:57
| Chicago will be rocking this weekend with the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park. Mission of Burma will be playing as well as Ghostface and Boris. Pete goes to that every year, it sounds fun with all those well-known bands. |
| 7:58
| Caller Matt was calling to give Steve a heads up on the Starbucks syrup. They have flavored syrup at Starbucks but the classic is just a simple syrup and coffee. It's an alternative to putting sugar in which could be gritty. |
| 7:59
| Alright it's time for another presentation of the Townstone Players. David Hochberg is on the phone. |
| 8:00
| David agrees with Buzz, he thinks the housing market has bottomed out. Pat Dahl thinks it's still 6 months away. He's not exactly the Oracle of Omaha. |
| 8:01
| This is a really good time to buy because rates are so low and the cost of a house or condo is also so low. Maybe in California they're still 6 months away but it's time to bring Pat up to speed on what's happening here. |
| 8:02
| If you buy now your mortgage is going to be the same as what you were paying in rent so it's time to do it. |
| 8:03
| When Steve first moved here the interest on his first house was 18 1/2%. No one even batted an eye when they said it either. Plus he had to pay 3 points just to close. |
| 8:04
| Steve needs to take a break and then we'll come back and start this up. He started the whole thing but David's not paying enough to be on for an hour. Don't make Steve start charging by the minute, it'll be brutal. |
| 8:12
| Steve just has to say that he doesn't mind that Pat and his wife are living in the basement. However if Steve doesn't apply a little pressure Pat will never leave. And why would he, it's like being at the Four Seasons. It's also funny to say that Pat is living in the basement, it sounds like they're a Polish family. |
| 8:13
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 8:14
| We've left it up to David to write these things and as you can imagine they run long. Does Steve has to read the plot? It's up to him. |
| 8:15
| Alright the plot for today's Townstone Players. Steve will be playing Dick and Buzz will be playing Tina. Dick is a wannabe mortgage expert. It sounds like Steve is going to be taken down a few notches. The sound effects needed are a harp, a dial tone and a phone ringing. |
| 8:16
| OK cut! Steve did not practice his lines for this. |
| 8:17
| Steve is only through page one of four and David hasn't even showed up yet! Not every one needs to be an epic Michael Cimino! |
| 8:18
| OK next Steve is called upon to talk in a pompous, know-it-all voice. So just his normal voice? |
| 8:20
| Alright the music has ended, that must mean the play if over right? Steve's lost his place in the script. |
| 8:21
| There's still 2 1/2 pages on this thing. Remind Steve to go over the guidelines for future productions. |
| 8:22
| The next time Steve does one of these it'll be like a read-thru for a sitcom! Buzz feels they'll make millions on syndication rights though. |
| 8:23
| Alright it's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell and not a moment too soon. Steve is famished. |
| 8:24
| Last night Steve and Pat stopped at the Westchester Taco Bell and both ordered the #6 which is a Chalupa. It really hits the spot before bedtime. |
| 8:25
| Steve has to now recommend the #6. He's not even sure that he knew that Taco Bell had numbered meals before last night although it's pretty prevalent on the menu. |
| 8:33
| Pat Boyle from Comcast Sportsnet is on the phone. He's got the day off but he won't be attending the Blackhawks convention tonight. He may go hit some golf balls and then he's got a big concert tonight. |
| 8:34
| Pat's going to see Public Enemy tonight. Aren't they a hip-hop group? Pat knows what Steve is thinking, he can't imagine a dork like him seeing a hip-hop group. |
| 8:35
| Flava Flav was in Public Enemy right? Steve and Buzz love him, they're walking around with clocks around their neck wearing silk top hats. |
| 8:37
| Public Enemy is at Pitchfork which Pete will also be attending. His lady will not be there, she's not flying in until 11. Buzz can't believe he's not picking her up at the airport. He should talk! |
| 8:38
| Buzz would be home when the person came back from the airport at least. That's not how Pete rolls though, he'll get there when he's done looking at Flava Flav. |
| 8:39
| Well it's nice that Pete and Pat are going to the same concert, maybe they can hook up. It won't be hard to find Pat in the crowd, he'll be the guy that everyone is standing behind yelling "Down in front." He'll also probably be one of the few people who have showered. |
| 8:40
| Pat is only going tonight, he's not going to the rest of the festival. He and some friends will tip a few back and then head over. Steve can't imagine anything he'd rather do less than that. |
| 8:41
| Pete does the whole weekend, he's got the weekend pass. The girlfriend will be in attendance with him tomorrow. Pete's looking forward to The Hold Steady, we all are. |
| 8:42
| Steve wasn't really a go-to-concerts type but he lost all interest in that when he stopped drinking. Beer helps a lot at those things. |
| 8:43
| Pete will be the one in the Cubs hat if Pat is looking for him. Which one does Pete go with, the little bear cap? Steve imagines it's a sea of Cubs hats. Pat will be wearing his Chicago Cubs clock in honor of Flava Flav. |
| 8:44
| Will there be any female nudity at Pitchfork? Because if there's something like that Steve would be interested. What about the hippy chicks in the gauze shirts and no bra? |
| 8:45
| Steve's not familiar with Public Enemy's music, is it airable? Pete says their music isn't very gangsta but there is some profanity. It's not every other word like most hip-hop though. |
| 8:46
| Steve's looking on iTunes and it seems like all of their music is explicit. They do Fight the Power and it says it's not explicit but even the Isley Brothers version was explicit. |
| 8:47
| All of these song names sound great. Public Enemy is actually just playing one of their albums in it's entirety. It's scary that Pete knows this. Pat also knew that. |
| 8:48
| Pete always says this thing and big and Steve believes him. That's why he's devoting some time to it on the air, although still mocking it. |
| 8:49
| Live read: The Little Guys |
| 8:56
| Alright so Pete and Pat Boyle will be enjoying some Public Enemy this weekend. Steve has a hard time imagining Pete and Pat bopping along to this but he doesn't hate it either. |
| 8:57
| This is a song with Anthrax, it's the only clean one Steve could find. Steve imagines the live version of this song won't have the guitar right? |
| 8:58
| In the original version of that song they name-check Anthrax. Name-check? Is that what they call a shout-out? Steve's not making fun of him he just doesn't know. |
| 8:59
| Steve does know that Public Enemy is a cornerstone hip-hop band though. He only knows that because Brendan just came in and told him about it. |
| 9:00
| OK so what's going on sportswise. After a long All-Star break the Cubs and Sox are finally back in action. Things are really boring with no baseball. |
| 9:01
| Steve really liked the player introductions at the All-Star game on Tuesday. It was good to see Ryno and Ernie Banks and Billy Williams. It was quite a big week for Ryno, it was his first trip to Yankee Stadium on Tuesday and then on Wednesday he was invited to the White House by the President for some sort of tee ball game. |
| 9:02
| What's wrong with George Steinbrenner, why did his wife keep him in the golf cart? Steinbrenner is sick, he's not doing too well. That's why his son has basically taken over the team. |
| 9:03
| We've got 2 1/2 months to go in the regular season, we'll see if both teams can hang on and make the playoffs. The Sox host the Royals tonight and the Cubs are in Houston. |
| 9:04
| Jim Edmonds got married over the All-Star break, he's 38 and his wife is 28. He was married in t-shirts and jeans. He's so cool! |
| 9:05
| The British open is going on right now, Steve watched a little of that yesterday. The conditions were brutal, some of the golfers looked like Steve out there. |
| 9:06
| The Mackinac Race is also this weekend. Steve's brother-in-law actually crews one of those boats. Pat's brother is also on one of the boats, his family usually waits up in Mackinac at the finish line. |
| 9:07
| Buzz has always dreamed of crewing one of those boats. That can be arranged, Steve's brother-in-law could probably hook Buzz up, he's been doing it for years. It's not easy and it doesn't sound fun though. Steve's pretty sure the worst job is the one where you're down below in front pulling the sail in or feed it out. Steve would rather be on the back with his ascot and captain's hat and pipe in front of the giant steering wheel. |
| 9:08
| We've got the Blackhawks convention starting today, we're talking about hockey in July. |
| 9:09
| There's nothing new about Brett Favre but Pat liked the Trib photoshopping Brett into a Bears uniform. Now the Trib is doing it? At least they started with the sports section, not the front page. |
| 9:10
| Imagine Rex Grossman, that little twerp, looking at the Trib now. If Brett Favre walks into the Bears lockerroom it's all over for Rex. |
| 9:11
| Pat probably needs to go so he can figure out what pair of low-hanging blue jeans he should wear tonight. Does he want the hole in the left knee, the right knee or both? Should he got with the button-fly? Crocs? Teva's? Reef's? Deck shoes? Which Michigan State shirt should he wear? |
| 9:12
| Pat doesn't wear his Michigan State stuff very often. He's wearing one tonight thought right? He's probably got all of his stuff laid out on his bed, it's like Garanimals. Pat will probably wear cargo shorts and a t-shirt. |
| 9:13
| Is that a plain white t-shirt or a Comcast t-shirt? Maybe a vintage t-shirt, something that looks a little weathered. You can buy those now. What will it represent? How about a Bob Dylan tour like Mark Malone. |
| 9:14
| Pat does have a vintage Michigan State shirt, that's subtle. He's also got the University of Texas vintage t-shirt and some sort of Ireland t-shirt. Does he take the shirt off and tuck it in the back of his jeans to show off the rock hard abs? |
| 9:15
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 9:23
| At least Brett Favre acknowledges all the crying he does. Steve's good with that. Steve's pretty sure it's an uncontrollable emotion. |
| 9:24
| Live read: The Little Guys |
| 9:25
| David from The Little Guys is on the phone, they're in the middle of their tent sale. They've gotten a lot of people coming in and mentioning the show. |
| 9:26
| The best deal David has right now is a 42" LG at $999, that's the 1080p. It's not some cheapy TV, it's down from $2,000. |
| 9:27
| Are there snacks at the tent sale too? David's got lemonade, Gatorade, the popcorn machine is cranking. Steve knows that David loves popcorn, he's seen him eating it at the Cubs game. |
| 9:28
| Caller Guy has something that might interest Buzz. The Mackinac race starts tomorrow at 10 am and there are still some boats looking for crew. Buzz could just leave Piper at home with some water and kiddie chow. |
| 9:29
| They're only looking for intermediate sailing experience on The Whizzo. Captain Buzzy has sailing experience. Buzz can't do it this year but he'll gear up for next year. |
| 9:30
| Why is Steve hearing himself back through his headphones? He was conversing with himself on the show he just did. He thought Buzz was just asking a question again that he asked a couple of minutes ago. |
| 9:31
| We still haven't done the web poll yet. Normally we do it early in the morning but there was a lot going on today. |
| 9:32
| Yesterday's web poll question was "Do you think golf should be an Olympic Sport?" 66% of the people said yes. Steve also sees that his new |
| 9:33
| Amazon.com introduced a new online store of TVs and movies yesterday called Amazon On Demand. Customers will be able to watch any of 40,000 movies and TV shows immediately after ordering them. |
| 9:34
| Amazon is also pursuing a deal with Sony to put it's video demand store right on your TV. Does this work on all computers? Because last time Amazon tried this the videos didn't work on Macs. |
| 9:35
| Maybe Ed knows if it works on Macs. The last time Steve was excited because he thought it would work but it's only on PCs. |
| 9:36
| Caller Marci is on her way to work but she's been packing for the Mackinac race all morning. Last night she was baking, that's her contribution to the ship since she's not a great sailor. |
| 9:37
| The race can take from 30 hours to up to 4 days, which is what happened last year. There was no wind at all, they just drifted. The worst part about it was the guy in charge, who resembled a white gorilla, sat there and told Marci how to tie the spinnaker every time she had to do it. |
| 9:38
| Guys on sail boats probably have the most potential to be know-it-all-jerks. So Marci will not be on that boat this year. You'd think they'd want to keep her there just for the baking. She makes a great banana bread with big chocolate chunks in it. |
| 9:39
| This year Marci is on the Wellenreiter. They call it the Weinereiter because the boat's owner is German. He's out of St. Joe's, Michigan but his mom is in Germany. He asked her for a good slogan to use for the t-shirts and she said meinschaft, which is apparently something Hitler used. All the t-shirts say Manshaft though. |
| 9:40
| Ed Silha is on the phone. Amazon is saying that their video stream will work on Macs and Steve already has the Amazon account so it should work. |
| 9:41
| Steve's going to read this Feder article and just get it over with. Buzz did his hardest to keep this off the air all day. Steve and Howard Stern were aced out of the Broadcast Hall of Fame voting. |
| 9:42
| Steve's fine with that because really you shouldn't be in the Broadcast Hall of Fame if you're alive and still broadcasting. At the very least you shouldn't be in there if you're still broadcasting. |
| 9:43
| Boston's Howie Carr beat out Steve by mounting an all-out effort to encourage listeners to vote for him. The article says Steve remained more passive while Stern ignored the whole thing. And of course this makes Stern look better. |
| 9:44
| Steve doesn't care that he didn't make it in but he doesn't like to lose. He didn't even really talk about people voting for him either. He didn't want to do anything but Todd Cavanah wanted to put something on the website, so there was a link to vote at the Broadcast Hall website. |
| 9:45
| You can't ask people to vote for you like that, it doesn't seem right. Why are people allowed to vote anyway? It seems like people in radio should be the ones voting you into the Broadcast Hall of Fame. |
| 9:46
| Next time around Steve is not getting sucked into this though. He doesn't want links on the website, he doesn't want email blasts or anything like that. Steve's turning into the new Ron Santo! |
| 9:47
| What good is this Hall of Fame if you can beg people to vote for you? Howard played it the right way but that's what happens when you're in outer space. |
| 9:48
| Steve really doesn't care though, there's not even a museum to visit. There's no place where people can go and see the cream cheese bust of Steve. The good news is that Steve's photo on the Sun-Times website is very fetching. Steve's better looking than Howard. |
| 9:49
| Steve was thinking ahead about what his speech would be if he got in and it seemed like it was going to be awkward. And he's not going to sit here and beg people to vote for him on the air. |
| 9:50
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 9:56
| Steve knows we have news to do but he'd like to read a recap of the Howie Carr show. That's the guy who edged him out. On the bit Illegal Immigrant Driver Roll Call Howie reads the name of traffic violators with Hispanic names. |
| 9:57
| Each name is read with an exaggerated Spanish-accented English along with the offender's violation. Those usually include driving without a valid license, without proof of insurance or valid registration. So it's a racist rant? Buzz is offended and he's not even Hispanic! |
| 9:58
| So if Steve ever wants to get into the Broadcast Hall of Fame he needs to start doing stuff like this. |
| 9:59
| Anything we need to know in the news? Tomatoes are OK to eat again but we're not sure about jalapeño peppers. What about Buzz's jalapeño poppers? Buzz doesn't care, throw caution to the wind. |
| 10:00
| Here's another Howie Carr segment. The Chump Line allows listeners to call a phone number any time of the day and leave a message which may air in the third hour of the show. Carr often says others have copied his format, like The Whiner Line on WEEI. |
