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| 5:32
| What a delightful song, good morning everyone. That's Buzz Kilman and The Orchestra with Serenade for a Monday Morning. |
| 5:33
| How was that weekend of Buzz's? It was the good, the bad and the ugly. He couldn't have had more fun with Piper. Buzz and Piper stayed up as late as they could on Friday. For Piper that was 11:45. She fell asleep halfway through A Hard Day's Night, the English accents lulled them to sleep. |
| 5:34
| Before that they watched Ice Age 2, a Superman cartoon and something called Monkey Trouble with Mimi Rogers and Harvey Keitel, it was quite an anomaly. Buzz got a lot of satisfaction out of watching that actually. Harvey Keitel played a disgruntled gypsy who's monkey is stolen. |
| 5:35
| Aren't all gypsies disgruntled? There's actually a gypsy problem in Steve's town. What happens is a few gypsies pose as utility workers and they strike old people's houses. Although recently Steve has learned it might be Mexican people. |
| 5:36
| Steve prefers the image of the gypsies doing it, rolling into town in their circus wagon, maybe an old lady casting spells on people. If the gypsies were in Steve's town they probably would pull this scheme. |
| 5:37
| Buzz also went to see Space Chimps on Saturday, it was a simian-heavy weekend. Space Chimps is getting bad reviews but Buzz really enjoyed it. They cut a few corners on the budget and the animation isn't up to Pixar standards but they both enjoyed the weekend. |
| 5:38
| But then Buzz got a call last night from Aimee around 11 pm, she's still in Vegas. That's pretty late for Buzz to be up, but Aimee knew he wouldn't be sleeping. Buzz's outrage rang hollow. |
| 5:39
| Aimee and her sister are in Vegas for the sister's birthday. They went to Cirque to see the Beatles show as well as Donny & Marie. For some reason unbeknownst to Buzz both Aimee and her sister are huge fans of Donny & Marie. That's what happens when you marry someone 20 years younger than you. |
| 5:40
| So Buzz asks Aimee how the seats were and she hems and then haws and then says they weren't very good. In fact she could have gotten better seats if she'd just gone online and bought them at face value. Of course Buzz stopped her from going online because he said he knew someone who could get better tickets. |
| 5:41
| And Buzz called that guy months ago and he said that they always hold the best seats until around the time of the show. Then he called a little closer and was told the same thing. Then Buzz called 2 weeks ago and the guy said "Here, call this guy and tell him what you need." |
| 5:42
| Buzz isn't blaming the ticket broker, he got a call a week before the event and they probably didn't have great seats so that's what Buzz got. And Buzz ended up paying 3 times the face value of the tickets Aimee could have bought. |
| 5:43
| Now this guy Buzz talked to, he's the one who hooked Pete, Jim, Brendan and Matt up at that Skybox on Sheffield. And it seemed like he owned the place but really he was just a sales associate or something. |
| 5:44
| Steve couldn't go to that game because he was busy gluing doilies to luminaries for Pat Dahl's wedding. Steve kept arguing that no one would see what they were doing. |
| 5:45
| When is Buzz going to learn that he should just come to Steve in the first place? Buzz asked Mary about this guy, Lawrence, and she approved it because he's been to several show events. Mary might have cut him some slack because he's a Cubs fan. Steve cuts no slack. |
| 5:46
| Steve's not sure if he would have gone a different route though, this guy might just be one of those people who slipped through the cracks. This is the most important ticket Buzz can buy and he screwed it up. Elvis is dead so there's no show that he cares about more than this. |
| 5:47
| Steve doesn't think that's the right attitude for Buzz to take. He doesn't do well in these situations though. It seemed like Buzz wanted to take care of it himself though. |
| 5:48
| Piper and Aimee will be able to compare notes about all this since Piper wasn't able to joust at her Medieval Times birthday party. There will be another chance for Buzz to redeem himself though, there's always another chance. |
| 5:49
| It seems like this Lawrence guy had a lot of us fooled though. Didn't Adam have 2 tickets for Buzz that were also better than the ones he got? Steve usually just goes to Stub Hub for tickets. |
| 5:50
| There aren't any tickets available for tonight's show though. Sometimes you just run into a guy who can't deliver. Generally speaking though if Buzz gives Steve enough notice he can find him tickets. |
| 5:51
| Steve can get Buzz 2 tickets for Tuesday's show very close to the stage for $250 each. This is where we need a jet, Buzz can put Aimee and her sister on there and fly them out to Vegas. |
| 5:58
| Once again, Steve is sorry for what happened to Buzz. Steve doesn't know this Lawrence guy, he seemed like a nice guy though. Sometimes guys make promises and they can't keep them. |
| 5:59
| Buzz's ticket quests are always fraught with peril though. The common denominator in all of these things is Buzz. Of course he's the one who always wants tickets. |
| 6:00
| Steve can always help Buzz with stuff like this though. He should make a mental note to ask Steve about tickets as soon as he thinks he needs them. Steve has a very competent organization and they can usually get Buzz what he wants. That service is free of charge to Buzz along with coffee and water. |
| 6:01
| Buzz believes that Lawrence had good intentions but maybe he was trying to be a little more than he actually is. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. |
| 6:02
| Steve knows Buzz will get the chance to redeem himself. Maybe Donny Osmond will play Medieval Times. He can get Aimee good seats and Piper can joust with him. There was a bad Medieval Times experience too. Steve says this will all due respect but he's noticed that while Buzz says price is no object but it appears to be one. Buzz is always willing to spend whatever but he only buys what is available to him. He might take the most tantalizing low offer sometimes though. |
| 6:03
| Buzz was never offered any other packages at Medieval Times. He was presented with something and told it was the deluxe blah blah blah and he was covered. However there was some other premium package he wasn't aware of. |
| 6:04
| Buzz really thought this whole thing was in-house. Steve has to say that it seemed that way to him. Also, Vegas is a bit of a no man's land. But it's all over now. Hopefully Aimee didn't tell her sister that she could have gotten better tickets online. |
| 6:05
| Buzz thinks the sister knows, it's blah blah blah with those two. There isn't a chance that maybe she wanted to give Buzz some pipe but not tell her sister? |
| 6:06
| You might recall that last week Steve got an email from a female listener. Should Steve read it again to refresh everyone's mammories? A longtime listener and middle age housewife and her friends found their calling in a bowling league. How does that happen, stay-at-home mom to bowler? |
| 6:07
| The woman wanted Steve to sponsor their team which involves bowling shirts and bowling balls. Then Steve wondered why they couldn't just use the balls at the bowling alley. |
| 6:08
| The team name is The Double D's and the Other Four. That's because this woman and her friend both wear DD bras and the other two girls wear a C and an A respectively. |
| 6:09
| The woman also wanted Steve to send her a free Steve Dahl Show sweatshirt for her sobriety anniversary. That's a lot to ask, the shirts, the bowling balls and the sweatshirt? Steve never gets anything for his sobriety anniversary. Steve got that email and he also got a printed version of it sent to him by USPS 7 times. It seems weird to print up an email and mail it to someone. |
| 6:10
| Maybe the ones that were mailed were never emailed, Steve can't remember. The point is that the whole thing is crazy. In the next letter she admits to being greedy but also points out that the team sucks. They have a 964 handicap and all Steve has to do is ask his bowling expert on staff how bad that is. Every good radio show has a staff bowling expert. |
| 6:11
| The women still joined the league which is starting in September and they really want Steve to buy their shirts. How much can shirts cost?! This is embarrassing! And how much does a ball cost? |
| 6:12
| The emailer says that she called into the show and Brendan told her to keep sending Steve letters in the mail. Steve can't imagine that conversation ever took place. |
| 6:13
| Ed Silha, staff bowling expert, is on the phone. He almost went pro although that was 25 years ago. That still makes him an expert. He was teetering on going pro but chose a career in technology. He still has all the bowling accoutrements though including that thing you put on your wrist. His form is awesome too, it's textbook. |
| 6:14
| What does 964 mean? Ed is pretty sure it's the team handicap but to explain it he has to get pretty geeky. 964 is a substantial handicap for a 4 person team, that's all gutter balls. The teams with a handicap that high are the hardest to beat sometimes. If you're a good team you have a low handicap so you have to play really good to beat this other team. |
| 6:15
| Steve's been getting into golf and people keep talking about his handicap. Steve doesn't want to buy into that. If he was a really good golfer and he got beat by some guy with a high handicap he wouldn't be happy. Steve also doesn't want to hit from that first tee. |
| 6:16
| It seems like having a handicap is cheating. You could be the worst golfer and still beat someone better than you? |
| 6:17
| Does Ed want to sponsor this bowling team? He's got an A cup, a C cup and two DD cups, that's your alphabet soup. Maybe they have a friend who's a B cup. He could be their instructor and sponsor. |
| 6:18
| Just so Buzz knows Donny and Marie will be at the Flamingo in Vegas in September. Buzz is done with the whole thing, unless they come here. Although the sister won't be here. |
| 6:24
| Live read: McCracken Financial |
| 6:25
| What a delightful live read Steve just gave there. It was problem-free really. |
| 6:26
| Alright time for the web poll. Friday's question was "Will you use the new Video On Demand service from Amazon?" 88% of the people said no. Take that Jeff Bezos! |
| 6:27
| Today's question is "Have you ever smuggled something in your pants?" Is that a truck question? There was some controversy about how to phrase this question. Mary wanted to call it "pantsing in" but Ed refused to recognize that because he associates "pantsing" with having your pants pulled down. Steve's sure that happened to Ed all through grade school, middle school and high school. |
| 6:28
| Steve likes "pantsing in" though. During this discussion in the office this morning Steve learned that intern Vicki pantsed in a flask of alcohol to her prom. She put it in her garter. |
| 6:29
| In 18 years of concert security Karl K has pulled a lot of contraband out of people's pants. That includes a pocketknife, a live frog and a dead squirrel. This year at the Pitchfork Festival he was confiscating Red Bull. Red Bull reps were handing out free samples outside the festival but it wasn't allowed inside. |
| 6:30
| Did Pete and his lady pants in anything to Pitchfork this weekend? Pete did not bring anything. Did Pete and Pat Boyle bump hips while rocking out to Public Enemy? |
| 6:31
| Pete saw Pat near the bathrooms. Was he wearing acid-washed jeans? Pete doesn't remember the pants he was wearing but he did have on the Michigan State t-shirt he talked about on Friday. Pete was wearing a t-shirt with no logo and cargo shorts. No logo, is that a statement? Pete probably could have pantsed in some Red Bull but he didn't. |
| 6:32
| It seems weird that they're handing out Red Bull outside the concert. Red Bull's marketing is very aggressive. When Steve started doing mornings they sent him a Red Bull fridge and a bunch of Red Bull. They haven't sent him any checks though and that's really what Steve is looking for. He can buy his own Red Bull. |
| 6:33
| For some reason Steve has been handed a photo of Vicki from prom. There she is in her red dress and the garter that she pantsed the flask in. What does she normally drink? Maybe Steve should have a bar in the office for post-show cocktails. Perhaps Buzz could come and speak about news gathering. |
| 6:34
| The ability to spot concealed Red Bull cans and to roll with the punches are just two reasons why Karl K was born to do the job of concert security. Before taking his place near the stage Karl K, who abbreviates his last name, walked the grounds. Obviously he abbreviates his last name. |
| 6:35
| Karl knew he wanted some part in music after 6th grade when he fell in love with rock 'n' roll, motorcycles and the mullet he still has. It's too bad he was busy this weekend, he could have attended Mullet Night at The Cell. |
| 6:36
| Pete did not see Karl on Friday night. Karl's preferred activity is relaxing at a nudist resort in Indiana. Maybe this guy busted Pat Boyle while he was dancing to Fight the Power. |
| 6:37
| Steve has to say that as much as he doesn't like Jim DeRogatis, he got some good slams in on all the boneheads who were at Pitchfork on Friday. Just a bunch of white kids from the suburbs dancing to Public Enemy. Pete probably saw 4 or 5 black people at the show. |
| 6:38
| Steve's going to try to find this DeRo article about all the boneheads at Pitchfork. It did occur to Steve while he was at the show that it did seem weird. Pete and Pat are in their 40s and they're at a Public Enemy show! How about taking your girlfriend to a nice restaurant? |
| 6:39
| Pete saw Public Enemy with his friend Andy, who's also a fan of the show. He always gets bummed that Catman gets more pub than he does. As far as Steve knows Andy hasn't acted out like Catman. |
| 6:40
| Pete's girlfriend's flight kept getting delayed and he wanted to stay up so he could meet her. He was dead tired though because he'd been up since 1 am and he hadn't had a nap. He went to a bar after the concert and then finally had to go home. |
| 6:41
| Pete sent her a text telling her he was going home and he'd wait up for her. That was a mistake because he fell asleep and couldn't hear her buzzing or calling for an hour and a half. Luckily someone was walking their dog and she got into Pete's apartment. It's a good thing Rogers Park is super safe. |
| 6:42
| How about giving her a key? Steve's surprised that Catman didn't patrol the neighborhood and swoop her up, knowing Pete's MO. |
| 6:43
| "Then, too, there was the odd spectacle of this once controversial and downright dangerous group playing one of the all-time epics of urban discontent to an obviously privileged audience of college-rock fans. Fight the powers that be, indeed." You know it's bad when Jim DeRogatis can take you down. |
| 6:44
| Steve feels that's more directed at Pat Boyle. He's pretty egregious and he's also about 8 feet tall. At least Pete is somewhat conspicuous. He tries to fit in and you might mistake him for an A & R guy at an indie record label. |
| 6:45
| So Pete's asleep and his girlfriend is waiting outside. He left his front apartment door open but she doesn't have a key so there's no way for her to get into the building? Luckily that person was walking their dog. |
| 6:52
| Caller Tom was wondering if Pete could do a Love Guru segment so everyone else could know what not to do. His girlfriend lives with a hot guy and when Pete visits they stay in the apartment. She comes into town and instead of waiting for her to arrive he goes to Pitchfork, gets hammered and then passes out. |
| 6:54
| Buzz might recall that last Monday Steve got some emails from listeners who had been at Taste of Westmont. The Jack Street Team was at out there and according to both emails Steve got, the members of the Street Team seemed less than enthused to be there. |
| 6:55
| When you get two emails about this you know something is going on. Steve talked to Jill on Friday and she assured him it would never happen again. However the Street Team, or Saab Squad as they'll be called once they get the new vehicles wrapped-was out at Summer on Southport. |
| 6:56
| Buzz of course has a full report on Summer on Southport since he went over the weekend. Buzz went nowhere near Summer on Southport which we kind of figured. |
| 6:57
| Steve got this email over the weekend and now he's really concerned. Another listener went to Summer on Southport, in case Buzz's babysitting duties got in the way, and the members of the Street Team couldn't have cared less. |
| 6:58
| The emailer thought that maybe the people on the Street Team should be catcalling and getting people to the booth. Intern Vicki also stopped by the booth and observed the same things happening. |
| 6:59
| Buzz doesn't think you can take an intern and just have them out there yelling at people. You can if you tell them to. Steve's going to call up to the office and get a full report from Vicki. |
| 7:00
| Vicki saw the Street Team just leaning against the tires of the Jack FM Hummer. She has done promotions with Jack and she was out trying to get people to come towards the booth. Does Buzz see what Steve is saying now? |
| 7:01
| Buzz's expectations of interns are so low. Vicki shouldn't listen to Buzz, he's just bitter over the whole Donny and Marie thing. He wasn't talking about our interns though, they're the exception. |
| 7:02
| Maybe Jill needs to drag her ass out to some of these things and get the interns going. That shouldn't be necessary though but it doesn't seem like the interns are self-starters. |
| 7:03
| Adam used to hire interns when he worked for Jill and now we have great interns and Jack doesn't. Steve's going straight to Todd Cavanah on this one, he had just about enough of these emails. We'd be better off handing out magnets for other radio stations and getting people to hate them. |
| 7:04
| News with Buzz |
| 7:05
| Osama bin Laden's former driver will become the first person tried at the U.S. facility at Gitmo for war crimes. |
| 7:06
| Barack Obama arrived in Baghdad this morning where he'll meet with Senior Iraqi officials and military commanders. Obama's campaign has also sent a courtesy list to media members covering his stop in Israel tomorrow. The list advises female reporters to wear no nail polish, limited jewelry and keep shoulders and arms covered. In Israel? |
| 7:07
| Steve thought Obama was in Afghanistan today so his Thought for the Day is already outdated. It was "I wonder if Barack Obama will get seated more quickly at restaurants in Kabul because of his sweet middle name." Steve wanted to say Iraq but he looked online and they had him in Afghanistan. |
| 7:08
| Controversial police checkpoints have returned to the Trinidad area of Washington DC. That was after 7 people were shot. Is Rod Blagojevich going to send the National Guard to DC too? |
| 7:09
| A 35-year-old Argentinean man died during a triathlon in New York yesterday. His body was pulled from the Hudson River. So he died during the swimming section of the triathlon? |
| 7:10
| Ann Dunwoody is set to make history as the country's first 4-star general. She's the daughter of a 1-star general. That's gotta be a tough house to live in. |
| 7:11
| The Dark Knight shattered box office records over the weekend pulling in $155 million. Director Christopher Nolan said that his one regret is that the late Heath Ledger never got to see himself on screen except for one scene. |
| 7:12
| Steve wishes that Christian Bale would do interviews without the South African accent. He can do the American accent, otherwise it's confusing to Steve. |
| 7:13
| Christian Bale was in a great movie called The Prestige where he did what was maybe an Irish accent. It drove Buzz nuts and he almost left but it was a good movie. |
| 7:14
| Christian Bale is Welsh not South African. Whatever. If he's Welsh he should sound more like Tom Jones. Steve would prefer he sound more like American Psycho when he's doing interviews. |
| 7:15
| Richard Roeper is leaving Ebert & Roeper At the Movies. How can he do that? He's just going to do his own show right? He can probably make more money that way. |
| 7:16
| So what happens to Roger Ebert? He's still not well enough to do a show. When Siskel died he went through a lot of co-hosts before picking Roeper. Now there's no one around to pick a new co-host. |
| 7:17
| Buzz was so glad when Ebert came back to writing film reviews. Even if Buzz disagrees with Roger he still trusts his review. |
| 7:18
| Industry sources say Disney is considering a reinvention of At the Movies that would make it more like Entertainment Tonight. |
| 7:19
| Bill Murray will parachute out of an airplane at the Air & Water Show next month. He'll do a tandem jump with the U.S. Army's Golden Nights. He's hoping to call attention to the Illinois USO. |
| 7:20
| Gary Sinise's Lt. Dan Band will perform a show later that day at the North Avenue Beach House and Florence Henderson will get things going by singing the National Anthem. |
| 7:21
| A year ago Angel Stadium, home to the Angels, was found to have 121 health code violations mostly from rat infestation and "rat scat" in food prep areas. Yesterday there was one violation. That turn-around is due in large part to a cat living in the stadium. |
| 7:28
| That was apparently some sort of British accent that Christian Bale had in The Prestige. |
| 7:29
| Steve is recommending Generation Kill on HBO. Buzz hasn't seen it yet. It's about one of the first groups of soldiers that went into Iraq. There was a journalist from Rolling Stone who was imbedded with these troops and he might have written a book about it. |
| 7:30
| Steve belongs to a gun club up in Michigan. The last time he was there was 13 years ago, right before he stopped drinking. He just had a bad day there where he kept going upstairs to drink from a bottle of Scotch in between shooting. |
| 7:31
| Steve watched Generation Kill on Saturday and then on Sunday went to the gun club, for the first time in 13 years. They still had his gun in the safe after all this time. |
| 7:32
| Steve has a FOID card and he wanted to bring the gun back to Illinois but he didn't have a case for it. The woman at the gun club told him he should probably get one to bring it back to Illinois. |
| 7:33
| Janet stayed up in New Buffalo last night but she was trying to talk Steve into hiding the gun underneath the rubber mat in the back of his SUV. That seems worse than just having it out in the open. |
| 7:34
| So Steve went to the Bass Pro Shop in Indiana to buy a case. He took a lovely drive on the Dunes Highway to get there. The place was overwhelming, they have so much stuff there. They have their own forest and a Caribbean-themed restaurant! |
| 7:35
| So Steve got a case and some dog-training implements. He also got a Browning Rifle t-shirt but didn't have time to buy a handgun. There was a big fat Indiana girl who wanted a clip for a Glock that held more than 9 rounds. It was hardcore. |
| 7:36
| Steve got some socks also, he's wearing a pair today. Steve wears the deck shoes and he's been wearing the ankle socks because his feet sweat. Steve got the black and grey ankle socks, it's a better look. |
| 7:37
| So Steve gets out to his car and he opens up the back to put the gun in the case. You have to break down the gun to get it in the case and as Steve is doing that a cup rolls up on him. It's Indiana though, they don't care! |
| 7:38
| Then Steve got into his car and went to the most delightful Starbucks ever. They couldn't have been nicer. They're serving Arnold Palmer's at Starbucks although they don't call them that. The guy at the counter recommended black tea for a hit of caffeine then a girl in the back, who was black yelled "Once you go back you'll never go back." Steve said "Well I might go back but I wouldn't mind trying some" and then everyone laughed. It was delightful. |
| 7:39
| Then Steve got back on the Dunes Highway, headed over to the Skyway with his gun and headed home. But Steve is recommending Generation Kill on HBO. |
| 7:40
| We've got Brendan over in Daley Plaza right now. John Mellencamp is ready to take the stage for a concert for CBS' The Early Show. This is the first day for channel 2's new HD studio. That's at Block 36 right? Brendan's pretty sure it's Block 37. Pretty sure? Steve can do that on his own. |
| 7:41
| Channel 2 wanted Steve to broadcast from their studio this morning. That seems stupid. Brendan can handle it. John Mellencamp is about ready to take the stage, he's wearing his blue jeans, white t-shirt and vest with the loafers and white socks. Steve knows the look. Right now some bald guy in a Sox jersey is interviewing Mellencamp |
| 7:42
| That would be Harry Smith talking to Mellencamp. He just dropped a nice Old Style reference. That's all we drink in Chicago, Old Style. Joe Ahern probably old Harry to say that. |
| 7:43
| Steve's pretty sure The Early Show is on here with an hour delay. It seems live to Brendan. This report is very uninformative. Mellencamp is playing a new song that Brendan doesn't recognize. Maybe it's from his new album? |
| 7:44
| From the Rolling Stone review of the new album: "there isn't a bright, catchy riff or fist-pumping populist anthem to be found among these brooding, low-key songs about growing old, sick, lonely and pessimistic" Good morning everyone! |
| 7:45
| It sounds great, John Mellencamp playing a bunch of songs that no one knows on The Early show which isn't even live in Chicago. And this is what they wanted Steve to broadcast from? |
| 7:46
| The weather doesn't seem that great either, maybe someone will get electrocuted. We won't see it for an hour but Brendan will call in when it happens. Right now they're doing a special report about the price of lattes. If you have to worry about the cost of a latte maybe you shouldn't be drinking them. Buzz went to his Starbucks before Piper's karate lesson on Saturday. The guy asked him if he wanted two shots or three. Buzz drinks regular coffee all week, this is the only time he gets something different. |
| 7:47
| Mellencamp is now playing Small Town on CBS, he must have recorded this early. Steve just saw Joe Ahern in the crowd rocking out. That's some good reporting from Brendan, Mellencamp has already dong at least one song. |
| 7:48
| Mellencamp sounds good but Steve doesn't like when performers chew gum. It seems rude and difficult to do as well. He had to give up smoking so he's chewing gum. Too bad! |
| 7:49
| Caller Paul wanted to let Steve know that McDonald's is thinking of bringing back lattes but they're not sure if they'd be too expensive to make. How much can they cost? If it's under $10 Steve can afford it. |
| 7:50
| Paul thought the Sox looked sweet in the 1983 uniforms yesterday. Too bad the Sox sucked. They lost ugly yesterday as opposed to winning ugly in '83. |
| 7:51
| That was some very lackluster reporting from Brendan. He might have forgotten that he was supposed to be over there, he left like a bat out of hell. How would you like to be Lin Brehmer, he has to do his show from there. |
| 7:52
| Caller Dennis is a big Foo Fighters fan but lead singer Dave Grohl chews gum on stage all the time. He says it's so he doesn't have to keep getting a drink, it keeps his mouth moist. Steve thinks he's does it because he's nervous. |
| 7:53
| Steve finds it to be rude. If you chew gum you look cool and that in turns puts you above the audience. Steve's a performer, he knows a little bit about this. |
| 7:54
| Steve wasn't trying to be rude to Dennis or anything but sometimes you get nervous on stage, you get dry mouth and then you chew some gum. Dennis doesn't want to split hairs with Steve. |
| 7:55
| Dennis was wondering if he could plug his band. Would that make them even then? if Dennis is a performer then he would know about being nervous on stage. |
| 7:56
| Alright we've got Brendan back on the line from Daley Plaza. Mellencamp has done two songs already and The Early Show is tape delayed. He did Small Town and Pink Houses before getting into the new stuff no one knows. |
| 7:57
| Brendan also saw Mellencamp smoking in between songs and talking about his plans for the rest of the concert. He told someone he was only going to do one more song for the TV and then do a few more after that. |
| 7:58
| So he's still smoking? Buzz can't believe it! There goes his gum chewing excuse! |
| 7:59
| Alright it's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. On the phone is Eva Guerin, manager of the Carpentersville Taco Bell. Steve's had food from that Taco Bell but he's not sure why. It was very good though. |
| 8:00
| Steve has recently discovered that he likes the #6 from Taco Bell. Starting Thursday Taco Bell will be rolling out two new menu items, the Fajita Steak Melt and the Jalapeño Chicken Melt. |
| 8:01
| That means they won't be serving the Queso Crunch Wrap but hopefully they'll bring it back at some point. Steve might have to get one for lunch then. |
| 8:08
| Caller Rick thinks that Steve might have had Taco Bell from the Carpentersville location when he did that show at Bandito Barney's last summer. |
| 8:09
| Rick will have to excuse Steve, he's still eating. Rick is one of those people who doesn't mind when Steve eats on the air. Steve's hungry, he has to eat. If pilots can eat while they fly then Steve gets to eat too. |
| 8:10
| Tommy Skillethead is checking in with some weather. He knows that Buzz knows about it because he's on top of everything. The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Iroquois, Benton, Jasper and Newton counties. We've never heard of any of those counties. |
| 8:11
| This isn't even local weather, Tommy's not doing this. Steve's looking outside and there's bad weather right now. Steve doesn't care about weather in Kankakee! Steve doesn't care what happens to Lorelei Ryan! |
| 8:12
| The storm will be in Kankakee, Clifton and Chebanse by 8:15. OK Steve has heard of Chebanse but still, what about the weather here? |
| 8:13
| Jasper County? Steve's job isn't to protect people who live in a place called Jasper! |
| 8:14
| Earlier Buzz was telling a story about his latte and Steve gave him short shrift. That's because Steve had an ill-advised panic when he thought John Mellencamp was on TV. |
| 8:15
| Todd Cavanah has been asking Steve to broadcast from this thing for 3 months. He comes into Steve's office everyday and asks about it like he's never asked before. It's like Groundhog Day! |
| 8:16
| Steve kept saying no because he hates Joe Ahern, he hates channel 2 and he hates being outside. So the compromise was Brendan going over there but we all forgot about it. |
| 8:17
| So Buzz was talking about Starbucks. The guy at the counter knows him but had to ask if he prefers 2 shots of espresso or 3. Buzz had no idea, he just orders and that's what he gets. |
| 8:18
| OK let's go back to Brendan. CBS is now showing what Brendan was first reporting on. Has it been an hour since we talked to him? |
| 8:19
| Turns out Brendan was seeing Harry Smith record a bumper for the show, it wasn't a full Mellencamp performance. Brendan's reporting is really lackluster and he set his own standard with the R. Kelly trial. |
| 8:20
| Brendan was standing next to one woman who said "Mellencamp, in the rain, are you kidding? It doesn't get any better than this!" She was old enough to know better than to say that. |
| 8:21
| Brendan had reported about 1,000 people at the concert but it seems more like 300 to Steve. Does Brendan also do official event tallies for the city? 3 million people at the Taste fireworks! |
| 8:22
| Mellencamp is getting a ton of money to do this and he's already done. What's the point of it? CBS should have been broadcasting in HD 2 years ago but they've just started doing it now. |
| 8:23
| Maybe Brendan should go over to the courthouse and see if he can report on a trial. That traffic court can get pretty crazy. |
| 8:24
| Well hopefully that fulfills the CBS stuff for today. Todd's really excited because they're showing the Jack logo, it looks so great. It's just a guy wearing a crown! |
| 8:25
| What's the point of any of this? Buzz hasn't even seen any mention of channel 2! Are they hoping that people will start watching channel 2 because they like John Mellencamp? |
| 8:32
| Alright what the hell was that? Steve knows it was those idiots from The Early Show. Dave Price lived on the North Side when he was working here, before we ran him out of town for being a bad weatherman. Harry Smith is from here and he grew up a Sox fan. |
| 8:33
| Caller Anne is driving herself down through the counties that Steve said he's never heard of. Steve forgets that Jack has a better transmitter than WCKG did. |
| 8:34
| Actually those counties Steve mentioned are South of Champaign. Anne starts losing Jack between Kankakee and Champaign. So we don't have to report it? Anne was wondering if she could get a weather report for her trip. Steve doesn't normally do personalized weather. |
| 8:35
| So from now on Steve will do Kankakee county. He'd prefer to just do the collar counties. If you live that far out you should have a weather radio. |
| 8:36
| Not only did Anne coax a personalized weather report out of Steve but she also won the bonus prize. What the hell is she going downstate for anyway? |
| 8:37
| Live read: Fresh Diet |
| 8:38
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 8:39
| Alright Pat Boyle is on the phone. Pat's a Public Enemy fan as we learned on Friday. Pat was surprised by the crowd. According to Jim DeRogatis it was...Steve's going to find this quote because every time he reads it he thinks of Pat. |
| 8:40
| The quote is "Then, too, there was the odd spectacle of this once controversial and downright dangerous group playing one of the all-time epics of urban discontent to an obviously privileged audience of college-rock fans. Fight the powers that be, indeed." |
| 8:41
| That quote is definitely about Pat but maybe not Pete. Pete at least tries to look like he works for an indie rock label. |
| 8:42
| Caller Ewald was listening to Chet Coppock's weekend show and Pat Boyle made his list of underappreciated sportscasters. He was #5 or #6 behind Bruce Wolf and Rich King. That's a bad list to be on, plus it's delivered by Chet Coppock. |
| 8:43
| Who is Chet to make a list? He's on for 35 minutes once a week. He's just trying to wrestle back some control probably. |
| 8:44
| Caller Michael has Coppock's full list. Rich King is #2 and Giangreco is #1. How is Giangreco #1? He's on the most highly rated newscast in the city! |
| 8:45
| Jim Rose was #3, he's on the second highest rated newscast in the city. Mark Schanowski was on there as well as Dan Roan. It's like his own Newsbabe List. |
| 8:46
| So basically Coppock just listed every sportscaster in town? And Pat Boyle is one of them. He's tall and lanky with worsted slacks. |
| 8:54
| That's Chet Coppock having a Diet Coke and a mouthful of something. Buzz is pretty sure it was Cobb salad. |
| 8:55
| A couple of weeks ago Tony Gonzalez of the Kansas City Chiefs saved someone in a restaurant from choking. That day ESPN radio played a tape of Chet Coppock choking on the air. |
| 8:56
| Steve has never heard that. It's disturbing to hear but ultimately funny because you know the outcome. Chet's producer had to come in and give him the Heimlich. |
| 8:57
| Pete would be willing to trade something good he has for that tape. We'll have to try to find that. |
| 8:58
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 8:59
| And now the sports with Pat Boyle. The Cubs and Sox are both just barely in 1st place. The Cubs broke out of a huge offensive slump with 9 runs yesterday. Ryan Dempster got his first road win in 2 years. The little guys helped the Cubs out yesterday with Mike Fontenot's 3 RBIs and The Riot's three hits. |
| 9:00
| Soriano begins a rehab assignment in Arizona today however Kerry Wood is probably headed to the DL with that finger blister. That's too bad. |
| 9:01
| Someone told Steve that the reason Ryan Dempster does his thing with his mit is because someone thought he was tipping his pitches. So he did that as a distraction. |
| 9:02
| If Steve were a batter he'd find it distracting. If viewers find it distracting then the batters must. Remember when Eckersley had that long piece of leather hanging off his glove? They made him take that off, they should make Dempster stop doing that. Also Houston Street never pitchers from the rubber but no one does anything about it. |
| 9:03
| The Sox lost the rubber game against the Royals yesterday. The Sox should have tied the game in the 9th inning. That was ridiculous. AJ tried to score from second but the outfielder had the ball before AJ even got to third. That Cox idiot shouldn't have sent him. |
| 9:04
| It seems like we've had problems on both sides of town with the third base coaches. How hard of a job is that? You should know how fast your player's are and you should know what kind of arm the outfielder has. |
| 9:05
| Is there anyway the Sox can platoon Thome and Konerko? Please! Put Swisher at first and Brian Anderson in center. Pat thinks that Konerko will get this series to see how he does. |
| 9:06
| Those uniforms looked sweet yesterday, they should wear them more often. Everyone looks ripped in them or maybe just fat, Steve couldn't tell. |
| 9:07
| Jermaine Dye will miss tonight's game and maybe the entire Rangers series after being hit in the knee yesterday. The Royals were throwing at him, they hit 6 Sox batters for the weekend. And the Sox did nothing to retaliate! |
| 9:08
| Jose Contreras is going to the DL with some tendonitis in his pitching elbow, that's an injury he didn't tell anyone about. Steve's done talking about the Sox, he hates them now. |
| 9:09
| Steve did not watch any of the British Open. Paddy Harrington won his second British Open but the story on Friday was Greg Norman. He was leading but he's been known to have bad final rounds. |
| 9:10
| The ESPY's were last night with your host Justin Timberlake. Steve didn't see any of that. One of the bits they had was Will Ferrell and his new co-star in everything, John C. Riley, being asked what it would take to get them to host the ESPY's. |
| 9:12
| Pat was watching this thing last night and he didn't know where to cut their bit off, it's all good. The two of them are in that Step Brothers movie that's coming out this week. |
| 9:13
| Justin Timberlake did a good job hosting the ESPY's. Buzz keeps waiting to dislike Justin Timberlake but it never happens. |
| 9:14
| Steve never watches the ESPY's because it's not live and he knows it'll be rerun several times. |
| 9:15
| Alright that was sports with one of the 10 most underappreciated sportscasters in Chicago. |
| 9:21
| Live read: Windy City Limousine |
| 9:22
| George Jacobs owns Windy City Limousine, he's the guy you see on Sox games in the M & M's jacket. Everyone thinks that's Steve but it's not him. |
| 9:23
| Steve has to make a phone call while Buzz readies the next newscast. He won't be telling Buzz who he's calling, that takes the fun out of it. Steve calls up to the office, intern Vicki answers. Didn't she say "How many I help you before?" |
| 9:24
| Steve actually wanted to talk to Stephanie. Steve understands that Stephanie was at the John Mayer show on Friday. He also understands that Adam was in front of Stephanie and he was dancing, with a girl. Was it dirty dancing? |
| 9:25
| Steve calls down to Adam's office. He was at John Mayer with a friend, someone he's actually brought to a Dahlfins show. Buzz has met her but he was sworn to secrecy. |
| 9:26
| Adam's clamming up, does Stephanie have anything else to add? Adam was more swaying but his friend had some moves. And he was right in front of Stephanie? How did that happen? |
| 9:27
| Stephanie was at the show with Steve's slave. What ever happened to that? Steve gave Stephanie and her friend a week at his time share and the friend she'd be Steve's slave. That's an oral contract but Steve has heard nothing about it. |
| 9:28
| Was Jennifer Anniston at the show? Was Adam dancing with her, is that why he's put up the cone of silence? When John Mayer played Your Body is a Wonderland was Adam whispering that in the girl's ear? |
| 9:29
| Steve feels like Stephanie knows more than she's saying, it's like with that slave. Does Adam have anything else to add? |
| 9:30
| It sort of sounds like things went horribly wrong for Adam at this concert apre show. Maybe next time Steve and Buzz should come with him and act like jerks so he'll look better to the girl. |
| 9:31
| Maybe Adam should do less swaying and more grinding. That's more Brendan's territory though. Steve's seen Brendan groping a piece of prime rib. |
| 9:32
| Well if Adam needs any advice on how to handle the ladies he should ask Pete. He's the expert! This is the guy who went back to his condo after Pitchfork and passed out. His girlfriend, who was flying in from New York, took a cab to Rogers Park and then spent an hour and a half trying to get inside. |
| 9:33
| The way Steve understood it Adam's dancing was much more suggestive but Stephanie's not saying anything. And this slave hasn't been delivered. That trip was back in March! |
| 9:34
| News with Buzz |
| 9:35
| A Federal Appeals Court threw out the indecency fines leveled against CBS for Janet Jackson's bare breast in the Super Bowl Halftime show. The court ruled that the FCC acted capriciously in fining CBS for a brief moment of nudity. |
| 9:36
| Well that's good but probably too little too late. The FCC used that incident to increase the fines they can level against broadcasters. |
| 9:37
| John McCain is happy that Barack Obama will be meeting with generals an Iraqi officials in Baghdad today. |
| 9:38
| A special team from Canada was unable to locate any trace whatsoever of missing adventurer Steve Fossett. Not even his watch?! They didn't even find a water faucet. |
| 9:39
| A female soldier missing from Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas has been found. She's being treated for stab wounds and her husband has been charged. |
| 9:40
| A Massachusetts man is receiving psychiatric treatment after stripping naked and trying to open an emergency exit on a flight from Boston to Los Angeles. He was subdued by executives from the New England Revolution soccer team. Maybe he was just hot? A lot of times the air on those flights can be stifling. |
| 9:41
| Can Steve read this whole article because it's pretty funny? The FBI said members of the New England Revolution were among those who grabbed the man before he got to the exit door. He was taken into custody in Oklahoma City. It was back in the air an hour after landing. Just drop off the crazy guy and get back on the road. |
| 9:42
| The Revolution's GM confronted the man as soon as he emerged naked from the bathroom. He told the guy to get back into the bathroom and put his clothes on. The man said "I don't hear you, I don't see you" but he went back into the bathroom. |
| 9:43
| Steve has never been on a flight where something that weird happened. It would probably leave more of an impression on him though. Buzz thought he was going to be on a flight with two of the drunkest people he's ever seen in an airport. One of them was Steve right? |
| 9:44
| Buzz really wanted to see what would happen because they couldn't contain themselves and they were being loud and still drinking heavily. Unfortunately they got on a different flight. |
| 9:45
| Steve was on a flight from Mexico with some listeners. Two listeners were really drunk and one of them puked. The other guy wet his pants and then spent the entire flight in the bathroom. It was too late though, he'd already wet his pants. |
| 9:51
| Did Steve cut Buzz's news off prematurely? There are just a few things he wanted to add. FIrst of all it should be said that Bill Murray is planning to parachute out of an airplane at next month's Air & Water Show. No one knows why he's doing it but he is getting a divorce. |
| 9:52
| Murray wants to draw attention to the USO. Later that day Gary Sinise's Lt. Dan Band will play a free concert. Florence Henderson will sing the National Anthem to kick the whole day off. Pretty exciting! |
| 9:53
| Fans of John Mellencamp got up in the wee hours of the morning to be in attendance at Daley Plaza for a free concert. Of course we know all about this from Brendan's crack reporting. |
| 9:54
| The concert was originally supposed to promote channel 2's new studio at Block 37 but had to be moved across the street after technical difficulties delayed the opening of the building. |
| 9:55
| A ceremony was held yesterday to commemorate the Eastland Disaster, one of Chicago's worst tragedies. That was a hardcore tragedy, 800 people died right in the river! |
| 9:56
| Just so Buzz knows Bill Murray's divorce was finalized in June. In Jennifer Murray's original complaint filed on May 12 she alleged that her husband abused her and was addicted to marijuana. Steve's pretty sure that it's medically impossible to get addicted to marijuana. |
| 9:57
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 9:58
| Steve's pretty sure Buzz doesn't read US Magazine so he hasn't seen this article about Ashley Duprè's reality show. Steve doesn't read the magazine either. Duprè was of course Eliot Spitzer's girl. |
| 9:59
| An insider tells US Magazine that Duprè-who's dalliance with former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer cost him his job-has a reality show in the works. Man that Eliot Spitzer went down fast, Steve would have fought that harder. |
| 10:00
| The show would be similar to A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, which Steve is not familiar with. Brendan says it's a bisexual dating show where a guys and girls compete to date this girl. Steve will have to check that out. |
