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| 5:32
| For Steve's money this is the best theme. If you were inside of Steve you'd be tapping along to this theme. |
| 5:33
| This theme gives Steve a chance to recover from The Scorpions' Rock You Like a Hurricane. YEAH MAN! It's not hurricane season here! Steve has a rotating cadre of themes but he might want to make this one permanent. |
| 5:34
| This is probably just the Metabolift and coffee talking for Steve. He's jacked out of his gourd on that stuff. Of course Rock You Like a Hurricane is one of the most famous songs from German hard rockers The Scorpions. |
| 5:35
| Every morning Steve comes into the studio meaning to turn the temperature down but he actually turns it up. He's blaming that on being left handed and possibly dyslexic. There are flames coming out of the heat register though. |
| 5:36
| Buzz is having some trouble hearing the show. Maybe he should try a different hole. It's actually the volume that needs to be turned up on his headphone cords. Volume on the headphones? Those things are loaded! |
| 5:37
| Rock You LIke a Hurricane's video was in heavy rotation at MTV, searing it into the video of many people. Not Steve though. Buzz only remembers the name because it's The Scorpions. Steve is a Scorpio, that's how he remembered it. As far as Steve can tell Scorpios are sex maniacs and jerks. If anyone wants to call in the phone lines are wide open and young Brendan is poised and ready to answer. |
| 5:38
| When Brendan was out covering the R. Kelly trial the interns were answering phones, which was nice. Steve likes Brendan but he's not that cute. Today Vicki the intern is dressed like we're having an office party. Why are we hiding our best assets upstairs? |
| 5:39
| Instead Steve has to look at Pete, Jim and Brendan, three Cubs fans wearing t-shirts that don't fit them which they probably got for free. Well at least Brendan got his for free, all of his t-shirts were free. He once wore a hospital gown to work. |
| 5:40
| It's taking forever to get a call screened and apparently Mark Czerniec doesn't believe in astrology because he's refusing to post any information about Scorpios. Our own Vicki is a Scorpio. It might be time to have that post-show margarita party after all. Ladies get in free! |
| 5:41
| Buzz has something Steve needs to hear. Scorpios are the most intense, profound and powerful characters in the Zodiac. Even when they appear self-controlled and calm there is a seething intensity of emotional energy beneath the placid exterior. That's Steve! Brendan has one guy on hold named Squared who is a Scorpio and a sex addict. That's a dude right? Steve doesn't want to talk to dudes. Women wouldn't call themselves sex addicts, they'd just say sluts. |
| 5:42
| Let's talk to Mark Czerniec. Mark runs a blog for the show which is always chock full of information. From time to time Steve has accused Mark of injecting his own political and social leanings into the blog. He's very opinionated for a guy who lives in Racine. Does he in fact believe in astrology? |
| 5:43
| Mark zigged when he should have zagged. He went looking for the Rock You Like a Hurricane video because Steve couldn't remember what it was. He wouldn't mind seeing that either. Mark does not believe in astrology though. In Western astrology he's a Cancer and in Chinese astrology he's a Rat. |
| 5:44
| So what else is going on with Mark? Super Week just wrapped up, those are the bike races in Wisconsin. The announcer, Eddie Van Geist, says hello to Steve and wants to know when he's going to be back on the show. Mark told him never. How did he end up on the show again? It was probably a Dan Falato booking. |
| 5:45
| Steve did some biking over the weekend and was almost killed by a guy in a minivan. The guy was stalking Steve like in in that movie, or Stephen King short story, Duel. And yet here Steve is. That's because of his cat-like reflexes and his Scorpio nature. What is Steve again as a Scorpio? |
| 5:46
| Once again Scorpios are the most intense, profound and powerful characters in the Zodiac. Even when they appear self-controlled and calm there is a seething intensity of emotional energy beneath the placid exterior. Steve's going to have that tattooed on his back. |
| 5:47
| Steve could be biking along calmly by all appearances but really he's seething at this guy in a minivan. There is a part of Steve that will swerve in front of this minivan just to make a point. |
| 5:48
| Alright that's good enough for Steve, he'll let Mark get back to filling up his hummingbird feeders. He's trying to save the whales too. |
| 5:49
| Buzz is wondering if Mark has read the Shelby Steele article in the Wall Street Journal about why Jesse Jackson hates Obama. Buzz just dropped a WSJ article on us, WOW! How is Steve going to keep up? |
| 5:55
| That's that Big Bang Theory which Steve kind of likes. That girl on the show is hot which is enough for Steve. He's like an 80-year-old man just sitting at home watching hot girls on TV. |
| 5:56
| Steve just saw a story on CNN about an 80-year-old porn star. He's still active now. It's being reported by our own Keung Law who Buzz doesn't remember because she was on CBS when she was in Chicago. |
| 5:57
| She was involved in some sort of sex scandal in the newsroom when she worked in L.A. Rob Feder reported the story although it didn't seem like we needed to know that. The best part of being in the media is the sex scandals. You don't have to report it though, you just hear about it. |
| 5:58
| Feder also reported on the whole Marion Brooks story in Atlanta and kudos to everyone involved there. Feder once exposed Buzz's own dalliances, it cost The Loop about $100,000 in advertising. |
| 5:59
| Steve doesn't remember this happening. It was around 1984, just after Buzz stopped working with Steve. Buzz was involved with the separated wife of the son of some clients. The clients were very rich and they pulled their advertising. Turns out it never really affected Buzz at work though. |
| 6:00
| Buzz actually didn't even get yelled at by station management. What could he do, the guy was nuts? It seems like you'd get yelled at a little for that but not Buzz. Did he get high-fived? There might have been a few of those for comedic purposes. Steve could see how back in the day the concept of what Buzz had done was more appreciated than the cash flow. Steve can see Buzz getting a high-five from the Redhead. |
| 6:01
| Caller Daniel wanted to correct Steve, it was Richard Matheson who wrote Duel, not Stephen King. Steven Spielberg directed the movie version for TV. |
| 6:02
| Either way, Steve was being stalked by a guy in a minivan like in Duel. At some point Steve was ready to cut in front of the guy just to prove his point. Then Steve would have probably been killed and the guy would be in big trouble. |
| 6:03
| Caller Jessica is from Lockport. What's going on there, any barges coming through? Jessica actually isn't in Lockport right now. Whenever Steve goes with where the person is from they're not actually there. Maybe something needs to change about the screening process. |
| 6:04
| Jessica was actually in Lockport when she called in but now she's at work in Glen Elyn. She was on hold that long? We might need some sort of tracking system for the listeners. Or Brendan could periodically check in on the listener's location as they wait on hold. Would Jessica be open to some sort of tracking implant? Maybe they could put it in a Steve and Buzz earring. Who wouldn't want Steve and Buzz hanging from their navel? |
| 6:05
| Jessica was watching Gene Simmons' Family Jewels last night. And that's a reality show about Gene Simmons right? It's actually pretty funny, Gene's family just rips on him the entire time. Probably because he's an idiot. |
| 6:06
| Jessica was watching the show when Carrot Top made an appearance. Of course, Carrot Top is the well-known prop comic. That guy had some work done or something. That's why Jessica is calling in. |
| 6:07
| Carrot Top's arms and chest were totally ripped but that was it so he looked totally deformed. Jessica was wondering if there's such thing as a deltoid implant. |
| 6:08
| Steve knows this is wrong but he actually liked Carrot Top's movie Chairman of the Board. It's about a surfer who inherits his uncle's company, Robert Loggia is also in it. |
| 6:09
| Steve's looking at some photos of Carrot Top. The first one is how he used to look, then there's one where it looks like he's lifting weights naked and something was definitely done to his eyes. The final photo is Carrot Top in the future looking like the guy in Mask. |
| 6:10
| Caller Will is in Bolingbrook, they had some action out there on Friday. There was a scuffle at a barbershop with Drew Peterson and the brilliant legal mind of Lenny Wawczak. Apparently it wasn't a brilliant enough mind to know what battery is. |
| 6:11
| Will is an amateur bodybuilder, not unlike Steve. The rumor on the internet is that Carrot Top is using a chemical called Synthol. That causes certain body parts to catch up in size to other body parts. |
| 6:12
| Can that be used on your weiner? Because Steve might need to get some if he's going through that Weinermometer at the airport. Unless they have a line for growers with a fluffer. |
| 6:13
| Synthol is illegal but it can be found among the underground weightlifting scene. Steve would also like to get on HGH. Where does Steve find the underground weightlifting community? |
| 6:14
| You're not going to find this stuff at most health clubs in the area, you have to go to the more hardcore weightlifting gyms. Steve's probably not going to find any at his gym across the street where they have yoga for dogs. |
| 6:15
| Caller Rod is on 294 heading North. He's right near the oasis. It's moving very slowly. They could stop working on 294 whenever they want to but they just keeping expanding lanes or adding more lanes. |
| 6:16
| Rod's kids turned him on to Family Jewels and it's great. Everyone just rips on Gene but the kids are very down-to-earth. Thank God for Shannon Tweed. |
| 6:17
| In last night's episode Shannon is under their Hummer looking for an oil leak. Gene comes out and tells her to take the car to the mechanic but she says she can find the leak herself. |
| 6:18
| Then Gene drives the Hummer to Vegas and it breaks down in the middle of the desert. So there's Gene, the cameraman and the boom operator walking down the road and no one will pick them up. |
| 6:19
| They finally get a tow truck operator to pick them up but first she says she needs to make a stop. That's when she takes Gene to her trailer so her husband can meet him. Then he calls Carrot Top to come pick him up. |
| 6:20
| It sounds like a show Steve should be watching, it's on A & E on Sunday nights and before that they run reruns of past episodes. |
| 6:21
| Steve has the Carrot Top/Gene Simmons video, he's going to screen it for profanity during the break. Carrot Top does look really weird though, just the upper part of his body is built. |
| 6:29
| Buzz escaped during the break before he could tell Steve which advertiser's estranged wife he had sex with. That caused his station to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising. |
| 6:30
| Even back then that was a lot of money. Usually they'd take that our of your hide. Buzz lost the station $150,000 and he was horrified until he realized that no one really cared. |
| 6:31
| The AE who's account it was lost his commission so he cared. Everyone else was willing to sweep it under the rug though. |
| 6:32
| Does Buzz want to hear this Carrot Top thing? It's from Family Jewels, the Gene Simmons reality show on A & E. Gene's car has broken down somewhere in the dessert between LA and Vegas. |
| 6:33
| Carrot Top was summoned to pick Gene up. A lot of this kind of stuff on reality shows is probably staged. It's funnier if Shannon Tweed is looking for a leak in this car and Gene just tells her to take it to the mechanic. Then he's driving the same car and it breaks down. Then Carrot Top comes to pick him up. |
| 6:34
| Carrot Top is actually pretty funny without all of his props. Steve and Gene have the same Tumi luggage. |
| 6:35
| Carrot Top was funny in this clip but he still looked strange. He's definitely had some work done, probably because no one took him seriously. |
| 6:36
| In the world of comedians being a prop comic is frowned upon. It seems like anything that makes people laugh should be accepted in the world of comedy. It seems like anything that makes people laugh should be accepted. Instead he was unfairly disenfranchised. |
| 6:37
| For a time, and maybe still now, Carrot Top was the biggest draw in Vegas. So he was getting no respect from his peers but still making a ton of money. That might cause you to make some changes. |
| 6:38
| Should we do the news or the web poll? Steve asked Buzz to have the news ready at 6 and then we got sidetracked with Carrot Top. |
| 6:39
| News with Buzz |
| 6:40
| 29 convicted drug smugglers have been executed in Iran. Steve saw footage of the nooses on the news last night. The rope seemed very colorful, they might have been blue. |
| 6:41
| Two banks were reopened under a new name today, the officer of the Comptroller of Currency took control of two banks in Arizona and California and sold them to Mutual of Omaha. |
| 6:42
| Steve's got the photo of the nooses, they're actually hanging off a crane which is powder blue. It's like bungee jumping but the cord isn't elastic and it goes around your neck. |
| 6:43
| The two largest newspapers in Detroit are calling for Kwame Kilpatrick to resign. That was after last week when the mayor allegedly verbally and physically assaulted a sheriff's deputy. |
| 6:44
| Barack Obama has returned from his trip to Europe with a 9 point Gallup Poll lead over John McCain. He's also hinting that Hillary Clinton could still be a potential running mate. |
| 6:45
| The rope used in those hangings looked like it's light yellow. All the guys are lined up very calmly, just praying. They probably don't get all the virgins for t his, maybe just 1 or 2. Who wants a virgin anyway, they don't know what they're doing. |
| 6:46
| Former astronaut Edgar Mitchell is sticking to his guns claiming that aliens do exist and they have visited us. He doesn't know how, where, when and why and when he was on the moon for Apollo 14 he was conducting his own private ESP experiments with people on Earth. Buzz would love to know the results of those experiments. |
| 6:47
| Deadly rip currents off Coney Island and Long Island claimed the lives of three people over the weekend. |
| 6:48
| The father of a slain 9-year-old girl in Chicago has hired an attorney after police made what he called accusatory and threatening statements to him. Richard Lyons found his daughter's body in an alley near their house 2 weeks ago. |
| 6:49
| Normally in these cases Steve thinks it's the dad but for some reason he doesn't in this one. Maybe he's a sucker for a crying dude. The dad has been nothing but cooperative with police so far. |
| 6:50
| Can Steve do rip current safety now? We have rip currents here but maybe Steve should do this warning in Spanish. Whenever you hear about people getting caught in a rip current in Indiana it seems like they're Hispanic. If you're caught in a rip current remain calm. That will help you think clearly and maintain your energy. Swim out of the current in a direction parallel with the shore. If you can't swim out of it just float along, eventually you'll reach the shore. |
| 6:51
| Steve should learn to give that warning in Spanish though, lately it seems like a lot of Hispanic people are getting caught in those currents. But Steve has seem white people and black people caught in them too. He doesn't want to make this about race though. |
| 6:52
| As text messaging becomes more widespread doctors are seeing a rise in text-related injuries. Texters get hit by cars, fall down stairs and walk into light posts while texting and not paying attention. |
| 6:53
| Finally, rumors are still flying that Madonna may be responsible for parts of a new tell-all book written by her brother. Page 6 has learned that Madonna ghost wrote several chapters of the book which is why there's nothing too revealing in it. |
| 7:00
| Live read: Gladstone Homes |
| 7:01
| Steve doesn't care what Madonna does but he thinks A-Rod can do better. He's A-Rod. Do better! |
| 7:02
| Steve has CNN on pause because of that story about the 80-year-old porn star. They show parts of what he does and it's kind of weird. |
| 7:03
| This old man does look pretty happy. He probably worked that Keung Law woman when she was reporting on this story. |
| 7:04
| Are Steve and Buzz available for some middle-aged porn? Steve would probably have a hard time getting the family to sign off on his new career. It's still part of showbiz though. |
| 7:05
| Alright time for the web poll. Friday's question was "Have you ever been to Blarney Island?" Steve is now having the previous day's web poll question printed up so he doesn't have to look it up. |
| 7:06
| On Friday Steve just learned about the Sand Bar Party in Petite Lake in the Chain o' Lakes. It's the suburban version of the Playpen party, which is this weekend. That is right in the lake next to the Al Jardine Water Treatment Facility. Steve's going to miss that party too. |
| 7:07
| Steve scoured the internet for information about the Sand Bar Party last night but he couldn't find anything. He did find an article about the Girls Gone Wild film crew that was up there over the weekend. |
| 7:08
| According to Lake County Sheriff Ed Curran, who deputized Steve and Buzz last year, only 4 arrests were made. He owes that to the organizes of the Sand Bar Party. |
| 7:09
| The crowd was tame and respectful and they couldn't have asked for anything more. Two people were arrested for battery and two people were arrested for disorderly conduct. |
| 7:10
| Blarney Island hit capacity around 5:30 on Saturday according to the bar's owner John Haley. That's the guy Steve and Buzz know from last year, he didn't even invite them up! |
| 7:11
| They've hit capacity at the bar before but have never had to shut the piers down until this year. That's probably becuase Steve and Buzz talked about it on Friday, they're taking full credit for it. |
| 7:12
| Haley hired 25 off-duty police officers to help with crowd control in addition to the constant presence of the Lake County Sheriff's officers. It's always a good idea to hire the off-duty police officers for stuff like this. |
| 7:13
| Producers for Girls Gone Wild were at the bar for about 2 hours but no illegal activity or nudity took place. That's probably why they left after 2 hours. |
| 7:14
| Well it sounds like everything went well, except for the no nudity at Blarney Island. Maybe that's why the owner didn't invite Steve and Buzz, he knew it would be more toned down. |
| 7:15
| Steve's going to take a break but if anyone was up there and has stories they should call in. |
| 7:21
| Live read: Windy City Limo |
| 7:22
| Alright we're talking Sand Bar Party right now. Steve knows we have web poll to get to still but first some calls. |
| 7:23
| Caller Mike runs FunOnTheFox.com which means he's the organizer of the Sand Bar Party. He's working on getting some photos up from the weekend. |
| 7:24
| Ironically the wildness was down this year because girls were afraid of ending up on a Girls Gone Wild video. So the Girls Gone Wild crew actually prevented most of the girls from going wild. |
| 7:25
| Mike's not sure they'll even do the party next year just because of all the negative attention it got this year. He's getting emails calling him the porn purveyor of Lake County. |
| 7:26
| Steve gets bad emails all the time, it'll blow over in two days. He can't cancel it though, it looks like it's really well put together. Anyone can get on the internet and send an email. |
| 7:27
| Mike can't cancel the party because Steve wants to go next year and also he's chosen the Sand Bar Party to debut his pasty that looks like a nipple. He'll give them away for free too. |
| 7:28
| The after party was supposed to be at Blarney Island but it was so crowded because everyone was there waiting for the Girls Gone Wild crew. |
| 7:29
| So it was a bunch of dudes waiting for girls to go wild and it never happened. You have to like a girl who's willing to go wild but is smart enough to know she shouldn't do it on tape. Why should she take her top off and help this guy make millions of dollars. All she comes away with is a t-shirt and probably some embarrassment down the line. |
| 7:30
| Mike took the party over from the previous organizer, Rodney. Mike spent the entire day in a kayak telling people to move their boats and directing them where to park. So it's not as fun as it sounds. |
| 7:31
| Mike has had fun in year's past while Rodney did all the work. So he decided to take over for a couple of years. Buzz says he wants to do it next year. |
| 7:32
| OK here's what Steve wants Mike to do. If he can trailer his boat he should come down to the Playpen Party. He can just tie up, sit back and watch some nudity or whatever happens there. |
| 7:33
| Mike sounds a little down today but it's just postpartum probably. Girls Gone Wild ruined his party though. There are other callers on hold who say the party was 70% dudes. |
| 7:34
| Alright time for the web poll, today's question is "Which would you rather play?" The options are football and baseball. On the morning in which Jeff Samardzija stepped into a dream and a pennant race the Cubs pitcher tried to soak up some normalcy at Wrigley Field. |
| 7:35
| Samardzija pitched on Friday and yesterday and traded some playful barbs at his former coach Charlie Weis, who was singing the 7th Inning Stretch on Saturday. Samardzija told Weis not to quit his day job and Charlie told Jeff to cut his hair. Thanks for stopping by Charlie. |
| 7:36
| The two chatted for 5 minutes on the field on Saturday while the organist played the Notre Dame victory march. Charlie probably hasn't heard that in a while, at least since Samardzija left. |
| 7:37
| Weis told Samardzija that he wasn't there for him, this was arranged months in advance. Steve likes when Weis thinks he's a big shot and no one likes him. |
| 7:38
| Steve heard last night on the news that Weis was booed by the Wrigley Field crowd. Pete doesn't remember hearing that and he just watched it again this morning. |
| 7:39
| Could Pete find the tape maybe? Steve knows he's still jet-lagged from his big trip to Colorado and also reeling from the tragedy at the West Rogers Park Starbucks. |
| 7:40
| West Rogers Park is actually where Adam lives. It did look nicer when Steve saw it on the news, is Adam living higher on the hog than Pete? |
| 7:41
| Pete plays the audio from Saturday. Steve's hearing boos and now Pete is too. They should boo him even though everyone at Wrigley pretends they went to Notre Dame. They're just fake Notre Dame fans. If you're at the Southside and you're wearing a Notre Dame shirt the odds are greater that you actually went to Notre Dame. |
| 7:42
| That's fine that the booed Charlie Weis, Steve doesn't like that guy. What kind of guy has lapband surgery and is still fat? His surgery was botched but his wardrobe is failing him too. He needs to stop tucking in that polo shirt, it looks like he's hiding a small child in his pants. |
| 7:43
| They talked to Charlie Weis on Comcast for 20 minutes on Saturday. There was a lot of Cubs coverage, 3 Sox highlights and a 20 minutes of Josh Mora talking to Charlie Weis. Steve will give Pete time to find this but at one point Mora asked Weis about football and he copped a real condescending, jive-ass attitude. |
| 7:44
| The Cubs had a little trouble with the Marlins over the weekend but they came out on top yesterday. The Sox took 2 of 3 from the Tigers but they should have swept. Both teams are still in first place though and they've both got huge series' coming up. |
| 7:45
| And of course Bud Selig manipulated the schedule so that it actually means something when the Cubs are going up to Milwaukee to play the Brewers. That guy's a real tool though. |
| 7:46
| Selig's guy was shut out of the bidding for the Cubs even though everyone thought it was a done deal. There are no done deals when you're dealing with Sam Zell. |
| 7:47
| Steve's going to take a break so Pete can find this audio. It doesn't seem like Weis should be copping any sort of attitude. Steve's even heard Tom Thayer break bad on what's going on at Notre Dame. |
| 7:54
| Live read: Pac Perfect |
| 7:55
| Steve's pretty sure that Vicki and Jordan are both using Pac Perfect and they're both very happy with it. |
| 7:56
| Pete was ready to unfurl the entire Charlie Weis audio without even giving Steve a chance to recap what it was. He spent the weekend with theater people, you would think he would have learned a few things about showmanship. |
| 7:57
| Steve gets the feeling that Pete is laying down on a cot in his studio resting lately. He's reaching up and touching the controls but he's laying on a cot. Pete is traveling too much, we might have to pull his passport. He needs to get a girlfriend who lives around here and doesn't have friends getting married. Every other week he's in New York and half the time he's traveling the continental U.S. attending weddings he doesn't want to go to where he probably gets hammered beyond belief. Then he comes back here to lay on a cot and rest up. |
| 7:58
| So Charlie Weis had to do some bouncing back of his own on Saturday after being booed at Wrigley. This article is referring Samardzija pitching on Friday but not being able to pitch on Saturday. In La La Land, where Pete is, no one booed Charlie Weis. And he likes peeing in a trough too. |
| 7:59
| Weis was at the Cubs game on Saturday with his son and the son's 12 friends for a belated birthday. Then Charlie ate one of the friends. He got hungry! |
| 8:00
| Caller Chris' cousin used to play for the Patriots on their defensive line. No one could stand Charlie Weis, he used to ride around on a Rascal screaming at people. They all called him Meals on Wheels. |
| 8:01
| Caller Fred is a Notre Dame alum and he's been involved with the alumni association in Chicago for years. He's gotten to know many former Notre Dame players. The current players call Charlie "Bacon" because his on-the-go breakfast is bacon on toast. |
| 8:02
| Charlie's doing a fundraiser in Chicago this week at the Palmer House. They were hoping to raise a half million to a million but they'll be lucky to get $10,000. Charlie hasn't taken any advice about the fundraiser from anyone in the alumni association. |
| 8:03
| Don't the alumni have a say in who hires the coach anyway? Ultimately the school wants the alumni money to keep coming in so you have to keep them happy. |
| 8:04
| Fred and a lot of other Notre Dame alumni just don't like Weis because he's a jerk. It doesn't help that he's losing either but really the guy is just a jerk. |
| 8:05
| Steve's going to talk to the Taco Bell manager right now and then play this tape. Wait until you hear how condescending Weis is to poor little Josh Mora. Josh just replied "Fair enough" but if it were Steve he would have punched him. |
| 8:06
| Alright it's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. On the phone is Nick, manager of the Aurora Taco Bell. Right now they're really moving the Jalapeño Chicken Melt and the Fajita Steak Melt. |
| 8:07
| OK now on to the Josh Mora/Charlie Weis tape. Josh asks Charlie if he's mad that Jeff Samardzija picked baseball over football. Charlie said he hand to change his plans on Friday so he could watch Samardzija pitch. Turns out his plans were just to see a movie. |
| 8:08
| Of course Steve's talking to the one guy that understands where Charlie is coming from, Buzz. If you're scheduled to see a 2:15 Hellboy you can't go to the 3:30 show! It's the lynchpin of your weekend! |
| 8:10
| Josh asks Weis about the upcoming season and Weis tells him the good news is that he doesn't talk about football in July, it's a Weis Family tradition. |
| 8:11
| The good news for Charlie Weis, had Steve been there, is he would have punched him in the face causing his jaw to be wired shut. What a fat jerk! |
| 8:12
| Steve thought they gave Charlie Weis too much airtime anyway. They had 3 White Sox highlights! Pat Boyle did a nice feature about the history of Take Me Out to the Ballgame though. |
| 8:13
| Steve watches a lot of Comcast when Mike Dahl is there because he does all of their promos. So he points out all the "Mike Dahl Joints". |
| 8:14
| What do you think Charlie Weis is doing now? He's probably in a grocery store riding around on his Rascal putting bacon in the basket. |
| 8:15
| His lapband surgery was botched and he sued some people but no one could find anything wrong. Someone needs to get him new wardrobe. The tight Ban-Lon shirts tucked into the slacks is not a good look. Who would want to play football for a guy with that look? |
| 8:21
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 8:22
| Steve was making fun of Charlie Weis for being a fat pig but during that last break he ate an Egg McMuffin too fast, which caused a bit of a back-up. He kept eating though and tried to stand up to get things unstuck. |
| 8:23
| Turns out Charlie Weis lost that lawsuit. It wasn't a botched surgery he just eats too much. Steve thought he should just keep eating the Egg McMuffin even after it was stuck. |
| 8:24
| Steve was once at a Sox game when he started choking on a steak sandwich. Steve went out into the concourse to Heimlich himself and as soon as it was unstuck he took another bite and almost choked on that. |
| 8:25
| News with Buzz |
| 8:26
| A children's rendition of Annie in Knoxville, Tennessee was marred by bloodshed when a man burst in and opened fire with a shotgun. Two people were killed by the shooter. |
| 8:27
| 3 suicide bombers took the lives of 28 people in Baghdad today. 93 people were injured in the blasts. All three bombers were women which is a growing phenomenon. We did find out that their promise in heaven is to be reunited with their husband. |
| 8:28
| 29 people were executed yesterday in Iran. While people are often executed together it's usually not in such a large group. Were they going for a Guinness Record, like the world's largest pierogi? |
| 8:29
| Barack Obama returned to the U.S. with a 9 point Gallup Poll lead. Meanwhile Obama allies are criticizing a new John McCain campaign ad taking the candidate to task for not visiting wounded soldiers while in Iraq. Obama's people say they didn't want to use wounded soldiers as a campaign ploy. |
| 8:30
| Detroit's two largest papers are calling for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to resign. This comes in the wake of accusations that Kilpatrick assaulted a sheriff's deputy. |
| 8:31
| Richard Lyons believes police are targeting him which is why the father of a slain 9-year-old girl has hired an attorney. Lyons found his daughter dead in an alley next to their house on July 15th. |
| 8:32
| As Steve said earlier, normally he likes to blame the dad in situations like this but there's something about Lyons' demeanor that makes him think it's not him. |
| 8:33
| Four patrons were injured yesterday when a car slammed into a Rogers Park Starbucks. It's not Pete's Starbucks but it could be Adam's. Let's call him and find out. |
| 8:34
| Adam could probably stop at that Starbucks on the way home. If he goes today he could probably get a coupon for a free coffee. Because of the trauma of their Starbucks not being open customers were given coupons for free coffee. |
| 8:35
| Buzz saw footage from last week of a guy eating at a Wendy's when a car plows into the building and pins him against the wall. After the car backed away the guy got up and walked away. |
| 8:36
| Alright we're going to talk to Peanut Butter Jelly right now and then after the sports the latest on Drew Peterson. |
| 8:37
| So Devin Hester is a rich man, he got a 4 year extension worth between $30 and 40 million. Steve doesn't really care, as long as Hester is on the team. |
| 8:38
| As Steve mentioned on his blog today it seems like Hester was running amok with $447,000. He better get his money invested. He seems like an alright kid though. |
| 8:39
| Huge week coming up for the Cubs and Sox. The Cubs are in Milwaukee with a 1 game lead over the Brewers. Comcast is Cubs biased, Steve's getting ready to cancel his subscription. When it's Pat and Mark Schanowsky they play back the entire Cubs game and then show one White Sox highlight. |
| 8:40
| Normally there's one team out of town so they get the short end of the stick. Comcast doesn't usually send a reporter on the road although they will have Chuck Garfein in Minnesota all week. |
| 8:41
| Steve knows that the only reason they're doing that is because the Sox game is on Comcast Plus and Garfein and Bill Melton won't have a studio to do the post game in. Instead they'll just be standing on the field in the dark shivering. |
| 8:42
| Even Pat and Mark did think they had too much Cubs coverage last night. They should alternate which team leads the sports every night. |
| 8:43
| So the Cubs bats came alive yesterday, Alfonso Soriano and Derrek Lee both homered. Steve was watching some of the game on Friday and although he likes Len Kasper it seems like every play he calls is the most exciting play in the game. Not every play can be that exciting. |
| 8:44
| Pat thinks Hawk does the same thing in a Sox game. Every fly ball they hit is going out until it's caught by the third basemen. |
| 8:45
| The big story with the Cubs over the weekend was Jeff Samardzija. Pat was surprised that the Cubs put him in in that situation on Friday, he figured he'd go in with a 4 run margin. |
| 8:46
| Was Samardzija on Ryno's team? He was there briefly last year. How about that fight with Ryno's team last week? He goes out of town for 1 day and this is what happened?! |
| 8:47
| Ryno was in Cooperstown, he probably drove the Ford Taurus all the way from Peoria to New York. And this is what happens when he leaves?! |
| 8:48
| That guy who got arrested was supposed to pitch at Wrigley tomorrow for that minor league game. He's probably headed back to the DR after that. It was a pretty standard fight other than the guy throwing the baseball. |
| 8:49
| That Bob Ley guy on ESPN did a special report about the fight and everyone was appalled by it. That didn't stop them from showing the fight 6 times. |
| 8:50
| Does Pat have some White Sox highlights finally? Jermaine Dye hit a home run in each game over the weekend but the Sox did end up losing yesterday. |
| 8:51
| Pat's going to take Steve back to the most dramatic home run from Friday, with 2 outs in the top of the 9th. With a man on Dye hit a game-winning home run. |
| 8:52
| Pat got some reports from Detroit and a lot of Sox fans made the trip up there. They had record crowds over the weekend and Cheli's Chili probably did great business. |
| 8:53
| Pat thought it was a mistake when the Sox resigned Jermaine Dye but it looks like he was wrong about that. |
| 9:02
| That's Ron Santo getting pretty excited during yesterday's Cubs game. |
| 9:03
| And finally Devin Hester gets paid. He's in the fold until 2013 with $15 million guaranteed. It's worth at least $30 million but it could be more if he has the stats of a #1 receiver. |
| 9:04
| You can't say the Bears are cheap any more but they still don't have a quarterback. Steve still thinks Orton can do it but that's just him. |
| 9:05
| Brett Favre did not show up to Packers training camp, Roger Goodell had to step in. Steve likes Favre but he's acting like a crazed ex-girlfriend. From the perspective of Bears fans, who at least respect Favre, seeing the Packers in this much turmoil is fun. |
| 9:06
| Favre should be traded today or tomorrow to either Tampa or New York. He has his reinstatement papers in hand but he's holding on to him until he knows where he's going. |
| 9:07
| There is absolutely no chance that Favre is coming to Chicago unless he's trade to a team that the Bears are playing this year. Steve's sources tell him that the Bears could be getting Chris Simms. His source is Pat Dahl who writes for Rotoworld. |
| 9:08
| So much happened in Bolingbrook on Friday, Steve's going to start with what he thinks is the main story. We might not need to get through all of it today. It never ceases to amaze Steve what happens in the Drew Peterson case. |
| 9:09
| Right behind where Steve is sitting is Drew's American flag bandana, autographed by Drew himself. Steve really wants to put it on eBay, he doesn't know what else to do with it. |
| 9:10
| This is an article by Joe Hosey of the Sun-Times. It seemed inappropriate that Hosey was doing TV appearances with Paula Stark. He was also one of the people filming the incident between Wawczak and Peterson. |
| 9:11
| Drew Peterson turned from suspect to victim on Friday after being confronted by former friend Len Wawczak in a parking lot. |
| 9:12
| It started on Friday when Wawczak's wife Paula Stark heard from a TV reporter that Drew was bragging about sleeping with her. An hour later Len's son called to say Peterson was giving him dirty looks at a local barbershop. |
| 9:13
| Wawczak and Stark got into their van to confront Drew, who has been under a cloud of suspicion since his fourth wife disappeared. That's an understatement. |
| 9:14
| That Joe Hosey is probably on Wawczak and Stark all the time so he probably got into the van with them. |
| 9:15
| The part that really irks Steve is Len Jr. calling his parents because Drew is giving him dirty looks. He's 20 years old! Deal with it yourself! |
| 9:16
| Drew gives everyone a dirty look, he's a suburban cop. All of them do that. Peterson denies giving the kid a dirty look but thought Len Jr. would call his dad. |
| 9:17
| Wawczak found a spot between some cars to lie in wait for Drew. Then Peterson came out and Wawczak pounced. So Hosey must have seen all of this unfold. |
| 9:18
| Wawczak called Drew a murderer and then Drew asked Len to hit him. Drew probably knows the law, if you lay a finger on someone it's battery. |
| 9:19
| Wawczak said Drew was nothing but a punk. What kind of adult calls another adult a punk? Wawczak is due in court on September 10th. He said he'll leave Peterson alone as long as Peterson doesn't mess with his family. |
| 9:20
| By "mess with his family" does Len mean giving his son dirty looks? Steve would be much upset about Drew saying he had sex with the wife. |
| 9:21
| So that was the first article from Friday's incident. Steve knows all about battery charges because the same thing happened to him. He was coaching a Little League game and one of the player's dad was mad that he wasn't putting his son in the game. |
| 9:22
| The guy came out to yell at Steve and started pointing at him. The guy must have known the law pretty well because he knew not to actually touch Steve. Steve grabbed the guy's hand and pushed it away and then he called the police. |
| 9:23
| Later in the game the police showed up to arrest Steve, in his own town. The law was never satisfactorily explained to Steve but it has something to do with domestic battery. Steve had a court date which he ended up missing because his lawyer forgot to show up. |
| 9:31
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 9:31
| On Friday Drew was driving away from the barbershop on a Harley. Did he get a new hog then? He still gave Steve his Harley bandana. They might be going steady. |
| 9:32
| Buzz thought Drew was struggling financially. The economy is bad, he probably got a good deal on it. |
| 9:33
| Steve's going to read something from the Tribune that sort of indicts Joe Hosey. That being said you should still go and check out their coverage. |
| 9:34
| Caller Tony is down in Channahon. If Lightning Lenny is such a tough guy why didn't he punch Drew? It might not be battery with a punch. |
| 9:35
| Maybe Len was thinking that pushing Drew in the back was the best option. The guy was a longtime cop, he was on SWAT, he did drug enforcement. Plus Drew has about a foot on Lenny. |
| 9:36
| How are things going down in Channahon with that dad who's family was killed? He went for help after his cellphone died and when he came back the whole family was dead. |
| 9:37
| Steve has been on family road trips when he wanted to kill his family but you just can't do that. You have to pull off at a gas station and just take a break. |
| 9:38
| Len Wawczak said his bail on Friday was the best $100 he ever spent. Technically you get that money back so maybe he's not too familiar with the legal system. |
| 9:39
| Police said Wawczak shoved Peterson twice during a scuffle outside of Hyroglyphics Barbershop. Hyroglyphics?! They specialize in the Egyptian haircuts. |
| 9:40
| Witnesses say that Peterson was egging Wawczak on and getting in his personal space. Lenny did admit that he shoved Peterson. |
| 9:41
| Wawczak said his son, Len Jr. called him from a hair salon next door to Hyroglyphics. So Drew was in Hyroglyphics but Len Jr. was in a hair salon? Is this a shopping center devoted to hair care? |
| 9:42
| Len Jr. said Peterson was staring at him and intimidating him. Waaaaaaaaaa. Wawczak said that while he was upset to hear reports that Peterson said he slept with his wife, Paula Stark, that was not why he confronted Drew. Len's a parent and he's going to stand his ground. It might be time to let Len Jr. fly. Be the wind beneath his wings, not a tether. |
| 9:43
| Reporter Joe Hosey-who has written a book about the case-was there when police arrived. A photo of the incident was posted on the Joliet Herald-News website while Wawczak and Peterson were giving their statements to police officers. |
| 9:44
| Another police sources says Hose was at the barbershop before authorities arrived. Hosey was at Wawczak's house interviewing him when Len Jr. called. |
| 9:45
| How do you top going on TV on Thursday and then coming on this show? A little battery action in the parking lot of Hyroglyphics. Wait until Buzz hears Drew's statement about the entire incident. |
| 9:52
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 9:53
| Steve has noticed that Tara Williams was bumped up to co-anchor on the Fox News last night. |
| 9:54
| Steve's going to read the Drew Peterson statement. Drew first met Len Wawczak 16 years ago. As a Bolingbrook police officer he was involved in several arrests of Wawczak. This thing hasn't been spell-checked by Drew or even his publicist. |
| 9:55
| Drew would often see Wawczak and Paula Stark while out patrolling the neighborhood. Drew neither went into their house or had them at his house. That should be neither/nor. |
| 9:56
| After Drew's cars were seized Paula let him use their minivan. They also invited him offer to seek refuge from the media. Paula and Len started coming over to Drew's house more often after Stacy's disappearance. |
| 9:57
| Len and Paula were never Drew's close friends or his longtime friends. Editors note, Drew Peterson will not be available for media interviews. Can we play that last drop of Drew again because it's a good one. |
| 9:58
| Drew was asked by Fox if he had a relationship with Paula Stark and he said he didn't want to say anything because he thought Lenny would hurt her. This was after the incident in the parking lot. |
| 9:59
| Lenny asked Drew in the parking lot if he'd slept with Paula. If he answered the question Len would give him what he wanted which was to "knock his punk --- out!" Steve doesn't think Len could do that though. |
| 10:00
| Isn't Drew like a quadruple black belt or something? |
