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| 5:31
| Get a good listen on this theme song Buzz, it might be the last time you hear it. Not White Wedding although you never know. Does Steve sound sleepy, because he yelled in his car the whole way down here? |
| 5:32
| Buzz doesn't think so but Mary says he does. Steve can tell he sounds sleepy. Excuse him while he yells again. |
| 5:33
| Is that any better? It sounds to Buzz like Steve is faking being awake. Next week the show is on hiatus. When we come back we'll be on from 5 am to 9 am. Steve's plan is to start right at 5 with the news. Buzz doesn't want this theme going into his news cast does he? |
| 5:34
| Buzz does find this theme irresistible, as does Steve. They could always use the theme in the middle of the show as an intermission. It seems unprofessional to use the theme going into the news. |
| 5:35
| So Buzz would go right from White Wedding to the top stories of the day? Would he backsell the song? Steve is here to backsell but Buzz could certainly do it as well. |
| 5:36
| It seems like drive time is starting earlier and earlier. There's a lot of traffic on the road even at 4:30 in the morning. Today Steve ran into a hammered guy coming in. |
| 5:37
| Steve has started going back to Dunkin' Donuts to see his girl. It started yesterday when he wanted an apple fritter. It's a good/bad way to start off your day. You really feel fat after you start your day with an apple fritter but they're so good. Buzz doesn't know this but if you're fat you can go most of the day without eating. Somehow you trick yourself into thinking you've lost weight and then at dinner you eat your calories for the day. |
| 5:38
| But when you start your day off with an apple fritter it's just all downhill from there. In a couple of hours Steve will be asked if he wants some breakfast and he could ask for a bacon sandwich or he could ask for a diuretic. |
| 5:39
| Yesterday Steve went into the Dunkin' Donuts and his lady was there. Steve assumes she's Pakistani. She's not beautiful or anything but there's something about her that Steve likes. She seems to have gotten away from the chipped nail polish which is a turn off for Steve. |
| 5:40
| Steve got jealous yesterday because there were a lot of other dudes in there and she seemed to have their orders memorized. Steve doesn't go in there very often so that's why she doesn't know him. She did almost have his coffee order right, black with ice cubes. |
| 5:41
| With the new hours Steve is still going to try to get up at the same time, 4 am. That might be cutting it close though. Right now he gets into work around 5 and sits in the office. Today he did go back to sleep because he was at the Bears game last night. |
| 5:42
| Steve might push his wake-up time to 3:45. The good news is if Steve gets to the Dunkin' Donuts that early he'll have the place to himself. His goal at that point is to have her memorize his order and for her to not care about any other dudes who come in there. Steve's hoping she can make him a well done apple fritter everyday. |
| 5:43
| Steve had some trouble getting to bed last night because he was so jacked up from the Bears game. Buzz was jacked up and then jacked down because it all came apart at the end. |
| 5:44
| The important thing about last night was Kyle Orton and he had a great game so Steve felt good about it. The thing about those preseason games is that all of those guys know they're starters, they make a lot of money and they know what they're supposed to do. Steve wouldn't try hard during those preseason games and it seems like teams don't care if they win those games. |
| 5:45
| Buzz would have liked to see Kyle get one more touchdown pass. He did throw one but it was dropped. Afterwards in the press conference Steve thought Kyle really sounded like he knew what he was doing. And Lance Briggs said he was embarrassed by the defense's poor play. |
| 5:46
| So this morning Steve had to go into Dunkin' Donuts because the travel mug he brought from home had a mismatched top. Buzz loves Steve's tops though. A mismatched top is dangerous and Steve tried his best to get it to stay on. He didn't want to scald his thing and then he'd have to sue himself or Janet, she left it out for him. That was nice of her though. |
| 5:47
| Steve got to Dunkin' Donuts at the same time as another guy and there was a race to the door. The other guy beat Steve because he cut him off and you know how much he likes that. Steve is pretty aggressive in the morning and he might have MF'ed the guy. He was oblivious though. |
| 5:48
| There was a guy in Dunkin' Donuts already, ordering three coffees. That other guy who came in interrupted that transaction to ask the girl if she had any tissues. Steve's pretty sure he was drunk. Then he changed his request to napkins and she said "Hold on" |
| 5:49
| Then he said "It's not gonna hurt you, it's not gonna hurt you" and gave Steve a look that almost said "Can you believe this bitch?!" He better not say that about Steve's Dunkin' Donuts girl. Then he took some napkins off the counter and left. He didn't even order anything! It's Dunkin' Donuts, not Dunkin' Paper Products! |
| 5:50
| At that time of the morning you either run into people getting themselves to work or people who are really hammered. This guy seemed hammered. There's a bathroom in the Dunkin' Donuts if he needs napkins. People are trying to get some food, they don't need to be thinking about what that guy needs napkins for. |
| 5:51
| Steve has the feeling that the Dunkin' Donuts girl will soon memorize his order. Although next week he'll be gone. Maybe he should bring her back something from London? There was a tinge of recognition when Steve came in yesterday but there was also a look of hurt. |
| 5:57
| Good morning everybody, it's the Steve Dahl Show with Buzz Kilman. As Steve mentioned before the break we're starting the Best Of next week from 5 am to 9 am and then music after that. |
| 5:58
| Rush hour is really from 5 to 9 now and when people get to work they want music on in their office. 6-10 is antiquated and Steve has research to back him up. It benefits everyone if the music starts up at 9. |
| 5:59
| There's a new way to take ratings and in-office or in-store ratings really show up. People don't want to hear Steve and Buzz yipping away while they're trying to sell pants. Billy Idol will sell pants though. |
| 6:00
| There aren't many morning shows that are live at 5 am. Newsradio is live and maybe Eddie & Jobo. Mike & Mike are also live but they're in New York. Steve likes to discount them by saying they're in New York although one of them is from Chicago. |
| 6:01
| Sometimes Buzz gets in the cab and the driver has a radio station on and they never identify themselves or what station they're on. It's a guy and a girl and they're chatting and then they do news. A lot of cab drivers listen to WBEZ because they carry the BBC reports. |
| 6:02
| So the Bears lost 37-30 last night but Steve thought the offense looked great. The defense looked horrible but if Steve were a player he wouldn't try that hard in the preseason. Tom Thayer will be calling in later today to recap the game. |
| 6:03
| Buzz doesn't think Tom will agree with Steve's assessment that the defense isn't trying hard in the preseason. He always says if you don't go full tilt in the preseason you end up getting hurt. Tom might say that the Bears defense was overpursuing and maybe trying too hard. |
| 6:04
| The Cubs won yesterday, they took their series from the Reds. They're back in action today against Washington. The Sox were off yesterday but they start up a series tonight against Tampa at 7:11. |
| 6:05
| Steve left before the 4th quarter last night but because nothing really happens at that point in a preseason game. What happened to Air Hanie though? Steve still thinks he has potential, hopefully the Bears hold on to him. |
| 6:06
| News with Buzz |
| 6:07
| Only a chosen few within Barack Obama's campaign know who he's chose as his running mate. Buzz has been dragged across the dance floor all week long about who he could choose. Steve thinks it's going to be Hillary Clinton. That was Ralph Nader's advice and Steve and Ralph are often on the same page. |
| 6:08
| A lot of the undecided voters out there are HIllary supporters. People say he should go with Joe Biden because of his foreign policy experience but really Obama just needs voters. |
| 6:09
| How about John McCain not knowing how many houses he has? Then Obama does an ad about that and McCain comes back with the Tony Rezko stuff. First of all, Obama only bought a side yard from Rezko and second it's too complicated. People outside of Chicago don't really know that much about the Rezko stuff. That's too confusing of a message for the Republicans. It's more like something the Democrats would do, a complicated message when they should have gone for the throat. Obama's ad went for the throat. |
| 6:10
| Tropical storm Fay is still hitting Florida, it won't leave. Buzz said we wouldn't have to hear about South Florida any more but 30 inches of rain is kind of a lot. A kite surfer injured this week when strong winds from Fay lifted him out of the water and slammed him into a building was released from the hospital yesterday. |
| 6:11
| There's a video of the incident that's been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. Steve would have probably just let go of the kite. The question is, what's the guy doing out there in all that wind? |
| 6:12
| The IOC is investigating the ages of two Chinese gymnasts who won gold medals last week. According to IOC rules the gymnasts must be at least 16 but a computer programmer has found proof that they are both 14. And Gary Glitter is also making his way to China as we speak. If those girls are found to be underage what does that mean for Nastia Liukin? They'd probably give her a gold medal. |
| 6:13
| Caller Curt has some info about that kite surfer. According to the news report the genius strapped himself to the kite which is why he couldn't let go. If he doesn't do that though he doesn't get international coverage. |
| 6:14
| Gary Glitter has returned to London, it ended a two day odyssey after his release from a Vietnamese prison (HEY!) He had been refused entry to Thailand and Hong Kong before returning to London where authorities were waiting for him (HEY!) |
| 6:15
| Democratic committee members have put Emil Jones III on the ballot, replacing his retiring father. However Emil said he is not a backdoor man. |
| 6:16
| Buzz learned for the first time last night that Ray Wardingly was running against Emil. They refer to him as a former actor but he played Spanky the Clown! That's not an actor! |
| 6:17
| There was some audio on Fox last night with Emil Jones III saying he's going to run a diligent campaign but he pronounces it digital. Unless he's saying he's going to run a digital campaign. Does Pete have that? |
| 6:18
| Hallmark will release a gay marriage card. It's very tasteful and features two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers. The inside message of one card says "Two hearts, one promise " It should say "Two wieners, one promise " Although hetero cards don't necessarily have a genital count. |
| 6:19
| OK Pete has the Emil Jones audio. It's hard to tell what he means, is he going to work digitally and create more jobs or did he mean diligently? |
| 6:20
| It says on the cover of the Sun-Times that you can go to their website and hear the McCain attack ad. Steve can't find it on the website but the ad seemed really complicated to Steve. It's not what the Republicans usually do which is cutting you off at the knees. |
| 6:27
| OK Steve has the Obama ad about McCain's houses, he'll play that one first. They did this ad yesterday, things really turn around quickly in campaigns these days. |
| 6:28
| Is it really a negative that McCain has 7 houses? For a lot of Republicans and probably some Democrats that's a good thing. Steve's not judging him either. |
| 6:29
| Steve still can't find McCain's ad about Rezko but he'll keep looking for it. And by that he means our research department, Mark Czerniec up in Racine. |
| 6:30
| John McCain's wife is very wealthy, she owns a huge Budweiser distributorship in the Southwest. Can't he just push it off on her and say he married rich? |
| 6:31
| Pete only has part of the McCain ad, the part hat mentions Rezko. Obama didn't buy a house from him, he bought a side yard! And Obama only has one house in a changing neighborhood. |
| 6:32
| Buzz doesn't think anyone cares about how many houses a candidate has but both sides have jumped all over it. Isn't it the American way to have as many houses as you can? Of course Buzz has 20 houses, he's been collecting them for years. When you have money put it into real estate. On paper Buzz is suffering a bit right now. |
| 6:33
| Caller John is calling in about the Barama ad. Barama? Did he mean Barack Obama? That's sort of important if we're going to be talking about this. On NBC 5 last night they had a statement from McCain's people saying that Barack shouldn't get involved in a housing debate. They said Obama shouldn't get into it because he's had dealings with Rezko. |
| 6:34
| Steve has no idea what John is talking about. Buzz gets it but only because he saw the news. A McCain spokesperson criticized Obama for raising this housing issue because of the past dealings he's had with Tony Rezko. |
| 6:35
| Steve just wants to play the whole ad but he can't find it anywhere. It's pretty impressive how quickly both sides got those ads out though. It just seems like Tony Rezko is too complicated to bring up in an attack ad. |
| 6:36
| It's not that bad of an ad though and they put the nice music at the end when McCain says he approves this ad. |
| 6:37
| Steve sort of assumes that a presidential candidate would have more than one house. Look how much money they're spending on their campaigns! Obama does have a mansion but it's a $1 million mansion. |
| 6:38
| Obama might want to think about getting something in Hawaii since he seems to like it so much. At minimum he should consider a time share, Steve has one over there. If you don't want to sound cheesy or white trash you call it "Vacation ownership" |
| 6:39
| Song: Roll With the Changes, REO Speedwagon |
| 6:44
| Caller Harv wanted to ask what kind of mansion only costs $1 million? A mansion in Hyde Park, that's what kind. |
| 6:45
| Harv is breaking up but his point was that he lives in Monee where you can get a big ass house for $500,000. In Hyde Park you can get one for $1 million. |
| 6:46
| Steve needs to stop talking about this. It seems like it's more of a small mansion or a big house. It looks like a mansion to Steve but maybe Buzz has a huge house or something. |
| 6:47
| You can still get a mansion in Hyde Park for $1 million because the neighborhood is gentrifying. |
| 6:54
| Steve went and refreshed his memory and mammary during the break,and by that he means he rubbed aloe on his breasts. Obama's house isn't that big but in Hyde Park it would probably be considered a mansion. |
| 6:55
| McCain's houses are probably honkin' but in Chicago $1 million doesn't get you a honkin' house. Buzz recently had an assessor look at his condo. Buzz's condo isn't that imposing but he likes it. He doesn't plan on leaving any time soon. |
| 6:56
| Buzz is also in an up-and-coming neighborhood as Steve is learning. He knows a lot about real estate now because Pat Dahl is looking for a place. Buzz was very surprised at the value of his place though. "Buzz Kilman has a mansion. And David Hochberg had to help him fiancè it" It does seem like this whole house thing is distracting us from the real issues. Let's hope people move off of this soon. |
| 6:57
| The Bears lost to the 49ers last night but Steve was impressed with Kyle Orton and Matt Forte as well as that running back they got from Detroit. When Steve pauses like that it means he needs Brendan to tell him the guy's name. It's Kevin Jones, he seemed like he was doing a good job. |
| 6:58
| The defense sucked but Steve isn't concerned. They know they sucked and they're better than that. Buzz is a bit concerned about the defense and based on last night's performance he should be but Steve thinks they'll be fine. Those guys are making lots of money, they know they're going to be starters so why risk hurting themselves? Sure it was embarrassing but everyone forgets about it in 2 weeks when you play the Colts for real. |
| 6:59
| Tom Thayer will be on at 7:30 to talk Xs and Os. The Cubs beat the Reds yesterday, they took 2 of 3. The Sox had the day off but they take on Tampa tonight. JD and Nick Swisher were sitting by Steve at the game last night. |
| 7:00
| Swisher was wearing an orange Bears jersey, number 30 because he's Dirty Thirty. It said "Dirty" on the back. He had a smokin' hot woman with him and she had a blue Bears jersey that said "Mrs. Swish" |
| 7:01
| Matt went over to them to have a picture taken. Steve told Pat and Mike not to go over because they both work in sports. But it's OK for Matt to go over because he's in the porn industry. Steve told him he should have a Mr. Skin business card with a free account on it. |
| 7:02
| Swisher and the girl were making sundaes or actually the girl was making him a sundae. She didn't know what to put on it so she walked away and then Swisher said "Hey what are you doing?" She needs to finish that sundae! |
| 7:03
| News with Buzz |
| 7:04
| Tropical storm Fay is not leaving Florida but it is causing death and destruction. President Bush has declared it a disaster area. |
| 7:04
| Campaign workers for Barack Obama were evacuated from an office in Colorado after they received an envelope containing white powder. Another office in New Hampshire was evacuated after they received a suspicious package. |
| 7:05
| There is still an empty spot on the Democratic ticket. Barack Obama is scheduled to appear with his running mate at a rally in Springfield on Saturday. Steve thinks it's Hillary, that's why they're doing it in Illinois. |
| 7:06
| A lot of undecided voters are Hillary Clinton supporters. You can get Joe Biden to make it seem like you know about foreign policy and hairplugs but that doesn't translate to votes. |
| 7:07
| The IOC has launched a probe into the age of a Chinese gymnast. The investigation was triggered after an American computer programmer claimed to have evidence that she was 14. |
| 7:08
| The man behind a proposed one-day boycott of Chicago Public Schools is working on the details. What are the details? You just tell people to not bring their kids to school right? |
| 7:09
| James Meeks also has to secure buses so he can drive these kids out to high schools like New Trier where they can't even register because they don't live in the district. Of course in staging the boycott he risks losing funding for all of these city schools. |
| 7:10
| Democratic committee members have named Emil Jones III as the replacement for his father on the November ballot. And when you hear him talk you can tell he's a genius. He's going digital! |
| 7:11
| A judge had different thoughts when defense attorneys for a woman convicted of stabbing her husband's two lizards asked for community service at an animal shelter. The judge said that would be like letting a kid loose in a candy store. |
| 7:18
| Live read: NBC |
| 7:19
| Steve and Brendan are heading out to LA with two listeners for the NBC launch party. He was given the budget for the trip and Steve plans on using most of him for himself. Steve is thinking Greyhound for Brendan and maybe a tent on Santa Monica beach. |
| 7:20
| Last night Mike Kaplan was doing the weather on ABC and he said that rain was expected but they should be able to get the Bears game in. Of course they'll get it in, it's a football game! |
| 7:21
| Steve feels bad pointing these things out but Mike had the feel of not knowing that they play football games in all weather. Buzz imagines that at some time, somewhere, a game was called because of bad weather or an earthquake or a tornado. |
| 7:22
| Steve recalls a college game maybe being called because of lightning. Pete remembers a preseason game also being halted because of the weather. |
| 7:23
| Last night Pete saw Amy Freeze doing the weather with a football helmet on for no reason. Could Pete tell who's helmet it was? |
| 7:24
| Steve didn't watch any of the news, he had to turn off the TV and try to get to sleep. He didn't even have an caffeine last night, his last Diet Coke was at 6:30, then he switched to club soda, which he's developing a taste for. |
| 7:25
| Luckily Steve got his money's worth because the boys were all drinking Jack & Coke's. Nick Swisher was also drinking Jack & Coke's and dipping the chewing tobacco as well. |
| 7:26
| Swisher was with a smoking hot girl and she was wearing a Bears jersey that said "Mrs. Dirty" on the back. Steve actually talked to her while they were both at the halftime spread. She asked Steve if he thought she should get Swish some sliders and he thought that was a good idea. If he found out there were sliders and he didn't get one he'd probably be mad. |
| 7:27
| Steve wanted to met Swisher and JD but they were taking photos with a different fan every 5 seconds. Steve thought about telling the girl to tell Swisher that he could kick his ass, forcing him to come over to Steve. Then he'd say that he just wanted to meet Swisher. That could go bad though since Swisher has his guns, Lightning and Thunder. |
| 7:28
| It's time for another Gay Olympics Moment with Beijing Gay. This is the last day for Ben to report but he'll be staying in China until the closing ceremonies. |
| 7:29
| The games have been fun but Ben is tired and ready to come home. They should have saved the swimming for the end of this week because it was sort of anti-climactic. |
| 7:30
| U.S. rider B.Z. Madden beat 6 other riders in a timed jump off in Equestrian sports. Ben's not sure if Buzz has ever been in a timed jump off but it can be quite confusing. |
| 7:31
| This is Ben's final report and he'll be back in the country on Monday assuming they let him in. He will be smuggling a snake back in his pants. |
| 7:32
| It's always nice to hear from Ben, hopefully he has a safe trip home. It's time now for Tom Thayer. |
| 7:34
| There were some exciting things happening at Soldier Field last night. Tom is amazed at how much better that game sounds when it's all cut up in the intro. |
| 7:35
| Tom thinks that Kyle played really well last night, he came out and answered a lot of questions. Steve thought he had a lot of poise out there, you could tell he was really looking around that field and knew what he had to do. |
| 7:36
| Kyle had two touchdown passes and should have had a third but Rashied Davis dropped it. The O-line did a good job of protecting Kyle last night too. It was a much better showing than in Seattle. |
| 7:37
| Last night was a home game and they performed well but they'll have to see how they do on the road in the first two games of the season. Next week is in Cleveland but no one is going to put that much emphasis on it. |
| 7:38
| Matt Forte looked good again and Tom was right about Kevin Jones, that guy can really deliver a blow. He's only going to get better too. Kevin Jones performance puts everyone else in the division on alert and it also causes Matt Forte to realize that even though he has the starting job it isn't his forever. |
| 7:39
| Steve liked those run backs that Danieal Manning had in the game. Tom didn't like the reverse they did on the first one but the results were good. Manning did break some tackles in that run back though. |
| 7:40
| It seems like that Kellen Davis is going to be a good one. What about the defense though, what's the deal with that? |
| 7:41
| Steve listened to the game on the way home because he left after the third quarter. Tom was saying that the defense was not filling their gaps. |
| 7:42
| Defensive players swarm to the ball but they have to wait to complete their assignment first. You can't just all swarm to the ball like a conga line although that would be funny. |
| 7:43
| The guys on defense know their assignments though. In the next two weeks Lovie and Bob Babich are really going to push them though. Lovie didn't seem to happy and Briggs wasn't happy when he was talking to Zach Zaidman. |
| 7:44
| Tom thinks Briggs needs to learn to give some better answers if he's going be on mic. He can't just go out there and give one word answers. Steve felt bad for Zach because it was awkward, then they had to stop for the play and then go back to the awkward interview. |
| 7:45
| Tom knows all of those guys respect Zach Zaidman though because they can tell he does a lot of work before he talks to any of them. |
| 7:46
| Steve's not wrong in feeling good about the offense though right? Tom's encouraged because they're going in a direction now. The competition is done for the starting roles and now there's a unit. |
| 7:47
| That unit is going to have the opportunity to spend a lot of time together to build camaraderie and get into each other's heads. They need to start understanding defenses and how everyone else in the unit is reading them. |
| 7:48
| Kyle seems to be taking on a leadership role which is good too. Kyle is more of a veteran now, people are having conversations with him not giving him advice. |
| 7:49
| Air Hanie didn't have a great game but Steve thinks he has potential. Steve's hoping he's our Tony Romo but he was impressed with Kyle last night as well. |
| 7:50
| Tony Romo was a four year project though. So if that's going to be the case then let Kyle have his success here for now. It can't hurt to prepare for the future right? |
| 7:51
| Rex needs to show his professionalism by continuing to prepare for every game in case he does have to go in. There's not going to be any time for him to get ready. |
| 7:52
| Tom and Jeff again did a fine job on the broadcast last night. That 4th quarter must be really tough to call because you don't know most of the players. |
| 7:53
| Steve listened to everything last night, pre- and post-game as well as the 4th quarter. Yesterday Jeff told Tom that they had to do a good job because Steve listens to everything. Tom said that they always have to do a good job. |
| 8:01
| Alright we've got the news with Buzz coming up but first the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. It's Friday which means it's the Weekend Kickoff. Steve always does this to Buzz, he gives him Taco Bell to eat right before the news. |
| 8:02
| Buzz is a professional though and it just so happens that the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell comes right before the news. |
| 8:03
| News with Buzz |
| 8:04
| Speculation continues to grow as to who Barack Obama will choose as his running mate. The candidate is not talking but he did tell The Early Show what his criteria are for making a choice. |
| 8:05
| When Obama does make his decision supporters will be the first to know via text message or email. Yesterday pranksters were texting CNN with fake information. Buzz thought about doing that himself. Steve thinks it'll be Hillary. |
| 8:06
| Meanwhile, prostitution in Minneapolis and Denver will spike when both cities host National Conventions. Sex workers are working feverishly taking out ads online relating to the convention. |
| 8:07
| Steve is on the Minneapolis Craigslist, it's amazing how quickly he found "Casual Encounters". There don't seem to be that many related to the convention yet. |
| 8:08
| How about discreet, disease-free fun with a blond sweetie? She's disease-free, that's good. You'd hope she's discreet though. Only serious customers should answer the ad, they don't want window shoppers. |
| 8:09
| There's also a photo of the girl. Sometimes these ads say things like "Real photo or it's free" which is sort of weird. So the person could be ugly or a dude but at least it's free right? |
| 8:10
| In Denver there's an ad for a "DNC Delight" Steve's going to go to Denver's Craigslist page now. There's a special rate for Democrats but they have to prove it. |
| 8:11
| Steve has read that the girls who work the Republican conventions say those are their freakiest customers. That's probably because they're more repressed. |
| 8:12
| On Swingtown the repressed housewife Janet got into swinging. Harry Reams showed up in one episode and he was really into it. |
| 8:13
| OK, how about some more ads? Someone who rocks the party and rocks the body. That one has been flagged by Craigslist. |
| 8:14
| This sounds like something for both Republicans and Democrats to look forward to. The prostitutes always get a workout when a convention is in town but especially one of these. |
| 8:15
| How about someone with mesmerizing 42DDs? Get excited now because you'll need it to match her enthusiasm. She does outcalls but it doesn't list the price. Her name is Casce but she pronounces it Sassy. She's in Southeast Denver. |
| 8:16
| How about naughty nurse Lola, she wants to make your night out in Cherry Creek. Cash only, $180 for an hour or $140 for a half hour. No blocked calls, emails or text. They don't like those |
| 8:17
| That rate seems cheaper, maybe they're having prostitute wars in Denver. It's definitely cheaper than here, according to Steve's research. |
| 8:18
| The damaging visit from tropical storm Fay has led President Bush to declare a state of emergency. |
| 8:19
| The FDA is now allowing the use of ionizing radiation to kill bacteria and fruits and vegetables and increase shelf life. Can't you just put it in your microwave? |
| 8:20
| A Chicago hospital has sparked a furor over plans to send a comatose illegal Mexican immigrant back to his country. |
| 8:21
| Gary Glitter has returned to Britain after being denied sanctuary in Hong Kong and Thailand. He's best know for his hits like Rock & Roll part 2 and his hits on underage girls. |
| 8:22
| Maybe Gary Glitter would make a good running mate for Obama, he also spent time in a Vietnamese prison. Sure it was under different circumstances, McCain was ejected from a fighter jet and Glitter was ejected from a 14-year-old girl. |
| 8:23
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 8:24
| Today Steve is playing Max, an accountant. Buzz is of course reprising his role of Betty. OK, here we go. |
| 8:25
| Steve does not need David mentioning The Score in these commercials. |
| 8:33
| Before we get back to Buzz with the news, a few quick sports stories. The Bears lost last night 37-30. The Cubs beat the Reds 3-2 and the Sox had the day off. They start their |
| 8:34
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| 8:35
| Last night Nick Swisher was at the Bears game and Matt Dahl had an encounter with him and his lady at the make-your-own sundae bar. Steve doesn't got to a sporting event without a make-your-own sundae bar. |
| 8:36
| Steve doesn't tell the story as well as Matt does so Matt's on the phone. Swisher was wearing a custom Bears jersey that said "Dirty" on the back and the number 30. |
| 8:37
| Swish's lady had a jersey that said "Mrs. Swish" on the back which Steve thought was pretty cool. You know he makes her wear that. |
| 8:38
| Steve told Pat and Mike that it would be inappropriate for them to go over to Swish since they both work in sports. It's OK for Matt though because he's in the porn industry. |
| 8:39
| Pat, Mike and Matt were all watching Swisher and Dye and figuring out how they were going to approach them and be cool about it. Of course Matt was ridiculed by Pat and Mike because he got his photo taken in an uncool way. Steve doesn't need the whole Cain & Abel side of the story. |
| 8:40
| So Matt was in the sundae line with JD and Swish and Swish's lady. She cut in line to make Swish his sundae and then JD called her out for cutting. She tried to leave the line but then Swish said "What are you doing, that's for The Swisher" and she got back in line and finished making his sundae. |
| 8:41
| Then Matt asked for a photo and Swisher said "Sundaes and all?" Matt wants to put that photo up on Dahl.com but it's on Pat's camera and he's refusing to send it. He's probably mad because he didn't get a photo with JD and Swisher. |
| 8:42
| Afterwards Pat called Matt a jive turkey for the way he went about getting the photo. Matt figures that you're never going to be as cool as a baseball player so you might as well make an ass of yourself trying to get a photo with them. Sometimes Pat hesitates in these situations and then regrets it. |
| 8:43
| Pat probably just deleted that photo from his camera. Those boys need to work out their issues with each other. Steve didn't know people were still using the term "Jive turkey" |
| 8:44
| OK, back to the news with Buzz. |
| 8:45
| Investigators in New York are trying to find out who strangled a pet goat, Teddy. There's a $1,000 |
| 8:46
| Does Buzz want to hear Pat Dahl's side of the story? He's on the photo. Pat asked Matt to take a photo of him with Swisher and JD. Matt said he would only if Pat did it for him. |
| 8:47
| Pat wasn't paying attention and then suddenly Matt went over to them with his arms stretched out like a fake gangsta and said "JD, Swish, what's up?" They both had this look on their face like "Who's this d-bag?" This is a completely different story than what Matt said. |
| 8:48
| Pat was just embarrassed to be taking a photo of Matt, who was acting like a jive turkey. The boys do pound the Jack & Coke's pretty hard so everyone's memory could be fuzzy. |
| 8:49
| Pat did send the photo to Matt though, he's very happy he got it. The boys are always fighting though, it's like Cain and Abel only it's three of them. It's Cain and Abel and the Jive Turkey. After Matt took his photo the boys spent a half hour arguing about it. |
| 8:54
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 8:55
| Alright it's time for the web poll. Yesterday's question was "Have you ever lost a buddy to marriage?" And of course we chronicled the sad tale of Pete and Jim. Pete is losing Jim to marriage. Steve calls down to the newsroom. |
| 8:56
| Jim recently passed up the opportunity to go to the Cubs at Sox game and sit with Pete in order to take an architectural tour of the city. Pete is still suffering but that was a bad day for him. Later he went and Cub-blocked his friend Catman. It sounds like a bad day for Jim to Buzz. Jim's a big Dave Matthews fan, he was probably hoping for their bus to pass over one of the bridges. |
| 8:57
| Are they going away on vacation next week? Jim's going rafting with his fiance next week in Wisconsin. What's with the boat theme? Pete thought they were out of water in The Dells. Rafting? Steve always sees Jim with his helmet and his paddle out on the lake trying to get in shape. You don't really need to be in shape to raft, the water does all the work for you. |
| 8:58
| Jim and his fiance have been rafting twice, in Canada and North Carolina. Buzz has a dream of whitewater rafting. Jim says it's fun but Steve has been and it's not fun. The whole time all you're doing is thinking about falling out of the boat and hitting your head on a rock. If Jim wants to impress Steve he should paddle upstream. |
| 8:59
| There is some of that, you paddle back into the rapids but not over the rapids. Is that because they have short, wimpy rapids in Wisconsin? What kind of half-assed rafting place makes you paddle back into the rapids? Aren't they supposed to put your boat on a trailer and drive you back up in a bus while you have a sandwich? |
| 9:00
| Sometimes you paddle back into the rapids but not over them. It's called surfing the rapids. Steve has no idea what Jim is talking about. It seems like they should take you up in a bus and let you run the rapids again while you eat a sandwich. |
| 9:01
| Whatever! Steve's not going to spend the rest of the day with Jim defending lackluster rafting trips. It sounds like it's one step up from that thing at Great America. It sounds like Steve has lost Jim too, he doesn't even care that we're on the air. |
| 9:02
| Jim's going to keep talking about surfing the rapids until he's on the cover of Kayaking Monthly. Steve had no idea that we had such an adventurer on the staff. And what is Pete doing next week? |
| 9:03
| He's actually going to New York to visit his girlfriend who has a handsome roommate. And just so Pete knows, all the girls on the staff agree that the roommate is very hot. Steve doesn't want to scare Pete though. |
| 9:04
| Pete got some bad news, the roommate was supposed to be back in LA moving some stuff back to New York but then he got a part in a Broadway show. He also got some bad news about the ex-roommate, she's going to be there when Pete arrives to move some of her stuff out. When he arrives on his Delta flight? Pete is the only person Steve knows who takes Delta out of Chicago. He would recommend it! It sounds great, just like paddling back up a river. |
| 9:05
| So when Pete arrives today the roommate will be there moving stuff out and they might have to help her carry stuff down 7 flights of stairs. Pete is going to try to stop off after the airport and then arrive when it's all over. |
| 9:06
| Alright today's web poll question is "Have you been to the Chicago Riverwalk this summer?" If you haven't check it out for the new and venerable attractions waiting along the river. To make Chicago's second lakefront, as Mayor Daley calls it, more enjoyable the city is working on a continuous walkway that goes from Michigan to Lake on the South Branch. It is pretty cool already, there are little businesses down there already. |
| 9:07
| Steve calls down to the weather center. Maybe Jim can go rafting along the riverwalk. There are kayaks on the Chicago river but it's kind of dirty. Jim prefers the pristine wilderness of the Northwoods. And then he catches a salmon with his bare hands? Does Jim stay in a tent when he camps? This time he's staying in a hotel but he did camp in Canada. |
| 9:08
| Jim needs to include Pete in some of this. Just for the record a couple of weeks ago Jim called Pete and tried to meet up after a Cubs game. He never got a call back so Jim is trying. Jim understands because Pete's lady is in town. So which one is Yoko and which one is Linda? Jim's fiance is a good singer so it might not be Linda. Or Yoko, neither of them are good singers. Steve wants a payoff on this but he can't get one. |
| 9:08
| Caller Mike has been on 7 whitewater rafting trips in the U.S. and he's never paddled back up the river, it sounds exhausting. Why would you want to do that? Exactly, they put the boat on the back of a bus and they drive back up to the top and you go back down again. Jim claims that's done all the time, they call it surfing the rapids. |
| 9:09
| Steve calls down to the traffic center. Jim "surfed the rapids" in Canada. He didn't actually paddle back up the entire river, they paddled back into one rapid. Is it an eddy? Steve's been rafting too! Jim didn't explain it properly and he doesn't know all the terms, he's sort of a poser. |
| 9:10
| OK, OK, Jim doesn't need to roll over completely. Jim does rent his helmet, that's week. Steve wants Jim to go to Erewhon or REI after the show and get a helmet with his Jim Kid logo on it. |
| 9:11
| This river rafting talk is...well it's boring. To make the Riverwalk easier to navigate the city will build walkways beneath the north side of the bridges to link existing paths. This will eliminate the need for people to take the stairs up to street level to get around bridges. |
| 9:12
| The river is a museum of architecture says Cathy Hudzik, assistant to Mayor Daley and coordinator/manager of the city's river initiative. We also learned that from Jim and his river cruise. |
| 9:13
| The Chicago river has two sides Buzz. The South Bank is open to the public and managed by the Chicago Park District. It's full of cafes, the River & Bridgetower Museum and a Vietnam Memorial Park. |
| 9:14
| It'll be cool when the Riverwalk is all done. Even right now there's a lot going on down there. You can rent bikes and there are restaurants already. It's like a whole hidden world. |
| 9:15
| This was really the dream of the first Mayor Daley, he wanted people to be able to go down to the river and fish and have a cold beer at lunch. They laughed at him but his son made it happen. Does Pete happen to have that cut? |
| 9:16
| Steve doesn't know if his dreams will be executed by his sons, they laugh at him more than the public does. |
| 9:17
| Sometimes Steve mixes up two Daley cuts, there's one about going down to the river to have a beer and another about catching a fish in the river. And didn't Daley die at a fish restaurant? He had a heart attack, the restaurant might have been The Library. |
| 9:18
| Speaking of heart attacks, there's a guy who worked at Bears and Sox game with a roving camera that then goes up on the Jumbotron. His name was Andy and he called himself Andy Cam. |
| 9:19
| Steve was at the game on Wednesday and someone came up to him and sid that Andy had a heart attack in the bowels of the stadium, was taken to a hospital and then died. Steve felt really bad, he was a good guy. At least he died doing his job though right? |
| 9:20
| It seems like the best ways to go are at work or in your sleep. Or maybe doing something with someone you're not supposed to be with. |
| 9:27
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 9:28
| Song: Ayatollah, Steve Dahl & Teenage Radiation |
| 9:31
| Steve assumes that Brendan is in here for the Hollywood Grind. During the song Steve got up to leave the studio and Brendan stood up to open the door for him. Steve didn't know he offered that service. |
| 9:32
| Is there audio today? Steve hates pointing that stuff out because if there's no audio it seems half-assed. But if there is audio and it's not here that's a problem. Steve should have stayed in the studio during the song, he could have asked Brendan then. |
| 9:33
| Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale have welcomed their second child, named Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale. What a stupid name. |
| 9:34
| Jessica Simpson says that Tony Romo is not calling his ex Carrie Underwood, despite Carrie's claims. Jessica has looked at his call records to prove it. Hopefully he gives TO his phone or uses the one in Jerry Jones' office. |
| 9:35
| Underwood says that sometimes Tony will call her dressing room and she won't answer. Tony and Jessica had a good laugh about that. |
| 9:36
| Simpson also said that she was not dissing Underwood, a vegetarian, when she wore a shirt that said "Real Women Eat Meat" If Steve's Tony Romo he tries to get Simpson and Underwood together. |
| 9:37
| Finally, actress Sienna Miller's London house was vandalized. First of all, Brendan has to tell Steve who Sienna Miller is. She used to date Jude Law and Jude cheated on her with their babysitter. Steve doesn't consider that cheating, it's the babysitter. |
| 9:38
| She was viewed as the victim in that story but then made headlines for hooking up with a married man. Last night her house was vandalized with the word "Slut" written on the side. Probably by Jude Law. |
| 9:39
| The married man is actor Balthazar Getty . Buzz is wondering if he's from the Getty Family. Brendan says he is but is he just saying that? He actually is related to JP Getty. |
| 9:40
| And what about Brendan, what is he doing next week? He doesn't really get a vacation does he? Brendan will be in doing whatever needs to be done. That's a lie! |
| 9:41
| Brendan might head up to Wrigley today to enjoy the scene. That's one of the things that's cool about the Cubs, you can still go up to Wrigley and be part of everything. You go down by The Cell without tickets and you end up at Stroger Hospital into someone shows up with your insurance card and moves you. |
| 9:49
| Steve got an email today with a link to a Britney Spears video. It's has audio of Britney's mic isolated at a concert and it's pretty clear she's lip-syncing. She does sing in some of it and it's bad. It's not Linda McCartney-bad but it's still pretty bad. |
| 9:50
| It doesn't seem like a video like this should even get out there. Whoever did it, if ever found out, would probably be in trouble. It seems like she has other things to worry about though. |
| 9:51
| Steve gets his coffee from Starbucks every morning a certain way. Today he couldn't get his normal order because the one that was open didn't have the necessary ingredients. How is that possible? |
| 9:52
| Steve calls up to the office. Every morning Steve gets the double shot. And just so the listeners know Steve is only talking to Vicki because he likes to hear her talk. |
| 9:53
| Steve gets the double shot with Energy which is a product they have at Starbucks. Vicki has never tasted it so she doesn't know if it has flavor. |
| 9:54
| Normally they go to the Starbucks in this building where the woman writes Steve the notes on his cup. They were out of Energy so she had to go to the one in the Illinois Center. |
| 9:55
| There are Starbucks everywhere! Vicki asked for extra Energy packets just in case this happens again. To be honest Steve probably wouldn't have been able to tell if there was or wasn't Energy in his coffee. |
| 9:56
| Steve is on so much stuff every morning he has no idea what's working and what isn't. That's why Steve lost that bee pollen account. The guy wanted Steve to say he took it and he could tell a difference but he really couldn't because of all of the other stuff he takes. |
| 9:57
| What's Buzz doing on his vacation? He's going to Wisconsin as well, a little whitewater rafting. Not really, he's just going to Lake Geneva. Buzz has been there two years in a row. At first he was embarrassed, it's just Wisconsin. He really likes it though. This is what Buzz does, he goes to the same place every year. |
| 9:58
| Didn't Buzz say last year that he noticed how many fat people there were in Wisconsin? Hopefully that didn't get around. Buzz is aware of statistics that show there are more fat and drunk people in Wisconsin than in other places. |
| 9:59
| Steve's going to London and Mary is going to San Diego. Jim is of course going whitewater rafting and Pete is going to New York, most likely to be broken up with. That whole relationship is fraught with peril. |
| 10:00
| Steve calls up to the office. Stephanie is not going anywhere next week but she doesn't have to be in at 4 am either. Now when we do the Best Of it's all done downstairs. We will have that Tonya girl from Jack doing the news during Best Of. |
| 10:01
| So Stephanie will just be hanging around next week. When you do mornings it's enough to not have to get up at 4 am everyday for work. Going somewhere is almost overkill. |
| 10:02
| Steve calls down to Adam's office, what's he doing? Is he going to a nudist colony or something? Adam is not going out of town either but tonight he's going to a concert. Will he do some of that grinding he's known for? |
| 10:03
| For the record Mark and Ed are not going anywhere. Buzz will actually be hooking up with Mark in Wisconsin. Really? That's interesting, will they be talking about Steve behind his back? |
