Tom Thayer held back his Dick Stanfel impersonation on TV. Tom made his Mississippi Pot Roast at Thayer Bros. Rosie’s parents took her to her first PT session. Steve misidentified an emoji. A Fruitland Park argument led to a mean Christmas tree toss.

Steve experiences rejection when he auditions to replace an iconic character. Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra wandered in a marshmallow world each winter. The R2O coffee flows freely from the Dahl pot. A communal wood-fired pizzeria is coming to LaGrange.

A taco bar is planned for the Dahl house. Penzeys in Naperville gets a shout out from a listener for their spice selection. Dag baked banana bread. Janet’s ice maker has frozen its last cube. She lugged the carcass to the garage. Steve would’ve helped.

Grandpa failed to fully answer Margaret’s question about night owls, so older sister Mary took over the explanation. Joe receives bike-related holiday gifts. Agatha Christie’s real-life mystery happened in December, but had nothing to do with Christmas.

Steve regales the fellows with a Christmas tale of woe, that of Captain Santa and the five thousand sunken evergreens of Lake Michigan. Dag was served dried figs recently and found them scrumptious. Steve was befuddled by an automated answering service.

The grandkids received payouts for their good behavior, although Grandpa rounded down the totals. A carving station steward sliced Steve’s beef too thin. Steve abandoned an active text convo with Tom Thayer, diluting the efficacy of Tom’s joke response.

Steve is resisting the urge to order fruitcakes this December. A YouTube cocktail reviewer has a gin blindspot. Kirstie Alley passed away this week. Steve has been to Cheers in Boston, but the details are foggy. Steve’s elevator stories remain dubious.

Janet bought Christmas slippers for granddaughter Margaret complete with jingle bells. Not everyone in Andersonville is pleased about Taco Bell replacing an antique shop on Clark Street. Dag gives Brendan spice advice and Steve fights for freezer space.

Steve went in for his yearly physical. Neil Diamond throws Dag an instrumental curveball. Hellmann’s recommends mayonnaise egg nog. Jim Fabbrini says poinsettias require total darkness at night. Jim and Dag engage in a snowboarding versus skiing debate.

Steve popped into the local market to purchase pints of chicken noodle soup. Brendan follows McGruff the Crime Dog on Instagram. A Canadian fled from the Hinsdale police on foot. Does Maxwell St. Polish sausage make for an appropriate dinner party gift?

Steve and Rosie crossed paths with the killer dog from their neighborhood. The Woodstock roundabout is complete. The Dahl family gathered for a soccer watch party Saturday morning. Our Subscriber Of The Day is a Green Bay fan who appreciates Tom Thayer.

The Dearborn is a place for cheersing fellow bar goers with Farley facts and a pocket full of jasmine. Steve recommends Tulsa King to Buzz. Virginia worries about her ailing players. Dag caught a trailer for Elizabeth Banks’ upcoming film, Cocaine Bear.

Rosie slipped escaping the kitchen during medication administration. Steve ordered yoga mats to add traction, as Janet’s friend suggested. Janet rejected his red and green color scheme. Steve once broke Elf on the Shelf bylaws and it freaked Violet out.

Steve watched the U.S. defeat Iran in the World Cup alongside a cheering Mike. Joe owns official substitution boards from his days producing soccer games at Soldier Field. Joe learned on the fly via Soccer for Dummies. Jose Abreu signed with the Astros.

Steve carried a handful of pilfered Frosted Mini-Wheats to the basement. Brendan almost got called into action for Chuy Garcia’s mayoral campaign. Matthew McConaughey steps to the mic for a Texas Longhorns anthem. Steve and Buzz appear in a Netflix doc.

Dag played tree surgeon for his Christmas pine. Shorted on garland, Steve avoided decorating. Tom Thayer topped his turkey burger with Cholula on the airplane ride home from New York. Jackson and Emery Dahl composed an impromptu Thanksgiving piano song.

Margaret asked Grandpa Steve all about how ornaments are made. We journey through Thanksgiving radio programming history. Ocean Spray’s jiggling canned cranberry sauce ad is a crowd-pleaser. The Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons are measured in bicycles.

Steve began his day with French toast. Chicken coops aren’t allowed in Lansing. Dag visited Foot First Podiatry in Schaumburg to spend some quality time with Dr. Keith and Dr. Sam. Brendan bought a coat that reminds him of Harrison Ford in The Fugitive.

Steve’s birthday Sunday included church and a chicken dinner. The family surprised Steve with a candle in a piece of Key lime pie. Tom Thayer says traffic in Atlanta is absolutely brutal. Tom and Jeff gave Steve a birthday shoutout during the broadcast.

Young Buzz Kilman witnessed a soft shell turtle lay eggs at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. Virginia keeps a watchful eye on Soldier Field concessions. Mike was amongst the legions of Taylor Swift fans disappointed by Ticketmaster.

Steve got called out for a Candy Cane Joe-Joe’s binge. Janet impersonates Space Dweeb Steve. Steve lays claim to all food under his roof. Steve approves of Pat’s visit to Italy. Steve’s weekend birthday dinner will be held at Dell Rhea’s Chicken Basket.

Steve watched NASA launch the Artemis I on its mission to the moon. Mayor Lightfoot’s caravan parked in a Humboldt Park bicycle lane while she bought doughnuts at Roeser’s Bakery. A radio guy pooped his pants during a segment about the Phillie Phanatic.

Steve lobbied for Emmett to stay up beyond his bedtime to watch MNF. Emmett did forget his winter coat and water bottle this morning, perhaps as a direct result. A driver was charged with siphoning 400 gallons of H2O from a Western Springs fire hydrant.

Dag’s birthday bash was full of love and pita bread. Mike read about an onion method for pulling toxins out of the air. James and Grandpa are getting along well. Tom Thayer likes the studious linebacker play of Lake Zurich High School alum Jack Sanborn.