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March 16, 2022Cowabunga, Dude
Steve watched the Zelenskyy video speech delivered to Congress this morning. A Florida Highway Patrol trooper saved 10K runners from a drunk driver. Steve and Janet’s niece bikepacked from Savannah to the Keys. The origin of “Cowabunga” surprises Steve.
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March 15, 2022Possible Turning Point
Steve watched an oldies concert from 2011 with a bunch of familiar bands. It is a Talk to Me Tuesday and Hal from Orlando has a literary request. Be careful ordering a Long John out West. Dag is in the midst of a weeklong Poi Dog Pondering run at SPACE.
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March 14, 2022Backpedal in Motion
Steve corrects an erroneous Ferris Bueller fact. Dag joined Frank from Poi Dog Pondering at a beef stroganoff dining experience. Dag cut his finger in the kitchen. Tom Thayer reacts to the Bears moving on from Khalil Mack, Eddie Goldman and Tarik Cohen.
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March 11, 2022Wolly Chaps
Today is Les Grobstein Day in Chicago, in remembrance of the sports radio icon. Steve hit up a poorly attended cocktail party. Repticon is coming to a town near Steve! Might he consider a python in need of rehoming? Or embarking on a guided iguana hunt?
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March 10, 2022A Novel Idea
Dag’s FoFo is no more. The mechanic assured him his car was beyond repair. Callers help Steve zero in on suburban music venue Haymakers’ true location. The carpet guy arrives to measure the stairs. Janet offers advice for Brendan, who publishes a novel.
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March 9, 2022Total Gashole Move
Steve was fueling up his car when the automatic pump shutoff malfunctioned. Gasoline sprayed all over the ground. Dag’s trusty FoFo is experiencing transmission issues. A landfill worker was killed when a bulldozer ran over the porta-potty he was using.
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March 8, 2022Shrimp Talk
Dag wraps up his weeklong-plus work on Mark Roberts’ audiobook, The Lonely Banjo. It’s musicians vs. residents at Celebration Park in East Naples, where locals are complaining about noise levels. Brendan raves about Snappy’s Shrimp on Irving Park Road.
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March 7, 2022The Four Technique
Steve attended the local boat show. Tom Thayer watched the NFL combine, but it is difficult to predict who might be available to the Bears in round two. Tom details how play-calling terminology has evolved over the years, not necessarily for the better.
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March 4, 2022Florida Friday
The hot tub’s chlorine level was way too high. Janet is jetting back to Illinois after the show. A pilot in was suspected of being drunk. Steve brought home shrimp and some coconut turtles. Steve once visited Jonathon Brandmeier at a Key West broadcast.
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March 3, 2022Anchors Away
Steve learns about an oligarch’s $600 million yacht. The condo board is deciding on a color of paint for the units. Jon Bon Jovi celebrated his 60th birthday. Dag is broadcasting from The Emily Hotel in Fulton Market as he works on an audiobook project.
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March 2, 2022Monday (Take Two)
Steve and Janet mended the fences in time to watch the State of the Union together. Steve gargled with salt water. Janet ordered a bumblebee brooch from Russia before the attack on Ukraine. It sits unopened. Steve bought a golf glove for the wrong hand.
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March 1, 2022Pompano Breach
Steve and Janet ventured to the Atlantic coast of Florida to spend a full day surrounded by the Joliat family. They went out for dinner at Nauti Dawg Marina Cafe. Arby’s discontinued Janet’s beloved potato cakes. Rosie lapped out of Steve’s water glass.
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February 28, 2022Rhymes With Putin…
Dag’s show at Hey Nonny was a success! Plenty of subscribers came out. Steve and Janet went to the beach and sat next to some loud Bostonians. Tom Thayer wakes up his dogs one by one every morning. Tom recalls a childhood prank involving a garter snake.
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February 25, 2022Fast Food Defender
A Houston gastropub unleashes a send up of Taco Bell they’ve labeled Trashy Bell. Tennis players and pickleballers duel over Bonita Beach court space. Steve leaves his unfinished Coke for Janet. Evidently, she prefers her soft drinks flat and lifeless.
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February 24, 2022Naked Janet Escapes Capture
Dag’s daughter has finally decided to obtain her driver’s license, with a DMV test the final hurdle to traverse. Rosie wants all her food to be a treat. Steve doesn’t have faith in Janet’s vodka tasting acumen. Steve and Janet took a hot tub after dusk.
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February 23, 2022The Milkman Cometh
Joe storyboards a fictional film loosely based on the life of Steve Dahl. A Finnish Olympian was crotchety after suffering a frozen appendage during a downhill competition. Steve ran into Jim Oberweis on his morning walk, but couldn’t get his attention.
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February 22, 2022Like Falling Out of Bed
2-2-22 fell on a Twosday! Speaking of falls, Steve fell out of bed. Rosie failed to react. Janet observed Lamborghini owners showing off for one another. There was a bomb threat at Publix. Rosie insists both balcony doors remain open, so she can circle.
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February 21, 2022Dick the DJ
Tom Thayer watched the state wrestling tournament featuring Joliet Catholic athletes. Steve wasn’t impressed with attention to 1970’s California detail in the film Licorice Pizza. He kept pausing it to explain inaccuracies to Janet, much to her chagrin.
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February 18, 2022Ice Cream Junkie
Steve doesn’t mean to make empty weekend promises, they just turn out that way. It is day two of ventilation installation at Steve’s neighbors. Nonny is a word from the Elizabethan era. We dig into the notorious 1903 electrocution of Topsy the Elephant.
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February 17, 2022A Bit of a Reach
Steve used the Bug Bite Thing and it worked! Janet gives us a rundown of the gratuitous male nudity in scenes from Reacher. The downstairs neighbors are getting a new HVAC unit installed. There’s a faint drilling sound associated with the installation.
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February 16, 2022Tow Job
Dag went skiing at Granite Peak in Wausau and withstood a wipeout. The Dahls bought Coleman camp chairs for the board meeting, but the cupholder was too small for Janet’s coffee cup. Steve drank Diet Coke. Joe’s relatives are newscasters in Bakersfield.
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February 15, 2022Long Bursts of Talky Words
The Naples Zoo tiger controversy rages on, as the bitten maintenance worked remains hospitalized. Janet left Steve a lovely Valentine on the fridge. Steve tries another song pitch for the Expo ’76 setlist. Dag knows of a guitar pedal that sells for $5K.
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February 14, 2022Dag Skillethead
Steve’s Super Bowl pizza was a doughy mess. He ate it even though it was bad. Tom Thayer would fire Cincy’s offensive line coach for the way he tried to block Aaron Donald. The Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award is a pleasant reminder of Sweetness.
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February 11, 2022Rock Hard Avs
Steve wants to write a song about love, but he’s having trouble getting started. Jim Fabbrini gives us a rundown on the hottest flower deals for Valentine’s Day 2022. A mayonnaise killing puts an Iowa man behind bars. Steve is hoping his avocados ripen.