Brendan wants the gang to write an Hawaiian song on the ukulele, but he has dropped the ball lyrically. Steve learns that Dag is Janet’s go-to songwriter. The origin story of Steve’s character Travis T. Hipp is told. It was not without an ugly phone…

Since the guys have been pre recording the Hawaii shows, Steve seems to have forgotten it’s his 65th birthday. He’s been numbering them Hawaii 1-10. There’s more breakfast BK bashing from the ATL. How would Steve handle being treated like a Hawaiian…

Brendan is accusing Steve of being a Jesus birther. Then they stage an early Christmas play. Steve and Janet are watching Jack Ryan. Brendan had a bad Burger King breakfast, and so did the “Old Nerd”. Steve is not the old nerd, in case you were…

Steve tries to clean up the open issues from last week, and goes deep into “Ukulele Talk”. He can’t find his. Janet finds it for him and brings it into the studio. She once fantasized about playing the uke herself. Brendan introduces the Makahiki…

Steve and Janet recount the flight to Hawaii when they had to put on lifejackets. Steve plays both versions of “Flying”. Brendan is trying to offload some sort of Hawaiian Thanksgiving on the guys, and they are somewhat resistant. Steve peed in a…

Happy Birthday, Dag! Janet joins the boys, and reveals Steve’s darkest deepest travel secrets. Remember that one time when the guy challenged Steve to a fist fight once they landed at John Wayne International? Steve might have stumbled onto the reason…

Steve plays back and narrates the day in Hawaii in the 80’s when he punched Janet in his sleep. The true dream is revealed, and he’s accused by the doctor at the Hyatt of being a wife beater. He’s not. Steve meets his cousin and they both have big…

On vacation with Janet in HI, Steve reminisces about his love of Jack In The Box tacos, and speaks frankly about his troubles getting them in paradise. He also talks about the time that Garry quit during a Hawaii trip, and headed towards the Maui…

Steve’s in Hawaii with Janet, but the guys went ahead and prerecorded a great show for you, with a lot of Hawaiian flavor (fish). There’s some Swedish Nomad thrown in too, but that’s a Brendan Trebec thing. Guess which fruit Steve and Dag both like…

After another classic Virginia Monologue, Dag and Brendan make sure that Steve is properly packed for his trip to Hawaii. He hasn’t even started yet, but Janet has (she packs EVERYTHING). We’ve also recorded 10 new shows to cover the next two weeks….

DJ Greese needs some song ideas for a subscriber’s 50th birthday celebration. He is no more accepting of Steve’s song ideas than is Dag. Janet likes to keep her plans loose on vacation. As they say in Hawaii, “Hang Loose!”. Steve prefers to “Hang…

Brendan has gone from Supercuts to Superkrauts. He got his haircut Tuesday from a depressed German (played on today’s show by Dag). Joe Gaspar joins us as well, since it is Guacamole Wednesday. Steve is concerned about the shark attacks on Maui this…

Tom Thayer is on today’s podcast, and the boys send condolences. Ann, Tom’s mom, passed away last week. Her chicken soup lives on at Thayer Bros., though. Tom tries to make sense of the Bears game, and we learn he has a guy who yells at him in his…

What happened before the Zanies show? Why was Brendan late? Where did everybody go for dinner? How and why did Janet get so drunk? These, and many more behind the scenes secrets are revealed, in this post Halloween show episode. Hold on to your…

On Part Two of the live show from Zanies Rosemont, Drunk Janet appears, and makes Matt Dahl very uncomfortable. In fairness, he’s uncomfortable with both mom AND his dad. Steve meets three women who want to “walk dogs” with him in Florida when he’s in…

Live from Zanies in Rosemont, the boys bring it with an in-depth re-telling of Florida. Then, Special Guest, Len Kasper, joins them to talk Cubs, David Ross and Joe Maddon. Len has a great take on Ross’ return, and Len’s dad had some great advice for…

After a lively discussion of porn and some lite politics, the boys turn their attention to Suzanne Somers and her husband’s sex life. Brendan thinks there should be a cutoff for topless photos. Steve is not a big fan of facelifts. There’s a Floridiot…

Steve had to bring his birth certificate to Social Security yesterday. He is a regular person, just like everybody else, Brendan. The details of our Zanies mystery guest are revealed. Steve recommends Dolemite Is My Name, and warms up a little on…

Tom Thayer helps Steve, Dag and Brendan work through the Chargers at Bears game on Sunday. There’s muff talk. Brendan’s DJ gig went well (he found the right knob). Dag took a request at an Evanston gig, and completely missed a first responder…

Steve seems to have overmedicated himself yesterday. That hardly ever happens, right? Virginia is trying to get Nagy to run but he is resistant, and actually quite stubborn about it. Art imitating life. Olaf the snowman from Frozen is violated in…

Steve decides to read the comments beneath Robert Feder’s story about the 10-30-19 Zanies Rosemont show. He then has to leave the room to throw up (unrelated). Janet steps in, and fills the boys in on Steve’s condition. A lively Janet rounds out the…

DJ Grease is looking for some Halloween tunes for an upcoming charity gig. Dag, Joe and Steve have some suggestions, but Brendan is not listening. He’s getting a new shower head. There’s nothing like a little shower head, right? Don’t answer that,…

Steve is freaked out that he has to sign up for Medicare, and is having “issues” The Bridgeport poop vandal has allegedly been caught. Brendan needs to attend Steve’s Parking School. Always have your navigation lights on when boating on a moonless…

After a few Skype issues, Steve get a hold of Tom Thayer and the guys discuss the Bears debacle on Sunday. It seems like the word “debacle” is going to be coming in handy this year.  Buzz went back into the building to save not only his pets. but…