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| 5:32
| Ah yes, live from downtown Chicago and the new Prudential Building-which they didn't even bother to make look like the old one-it's the Steve Dahl Show. The new building looks like the one from Metropolis. |
| 5:33
| Is Buzz even aware of what this building looks like? Does he think we're in the Adventures in Babysitting building? The buildings don't match but they're connected. The old one-with the giant Prudential logo carved into the side-was the highest building in Chicago at one time. |
| 5:34
| Buzz likes how the tallest building is always changing. Right now of course it's the Sears Tower. If that stupid corkscrew building ever goes up that will be the tallest. Steve doesn't think that will ever happen, he's got some inside information about it. |
| 5:35
| For starters it doesn't seem like a good time to put that building up. It's also going to be ugly looking. Let's say you're on a boat in the lake with your newsman and your production guy and your phone answering guy and your nerve center guy, you don't want to look up and see a giant drill bit. That's not what you need when you're hanging out in the Playpen, shirts off, Speedos on, hanging out with a few ladies who jumped on your boat. |
| 5:36
| The new building is quite phallic looking which may help with the ladies but why put that right on the lakefront? Move it inland a little bit! It's not even built by people who are from here. It's like Trump coming in with his building. Don't we have guys with bad combovers and a lot of money who can put up a building? |
| 5:37
| By the way It's Only Rock 'n Roll was the last song Jack played before the show. Of course Jack only plays what he wants and Steve's getting a little tired of that act. In a day when anyone can play what they want you'd think Jack would be a little more accessible. Jack gets a ton of tail because he's such a jerk though, some women really like being treated like that. |
| 5:38
| Of course It's Only Rock 'n Roll is the lead single from the Rolling Stones' 1974 album of the same name. Would that be an eponymous album? In the liner notes of the 1993 compilation Jump Back Jagger wrote that the song was about their public persona. He was getting tired of people saying the new album wasn't as good as the last one. That's because it wasn't. |
| 5:39
| The single sleeve featured a photo of a pen digging into Mick like a sword. It was lighthearted and anti-journalistic. Awwwwwww! Mick has feelings too Buzz. |
| 5:40
| Steve's favorite Mick Jagger story, and he's not sure if it's even true, is the one about David Bowie's wife finding Mick and her husband making eggs in their bathrobes. Being Bowie's wife must be a handful. She looked a lot like him too, only with the reverse plumbing. |
| 5:41
| The Chicago Spire, by the way, is being designed by Santiago Calatrava. Steve's not sure who's developing it but he didn't think they were from here. Steve doesn't like it though. It doesn't seem like something that anyone would want on their skyline and Chicago has a really sweet skyline. |
| 5:42
| It's being developed by Irish developer Garrett Kelleher of the Shelbourne Development Group. It looks like a drill bit! If you want to see those go to Home Depot or Crafty Beaver. |
| 5:43
| It's just not what you want to see when you're hanging out at the Playpen. Pete doesn't want to see it, nor does a Jim kid with his pants down. Brendan's groping everything in sight because that's what he does. |
| 5:50
| Alright it's time for the web poll. Yesterday's question was about those potato nachos, or potachos, and whether you've had them. They have something similar at Al's Beef. |
| 5:51
| Janet ordered some and did that thing that wives do when they ask you if you'll have some of it. Steve doesn't want any of that! It's potatoes, cheese, bacon and sour cream! |
| 5:52
| Those are the same ingredients in a menu item at Outback Steakhouse that has 3,000 calories in it. Buzz learned that in his book Eat This Not That. Of course Steve went with the very healthy beef and sausage combo. |
| 5:53
| Steve went to the Sox game with Peter Bowen last night. Steve has made a conscious effort to not eat hot dogs at games any more but he broke his rule last night. He's been paying the price ever since. He also got sucked into a soft pretzel which he doesn't even like. They left after the grand slam when it was 10-0. The Sox won 10-2. |
| 5:54
| It's because Steve was there that they won like that. The team knows how mad Steve would get if they continued to play poorly and they know he'd run out on the field like a Ligue. You could see the fear in their eyes. |
| 5:55
| Steve will be there today as well. They already have Steve's money, they need to start winning whatever the cost. There are some other things they need to be doing, like alternating between Thome and Konerko at DH, putting Swisher at first and maybe even bringing Josh Fields up to put pressure on Joe Crede. |
| 5:56
| Steve's going to the game today with Terry Armour's mom. Steve's starting to date older black women now that he's going with the Roger Ebert look. You can't imagine the kind of tail Steve gets in Florida because he looks like Roger. |
| 5:57
| Terry's mom is really sweet and really funny. At Terry's wake Steve didn't really know what to say but he promised he'd take his mom to a Sox game. |
| 5:58
| Last week Steve picked today's game because it was a day game. Turns out Terry always took his mom around her birthday, which is Friday. So it worked out really well. |
| 5:59
| Back to the web poll, yesterday 94% of the people said they'd never had a potacho. Why not? It sounds good! It seems to have pretty standard ingredients to Buzz. |
| 6:00
| Today's web poll, which was supplied by Buzz, is "Do you have a tattoo that you regret?" Steve's original web poll idea was overridden by Buzz's because he sent his in first. Buzz got his idea from Ed although it's not necessary to give credit. |
| 6:01
| Of course Steve has a tramp stamp which he's now beginning to regret. It puts out the wrong message, that he puts out. He does put out, it's just unfortunate. |
| 6:02
| Before Steve got into the web poll he wanted to mention that the Sox won 10-2 and the Cubs lost 9-2. Steve's not sure what time that Cubs game ended but he figures if people are up this early they might not know the results of the game. Maybe they don't want to know, Steve's pretty sure the Cubs lead is down to 1 game. |
| 6:03
| Steve's going to check all that out on his Major League Baseball app that he downloaded for his iPod. There's almost too much information here. Does Pete know? |
| 6:04
| Pete confirms that it's one game over the Brewers. What's wrong with the Cubs? The Brewers are closing in. Is there any way Steve can go out to Arizona after the Sox game today? Steve will hop on Buzz's jet and head out there. The Cubs need an intervention, they're not hitting. And poor Jim, he's beside himself. He's on the down now, does Steve need to cheer him up? He always seems down to Steve anyway. He went to film school but instead he's here copying down everything Steve says. |
| 6:05
| Steve calls down to the newsroom. Jim's not sure if he'll be OK. Will the Cubs be OK, that's the question. They're a good team but they're terrible on the road. Jim doesn't understand why. Maybe the Friendly Confines are too friendly. If Steve were a Cub he wouldn't want to leave home. Traditionally the Cubs aren't as good at home. |
| 6:06
| The Cubs are just mired right now. In a little difficulty? All those so-called fans ripping everything they do. There are still 62 games left, plenty of time. It should be fine. |
| 6:07
| Jim still sounds down, Steve's going to put him on suicide watch. It's up to Buzz to keep all sharp objects away from Jim, we don't need a suicide on our hands. When Buzz gets back down there he should grab Jim's shoelaces and his jacket. He couldn't hang himself on his t-shirt, it's a boy's small. |
| 6:08
| OK, the web poll. While most American's are happy with their tattoos women's are more likely to get their tattoo removed. That's according to a new study which states that women are more likely to suffer social stigma because of there tattoo. That's probably because guys see a tattoo and think women are whores. Maybe that's a bit too strong. How about promiscuous? |
| 6:09
| Standby, we're going now to CNN, they have Joel Brodsky on. According to the Sun-Times Drew's pals wore a wire. Although on the front page it looks like it says "Whore" when you first see it. And kudos to the Sun-Times, they're just going for it. They've got this, they've got the sweet Blago photoshop from last week. |
| 6:10
| We'll be getting to all of this later of course. Joel is saying that while Drew's friends may have worn wires Drew didn't say anything incriminating to them. He never said "I should have cremated the bitch" about Kathleen. |
| 6:11
| It was weird on TV last night, they were showing that quote scrolling the bottom of the screen and it said "I should have cremated the bitch" but when Marion Brooks was saying it she replaced bitch with "expletive" |
| 6:12
| Alright we've got all day to get to that, let's finish up with the tattoo thing. There's still a negative attitude towards women with tattoos. Men with tattoos are seen as macho. |
| 6:13
| The new study is being published in the July issue of Archives of Dermatology, of which Steve and Buzz are both subscribers. More than half of the women surveyed said they got their tattoo between the ages of 16 and 23. Hot! |
| 6:14
| 44% of the women said they got a tattoo to feel unique, even though it's not unique if everyone is getting one. 33% said they got a tattoo to make them feel independent and 28% said it made their life experiences stand out. |
| 6:15
| When asked why they had the tattoo removed 57% said it caused them embarrassment, 38% said it lowered body image, 37% because it caused problems with clothes, 21% because of stigma and 21% in honor of a birthday or marriage. That's because your current boyfriend can't stand the fact that your last boyfriend made you get that tattoo and every time he looks at it he thinks of you getting nailed by your ex. |
| 6:16
| Steve would like to hear from some women who have tattoos. Women also experienced more negative reactions to their tattoos in public, at work or in school. |
| 6:23
| Alright we've got some people on hold with tattoo stories. There's a dude but Steve only wants to talk to ladies. OK Brendan? Steve doesn't want to hear from some guy who has a tattoo of a rat smoking a blunt. Although now Steve has to know why. |
| 6:24
| Caller James has a tattoo of a rat smoking a blunt. He got it when he was 17, right after he graduated high school. He went to a Catholic high school, he was a good altar boy, and then he went to Florida for the summer and got a tattoo. |
| 6:25
| James' nickname in high school was the rat. That's not a good nickname, it means you're either dirty or you're a squealer. It actually came from a 3-day bringer that James went on. |
| 6:26
| After sleeping for two days in his car he woke up with his hair matted to his face. His friends said he looked like a rat. |
| 6:27
| It was hard to go on a job interview with that tattoo though. He also has a White Sox tattoo that he got after the World Series. He doesn't regret that one and women always come up to him and say how cool it is. |
| 6:28
| Steve had vowed to get a Sox tattoo after they won the World Series but he backed out of it. If James ever pulls any tail off the tattoo he should call back. |
| 6:29
| Caller Katie has a shamrock on her left boob. Ooh! Hopefully she's Irish. Chances are that she is with a name like Katie. |
| 6:30
| The tattoo is about the size of a sliver dollar and it's actually worked well for her. If she's wearing a v-neck shirt it pops out just enough and then there's intrigue. |
| 6:31
| Katie got the tattoo when she was 19 and she's 29 now. She wasn't drunk, her and her friend just drove to Indiana to get tattoos. Her friend got a lizard on her hip and they're both happy with their choices. |
| 6:32
| Katie wants more tattoos and she loves guys with tattoos. Steve and Buzz don't have tattoos but they could be talked into them. Steve's not sure if he has the look to pull off a tattoo. |
| 6:33
| Katie thinks they could both pull the look off. Buzz looks like he was in the Navy so a tattoo would definitely work on him. |
| 6:34
| Maybe talking to girls about their tattoos should be a regular segment. Steve would say we could give away free tattoo removal but it seems like at least Katie is happy with her tattoo. |
| 6:35
| Usually the only time you want your tattoo removed is if it's associated with a dude. Buzz gets the feeling that a lot of women don't get tattoos for dudes. That's just a fantasy that dudes have. |
| 6:36
| Caller Li is really tired. She was sleeping when she got a call from a friend who said she had to call in because for the tattoo discussion. |
| 6:37
| Li has a very large flower on her right hip, the castle key on her left, a Fleur de Lis and a small tree frog on her arm. Are any of those dude references? |
| 6:38
| The castle key is actually, every time Leigh looks at it she regrets it. It's a beautiful design so she wouldn't want to remove it. She just needs to come up with a better story for it. |
| 6:39
| Li, is that an Asian name? It's actually short for Lisa, she's Puerto Rican. Is she calling from Humboldt Park? She was actually born there but she lives in Des Plaines which is like a suburban Humboldt Park. |
| 6:40
| Li is going to send Steve some photos of her tattoos. He'll let Buzz know when he gets them. |
| 6:41
| Steve feels we've tapped into something here. He needs to make a phone call but he won't be telling Buzz who he's calling. |
| 6:42
| Steve has been told that intern Vicki has a tattoo. It's something she now regrets though. Does she want to come down and have it removed by Steve and Buzz? Go get the laser Buzz! If that doesn't work they can lick it off! Steve was just going to say that. Buzz will be gone before any trouble comes down, he'll be saying he was at home watching TV the whole time. |
| 6:43
| Vicki just randomly got a heart tattoo on her hip but it has no meaning. She was just at Chipotle on Belmont and decided to do it. Steve didn't know Chipotle did tattoos. |
| 6:44
| What does a Vicki get on her burrito? Usually she goes with the spicy chicken. Steve doesn't like Chipotle because there are too many options. He doesn't like going down that line and telling them what he wants or doesn't want. |
| 6:45
| Vicki probably wouldn't have the tattoo removed because it was so painful to get. Regardless, if she ever wants uncle Buzz and uncle Steve to look at it they can. It's pretty low though but that's fine, they're professionals. |
| 6:53
| Alright let's go back to the phones and talk to women about their tattoos. So far most of the women we've talked to are happy with them. Vicki said she liked her tattoo but apparently not enough to come up and show Steve and Buzz. If they keep this up they're going to have to register at city hall. |
| 6:54
| Vicki is totally of age, she's actually over the hill to Drew Peterson. We'll get to Drew a little later after some news from Buzz. |
| 6:55
| Steve couldn't believe what he was seeing when he saw that story on the news last night. How great is this? Steve was fascinated by the fact that Drew said something about him in those tapes. It was going on during the last 7 months which is when that Win a Date with Drew thing happened. |
| 6:56
| Steve was thinking he'd be able to get transcripts through the Freedom of Information Act but probably not until after any sort of trial. Whatever Drew said it probably wasn't nice. Buzz thinks that deep down Drew likes Steve. He did send him that t-shirt. |
| 6:57
| Caller Lori has quite a few tattoos, 16 actually. They're all in places you can see without Lori having to strip down. Why go through the pain if you can't show it off? Lori likes how edgy the tattoos make her feel. The older she get the edgier she wants to be. Steve understands what she's saying but he's not willing to sacrifice his milky white skin. |
| 6:58
| Lori actually sent Steve a photo of her and her husband on their motorcycle. Steve's looking for that picture right now. |
| 6:59
| The one tattoo Lori regrets is one she got on her wrist. It started with a few dainty stars and sort of morphed from there into something really ugly. She got someone to cover it up for the most part but it still sort of looks like a bruise. |
| 7:00
| Lori and her husband both got matching tattoos for their anniversary. They're both pisces so they got fish. That's perfect if they ever open a seafood restaurant. |
| 7:01
| Lori won tickets to tomorrow's Jimmy Buffett show at Toyota Park. Maybe she'll see Drew Peterson. He's doing stage announcements right? |
| 7:02
| Caller Lisa has two tattoos. She has one on her waist of a vine of flowers, in color. On her hip she has a combination of the sun, the moon and the stars. Very few people get to see that, not unless they're on the way to the center of the universe. |
| 7:03
| Lisa can count on Steve's total discretion if she decides to send any photos of her tattoos. Steve's going to take a break before the news. He has to finish off Tattoo Talk though. |
| 7:04
| What we need to do is get a tattoo removal laser and put it in the studio. Women should come in for the consult just to know about the process. It'll be totally professional with Steve and Buzz in lab coats with their names embroidered on them. |
| 7:05
| Caller Linda got a tattoo about 10 years ago and she wasn't planning on doing it. She was in an aerobics class and the instructor decided they should all go get tattoos. |
| 7:06
| The instructor was a dude. So he gets his all-female class to get tattoos? Linda went home to shower and when she got to the tattoo place there was only one other person there and it wasn't the instructor. |
| 7:07
| Linda started to panic as she looked around at tattoos. She found a butterfly that she liked which she decided to get on her butt. Of course when someone is putting a tattoo back there you can't see what's going on. |
| 7:08
| The tattoo artist ended up putting the wrong butterfly on her butt and it's in the wrong spot. Whenever she wears a swimsuit only half of the butterfly is visible. |
| 7:09
| Steve doesn't have the tattoo removal laser yet but Buzz has offered to lick tattoos off of people. He's got a cat-like tongue, it's like sandpaper. And he buys lunch afterwards. |
| 7:10
| Alright now here's the big finish for Tattoo Talk. Steve's own personal nun Sister Marianne is on the phone. |
| 7:11
| Marianne is very nervous right now. Before we get to that, Steve wants to know if he can be fast-tracked on this Catholic thing. People tend to be very strict about conversion. What happened to the good old days when you could just give someone $500? |
| 7:12
| If you put the church in your will you're in like Flynn. Otherwise you have to go through a 6 month class. It goes from the fall to the Easter vigil. That's not bad, is it only a once a month thing? Does Steve have to lead any prayer groups? |
| 7:13
| Steve's been joining a lot of things lately and the Catholic church interests him. It's a natural progression from golf to the Catholic church. Steve doesn't even want to join to go to church, it's more about feeling guilty for not going. |
| 7:14
| Marianne doesn't have a tattoo but she wants to get one. She's saying that right now in public. Marianne saw a National Geographic special about someone who is trying to get people to put a different word from a book tattooed on their body. |
| 7:15
| Marianne's only concern is if she ended up with a dirty word. The good news about that is she's fairly covered up. You don't see too many nuns in tube tops. |
| 7:16
| Marianne drives by Jade Dragon quite a bit and she always wants to stop in. Then she calls her friend to talk her down. |
| 7:17
| The word is a cool idea but what about the J-Bird? She's married to him isn't she? |
| 7:18
| Marianne's mother has been dead for a while but she used to kid her that she had a tattoo and she couldn't show her wear it was. You wouldn't think a nun would do that to her mom. |
| 7:19
| Steve's voting on a winking Jesus tramp stamp tattoo. He should probably stop now though. Marianne has chosen #10 on the wheel for the Ten Commandments, several of which Steve has probably broken here. |
| 7:20
| Steve feels he's pushing his luck with Sister Marianne. That's the end of tattoo talk for today but Steve wouldn't be surprised if it's a regular segment. |
| 7:28
| Nuevos Rancheros con Buzz |
| 7:29
| Barack Obama will visit the Holocaust Memorial in Israel today. Yesterday he met with General David Petraeus, who didn't agree with the candidates stance on Iraq. |
| 7:30
| John McCain will be in New Orleans today to meet with Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal. What kind of name is Jindal? McCain is considering Jindal as a running mate. |
| 7:31
| The media's attention on Barack Obama is being analyzed after John McCain's campaign posted two videos making fun of the so-called love affair. McCain's campaign is accusing the media of "cotton candy and pom-pom" coverage of Obama. |
| 7:32
| An environmental activist attempted to super glue himself to Britain's prime minister. He was hoping to change the prime minister's stance on Heathrow Airport expansion. |
| 7:33
| Christian Bale has been released from police custody without being charged. He was arrested yesterday for an alleged assault on his mom and sister. |
| 7:34
| Standby for a newsmakers segment Buzz. Joel Brodsky is on the WGN Morning News right now. They've got a sweet photo of Drew's friends who wore wires. The guy has some sweet shades, it looks like there are mini Edy's ice cream containers on each side, is that possible? |
| 7:35
| You've got Larry Potash and Robin Baumgartner and then Joel Brodsky just pulls up at the end of the desk for some conversation. |
| 7:36
| Joel says that they're looking into the legal implications of this tape and if Drew's friends can be charged. Charged for what? If the police set all this up it's not illegal. |
| 7:37
| Joel says that Len and Paula are being evicted and thinks they're telling this story now to try to sell it. |
| 7:38
| If there really is a tape and there's anything incriminating on it Joel believes it'll be thrown out. If you're wearing a wire you can't talk about it to the media, that could be illegal. |
| 7:39
| Alright, Steve sees what he's saying now. Buzz can't imagine Drew saying anything that he's alleged to have said. |
| 7:47
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 7:48
| Now back to Buzz in the newsroom. Where did we leave off? Christian Bale is saying he didn't do it. That's what Steve doesn't get. No one is saying what he did or didn't do. |
| 7:49
| Maybe he just didn't get his mom and sister good seats at The Dark Knight premiere. They said he "lashed out" but what does that mean? Is that physical or verbal? |
| 7:50
| We learned yesterday that the mom is circus, is the sister also circus people? It has the feel of mom and sister versus dad and Christian. Christian's parents were divorced, dad became his agent and married Gloria Steinem. |
| 7:51
| So what's a good way to hurt brother Christian? Maybe you grab a few vodkas from the hotel mini-bar. |
| 7:52
| And now a special report from our entertainment reporter Brendan Greeley about a potential Madonna meltdown. Brendan can come in the studio and do this, it seems weird for him to be doing it out in the hall. Steve's being told that Brendan can't come in the studio. |
| 7:53
| A white police officer in Louisiana who handcuffed a black man and tased him to death in January may soon be charged. The Baron Scooter Pikes was tased 9 times with a 50,000 volt taser. The coroner added that Pikes was probably dead before the last 2 shocks were administered. |
| 7:54
| If you've been caught running a red light in Chicago you're not alone. The Sun-Times is on pace to raise $50 million in fines from red light violations. Those red light cameras are hardcore. If you stop anywhere over the line you get a ticket. |
| 7:55
| Buzz saw a few of those cameras when he was out driving in the daytime, which is unusual. Normally Buzz only gets the car to drunk drive on the weekends. |
| 7:56
| Jennifer Martinez says that accidents are down 30% at camera-covered intersections and red light running is down 60%. Those are bogus facts. Steve's read that accidents are up because the cameras cause people to slam on their breaks. Steve's against this, he's a good driver and it seems unnecessary. |
| 7:57
| Federal authorities are now claiming that the Chicago mob has earned over $20 million in illicit activities since the 1960s. It seems to Buzz, on a personal note, that if that's all the mob has made since the 60s they should be out of business. They should have made $20 million last year! |
| 7:58
| Maybe that's just what they report? It's a Federal estimate but it seems low. $20 billion would be more like it. If Steve were the head of the mob he'd need the $20 million a year to support his lifestyle. Maybe they're not as organized as we think. |
| 7:59
| A new study finds that women who are depressed and taking anti-depressants and Viagra are having much more satisfying sex. That study was funded by Pfizer, who makes Viagra. They say they won't market the drug to women but they don't have to. |
| 8:00
| A court in Greece has rejected an attempt by residents of the island of Lesbos to have the term lesbian banned from their island. |
| 8:01
| Caller John wanted to let Steve know that Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana, is of Indian descent. That's 7-11 Indian not Native American right? And he might be our next Vie President. |
| 8:02
| Alright it's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. It's Wednesday which means it's time for another Border Story. In this story the person ate Taco Bell almost everyday for over 200 days in a row, sometimes twice in one day. |
| 8:03
| The Taco Bell streak happened again several years later, it was part of a pregnancy craving. |
| 8:04
| The emailer's 9-year-old offspring now asks for tacos for dinner every night. If she's already made dinner he gets upset but if she hasn't he knows that it means a trip to Taco Bell. |
| 8:05
| The 12-year-old loves the hot sauce and puts it on everything, including meat loaf. This email doesn't mention a specific Taco Bell but when you go to that many maybe you're visiting different locations. |
| 8:06
| Alright "Drew's pals wore wire", that's the cover of the Sun-Times. And what an awesome cover it is. Len Wawczak and his wife Paula Stark have known Drew for 16 years. They were so close that they babysat his kids and thought of going into business together. |
| 8:07
| During the last 7 months though the couple has been wearing a wire whenever they were around Drew. |
| 8:08
| Paula Stark was especially nervous when she went for a ride in Drew's ultra-light. She wore a wire and a GPS tracker so authorities knew where Drew was flying. |
| 8:09
| Drew likes to talk a lot for a guy who's third wife was murdered and fourth wife is missing. This is by Joe Hosey who covers all the Drew stuff. |
| 8:10
| Peterson mocked investigators as "idiots" called his third wife a bitch and said he should have had her body cremated. He also predicted he'd be tried and acquitted before Stacy's remains were ever found. |
| 8:11
| Wawczak and Stark have known Drew for 16 years and thought of going into business flipping houses. A few weeks after Stacy disappeared the couple began to have suspicions about Drew. Partly because of a tragedy in his own past Wawczak said he had no reservations about turning informant. What tragedy? |
| 8:12
| The next seven months would be nerve-wracking for the couple as Drew often asked them to prove their loyalty to him. They worried that a hug could reveal their subterfuge. |
| 8:13
| Early in their friendship Wawczak heard Drew complaining about his third wife Kathleen Savio. That's not unusual in a marriage is it? At the time that Savio died Drew mocked investigators. |
| 8:14
| When Stacy went missing in October police exhumed Savio's body and declared her death a homicide. Of course we know that Drew and Joel prefer to go with the "fresh" autopsy. |
| 8:15
| Wawczak recalls Drew telling him that he should have had Savio cremated. It would have cost him less and he wouldn't be going through this. |
| 8:16
| As the investigation into Stacy's disappearance escalated Peterson started spending more evenings at Wawczak's house. He would sneak out of the back door and crawl through the yard to jump into a waiting van. |
| 8:22
| OK back to the Drew Peterson story. The real question is whether or not Stark and Wawczak were allowed to reveal this information by the authorities. |
| 8:23
| In mid-November state police met with Wawczak and eventually began asking him for help, giving him a polygraph in the process. Stark, who has two sons and a daughter with Wawczak, remained nervous throughout the entire ordeal. Are Stark and Wawczak not married? |
| 8:24
| The clandestine work stopped in mid-June. The worst day was when she went up in Drew's ultra-light airplane. She was worried that when Drew hugger her and asked her to model Stacy's bikinis and fur coats that she'd be found out. Drew knows what he likes. |
| 8:25
| Stacy left some things behind when she left, Drew might as well put them to good use right? Drew hugged her goodbye, kissed her, rubbed against her and whispered "I love you" in her ear. That's when Stark said she was worried Drew would find the wire. |
| 8:26
| Stark also said Peterson asked her to run off with him. That's just not cool to reveal this information. Drew wanted to move to Kentucky and put a house and business in Stark's name. |
| 8:27
| Stark didn't think Wawczak would let her go to which Drew allegedly said "Don't make me shoot him." |
| 8:28
| Wawczak had his own uncomfortable moments, like the time Drew wanted him to torch a spontaneous memorial that a neighbor had put up for Stacy. Drew also wanted Wawczak to sabotage a boat being used in the search for Stacy. |
| 8:29
| Wawczak's own father was slain when he was 8 during a holdup of his gas station. The killer was found thanks to a woman who reported the license number of the getaway car. |
| 8:30
| That is partly why Wawczak agreed to help state police. You might want to put that fact closer to the beginning of the article. |
| 8:31
| Wawczak and Stark didn't not spell out all the conversations with Drew but they expect the information will lead to his arrest. Drew has got to find better friends. First Mimsy and now these two? |
| 8:32
| Is Drew that unlikable? He was nonplussed when he learned his friends were spying on him for the police. Nonplussed means he doesn't care right? It means surprised or confused about how to react. Steve thinks that's the wrong use of the word. |
| 8:33
| Drew says Wawczak and Stark stormed off one day when he wouldn't lend them money. He never voiced wishes that he'd cremated Savio, nor did he talk of shooting Wawczak or vandalizing any memorials. |
| 8:34
| Steve still doesn't get how these people can just start talking about this to the paper. Joel is saying that anything recorded by them should be thrown out and that they should be arrested. Either way something good and exciting is going to happen. That's what we've been waiting for. |
| 8:35
| It seems like Drew's back! Sometimes Steve and disappointed in Drew, it just seemed like he wasn't trying. Now we learn this was 7 months in the making. It's like he's a filmmaker on location. |
| 8:36
| On the cover of the Sun-Times there's a photo of Drew holding Stark up during Christmas time. He's "trimming the tree" if you will. |
| 8:44
| That Drew Peterson, he just keeps giving. And this isn't really Drew, it's his friends. |
| 8:45
| Steve has to assume that these people were wearing a wire. The question is whether they were at liberty to talk about it. |
| 8:46
| Steve hopes that part about torching the flowers was true though. That's just funny, Drew's a jokester. |
| 8:47
| Alright it's time for Bob and Ron. You might recall that last week Ron was on the road again driving his lady back from Colorado. Every one of Ron's ladies are from Colorado, he meets them at the hippy festivals. |
| 8:48
| At least Ron has ladies as opposed to Bob. Bob might just be a booty call, someone you don't want to show in public. |
| 8:49
| Steve got a letter from Ron's brother recently. He's been a fan since the WDAI days and has listened almost everyday. He moved to Fort Lauderdale 10 years ago but recently began listening through the podcast. It still makes him one day behind, just like Ron. |
| 8:50
| Ron's brother has a real job, doesn't look like a terrorist and doesn't own a bong. It's like The Patty Duke Show. Ron's brother took him to his first dead show though. |
| 8:51
| When Steve says The Patty Duke Show he means that one where Patty Duke plays two characters. Bob remembers the theme song, something about a hot dog making her lose control. Maybe they should let Steve work through this. |
| 8:52
| Before Steve gets to the Rock History, has Matt Dahl contacted them about walking his dog? Matt did call them, they call back but there was no follow-through. |
| 8:53
| Matt is pretty busy though, he's working for Mr. Skin which Steve thinks is a better job than radio. He's also in a new band, Pet Lion. They actually have a gig at Subterranean coming up. |
| 8:54
| Bob and Ron might go, can they get on the guest list? How much could that show cost, $7? Have some self-respect! |
| 8:55
| Matt needs to get a dog walker for Walter, he can't keep bringing the dog out to the house. |
| 8:56
| Matt actually called Bob because he's closer, no offense to Ron. Ron walks dogs in the Bucktown/Wicker Park area. He only walks hipster/gen Y dogs. |
| 8:57
| Alright time for some Rock History. This week in Rock History the Grateful Dead lost another keyboard player. It was the curse of the band. Steve remembers their keyboard player Pigpen. Imagine how dirty that guy was if everyone else in the Dead was calling him Pigpen. |
| 8:58
| On this date in 1977 John Bonham and Peter Grant of Led Zeppelin beat up a security guard and a few other workers backstage at the Oakland Coliseum. They did it because a security guard was rude to a child. |
| 8:59
| For some reason Bob and Ron always celebrate Paul McCartney's pot busts. On this day McCartney was busted in Sweden with wife Linda. Why does he have to travel with it, can't he just get the weed in Sweden? |
| 9:00
| Buzz thinks Sweden is a wild card, you never know what you might find. Steve could have it before they're done checking in. Didn't Paul once off-load the weed to Linda? |
| 9:01
| Song: Hi, Hi, Hi, Wings |
| 9:04
| That's a good song. It's always 4:20 somewhere right? Everyday Bob and Ron pick a different 4:20 time zone. Today it's Zulu. |
| 9:05
| Bob just wanted to say high to dogs Mortimer and Fuzzbucket. That's a sweet name for a dog, Fuzzbucket. Bob isn't walking Fuzzbucket yet. He's working the owner to walk it right? He's not just trying to work the dog is he? |
| 9:06
| Steve has a dog on his neighborhood route that loves him. The owners started taking it inside so now Steve goes by at the beginning of his route. As soon as it sees Steve it gets down on it's front paws with it's back legs up. Then the dog rolls over so Steve can rub it's belly. |
| 9:07
| There's another dog on the route that Steve wants to win over. It has a cocky attitude because of an electric fence so it's always barking at Steve. Frankly he's usually so irritated that the dog is barking that he doesn't even want to bother. |
| 9:08
| Steve was going to give the dog a treat but as soon as he mentioned it on the air people started to email him with warning about dog food allergies. What if the dog had a gluten or peanut allergy? |
| 9:09
| It would be just Steve's luck that he'd give the dog a treat and it would be allergic to it. Then someone would go through the Tribune archives and dig up the story Kathy O'Malley wrote about Steve beating his dog. |
| 9:10
| Steve had a dog that bit him so he hit it with a broom. He talked about it on the air, someone heard it and told Kathy who wrote about it in the Inc Column. Then the state came to Steve's house to investigate. Steve still hasn't received an apology from that bitch! |
| 9:11
| The other dog on Steve's route loves him though and it's probably his favorite part of the walk. He doesn't even need a treat, the dog just loves him. There is a dog on Steve's route that gets put out just to bark at Steve. |
| 9:12
| Steve will admit that his dogs sometimes bark at people as they walk by. Janet had them out in the yard once and another neighborhood couple came by walking their dog, which is a loud yipper. They also had it on a 30 foot leash which is totally pointless. |
| 9:13
| The yipper started barking at the older dog and then the younger dog went after it. Steve heard this dog fight from inside the house and he ran out because he's on call for that kind of stuff. Maybe it wasn't the best idea to just walk right into the middle of a dog fight but he broke it all up. |
| 9:14
| Everything was fine until the couple was walking away and the woman might have said something. Then Steve said "hey, do you want me to let my dog go?" He got in big trouble for saying that, Janet made him go apologize to them like he was a 10-yaer-old. |
| 9:22
| Alright it's time for Meat Talk with Chef Hans. Hans never says guten morgen, only guten tag. Steve grew up in L.A. with a guy named Robert W. Morgan and he used guten morgen because of his last name. |
| 9:23
| Morgan was a DJ and at one time he worked for WIND. As the legend goes he was using a station-owned boat which he was nailing a chick on. Then the boat ran into the breakwater. |
| 9:24
| Chef Hans was at the Blackhawks Convention over the weekend, it was a great time. Former Blackhawk Pip Martin was there, he lives in a tiny private island in Canada that's 100 feet by 100 feet. |
| 9:25
| In the winter he travels to a nearby town which is 6 miles over the frozen ice. That sounds like a very tiny island but a great time. |
| 9:26
| A lot of people kept coming up to Hans and thanking him and Steve for all the great things they've said about the Hawks. Hans has to take some credit for getting Steve into hockey. He can take all the credit. |
| 9:27
| Of course all that hockey talk means the Hawks took care of Steve with his tickets. Does Hans need to bring that up? Isn't anything secret any more? |
| 9:28
| Hans shouldn't bring up Steve's finances. He doesn't really care, if he did he would have taken it out. Now Buzz wants to know what the deal is. |
| 9:29
| For the first two years Steve has tickets he gets two but only pays for one. After that he has to pay for both of them. Now that Steve says it outloud he feels bad and wants to pay for both of them. |
| 9:30
| Steve didn't get to the convention but he heard good things about it. It seems like the team is making an announcement about this Wrigley Field game everyday. |
| 9:31
| If Hans had his say he would have had the game at Soldier Field. If you have it at Wrigley then you lose some seats in the front row. If you're at a baseball game you can see the field but with hockey you could be behind the boards or the bench. Well there goes Steve's free ticket! |
| 9:32
| Steve's sure that they'll get it all figured out at Wrigley. He would have preferred Soldier Field but they probably want to keep it more intimate at Wrigley. |
| 9:33
| Today at the restaurant they're having a great wine tasting. It starts with a red and green romaine Caesar, then salmon and a lamb chop with black beans and strawberry shortcake for dessert. That's $100 with tips and taxes included and it's all the wine you can drink. |
| 9:34
| At Smith's they use ice cream on the strawberry shortcake which is how Steve likes it. |
| 9:35
| That's very cheap for all that. Buzz wants to call it inexpensive. Hans wants to know if Buzz has cooked his chicken yet. |
| 9:36
| Buzz hasn't had the chance to get the family together to cook the chicken. The wife just ran off to Vegas! Usually when that happens it's bad but she just went with her sister. |
| 9:37
| Buzz doesn't know what happened because it all stays in Vegas. Not everything stays where it's supposed to be though, like Steve's Hawks ticket discount. |
| 9:38
| Steve really doesn't care, if he didn't want Hans saying anything he would have taken it out. He was offered a discount, who would pass that up? He's willing to pay for all of his tickets, he already does with the Sox and Bears. |
| 9:46
| News with Buzz |
| 9:47
| Barack Obama made his way to Rammallah today. He also made his way to the Jewish Holocaust Museum in Israel. |
| 9:48
| John McCain will be in New Orleans today to meet with Governor Bobby Jindal. He's a potential running mate although he says he's not interested. He's also Indian, like from India. |
| 9:49
| Lawmakers and Congress will review the military's "Don't ask don't tell policy" pertaining to sexual orientation of soldiers. The policy seems pretty dysfunctional. |
| 9:50
| Public sentiment has shifted in the past few years with 75% of people in favor of allowing openly gay people in the military. |
| 9:51
| Christian Bale's attorneys made a statement to People denying the allegations, cooperated with police, gave a full statement to them and left without being charged. |
| 9:52
| Sources close to Bale tell TMZ that there was physical contact between Bale and his mom but it wasn't serious. He pushed her out of the way as he walked by during the confrontation. There's a division about whether it was a push or a brush. Either way in the U.S. it's battery. Christian Bale's mom is a part-time clown which Buzz finds fascinating. Maybe she gave Heath Ledger some acting tips? |
| 9:53
| AFLAC has pulled it's advertising from Michael Savage's national radio show. Oops. |
| 9:54
| Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is now charged with exchanging intimate text messages with other women. He was accused to lying about a relationship with a chief of staff. This is only going to make her mad. |
| 9:55
| The Los Angeles city council has proposed a citywide ban on plastic bags by 2010. This is a cause close to Buzz's heart. As we learned last week plastic bags are killing animals and threatening humans. And they're great for picking up dog doo. |
| 9:56
| Two of Drew Peterson's friends reportedly wore a wire for 7 months in order to help investigators look into the disappearance of his 4th wife. |
| 9:57
| Federal prosecutors have dropped their probe into Al Sharpton about fiscal irregularities. Some were speculating that this would be Sharpton's downfall. |
| 9:58
| Steve thought this was funny, "McDonald's drive-thru speaker disturbs couple's sleep." There are nights when a nearby drive-thru speaker is so loud that it wakes John and Patricia Anderson from their slumber. |
| 9:59
| If it's too loud can't they just ask McDonald's to go turn it down? Sometimes they keep their windows open at night. So close the window! This would just make Steve hungry. |
