After watching the Sox totally come dismantled against the Minnesota Twins and after watching Lou Piniella look suicidal after a recent Cubs loss to the Florida Marlins, we were struck by astartling realization:Both Chicago baseball teams suck right now. Both teams are mediocre at best. So can't Cubs fans and Sox fans get along? Can't we wallow in our mediocrity? It's after Memorial Day fellas so be proud and loud and wear your white shoes.

Stan can give me all the crap he wants, but I will wear my white shoes. They look stylish. They feel good. I feel like a rock star, dammit!!!!!! As far as I am concerned, if you don't like white shoes, that's your problem. Oh, and about that pink Cubs hat that Ed Silha put on my head. At least pink and white match. You will not rile me, Cubs fan. You will not get under my skin.

I also would like to take the time to wish my wife a very happy 3rd Wedding Anniversary (and Steve Dahl said it wouldn't last!). Though I must say I have been with Stan Lawrence longer. Peace out, kiddies.

Word to your mommy,

Yo

Hey kiddies -- here we go again. We know it's been a while since we last spoke. So, what do you think of the new digs? Yes, regular visitors to this site may notice that we've fixed the place up a bit, moved some stuff around and sprayed.

What this means is that we have a new and improved web site. Hopefully, we have made it totally user friendly. So our producer, Bonnie Lee, told some dude that she had a dream about him dying (see Bonnie's Blog) and found out the guy's brother had died. We would never do that -- tell somebody we had a dream about them dying. As for a sexual encounter in a dream, probably don't want to do that either. It could be awkward. Hey, keep listening. We need all the help we can get.

Oh, one more thing -- Robin Givens tells us she's looking for a man. We're just saying, you might want to give her a call.

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Hello everybody.

It's Pride Weekend in Chicago--and all over, for that matter. So be proud of what your are, gay, straight, black, white, young, old, any color under the rainbow, any political affiliation, Cubs fan or Sox fan just say it out loud and be proud!! With that said, Stan and I will be at the Pride Parade on Sunday, which kicks off at Belmont and Halsted at Noon. Come check us out. I have lost some weight so I can't wait to wear my new chaps! Who knows what Stan will wear. Oh, yes, and we need to clear something up. The lovely Daryl Hannah came by the studio on Friday to talk about being environmentally friendly (check out her vidoe blog www.dhlovelife.com>). Now we all know Daryl is a babe. And we all know she can kick some ass (she took lessons with Sonny Chiba for Kill Bill 1 and Kill Bill 2). But Stan nor I (and I have known Daryl for quite a while) had any idea that she was so into saving the environment (she will be a guest speaker at the Health Freedom Expo at Schaumburg's Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center on Saturday from 2 to 3). And Stan said that he thought she was all "legs and hair" not "legs and air." Daryl Hannah is not an air head. She is legs, hair and brains.

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Go ahead Cubs fans. Gloat. Bathe in your glory. Alas, your team has defeated the powerless Chicago White Sox, sweeping them in three games at the Joan. In fact, your team beat the White Sox 5 of 6 this season. Rejoice. For the joy you feel is only fleeting. For if your team does not win its division, failing to make the playoffs, then was it all for naught? Sox fans ask you this--WAS IT ALL FOR NAUGHT? For until you have drinketh from the goblet of championship nectar, which Sox fans did in 2005, then there is nothing to gloat about. So enjoy your victory Cubs fans. Go ahead and gloat. Wow, now that I have that out of the way: BOY DO THE WHITE SOX SUCK. What happened? Did they actually win the World Series in 2005 or was I dreaming that? Somebody help me. So long Buerhle, Dye, Uribe, A.J. and Podsednik. It was a good run. If there was a run. But I am rambling right now. What's that sucking sound I hear coming from U.S. Cellular Field? It sounds like the Sox bullpen. OK -- done rambling.

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Where does the time go? The last time we checked in with you, the Cubs had just swept the White Sox at "The Joan," vaulting them into contention in the National League Central Division and sending the Sox plummeting further into the cellar in the American League Central. We promise to keep in touch more often, especially since there is so much to talk about. Surely, you heard about Lindsay Lohan's latest run-in with alcohol and (allegedly) drugs. That girl has got a serious problem. As Carrie Fisher told Stan and I, "she should get a driver" if she's going to be partying. And Carrie should know, since she used to party with the best of them back in the late 1960s and early 1970s. We just don't get it. Obviously, she likes to party.

There's nothing wrong with that. When Terry was in his 20s, he liked to party too. But when you have that kind of money, get a driver!!!!! We recently spent some time with Chris Tucker ("Rush Hour 3") to talk about the movie and found out that he is recording an album. That's right, Chris Tucker wants to put out an album. As Shaq once said when he found out the Lakers were going to get rid of him and keep Kobe Bryant, "Good luck with that."

The ratings came out on Tuesday and everybody as WCKG (The Package) is juiced because there was another upswing across the board. Garry Meier is doing well, we're doing well and Steve Dahl is kicking booty and Matt and Brendan are making their way. It feels like a family up in here, yo.

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It's been a long time. Stan and I just got back from vacation, well-rested and, hopefully, better to serve you, the consumer. As Charles Manson once said, "Is it hot in here or am I just crazy?" I was in Hawaii--around Maui way--and the weather back here at home is hotter than it was on the island.

But every time somebody complains that it's too hot and too humid in Chicago, I tell them to think back to Feb. 13, 2007. Sure, it's an arbitrary day--you can pick any day in February. But it was probably colder than you know what and you were freezing your you know what off, looking ahead to warm weather. Well, my friends, here it is. Enjoy it. Anybody who doesn't believe in global warming, here's a clue. Which reminds me: I have to get away and talk to Leonard DiCaprio (that, in the business, is known as 'Falato-ing or name-dropping, as our buddy Dan Falato does). Anyway, Leo is the executive director and narrator of the eye-opeing documentary "The 11th Hour," which explores how humans should take a tip from Mother Nature and do something before the earth as we know it is destroyed.

Anybody who thinks global warming is a scam should check this out (and "An Inconvenient Truth, as well). Droughts are getting longer, hurricanes and flooding are getting worst than they've ever been, winters are arriving later and later. It doesn't look good, people. The movie is done very well, and I give Leo his props. Hopefully, I'll be able to use snippets of the interview on our show. Peace out, people.

Holler

In a perfect world, the White Sox would wake up and find that the entire 2007 season was but a dream and that they were, in fact, just a half-game behind the Cleveland Indians. In a perfect world, the Cubs would win 2 out of three games for the rest of the season, finding themselves 5 and a half games ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers.

In a perfect world, the Bears wouldn't have to play the 2007 season since the local experts already are crowning them Super Bowl champions. In a perfect world, Ald. George Cardenas wouldn't talk about taxing water bottles to plug a $217 million budget hole.

In a perfect world, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and the kids could hang out in Chicago in peace. And in a perfect world, we wouldn't have to deal with a loser like SANLAZARO5@AOL.COM who seems to think we care about his racist views. Feel free to let him know, we'd like to make this a perfect world.

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Oh man, what an action packed week. Legendary Bears running back Gale Sayers dropped by to talk to us about the big "Brian's Song" reunion taking place Sept. 15 at Harris Theater at Millenium Park (for details, check out www.HarrisTheaterChicago.org or www.GaleSayersCenter.org). It's a benefit for his Gale Sayers Center.

At any rate, James Caan, Shelley Fabares and Judy Pace, who were in the film, will be here. So far, it looks like Billy Dee Williams, who played Gale Sayers in the ABC Made For TV movie, won't be. But, the reason we bring all this up is because Gale Sayers -- the Kansas Comet, Black Magic -- was the man in the 1960s but his career was cut short by bum knees. He told Stan and I it was because back in the day, he was a finesse runner and being a finesse runner with no real weight-lifting regimen, he tore us uis knees cutting in and out of tackles. But he's not bitter about it. That's just the way it was.

But this is the way it is: Michael Vick is about to do some serious time for those dog-fighting charges. People say his career is all but over. Maybe with the Atlanta Falcons and the NFL but don't be surprised if he ends up in the Canadian Football League. Peace.

What on earth are we going to do? The Bears need a quarterback and they need one right now. Rex Grossman ain't the man, or is he? What else is Lovie "Rex Grossman is our quarterback" Smith going to do?

John Madden said something interesting during the Sunday night debacle against the Cowboys. He said that if you go with Brian Griese right now, it's nothing more than a bandaid. Griese isn't the future so the Bears need to just suck it up with Grossman with an eye on brining a top flight quarterback in here next year. Where the hell is Chris Leak? The Bears should have kept him around.

Stan thinks the Bears should give the job to Kyle Orton and see what he can do. Terry thinks they should start Rex against the Detroit Lions next Sunday and if he stinks up Motown, throw Griese in there. Bottom line: We shouldn't be surprised at what's going on because Grossman did it with mirrors last year. As for the Cubs, well, Cub fans, let's just wait and see how this plays out.

We want to thank everybody who came out to Hollywood Blvd. Theatre on Friday to hang out with us and Tony Curtis. We understand the outpouring of love really meant a lot to Tony "Freakin' " Curtis.

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As you probably noticed, it has been a long time since we last spoke. Well, that’s because a lot has been going on for the last month or so. Yes, it’s true: Stan and Terry are toast. Though we still don’t know what WCKG is going to flip to, it isn’t going to be a talk station anymore. Steve Dahl and Co. are going to WJMK-FM to handle morning duties. Garry Meier is out. Stan Lawrence and Terry Armour are out. Matt Dahl and Brendan Greeley are out.

First of all, Stan and I appreciate all the love we have gotten from the listeners in what has been a roller coaster of a ride of a career at WCKG. Only recently, when Garry came onboard, did we really feel as if things were going in the right direction. The fact of the matter is that the Rover experiment didn’t work. He was our lead-in for seven months. Then Opie and Anthony never really caught on. They were our lead-in for a brief spell. Then we kept getting our midday slot fiddled with—once interrupted by Jim Cramer for an hour; another time making way for Penn Jillette to lead in to Steve’s show.

When we finally got our footing—with the help of Garry’s arrival—we were able to make some headway. Like Garry, our ratings had tripled before we got the axe. We believe if they had just left things the way they were, with Garry, us and Steve and Matt, we could have done some great things. It didn’t work out that way. Stan and I enjoyed what we were doing and enjoyed building an audience.

The ratings prove that things were clicking. We don’t know what our next move will be but if you just stay tuned to this spot, we will let you know when we know. We firmly believe that we had something good. We’ll be somewhere.

Stay Tuned!

Stan & Terry

Ready or not, Thanksgiving Day is damn near here. Sadly, the Stan and Terry Show will not be broadcasting from L. Woods Tap & Pine Lodge on Friday, 23 November 2007. Sorry if your post turkey day plans get screwed up because we forgot to delete it from the Upcoming Events section of our site.

Terry and LaNell are hosting Thanksgiving for Terry’s family at his new crib ((crib (krib) n. Negro-Pedia 1970’s 1. domicile, residence)). No word on whether he’s cooking the bird, but last year he fell in love with the deep fried turkeys he bought. So I guess smart money’s on another deep fried purchase. Stan’s engineering a solution for keeping his grill lit if there’s heavy precipitation on Thanksgiving morning.

In this time of Thanksgiving, we’re thankful for everyone who has sent us e-mail messages supporting of our show. Your support was seen in the Arbitron Ratings Trend for the month of October 2007. That’s right, our shows’ trend numbers went up. To use a sports cliché, “it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.” And thanks to you, we finished our tenure with WCKG on a high note.

Stan and Terry

T’is the season to bid one and all a Happy-Nappy HO-HO-HO. No, not as a shout-out to Don Imus – it’s Christmas Time. It seems strange that Thanksgiving has come and gone, but there’s still another full week of November. Global Warming’s probably to blame. Although as cold as it was Thanksgiving and the day after, Al Gore’s got some explaining to do.

In the past, did stores always open at 04:30 AM on the day after Thanksgiving? And are you saving that much shopping that early in the morning? That’s why we endorse Kwanzaa. No shopping, and you can wear the same kente outfit year after year. Senorita Caliente’ has a smokin’ kente bikini you’ve just gotta’ see.

We’ve received a lot of e-mail messages from listeners asking when our show’s going to be back on the air. So far, we haven’t been able to find a new radio home. Just to let you all know, we’re doing everything we can to get back on the air as soon as possible.

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Stan and Terry

December is a bad month for the legends of R&B and Soul Music. Last year Soul Brother No. 1 checked out. This year, Ike Turner transitioned in to the sweet bye and bye. Ike “…I said eat some cake” Turner died on Wednesday, 12 December 2007.

Ike was our first celebrity interview back in 2002; hell, it might have even been 2001. Terry and I were auditioning for the night slot at WCKG, after Pete McMurry bolted to do mornings at WLUP. Ike called to promote something he was doing, and we spent a good twenty-five minutes with him on the air. He was a blast to talk to, and candid about all the drama that seemed to be part of his everyday life. It was funny listening to him talk about shooting the paperboy for being on his lawn. In a style that only Ike Turner has, he kept pointing out that the paperboy was a grown-ass man that should have known better.

That was one hell of an audition show. Ike Turner on the phone, followed by Sonia Da Da playing live in the studio, and Carl LaBove in the studio to close out the show. Just a small digression, thinking about Sonia Da Da brings to mind our good friend Doc Simpson. So if you think about it, pour a little out of the bottle before you raise it to your lips, for the brother that can’t be here-Ike Turner. Ike and Doc are probably smokin’ a drink right now.

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Stan and Terry

It was beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Then it warned up and rained. Now, it just looks like mud. But there’s a cold wind off the lake and the possibility of snow in the weekend forecast. And let’s be honest, snow on Christmas morning is the one thing we all find enjoyable about Mid-West weather. Nobody wants to hear the runners on Santa’s sleigh scraping on the pavement.

The Twelve Days of Christmas begin on Tuesday, 25 December 2007. Most of us blow our gift giving load on the first day, and never give gifts in the amount of the day’s number. Since your Christmas tree will probably be up until Saturday, 05 January 2008, the Twelfth Day of Christmas, why not do something different this year. Give your true love seventy-eight gifts over a twelve day period. In the original Carroll, somebody’s true love received a heck of a lot of fowl over the twelve days. For the bird items, may we suggest making a run to Harold’s, Popeye’s, and Church’s.

Have a very merry Christmas, and a safe and prosperous New Year. And as always, thanks for the e-mail messages supporting our show.

Stan and Terry

It is with great sadness that I tell you, Terry Armour has gone to the Great Gig In The Sky. Terry passed away on Friday, 28 December 2007. The only details I have at this time are, he feel ill at work in The Tribune Tower, and did not survive a heart attack. I will post more information when it’s available.

I’ve been trying to write this note for about two hours. What do I say about the most fun to be around guy I’ve ever met? Even when he was in a bad mood, he could make me laugh. He was larger than life, with an infectious laugh. Whether he was yelling at the home plate ump at a Sox game, or holding court at 437 Rush, Terry lived in the moment and life to the fullest.

So if you’re going to have a drink this New Year’s Eve, hoist a Ketel One Martini – Dirty, with a Blue Cheese Olive, for the brother that can’t be here. My home slice Terry Armour.

Terry’s family is planning a remembrance gathering some time in the upcoming weeks. In lieu of sending flowers, Terry’s family asks that you please consider making a donation to The Anti Cruelty Society. www.anticruelty.org Terry and LaNell added a dog (Kramer) to their family in early December.

Stan Lawrence

Saturday morning (02 February 2008), I was watching my recordings of The Late Show with David Letterman for the past week. During the commercial break before the start of Friday’s show, Steve Baskerville did a Black History Month segment featuring Soul Brother No. 1, James Brown. I sat up from my reclined position because over the past seven years, Terry and I spent a lot of time from late January through late February, writing and recording our version of Black History Month Segments. Our segment was titled The Black Pages of American History, and was created in 2001, to air as a Black History Month Segment for The Steve Dahl Show.

I thought about the way every year Terry and I swore “next year we’re not going to wait until the last minute to start writing.” But I really got lost in the memories of how much fun we had recording them. I wish I had the audio of the recording session out takes. As you might imagine, they were peppered with language guaranteed to lose the stations’ FCC License. I also wish I had saved the hard copies of the scripts we used during the recording sessions. Again as you might imagine, we didn’t always stick to the script, hand-writing improvements in the margins. For those who have asked the name of the song we used as a music bed for the segment, the song is “Baby, I Love You” by the group Cold Blood. I have to give a huge thanks to Joe Kraslen, Pete Zimmerman, Mike Pentz, and Chris Cwiak, who each engineered and produced at least a months worth of segment over its’ seven year life span. This year, Terry and I had planned to add photographs, re-work the script, and re-frame the featured song, so the segment could be used on the WGN Morning News (thanks to Jeff Hoover).

Here’s the script from our 2005 James Brown segment, the second of three James Brown Black Pages segments.

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Stan Lawrence

I had a great time at McGowan’s (aka L. Woods’ Tap & Pine Lodge) for this years’ St. Patrick’s Day Festivities. Thanks again to everyone who expressed their condolences, and fond memories of our show.

Driving through Algonquin on my way to Randy Salerno’s Memorial Service, I saw a sign. The sign read “Snow Boarding”. And as the light snow that fell turned into a blizzard, I decided to take up snow boarding. Since I was the only member of my household that didn’t snow board, my epiphany was welcomed. A family getaway to Wisconsin for a couple of days on the slopes seemed like a perfect thing to do for Spring Break. But I couldn’t get the lodging I wanted for the days we planned, so instead of bindings, it was board shorts at Gurnee’s newest indoor water park. The madness of March college basketball tournament play beamed from the TV, as we ate in the beach themed restaurant. As I urged Kansas State to play better D, I remembered being at a water park around this time last year. Terry and I had traveled to Utica, IL to do our show from the water parks’ arcade. Terry was the defending champ of Steve’s annual bracket pool, and we were the CBS Channel 2 defending champs. If memory serves me correct, I was pulling for KS that day too.

I’m not in any bracket pool this year, but I’m pulling for the Tar Heels to win it all. Did I forget to mention I won Steve’s pool last year?

Stan and Terry

April showers brings May flowers, so the saying goes. As a Chicagoan I always say, “at least it ain’t snow.” For my first Sox game of the season I had hoped to see the O-Birds get spanked at the Joan. Instead, I sat in the wet until the announcement was made that the game would be postponed until Noon the following day. Driving home I wondered if sitting through rain delays makes you a die-hard fan? Or does it take the additional step of canceling your plans for the following day and going to the park to cheer for your team? Quickly I came to realize that what ever it is that makes a die-hard fan, I’m not one. Even if I had free season tickets, there’s no way I would block-out that much time to drive down to the ball yard, 2-4 times a week over a 7-month period. And the only reason I had sat there was because I was prepared for the weather (wore my foul weather gear, reflective safety stripes and all) and had a mean hankering for an Italian Sausage with peppers, onions and mustard. This season they've bags of hot roasted in shell peanuts for sale at the Joan. A bag in each pocket is an excellent way to keep your hands warm. GO SOX!!

A huge thanks to the White Sox organization for remembering Terry and recognizing him as a member of their family during the Opening Day Ceremony.

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Stan and Terry

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a new note on our site. With the arrival of summer, I’ve been doing the things Terry and I had planned to do together this summer. After seeing Iron Man, I started to hit Terry on the cellular as I left the theater. It will certainly be the same after I see the new Bat Man movie, and this Christmas when the Bob Teitel, George Tillman flick “Humboldt Park” starring Freddie Rodriguez comes out. FYI-Look for Dave Dastmalchian, the “Jimmy Crack Corn” dude from the Cingular Commercials as one of the Joker’s henchmen.

Last year, Terry and I interviewed Dario Franchitti, Bobby Allison, and Jeff Gordon. We closed out the summer by going to the IRL race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet. As much as Terry liked racing and cars, to my surprise, he had never been out to race tracks in Joliet. We had a great time, and made plans to spend a lot of time in Joliet this summer. Even with the two hour rain delay, I know Terry would have enjoyed this year’s NHRA Powerade Event.

In case you missed Rick Kogan’s piece in the Tribune Magazine about LaNell (Terry’s widow) coping with his passing, a memorial service for Terry is in the works. Plans are to have it at US Cellular Field, on 22 September 2008, Terry’s 47th birthday.

Stan and Terry