On the Weekend Show:

• Music from Robert Preston, Nina Simone and the Alan Gresik Orchestra (house favorites at The Green Mill)
• Do the Bears actually have the possibility of a season? Jeff thinks so. And he can see it.
• Reverend Dave is not wise when it comes to his own medical needs.
• Our own Andrew Dannehy makes his Weekend Show debut, discussing Hoyer, Cutler and a surprising offensive player he thinks has been pretty good.
• Bonus track. Don’t leave after the theme song.

On this week’s show:

• I open by discussing what I see as the established goals after Houston: develop Whitehair, White and Floyd.
• Paul Domowitch of the Philadelphia Inquirer discusses Carson Wentz, Eagles injuries after the opener and what he expects Monday night. (Paul is great and you should listen to this if only to hear one of the best columnists in the country.)
• Reverend Dave compares the Bears opener to an attempted armed robbery in Morocco.
• Why I like the Chicago Bears this week.

Reverend Dave voices a fear I often consider: what if twenty years from now we’re still talking about the 1985 Chicago Bears?

This is an absolutely classic. The best rant of 2013. I no longer discuss Haugh’s work on this site because in all honesty I haven’t read him since the season began. He’s a terrible writer with boring opinions. Why bother?

Also because JQ told me he’s a fan of the rants, you folks have to find your way to Chicago Shakespeare before December 22nd to see the Q Brothers Christmas Carol. It is one of the most fun nights I’ve had in the theatre in years and you should support these guys. They are one of Chicago’s great gifts to the modern theatre. For tickets and information, CLICK HERE.

Who knows what the Reverend will provide us as the season goes along. You see, our little Reverend is a fancy pants going off to help the world. He’s going to Malawi for ten months. Here’s his final stateside Rant of the calendar year.