April 2022 – Dave's Gone By

Dave’s Gone By #847 (4/30/2022): HERSH HIGHWAY

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Here is the 847th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, April 30, 2022. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: theater composer Seth Bisen-Hersh; theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Seth Bisen-Hersh; Today/Yesterday Trivia Quiz (April 30 w/ Seth Bisen-Hersh, David Sheward, Leslie (Hoban) Blake); Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (La Veta, CO); Inside Broadway (Little Prince, Hangmen).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (vacation, pandemic Broadway, ice cream)
01:02:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:14:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Seth Bisen-Hersh
01:48:30 TODAY/YESTERDAY TRIVIA QUIZ (April 30 w/ Seth Bisen-Hersh, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Sheward)
03:19:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & reviews (The Little Prince, Hangmen))
03:39:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:48:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (La Veta, CO)
03:51:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/30/2022): SETH BISEN-HERSH & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with theatrical composer SETH BISEN-HERSH

Topics include: cabaret, Love Quirks

Segment aired April 30, 2022 as part of the 847th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

More about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com.

Dave’s Gone By Skit (4/23/2022): NO SHOW

On Saturday April 23, 2022, instead of doing his regular show, Dave Lefkowitz took a vacation but still went on for a few minutes to greet regular viewers.
For more information about Dave’s Gone By, including our extensive archives, visit davesgoneby.com.

INDEX – Dave’s Gone By Skits – List & Links

Hi folks! Here, listed chronologically, are audio archives of skits & sketches performed on DAVE’S GONE BY.

April 23, 2022: No Show
Subject: On vacation, Dave greets viewers with a no-show-today mini-show.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=29976

April 16, 2022: Old Gilbert
Subject: Dave chats with an old “Gilbert Gottfried” about his life.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=29913

November 20, 2021: Three Percent
Subject: Mischa Dani Goodman performs Dave’s short solo comedy as part of The PlayGround Experiment’s Faces of America Monologue Festival.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=27740

November 13, 2021: Rabbi Sol Solomon Attends a Bat Mitzvah
Subject: Rabbi Sol chats with guests at the Bat Mitzvah of Dave’s cousin, Logan Sheflin.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=27652

July 11, 2020: Dave’s Gone Canceling #2 – Quick Draw McGraw
Subject: With America gone cancel-culture happy, Dave selects a target: cartoon character Quick Draw McGraw
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=27784

June 27, 2020: Dave’s Gone Canceling #1 – Joni Mitchell
Subject: With America gone cancel-culture happy, Dave selects a target: Joni Mitchell.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=27749

April 25, 2020: Rabbi Sol Solomon Reads Shakespeare’s Sonnet #30
Subject: Rabbi Sol takes part in Irondale Ensemble’s virtual Shakespeare Sonnet Marathon.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=19629

Feb. 8, 2014: Bob Dylan for WaxVac
Subject: An advertisement: Bob Dylan for WaxVac ear cleaner.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9253

Aug. 3, 2013: Weiner for Mayor
Subject: Anthony Weiner’s weiner runs for mayor against the very man who made him.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9489

March 12, 2006: Blarney O’Bunions
Subject: A public service announcement about drinking and driving on St. Patrick’s Day.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9248

Feb. 5, 2006: Hermann Glogauer on Football
Subject: A look at football from a very, very, very old man.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9365

Jan. 22, 2006: Buttboink Mountain
Subject: A landmark film about two men doing manly things. (Featuring guest voice: Jeff Goodman)
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9259

Aug. 11, 2005: Homo Hendrix
Subject: Gay icon Peter Fitzgerald weighs in an a biography of Jimi Hendrix that questions his sexuality.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9370

July 28, 2005: So You Wanna be a Terrorist
Subject: A game show for budding enemies of mankind.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9456

Dec. 2, 2004: Fiddler is a Pouf
Subject: Peter Fitzgerald looks at Fiddler in a gay way.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9317

Nov. 11, 2004: Javier Magruder
Subject: A patriotic skit of sorts.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9382

Aug. 19, 2004: McGreevey
Subject: Gay activist Peter Fitzgerald discusses the political missteps of New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9406

July 29, 2004: Handyman Yoni on Caulk
Subject: Handyman Yoni explains the importance of caulk.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9354

July 8, 2004: Apocalypse Rumsfeld
Subject: An offensive look at the Secretary of Defense.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9237

June 17, 2004: Baghdad Elections
Democracy comes to no man’s land. (featuring guest voice Joe Salzone)
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9243

(May 20, 2004): Chez Berg
Recommendations on how Arab terrorists can make their deeds more palatable to the West. (featuring guest voice Jeff Goodman)
—> Full Episode

(Feb. 9, 2004): Valentine’s Day with Rabbi Sol Solomon
The great Rabbi Sol Solomon offers his thoughts on Valentine’s Day and takes phone calls from listeners Esther and Philip.
—> Full Episode

(Dec. 1, 2003): Woody’s Analyst
Dave imagines a conversation between Woody Allen and his therapist.
—> Full Episode

(Nov. 24, 2003): Michael Jackson
Joe Salzone interviews controversial pop legend Michael Jackson.
—> Full Episode

(Sept. 22, 2003): Folk Music
Professor Yoni Huttenanni explains folk music.
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(Sept. 22, 2003): Long Island Haiku
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(Sept. 22, 2003): A Suburban Home Companion
If Minnesota can have a radio home companion, why not suburban Long Island?
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(July 20, 2003): Well, Well, Weller
Radio host Joe Salzone interviews Russell Weller,* the 86-year-old man whose Buick LeSabre plowed into 60 people at a Santa Monica Farmer’s Market.
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(June 29, 2003): Happy And
Gay activist Peter Fitzgerald on Gay Pride Day.
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(March 30, 2003): Luther Zizland
The thoughts of a U.S. Army private sent overseas to where they don’t like us.
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(March 16, 2003): The Story of Seamus (The Urine Man)
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On a trip to Ireland, Dave and his wife encounter a legend who inspires Dave’s song, “Seamus, the Urine Man.”

(Feb. 2, 2003): Groundhogs
A look at the life of groundhogs on their special day. (guest voice: Jeff Goodman)
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(Jan. 26, 2003): Missile Hunter
The dangerous job of Steve Merwin, Missile Hunter.
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(Jan. 12, 2003): Cleola Bevers
Radio host Joe Salzone interviews an old acquaintance of Martin Luther King, Cleola Bevers.
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(Dec. 22, 2002): Lady Miss Ida Mae Roosevelt’s Christmas Broadcast 1954
Dave unearths a lost audio tape of early Long Island farm broadcaster Lady Miss Ida Mae Roosevelt.
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(Dec. 15, 2002): Thanks a Lott
Senator Trent Lott offers an apology for his racially insensitive praise of Strom Thurmond.
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(Dec. 8, 2002): Wrong Island Cablevision
A commercial for the wonders of Cablevision’s service and programming.
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(Dec. 8, 2002): Cablevision Poem
Dave dedicates a poem to his cable TV provider.
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(Dec. 1, 2002): Uninsurance – Christopher Reeve
An insurance company calls actor Christopher Reeve to notify him of a policy change.
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(Dec. 1, 2002): Uninsurance – Run DMC
An insurance company calls Run DMC to notify them of a policy change.
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(Nov. 24, 2002): The Dreidel Game
Rabbi Sol Solomon plays the Chanukah dreidel game with guest Rabbi Jeff Rothenberg
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(Nov. 24, 2002): News for Jews
Rabbi Sol Solomon offers a special edition of the News Gone By segment — news of the week from his uniquely Jewish perspective.
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(Nov. 17, 2002): It’s Been Great, It’s Bin Laden
Dave plays the latest tape from international fugitive Osama Bin Laden.
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(Nov. 3, 2002): Peter Byfield
Dave plays a paid political announcement from a non-molesting candidate.
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(Nov. 3, 2002): The Giving Chimp
Subject: Dave reads an early (and justly rejected) draft of Shel Silverstein’s famous story, “The Giving Tree,” titled “The Giving Chimp.”
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9343

Oct. 27, 2002: Pre-Tampered Yummies
Subject: A Halloween advertisement for candy that’s extra-convenient.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9432

Oct. 27, 2002: Trick or Treat
Subject: A woman faces the worst kind of Halloween horror. (featuring guest voice: Karen Young).
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9471
—> Full Episode

Oct. 20, 2002: Chief Moist Elk
Subject: Native-American Chief Moist Elk offers his thoughts on America’s history with smallpox.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9300
—> Full Episode

Oct. 20, 2002: The Puff Sullivan Letter
Subject: Taking a cue from Sullivan Ballou, Dave reads the modern wartime missive, The Puff Sullivan Letter.
—> https://davesgoneby.net/?p=9439

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/16/2022): STEVEN BRINBERG & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with cabaret performer STEVEN BRINBERG

Topics include: cabaret, Simply Barbra, Barbra Streisand.

Segment aired April 16, 2022 as part of the 845th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

More about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com.

Dave’s Gone By #846 (4/16/2022): BRIN THERE, DONE THAT

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Here is the 846th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, April 16, 2022. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: cabaret singer Steven Brinberg; theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Steven Brinberg; Today/Yesterday Trivia Quiz (April 16 w/ Steven Brinberg, David Sheward, Leslie (Hoban) Blake); Skit (Old Gilbert), Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Northglenn, CO); Inside Broadway (Birthday Candles).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (subway shooter)
00:31:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Steven Brinberg
01:08:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY Trivia Quiz (April 16 w/ Steven Brinberg, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, & David Sheward)
02:20:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & review (Birthday Candles) 02:38:30)
02:51:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
03:10:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:17:30 DAVE SAYS BYE (Gilbert Gottfried)
03:47:00 SKIT: Old Gilbert
03:58:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Northglenn, CO)
04:02:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dave’s Gone By Skit: OLD GILBERT

OLD GILBERT

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DAVE: Ladies and gentlemen, we’re very proud here at the Dave’s Gone By show to introduce a special guest – one of the absolute legends of comedy. He’s played every possible stand-up venue as well as appearing on television and in the films, The Aristocrats, and, of course, Aladdin. He’s a bit older now but we’re honored to have with us in the studio, Gilbert Gottfried. Gilbert?

GILBERT: Thank you, Dave.

DAVE: Gilbert, can you tell us about that moment at the Hugh Hefner roast when you made the 9/11 joke, realized you were in trouble, and just pivoted to the most offensive joke in the world?

GILBERT: Thank you, Dave. You know, I’ve spent many years doing comedy. And you have moments that are good and moments that are not so good.

DAVE: Uh huh.

GILBERT: So I was doing the Hugh Hefner Roast for the Friars Club.

DAVE: Yes.

GILBERT: Now, Hugh Hefner — I don’t know if you know this, but Hugh Hefner used to publish a magazine called “Playboy.” And there’d be girls in there with no clothes on. And he got famous from this, from making a magazine with nude women in the pages.

DAVE: Yes.

GILBERT: Marilyn Monroe was in there. A lot of women.

DAVE: But you were mentioning the roast?

GILBERT: Yes. Now, back in my day a “roast” was what you did to a chicken or a side of beef. And it was very tasty, and you could have it Kosher or not.

DAVE: Uh huh.

GILBERT: But for a comedian, a roast is when other comedians come up and make fun of you. They tell jokes and the jokes are all about mockery of the person being joked about.

DAVE: Right.

GILBERT: So they’re telling jokes about Hugh Hefner. Who made this magazine, Playboy.

DAVE: Right. With the naked women.

GILBERT: You know it?

DAVE: Yes, you just — But the whole Aristocrats thing.

GILBERT: Yes, I’m telling jokes to Hugh Hefner. And no one’s laughing. Which I’m used to.

DAVE: Ha!

GILBERT: So I thought, uh oh… let me tell the dirtiest joke in the world. (pause) And that was it.

DAVE: Right, wow, yes. Um, so I’m sure a lot of our listeners would love to know how you got your most famous role in the Disney film, Aladdin.

GILBERT: Ah, Aladdin. So my agent gets a call from Walt Disney. Not actually Walt Disney, he’s been dead a long time and frozen somewhere.

DAVE: (laughs) Right.

GILBERT: But Walt Disney made a studio. And this studio made movies like The Little Mermaid, and The Jungle Book, and Song of the South.

DAVE: Yeah, they don’t really mention that one.

GILBERT: What one?

DAVE: Song of the — doesn’t matter. What about Aladdin?

GILBERT: So they say to my agent, “Hello. We’re making this new movie called Aladdin, and we think Gilbert Gottfried should play the parrot character.

DAVE: Uh huh.

GILBERT: Now, there’s an irony here. Because animals don’t talk in real life. But they do in some Disney pictures.

DAVE: Yah..

GILBERT: But parrots can talk in the real world. They can say dozens of words and even imitate a person singing.

DAVE: Right.

GILBERT: So in this movie for Disney, unlike others of their movies where animals talk but not in real life, I would be playing a parrot that talks in the movie just like a parrot might talk in a pet store. I thought that was very interesting.

DAVE: Right. So…in doing the voice for Aladdin, did you just use your regular comedy voice or did you tweak it to be more cartoon-like? Or did they process your voice in post-production — make it higher or cuter or something like that?

GILBERT: (pause) What was the question?

DAVE: How did you come up with the voice for Iago?

GILBERT: Well, of course, I wasn’t on the screen.

DAVE: Right.

GILBERT: You heard the actors, but we recorded all the voices.

DAVE: Sure, Robin Williams.

GILBERT: Yes, he was in that.

DAVE: In Aladdin, yes. Do you have any memories…?

GILBERT: Very funny man.

DAVE: Of course. Please, tell us about Robin Williams.

GILBERT: Well, we weren’t on screen together because we recorded the voices in a control room. But we would kid around.

DAVE: Yeah? Yeah?

GILBERT: This wouldn’t go in the movie, this was just the two of us making jokes.

DAVE: For sure! Like…?

GILBERT: You know, the movie already had a script. Robin Williams would improvise some jokes that they would add, but we also made jokes that weren’t for the movie at all. Because we’re comedians.

DAVE: Yes.So when you first saw Aladdin, the finished movie, did you sense it would be a smash?

GILBERT: You never know.

DAVE: Ah.

GILBERT: You hope, but you never know. When my agent called and said, “Listen, Gilbert, Walt Disney wants you to play the parrot in their new movie, called Aladdin. And it’s got Robin Williams in it, and it’s just after Beauty and the Beast, and you would be co-starring in a Walt Disney animated film?”

DAVE: Yeah…

GILBERT: Now, back in my day, animation was a cartoon that you might see on Saturday morning or maybe prime time like The Flintstones or The Jetsons.

DAVE: Right, on a whole other level.

GILBERT: But it’s still the same idea. The animator makes a drawing. And then he makes another drawing that’s almost the same as the first drawing but just a little different. And then you put the drawings next to each other, and it looks like they’re moving. Then you put a whole bunch of these drawings together and you flip them very quickly. And that’s Aladdin.

DAVE: We’ve been chatting with Gilbert Gottfried here on Dave’s Gone By. We’ll be back after this.

GILBERT: Aflac!

DAVE: Save it.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/9/2022): ROBERT BANNON & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with cabaret singer ROBERT BANNON and stays on to play the Today/Yesterday trivia quiz w/ David Sheward and Leslie (Hoban) Blake.

Topics include: cabaret, Unfinished Business, Saturday Night Live, LGBTQ

Segment airs April 9, 2022 as part of the 845th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

More about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com.

Dave’s Gone By #845 (4/9/2022): BANNED

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Here is the 845th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, DAVE’S GONE BY, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, April 9, 2022. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: cabaret singer Robert Bannon; theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer Robert Bannon; Today/Yesterday Trivia Quiz (April 9 w/ Robert Bannon, David Sheward, Leslie (Hoban) Blake); Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Towaoc, CO); Inside Broadway (Take Me Out).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (Tacos y Mas)
00:28:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Robert Bannon
01:00:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY Trivia Quiz (April 9 w/ Robert Bannon, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Sheward)
02:33:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & Take Me Out review (02:42:00))
02:59:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
03:17:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:26:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Towaoc, CO)
03:29:00 DAVE GOES OUT (healthcare heroes)

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/2/2022): TAMAR (Tammy Faye Starlite, Tammy Lang) & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with songstress TAMAR (and Tammy Faye Starlite)

Topics include: Israel, cabaret

Segment airs April 2, 2022 as part of the 843rd episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

More about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com.