Dave’s Gone By #994 (8/9/2025): NAYLOR MADE

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Here is the 994th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Aug. 9, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews playwright Henry Naylor and reads more of “Spock, Messiah!”; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Calcite).

Guests: playwright Henry Naylor; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: cornhole, film titans, Ikea.
01:06:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:38:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Henry Naylor
02:29:00 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “Spock, Messiah!” (pt. 2, Theodore Cogswell & Charles Spano)
02:57:30 Alumni of the Daverhood
03:10:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Calcite, CO
03:14:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Henry Naylor
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Calcite, CO

Dave’s Gone By #993 (8/2/2025): AUGIE DOGGIE

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Here is the 993rd episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Aug. 2, 2025.

Featuring: StoryTime w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon (“Spock, Messiah!”); Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Caddoa); Dave Says Bye (Tom Lehrer).

Guest: spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:00 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: Ikea fame, Visionary art
01:37:00 GREELEY TIMES
02:08:30 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “Spock, Messiah!” (Cogswell & Spring)
02:40:30 Alumni of the Daverhood
02:49:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Caddoa, CO
02:54:00 DAVE SAYS BYE: Tom Lehrer
03:26:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Aug. 2, 2025 Playlist: “I Hold Your Hand in Mine” (03:04:30) & “Alma” (03:09:30) & “L-Y” (03:17:30) & “The Vatican Rag” (03:23:00) & “We Will All Go Together When We Go” (03:29:30; Tom Lehrer).

Rabbi Sol Solomon
American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Tom Lehrer
Caddoa

Dave’s Gone By #992 (7/26/2025): FARRSCAPE

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Here is the 992nd episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, July 19, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews playwright Sara Farrington; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Cable); Dave’s Big Dictionary (embellish); Greeley Times; Bunion Watch

Guest: playwright Sara Farrington; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: wildlife, ointment warmer, Colbert, Ozzy & Hulk
01:05:30 GREELEY TIMES
01:33:00 BUNION WATCH
01:38:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Sara Farrington
02:36:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: Korean game show
02:50:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: Embellish
03:03:30 Alumni of the Daverhood
03:20:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Cable, CO)
03:23:00 DAVE GOES OUT: nice hotel

Sara Farrington
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Ozzy Osbourne
Hulk Hogan and the Belz
Cable (Genoa), CO

Dave’s Gone By #991 (7/19/2025): BOTT MITZVAH

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Here is the 991st episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, July 19, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor David Dean Bottrell; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Two Buttes); Greeley Times; Dave’s song “The Pervert’s Song (As Rears Go By)”; StoryTime.

Guest: actor-playwright David Dean Bottrell; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: laser beams, Korean game show, Steiff squirrel
00:50:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:15:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interview David Dean Bottrell
02:02:00 STORYTIME: “So You Want to Be President?”, pt. 2 (Judith St. George & David Small)
02:14:30 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: devise
02:33:30 SONG: “The Pervert’s Song (As Rears Go By)”
02:37:30 Friends of the Daverhood
02:48:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Two Buttes, CO
02:55:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: Deeds Indeed, Ground Squirrels
03:09:30 DAVE GOES OUT: Show #1000

July 19, 2025 Playlist: “The Pervert’s Song (As Rears Go By)” (Dave; 02:33:30)

David Dean Bottrell
Rabbi Sol Solomon
your host
Two Buttes, CO

Dave’s Gone By #990 (7/12/2025): VAN GO

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Here is the 990th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, July 12, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor Ned Van Zandt and offers his Rabbinical Reflection on airport shoes; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Burns); Greeley Times; Dave’s song “Thumb in My Bum”; StoryTime (“So You Want to be President?”).

Guest: actor-playwright Ned Van Zandt; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: happy show, summer’s over, Fiddle Faddle, bees, The Filling Station
01:04:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:35:30 STORYTIME: So You Want to be President? (Judith St. George & David Small)
02:00:00 GUEST Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Ned Van Zandt
02:49:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #197: Airport Shoes
02:59:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:14:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Burns, CO
03:20:00 DAVE GOES OUT
03:24:30 SONG: “Thumb in My Bum”

July 12, 2025 Playlist: “Thumb in My Bum” (Dave; 03:24:30)

Ken Van Zandt
His Eminence, Rabbi Sol Solomon
Burns, CO

Dave’s Gone By #989 (7/5/2025): FORD MOTORS

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Here is the 989th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, July 5, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews poet Devon Fulford and offers his Rabbinical Reflection on Danielle Khalaf and the ACLU; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Burkett); StoryTime (“A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken”); Greeley Times.
Guests: poet Devon Fulford; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: lawn animals, July 4th at Nathan’s, Richard Greenberg
01:14:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:44:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Devon Fulford
02:25:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #196: Danielle Khalaf and the ACLU
02:35:30 STORYTIME: “A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken” (Hannah Holt)
02:57:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:04:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Burdett, CO
03:07:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Devon Fulford
Danielle Khalaf
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #988 (6/28/2025): AKA PABLO

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Here is the 988th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, June 28, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews comedian Pablo Lewin and offers his Rabbinical Reflection on Zohran Mamdani; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Bunyan); Bunion Watch; StoryTime (Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva)

Guests: comedian Pablo Lewin; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: flying sloths, exercise, dentistry, hummingbirds, frog refuse, Riverside Tower
01:18:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Pablo Lewin
01:58:00 GREELEY TIMES
02:24:30 STORYTIME: “Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva”
02:53:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:08:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #195: Zohran Mamdani
03:20:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Bunyan & BUNION WATCH (03:21:30)
03:25:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Pablo Lewin
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Bunyan, CO
your host and his Froggo friend
Potato takes in the view from the Riverside Tower Hotel

Dave’s Gone By #987 (6/14/2025): PACKER OF THE LEAD

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Here is the 987th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, June 14, 2025.

Featuring: Dave interviews theatrical Randy Packer; Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Sly & Bri; StoryTime (Alien Tomato); Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Buckeye).

Guest: director Randy Packer, spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, Come Blow Your Horn, Dr. Demento
01:14:30 GUEST: Randy Packer
01:58:30 GREELEY TIMES
02:23:30 STORYTIME: Alien Tomato (by Kristen Schroeder)
02:40:30 Friends of the Daverhood
02:53:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #194: Sly & Bri
03:01:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Buckeye, CO
03:04:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Randy Packer
your host (left) meets a fan
Sly Stone (top), Brian Wilson.
Rabbi Sol Solomon
original Broadway cast
Buckeye, CO

Dave’s Gone By #986 (6/7/2025): THE 20th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SPECIAL

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Here is the 986th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, June 7, 2025.

Special Broadway edition! Featuring: Host Dave Lefkowitz chats with Muny artistic director and executive producer Mike Isaacson and with theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Finkle, Charles Gross, Brian Scott Lipton, Jonathan Mandell, Carey Purcell, David Sheward, Raven Snook, Zachary Stewart about the Tony Award nominees; critics Robert Viagas, David Sheward, and Eva Heinemann play Tony Trivia; Rabbi Sol Solomon offers his Rabbinical Reflection on the Tony nominations; and Dave offers a quick season overview and Says Bye to theatrical friends of the Daverhood who have left us.

Guests: artistic director Mike Isaacson; theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Finkle, Charles Gross, Eva Heinemann, Brian Scott Lipton, Jonathan Mandell, Carey Purcell, David Sheward, Raven Snook, Zachary Stewart, Robert Viagas; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:09:00 Other Awards
00:18:00 GUEST: Jonathan Mandell
00:27:00 GUEST: Carey Purcell
00:43:30 GUEST: Mike Isaacson
01:01:30 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton
01:15:00 GUEST: David Finkle
01:30:00 TONY TRIVIA w/ Eva Heinemann, David Sheward, Robert Viagas
02:19:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #193: Tony Awards 2025
02:29:00 GUEST: Charles Gross
02:39:30 GUEST: Zachary Stewart
02:52:00 DAVE SAYS BYE: in memorium
02:57:00 GUEST: Raven Snook
03:08:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
03:19:30 The Season Overview
03:30:00 DAVE GOES OFF

June 7, 2025 Playlist: “Blossom Time” (00:00:01; Joseph C. Smith); “Oh, Lady Be Good” (03:38:30; Carl Fenton)

Leslie (Hoban) Blake
David Finkle
Charles Gross
Eva Heinemann
Muny artistic director Mike Isaacson
Brian Scott Lipton
Jonathan Mandell
David Sheward
Raven Snook
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Zachary Stewart
Robert Viagas
your host

Dave’s Gone By #985 (5/24/2025): FURSHURE

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Here is the 985th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, May 24, 2025.

Featuring: Guest: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews public speaker Bernie Furshpan; Inside Broadway; Greeley Times, Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Buchanan)

Guest: cabaret mogul Bernie Furshpan; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: new sloths, blackout
00:16:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Bernie Furshpan
01:17:00 MY OLD PHLEGM
01:35:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:56:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: drawing, Sheep & Wool Festival, potato truck, envelopes, toasters
02:39:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
03:01:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:11:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Buchanan, CO)
03:13:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Rabbi Sol Solomon