Rabbi Sol Solomon sings his crabby holiday classic, “The Twelve Complaints of Christmas.”
Segment originally aired Dec. 22, 2002, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Dave recites the topical holiday poem, “Three Nights Before Christmas (2002)”
Segment originally aired Dec. 22, 2002, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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THREE NIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
by David Lefkowitz
On the first night of Dave’s Gone By, Dave gave to thee: News Gone By and the World Weird Web about Shooby (shadobalabashraw)
On the second night of Dave’s Gone By, Dave gave to thee: A tirade about smoking Sound effects and choking At 11 to midnight on GBB.
On the third night of Dave’s Gone By, Dave gave to thee: The Puff Sullivan Letter Angry LIPA guy And a critique of Say Goodnight, Gracie.
On the fourth night of Dave’s Gone By, Dave gave to theen: Pre-tampered yummies Actress Karen Young Jokes about Verizon And a bunch of goodies tied to Halloween.
On the fifth night of Dave’s Gone By, Dave gave to thee: The Giving Chimp! A review of Movin’ Out Crooked politicians LaRouche on the web And “Peter Pumpkinhead” by XTC.
On the sixth night of Dave’s Gone By, WGBB gave Dave a new timeslot He played William Finn Also Lonnie Donegan And the hippie, Donovan Even Homer Simpson And old Coco, the poet chimpanzee.
On the seventh night of Dave’s Gone By, Dave gave to thee: Osama bin Laden Good ol’ Bobby Dylan Eilert Pilarm! A Warren Zevon tribute Rock throwing in India (in the Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh) Eating sushi naked And a new commuter tax for you and me.
Oh, the eighth night of Dave’s Gone By was quite a joyful spree: Rabbi Solomon hosted He lit the candles He played the dreidel He played Adam Sandler And a little klezmer Bitched about the Arabs And Bobby Fischer Plus a poem on pedophile Pee-Wee.
On the ninth day of Dave’s Gone By, Dave gave to thee: “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer “Tuesdays with Morrie” “My Old Lady” Wilson’s Book of Days Dead Kurt Cobain! A bit by Woody Allen Sponsorship info Two insurance sketches And a psychic hotline like TV.
On the tenth night of Dave’s Gone By, Dave gave to thee: Steve Herbst, the Whistler He did Stevie Wonder, Sondheim and Led Zeppelin and Bruce Springsteen! Drugged-out Whitney Houston Kissinger’s back Dave’s name on a urinal And a poem on Cablevision fees.
On the eleventh night of Dave’s Gone By, Dave gave to thee: Trent Lott’s apology Critic Charlie Gross Music by Frank Zappa United Airlines MTA strike Two killer pitbulls Scientist who burned his penis! Right-wing Joe Salzone Bush and the economy Bloomberg on a bike And the Man of La Mancha on CD.
Whoa, the twelfth night of Dave’s Gone By was full of songs and joy `Cause the past eleven weeks, I’ve been able to annoy: Gospel-seeking listeners Those who worship Elvis Those who loathe Neil Young Republicans Pro-Palestinians Born-again Christians Self-hating Jews All my engineers! People who hate theater People who love theater L.I. Cablevision And the people who don’t want me to be me.
(spoken) But it’s all I can be. So happy holidays, everybody.
Segment aired Dec. 15, 2002, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Charles Gross
Topics include: Two on the Aisle, Broadway
Segment aired Dec. 15, 2002, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 11th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on Long Island, NY’s WGBB-AM radio, Dec. 15, 2002. Info: davesgoneby.com.
host: Dave Lefkowitz guests: broadcaster Joe Salzone and theater critic Charles Gross (“Two on the Aisle”).
Featuring: Dave gets cultural with theater critic Charles Gross and interviews WGBB host Joe Salzone. Plus: the political skit “Thanks a Lott” and a birthday tribute to Frank Zappa.
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN 00:04:00 NEWS GONE BY 00:09:00 SKIT: Thanks a Lott 00:19:00 DAVE’S GONE CULTURAL w/ theater critic, Charles Gross 00:29:00 DAVE’S GOT GUESTS w/ radio host, Joe Salzone 00:50:00 Birthday tribute to Frank Zappa 00:54:00 DAVE GOES OUT
December 15, 2002 Playlist: “The Impossible Dream” (Man of La Mancha), “Trouble Every Day” (Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention).
Senator Trent Lott offers an apology for his racially insensitive praise of Strom Thurmond.
Segment originally aired Dec. 15, 2002, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Dave Lefkowitz interviews whistling aficionado Steve Herbst
Topics include: whistling.
Segment aired Dec. 8, 2002, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 10th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on WGBB-AM radio, Dec. 8, 2002.
host: Dave Lefkowitz guest: competitive whistler, Steve Herbst
Featuring: Dave chats with competitive whistler Steve Herbst. Plus: A look at Long Island cable television.
00:00:00 DAVE GOES IN 00:06:00 NEWS GONE BY w/ Cable TV poem 00:20:00 DAVE’S GOT GUESTS – Steve “The Whistler” Herbst 00:44:00 SKIT: Wrong Island Cablevision 00:54:00 DAVE GOES OUT
December 8, 2002 Playlist: “Henry Kissinger” (Eric Idle), “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “Sir Duke,” “Rock & Roll,” “Maria” (Steve Herbst), “57 Channels” (Bruce Springsteen).
A commercial for the wonders of Cablevision’s service and programming.
Segment originally aired Dec. 8, 2002, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Segment aired Dec. 8, 2002 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Dave dedicates a poem to his cable TV provider.