Dave’s Gone By Interview (2/16/2004): JAMIE DEROY

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews producer and cabaret performer Jamie deRoy

Topics include: cabaret, theater

Segment originally aired Feb. 16, 2004 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #65 (2/16/2004): DEROY ON DE SHOW

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Here is the 65th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, Feb. 16, 2004. More info: davesgoneby.com. 

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: theatrical producer & cabaret hostess Jamie DeRoy

Featuring: Dave chats with producer & cabaret emcee Jamie deRoy. Plus: Dave Goes Off on Hankies, Mysteries & Referrals, and the satirical News Gone By, religion

Featuring: Dave chats with producer & cabaret emcee Jamie DeRoy. Plus: Dave Goes Off on Hankies, Mysteries and Referrals, and the satirical News Gone By.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: What’s on the show; Animal Tracks
00:11:00  NEWS GONE BY: Uncle Sam at the Carnival; Dear Abby Dear Abby; The Lion Sleeps Tonight; Twin Turtles; Forty Lashes (Bad Pun of the Week); Speeding Tickets; Funereal Wedding; Dr. Fatkins; Barbie’s Breakup; Death Freshener.
00:30:00  GUEST: Jamie deRoy.
01:04:00  DAVE GOES OFF: Hankies, Mysteries and Jewish Plumbers
01:17:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Thank yous; Complaint Letter

February 16, 2004 Playlist: “Dolphins” & “A Snake Named LaRue” (Steve Ross & George Wurzbach).

Jamie deRoy
hankies
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Dave’s Gone By #64 (2/9/2004): WELL, I’M 64

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Here is the 64th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, Feb. 9, 2004. More info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: Rabbi Sol Solomon (spiritual leader, Temple Sons of Bitches, Great Neck, NY)

Featuring: Dave celebrates Valentine’s Day with the News Gone By and a romantic medley. Plus: Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Sol Solomon. 

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: The search for a new greeting; Ticket giveaway; Get Ready to `Ask the Rabbi’
00:14:00  NEWS GONE BY: Ricin Riceout; Schumer’s Causes; Janet n’ Justin (Frivolous Lawsuit Time); Tower Tumbles; Chinese Stampede; Chinese Takeaway; Moo-lah; Martha Stewart & Flaccidex; Broadway Blues; Diamond Dungs; Crude Oil; Virginity for Sale; Men in Skirts; Split-Level Dead
00:34:00  SKIT: ASK THE RABBI: Rabbi Sol Solomon on Valentine’s Day, Love & taking listeners’ phone calls.
00:55:00  VALENTINE MEDLEY: Love Songs, of sorts
01:15:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Thank yous, Update on Steve the Whistler & October Project.

February 9, 2004 Playlist: “When I’m 64” (Beatles); “Mazeltov Dances” (Mickey Katz); “Little Thing Called Love” (Neil Young); “Some Kinda Love” (Velvet Underground); “Lovers in a Dangerous Time” (Bruce Cockburn). “Lover’s Walk” (Elvis Costello); “Message of Love” (Pretenders); “If I Could” (October Project).

Dave’s Gone By Skit (2/9/04): VALENTINE’S DAY (w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon)

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The great Rabbi Sol Solomon offers his thoughts on Valentine’s Day and takes phone calls from listeners Esther and Philip.

Segment originally aired Aug. 19, 2004, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #63 (2/2/2004): MONDAY EVENING QUARTERBACK

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Here is the 63rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, Feb. 2, 2004. More info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave goes off on The Super Bowl and offers a medley of winter songs. Plus: The satirical  News Gone By.        

host: Dave Lefkowitz

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: The search for a new catchphrase; Ticket giveaway
00:19:00  DAVE GOES OFF: The Super Bowl
00:30:00  NEWS GONE BY: Clinton’s Memoirs; Amish in the City; Hit Me James Brown; Jesus Juice; Givens’ SUV; Black n’ Blue Berry; Trebek’s Truck; Lottery Loser; Tasty Coins; Mommy Deadest; Harry Fleetwood & Jack Paar.
00:48:00  WINTER SONGS: Music mix of songs about to the season
01:19:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Thank yous, Dave on CD

February 2, 2004 Playlist: “Ain’t It Funky Now (James Brown); “The Death of Mary Queen of Scots” (Monty Python’s Flying Circus). “Winterlude” (Bob Dylan); “Cracking” (Suzanne Vega); “The Blizzard” (Judy Collins); “Man of Double Deed” (Clancy Brothers). “Blow Wind Blow” (Tom Waits). “Frozen Warnings” (Nico). “Winter” (Rolling Stones). “Ice Cold Ice” (Husker Du).

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (1/26/2004): TERRY SCHREIBER

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theatrical producer and director Terry Schreiber

Topics include: theater, T. Schreiber Studios.

Segment originally aired Jan. 26, 2004 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #62 (1/26/2004): LANDSCAPE OF THE TERRY

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Here is the 62nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM Jan. 26, 2004. More info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: acting teacher Terry Schreiber
additional voices: Jay Auerfeld, Scott Rodolitz, Diditi Mitra, Bonnie Pinkow, Piero Pellei, Stefanie Pinkow, Dave’s wife Joyce.

Featuring: Dave shares audio snippets of his 40th birthday party and chats with acting teacher Terry Schreiber. Plus: the satirical News Gone By.

00:00:00  DAVE GOES IN: Dave’s post-birthday thoughts, with excerpts from the party, Dave’s “birth” (skit from 1/03) and Jay’s birthday
song. Plus Town Hall ticket giveaway.
00:34:00  DAVE’S GOT GUESTS: Director and acting teacher, Terry Schreiber (by phone)
00:56:00  NEWS GONE BY: Screamin’ Dean; Beer Overboard; Leavin’ Dean; Civet Crap; Churchill’s Parrot; double-header; Pope Ebert; Garfunkel Goes to Pot; Johnny’s Rotten TV.
01:16:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Birthday tribute to Lucinda Williams; some thank yous.

January 26, 2004 Playlist: “Happy Birthday David” (Jay Auerfeld, unreleased); “I Live in a Split-Level Head” (Napoleon XIV); “Drunken Angel” & “Sweet Old World” (Lucinda Williams). 

Terry Schreiber
Jay Auerfeld
Diditi Mitra
Bonnie Pinkow
Piero Pellei
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Dave’s Gone By #61 (1/19/2004): FORTY WINKS

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Here is the 61st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM Jan. 19, 2004. More info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
Featuring: Dave Goes Off on turning 40 and on working overtime. Plus: The satirical News Gone By and “The Rectum of Edmund Fitzgerald.”

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: Turning the Big 4-0.
00:14:00  DAVE GOES OFF: Wages, Overtime, and being quartered and half-dollared in America
00:42:00  NEWS GONE BY: Braun Bows Out; Palestinian Mommy; Punishing Mepham; Fingerbang; Dr. Death; Zoloft; The Governator; Pink Steel; Oui Starbucks; Taco Belle; Kodakrime; Doggy Dancing; Not in My Neighborhood; Roostie (Bad Pun of the Week); Jed Petrick Steps Down; Tabooed; Ted Nugent’s Leg; Bethany Hamilton’s Arm; Death Count 500.
01:20:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Birthday songs & thanks.

January 19, 2004 Playlist: “Tojojo” (Oysten Sewag & Lakki Patey); “The Rectum of Edmund Fitzgerald” & “Ben Gazzara” (Dave, unreleased); “Kodachrome” ({live}; Simon & Garfunkel); “In My Life” (Judy Collins).

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Dave’s Gone By Song (1/19/2004): THE RECTUM OF EDMUND FITZGERALD

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ZZSong-RectumofEdmundA ballad not-so-loosely based on the Mepham High School sodomy trial on Long Island.

Song aired Jan. 19, 2004, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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THE RECTUM OF EDMUND FITZGERALD

by David Lefkowitz

The story did play on News 12 and Newsday
and it filled up the old Nassau Herald
How kids from the school were so vicious and cruel
To the rectum of Edmund Fitzgerald.

The town of Bellmore lies upon the South Shore
On an affluent part of Long Island
They pay a high tax just to keep out the blacks
In the hopes that their kids won’t grow violent.

Now, one such young boy was his mom’s pride and joy
Such a virile and athletic laddie
Like others his age, he thought sports the rage
And he tried to be just like his daddy.

It felt like a dream when young Ed made the team
As a junior varsity halfback
But some other players gave him arrogant stares
He became their continual laughtrack.

He played right along, and he tried to be strong
To show he had no trepidation
It gave him the creeps, but these were his peeps
And he longed for the team’s validation.

He managed all right until one summer night
When the team went to north Pennsylvania
As silent as monks, they all rose from their bunks
as if gripped by a furious mania.

With nary a sound and no coaches around
The older kids pummeled the juvies
They guarded the door while the boys licked the floor
And then squealed like the guy in the movies.

Although that hurt some, there were worse things to come
When the new guys were forced to get naked
The quarterback grinned, “Let the hazing begin!
If you wanna be one of us, take it!”

The torture began all according to plan
With a rhythm like boom-chika-boom-chik
“You better not howl, or we’ll puncture your bowel
With the rubberized end of a broomstick.”

When that part was fun, they continued the fun
Of pine cone and golf ball inserting.
The cavities dripped as the soft tissue ripped
And the feces and blood began spurting.

The victims were warned they’d be punished and scorned
If they told any parents or teachers.
But by the next game, they were still hurt and shamed
You could see the red stains from the bleachers.

The season was stopped and the scholarships dropped
And the town became crazed and divided
A few sent regrets, the others—death threats
Till lawyers and cops were provided.

The rumors did spread from Rosedale to Riverhead
How a team went from scrimmage to Sodom
And poor Edmund cried when a splinter was pried
From the extra-large width of his bottom.

So now there’s a judge who will go through the sludge
Of how innocent boys were imperiled.
The legend will spread like the legs of poor Ed
and the rectum of Edmund Fitzgerald.
The rectum of Edmund Fitzgerald.

©2004 David Lefkowitz

Dave’s Gone By Interview (1/12/2004): KAREN GRASSLE

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews actress Karen Grassle

Topics include: Little House on the Prairie, television.

Segment originally aired Jan. 12, 2004 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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