Al Kasha – Dave's Gone By

Dave’s Gone By #779 (12/31/2020): DAVERHOOD NEW YEAR – Hello 2021!

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Here is the 779th episode–our annual New Year’s Eve special–of the long-running radio show/podcast Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Thursday night, Dec. 31, 2020. Info: Davesgoneby.com.

Guests: Dave’s mother Brenda Lefkowitz, aunts Bonnie Pinkow and Esther Brower, and cousins Adam Glass, Jeffrey Kirsch and Cynthia Shub Kirsch, and Adam Sheflin and Stefanie Pinkow Sheflin; musical director Richard Shore; theater critics Mary Shen Barnidge, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Jeff Goodman, Charles Gross, Eva Heinemann, and David Sheward; composer Brian Gari, entertainer Susan Horowitz (aka Dr. Sue), actress Vicki Quade, educator Don Perl, friends Fred Cleaver and Wendy Highby, Stephen Fisch, and Ozer Teitelbaum, Dave’s wife Joyce, Rabbi Sol Solomon.

Featuring: Our annual New Year’s Eve celebration featuring Zoom-ins, 2020 Farewells, and a Ketchup countdown

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:05:00 GUEST: Dr. Susan Horowitz
00:08:00 GUEST: Brian Gari
00:15:00 GUEST: Richard Shore
00:22:00 GUESTS: Jeffrey Kirsch & Cynthia Shub Kirsch
00:26:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
00:32:30 GUEST: Ozer Teitelbaum
00:39:00 GUESTS: Fred Cleaver and Wendy Highby
00:40:00 GUEST: Bonnie Pinkow
00:46:30 GUEST: Lisa Arata
00:52:30 GUEST: Don Perl
00:59:00 GUEST: Mary Shen Barnidge
01:04:00 GUEST: Vicki Quade
01:10:00 GUEST: Esther Brower
01:11:00 GUEST: Adam Glass
01:19:00 GUEST: David Sheward
01:23:00 GUEST: Jeff Goodman
01:31:00 GUEST: Charles Gross
01:37:00 GUEST: Adam and Stefanie Sheflin
01:44:00 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
01:58:30 Ketchup New Year
02:08:00 DAVE SAYS BYE (Ian Finkel, Bruce Jay Friedman, Al Kasha, Carl Reiner, Rebecca Luker, Dawn Wells)
02:17:00 GUEST: Brenda Lefkowitz
02:18:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #164 (Goodbye 2020)
02:30:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce
02:35:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 31, 2020 Playlist: “Sensation Rag” (00:01:30; Original Dixieland Jazz Band). “Auld Lang Syne” (02:46:30; Funny Tombow One-Man Band).

Dave’s Gone By #764 (9/19/2020): ROSH HOUR

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Here is the 764th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, Sept. 19, 2020. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: journalist Robert E. Calem, Rabbi Sol Solomon, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Dave chats with journalist Robert Calem; Rabbi Sol Solomon reads the papers; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Today/Yesterday (Sept. 19 quiz); Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Cahone); Dave’s Big Dictionary (dynamo).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (RBG, school zoom, public access)
00:47:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
00:58:00 GUEST: Robert Calem
01:48:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY (Sept. 19 w/ Robert Calem)
02:32:00 DAVE SAYS BYE (Toots Hibbert, Al Kasha)
02:46:30 RABBI SOL READS THE PAPERS
03:15:30 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY (dynamo)
03:30:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:37:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Cahone)
03:40:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Hey Dave’s Gone By Superfans! We had streaming trouble, so we re-started the show after a few minutes. Here’s the original, discarded start of the episode!

Dave’s Gone By #395 (9/29/2012): ALL YOU NEED IS KASH

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Here is the 395th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Sept. 29, 2012. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave chats with Oscar-nominated songwriter Al Kasha. Plus: Inside Broadway, Dave Says Bye to Andy Williams, Saturday Segue (teef), Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (subway savagery), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Time in Mind).

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: songwriter Al Kasha, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:35:30 INSIDE BROADWAY – News
00:54:30 Sponsors
01:03:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Teef
01:46:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’s RABBINICAL REFLECTION – Subway Savagery
01:54:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (time in mind)
02:17:30 GUEST: Al Kasha
02:58:30 Weather & Friends
03:03:30 Reminiscing with Joyce
03:11:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Sept. 29, 2012 Playlist: “Butterfly” (00:11:30), “The Days of Wine and Roses” (00:14:00), “Lonely Street” (00:16:30), “Moon River” (00:19:00), “In the Arms of Love” (00:22:00), “Speak Softly Love” (00:25:00) & “Can’t Get Used to Losing You” (00:28:00; Andy Williams). “Have I Stayed Too Long at the Fair” (Barbra Streisand; 00:49:30). “New Teeth” (01:12:30; Robert Klein), “Teeth” (01:21:30; Kristin Hersh). “Give Me Novocaine” (Green Day; 01:25:30); “Novacane” (Beck; 01:29:00). “Dentists” (01:33:30; Bill Cosby). “The Tooth Fairy and the Princess” (01:41:00; Husker Du). “Love Sick” (01:56:30), “Trying to Get to Heaven Before they Close the Door” (02:02:00), “Make You Feel My Love” (02:07:00), “Not Dark Yet” (02:10:30; Bob Dylan). “We May Never Love Like This Again” (02:16:00) & “The Morning After” (02:55:30; Maureen McGovern).

Dave’s Gone By Interview (9/29/2012): AL KASHA

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with Oscar-winning songwriter Al Kasha.

Topics include: The Brill Building, The Towering Inferno, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

Segment originally aired Sept. 29, 2012 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our friend of the Daverhood, Al Kasha, passed Sept. 14, 2020.

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