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Dave’s Gone By Interview (2/22/2025): JOEL SAMBERG & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with author JOEL SAMBERG

Topics include: Benny Bell, Karen Carpenter, Jackie Jester, writing

Segment aired Feb. 22, 2025 as part of the 978th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #978 (2/22/2025): PLAY IT AGAIN, SAMBERG

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Here is the 978th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Feb. 22, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with author Joel Samberg; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Brick Center); StoryTime: Floridius Bloom; Bunion Watch; Dave’s Big Dictionary (enema).

Guests: novelist Joel Samberg; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:26:00 DAVE GOES OFF: Yankee beards
00:36:30 GREELEY TIMES
01:00:00 GUEST: Joel Samberg & Rabbi Sol Solomon
01:45:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: enema
02:00:00 BUNION WATCH
02:04:30 STORYTIME: Floridius Bloom and the Planet of Gloom
02:20:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:35:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Brick Center, CO
02:38:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Dave’s Gone By #502 (3/21/2015): SPEAKING FRANK-LY

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Here is the 502nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 21, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with author Paulette Frankl (“Marcel and Me”). Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Ray Dorset, Benny Bell), Dave’s Gone Cultural (Judy Collins), Dylan – Sooner & Later (All Back Home), Wretched Pun of Destiny (Harry Potter).

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: author Paulette Frankl, UNC Radio programming director Matthew Davis, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Matthew Davis & Joyce (new board!),
00:19:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
00:54:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Paulette Frankl
01:48:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Ray Dorset
02:05:30 Sponsors
02:12:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:36:00 DAVE’S GONE CULTURAL – Judy Collins
02:54:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (All Back Home)
03:12:00 More Sponsors
03:18:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #29 (Harry Potter)
03:24:00 Friends
03:34:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Benny Bell
03:49:00 DAVE GOES OUT

March 21, 2015 Playlist: “In the Summertime” (01:49:30), “It’s a Secret” (01:53:30), “Wild Love” (01:56:00) & “Mighty Man” (01:59:00; Mungo Jerry). “Two By Two” (02:32:00; The Book of Mormon 2011 Broadway cast). “Pretty Women” (02:50:30; Judy Collins). “Who Do You Love” (02:59:00; John Hammond, Jr.). “Outlaw Blues” (03:02:00) & “The Gates of Eden” (03:05:00; Bob Dylan). “Girl from Chicago” (03:36:30), “When We were Two Little Boys” (03:39:00), “Moishe Pipick” (03:41:30) & “Yum Yum Yum” (03:44:00; Benny Bell). “Springtime in the Rockies” (03:54:00; Slim Whitman).

Dave’s Gone By #339 (1/15/2011): BELL TOWERS

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Here is the 339th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Jan. 15, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: author Joel Samberg (“Grandpa Had a Long One”) & press agent Jonathan Slaff.

Featuring: Dave chats with author Joel Samberg, the grandson of late novelty-song king, Benny Bell. Also: A talk with public relations expert Jonathan Slaff about his years working with Ellen Stewart of La MaMa E.T.C. Plus: Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflections on MLK, and Bob Dylan: “Sooner & Later.”

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:16:00 GUEST: Jonathan Slaff
00:44:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Margaret Whiting & Broadcast
00:56:00 GUEST: Joel Samberg
02:06:00 Sponsors
02:14:00 Bob Dylan: “Sooner & Later”
02:38:00 Contest & Sponsors
02:46:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION (MLK)
02:56:00 Weather
02:59:00 DAVE SAYS BYE: Margaret Whiting
03:00:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Jan. 15, 2011 Playlist: “She’s Still Got It” (00:05:30), “Noses Run in My Family” (00:55:30), “Go Take a Ship for Yourself” (01:06:30), “Pincus the Peddler” (01:32:30) & “Everybody Wants My Fanny” (02:00:30) (Benny Bell), “Shaving Cream” Paul Wynn (arr. Benny Bell) (01:23:00). “Come On, Let’s Go” (00:12:30) & “Paper Cuts” (00:47:00; Broadcast). “Time After Time” (00:44:00), “My Foolish Heart” (00:50:30) & “It’s Great to Be Alive” (Margaret Whiting; 03:01:00). “Mama, You Been On My Mind” (02:14:30), “Tough Mama” (02:17:30), “See That My Grave is Kept Clean” (02:21:30), “Belle Isle” (02:24:00), “Moonlight” (02:27:00), “Silver Bells” (02:30:00) & “Ring Them Bells” (02:32:30) (Bob Dylan). “A Tribute to a King” (02:51:30; William Bell).

Dave’s Gone By Interview (1/15/2011): JOEL SAMBERG

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews Benny Bell’s grandson, author Joel Samberg

Topics include: novelty music, Benny Bell, Shaving Cream.

Segment originally aired Jan. 15, 2011 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