Dave’s Gone By #23 (3/9/2003): 23 SKIDOO!

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Here is the 23rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on WGBB-AM radio March 9, 2003. 

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: theater critic Jeff Goodman

For his 23rd episode, Dave explores the origins of the phrase 23 Skidoo and chats with theater critic Jeff Goodman. Plus: the satirical News Gone By.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: Lucky number 23, Super Bowl 38.
00:07:00  NEWS GONE BY
00:29:00  The Broadway Strike
00:34:00  GUEST: Jeff Goodman
00:60:00  DAVE GETS TRIVIAL – 23 Skidoo
01:11:00  DAVE GOES OUT – Jay

March 9, 2003 Playlist: “The Train” (Roches), “The 23rd Psalm” (Bobby McFerrin), “Box of Rain” (Grateful Dead).

striking stagehands
Jeff Goodman
your host

Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/2/2003): RICHMOND SHEPARD

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater producer and critic Richmond Shepard

Topics include: restoration fees tacked onto ticket prices.

Segment originally aired March 2, 2003 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

Dave’s Gone By #22 (3/2/2003): FORWARD MARCH

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Here is the 22nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on New York’s WGBB-AM radio March 2, 2003. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest:
actor, critic, mime, teacher and producer Richmond Shepard

Featuring: Dave chats with actor, producer and mime Richmond Shepard. Plus: the satirical News Gone By, Dave remember Fred Rogers, celebrates Lou Reed and reads from “Groucho & Me.”

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN
00:11:00  NEWS GONE BY
00:31:00  DAVE SAYS BYE to Mr. Rogers
00:40:00  GUEST: Richmond Shepard
00:55:00  Dave on “Groucho and Me”
01:06:00  HAPPY BIRTHDAVE to Lou Reed
01:14:00  DAVE GOES OUT

March 2, 2003 Playlist: “My Shirt” (“The Cocoanuts” soundtrack), “Tree Tree Tree” & “There Are Many Ways to Say I Love You” (Fred Rogers).

Richmond Shepard
Groucho and Me
Fred Rogers
your host

Dave’s Gone By Interview (2/23/2003): PHILIP LEFKOWITZ

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Dave Lefkowitz celebrates his dad’s 66th birthday by chatting with Philip Lefkowitz

Topics include: family, father.

Segment originally aired Feb. 23, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our father of the Daverhood, Philip Lefkowitz, passed May 5, 2021. 

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Dave’s Gone By #21 (2/23/2003): BIG DADDY

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Here is the 21st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, Feb. 23, 2003. 

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: Dave’s dad, Philip Lefkowitz

Featuring: Dave celebrates his dad’s birthday with Philip Lefkowitz. Plus: the satirical News Gone By and FEMA on the World Weird Web.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN – Snow
00:13:00  DAVE GOES FURTHER IN
00:31:00  NEWS GONE BY
00:46:00  WORLD WEIRD WEB – FEMA
00:58:00  GUEST: Philip Lefkowitz
01:15:00  DAVE GOES OUT

February 23, 2003 Playlist: “Snowstorm” (Galaxie 500), “Mockingbird” (Carly Simon & James Taylor), “Guitarzan” (Ray Stevens), “Reilly’s Daughter” (Clancy Brothers), “Louisiana 1927” (Randy Newman), “Bang Bang” (Joe Cuba Sextet), “Sing, Sing, Sing” (Benny Goodman).

Philip Lefkowitz
winter snow

Dave’s Gone By #20 (2/16/2003): PRESIDENT GAS

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Here is the 20th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, Feb. 16, 2003.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Featuring: two shows in one! In the first half hour, the “News Gone By” (Goodbye, Dolly!, No-Go NATO, Michael Jackson, Stones in China, stoned in Mecca, froggies go home!) and “Dave Goes Off” on the Gettysburg Address. Also, because Dave was both under the weather and snowed in, the 8-9pm hour was a pre-taped tribute to Bob Dylan.

00:00:00  DAVE GOES IN
00:06:00  DAVE GOES OFF on Honest Abe
00:19:00  NEWS GONE BY
00:33:00  DAVE GOES FURTHER IN
00:35:00  BOB DYLAN TRIBUTE
01:16:00  DAVE GOES OUT

February 16, 2003 Playlist: “Goodbye Dolly” (Dave, 26:00), “Tell Me, Momma,” “Just Like a Woman,” “From a Buick 6,” “She’s Your Lover Now,” “Isis,” “Seven Days,” “One of Us Must Know,” “Buckets of Rain” (Bob Dylan).

Bob Dylan
your host

Dave’s Gone By #19 (2/9/2003): HEART-SHAPED BOX (lost)

Feb. 9, 2003 (show #019) HEART-SHAPED BOX

Note: Alas, all recordings for this episode have vanished. If any turn up, we’ll add the episode to the archives.

Featuring a Valentine from Dave, plus guest Scott Rodolitz, and the satirical “News Gone By.”

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
NEWS GONE BY: James Brown & his Kids, Phil Spector & His Gun, Michael Jackson & His Boys; Leona Helmsley, cycling fools)
SKIT: “Calcutta Sex Clinic”
DAVE GIVES HIMSELF A HAND
DAVE GOES OUT

Feb. 9, 2003 Playlist: “My Girl” (Temptations); “You Really Got a Hold On Me” (The Beatles); “Sex Machine” (James Brown); “Love Power” (“The Producers” film soundtrack); “Heart-Shaped Box” (Nirvana); “My Hand” (Dave, unreleased); “Aochar” (Ravi Shankar); “title unknown” (Jagjit Singh); “Love Love Love” (Wild Man Fischer); “We Belong Together” (Rickie Lee Jones); “Northern Sky” (Nick Drake); “Adam & Eve” (October Project); “Love Letter” (Nick Cave); “Valentine’s Day” (Bruce Springsteen).

Dave’s Gone By Interview (2/2/03): DAVID SPENCER & STEPHEN WITKIN

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews musical-theater writers David Spencer & Stephen Witkin

Topics include: The Fabulist, musicals.

Segment originally aired Feb 2, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Stephen Witkin (L) and David Spencer

Dave’s Gone By Interview (2/2/2003): JEFF GOODMAN

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Jeff Goodman

Topics include: Two on the Aisle, theater, Broadway.

Segment originally aired Feb. 2, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #18 (2/2/2003): SEEING SHADOWS

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Here is the 18th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, Feb. 2, 2003.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guests: theater composers David Spencer & Stephen Witkin, theater critic Jeff Goodman.

Featuring: Dave chats with theatrical composers David Spencer & Stephen Witkin. Plus: the satirical News Gone By and a Groundhog Day skit with guest Jeff Goodman

00:00:01   DAVE GOES IN
00:07:00   NEWS GONE BY
00:27:00   GUESTS: David Spencer & Stephen Witkin
00:42:00   SKIT: Groundhogs (w/ Jeff Goodman)
00:55:00   GUEST: Jeff Goodman
01:12:00   DAVE GOES OUT

February 2, 2003 Playlist: “Heads Up!” & “The Sound of My Own Voice” (The Fabulist), “Have You seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?” (Rolling Stones), “Bomb Iraq” (unknown), “Lost in Space” (Aimee Mann), “Shadows and Light” (Joni Mitchell).

David Spencer
The Musical Theater Writer’s Survival Guide
Jeff Goodman