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Here is the 416th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 16, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actress Julie Halston and singer Debby Boone. Plus: Inside Broadway, Rabbi Sol on soft drinks, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Arts & Letters) and a St. Pat’s Saturday Segue.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: actress Julie Halston, singer Debby Boone
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN 00:07:30 SATURDAY SEGUE: St. Pat’s 00:35:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 00:54:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Julie Halston 01:43:30 Sponsors 01:52:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #061 (Sugar Sugar) 02:03:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Arts & Leisure) 02:38:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Debby Boone 03:22:30 Weather, Friends & Thanks 03:34:00 DAVE GOES OUT
March 16, 2013 Playlist: “From Galway to Graceland” (00:08:00; Richard Thompson). “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary” (00:13:00; Michael Feinstein). “Streets of Arklow” (00:17:00; Van Morrison). “Limericks” (00:21:00; Benny Bell). “The Rocky Road to Dublin” (00:24:00; The Clancy Brothers). “”The Belle of Belfast City” (00:26:00; Kirsty MacColl). “It Might as Well Rain Until September” (00:49:30; Carole King). “Julie Halston accepting an award from the Off-Broadway Theater Alliance” (youtube clip). “You Gotta Have a Gimmick” (01:18:00; Gypsy 2003 Bway revival). “Thunder on the Mountain” (02:06:30), “I was Young When I Left Home” (02:12:00) & “Call Letter Blues” (02:22:00; Bob Dylan). “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” (02:17:30; Counting Crows). “Love is a Four- Letter Word” (02:26:00; Joan Baez). “Surrender” (02:35:00), “Blue Skies” (02:43:00), “When You’re Loved” (02:57:00), “You Light Up My Life” (03:12:30), “California” (03:18:00) & “Hasta Manana” (03:37:00).
Julie HalstonDebby BooneDebby Boone lighting up our livesHappy St. Pat’s!
RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #60 (3/10/2013): Whose Line Returns
Aired March 9, 2013 on Dave’s Gone By. Youtube clip: http://youtu.be/Yhyv7lhIT6E
Shalom Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a Rabbinical Reflection for the week of March 10th, 2013.
A bit of happy, wonderful news from the world of television: “Whose Line is it Anyway” is coming back for a summer run. That delightful show, where improvisers take suggestions from people and do crazy things with them – kind of like Congress – it’s been off the air for six years. Even though reruns make it feel like it was just last Wednesday.
Still, the CW Network, which is co-owned by CBS and Warner Brothers – CW – that’s how they got their initials – did you know that? It’s a good thing it wasn’t Fox and Universal. Anyhoo, they’ll be airing the brand-new season of “Whose Line is it Anyway.” And it’ll be just like old times. Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and Wayne Brady will all be back to do their thing. Which means Ryan will be genius, Colin will be bald, and Brady won’t be that funny but he can sing the phone book and shake his tush for the ladies.
Drew Carey will not be back to host, and let’s face it, that’s a blessing. He meant well, but he was the weak link when he was in scenes. And when he wasn’t, the camera would spend half the program showing him laughing instead of showing us what he was laughing at. If I wanna spend a half hour watching someone giggle like an idiot, I’ll go visit my uncle Brian in the mental home. And the tragic part is he works there in personnel. But I digress.
For all its flaws, “Whose Line is it Anyway” was an oasis of old-fashioned entertainment. And by old-fashioned, I don’t mean like barbershop quartets and public hangings. I mean simple, live-by-your-wits live performance. Look around: all the sitcoms now are shot like movies, all the movies look like video games, and all the video games look like the end of the world. “Whose Line” is just four brave souls and a piano-playing lesbian. How can you beat it?
I admit, I have had my secret dreams of being part of an improv troupe. I’m quick-thinking, I’m funny, I can imitate noises. Here, listen, listen: shhhhhhh – that’s a shower. Shhhhhhhhhh. Not bad, right. Sssssssssssss. That’s a bicycle tire running out of air. Or my Cousin Velvel pishing his pants. See? My talents are protean.
I can also spin comic monologues out of thin air. Here, wait wait. Okay. Hi, my name’s Rabbi Sol. Great to be here. Hey . . . how about those . . . sports teams. You ever notice how they, uh, play sports? One time I met a friend, he was going off to play tennis – no wait, softball. I was like, “Hey, friend. Where you going?” And he’s like, (different voice) “I’m going to play softball.” And I’m, like, (different voice) “Why” – no, wait, that’s his voice. I’m like, “Why?” And he says, (different voice) “Because I like it. Football’s too dangerous.” And then he hurts himself. See? My stories have an arc!
But I know improvisation is really about the other person, working with your partner to create magic. So let’s do this. You say something funny, and I’ll build on it. Go ahead: Uh huh, yes, and . . . Yes, and . . . Yes and . . . And how long have you been a gynecologist? The ostrich farm. Aaaand scene.
Of course, to be on a show like “Whose Line is it Anyway,” you also have to be musical. You have to take a topic and instantly fashion it into a song. I can do that! Here: Doi doi doi doi-doi-doi-doi-doi-doi-doi. I went to the synagogue to pray to HaShem. There were many people there, I said hello to them. They threw me on the beemah and started feeling up my crotch. And when it was over I was missing my tallis and my watch. My tallis, my wallet, and my watch. Yeah!
CW, you have my resume. I’m sure the show will be great as it is, but there’s always room for . . . improv-ment.
This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches in Great Neck, New York. You may now read the Talmud in the style of your own devising.
Segment originally aired March 9, 2013 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 415th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 9, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring Rabbi Sol Solomon’s chat with theatrical director David Herskovits (of Target Margin Theater). Plus: Inside Broadway, the satirical News Gone By, a Saturday Segue (snow) and Rabbi Sol on the return of “Whose Line.”
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: theatrical director David Herskovits
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN 00:12:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Snow 00:46:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (News (00:46:00), Legally Blonde at UNC (00:59:30)) 01:16:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews David Herskovits 01:51:30 Sponsors 01:55:00 NEWS GONE BY 02:01:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Legally Blonde on Blonde) 02:34:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #060 (“Whose Line” returns) 02:39:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – More Snow 02:55:00 Friends 02:59:30 DAVE GOES OUT
March 9, 2013 Playlist: “Come a Long Way” (00:13:00) & “Winter Song” (02:45:00; Loudon Wainwright III). “Winter Wonderland” (00:15:30; The Roches). “Winter” (00:17:30; Tori Amos). “50 Words for Snow” 00:23:00; Kate Bush). “Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow” (00:31:30; Frank Zappa). “Winter Weather” (00:33:30; Benny Goodman w/ Art Lund & Peggy Lee). “Listen the Snow is Falling” (00:36:30; Yoko Ono). “Blood in the Water” (01:11:00; Legally Blonde 2007 Broadway cast w/ Michael Rupert). “I Want You” (02:01:30), “Visions of Johanna” ({“No Directions Home” alternate version}; 02:04:30), “Temporary Like Achilles” (02:11:00), “One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)” (02:16:00), “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 ({MTV Unplugged version}; 02:21:00) & “Obviously 5 Believers” (02:24:30; Bob Dylan). “Winter Song” (02:39:00; Tom Paxton). “Winter Song” (02:41:30; Nico).
David HerskovitsDylan’s Blonde on BlondeLegally Blonde in rehearsal at UNCsnow
Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor and singer Chuck Muckle.
Topics include: At Wit’s End, Oscar Levant, Robert Goulet, John Astin.
Segment originally aired March 2, 2013 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with mime artist Avner Eisenberg (aka “Avner the Eccentric”).
Topics include: “Exceptions to Gravity” returns to NY, The Jewel of the Nile, Woody Allen, Jacques LeCoq, Marcel Marceau, Maine.
Segment originally aired March 2, 2013 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 414th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 2, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Note: Audio difficulties necessitated the re-recording of the opening segment and some over-modulation of the volume in the first part of the show.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon’s chats with mime and clown Avner “The Eccentric” Eisenberg and with actor-singer Chuck Muckle. Plus: Inside Broadway, a Saturday Segue (Lou Reed’s birthday) and Rabbi Sol on disappearing delis.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: singer Chuck Muckle, clown Avner “The Eccentric” Eisenberg.
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN 00:03:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Lou Reed 00:31:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 00:44:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Avner “The Eccentric” Eisenberg 01:41:00 Sponsors 01:53:00 DAVE SAYS BYE – Bonnie Franklin 01:58:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #059 – Disappearing Delis 02:04:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (clowns) 02:26:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Chuck Muckle 03:11:00 Friends 03:14:30 DAVE GOES OUT
March 2, 2013 Playlist: “Growing Up in Public” (00:03:30), “How Do You Think it Feels” (00:11:00), “The Blue Mask” (00:15:00) & “Satellite of Love” (00:23:00). “I’m Waiting for the Man” (00:06:30) & “I’ll Be Your Mirror” ({live} 00:20:00; The Velvet Underground). “Electricity” (00:41:30; Joni Mitchell). “Queen Jane Approximately” (02:05:00), “Shake Shake Mama” (02:10:30; Bob Dylan). “Like a Rolling Stone” (02:18:30; Bob Dylan & the Band). “Abandoned Love” (02:14:00). “Turn Another Corner” (02:27:00; Chuck Muckle). “Applause” (03:16:00; Applause Broadway cast w/ Bonnie Franklin on 1970 Tony Awards).
Avner EisenbergChuck MuckleBonnie FranklinLou ReedThe Stage Deli
Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with author and Hollywood expert Stephen Schochet.
Topics include: Hollywood stories, film, movie stars.
Segment originally aired Sept. 22, 2012 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
Note: Farewell to our Friend of the Daverhood, Stephen Schochet, who passed June 4, 2015 at age 52.
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Dave Lefkowitz chats with his dad, PHILIP LEFKOWITZ
Topics include: dad’s birthday.
Segment aired Feb. 23, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
Sad Note: Our father of the Daverhood, Philip Lefkowitz, passed May 5, 2021.
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Here is the 413th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Feb. 23, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.
A pre-Oscar show featuring Rabbi Sol Solomon chatting with Hollywood expert Stephen Schochet and with Dave’s dad, Philip Lefkowitz. Plus: Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection (Purim jokes), Inside Broadway, the News Gone By, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later and a Saturday Segue dedicated to recent passings in music.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: author Stephen Schochet, Dave’s dad, Philip Lefkowitz
00:00:01 PRE-SHOW 00:07:00 DAVE GOES IN 00:17:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Passings 01:00:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:00:00) & “Madea Gets a Job” review (01:22:30)) 01:33:00 Sponsors 01:41:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Stephen Schochet 02:19:00 NEWS GONE BY 02:26:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #58: More Purim Jokes 02:33:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (movies) 02:57:00 Friends 03:02:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Philip Lefkowitz 03:25:30 Weather 03:27:00 DAVE GOES OUT
Feb. 23, 2013 Playlist: “The Birthday Present” (00:05:00; Loudon Wainwright III). “The Saints” (00:20:00), “My Bonnie” (00:29:30), “Why” (00:36:00) & “Nobody’s Child” (00:48:00; Tony Sheridan & the Beatles). “Leader of the Pack” (00:22:00) & “Remember” (Walking in the Sand)” (00:34:00; The Shangri-Las). “Midnight Blues” (00:25:00) & “The Sky is Crying” (00:39:00; Magic Slim). “A Girl’s Gotta Do What a Girl’s Gotta Do” (00:31:30) & “You’ll Never Know” (00:44:30; Mindy McCready). “A Beautiful Morning” (01:10:30; The Rascals). “The Color Purple (Reprise)” (01:18:30; The Color Purple Broadway cast). “Life Can Be Like the Movies” (01:39:30; Chaplin, 2012 Broadway cast). “If You were in My Movie” (02:16:00; Suzanne Vega). “Things Have Changed” (02:34:00), “Hero Blues” (02:39:00), “Clean Cut Kid” (02:40:30) & “Brownsville Girl” (Bob Dylan). “Prisoners of Love” (03:22:30; “The Producers” (1969 film soundtrack).
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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with author and Hollywood expert Stephen Schochet.
