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Dave’s Gone By #630 (12/2/2017): NELCOME

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Here is the 630th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on UNC Radio and Facebook Dec. 2, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: playwright Richard Nelson, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews playwright Richard Nelson. Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Thomas’s Ten), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Tom n’ Andy, In the News).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (noise machines, In & Out, Parade of Lights)
00:37:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:09:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tom n’ Andy
01:37:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:10:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Richard Nelson
02:54:30 Sponsors
02:56:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Thomas’s Twenty)
03:21:00 Friends
03:28:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
04:05:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 2, 2017 Playlist: “Dear Heart” (01:13:00). “Music to Watch Girls By” (01:20:00) & “Can’t Get Used to Losing You” (01:27:30; Andy Williams). “Foreign Affairs” (01:16:00), “2:19” (01:22:30) & “Lullaby” (01:30:00). “Good for You” (02:08:00; Dear Evan Hansen 2017 Broadway cast). “One Night in Bangkok” (02:52:00; Murray Head). “Changing of the Guards” (03:00:30) & “When I Paint My Masterpiece” {demo version} (03:07:00; Bob Dylan). “Boots of Spanish Leather” (03:11:00; Nanci Griffith). “Sit Down, John” (03:29:30; 1776 1969 Broadway cast w/ William Daniels). “Mattie Rag” (03:31:30; Lord Tanamo). “Speaking of Taxes” (03:34:00; Henny Youngman). “Tishomingo Blues” (03:35:30; “A Prairie Home Companion” w/ Garrison Keillor). “Why Must I Plead” (03:37:00; Richard Thompson). “Walk to Jerusalem” (03:42:00; Mahalia Jackson).


(pictured: Richard Nelson, Andy Williams, Tom Waits, sound machine w/ Twaddle)

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/25/2017): LITTLE FYODOR & BABUSHKA & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musicians Little Fyodor & Babushka

Topics include: radio, punk, music, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Segment airs Nov. 25, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #628 (11/18/2017): MANDEL BRED

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Here is the 628th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on UNC Radio and Facebook, Nov. 18, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: theater director David Mandelbaum, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews New Yiddish Rep artistic director David Mandelbaum. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Indians), Saturday Segues (thanksgiving, in the news)

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (Yiddish theater)
00:15:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:03:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Thanksgiving
01:17:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & review (01:34:30) (Torch Song))
01:46:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews David Mandelbaum
02:29:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Indians)
02:46:30 Friends
03:00:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
03:46:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Nov. 18, 2017 Playlist: “Gratitude” (01:05:05: Paul McCartney), Thankful n’ Thoughtful (01:07:30; Sly & the Family Stone). “Thankful” (01:12:00; Blake Babies). “Auf Wiedersehen Augustus Gloop” (01:43:30; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2013 London cast). “Oifen Pripetchik” (02:23:00; Connie Frances). “Summer Days” (02:30:00), “Shenandoah” (02:36:00) & “Moonlight” (02:39:30; Bob Dylan). “You Can Call Me Al” (03:02:00; Paul Simon). “A Little Gossip” (03:06:30; Man of La Mancha 1965 Broadway cast w/ Irving Jacobson). “Pipeline” (03:08:30; Dick Dale & Stevie Ray Vaughan). “Zimbabwe” (03:11:30; Toni Childs). “Balls” (03:15:30; AC/DC). “Nobody Wants to Play with Me” (03:51:00; Little Fyodor and Babushka).


(pictured: David Mandelbaum, Al Franken & Leeann Tweeden, Torch Song, Happy Thanksgiving)
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/18/2017): DAVID MANDELBAUM & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with David Mandelbaum, artistic director of NYC’s New Yiddish Repertory

Topics include: Awake and Sing, Death of a Salesman, Waiting for Godot, Yiddish, theater, Folksbiene.
Segment airs Nov. 18, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #627 (11/11/2017): COR CURRICULUM

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Here is the 627th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio Nov. 11, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: theater archivist Betty Corwin, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interview TOFT founder Betty Corwin. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (sitcom), Saturday Segues (young lightfoot, in the news)

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (Dave’s shake, nurse practitioners, molesters, Myron Noodleman, bobsleighs n’ skeletons)
00:34:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
00:45:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Young Lightfoot
01:04:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (News & Reviews (Tiny Beautiful Things (01:21:00) & Puffs (01:28:00))
01:41:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Betty Corwin
02:18:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN – UNC Radio
02:23:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (sitcom)
02:49:00 Friends
03:08:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
03:46:00 Weather
03:47:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Nov. 11, 2017 Playlist: “Long Way Back Home” (00:47:30) & “Changes” (00:54:30; Gordon Lightfoot). “Born in Ontario” (00:50:30) & “I’m Glad I Found You” (Neil Young). “I Hate Men” (Kiss Me Kate 1999 Broadway cast w/ Marin Mazzie). “Caribbean Wind” (02:32:00), “Fixin’ to Die” (02:38:00) & “The Ugliest Girl in the World” (02:40:00; Bob Dylan). “The Garbageman” (02:53:00; William Shatner). “Let the Church Roll On” (03:13:00; Mahalia Jackson). “Everlasting Love” (03:14:30; U2). “Sweet Virginia” (03:18:00; Rolling Stones). “Jizz on Demand” (03:22:30; Louis C.K.). “Sixty Years On” (03:25:00; Elton John). “Veteran’s Day” (03:51:00; Judy Collins).

(pictured: Betty Corwin, Neil Young & Gordon Lightfoot, Larry Charles & Bob Dylan, Tiny Beautiful Things, Puffs, the sport of Skeleton)

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Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #017 (12/20/2014): TREE HALL

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The 17th Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired Dec. 20, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Fighting broke out at the local university’s forestry and conservation wing over – of all things – which tea should be planted in the arboretums of the dormitories.

The students of Flower Hall said, “We’re sick of jasmine tea; we want oolong tea.”

The students of Bush Hall said, “No fair! We want oolong tea.”

The students of Tree Hall said, “No way! We’ve had dibs on oolong since last semester. You take Darjeeling.”

Well, all three halls start yelling and fingerpointing which escalates until punches are thrown, tables get smashed, and soon, there’s a full-fledged riot.

The next morning, the president of the university arrives to survey the damage. She calls all the dormitories together and asks how the trouble started. Immediately, the students from Flower Hall, Bush Hall and Tree Hall start screaming their sides of the story and moving towards another riot.

“Please, please!” cries the president. “Can’t Tree Hall Just Get Oolong?”

Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #015 (12/6/2014): RESTAURANTS

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The 15th Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired Dec. 6, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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The head of Milwaukee’s restaurant bureau was in the hospital recovering from a heart attack.

He didn’t mind the downtime until he heard that a big Hollywood movie was coming to town, and he felt awful that he couldn’t escort the stars to the best restaurants the way he usually did. He begged his doctors, “Please, let me bring them to my favorite places!” But the doctors said, “No, you’re not ready.” “Please!” he said. “It’s George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Bill Murray, Laura Dern — I’ll sleep the whole rest of the day, just let me do my celebrity restaurant tours; it’s what we’re known for!”

He begged and pleaded until finally, against their better judgment, the doctors gave in and let him take the movie stars to dinner. He took George Clooney to a French bistro. He took Julia Roberts to the best Mexican place. He brought Bill Murray to a great burger joint. And everything was fine until the last day, when he collapsed in the delicatessen where he had taken Laura Dern for beer and brats.

The coroner held a press conference, and reporters asked him if the doctors were negligent for allowing the guy to resume the tour. “No, said the coroner, “They checked on him every day, and he was doing great. But then he took a Dern for the wurst.”

Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #014 (11/29/2014): TRACY MORGAN

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The 14th Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired Nov. 22, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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For his work on “30 Rock,” comedian Tracy Morgan was in London to be knighted by the queen. Unfortunately, right after the ceremony, Morgan begins suffering terrible maladies related to his near-fatal car accident.

They bring him to the Royal Hospital where he complains of dizziness and a burning sensation in his left hip.

The doctor examines Morgan for a few minutes and makes some brief notes on a chart, which he hands to the head nurse. But she stops him in the hall. “I’m sorry, doctor, but I don’t understand your notes,” she tells him.

The doctor says, “It’s simple. We put the patient in a spinning centrifuge to counteract his vertigo. Then we drain off some fluid from his hip to ease the inflammation. It’s all there on the chart.”

“Oh, now I get it!” gasps the nurse. “Spin Sir Tracy, and Catheter in Hip Burn.”

Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #013 (11/22/2014): OLD TEA

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The 13th Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired Nov. 22, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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An old Asian tea maker took pride in teaching his culinary students a very special blend of his chai tea. The brew had a strong, delicious taste and an oddly delicate bouquet. No matter how his young students tried, even the best ones could not replicate the brew.

What the teacher couldn’t tell them was the real reason his tea had such a distinct flavor: every morning before school, he would wake up, take a dry loofa and scrape the wrinkly, dead skin off one of his buttocks and into the bag of leaves.

All goes fine until one day, a know-it-all student takes a sip of the old man’s signature tea. “Ugh,” says the boy, “when was this tea made, 1937?”

“What you talk about?” says the teacher, “is fresh, new tea!”

“New? This tastes ancient. I don’t wanna make old tea.”

“Old? Is not old! Made right now!”

“Is not!” counters the boy. “What kind of teacher are you?”

“I good teacher!” the old man yells, “and is new tea!”

“No, it isn’t,” says the boy, “I’m outta here.”

The kid turns to leave, but the teacher grabs him by the collar and hollers, “I good teacher! No Chai Old, Left Behind!”

Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #012 (11/15/2014): COPPOLA

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The 12th Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired Nov. 15, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Basking in the success of his “Godfather” films, Francis Ford Coppola books a much-needed vacation to Peru. On his first morning, he visits a llama farm, where he watches the ranchers feed and groom a herd of llamas and alpacas. Immediately, Coppola becomes fascinated by the animals’ eating habits. He gets on the phone to his agent and says, “I know what my next film is gonna be! I’m watching these llamas and the adorable way their faces move when they chew. So I wanna make a nature documentary where all you see are close-ups of their faces and their mouths.”

“Okay,” says the agent, “you’re the genius. But what on earth will you call it?”

Coppola replies, “Alpaca Lips, Now!’”