Dave’s Gone By #908 (8/26/2023): PHILLY FLASH

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Here is the 908th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning Aug. 26, 2023.

Featuring: Greeley Times; StoryTime (“Nuclear Physics for Babies”); Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Brandon); Dave’s trip to Philadelphia

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (physics, New Haven, Tom Jones, Shoji Tabuchi)
00:37:00 DAVE GOES AWAY: Philadelphia (w/ Joyce)
01:50:00 GREELEY TIMES
02:22:00 STORYTIME (“Nuclear Physics for Babies”)
02:51:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:03:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Chaffee, CO)
03:06:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Logan Square, Philadelphia, PA
Chaffee, CO

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/2/2022): TAMAR (Tammy Faye Starlite, Tammy Lang) & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with songstress TAMAR (and Tammy Faye Starlite)

Topics include: Israel, cabaret

Segment airs April 2, 2022 as part of the 843rd episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (1/9/2021): WOODIE KING, JR. & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with director WOODIE KING, JR. 

Topics include: New Federal Theater, off-Broadway, Langston Hughes, Checkmates.

Segment aired Jan. 9, 2021 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Note: Farewell to our Friend of the Daverhood, Woodie King, Jr., who passed Jan. 29, 2026 at age 88.

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Dave’s Gone By #780 (1/9/2021): GOT WOODIE?

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Here is the 780th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning Jan. 9, 2021. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: theater director Woodie King, Jr., theater critic David Sheward, Dave’s wife Joyce

Note: Farewell to our Friend of the Daverhood, Woodie King, Jr., who passed Jan. 29, 2026 at age 88.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews director Woodie King, Jr.; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Yellow Jacket); Dave Says Bye (Uncle Sonny); Today/Yesterday trivia quiz (Jan. 9).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:04:00 DAVE SAYS BYE (Uncle Sonny Brower)
00:45:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
00:59:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interview Woodie King, Jr.
01:46:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY (Jan. 9 w/ David Sheward)
02:29:00 DAVE GOES OFF (Capitol Chaos and Bravo Biden)
02:40:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
03:03:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:12:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Yellow Jacket)
03:15:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Jan. 9, 2021 Playlist: “Wind Beneath My Wings” (00:57:30; Marion Ramsey).

Woodie King, Jr.
David Sheward
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Sandra Eisner and Sonny Brower

Dave’s Gone By #739 (3/28/2020): KATCH ME IF YOU CAN

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Here is the 739th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday, March 28, 2020. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: cartoonist Ben Katchor, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews illustrator Ben Katchor, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Inside Broadway, Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Lincoln), Today Yesterday (March 28).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (coro-nation, new Dylan)
01:06:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:34:00 TODAY YESTERDAY (March 28)
02:13:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Ben Katchor
03:19:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
03:46:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Lincoln)
03:49:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Ben Katchor
Terrence McNally
Mark Blum
Lincoln County, CO
coronavirus
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Ben Katchor & Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/9/2018): ED RUBIN

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Ed Rubin

Topics include: Tony Awards, Frozen, Carousel, Angels in America, Mean Girls, Outer Critics Circle, critics, Joshua Henry, Tina Fey, Martha Plimpton.

Segment aired June 9, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 14th Annual TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Note: Farewell to our Friend of the Daverhood, Ed Rubin (aka “Fast Eddy”), who passed June 15, 2025 at age 84.

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Dave’s Gone By #653 (6/2/2018): A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK

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Here is the 653rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on Facebook, June 2, 2018. Info: davesgoneby.com. 

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: actor Laurence Luckinbill, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor Laurence Luckinbill, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segue (in the news), Inside Broadway, Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Ault), StoryTime (A Cow for Hansel, pt. 12), Dave’s Big Dictionary (mill), Wretched Pun of Destiny (golf).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (wormy and the epileptic octopus, castoreum , whoopee!, skullcap, Big Dave )
00:34:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:01:30 Sponsors
01:06:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:37:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Laurence Luckinbill
02:42:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Ault
02:44:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:55:00 STORYTIME – A Cow for Hansel, pt. 12
03:11:00 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #62 – Golf
03:13:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
03:45:30 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY – Mill
03:54:00 DAVE GOES OUT
DAVE GOES OUT

June 2, 2018 Playlist: “Castoria” (00:27:00; Nicolas Slonimsky). “Welcome to the Tonys (01:34:30; Forbidden Broadway vol. 8). “Rosanne” (03:14:30; Vic Damone). “Pardon Me” (03:26:00; Emitt Rhodes). “Trade War” (03:34:30; Van Dyke Parks). “Leaving Home” (03:40:00; Grafitti Thrill). “June Hymn” (03:56:00; The Decemberists).


(pictured: Laurence Luckinbill, A Cow for Hansel, Ault, Tourettes Golf, Dairy Barn)

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Dave’s Gone By #651 (5/19/2018): KEEPING SCORE

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Here is the 651st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, May 19, 2018. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Note: This episode was recorded away from the UNC radio studio, so there are some minor issues with audio quality

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: entrepreneur Tom Melcher (Show-Score.com), Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with entrepreneur Tom Melcher. Plus: Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Inside Broadway, Saturday Segue (in the news), Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Arriba), Wretched Pun of Destiny (rock legends), StoryTime (A Cow for Hansel, pt. 10), Dave’s Big Dictionary (tap).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (locked out!, The Grape White Way, strange rainbow, psycho squirrel, tilting kilts, yanny/laurel)
00:38:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:05:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & review (Frozen 01:17:30).
01:29:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Tom Melcher
02:13:00 Sponsors
02:19:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Arriba
02:22:00 STORYTIME – A Cow for Hansel (pt. 10)
02:42:00 Friends
02:51:30 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #61 – Rock Legends
02:54:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
03:47:30 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY – tap
03:56:00 DAVE GOES OUT

May 19, 2018 Playlist: “Tomorrow Is” (01:25:30; SpongeBob SquarePants 2017 Broadway cast). “Lois Lane” (02:56:00; Uncle Bonsai). “A Kidney’s Work is Never Done” (03:02:30; National Kidney Foundation). “New Jerusalem” (03:05:00; The Weavers). “In the Mirror” (03:11:30; Yanni). “Santa Fe” (03:18:30; Bob Dylan). “The Lone Wolf” (03:29:00; Kathleen Edwards). “Beautiful Day for a Wedding” (03:38:00; Side Show 1997 Broadway cast). “Last Year” (04:00:30; Best Coast).

(pictured: Tom Melcher, Frozen, Arriba, Colorado; A Cow for Hansel) 

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Dave’s Gone By Song (4/21/2018): CHESTER’S GAY

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A coming-out song about things going in.

Note: contains adult themes.

Song airs March 17, 2018, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Chester’s Gay

(sung to the melody of John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s “Yesterday”)


Chester’s gay

Came out to his parents yesterday

Now he needs a place to hide away

They can’t believe that Chester’s gay

They can’t see 

he’s been hiding objects anally

And removing them quite painfully

Aw, Chester’s gay as a cucumber tree

He’ll go out to bars, 

and he’ll throw the night away

Then he’ll sit in cars and he’ll blow 

Because he’s gay, (gay gay gay)

Chester’s gay

And I don’t just mean he’s gay for pay

He’s a donut puncher all the way

Oh, why did Chester turn that way?

Mom and dad,

They don’t want to see their son as bad

But their Christian faith is ironclad

So now they’re feeling oh so sad.

Chester’s queer

He puts massive objects in his rear

Too bad mom and dad are so severe

`cause it’s so clear that Chester’s gay.

Mm hmm hmm hmm 

Chester’s gay.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/7/2018): IRIS RAINER DART & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with author Iris Rainer Dart

Topics include: Beaches, The People in the Picture, theater, musicals, Judaism.

Segment airs April 7, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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