Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/15/2003): STEFAN ZUCKER

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews opera fanatic Stefan Zucker

Topics include: opera, radio, Franco Corelli.

Segment originally aired Dec. 15, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #56 (12/15/2003): OPERA FANATIX

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Here is the 56th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, Dec. 15, 2003. More info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: opera expert Stefan Zucker

Featuring: Dave chats with opera expert Stefan Zucker. Plus: The satirical News Gone By

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: Greetings & background on Stefan Zucker’s “Opera Fanatic.”
00:08:00  DAVE’ GOT GUESTS: Opera fanatic, Stefan Zucker discussing his voice, pitch, opera in general and the late, great tenor, Franco Corelli
00:65:00  NEWS GONE BY: Saddam? We Gottem!; Naughty Kerry; Arab Consensus; Muslim Football; SUV Dating; Angry Drunken Elks; DWI in Belgrade; Urine Unit (Bad Pun of the Week); Gorillaromatherapy; Food-Free Mystic; Olympic Crucifixion.
01:20:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Promo for Housewives on Prozac; Thank Yous.

Dec. 15, 2003 Playlist: “la donna e mobile” & “e lucevan le stelle” (Franco Corelli).

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Dave’s Gone By #55 (12/8/2003): 99% CHRISTMAS FREE

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Here is the 55th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, Dec. 8, 2003. More info: davesgoneby.com. 

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Featuring: A special non-holiday holiday show, featuring the satirical News Gone By. Plus: Dave Goes Off on the closing of The Bottom Line, and Dave’s Christmas ditty, It’s a Stiff.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: Bad Weather & Too Much Christmas Everywhere.
00:25:00  DAVE GOES OFF: Farewell to The Bottom Line nightclub
00:37:00  NEWS GONE BY: Miserable Failure in Chief; Lincoln Logos; Slavery Museum; Mussolini Quits; Hitler Wine; Nursing n’ Driving; Irish Booblines; McRage (Bad Pun of the Week); Shoe Polish Cop; Birthday Barker; Times Obits; Ozzy Osbuggered; Britney Masturbates!; Barnum and Blimp; Ostracode; WBAB Killed Santa; Baby in a Bag; Wang Won’t.
01:13:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Update on Art Paul Schlosser; Promo of Stefan Zucker.

Dec. 8, 2003 Playlist: “It’s A Stiff” (Dave, 62:00), “Mal reggendo…” (Franco Corelli), “Blunt” (Art Paul Schlosser), “Santa Claus Has Got the AIDS This Year” (Tiny Tim), “Blessed Are” (Simon & Garfunkel), “River” (Joni Mitchell).

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Dave’s Gone By #54 (12/1/2003): 54 STUDIO

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Here is the 54th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, Dec. 1, 2003. More info: davesgoneby.com. 

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Featuring: Dave celebrates Woody Allen’s birthday and offers the satirical News Gone By. Plus: Inside Broadway (Wonderful Town) and Dave’s skits, Woody Allen Calls His Analyst and Wrong Island Cablevision.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: Greetings
00:05:00  BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE: Woody Allen (w/ Woody’s Analyst skit)
00:30:00  NEWS GONE BY (War of Attrition, Clark’s Bark; Neil Bush’s Orientation; Football Escorts; Down Smelldrome (Bad Pun of the Week); Glen Campbell in the Soup; DVD Stampede; Mrs. Santa Claus; Bad Bus-ness; Good Samomitan; Dinner with Meiweiss; Smoke `em If You Steal `em”; Country Road 6FU; Geuda Guns; Garbage Man; Mouthy Python; Cablevision of Wrong Island (skit); Squid or Get Off the Pot; Too Cool To Do Ticonderoga; Boy Dog Pondering; Klan BBQ; Orgasmatron).
01:10:00  DAVE’S GONE CULTURAL: Theater Review & music from Broadway’s Wonderful Town.
01:22:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Farewells, Mailbag & Thank Yous.

December 1, 2003 Playlist: “Phoenix Envy” (Dave, 39:00), “The Ballad of Woody & Mia” (Loose Bruce Kerr), “The Great Renaldo, “Summing Up” (Woody Allen).

Donna Murphy and Jennifer Westfeldt in Wonderful Town
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Dave’s Gone By #53 (11/24/2003): YES, THANKS!

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Here is the 53rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM Nov. 24, 2003. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

guest appearance: Joe Salzone

Featuring: Lots of comedy on this Thanksgiving episode, including the satirical News Gone By, the World Weird Web, and a Michael Jackson skit.

00:00:00  OPENING: Michael Jackson skit w/ Joe Salzone
00:12:00  DAVE GOES IN: Thanksgiving & Giving Thanks
00:44:00  WORLD WEIRD WEB: Despair.com
00:56:00  NEWS GONE BY: Jacko on Trial; Hard Off in NJ; Apple Juice n’ Elk Steak; The Naked Photographer; Beer Bash (Bad Pun of the Week); Unmaking the Grade; Gun in a Box; Hostility; Fat Cat; Oaf Loaf; A Snake in the Mouth; Long Live Lungfish; Glow Little Glowfish; Vomit Soda.
01:20:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Reasons to Be Cheerful; The Mailbag.

Nov. 24, 2003 Playlist: “Pocahontas” (Neil Young), “Thank U” (Alanis Morissette), “Fast Sioux Indian Dance,” “Reasons to be Cheerful” (Ian Dury), “Too Far Down” (Husker Du), “Poems, Prayers and Promises” (John Denver).

Michael Jackson
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/17/2003): DAVID LEVINE

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews his cousin, former Prague resident David Levine

Topics include: The Velvet Revolution, Czechoslovakia, Prague, travel.

Segment originally aired Nov. 17, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #52 (11/17/2003): VELVET REVOLUTIONS

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Here is the 52nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, Nov. 17, 2003. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: David Levine

Featuring: Dave’s cousin David Levine discusses life in the Czech Republic. Plus: the satirical News Gone By, the No-Freedom Insurance skit, and Dave’s tune, The Rectum of Edmund Fitzgerald.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: The Czech revolution, Vladimir Pinta – artist of Prague
00:21:00  DAVE’S GOT GUESTS: David Levine discusses life in Prague
00:37:00  NEWS GONE BY: Angel Durst; Humana Remedia; Flynch; Posthumous Politics; Art Carney; Irv Kupcinet; Arriverderci Merz; “The Rectum of Edmund Fitzgerald”; Reeve Breathes; Slater Slam; Princess Charles; Hummer Bummer
01:10:00  BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE – Gordon Lightfoot
01:24:00  DAVE GOES OUT – Thank yous

Nov. 17, 2003 Playlist: “The Rectum of Edmund Fitzgerald” (Dave), “Znam Yakyeh…” (Vladimir Pinta), “Wherefor and Why” & “Did She Mention My Name?” (Gordon Lightfoot), “Early Morning Rain” (Clancy Brothers).

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Prague
Vladimir Pinta
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/10/2003): CALDWELL TITCOMB

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews Boston-based theater critic Caldwell Titcomb

Topics include: theater, Norton Awards, Boston, criticism.

Note: Caldwell Titcomb passed away at age 84 in June 2011.

Segment originally aired Nov. 10, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #51 (11/10/2003): THE YOUNG BOSTONIAN

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Here is the 51st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, Nov. 10, 2003. 

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: theater critic Caldwell Titcomb

Featuring: Dave’s trip to Boston and catching Robyn Hitchcock in concert there. Plus: theater critic Caldwell Titcomb, the satirical News Gone By, a birthdave tribute to Neil Young, and the skit, “Eggs, Bacon and Penis.”

Note: Caldwell TItcomb passed away in June 2011 at age 84.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: A trip to Boston – Amtrak, quails, Havard Square, Robyn Hitchcock at Johnny D’s.
00:22:00  DAVE’S GONE CULTURAL: Boston theater, w/ critic Caldwell Titcomb. Reviews of Butley, Les Miz, Shear Madness
00:34:00  NEWS GONE BY: Gucci Goners; EU New; Happy Ram (Bad Pun of the Week); The Reagan Mini-series; Muscle Ache; Egg, Bacon & Penis; My Client Shot the Sheriff; Hunting Accident; Daddy Letterman; Sick Britney; Nuts to You; The Big Sloppy.
00:45:00  SKIT: Eggs, Bacon & Penis
01:01:00  SEGUE: Neil Young
01:20:00  DAVE GOES OUT

Nov. 10, 2003 Playlist: “Uncorrected Personality Traits” (Robyn Hitchcock), “Flying on the Ground is Wrong,” “Southern Man,” “Scattered” (Neil Young), “Eggs, Bacon & Penis” (Dave).

Caldwell Titcomb
Neil Young
Huntington Theatre Company’s production of Simon Gray’s “Butley” with Nathan Lane.
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Dave’s Gone By #50 (11/3/2003): DR. DAVEMENTO

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Here is the 50th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on New York’s WGBB-AM radio Nov. 3, 2003. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Featuring: Dave pays tribute to Dr. Demento by playing novelty classics. Plus: the satirical News Gone By.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: Opening comments, tribute to Dr. Demento
00:05:00  DR. DAVEMENTO: Zany music and comedy, a la Dr. D.
00:51:00  NEWS GONE BY: Washington’s Whiskey; All Tempa-Petrol; Candle-making for Dummies; Jerry Lewis Film Festival; Stoned Sperm; Butt Hole Road
01:02:00  MORE DR. DAVEMENTO: More zany music and comedy, a la Dr. D.
01:25:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Thank yous and best wishes

November 3, 2003 Playlist: “Cocktails for Two” (00:05:00; Spike Jones); “Magic Toenail” (00:08:00; Brak); “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha” (00:09:00; Napoleon XIV), “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” (00:17:00; Allan Sherman); “My Dead Dog Rover” (00:20:00; Hank, Stu, Dave & Hank); “Dead Puppies” (00:22:00; Ogden Edsl); “Happy Boy” (00:24:30; Beat Farmers); “Class Clown – Bi-labial Fricative” (00:27:00; George Carlin); “Who’s Sorry Now” (00:32:00; Shooby Taylor; “Santa Claus Has Got the AIDS This Year” (00:34:00; Tiny Tim); “Shoot Me in the Ass” (00:36:00; Wesley Willis); “My Name is Larry” (00:39:00; Wild Man Fischer), “Earache My Eye” (00:46:00; Cheech & Chong); Fishheads (00:52:00; Barnes & Barnes); “Have a Peanut Butter Sandwich” (00:54:00; Art Paul Schlosser); “Makin’ Poopies” (00:58:00; Dave). “Hooked On Polkas” (00:60:00; Weird Al Yankovic); “Spam” (00:6:00; Monty Python); “I Hold Your Hand in Mine” (00:69:00; Tom Lehrer). “Shaving Cream” (00:71:00; Benny Bell).

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Benny Bell
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