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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musician Bruce Sudano
Topics include: Donna Summer, Alive `N Kickin’, Brooklyn, Flatbush
Segment airs Nov. 1, 2025 as part of episode #1006 of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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The 25th Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired Feb. 14, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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25. Against his better judgment, the warden of a small-town prison lets his most violent offender out early for good behavior. “Johnny,” he says, “my advice to you is leave this town, go the big city, and get yourself a hobby that’ll use up some of that nervous energy that always gets you into trouble.”
“Hobby?” says Johnny with sneer, “like fishing or stamp collecting?”
“Actually, I signed you up for dance lessons,” replies the warden. “You’ve always been light on your feet, and it might help you meet a higher class of people.”
So Johnny moves to the city, takes a menial job, and five times a week he visits the dance studio – loving every minute. He loves the grace, the aerobic workout and especially the costumes. When he does the tango, he gets to wear a hat and vest; when he learns tap, he can wear tap shoes and a bow tie. He even participates in African dance wearing a headdress and a grass skirt.
But a few weeks later, Johnny’s back in prison, possibly for life. The old warden from his hometown calls him saying, “Johnny, I heard you were doing so well with the dancing. What happened?”
Johnny says, “Tango was great, tap was amazing, and the African stuff was the best ever. But disco? You know, they made me wear a girdle to correct my posture for the disco pose. A girdle!”
“And that’s why you stabbed the instructor to death, destroying your new life in the big city? Because of disco dancing?”
“I’m sorry,” says Johnny. “I just couldn’t take the hustle and bustle.”
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Here is the 493rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio Jan. 17, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musician Harry Wayne Casey (KC and the Sunshine Band), Plus: Greeley Crime Beat, Inside Broadway (Ervin Drake), Saturday Segues (Susanna Hoffs, Jan. 1964), The Wretched Pun of Destiny (producer), Dylan – Sooner & Later (Tim Drummond).
host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Harry Wayne Casey (of KC and the Sunshine Band), Dave’s wife, Joyce Weil
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce Weil (disco, nebula & horror, tattoos) 00:36:00 GREELEY CRIME BEAT 00:55:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce Weil 01:15:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Susanna Hoffs 01:49:00 Sponsors 01:55:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news, Ervin Drake (02:12:30)) 02:25:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Harry Wayne Casey 03:35:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Tim Drummond) 04:01:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #21 (Producer) 04:03:00 Friends 04:15:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – January 1964 04:32:30 Weather 04:34:00 DAVE GOES OUT
Jan. 17, 2015 Playlist: “Wishing on Telstar” (01:30:30; Susanna Hoffs), “James” (01:34:30) & “Grateful” (01:40:30; The Bangles), “Sunday Morning” (01:37:00; Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs). “Overture” (02:15:30; Sophisticated Ladies Bway cast). “The Friendliest Thing” (02:20:30; What Makes Sammy Run? 1964 Bway cast w/ Sally Ann Howes). “Sound Your Funky Horn” (02:23:00), “I Like to Do It” (02:31:30), “That’s the Way (I Like It)” (02:39:00), “Keep it Comin’ Love” (02:57:30), “Please Don’t Go” (03:12:30) & “Shake Your Booty” (03:24:00). “Saved” (03:41:30), “Gonna Change My Way of Thinking” (03:45:30) & “The Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar” (03:50:30; Bob Dylan). “Glad All Over” (04:16:30; The Dave Clark Five). “Before the Parade Passes By” (04:19:30; Hello, Dolly! 1964 Bway cast w/ Carol Channing). “Don’t Bother Me” (04:22:30; The Beatles). “Needles and Pins” (04:25:00; The Searchers). “You Better Move On” (04:27:00; The Rolling Stones). “It was a very Good Year” (04:39:00; William Shatner).
