Dave’s Gone By #782 (1/23/2021): 57 VARIETIES

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Here is the 782nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Jan. 23, 2021.

Guests: city planner Michael Levine, Dave’s cousin Adam Glass, theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake & David Sheward, and friends Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby.

Featuring: Dave chats with his two cousins, urban planner Michael Levine and Adam Glass; Inside Broadway; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Beulah Valley); Today/Yesterday theater quiz (Jan. 23 w/ Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby, & David Sheward).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (my birthday–looking forward and backward)
00:33:00 GUEST: Rosemary Weil
00:34:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:00:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:17:00 GUEST: Adam Glass
01:36:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY Trivia Quiz (Jan. 23 w/ Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Sheward, Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby)
02:31:00 GUEST: Michael Levine
03:20:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:28:00 Birthday Wishes
03:54:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED
03:57:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Jan. 23, 2021 Playlist: “Happy Birthday” (03:29:00; Art Paul Schlosser)

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2020): FRED CLEAVER & WENDY HIGHBY

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/20): FRED CLEAVER & WENDY HIGHBY

Dave chats with Colorado friends, Wendy Highby and Fred Cleaver

Topics include: New Year’s Eve, coronavirus, Greeley

Segment aired Dec. 31, 2020 as part of the annual New Year’s Eve special edition of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio show/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby

Dave’s Gone By #779 (12/31/2020): DAVERHOOD NEW YEAR – Hello 2021!

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Here is the 779th episode–our annual New Year’s Eve special–of the long-running radio show/podcast Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Thursday night, Dec. 31, 2020. Info: Davesgoneby.com.

Guests: Dave’s mother Brenda Lefkowitz, aunts Bonnie Pinkow and Esther Brower, and cousins Adam Glass, Jeffrey Kirsch and Cynthia Shub Kirsch, and Adam Sheflin and Stefanie Pinkow Sheflin; musical director Richard Shore; theater critics Mary Shen Barnidge, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Jeff Goodman, Charles Gross, Eva Heinemann, and David Sheward; composer Brian Gari, entertainer Susan Horowitz (aka Dr. Sue), actress Vicki Quade, educator Don Perl, friends Fred Cleaver and Wendy Highby, Stephen Fisch, and Ozer Teitelbaum, Dave’s wife Joyce, Rabbi Sol Solomon.

Featuring: Our annual New Year’s Eve celebration featuring Zoom-ins, 2020 Farewells, and a Ketchup countdown

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:05:00 GUEST: Dr. Susan Horowitz
00:08:00 GUEST: Brian Gari
00:15:00 GUEST: Richard Shore
00:22:00 GUESTS: Jeffrey Kirsch & Cynthia Shub Kirsch
00:26:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
00:32:30 GUEST: Ozer Teitelbaum
00:39:00 GUESTS: Fred Cleaver and Wendy Highby
00:40:00 GUEST: Bonnie Pinkow
00:46:30 GUEST: Lisa Arata
00:52:30 GUEST: Don Perl
00:59:00 GUEST: Mary Shen Barnidge
01:04:00 GUEST: Vicki Quade
01:10:00 GUEST: Esther Brower
01:11:00 GUEST: Adam Glass
01:19:00 GUEST: David Sheward
01:23:00 GUEST: Jeff Goodman
01:31:00 GUEST: Charles Gross
01:37:00 GUEST: Adam and Stefanie Sheflin
01:44:00 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
01:58:30 Ketchup New Year
02:08:00 DAVE SAYS BYE (Ian Finkel, Bruce Jay Friedman, Al Kasha, Carl Reiner, Rebecca Luker, Dawn Wells)
02:17:00 GUEST: Brenda Lefkowitz
02:18:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #164 (Goodbye 2020)
02:30:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce
02:35:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 31, 2020 Playlist: “Sensation Rag” (00:01:30; Original Dixieland Jazz Band). “Auld Lang Syne” (02:46:30; Funny Tombow One-Man Band).

Dave’s Gone By #726 (12/31/2019): DAVERHOOD NEW YEAR – HELLO 2020!

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Here is the 726th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By–our annual New Year’s Special–which aired live, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. More info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: Dave’s wife Joyce, Dave’s aunt Bonnie Pinkow, Dave’s aunt Esther Brower, Brian Gari, Lisa Arata, Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby, Stephen Fisch, Ozer Teitelbaum.
Featuring: Our annual New Year’s Eve celebration featuring call-ins, 2019 Farewells, New Year’s Limericks of the Damned.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:04:00 GUEST: Ozer Teitelbaum
00:15:00 GUEST Bonnie Pinkow
00:23:00 GUEST: Stephen Fisch
00:38:00 GUEST: Lisa Arata
00:50:00 GUEST: Brian Gari
01:10:30 NEW YEAR’S LIMERICKS OF THE DAMNED
01:15:30 2019 FAREWELLS, part 1
01:25:30 GUEST: Esther Brower
01:34:00 GUESTS: Wendy Highby & Fred Cleaver
01:48:00 2019 FAREWELLS, part 2
01:57:00 POTATO COUNTDOWN
02:04:00 TODAY YESTERDAY – Dec. 31
02:18:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:22:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 31, 2019 Playlist: “Auld Lang Syne” (Flatulina). 

Ozer Teitelbaum
Lisa Arata
Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby
Stephen Fisch
Brian Gari
Esther Brower

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2019): FRED CLEAVER & WENDY HIGHBY

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with friends FRED CLEAVER & WENDY HIGHBY

Topics include: New Year’s, Greeley.  

Segment aired Dec. 31, 2019 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2018): FRED CLEAVER & WENDY HIGHBY

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews friends Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby

Topics include: 2018, David Byrne.

Segment aired Dec. 31, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” New Year’s special radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #679 (12/31/2018): DAVERHOOD NEW YEAR – HELLO 2019!

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Here is the 679th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live, New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, 2018.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: Dave’s parents, Philip & Brenda Lefkowitz, Dave’s wife Joyce, Dave’s aunt Esther Brower, friends Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby,writer Lisa Arata, musician Brian Gari, theater critic Mary Shen Barnidge, educator Stephen Fisch.

Featuring: New Year’s Eve celebration with Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection #158 (2018 Farewell), Best of Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Guest call-ins, StoryTime.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (eye drops)
00:07:00 GUEST: Esther Brower
00:19:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (our 2018: Oofty’s eye, hail, Boston, NY countdown)
00:28:00 Countdown
00:35:30 GUESTS: Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby
00:44:00 GUEST: Brian Gari
01:00:30 GUEST: Mary Shen Barnidge
01:30:00 GUEST: Lisa Arata
01:46:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #158 – Farewell 2018
01:59:00 GUEST: Stephen Fisch
02:23:00 GUESTS: Philip & Brenda Lefkowitz
02:26:00 The 2018 Guest Roster
02:31:00 Nineteen Medley
02:34:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 31, 2018 Playlist: “Nineteen Medley” (02:31:30). “Auld Lang Syne (Flati)” (02:38:30; Flatulina).

Esther Brower and her nephew, Dave
Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby
Brian Gari
Mary Shen Barnidge
Lisa Arata
Stephen Fish, The Odessa Hammer
Brenda & Philip Lefkowitz

Dave’s Gone By Interview (5/27/2017): FRED CLEAVER & WENDY HIGHBY

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews friends Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby

Topics include: Jethro Tull, Meet the Small Potatoes, height.

Segment aired May 27, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” New Year’s special radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #607 (5/27/2017): CROWN JULES

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Here is the 607th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, May 27, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: cartoonist Jules Feiffer, friends Wendy Highby & Fred Cleaver, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Dave interviews playwright and cartoonist Jules Feiffer. Plus: A call from friends Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby, Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (`67, In the News), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Freewheelin’ Groove).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (first play, projectile vomiting, shortness)
00:25:30 GUESTS: Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby (Jethro Tull, Small Potatoes)
00:52:00 Sponsors
00:55:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (radio)
01:01:00 MOVIES ABOUT PRODUCE
01:06:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:53:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – `67
02:19:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (02:19:30) & review (02:32:30; Present Laughter)
02:44:30 GUEST: Jules Feiffer
03:33:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Freewheelin’ Groove)
03:49:00 Friends
04:00:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
04:35:30 Weather
04:37:00 DAVE GOES OUT

May 27, 2017 Playlist: “Imagination” (00:46:00; The Small Potatoes). “Don’t Rain on My Parade” (00:53:30; Barbra Streisand). “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” (01:36:00; Culture Club). “Long Time” (01:40:30) & “Rapture” (01:44:30; Blondie). “The Message” (01:50:30; Brian Williams). “Love or Confusion” (01:57:00; Jimi Hendrix). “You Just May Be the One” (02:00:30; The Monkees). “Sad and Lonely Times” (02:02:30; Country Joe and the Fish). “Brown Shoes Don’t Make It” (02:05:00; Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention). “The Heart is Quicker than the Eye” (02:43:00; On Your Toes 1983 Broadway cast w/ Dina Merrill). “Whatcha Gonna Do” (03:37:00), “Had a Dream About You Baby” (03:41:00) & “Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance” (03:44:00; Bob Dylan). “The Best of Years” (03:51:00; Art Paul Schlosser). “Love Me Harder” (04:01:00; Ariana Grande & The Weeknd). “Live and Let Die” (04:05:00; Paul McCartney). “Janine” (04:08:00; David Bowie). “Body Slam!” (04:11:00; Bootsy Collins). “I’m Still Remembering” (04:39:00; The Cranberries).


(pictured: Jules Feiffer; Joyce n’ Dave n’ Fred n’ Wendy, Cobie Smulders & Kevin Kline in Present Laughter, Meet the Small Potatoes)

Dave’s Gone By Interview (5/20/2017): FRED CLEAVER & WENDY HIGHBY

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews friends Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby

Topics include: New York City, Karen Finley, Church & State, Karen Mason, Pacific Overtures.

Segment aired May 20, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” New Year’s special radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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