Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/20/2013): CHARLES GRODIN

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews writer, actor and director Charles Grodin

Topics include: The Heartbreak Kid, Ishtar, Elaine May, Mel Brooks, Albert Brooks, Ray Stark.

Segment originally aired April 20, 2013, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our friend of the Daverhood, Charles Grodin, passed May 18, 2021. 

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Dave’s Gone By #420 (4/20/2013): GRODIN TO THE MAX

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Here is the 420th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, April 20, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor Charles Grodin. Plus: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segue (Boston bands), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (420), and Rabbi Sol on the Boston marracre.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: actor Charles Grodin

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:12:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Boston bands
00:49:30 DAVE GOES OFF – Boston Marathon Massacre
01:13:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Charles Grodin
02:16:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (420)
02:49:00 Sponsors
02:52:00 Friends
02:56:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #064 – The Brothers Tsarnaev and the “M” Word
03:01:30 Weather
03:03:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news: 03:03:30 / review: 03:19:00, A Year with Frog & Toad)
03:24:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 20, 2013 Playlist: “Winterlong” (00:13:00; The Pixies). “Decomposing Trees” (00:16:00; Galaxie 500). “All Mixed Up” (00:20:00; The Cars). “Invisible Man” (00:24:00; The Breeders). “Rip in Heaven” (00:27:00; `til Tuesday). “Fast Man” (00:30:30; Frank Black). “I Can’t Find My Best Friend” (00:34:30; Jonathan Richman). “You’ve Got a Friend” ({live} 00:37:00; James Taylor). “How to Say Goodbye” (00:42:30; The Magnetic Fields). “Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum” (02:18:00), “Trying to Get to Heaven” (02:23:00), “Man Gave Names to All the Animals” (02:28:00), “Tangled Up in Blue” ({live} 02:32:30), “Every Grain of Sand” ({acoustic} 02:37:00) & “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” (02:41:00; Bob Dylan). “It’s Spring” (A Year with Frog and Toad; original cast).

Charles Grodin
The Boston Marathon
The Boston Bombers
A Year with Frog & Toad at UNC
Boston, MA

Dave’s Gone By #419 (4/13/2013): CREATIVE WHITING

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Here is the 419th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, April 13, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Margaret Whiting’s daughter, Debbi Whiting. Plus: Rabbi Sol on the Berlin Jewish Museum’s “Jew-in-a-Box” exhibit, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Russia), Inside Broadway and Saturday Segues (Farewells, Jonathan Winters)

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: Debbi Whiting, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 Pre-show Intro
00:04:00 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:15:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Farewells (Margaret Thatcher, Andy Johns, Annette Funicello).
00:57:00 Sponsors
01:01:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:21:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Debbi Whiting
02:19:30 Friends
02:29:00 NEWS GONE BY
02:36:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #63: Jew-in-a-Box
02:43:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Russia)
03:08:00 DAVE SAYS BYE – Jonathan Winters
03:15:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 13, 2013 Playlist: “Torn and Frayed” (00:17:00; The Rolling Stones). “Tramp the Dirt Down” (00:21:30; Elvis Costello).”Elevation” (00:27:00; Television). “Bring Back Those 50s” (00:32:00; Robert Klein). “The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines” (00:35:00; Joni Mitchell). “Jamaica Ska” (00:39:00; Annette Funicello & Fishbone). “One Rainy Wish” (00:43:00; Jimi Hendrix). “Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher” (00:46:30; Billy Elliot 2005 original cast). “Friends” (00:50:00; Led Zeppelin). “Once Upon a Dream” (01:16:00; Jekyll & Hyde, 1997 Bway cast w/ Teal Wicks). “My Cup Runneth Over” (01:19:30), “Here to Stay” (01:29:00), “Until it’s Time for You to Go” (01:45:00), “Till We Meet Again” (01:54:30), “Wheel of Hurt” (02:04:00) & “Nothing Lasts Forever” (02:15:30; Margaret Whiting). “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” (01:35:30; Allan Sherman). “Ye Shall Be Changed” (02:47:00), “Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues” (02:50:00) & “When Ya Gonna Wake Up” (02:57:30; Bob Dylan). “With God on Our Side” (02:53:30; Barb Jungr). “Leave Your Name & Number #2” (03:02:30), “The Zoo (Elephant)” (03:03:00), “Grandpa Beloncort (Calling About Dying)” (03:03:30), “Allen Bresler (Forest Lawn”) (03:06:30) & “Old Folks” (03:19:00; Jonathan Winters).

Debbi Whiting
Margaret Whiting
Jack Wrangler & Margaret Whiting
Annette Funicello
Jonathan Winters
Jew-in-a-Box
Andy Johns
Margaret Thatcher

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/13/2013): DEBBI WHITING

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews the daughter of vocalist Margaret Whiting and arranger Lou Busch, Debbi Whiting

Topics: music, Capitol Records, London Records.

Segment originally aired April 13, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #418 (4/6/2013): MEAT AND GREET

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Here is the 418th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, April 6, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Eric Mittenthal, Vice President of Public Affairs of the American Meat Institute. Plus: Rabbi Sol on the passing of Roger Ebert, Saturday Segues (Phil Ramone, Tom Lehrer & Tiny Tim) and Inside Broadway.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: meat promoter Eric Mittenthal

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:12:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Phil Ramone
01:02:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:02:00) & Indianapolis (01:11:00): The Whipping Man (01:12:00), Indy Fringe (01:17:00), Twelfth Night (01:19:30), Michael Feinstein & Barbara Cook (01:23:00))
01:32:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Eric Mittenthal
02:01:30 Sponsors
02:08:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (meat)
02:34:00 Friends
02:38:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #62 (Roger Ebert)
02:42:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tiny Tim & Tom Lehrer
02:58:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 6, 2013 Playlist: “The Happy Hot Dog Man” (00:04:30; TV ad). “Minstrel of the Dawn” (00:14:00; Gordon Lightfoot). “You Don’t Own Me” (00:17:30; Lesley Gore ). “Poetry Man” (Phoebe Snow; 00:20:00). “Rolling Home” (00:24:30; Peter, Paul & Mary). “Take Me to the Mardi Gras” (00:28:00) & “Questions for the Angels” (00:48:30; Paul Simon). “Only the Good Die Young” (00:31:00; Billy Joel). “Rag Mama Rag” ({live version}; 00:35:00; The Band). “Half as Big as Life” (00:39:00; Promises, Promises, 1968 Broadway cast w/ Jerry Orbach). “Once Before I Go” (00:41:00; The Boy from Oz; 2003 Broadway cast w/ Hugh Jackman). “Gloomy Sunday” (00:44:30; Sinead O’Connor). “All That Meat and No Potatoes” (01:30:00; Fats Waller). “Meat City” (01:59:00; John Lennon). “Honest with Me” (02:08:30), “Quinn the Eskimo” (02:14:00). “Disease of Conceit” (02:17:00), “Tough Mama” (02:20:00), “Diamond Joe” (02:24:30), “On the Road Again” (02:28:00) & “Yea, Heavy and a Bottle of Bread” (02:30:30; Bob Dylan). “Livin’ in the Sunlight, Lovin’ in the Moonlight” (02:42:30), “Mickey the Monkey” (02:47:30) & “Santa Claus has Got the AIDS this Year” (02:51:00; Tiny Tim). “My Home Town” (02:45:00), “Silent E” (02:49:30), “The Vatican Rag” (02:54:00) & “When You are Old and Grey” (02:59:00; Tom Lehrer).

Eric Mittenthal
Michael Feinstein & Barbara Cook
The Whipping Man at Indiana Rep
Phil Ramone
Tiny Tim
Tom Lehrer
Roger Ebert
The Happy Hot Dog Man!

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/6/2013): ERIC MITTENTHAL

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews the Vice President of Public Affairs of the American Meat Institute, Eric Mittenthal

Topics include: meat, hot dogs and more meat.

Segment originally aired April 6, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/30/2013): ROSLYN KIND & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actress and singer Roslyn Kind

Topics include: music, concerts, acting and Kind’s half-sister Barbra Streisand.

Segment originally aired March 30, 2013 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com
More information on Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #417 (3/30/2013): ONE OF A KIND

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Here is the 417th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 30, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singer-actress Roslyn Kind. Also: Inside Broadway, Dave’s Trip to Indianapolis, and Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Passover).

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: Roslyn Kind

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:12:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Indiana
00:40:00 DAVE’S GONE AWAY – Indianapolis (w/ guest caller Joyce Weil)
01:36:00 Sponsors
01:44:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Roslyn Kind
02:31:30 Weather
02:32:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (The Lyons (02:36:30) & 9 to 5 (02:39:30))
02:49:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Passover)
03:03:30 Thanks & Friends
03:05:30 DAVE GOES OUT

March 30, 2013 Playlist: “The Nearness of You” (00:13:0 0; Norah Jones). “Perfectly Good Guitar” (00:16:00; John Hiatt). “Black or White” (00:20:30; Michael Jackson). “Anything Goes” (00:24:00; Frank Sinatra). “Gary, Indiana” (00:26:30; The Music Man, original Broadway cast w/ Eddie Hodges). “Indiana Wants Me” (00:28:00; R. Dean Taylor). “Take Me Home” (00:32:00; Crystal Gayle). “Jim Dean of Indiana” (00:33:00; Phil Ochs). “It’s a Beautiful Day” (01:42:00), “Give Me You” (01:55:00), “Living Colors / Meadowlark” (02:05:00), “Somebody Loves Me” (02:17:00), “At Times Like This” (02:21:00) & “Come What May” (02:27:30; Roslyn Kind). “Get Out and Stay Out” (02:43:30; 9 to 5 Broadway cast w/ Stephanie J. Block). “Saved” (02:49:30) & “Ain’t Talkin’ (02:53:30). “When Day is Done” (03:06:30; Michael Feinstein).

Roslyn Kind
Roslyn Kind
9 to 5: The Musical
9 to 5 at Beef `n Boards
Phoenix Theater’s The Lyons
Mayor Bloomberg and the beverage police
Indianapolis

Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/16/2013): DEBBY BOONE & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer Debby Boone

Topics include: theater, music, Boones & Ferrers

Segment originally aired March 16, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/16/2013): JULIE HALSTON & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actress Julie Halston

Topics include: Charles Busch, Classical Julie, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom.

Segment originally aired March 16, 2013 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com