Dave’s Gone By #781 (1/16/2021): WICKENSPEDIA

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Here is the 781st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, Jan. 16, 2021. More info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: comedian Shawn Wickens, theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews comedian Shawn Wickens and offers his Rabbinical Reflection on Free Speech; Inside Broadway; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Cascade); Today/Yesterday theater quiz (Jan. 16) with Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (clerk typist, approaching 57)
00:30:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Shawn Wickens
01:16:30 TODAY/YESTERDAY Trivia Quiz (Jan. 16 w/ Leslie (Hoban) Blake & David Sheward)
02:39:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
02:50:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
03:01:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #165 (Free Speech)
03:13:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:19:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (Carvel)
03:25:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Cascade)
03:26:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Shawn Wickens
Cascade, CO
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
David Sheward
Philip J. Smith
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2020): LESLIE (HOBAN) BLAKE

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/20): LESLIE (HOBAN) BLAKE

Dave chats with theater critic Leslie (Hoban) Blake, alongside Dave’s cousins, Cynthia Shub Kirsch and Jeffrey Kirsch.

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

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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Leslie (Hoban) Blake

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 Interview (12/19/2020): KAREN ZIEMBA & Rabbi Sol Solomon

Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actress KAREN ZIEMBA

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Topics include: Susan Stroman, Hal Prince, Kander & Ebb, musicals.

Segment aired Dec. 19, 2020 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com.

Dave’s Gone By #777 (12/19/2020): WITH A Z

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Here is the 777th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning Dec. 19, 2020. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: actress Karen Ziemba, theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake & David Sheward, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Tony-winning actress Karen Ziemba; Karen, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, and David Sheward play the Today/Yesterday trivia quiz; Inside Broadway; Dave’s Big Dictionary (go-ahead); Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Dolores); Greeley Crimes & Old Times.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (snowstorm, monster mural, Rita Houston)
00:48:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:01:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Karen Ziemba
01:48:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY (Dec. 19 trivia quiz w/ Karen Ziemba, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Sheward)
03:03:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
03:27:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY (go-ahead)
03:40:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:48:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Dolores)
03:50:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 19, 2020 Playlist: “When You Said You Love Me” (01:00:00) & “Two of Me” (01:47:00), & “Hot Honey Rag” (03:59:30; Karen Ziemba).

Karen Ziemba
Rabbi Sol Solomon & Karen Ziemba
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
David Sheward
Dolores, CO
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #776 (12/12/2020): WILLING AND KNABLE

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Here is the 776th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: musician and playwright Jim Knable, theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake & David Sheward, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews musician Jim Knable; Today/Yesterday quiz w/ Jim Knable, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Sheward; Potato News; Wretched Pun of Destiny (gorillas); Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Fowler); Greeley Crimes & Old Times.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (spoilage, baby hippo, toilet corn)
00:45:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:08:00 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #87 (gorillas)
01:10:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Jim Knable
01:49:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY (Dec. 12, trivia quiz w/ Jim Knable, David Sheward, Leslie (Hoban) Blake
02:59:00 POTATO NEWS
03:12:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:19:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Fowler)
03:22:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 12, 2020 Playlist: “People Change” (01:11:30), “Everything is not All Right” (01:32:00), “Holocaust Survivor Beauty Pageant Cutie Pie” (01:45:30) & “Won’t Drag Me Down” (03:30:00; Jim Knable)

Jim Knable
Fowler, CO
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
David Sheward
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #774 (11/28/2020): BJ AND THE DJ

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Here is the 774th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, Nov. 28, 2020. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: singer B. J. Thomas, theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward, Dave’s wife Joyce.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musician B. J. Thomas; Inside Broadway; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Sedalia); Wretched Pun of Destiny (sitcom); Greeley Crimes & Old Times.

Note: B. J. Thomas passed away May 29, 2021 at age 78.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (smells, DJ Vibes, unhappy holidays, Baby Shark)
01:06:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews B. J. Thomas
01:39:00 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #85 (Ed Wynn)
01:42:00 Friends of the Daverhood
01:47:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY (Nov. 28 trivia quiz w/ David Sheward & Leslie (Hoban) Blake
03:04:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
03:27:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
03:38:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Sedalia)
03:40:30 DAVE GOES OUT

B. J. Thomas
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Sedalia, CO
Baby Shark (doo doo doo doo doo doo)

Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/14/2020): BOB CUDMORE

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with podcaster BOB CUDMORE 

Plus: Bob plays Today/Yesterday trivia vs. Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward.

Topics include: radio, history, podcasting

Segment aired Nov. 14, 2020 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #772 (11/14/2020): CUDCESSION SPEECH

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Here is the 772nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, Nov. 14, 2020. More info: davesgoneby.com

Guests: Podcaster Bob Cudmore, theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward, Dave’s wife Joyce.

Featuring: Dave chats with radio veteran Bob Cudmore, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, My Sick Mind (Alex Trebek), Dave’s Big Dictionary (equity), Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Rangely), Inside Broadway.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (blackboard, sick humor, vacuum)
00:53:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:14:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:28:00 GUEST: Bob Cudmore
02:00:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY (Nov. 14 trivia quiz w/ Bob Cudmore, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Sheward)
03:05:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY (equity)
03:16:30 MY SICK MIND (Alex Trebek)
03:21:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:26:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED
03:30:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Bob Cudmore
David Sheward
Leslie (Hoban) Blake

Dave’s Gone By #771 (11/7/2020): SAPOZITORY

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Here is the 771st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning Nov. 7, 2020. More info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: musicologist Henry Sapoznik, theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews musician and musicologist Henry Sapoznik; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Goodrich, CO); Wretched Pun of Destiny (election); Today/Yesterday (Nov. 7 trivia quiz w/ Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward

Historic Note: During the Today/Yesterday segment, news came down that Joseph Biden won the 2020 presidential election.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (writing challenge)
00:36:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:05:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Henry Sapoznik
02:04:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY (Nov. 7 w/ Henry Sapoznik, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Sheward
03:21:30 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #83 (election)
03:24:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:29:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Goodrich)
03:32:30 DAVE GOES OFF (voting)
03:48:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Nov. 7, 2020 playlist: “Chicken” (01:04:30; Henry Sapoznik). “Yidele Farlier Nit Dein Hoffnung” (01:50:30; Thomas LaRue).

Henry Sapoznik
Rabbi Sol Solomon & Henry Sapoznik
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
David Sheward