Dave’s Gone By #664 (8/25/2018): HEEBIE GB

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Here is the 664th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Aug. 25, 2018. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: comedian Stevie GB, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews comedian Steve Gianturco (aka Stevie GB), Inside Broadway, StoryTime, Dave’s Big Dictionary, Saturday Segue (in the news).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (goats on the lam, annoyances, damigos and spuddies, Potato Day)
00:38:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES (including Paul Flart!)
01:17:00 Sponsors
01:25:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:00:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Stevie GB
02:45:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Boone
02:50:30 StoryTime – Interrupting Chicken
03:06:00 Friends
03:12:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY – proscribe
03:32:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
03:55:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Aug. 25, 2018 playlist: “What Did I Have that I Don’t Have?” (01:56:30; On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, 1965 Broadway cast w/ Barbara Harris). “Guilty” (03:33:30; The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1997 studio cast). “Sweet Hawaiian Sunshine” (03:41:00; Jorma Kaukonen). “Robin Lench” (03:44:30; Ice Cube). “Song for Molly” (03:48:00; Lucy Kaplansky). “End of Summer” (04:00:30; Jenifer Jackson).

 

(photos: Stevie GB, a proscription, Boone, Interrupting Chicken, Paul Flart)

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Dave’s Gone By #662 (8/11/2018): SWEENY ODD

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Here is the 662nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Aug. 11, 2018. More info: davesgoneby.com. 

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: director Ethan McSweeny

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews theatrical director Ethan McSweeny, Inside Broadway, Dave’s Big Dictionary (periodic table), StoryTime (A Cow for Hansel finale!), Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Bethune).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (robo-calls, CSU Mountain Campus, hail drones and other inventions, youtube wedding, denizens)
00:59:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:34:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Ethan McSweeny
02:27:30 Sponsors
02:31:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Bethune
02:33:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:43:00 STORYTIME – A Cow for Hansel, pt. 20 (finale!)
03:10:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #156 – Joke Time
03:21:30 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY – periodic table
03:36:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Aug. 11, 2018 Playlist: The Shape of Things” (01:32:30; Charlotte Rae). “The Elements” (03:33:30; Tom Lehrer). “I Shall Sing – Take 13” (03:46:00; Van Morrison).

(pictured: American Shakespeare Center (top), Ethan McSweeny, Rabbi Sol Solomon, CSU Mountain Campus, Bethune, Colorado; A Cow for Hansel, The Periodic Table) 

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Dave’s Gone By #659 (7/14/2018): SHUMTHING HYMAN THIS WAY COMES

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Here is the 659th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook July 14, 2018. More info: davesgoneby.com. 

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: pianist Dick Hyman, spiritual teacher Susan Shumsky, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews pianist Dick Hyman and author Susan Shmusky. Plus: Inside Broadway, Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Bedrock), Saturday Segue (in the news), StoryTime (A Cow for Hansel).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (interview milestone, zayin, pu poster, cornholing)
00:16:00 Sponsors
00:23:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Susan Shumsky
01:08:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:38:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Dick Hyman
02:16:00 Contest
02:19:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Bedrock
02:21:30 STORYTIME – A Cow for Hansel, pt. 17
02:39:30 Friends of the Daverhood
02:49:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
02:27:00 DAVE GOES OUT

July 14, 2018 Playlist: “Time is Tight” (00:18:30), “Fingerbuster” (01:36:30), “The Maple Leaf Rag” (02:12:00) & “Musetta’s Waltz” (03:35:30; Dick Hyman). “Hello Spring” (01:35:00; “Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates” 1958 TV cast w/ Tab Hunter). “Cave Man” (02:50:00; Chris Smither). “The Judge Said” (02:53:30; Malvina Reynolds). “Conspiracy” (03:10:00; Paramore). “London’s Burning” (03:15:30; The Clash). “Springtime for Hitler” (03:20:00; The Producers 1968 film cast).


(pictured: Dick Hyman, Susan Shumsky, A Cow for Hansel, Bedrock)
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/9/2018): ED RUBIN

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Ed Rubin

Topics include: Tony Awards, Frozen, Carousel, Angels in America, Mean Girls, Outer Critics Circle, critics, Joshua Henry, Tina Fey, Martha Plimpton.

Segment aired June 9, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 14th Annual TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Note: Farewell to our Friend of the Daverhood, Ed Rubin (aka “Fast Eddy”), who passed June 15, 2025 at age 84.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (5/5/2018): SIDNEY MYER & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with cabaret icon Sidney Myer

Topics include: cabaret, Judy Garland, Panache, Don’t Tell Mama, Bing Crosby.
Segment airs May 5, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #649 (5/5/2018): TELL MAMA

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Here is the 649th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, May 5, 2018. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Sidney Myer, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews cabaret icon Sidney Myer. Plus: Inside Broadway (news & reviews), StoryTime (A Cow for Hansel, pt. 8), Saturday Segue (In the News), Dave’s Come Back from NYC, Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Alamosa).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (commencement, unicorn cake)
00:25:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:05:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (Tony nominations 01:05:00) & reviews Mean Girls (01:23:30) & The Band’s Visit (00:31:00))
01:42:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Sidney Myer
02:33:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Alamosa)
02:36:30 DAVE’S COME BACK – from NYC
03:00:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:09:00 STORYTIME – A Cow for Hansel, part 8
03:20:30 Sponsors
03:23:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
03:49:00 DAVE GOES OUT

May 5, 2018 Playlist: “Papi Hears the Ocean” (01:37:30; The Band’s Visit 2018 Broadway cast). “Peel Me a Grape” (01:39:00) & “Confessions of a Clutterholic” (02:25:30; Sidney Myer). “Volcano” (03:24:00; U2). “Super Bad” (03:26:30; James Brown). “Questions, Questions” (03:32:30; Children’s Letters to God 2004 Broadway cast). “Slush” (03:35:30; Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band). “Cinco de Mayo” (03:46:00; Liz Phair). “Teacher I Need You” (03:59:00; Elton John)

(pictured: Sidney Myer, Don’t Tell Mama, Mean Girls, The Band’s Visit, Alamosa, A Cow for Hansel)
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Dave’s Gone By #648 (4/21/2018): THE TAUNTED HOST

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Here is the 648th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook April 21, 2018. Info: davesgoneby.com.

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Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: playwright Robert Patrick, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Peter Fitzgerald chats with playwright Robert Patrick (Judas). Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Storytime (A Cow for Hansel, pt. 7), Saturday Segue (in the news), Colorado Limericks of the Damned (Akron).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (blackout, poetry)
00:21:00 FAREWELLS (Gerald Nachman, Glenn Loney)
00:40:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (f’real)
00:48:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & reviews (Native Gardens 01:13:00 & The Electric Baby 01:25:30)
01:47:30 GUEST: Peter Fitzgerald interviews Robert Patrick
02:40:00 SONG: Chester’s Gay
02:45:00 STORYTIME (“A Cow for Hansel,” pt. 7)
02:59:00 Friends
03:09:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Akron)
03:10:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
03:31:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 21, 2018 Playlist: “Show Me” (01:42:00; My Fair Lady 1976 Broadway cast w/ Christine Andreas). “Certain Blondes” (02:33:30; Robert Patrick). “Chester’s Gay” (02:41:3 0; Dave)
“Crystal” (03:11:00; Husker Du). “Levels” (03:14:00) & “Wake Me Up” (03:37:00; Avicii). “Humble” (03:17:30; Kendrick Lamar). “Barbara” (03:20:00; Huey “Piano” Smith). “Bruno’s Place” (03:23:00; Loudon Wainwright III). “I’m Just Wild about Harry” (03:28:30; Shuffle Along 1952 Broadway cast).



(pictured: Robert Patrick, Gerald Nachman, Glenn Loney, Native Gardens at the Denver Center, The Electric Baby at the Arvada Center, A Cow for Hansel, Akron)

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/24/2018): JACKIE MARTLING & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with comedian Jackie “The Jokeman” Martling

Topics include: Howard Stern, comedy, jokes, Long Island.
Segment airs March 24, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Big Dictionary #007 (2/24/2018): FOB OFF

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Dave’s word of the day is FOB OFF, which leads to a story about not being one’s brother’s keeper.

Segment aired Feb. 24, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (2/24/2018): JOHN DiRESTA

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Dave chats with comedian and TV personality John DiResta

Topics include: Hewlett, Robert DeNiro, Jay Leno, police, NYC transit, stand-up comedy

Segment aired Feb. 17, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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