Dave’s Gone By Interview (8/8/2015): MATTHEW DAVIS

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews UNC radio programming director Matthew Davis

Topics include: Little Theater of the Rockies, Marathon `33, University of Northern Colorado.

Segment scheduled to air Aug. 8, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #048 (8/8/2015): ZOO

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Segment aired April 4, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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48.
A new trainee at the L.A. Zoo is learning the ropes of both the apiary and the small aquatic mammals section.

On his first morning, the supervisor tells him, “You’re in luck. We just got a huge beehive shipped from a zoo in San Francisco. These are great bees to work with because the Bay Area weather makes them very docile. That’s why we’re going to crossbreed them with our more aggressive honeybees from Africa.”

So they spend a productive morning with the bees, and then after lunch, they look at the muskrats and beavers and otters and other small mammals.

The next day, they do the same routine. They check the beehive and see how many are mating, how many aren’t, and how many didn’t survive. Amazingly, only one bee from San Francisco hasn’t survived through the night. The trainee delicately scoops it up in a container and is about to throw it away when the supervisor says, “No time! I just got a text. We have to head over to the mammals.”

They get there and they see one of the otters floating face down. “What happened?” says the supervisor.

“Well, he was old,” answers the veteran zookeeper. “He was getting his medicinal bath when his heart gave out. I’m afraid you two will have dispose of him.”

So the supervisor and the trainee delicately remove the otter from the bath. The trainee then puts the mammal in a crate with the dead bee from San Francisco. He’s about to toss them both in the dumpster when the supervisor stops him. “No, no, no!” he cries. “They have to be separate.”

“How come?” the trainee asks.

“Don’t you know?” says the supervisor. “You can’t throw the Bay Bee out with the Bath Otter.”

Dave’s Gone By Interview (8/8/2015): GARY WALDMAN & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor-director Gary Waldman

Topics include: What I Learned in Fallsburg, Paul Simon, Catskills

Segment aired Aug. 8, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #047 (8/2/2015): CHIMNEY

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Before he moved into his big house in the Hollywood Hills, actor Joaquin Phoenix needed to have the place cleaned out. He hired a crew for the job, who inspected the house and made their report. The crew chief told Phoenix that the interior was in good shape except for the fireplace. “It’s a disaster up there,” he said. “First, there’s all this rotting wood just stacked in a mound halfway up the chimney.”

“That doesn’t sound so bad,” says the actor.

“It wouldn’t be,” replies the chief, “but the rot has been a breeding ground for thousands of insects. In order to kill the bugs, we have to clean and disinfect every inch of the chimney.”

The actor responds, “Well, I’m sure you have your own chemicals. But if you want, I’ve also got two bottles of ammonia under the sink.”

“Sure,” says the chief, who sets his crew to work. A half hour later, he checks on the chimney, only to see his best worker sprawled out with a thermometer in his mouth.

“Oh, boss,” he says, “I don’t feel so hot.”

“What’s the matter?” says the chief.

“Can’t you tell?” says the worker. “I’ve got the Joaquin Ammonia in the Buggy Woody Flue.”

Dave’s Gone By #520 (8/1/2015): HARRI’S ON TOUR

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Here is the 520th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Aug. 1, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with author Louise Harrison (“My Kid Brother’s Band, aka The Beatles”); Inside Broadway; The Wretched Pun of Destiny (chimney); Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Harrison); Saturday Segues (Bennett/Spence, Jerry Garcia); Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (Cecil the Lion); Greeley Crimes & Old Times.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: author Louise Harrison, Dave’s wife, Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (Tom McNally, Keurig, dancing, The Neville, Beatles, Hare Krishna)
00:40:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
00:59:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (dog phlegm, Come Blow Your Horn)
01:15:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tony Bennett/Joseph Spence
01:37:00 Sponsors
01:46:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:07:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Louise Harrison
03:15:00 Weather
03:19:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #47 (Chimney)
03:21:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Harrison)
03:43:00 Long Johns Update
03:52:00 Friends
04:04:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #120 (Cecil the Lion)
04:11:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Jerry Garcia
04:33:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Aug. 2, 2015 Playlist: “My Sweet Lord” (00:27:00), “Beware of Darkness” (02:40:30), “Cheer Down” (03:07:30), “I’d Have You Anytime” (03:26:00), “Absolutely Sweet Marie” (03:32:30) & “Mama You Been on My Mind” (03:36:30; George Harrison). “Hare Krishna” (00:32:00; MC Yogi). “Our Love is Here to Stay” (01:23:30) & “Old Devil Moon” (01:29:30; Tony Bennett). “Conch Ain’t Got No Bone” (01:25:30) & “Happy All the Time” (01:33:00; Joseph Spence). “Easy as Life” (02:03:00; “Easy as Life” Aida Broadway cast). “If I Needed Someone” (02:27:00; The Beatles). “Something” (03:29:00; Bob Dylan). “Grateful Dawg” (04:15:30; Jerry Garcia & David Grisman). “Dire Wolf” (04:19:30) & “Wharf Rat” (04:22:30; Grateful Dead). “Time for August” (04:44:30; Julie London).

Louise Harrison
Josepoh Spence
Jerry Garcia
Tony Bennett
Come Blow Your Horn on Broadway, 1961
Cecil the Lion

Dave’s Gone By #519 (7/25/2015): JUST BE CROS

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Here is the 519th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, July 25, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actress Kathryn Crosby. Plus: Inside Broadway, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (surgeon), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Newport `65), Saturday Segues (Juliana/Jagger, Ray Jessel), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, My Sick Mind (Crosby).

Guests: actress Kathryn Crosby, Dave’s wife, Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (Cosby/Crosby)
00:20:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
00:53:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (curling!, Long Johns)
01:03:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Ray Jessel
01:24:00 Sponsors
01:32:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:55:30 Friends
02:05:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Kathryn Crosby
02:54:00 Weather
02:58:00 MY SICK MIND – Cosby
03:02:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Newport `65)
03:25:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #46 (surgeon)
03:27:00 SATURDAY SEGUE (Juliana/Jagger)
03:43:30 DAVE GOES OUT

July 25, 2015 Playlist: “Walking the Cow” (00:42:00; Daniel Johnston). “Cold Clear World” (01:06:30; Baker Street 1965 Broadway cast). “Whatever Happened to Melody” (01:09:00) & “The Things You Do” (01:16:00; Ray Jessel). “I’m Outta Here” (01:13:00; Maude Maggart & Ray Jessel). “Edelweiss” (01:52:00; The Sound of Music 1959 Broadway cast w/ Theodore Bikel). “(Opening) Our State Fair” (State Fair 1996 Broadway cast w/ John Davidson & Kathryn Crosby). “Dream” (02:20:30; Bing Crosby & Kathryn Crosby). “The Second Time Around” (02:33:30; Kathryn Crosby). “I’ll be Seeing You” “It’s Easy to Remember” (02:49:30) & “I’ll Be Seeing You” (03:46:00; Bing Crosby). “Maggie’s Farm” ({live Newport version}, 03:09:00), “It’s Takes a Man to Laugh, It takes a Train to Cry” ({alternate version}, 03:14:00) & “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” ({live, Rolling Thunder version} 03:18:00). “Not Fade Away” (03:30:30), “Faith in our Friends” (03:32:00) & “Dying Proof” (03:38:30; Juliana Hatfield). “Running Out of Luck” (03:25:30; Mick Jagger).

Kathryn Crosby
Ray Jessel
surgeon
Dylan at Newport, 1965
Mick Jagger
Juliana Hatfield
Cos

Dave’s Gone By Interview (7/25/2015): KATHRYN CROSBY & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actress Kathryn Crosby.

Topics include: Bing Crosby, State Fair, Gary Crosby, Peter Lorre, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, Mickey Rooney.

Segment aired July 18, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Farewell to our Friend of the Daverhood, Kathryn Crosby, who passed Sept. 20, 2024 at age 90. 

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (8/2/2015): LOUISE HARRISON & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews author Louise Harrison

Topics include: George Harrison, The Beatles, Brian Epstein, “My Kid Brother’s Band”.

Segment aired Aug. 2, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #046 (7/25/2015): SURGEON

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The 46th Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired July 25, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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46.
A surgeon is being considered for a major position at a hospital. He tells the board his specialty is curing various forms of hepatitis.

“How do you do it?” they ask.

“I have two methods,” the doctor says. “If the disease hasn’t spread much, I open the patient up, and I use a piece of volcanic rock to sand down parts of the liver, while leaving the healthy tissue to heal.”

“Sounds fascinating,” says the board. “But what about when the organ is unsalvageable?”

“Then I operate,” the doctor replies, “but in a much less invasive way than usual because I make a tiny incision and pull the liver out through the belly button, reducing both scarring and healing time.”

Excited by these explanations, the hospital board puts the surgeon to the test. Over a grueling day, they have him see six patients, three with liver inflammation, three with full-blown hep.

As he described, the doctor uses lava rock on the first three people, and his special surgery on the rest. The next morning, all six patients are x-rayed, with the board members gauging the results.

Alas for the surgeon, he proves only half successful. The first three patients look fine, with their abraded organs already starting to reconstitute. But the sicker patients are a shock:

although the surgeon said he took their livers out, the x-rays show conclusively that the organs are still there, in their bodies.

“I’m sorry,” says the board, “you did fine with the sanding down, but your surgical procedure doesn’t work at all.”

“You mean, I don’t get the job?” sighs the surgeon.

“Of course not,” says the board. “You Pumiced, But you couldn’t De-Liver.”

Dave’s Gone By #518 (7/18/2015): NIP N’ TUCK

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Here is the 518th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, July 18, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with film producers Sue & Lloyd Ecker. Plus: Inside Broadway, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Picnic), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Red Hot Mama), Saturday Segues (Sudden/Dalton, In the News), Greeley Crimes & Old Times

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: Film producers Sue & Lloyd Ecker (“The Outrageous Sophie Tucker”), Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (mic covers, the gym, indiegogo, sherpes)
00:39:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:18:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (Whitesboro, infrastructure)
01:30:30 SATURDAY SEGUE (Sudden/Dalton)
01:58:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:26:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Sue & Lloyd Ecker
03:35:00 Friends
03:45:00 The Wretched Pun of Destiny (picnic)
03:46:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (red hot mama)
04:14:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
04:39:00 Old Jokes w/ Joyce
04:48:00 DAVE GOES OUT

July 18, 2015 Playlist: “Before I Die” (01:36:00), “The Rolling of the Hearse” (01:43:30) & “The Only Boy in Heaven” (01:50:00; Nikki Sudden). “Something on Your Mind” (01:40:30) & “I Love You More Than Words Can Say” (01:46:30; Karen Dalton). “Finale Ultimo” (On the Twentieth Century 2015 Bway cast). “No One But the Right Man” (02:24:30), “There’s No Business Like that Certain Business” (02:55:30), “My Yiddishe Momme” (03:17:30) & “Some of These Days” (04:58:30; Sophie Tucker). Promo for “The Outrageous Sophie Tucker” (02:42:00). “Last Night” (03:48:00; The Traveling Wilburys). “The Walls of Red Wing” (03:52:00), “Day of the Locusts” (03:57:00) & “Shake Shake Mama” (04:00:30; Bob Dylan). “Nukular” (04:04:30; Jay Leonhart). “Great Escape” (04:14:30; Moby). “Aurora” (04:16:30). “Ant Man Bee” (04:21:30; Captain Beefheart). “The Good Son” (04:24:00; Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds). “There’s No Love in Tennessee” (04:30:00; Barbara Mandrell).

Sue & Lloyd Ecker
Karen Dalton
Nikki Sudden
picnic