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Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #010 (11/1/2014): DOVES

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A magician is teaching his new assistant the ropes. He brings her to the back room where she sees three shelves – top, middle, and bottom – each with one live dove on it.

The trainer explains, “I do 20 shows a week, and these are the three birds I use for every show. The top one I call “Befores,” because you show him in the lobby before the performance starts. The middle one I call “Afters,” because you display him when I’m signing autographs after the show. And then the bottom one we use during the show.”

“So do you call him Betweens?” asks the assistant. “Or Middles?”

“No,” says the magician. “I call him Bilbo.”

“Bilbo? If your top dove is called Befores, and your middle dove is called Afters, why is the bottom one that you use during the show called Bilbo?”

“Obvious,” says the magician. “He’s Lower Dove Durings.”

Dave’s Gone By #482 (11/1/2014): XY OF RELIEF

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Here is the 482nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Nov. 1, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with xylophonist Ian Finkel; Inside Broadway; Saturday Segues (November, Wild Man Fischer); Wretched Pun of Destiny (doves); Dylan – Sooner & Later (elections).

Guest: musician Ian Finkel

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce Weil (Marcia Strassman, Jack Bruce, couch mess)
00:55:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – November
01:17:00 Sponsors
01:27:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news 01:27:30; reviews: Signal Failure (01:43:00), Bedbugs! (01:46:00))
02:01:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Ian Finkel
02:41:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY – Doves
02:45:00 Friends
02:51:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (elections)
03:27:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Wild Man Fischer
03:50:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Nov. 1, 2014 Playlist: “Remember November” (00:55:00; Juliana Hatfield). “November” (00:59:00; Duncan Sheik). “November 5” (01:04:00; Love Spit Love). “November” (01:08:00; Tom Waits). “Mr. November” (01:11:00; The National). “Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite” (01:56:30; Bedbugs! 2014 off-Broadway cast w/ Chris Hall). “S’Wonderful” (01:58:30) & “Not on the Top” (02:38:00; Fyvush Finkel). “I Shall Be Free” ({Witmark demo} 02:57:30), “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” (03:02:00) & “Highlands” (03:07:30; Bob Dylan). “Merry Go Round” (03:35:00), “Cops and Robbers” (03:37:00), “I’m the Meany” (03:38:30), “One of a Kind Mind” (03:40:00), “I Light the Pilot” (03:40:30), “Love Love Love in Everything You Do” (03:41:00), “Teen Age Idol” (03:42:30) & “Start Life Over Again” (03:45:00; Wild Man Fischer). “Take it Back” (03:58:00; Cream).

Signal Failure (w/ Sasha Ellen & Spencer Cowan)

Dave’s Gone By Interview (10/18/2014): BRAD ZIMMERMAN & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor Brad Zimmerman

Topics include: My Son the Waiter, Judaism, George Carlin, Joan Rivers, acting

Segment scheduled to air Oct. 18, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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

Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #009 (10/18/2014): REESE

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The 9th Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired Oct. 18, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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It’s the last day of a couple’s vacation. Alas, they immediately start to argue over which final tourist attraction to see before making their plane.

The wife says, “I want to see the Botanical Gardens.”

“Boring!” the husband says. “I want to see the Museum of Celebrity Artifacts.”

“Oh,” that’s just trash,” says the wife. “It’s perfect weather for the gardens. And I want to see the buttercups while they’re in full bloom.”

“Again, boring!” says the husband. “They’ve got all these curios at the celebrity museum, like Hank Williams’s radio and Marlon Brando’s shoes. And they just got in a cup of Reese Witherspoon’s urine from when she was arrested for drunk driving.”

The wife huffs, “Are you telling me you’d rather look at Reese Witherspoon’s urine than a flower garden?”

“That’s right,” says the husband. “Reese’s Pee, Not Buttercups!”

Dave’s Gone By #481 (10/18/2014): WAITER, WAITER, EVERYWHERE

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Here is the 481st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Oct. 18, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Part two of Dave’s chat with Dick Cavett. Plus: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Brad Zimmerman (My Son, the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy), Inside Broadway, the Wretched Pun of Destiny (Reese), Dylan – Sooner & Later (lyrics), Saturday Segues (Chuck Berry, Wait Staff)

Guests: comedian Brad Zimmerman, broadcast legend Dick Cavett

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (ebola)
00:23:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Waiter
00:39:30 Sponsors
00:51:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Brad Zimmerman
01:35:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY – Reese
01:37:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:55:30 Friends
02:03:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Lyrics)
02:33:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #109 – Ebola
02:38:30 GUEST: Dick Cavett (part two)
02:57:30 Weather
03:00:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Chuck Berry
03:19:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Oct. 18, 2014 Playlist: “Waiter” (00:24:00; Nellie McKay), “Waitress” (00:28:30; Jane Siberry), “Dear Catastrophe Waitress” (00:31:00), “Tip That Waitress” (00:33:30; Loudon Wainwright III). “I Will Never Leave You” (01:51:30; Side Show 2014 Bway cast w/ Erin Davie & Emily Padgett). “Tombstone Blues” (02:09:00), “Tombstone Blues” ({alternative version}; 02:15:00), “Tangled Up in Blue” (02:18:30) & “Tangled Up in Blue” ({live 1975 version}; 02:24:30; Bob Dylan). “Roll Over Beethoven” (03:03:30), “Havana Moon” (03:06:00) “Oh Baby Doll” (03:09:00), “Almost Gone” (03:11:30) & “Vaya Con Dios” (03:24:00; Chuck Berry).

Dave’s Gone By Interview (10/11/2014): VICKY KUPERMAN & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews comedian Vicky Kuperman

Topics include: comedy, Russia.

Segment aired Oct. 11, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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

Dave’s Gone By Interview (10/11/2014): DICK CAVETT

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews broadcast legend Dick Cavett

Topics include: Groucho Marx, Lillian Hellman, Mary McCarthy, TV, theater.

Segment scheduled to air Oct. 11, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #008 (10/11/2014): TIARA

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The 8th Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired Oct. 11, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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So the March of Dimes is having its annual fundraising push, and they come up with a contest where they get all these famous women in media to help raise money for the cause. The winner, who signs up the most pledges, gets to be that year’s fundraising “queen.” She’s flown to the annual meeting for a big ceremony, gets to wear a tiara, and even has a song written and sung about her.

All these famous women in media compete: Oprah, Ellen, Kathie Lee Gifford, Tina Fey, Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric… And yet, surprisingly enough, the winner is Bloomberg Financial anchor Jane King. So they fly her to the big ceremony, make speeches, she gets to wear the tiara and, best of all, the one and only Bob Dylan is there to perform a song about her. What does he sing?

“Oh the Dimes’ Tiara Jane King . . . ”

Dave’s Gone By #480 (10/11/2014): KUP’S SHOW

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Here is the 480th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Oct. 11, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave chats with broadcast legend Dick Cavett and Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with comedian Vicky Kuperman. Also: Saturday Segue (Siberry & Simon), Dylan – Sooner & Later (Manchester in the Heart) and the Wretched Pun of Destiny (Tiara).

Guests: broadcast legend Dick Cavett and comedian Vicky Kuperman

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN – Tailgating
00:26:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Siberry n’ Simon
00:51:00 Sponsors
01:00:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Vicky Kuperman
01:31:00 Friends
01:39:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Manchester in the Heart)
01:50:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY – Tiara
01:51:30 GUEST: Dick Cavett (part one)
02:19:30 Thanks
02:22:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Oct. 11, 2014 Playlist: “Goodbye, My Sweet Pumpkinhead” & “Sail Across the Water” (Jane Siberry). “Goodbye, My Sweet Pumpkinhead” (00:32:00) & “Sail Across the Water” (00:40:30; Jane Siberry). “Song About the Moon” (00:36:30; Paul Simon). “Keep the Customer Satisfied” (00:46:00; Simon & Garfunkel). “untitled” (00:57:30 & 01:28:30; Vicky Kuperman, from youtube). “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (01:42:00) & “Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat” (01:45:00; Bob Dylan). “Gone, Movin’ On” (02:29:00; Paul Revere & the Raiders).