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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with comedian TED GREENBERG
Topics include: Wall Street, The Complete Performer, taxis, Late Night with Dave Letterman.
Segment aired May 16, 2020 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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The 32nd Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired April 4, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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* 32. When Uber was in its planning stages, the two founders were still college kids, and they had an even bigger idea than just creating a livery car service. First of all, they wanted all the dispatches coming from one central station, and that station would be located on a blimp hovering over the city like a roaming GPS. Also, the Uber guys wanted the cars to be able to warn drivers if they were approaching a dangerous place. For example, a car in New York would make a deep growl whenever you drove towards a high-crime zone. In the midwest, you’d be warned of an impending dust storm by the car making a loud hissing noise.
“I think we have amazing ideas,” says one Uber dude to the other, “but will anyone listen to us?”
“What do you mean?”
“We’re just a couple of frat boys. How do we get the world to take our ideas seriously?”
“It’s all in the marketing,” says the other. “We tell the truth, but we do it with a catchy slogan.”
“A catchy slogan?” says the friend. “We’re two college kids talking about putting a homing station in a blimp to track limousines that hiss at you in a dust storm. What slogan could we possibly use?”
“Let me think,” says the friend. “Aha! I’ve got it! Uber: One Station, Undergrad, in Dirigible, with Livery and Dust Hiss for All.”
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Here is the 88th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, Aug. 5, 2004. More info: davesgoneby.com.
host: Dave Lefkowitz guest: sociologist Diditi Mitra
Featuring: Dave chats with sociologist Diditi Mitra. Plus: Inside Broadway and the Satirical News Gone By.
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN: Xmas in August and Fire Fire! 00:14:00 INSIDE BROADWAY: Mickey Rooney & A Stoop on Orchard Street 00:19:00 DAVE’S GOT GUESTS: sociologist Diditi Mitra 00:42:00 NEWS GONE BY: Terror Czar; Medicare Solution; Don King; Killer Tree; Tiger Tiger; Smelly Food; Slow Drivin’; Cage’s Age; Karaoke Champs; Shark Repellent 00:50:00 DAVE GOES OUT – What’ve guests been up to?
August 5, 2004 Playlist: no music.
(pictured: Diditi Mitra, Mickey Rooney, A Stoop on Orchard Street)
Diditi MitraMickey RooneyA Stoop on Orchard Streetyour host
