Dave’s Gone By Interview (5/11/2013): CARL REINER & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews comedy legend Carl Reiner

Topics include: The Dick Van Dyke Show, Your Show of Shows, Mel Brooks, David Burns, George Burns, Estelle Reiner, family.

Segment originally aired May 11, 2013, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our Friend of the Daverhood, Carl Reiner, passed June 29, 2020 at age 98.

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

Dave’s Gone By #422 (5/11/2013): WATCH ON THE REIN

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Here is the 422nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, May 11, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with comedy legend Carl Reiner. Plus: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (George Carlin, Eric Burdon), Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Jodi Arias murder trial, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (bombs away) and a visit from Dave’s wife, Joyce.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: writer/director Carl Reiner

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:21:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Eric Burdon
00:49:00 Sponsors
00:56:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Carl Reiner
02:43:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Bombs Away)
02:13:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (02:13:00); reviews: The Trip to Bountiful (02:29:00) & Medea (02:37:00))
03:09:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #66: Jodi on HLN
03:14:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – George Carlin
03:35:30 Friends, Thanks & Weather
03:31:30 DAVE GOES OUT

May 11, 2013 Playlist: “Spill the Wine” (00:22:00, War w/ Eric Burdon), “I’m Crying” (00:26:00), “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” (00:29:00), “I Believe to My Soul” (00:35:30) & “House of the Rising Sun” (00:39:00; The Animals). “27 Forever” (00:31:30; Eric Burdon). “Slow Growth” (00:55:00) & “Pain” (01:42:30; Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner). “I Remember You” (02:04:00; Estelle Reiner). “I Got the Sun in the Morning” (02:26:00; Annie Get Your Gun w/ Ethel Merman). “Please Mrs. Henry” (02:45:30), “Farewell, Angelina” (02:48:00), “Neighborhood Bully” (02:53:30), “Oxford Town” (02:57:30) & “Masters of War” (02:59:30; Bob Dylan). “Welcome to My Job” (03:16:00), “I Used to be Irish Catholic” (03:19:00), “People I Can Do Without” (03:22:00), “American Bullshit” (03:25:30), “Cute Little Farts” (03:28:30).

Carl Reiner
The Alan Brady Days
George Carlin
Eric Burdon
The Trip to Bountiful
Jodi Arias
Bombs Away
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By Interview (5/4/2013): SAM WOOD

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews UNC Radio general manager Sam Wood

Topics include: UNC Radio, the air force.

Segment originally aired May 4, 2013, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (5/04/2013): YVONNE CONSTANT & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews cabaret chanteuse Yvonne Constant

Topics: Broadway, La Plume de ma Tante, The Gay Life, Johnny Carson.

Segment originally aired May 4, 2013, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Note: Yvonne Constant passed Feb. 28, 2023 at age 87.

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Dave’s Gone By #421 (5/4/2013): CONSTANT COMPANION

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Here is the 421st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, May 4, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with cabaret chanteuse Yvonne Constant and Dave’s chat with UNC Radio general manager Sam Wood. Plus: Inside Broadway and Rabbi Sol joking around.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: singer Yvonne Constant, UNC Radio’s Sam Wood

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:13:00 GUEST: Sam Wood
01:00:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – James Brown
01:08:00 Sponsors
01:18:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Yvonne Constant
02:15:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news: (02:15:30); reviews: Jekyll & Hyde (02:44:00) & Cinderella (02:49:30))
02:53:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #065 – Joking Around
03:00:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (New York)
03:02:30 Friends & Thanks
03:05:30 DAVE GOES OUT

May 4, 2013 Playlist: “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” (01:00:30) & “There it is” (01:02:30; James Brown). “Medley/I Wish You Love” (01:14:30), “Milord” (01:33:00), “La Valse a Mille Temps” (01:51:00), “My Dad” (02:03:30) & “Hier Encore” (02:12:00; Yvonne Constant). “A New Life” (02:40:00; Jekyll & Hyde 2012 cast w/ Deborah Cox). “Hard Times in New York Town” (03:00:00; Bob Dylan). “Follow” (03:07:00; Richie Havens).

Yvonne Constant
Sam Wood
James Brown
Jekyll & Hyde
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/20/2013): CHARLES GRODIN

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews writer, actor and director Charles Grodin

Topics include: The Heartbreak Kid, Ishtar, Elaine May, Mel Brooks, Albert Brooks, Ray Stark.

Segment originally aired April 20, 2013, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our friend of the Daverhood, Charles Grodin, passed May 18, 2021. 

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Dave’s Gone By #420 (4/20/2013): GRODIN TO THE MAX

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Here is the 420th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, April 20, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor Charles Grodin. Plus: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segue (Boston bands), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (420), and Rabbi Sol on the Boston marracre.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: actor Charles Grodin

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:12:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Boston bands
00:49:30 DAVE GOES OFF – Boston Marathon Massacre
01:13:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Charles Grodin
02:16:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (420)
02:49:00 Sponsors
02:52:00 Friends
02:56:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #064 – The Brothers Tsarnaev and the “M” Word
03:01:30 Weather
03:03:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news: 03:03:30 / review: 03:19:00, A Year with Frog & Toad)
03:24:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 20, 2013 Playlist: “Winterlong” (00:13:00; The Pixies). “Decomposing Trees” (00:16:00; Galaxie 500). “All Mixed Up” (00:20:00; The Cars). “Invisible Man” (00:24:00; The Breeders). “Rip in Heaven” (00:27:00; `til Tuesday). “Fast Man” (00:30:30; Frank Black). “I Can’t Find My Best Friend” (00:34:30; Jonathan Richman). “You’ve Got a Friend” ({live} 00:37:00; James Taylor). “How to Say Goodbye” (00:42:30; The Magnetic Fields). “Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum” (02:18:00), “Trying to Get to Heaven” (02:23:00), “Man Gave Names to All the Animals” (02:28:00), “Tangled Up in Blue” ({live} 02:32:30), “Every Grain of Sand” ({acoustic} 02:37:00) & “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” (02:41:00; Bob Dylan). “It’s Spring” (A Year with Frog and Toad; original cast).

Charles Grodin
The Boston Marathon
The Boston Bombers
A Year with Frog & Toad at UNC
Boston, MA

Dave’s Gone By #419 (4/13/2013): CREATIVE WHITING

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Here is the 419th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, April 13, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Margaret Whiting’s daughter, Debbi Whiting. Plus: Rabbi Sol on the Berlin Jewish Museum’s “Jew-in-a-Box” exhibit, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Russia), Inside Broadway and Saturday Segues (Farewells, Jonathan Winters)

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: Debbi Whiting, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 Pre-show Intro
00:04:00 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:15:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Farewells (Margaret Thatcher, Andy Johns, Annette Funicello).
00:57:00 Sponsors
01:01:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:21:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Debbi Whiting
02:19:30 Friends
02:29:00 NEWS GONE BY
02:36:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #63: Jew-in-a-Box
02:43:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Russia)
03:08:00 DAVE SAYS BYE – Jonathan Winters
03:15:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 13, 2013 Playlist: “Torn and Frayed” (00:17:00; The Rolling Stones). “Tramp the Dirt Down” (00:21:30; Elvis Costello).”Elevation” (00:27:00; Television). “Bring Back Those 50s” (00:32:00; Robert Klein). “The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines” (00:35:00; Joni Mitchell). “Jamaica Ska” (00:39:00; Annette Funicello & Fishbone). “One Rainy Wish” (00:43:00; Jimi Hendrix). “Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher” (00:46:30; Billy Elliot 2005 original cast). “Friends” (00:50:00; Led Zeppelin). “Once Upon a Dream” (01:16:00; Jekyll & Hyde, 1997 Bway cast w/ Teal Wicks). “My Cup Runneth Over” (01:19:30), “Here to Stay” (01:29:00), “Until it’s Time for You to Go” (01:45:00), “Till We Meet Again” (01:54:30), “Wheel of Hurt” (02:04:00) & “Nothing Lasts Forever” (02:15:30; Margaret Whiting). “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” (01:35:30; Allan Sherman). “Ye Shall Be Changed” (02:47:00), “Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues” (02:50:00) & “When Ya Gonna Wake Up” (02:57:30; Bob Dylan). “With God on Our Side” (02:53:30; Barb Jungr). “Leave Your Name & Number #2” (03:02:30), “The Zoo (Elephant)” (03:03:00), “Grandpa Beloncort (Calling About Dying)” (03:03:30), “Allen Bresler (Forest Lawn”) (03:06:30) & “Old Folks” (03:19:00; Jonathan Winters).

Debbi Whiting
Margaret Whiting
Jack Wrangler & Margaret Whiting
Annette Funicello
Jonathan Winters
Jew-in-a-Box
Andy Johns
Margaret Thatcher

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/13/2013): DEBBI WHITING

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews the daughter of vocalist Margaret Whiting and arranger Lou Busch, Debbi Whiting

Topics: music, Capitol Records, London Records.

Segment originally aired April 13, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #418 (4/6/2013): MEAT AND GREET

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Here is the 418th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, April 6, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Eric Mittenthal, Vice President of Public Affairs of the American Meat Institute. Plus: Rabbi Sol on the passing of Roger Ebert, Saturday Segues (Phil Ramone, Tom Lehrer & Tiny Tim) and Inside Broadway.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: meat promoter Eric Mittenthal

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:12:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Phil Ramone
01:02:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:02:00) & Indianapolis (01:11:00): The Whipping Man (01:12:00), Indy Fringe (01:17:00), Twelfth Night (01:19:30), Michael Feinstein & Barbara Cook (01:23:00))
01:32:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Eric Mittenthal
02:01:30 Sponsors
02:08:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (meat)
02:34:00 Friends
02:38:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #62 (Roger Ebert)
02:42:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tiny Tim & Tom Lehrer
02:58:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 6, 2013 Playlist: “The Happy Hot Dog Man” (00:04:30; TV ad). “Minstrel of the Dawn” (00:14:00; Gordon Lightfoot). “You Don’t Own Me” (00:17:30; Lesley Gore ). “Poetry Man” (Phoebe Snow; 00:20:00). “Rolling Home” (00:24:30; Peter, Paul & Mary). “Take Me to the Mardi Gras” (00:28:00) & “Questions for the Angels” (00:48:30; Paul Simon). “Only the Good Die Young” (00:31:00; Billy Joel). “Rag Mama Rag” ({live version}; 00:35:00; The Band). “Half as Big as Life” (00:39:00; Promises, Promises, 1968 Broadway cast w/ Jerry Orbach). “Once Before I Go” (00:41:00; The Boy from Oz; 2003 Broadway cast w/ Hugh Jackman). “Gloomy Sunday” (00:44:30; Sinead O’Connor). “All That Meat and No Potatoes” (01:30:00; Fats Waller). “Meat City” (01:59:00; John Lennon). “Honest with Me” (02:08:30), “Quinn the Eskimo” (02:14:00). “Disease of Conceit” (02:17:00), “Tough Mama” (02:20:00), “Diamond Joe” (02:24:30), “On the Road Again” (02:28:00) & “Yea, Heavy and a Bottle of Bread” (02:30:30; Bob Dylan). “Livin’ in the Sunlight, Lovin’ in the Moonlight” (02:42:30), “Mickey the Monkey” (02:47:30) & “Santa Claus has Got the AIDS this Year” (02:51:00; Tiny Tim). “My Home Town” (02:45:00), “Silent E” (02:49:30), “The Vatican Rag” (02:54:00) & “When You are Old and Grey” (02:59:00; Tom Lehrer).

Eric Mittenthal
Michael Feinstein & Barbara Cook
The Whipping Man at Indiana Rep
Phil Ramone
Tiny Tim
Tom Lehrer
Roger Ebert
The Happy Hot Dog Man!