Sun, 31 December 2006
Sun, Dec 31 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #594 Happy New Year 2007! On Mondays we have been serializing the 1890 book 'Samantha Among the Bretheren' by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley). Today we feature very last Chapter, Number 28, 'The End.' Next Monday we will begin a brand new book! Don't miss it! Time: approx nine minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 30 December 2006
Sat, Dec 30 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #593 Beginning a new series -- 'The Sunday Salad' -- stories written by Stanley Huntley. Huntley had a fascinating career, and his life is as compelling as any tales we have told here in the Basement. During the last years of Huntley's life, he wrote a humorous weekly column for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle called 'The Sunday Salad.' The feature ran an assortment of humorous pieces, including news items, funny poetry, spoofs of popular writers, and most importantly, immortal stories of the battling couple, Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke. Most (but not all) of the Huntley pieces we will read from the 'Sunday Salad' will be Spoopendyke stories. They are superbly funny, and remained immensely popular in collected volumes with American readers for decades beyond Huntley's death in 1885. Today's Spoopendyke story, from February 29, 1880, is called 'The Fifteen Puzzle.' Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html |
Fri, 29 December 2006
Fri, Dec 29 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #592 Mr. Bowser performs a self-sacrificing experiment involving the moon, mists, and a crazy old lady. From 1902, comes C. B. Lewis's 'Malaria and Mosquitos.' Time: approx eleven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html |
Thu, 28 December 2006
Thu, Dec 28 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #591 Sneaking in late after going out for 'just a few minutes?' Learn how one husband handled the explanation in Robert Barry Coffin's 'The Morning After' from 1865. Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 27 December 2006
Wed, Dec 27 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #590 From 1865, Robert Barry Coffin circles around a throbbing head and comes up with a sure cure in 'My Wife Has A Headache.' Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 26 December 2006
Tue, Dec 26 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #589 Another 'Infelicity' from Robert Barry Coffin's 1865 Book, 'Matrimonial Infelicities' -- 'My Wife Wants Money.' Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 25 December 2006
Mon, Dec 25 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #588 Mister Ron uncovers another great but obscure humorist that made people laugh almost a century and a half ago -- Robert Barry Coffin, writing under the pen name of 'Barry Gray' created a battling married couple that truly loved each other in the 1865 book 'Matrimonial Infelicities.' Today's 'Infelicity' starts with a cup of coffee and takes off from there -- 'Conversation at the Breakfast Table.' Time: approx ten minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 25 December 2006
Sun, Dec 24 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #587 On Mondays we are serializing the 1890 book 'Samantha Among the Bretheren' by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley). Today we feature the Next-to-Last Chapter, Number 27, 'Back Together.' Time: approx thirteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 24 December 2006
Sun, Dec 24 2006
A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes.
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Fri, 22 December 2006
Fri, Dec 22 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #585 There's nothing like a delightful picnic in a charming meadow -- and there is nothing like that at all in the 1902 tale 'Mr. Bowser's Day in the Country' by C. B. Lewis. Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html |
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