Tue, 28 February 2006
Mon, Feb 27 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #294 Serializing F. Scott Fitzgerald's lengthy (but fun) short story about a prodigy and a stage star -- 'Head and Shoulders.' Today, we offer Part Two of Five. 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 |
Sun, 26 February 2006
Sun, Feb 26 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #293 Serializing F. Scott Fitzgerald's lengthy (but fun) short story about a prodigy and a stage star -- 'Head and Shoulders.' Today, we offer Part One of Five. Time: approx seventeen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 26 February 2006
Sat, Feb 25 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #292 George Ade tells us about a young man who takes too literally the dictum - 'If you've got it, flaunt it' - in the 1904 tale 'The Fable of Another Brave Effort to Infuse Gentility into our Raw Civilization.' Time: approx seven and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 24 February 2006
Fri, Feb 24 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #291 George Ade peeps in on what the Ladies talk about in their Private club meetings, in the 1902 tale 'The Fable of the Veteran Club-Girl who had no Theories to Offer.' Time: approx seven and a half minute The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Thu, 23 February 2006
Thu, Feb 23 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #290 One of O Henry's BEST -- a showbiz story concerning a stage couple whose relationship is 'Strictly Business,' from 1910. Time: approx twenty-four and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The O Henry Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/ohenry.html |
Thu, 23 February 2006
Wed, Feb 22 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #289 O Henry tells a delicious tale of Suicide and Stew Beef in 'The Third Ingredient' from 1909. Time: approx twenty-five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The O Henry Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/ohenry.html |
Tue, 21 February 2006
Tue, Feb 21 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #288 O Henry weaves a yarn about a Divorce Court in the Old West (well, Tennessee, anyway), improvising the rules in the 1910 tale 'The Whirligig of Life.' Time: approx fourteen and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The O Henry Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/ohenry.html |
Mon, 20 February 2006
Mon, Feb 20 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #287  An O Henry story that almost belongs on The Twilight Zone tells of a magical $2.00 room in a boarding house -- 'The Skylight Room' from 1906. Time: approx fifteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The O Henry Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/ohenry.html |
Sun, 19 February 2006
Sun, Feb 19 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #286 O Henry's marvelous stories enhance the Basement this week! From 1907, 'The Ferry of Unfulfilment,' a tale of mistaken...something or other. Time: approx eleven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The O Henry Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/ohenry.html |
Sat, 18 February 2006
Sat, Feb 18 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #285 George Ade looks into what it takes for an American to make a hit with the British Upper-Crust in his 1901 story, 'The Fable of the Foozle and the Successful Approach.' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
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