Wed, 31 May 2006
Wed, May 31 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #384 Mister Ron is presenting selections from Irvin S. Cobb's fun 1921 book about dieting -- 'One Third Off.' Today's chapter, dealing with Prohibition and Potatoes (among other things) is called 'Wherein Our Hero Falters.' Time: approx twenty-one minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 30 May 2006
Tue, May 30 2006Mister Ron's Basement #383 Mister Ron is presenting selections from Irvin S. Cobb's fun 1921 book about dieting -- 'One Third Off.' Today's chapter is called 'Office Visits, $10.' Time: approx fifteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 29 May 2006
Mon, May 29 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #382 Returning after a few days' holiday, Mister Ron is presenting selections from Irvin S. Cobb's fun 1921 book about dieting -- 'One Third Off.' Today's chapter is called 'Those Romping Elfin Twenties.' Time: approx four and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Thu, 25 May 2006
Thu, May 25 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #381 Wrapping up Hugh McHugh week with a gander at the who's who set in 'Social Glints from the Summer Resorts' from 1905. Time: approx seven and a half minutes Note: Mister Ron is taking a little holiday himself. He will be back on Monday with some more stories, so you'll have to find something else to do this weekend :) The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 24 May 2006
Wed, May 24 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #380 Hugh McHugh takes us to a fancy French Restaurant in the 1905 tale 'John Henry Goes to Dinner.' 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 |
Tue, 23 May 2006
Tue, May 23 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #379 The Hugh McHugh stories get crazier and crazier -- today we go shopping in a story from 1905 -- 'John Henry Visits A Department Store.' Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 23 May 2006
Mon, May 22 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #378 More Hugh McHugh wackiness today as we take an automobile trip to the track in 'John Henry on Race Tipsters' from 1905. Time: approx ten and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 21 May 2006
Sun, May 21 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #377 Hugh McHugh (George V Hobart) wrote some immensely popular and wacky stories around the turn of the last century. Today we will be hearing about Hammocks, Mosquitos, and Lawn Mowers in an excerpt from the 1905 book 'You Can Search Me.' Time: approx five and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 21 May 2006
Sat, May 20 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #376 George Ade loads up 'The Fable of the Good Fairy of the Eighth Ward and the Dollar Excursion of the Steam-Fitters' from 1901. Time: approx nine 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, 19 May 2006
Fri, May 19 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #375 George Ade gives us the scoop on a Model Employee in his 1900 story, 'The Fable of Why Essie's Tall Friend Got the Fresh Air.' Time: approx 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 George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
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