Sat, 31 March 2007
Sat, Mar 31 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #682 SUNDAY SALAD presents a double shot of Stanley Huntley -- First, a truly funny article from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle about Huntley's days in Bismark, Dakota Territory, that appeared twelve years after his death -- 'Stan Huntley's Freaks' (1897) -- and an 1880 Spoopendyke tale -- 'In the Surf.' Time: approx seventeen 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, 30 March 2007
Fri, Mar 30 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #681 Mr. Bowser decides to cure his consumption with a medicinal bath in C. B. Lewis's story, 'Mister Bowser's Ailments' from 1902. Time: approx ten 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, 29 March 2007
Thu, Mar 29 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #680 We Celebrate TWO YEARS of the funniest stories from the Public Domain with the SECRETS of how Mister Ron gets his stories!We did get a winner in our Mystery Story contest in this episode -- the story was correctly identified as 'Pure Logic' by Ellis Parker Butler! Listen to Episode #712 for further info.. Time: approx twenty and a half minutes Mister Ron Special Video Greeting from Bud Grace Bud Grace, the cartoonist responsible for foisting 'The Piranha Club' comic strip to the public for the last twenty years, has sent video Birthday Greetings to Mister Ron's Basement. Click here and see it for yourself... The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Ellis Parker Butler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.html Read lots more about Ellis Parker Butler at: http://www.ellisparkerbutler.info/ |
Wed, 28 March 2007
Wed, Mar 28 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #679 Episode Number 680 (coming this week) will celebrate TWO YEARS of Mister Ron's Basement by revealing the secrets of how and where Mister Ron finds all these great old stories!  So this week, we will have stories about secrets -- Today's is a special, absolutely hilarious story (one of the funniest we've ever done) of a carefully revealed secret, found in Thomas Chandler Haliburton's 1852 collection of folk tales, 'Traits of American Humor' -- 'Bob Lee.' Time: approx thirty minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 27 March 2007
Tue, Mar 27 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #678 Episode Number 680 (coming this week) will celebrate TWO YEARS of Mister Ron's Basement by revealing the secrets of how and where Mister Ron finds all these great old stories! So this week, we will have stories about secrets -- Today we bring you a George Ade Fable revealing the Secret of Happiness -- 'The Unhappy Financier and the Discontented Rube' from 1904. 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 The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Mon, 26 March 2007
Mon, Mar 26 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #677 Episode Number 680 (coming this week) will celebrate TWO YEARS of Mister Ron's Basement by revealing the secrets of how and where Mister Ron finds all these great old stories! So this week, we will have stories about secrets -- starting with Robert J. Burdette's 1877 tale of two boys straining to keep a secret -- 'A Candid Confession.' 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 The Robert J. Burdette Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/burdette.html |
Mon, 26 March 2007
Sun, Mar 25 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #676 Our Monday book serialization is Ellis Parker Butler's 'The Cheerful Smugglers' from 1908. Today we present the next-to-last part, Chapter Ten -- 'Tariff Reform' -- where the existence of The Republic of Bobberts' Tariff comes to a vote! Time: approx thirteen and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Ellis Parker Butler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.html Read lots more about Ellis Parker Butler at: http://www.ellisparkerbutler.info/ |
Sun, 25 March 2007
Sun, Mar 25 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #675 Three Stanley Huntley stories grace our SUNDAY SALAD feature today -- 'A Big Game' from 1883 describes the most insane baseball game of all time, 'Hard to Convince Him' from 1882 reveals how the religious editor would write up a baseball game, and 'Reviewing the Situation' from 1882 gives insight into Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke's somewhat conflicted views of religion. Time: approx sixteen 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, 23 March 2007
Fri, Mar 23 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #674 Mr. Bowser displays his unique talents as a babysitter in C. B. Lewis's 1902 tale, 'Mr. Bowser's Stories.' Time: approx eight 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 |
Thu, 22 March 2007
Thu, Mar 22 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #673 We are celebrating Women's History Month with stories by 19th Century Women Writers. Lucretia Peabody Hale wrote stories for kids that brought laughter to all ages -- and still do! Today's tale from 1886 concerns a girl's truly sweet desire in 'Carrie's Three Wishes.'  Time: approx twenty minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Lucretia Peabody Hale Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/hale.html |
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