Tue, 31 July 2007
Tue, Jul 31 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #802 Planning on popping the question? Thomas L. Masson provides some handy openers in 'When You Propose' from his 1921 book 'Well, Why Not?' Time: approx three and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html |
Mon, 30 July 2007
Mon, Jul 30 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #801 More stories from Thomas L. Masson's 1921 book 'Well, Why Not?' are featured in The Basement this week. Today, a businessman has an employee recruiting problem in 'The Right Man.' 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 Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html |
Sun, 29 July 2007
Sun, Jul 29 2007Mister Ron's Basement #800 We are celebrating Mister Ron's Basement episode number EIGHT HUNDRED!!! Our Monday book serialization is George Ade's 1903 collection, 'In Babel -- Stories of Chicago.' The stories in this book range from the hysterically funny to the pathetically sad. Altogether, they paint a fascinating portrait of turn-of-the-last-century Chicago. In celebration of Episode #800, we have a short discussion of George Ade and his writing, then a story from 'In Babel' called 'The Other Girl.' Time: approx fifteen 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 |
Sat, 28 July 2007
Sat, Jul 28 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #799 SUNDAY SALAD presents a couple of irreverent Stanley Huntley stories from 1883 -- a religious editor deals with demanding reader in 'Wanted New Ones' and the Spoopendykes try to find a missing Bible in 'Searching the Scriptures.' Time: approx fifteen 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, 27 July 2007
Fri, Jul 27 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #798 Mr. Bowser shows off his unique prowess in lexicography in 'A Lesson in Spelling' by C. B. Lewis from 1902. 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 |
Thu, 26 July 2007
Thu, Jul 26 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #797 The last tale from Thomas L. Masson's 1921 book, 'Well, Why Not?' for this week features a pointed discussion between Satire and Humor in 'Strangers in a Strange Land.' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html |
Wed, 25 July 2007
Wed, Jul 25 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #796 From Thomas L. Masson's 1921 book, 'Well, Why Not?' comes some straight talk on a difficult subject -- 'Jealousy.' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html |
Tue, 24 July 2007
Tue, Jul 24 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #795 From Thomas L. Masson's 1921 collection, we find out what a sensitive and sincere fellow the guy who crams people into crowded Subway cars is in 'My Subway Guard Friend.' 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 Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html |
Tue, 24 July 2007
Tue, Jul 24 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #794 This week we will be exploring Thomas L. Masson's 1921 book 'Why Not?' Well, why not? Today we offer the 'Prologue to Forward' 'Forward to Introduction to Preface' 'Introduction to the Preface' 'Preface' 'P.S.' and 'A Few Remarks' all from the front of the book. 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 Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html |
Sun, 22 July 2007
Sun, Jul 22 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #793 Our Monday book serialization is George Ade's 1903 collection, 'In Babel -- Stories of Chicago.' The stories in this book range from the hysterically funny to the pathetically sad. Altogether, they paint a fascinating portrait of turn-of-the-last-century Chicago. Today's tale concerns a sophisticated book salesman and a straight talking Chicago businessman. It's called 'Tall-Stoy.' Time: approx seven 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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