Mon, 31 August 2009
Sun, Aug 30 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1431 SUNDAY SALAD offers a short but odd Stanley Huntley story from 1882. A little man spins an engrossing yarn (to a point) about 'A Curious Cure for Colic.' Time: approx four 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  When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Sat, 29 August 2009
Fri, Aug 28 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1430 W. L. Alden had a long career writing wacky stories, but he especially had a knack for churning out tales about cats! This week we are exploring some of his feline-itious output. Alden once called himself an 'honorary cat.' That very well be so, judging by today's tale, wherein a crafty sea-captain gets an idea to make a bundle bringing a thousand of the animals to Singapore in 'Pratt's Cats' from 1900. This one is a scream! Time: approx twenty minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The W. L. Alden Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/alden.html When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Fri, 28 August 2009
Thur, Aug 27 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1429 W. L. Alden had a long career writing wacky stories, but he especially had a knack for churning out tales about cats! This week we are exploring some of his feline-mous output.  Today's story is truly insanely funny! From 1896, we explore a great business opportunity that turns into a cat-astrophe! It is called 'Foote's Catorium.' Time: approx twenty-one minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The W. L. Alden Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/alden.html When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Thu, 27 August 2009
Wed, Aug 26 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1428 W. L. Alden had a long career writing wacky stories, but he especially had a knack for churning out tales about cats! This week we are exploring some of his feline-ical output. In today's tale from 1896, we hear about a solution to the problem of sparrow overpopulation in 'Van Wagener's Flying Cat.' Time: approx fourteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The W. L. Alden Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/alden.html When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Wed, 26 August 2009
Tue, Aug 25 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1427 W. L. Alden had a long career writing wacky stories, but he especially had a knack for churning out tales about cats! This week we will be exploring some of his feline-ous output. We begin the week with a meteorological phenomenon -- 'Raining Cats' from 1877. 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 W. L. Alden Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/alden.html When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Tue, 25 August 2009
Mon, Aug 24 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1426 Our Monday Book Serialization of Ella Cheever Thayer's 1880 novel 'Wired Love' features the Second part of Two of Chapter Three, 'Visible and Invisible Friends.' In this Chapter, Quimby introduces Nattie to Miss Archer at the telegraph office, where the two women discuss future technology and its impact on Romance. This chapter of this 1880 novel will utterly blow you away! Don't miss it! Time: approx nineteen and a half minutes 
The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Wired Love index is at: http://ronevry.com/http://ronevry.com/wiredlove.html When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Mon, 24 August 2009
Sun, Aug 23 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1425 SUNDAY SALAD takes us behind the scenes as the Brooklyn Eagle editors hammer out the details of a story about a minister bounced over a gambling debt in Stanley Huntley's 1882 story, 'A Serious Complication.' Time: approx five 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 When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Sun, 23 August 2009
Sat, Aug 22 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1424 Our Saturday Night Special is from 'Fanny Fern, A Memorial Volume,' compiled not long after Fern's 1872 death by her husband James Parton, and published in 1874. Today we read a short, fun piece that gets right to the point - - 'Clumsy People.' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.html When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Fri, 21 August 2009
Fri, Aug 21 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1423 Edgar Wilson Nye's 1888 collection 'Bill Nye's Chestnuts' is a cornucopia full of funny stuff! Today Nye explains the somewhat lengthy Educational Requirements for a good newspaper man in 'A School of Journalism.' Time: approx eight minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/billnye.html When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Fri, 21 August 2009
Thur, Aug 20 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1422 Edgar Wilson Nye's 1888 collection 'Bill Nye's Chestnuts' is bulging full of funny stuff! Nye makes some discoveries in Ornithology, sings songs in strange keys, and deals with a bug problem, all in a very short story, 'Concerning the Swallow.' Time: approx six minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/billnye.html When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
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