Mister Ron's Basement II
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Fri, Dec 30 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #234

Short but funny Fables from George T. Lanigan occupy the Basement this week. A twist on the well-known tale of Frivolity followed by Regret is the result of 'The Grasshopper and the Ant' from around 1880.

Please excuse the sound quality today. Mister Ron is attempting to recover from a Major Crash on his machine, and is using a temporary makeshift recorder.

Time: approx two and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-30.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:26pm EDT

Thu, Dec 29 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #233

Short but funny Fables from George T. Lanigan occupy the Basement this week. Noisy neighbors were a problem to apartment dwellers back in the 1880s. Of course, that doesn't happen today... 'The Ostrich and the Hen' is a short tale regarding that situation.

Please excuse the sound quality today. Mister Ron is attempting to recover from a Major Crash on his machine, and is using a temporary makeshift recorder.

Time: approx two and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-29.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:24am EDT

Tue, Dec 27 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #232

Short but funny Fables from George T. Lanigan occupy the Basement this week. Sometimes you get more than you expect -- as in 'The Villager and the Snake' from around 1880.

Time: approx two and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-27.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:23am EDT

Mon, Dec 26 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #231

Short but funny Fables from George T. Lanigan occupy the Basement this week. 'The Fox and the Crow,' from 1880, is not exactly Aesop -- then again, what is?

Time: approx three minutes

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-26.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:21am EDT

Sun, Dec 25 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #230

Short but funny Fables from George T. Lanigan occupy the Basement this week. Today's story, from around 1880, is 'The Kind-Hearted She-Elephant.'

Time: approx two and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-25.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:19am EDT

Sat, Dec 24 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #229

George Ade brings us a heartwarming (well, SOMETHING gets warmed) Christmas tale from 1902, 'The Fable of the Cut-up who Came very Near Losing His Ticket, but who Turned Defeat into Victory.'

Time: approx nine minutes

Another George Ade Christmas Story (by far the lengthiest of his tales we've presented here) can be found on the Mister Ron's Basement Web Site, episode Number 101, 'To Make A Hoosier Holiday.'

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-24.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:51pm EDT

Fri, Dec 23 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #228



George Ade's 'The Fable of the Grass Widow and the Mesmeree and the Six Dollars' from 1900, one of his funniest stories, is our pre-Christmas gift to all our listeners.

Time: approx five minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2005-12-23.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:48am EDT

Thu, Dec 22 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #227

Wrapping up Fanny Fern Week with an early piece from 1852 -- 'Hints to Young Wives' -- explaining the rewards of true devotion...

Time: approx five minutes

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-22.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:47am EDT

Wed, Dec 21 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #226

Fanny Fern might as well have written this a week ago instead of in 1854 (except maybe the part about the iceman) -- 'Sunshine and Young Mothers.'

Time: approx four minutes

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-21.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:45pm EDT

Tue, Dec 20 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #225

Fanny Fern (Sara Payson Willis Parton) often wrote stories deserving of big belly laughs. Today's piece from 1854, 'Hungry Husbands,' does exactly that.

Time: approx three and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-20.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:43pm EDT

Mon, Dec 19 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #224

Fanny Fern (Sara Payson Willis Parton) was the most popular newspaper columnist in America in the 1850s, and her humor shines through today. 'A Broadway Shop Reverie' from 1854 could easily have been written last week.

Time: approx six minutes

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-19.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:41am EDT

Sun, Dec 18 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #223

Fanny Fern (Sara Payson Willis Parton) was not only one of the earliest and most popular regularly published feminist writers of the 1850s and 1860s, but she often used her sharp, pointed wit to skewer pretension and ignorance. Her 1854 story 'The Advantages of a House in a Fashionable Square' explores love and social climbing, and has a satisfyingly happy ending.

Time: approx sixteen minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2005-12-18.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:36am EDT

Sat, Dec 17 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #222

George Ade tells a tale of missed opportunities and lessons learned that was nostalgic even back in 1901, in 'The Fable of the Third and Last Call.'

Time: approx four minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-17.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:17am EDT

Fri, Dec 16 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #221

George Ade brings us a tale of Culture and Domesticity in the 1904 story 'The Attempt to Spruce Up the Family and Give It a Standing.'

Time: approx six and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-16.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:14pm EDT

Thu, Dec 15 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #220

Yes, Mister Ron DID promise NOT to read this one earlier in the week, but he couldn't resist! Presenting the quintessential Frank R. Stockton story, 'The Lady or the Tiger?' from 1884.

Time: approx seventeen minutes

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-15a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:58pm EDT

Thu, Dec 15 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #219

Frank R. Stockton wrote stories during the late 1800s that ran the gamut from Romance, Science Fiction, Mystery, and Humor, often all at the same time. Vacationers turn misfortune into a serendipitously happy event in 'Our Tavern,' from 1879.

Time: approx fifteen minutes

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-15.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:09pm EDT

Wed, Dec 14 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #218


Mister Ron goes nuts today reading an incredibly long, but unbelievably wonderful story by Frank R. Stockton -- from 1892, 'My Terminal Moraine,' an elaborately constructed tall tale of a science fictional romance, with geological oddities that defy reason, and hair raising suspense, coupled with some good old fashioned screwball comedy. What more could you ask for?

Time: approx One Hour and Eleven minutes

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-14.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:03pm EDT

Tue, Dec 13 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #217

Frank R. Stockton wrote stories during the late 1800s that ran the gamut from Romance, Science Fiction, Mystery, and Humor, often all at the same time. Today's tale of a hapless Jolly Roger on a working vacation is from the 1898 book 'Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts' -- 'How Bartholemy Rested Himself.'

Time: approx eight minutes

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-13.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:01pm EDT

Sun, Dec 11 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #216

Frank R. Stockton wrote stories during the late 1800s that ran the gamut from Romance, Science Fiction, Mystery, and Humor, often all at the same time.

Today's tale, 'Mr. Tolman,' deals with a lonely businessman concerned with his sanity taking a drastic step that changes the lives of at least a few of the people he encounters.

Time: approx forty-two minutes

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-11.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:57am EDT

Sat, Dec 10 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #215

George Ade lets us all in on how Success depends on Hard Work and Ambition in the 1903 tale 'The Patient Toiler Who Got It in the Usual Place.'

Time: approx three minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-10.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:52pm EDT

Fri, Dec 09 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #214

George Ade lets us in on a modern woman's search for perfection in companionship in 'Hazel's Two Husbands and What Became of Them' from 1904.

Time: approx seven minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-09.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:50pm EDT

Thu, Dec 08 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #213

The insanely wacky stories of Max Adeler (Charles Heber Clark) are spotlighted this week. Here is a mesmerizing story from 1902 --'Fractional Electricity.'

Time: approx twenty-four minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-08.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:48am EDT

Wed, Dec 07 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #212

The insanely wacky stories of Max Adeler (Charles Heber Clark) are spotlighted this week. Sometimes dreams do come true! A couple get to show the world what they are made of in 'The Millionaires' from 1902.

Time: approx eighteen and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-07.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:45pm EDT

Tue, Dec 06 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #211

The insanely wacky stories of Max Adeler (Charles Heber Clark) are spotlighted this week. Some gentlemen discuss astounding marksmanship in Adeler's tale of incredulity, 'Wonderful Shooting,' once again from around 1880.

Time: approx four and a half minutes

A listener who wishes to remain anonymous has sent this missive -- Mr. Ron is kind of like a cross between Mr. Rogers and Alan Ginsberg, with a dash of Dr. Demento and a tiny pinch of Wavy Gravy. I'm leaving out the very slightly sinister shadow behind it all that makes it have just a small smudge of exciting madness, because I don't know who to compare it to. Alfred Hitchcock?


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Direct download: revry-2005-12-06.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:42pm EDT

Mon, Dec 05 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #210

The insanely wacky stories of Max Adeler (Charles Heber Clark) are spotlighted this week. Almost cinematic in its verbal slapstick, 'Catching the Morning Train' written around 1880, chronicles a commuter's frustrating morning.

Time: approx six and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-05.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:39am EDT

Sun, Dec 04 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #209

The insanely wacky stories of Max Adeler (Charles Heber Clark) are spotlighted this week. 'The Fate of Young Chubb' from 1891, is sad, grisly, and excrutiatingly funny.

Time: approx six and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-04.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:36am EDT

Sat, Dec 03 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #208

George Ade's shocking tale of the Power of Infatuation, 'The Fable of The Satiated Globe-Trotter Who Found a New Kind of Nerve Tonic Waiting for Him at Home' from 1901 is timeless. Just timeless.

Time: approx eight and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html

Direct download: revry-2005-12-03.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:40am EDT

Fri, Dec 02 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #207

George Ade deals with the Modern Woman who wishes to Experiment with her family in 'The Escape of Arthur and the Salvation of Herbert' from 1904.

Time: approx six and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html

Direct download: revry-2005-12-02.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:38am EDT

Thu, Dec 01 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #206



Edgar Wilson Nye, better known as Bill Nye, is being spotlighted this week with stories from his 1891 book 'Remarks.' In this transcription of a short correspondence, Nye gives some friendly career advice to 'The Approaching Humorist.'

Time: approx five minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-12-01.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:34am EDT

Wed, Nov 30 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #205

Edgar Wilson Nye, better known as Bill Nye, is being spotlighted this week with stories from his 1891 book 'Remarks.' You've never encountered a book review such as in Nye's 'Recollections of Noah Webster.'

Time: approx five and half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-11-30.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:31pm EDT