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Fri, Jun 30 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #414

George Ade lets us in on the secret of success in life in the 1904 story 'The Willing Collegian Who Was Hunting for a Foothold.'

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:

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Direct download: revry-2006-06-30.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:59am EDT

Thu, Jun 29 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #413

C. B. Lewis created one of the most memorable comic characters of all time back in 1886 -- Mr. Bowser -- kind of a cross between Homer Simpson and Archie Bunker.

Today, in keeping with this week's theme, we present a Mr. Bowser story from 1902, 'The Summer Drink.'

There will be more Mr. Bowser stories next week!

Time: approx ten minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:

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The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2006-06-29.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:51am EDT

Wed, Jun 28 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #412

Americans seem to regard Vacationing a little different from everybody else. This apparently, was true long ago as well as today, as we find out in Charles Dudley Warner's 1893 piece, 'Repose in Activity.'

Time: approx eight and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2006-06-28.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:48am EDT

Tue, Jun 27 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #411

Another Summer Story today from O Henry -- Even Grafters and Con Men need a vacation now and then, which they get in 'A Midsummer Masquerade' from 1908.



Time: approx thirteen and a half minutes

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

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Direct download: revry-2006-06-27a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:46pm EDT

Tue, Jun 27 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #410

Summer is here, and we have stories about the season this week! We kick off with George W. Peck's 1882 tale of a vacation gone very, very wrong in 'Summer Resorting.'

Time: approx twelve and a half minutes

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

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Direct download: revry-2006-06-27.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:41am EDT

Sun, Jun 25 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #409

On Mondays we are serializing the 1890 book 'Samantha Among the Bretheren' by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley). Today is Chapter 3 -- 'Moving the Stove.'

If you want to make sense of this, please listen to the first two chapters before getting to this one.



Time: approx twelve and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2006-06-25.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:47pm EDT

Sat, Jun 24 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #408

George Ade fills us in on what goes on behind closed doors with three young suburban couples in the 1904 story 'The Fable of the Lonesome Trolley-Riders and Their Quest of Harmless Amusement.'

Time: approx seven 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-2006-06-24.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:44am EDT

Fri, Jun 23 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #407

George Ade tells how to set up a tour of all the wholesome sights in the big city for a visiting country cousin in the 1904 story 'The Lecture Tickets That Were Bought but Never Used.'

This one is a howler.

Time: approx eight 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-2006-06-23.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:42pm EDT

Thu, Jun 22 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #406



Charles Battell Loomis is in the spotlight this week.

Today's story has it's ups and downs -- 'Poe's "Raven" in an Elevator' from 1903.

Time: approx sixteen minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2006-06-22.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:39pm EDT

Wed, Jun 21 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #405

Charles Battell Loomis is in the spotlight this week.

Back in Episode #316, we introduced an amazing character, Miss Flutterly. Today, we bring her back in a 1904 story, 'Miss Flutterly on Politics and the Drama.'

Time: approx nine and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2006-06-21.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:37am EDT

Tue, Jun 20 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #404

Charles Battell Loomis is in the spotlight this week.

A mean man softens up for the yuletide season in the 1901 story, 'The Widow Callahan's Christmas Dinner.' This tale ought to put a lump in your throat.

Or somewhere.

Time: approx eleven and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2006-06-20.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:34pm EDT

Mon, Jun 19 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #403

Charles Battell Loomis is in the spotlight this week. Today's story, from 1901, takes us along on the slowest and cheapest Ocean Liner on the sea -- 'For Divers Reasons.'

Time: approx seven minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html

Direct download: revry-2006-06-19.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:30pm EDT

Sun, Jun 18 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #402

On Mondays we are serializing the 1892 book 'Samantha Among the Bretheren' by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley). Today is Chapter Two, concerning 'Wedlock's Peaceful and Perfect Repose.'

Marietta Holley's writing was extremely popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and she sold over ten million copies of her books. While the dialect is sometimes hard to understand, the stories are still fun to hear today. Over the years, Holley's work has become lost and forgotten, something that we hope to change.



Time: approx twenty-one and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2006-06-18.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:25am EDT

Sat, Jun 17 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #401

George Ade tells us the sad story of Philo, 'The Fable of the Parlor Blacksmith Who Was Unable to put it Right Over the Plate' from 1902.

Time: approx seven 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-2006-06-17.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:00pm EDT

Fri, Jun 16 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #400

George Ade tells us about a politician from way back in 1899, who, of course, is nothing like today's politicians, in 'The Fable of a Statesman Who Couldn't Make Good.'

This is our 400th Episode of Mister Ron's Basement!

Absolutely incredible! Thanks to all our listeners!



Time: approx five 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-2006-06-16.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:52pm EDT

Thu, Jun 15 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #399

Stories about Music and Musicians fill the Basement with Song this week!

Bill Nye tells us about a wonderful evening's entertainment with 4500 people crammed into a 4000 seat auditorium in 'An Operatic Entertainment' from 1891.

Time: approx seven and a 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-2006-06-15.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:49am EDT

Wed, Jun 14 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #398

Stories about Music and Musicians fill the Basement with Song this week!

Max Adeler goes off on a tangent starting with the 'Peculiar Trouble of Public Singers.'

Time: approx five 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:

http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html

Direct download: revry-2006-06-14.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:46am EDT

Tue, Jun 13 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #397

Stories about Music and Musicians fill the Basement with Song this week!

One of Henry Ward Beecher's transcribed lectures (probably from the 1860s) clues us in on an amazing instrument -- 'The Organ.'

Time: approx five and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2006-06-13.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:43am EDT

Mon, Jun 12 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #396

Stories about Music and Musicians fill the Basement with Song this week!

George W. Peck brings us the 1882 tale of practical jokes and sweet revenge in 'The Naughty But Nice Church Choir.'

Time: approx seven and a half minutes

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

http://ronevry.com/georgewpeck.html

Direct download: revry-2006-06-12.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:40pm EDT

Sun, Jun 11 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #395

Something NEW in the Basement!

Every Monday we will be serializing the 1892 book 'Samantha Among the Bretheren' by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley). Today we begin with Chapter One.

This should take until sometime around Christmas for it to be done. In the meantime, our selected authors or themes will still run from Tuesday through Friday.

Marietta Holley's writing was immensely popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and she sold over ten million copies of her books. She is almost totally forgotten today, something that we hope to change.



Time: approx nineteen and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2006-06-11.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:36am EDT

Sat, Jun 10 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #394

George Ade discusses some social engineering in 'The Fable of the Parents Who Tinkered With The Offspring' from 1899.

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:

http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html

Direct download: revry-2006-06-10.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:34pm EDT

Fri, Jun 09 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #393

George Ade clues us in on the Music School Set in the 1900 story 'The Fable of Lutie, the False Alarm, and How She Finished About the Time That She Started'

Time: approx nine 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-2006-06-09.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:31pm EDT

Thu, Jun 08 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #392

Max Adeler's slapsticky tall tales from his book 'Elbow Room, A Novel Without A Plot' are spotlighted in the Basement this week. We're ending the series of stories with a slam bang tale -- 'Certain Dental Experiences' from 1876.



Time: approx eight 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-2006-06-08.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:29am EDT

Wed, Jun 07 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #391

Max Adeler's screwey tall tales from his book 'Elbow Room, A Novel Without A Plot' are spotlighted in the Basement this week. A widow with five husbands (four down, one to go) confuses the undertaker in the 1876 story, 'Funereal and Conjugal."



Time: approx twenty-one minutes

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

http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html

Direct download: revry-2006-06-07.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:26am EDT

Tue, Jun 06 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #390

Max Adeler's zany tall tales from his book 'Elbow Room, A Novel Without A Plot' are spotlighted in the Basement this week. Today we hear why Mister Barnes, the teacher, is such a grouch in 'Barnes and the Bullfrog' from 1876.



Time: approx nine minutes

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

http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html

Direct download: revry-2006-06-06.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:23pm EDT

Mon, Jun 05 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #389

Max Adeler's wild and crazy tall tales from his book 'Elbow Room, A Novel Without A Plot' are spotlighted in the Basement this week. Today's story continues from yesterday, so we'll call this 'Some More Educational Facts' from 1876.



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:

http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html

Direct download: revry-2006-06-05.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:20pm EDT

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Sun, Jun 04 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #388



Max Adeler's looney tall tales from his book 'Elbow Room, A Novel Without A Plot' are spotlighted in the Basement this week -- today we bring you the latest in modern educational techniques in 'Some Educational Facts' from 1876. 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 Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html

Direct download: revry-2006-06-04.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:13pm EDT

Sat, Jun 03 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #387

George Ade confuses us all with 'The Fable of the Misfit Who Lost His Ticket Because He Got the Wrong Hold' from 1902.

Time: approx eight 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-2006-06-03.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:06pm EDT

Fri, Jun 02 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #386

George Ade brings us a tale of How We Greeted Our Boys returning Home from the War in 'The Fable of the Unintentional Heroes of Centreville' from 1899.



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:

http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html

Direct download: revry-2006-06-02.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:03am EDT

Thu, Jun 01 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #385

Mister Ron is presenting selections from Irvin S. Cobb's fun 1921 book about dieting -- 'One Third Off.' Today we read the encouraging final chapter of the book -- 'Three Cheers for Lithesome Grace Revealed.'

Time: approx five minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2006-06-01.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:00am EDT