Mister Ron's Basement II
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Sun, Dec 23 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #945

SUNDAY SALAD presents a Stanley Huntley classic Christmas story from 1882 entitled 'Juvenile Poetry' and a nautically inspired Spoopendyke tale called 'Trouble in Port,' also from 1882.

Time: approx eleven and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html

Direct download: revry-2007-12-23.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:10am EDT

Sat, Dec 22 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #944

Sooner or later, he had to do it -- 'Bowser Takes an Auto Ride' by C. B. Lewis, from 1905...

Time: approx nine 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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-22.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:08am EDT

Fri, Dec 21 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #943

Wrapping up a week of stories about shopping with an instructional piece from 1916 by the wonderfully funny Stephen Leacock -- 'The Grass Bachelor's Guide; With Sincere Apologies to the Ladies' Periodicals.'

Time: approx twelve and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

The Stephen Leacock Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/Leacock_Stories.html

Also, do check out the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor web site at:

http://leacock.ca

Direct download: revry-2007-12-21.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:05am EDT

Thu, Dec 20 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #942

We are exploring a day of visiting the stores among the nouveau riche in a chapter of Metta Victoria Victor's 1884 book 'Mrs. Rasher's Curtain Lectures.' The chapter is, appropriately, called 'Shopping.'

Time: approx twenty-one minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2007-12-20.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:02pm EDT

Wed, Dec 19 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #941

Today's story deals with a woman stranded on a desert island -- what has this got to do with this week's theme of stories about shopping? -- well, you'll just have to listen and find out for yourself!

******Ellis Parker Butler's 1920 tale 'Ads is Ads' is one of those truly rare hysterically funny stories that will leave you laughing out loud! Don't miss it!

Time: approx twelve 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/

Direct download: revry-2007-12-19a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:59pm EDT

Wed, Dec 19 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #940

Like so many other folks do this time of year, we're going to go shopping in the Basement this week! We'll start with a Fanny Fern story from 1854, 'For Ladies that 'Go Shopping.''

Time: approx nine 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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-19.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:56am EDT

Mon, Dec 17 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #939

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 we listen in on a conversation that takes some twists and turns before leading to a unique proposal in 'Harry and Ethel.'

Time: approx ten 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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-17.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:44am EDT

Sun, Dec 16 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #938

SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO delightful Stanley Huntley stories about buying things -- Mr. and Mrs. Breezy go 'Christmas Shopping' (from 1882) and Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke figure out what to do with their winnings from a found lottery ticket in 'Counting Ahead' (from1881).

Time: approx thirteen 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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-16.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:40am EDT

Sat, Dec 15 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #937

This time of year, all too many of us have to fight crowds at the stores, but Mr. Bowser teaches his wife how men are more efficient shoppers than women in C. B. Lewis's 1911 story 'Bowser's Lesson -- Time Wasted in Shopping.'

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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-15.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:39am EDT

Fri, Dec 14 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #936

Mortimer Thomson attempted to go back to writing humor after the Civil War ended, but his heart simply was not in it any more. Here we present an example from 1866 -- a Baseball story called 'A Muffin Game.'

Time: approx five minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

The Philander Doesticks (Mortimer Thomson) Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/doesticks.html

Direct download: revry-2007-12-14a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:37pm EDT

Fri, Dec 14 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #935

Not long after Mortimer Thomson married for the first time, he penned this charming tale of his wife's wiles in 'How Philander Doesticks became a Broken-in Husband,' from 1858.

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 Philander Doesticks (Mortimer Thomson) Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/doesticks.html

Direct download: revry-2007-12-14.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:35am EDT

Thu, Dec 13 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #934

Between the double tragedies of losing both of his young wives, and well before his ribs were permanently shattered on the battlefield, Mortimer Thomson worked both as a frontline war correspondent and as a humorist.

One reviewer of his Civil War era lectures said that "Thomson thinks the war is a big joke." From the earliest days of the Civil War, we present the 1861 piece, 'Doesticks Respectfully Inquireth -- What Do the Women Want us to Do about the War?'

Time: approx seven minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

The Philander Doesticks (Mortimer Thomson) Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/doesticks.html

Direct download: revry-2007-12-13.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:33am EDT

Wed, Dec 12 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #933

It's been a long time since we read any of the sharp, witty, stories of Mortimer Thomson (Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B.), so let's hear some this week.

From 1856, Thomson gives a detailed description of the sermon-performance of the Reverend Bloodandthunder Screecher in 'Doesticks on Popular Preachers.'

Time: approx nine minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

The Philander Doesticks (Mortimer Thomson) Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/doesticks.html

Direct download: revry-2007-12-12.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:30am EDT

Mon, Dec 10 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #932

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.

A policeman walking his quiet beat in the wee hours encounters a fellow with a strange request in 'George's Return.'

Time: approx twelve 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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-10.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:27am EDT

Sun, Dec 09 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #931

SUNDAY SALAD presents TWO Stanley Huntley tales -- one about an 'electric dog' gone berserk -- 'In Search of Advice,' and a Spoopendyke story concerning an oyster who refuses to be opened -- 'A Trial of Endurance,' both from 1882.

Time: approx twelve 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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-09.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:25am EDT

Sat, Dec 08 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #930

Mr. Bowser gives a raw recruit some helpful pointers on army life in this World War I era story by C. B. Lewis from 1917 called 'Bowser's Advice.'

Time: approx eight 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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-08a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:23pm EDT

Sat, Dec 08 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #929

Today we feature yet another 'Told by the Colonel' story by W. L. Alden from The Idler Magazine of 1892 -- a uniquely complex and convoluted tale of tightfisted twins called 'Thompson's Tombstone.'

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 W. L. Alden Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/alden.html

Direct download: revry-2007-12-08.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:21am EDT

Thu, Dec 06 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #928

It is very strange that as truly funny an author as W. L. Alden was is totally forgotten today. From Alden's 1902 book, 'The Adventures of Jimmy Brown' comes another hysterical story that deserves to be read -- 'My Pig.'

Time: approx six 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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-06.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:19am EDT

Wed, Dec 05 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #927

*** ONE OF THE FUNNIEST STORIES, EVER! ***



W. L. Alden wrote this piece for the London Magazine, 'The Idler,' back in 1893, concerning American marriages. It is called 'A Matrimonial Romance.'

DON'T MISS IT!

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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-05.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:16am EDT

Tue, Dec 04 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #926

More insane stories from W. L. Alden's 1877 collection, 'Domestic Explosives' grace the Basement this week. Today's tale follows a truly whacky chain of events in 'A Profitable Fork.'

Time: approx eight 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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-04a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:14pm EDT

Tue, Dec 04 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #925

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 we feature a convoluted dialogue concerning the relations between the members of the Exclusive Set in 'The Relatives' Club.'

Time: approx eight 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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-04.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:13am EDT

Sun, Dec 02 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #924

SUNDAY SALAD features another rare Spoopendyke story by Stanley Huntley that originally appeared in the hard-to-find Drake's Traveler's Magazine in 1884, called 'A Mouse in the Room.'

Time: approx seven 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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-02a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:11pm EDT

Sun, Dec 02 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #923

Mr. Bowser gives an inspirational talk to a group of tramps, who respond with a bit of rhyme, in 'Mr. Bowser's Lecture' written by M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) in 1903.



Time: approx eight 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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-02.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:06am EDT

Fri, Nov 30 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #922

W. L. Alden displayed a strange sense of humor as he examined quirky news items in his New York Times columns. From his 1877 collection, 'Domestic Explosives and other Sixth Column Fancies,' we find that logical inferences from scientific discoveries can lead to truly grisly conclusions in 'The Theoretical Barber.'

Time: approx eight 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

Direct download: revry-2007-11-30.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:04am EDT

Thu, Nov 29 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #921



ONE OF THE FUNNIEST!

W. L. Alden displayed a strange sense of humor as he examined quirky news items in his New York Times columns. From his 1877 collection, 'Domestic Explosives and other Sixth Column Fancies,' one of the most hilarious tragic events of all time is described in 'The Recent Calamity.'

Time: approx seven 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

Direct download: revry-2007-11-29.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:02am EDT

Wed, Nov 28 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #920

W. L. Alden displayed a strange sense of humor as he examined quirky news items in his New York Times columns. From his 1877 collection, 'Domestic Explosives and other Sixth Column Fancies' we investigate the diplomatic niceties of royal giving in 'An Inconsiderate Gift.'

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 W. L. Alden Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/alden.html

Direct download: revry-2007-11-28.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

Tue, Nov 27 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #919

W. L. Alden displayed a strange sense of humor as he examined quirky news items in his New York Times columns. From his 1877 collection, 'Domestic Explosives and other Sixth Column Fancies' comes a tale of a fleshy rainstorm in 'The Kentucky Meteors.'

Time: approx seven 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

Direct download: revry-2007-11-27.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:59am EDT

Mon, Nov 26 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #918

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 we listen in on an old Civil War veteran complaining about how Spanish-American War vets are treated in 'Mr. Lindsay on 'San Jewan.''

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

Direct download: revry-2007-11-26.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:56am EDT

Sun, Nov 25 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #917

SUNDAY SALAD features TWO Stanley Huntley stories from 1883 about boats this week. A Captain tells his amazed listeners some tall tales in 'A Few Moderate Anecdotes' and Mr. Spoopendyke buys a large sailboat in 'A Short Cruise.'

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 Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html

Direct download: revry-2007-11-25.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:54am EDT

Sat, Nov 24 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #916

A SPECIAL FIND!



Today's tale, 'Mr. Bowser's Rejuvenation' from 1924, may very well be the last Bowser story written by C. B. Lewis. Later stories all seem to be credited to his son, who continued after Lewis passed away, using the pen name 'M. Quad, Jr.'

Time: approx eleven 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

Direct download: revry-2007-11-24.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:52am EDT

Thu, Nov 22 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #915

W. F. Croffut asks the big Thanksgiving question in his poem 'Give Thanks for What?' from around 1890.

Time: approx four minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

Direct download: revry-2007-11-22.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:50am EDT

Wed, Nov 21 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #914

We continue with this week's theme with Bill Nye's 1891 piece, 'Causes for Thanksgiving.'

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

Direct download: revry-2007-11-21a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:48pm EDT

Wed, Nov 21 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #913

Thanksgiving stories and poetry abound in the Basement this week -- we start off with a poem by Stanley Huntley from 1882, called, appropriately enough, 'Thanksgiving.'

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 Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html

Direct download: revry-2007-11-21.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:46am EDT

Mon, Nov 19 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #912

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 today's tale, the tenants of a boarding house keep track of the events across the street at another boarding house in 'Our Private Romance.'

Time: approx nine 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

Direct download: revry-2007-11-19.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:27am EDT

Sun, Nov 18 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #911

SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO Stanley Huntley stories -- the first is an 1883 short, funny ditty about a dying man and his writer wife, called 'Of A Literary Bent'. Then we have a Spoopendyke story that was reprinted in a New Zealand newspaper in 1883, and credited to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (we couldn't find it there). This demonstrates the global popularity of the Spoopendykes back then, making it a true mystery why they fell into obscurity in the 20th century. It is called 'Turning the Seat.'

Time: approx six 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

Direct download: revry-2007-11-18.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:19am EDT

Sat, Nov 17 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #910

Mr. Bowser tells a strange tale that leads to a buried treasure in the 1912 C. B. Lewis story 'Mr. Bowser Digs.'

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

Direct download: revry-2007-11-17.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:12am EDT

Fri, Nov 16 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #909

Marcus Mills Pomeroy, better known as 'Brick' Pomeroy, brings us a group of tales of his romances at various times in his life, all from the 1871 book 'Brick-Dust -- A Remedy for the Blues, and a Something for People to Talk About.'

Unlike the previous few stories that featured young Brick's romances, today's tale features an older, but not wiser man in 'My Widow in the Park.'

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 Brick Pomeroy Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/brickpomeroy.html

Direct download: revry-2007-11-16.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:09am EDT

Thu, Nov 15 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #908

Marcus Mills Pomeroy, better known as 'Brick' Pomeroy, brings us a group of tales of his romances at various times in his life, all from the 1871 book 'Brick-Dust -- A Remedy for the Blues, and a Something for People to Talk About.'

The final culmination of two years of wooing is revealed in 'The Result of My Courtship.'

Time: approx eleven minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

The Brick Pomeroy Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/brickpomeroy.html

Direct download: revry-2007-11-15.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:00am EDT

Wed, Nov 14 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #907

Marcus Mills Pomeroy, better known as 'Brick' Pomeroy, brings us a group of tales of his romances at various times in his life, all from the 1871 book 'Brick-Dust -- A Remedy for the Blues, and a Something for People to Talk About.'

Today we hear of a wedding that didn't happen, and one that did in 'Reminiscence of Roxelia.'

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 Brick Pomeroy Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/brickpomeroy.html

Direct download: revry-2007-11-14.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:58am EDT

Tue, Nov 13 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #906

Marcus Mills Pomeroy, better known as 'Brick' Pomeroy, brings us a group of tales of his romances at various times in his life, all from the 1871 book 'Brick-Dust -- A Remedy for the Blues, and a Something for People to Talk About.'

Today, a nineteen and a half year old young man romances a sweet sixteen year old neighbor in 'My First Night at Sparking.'

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 Brick Pomeroy Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/brickpomeroy.html

Direct download: revry-2007-11-13.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:56am EDT

Mon, Nov 12 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #905

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.

Absolute helplessness before a master of sales technique puts a policy in the victim's hands before he knows what is happening in 'Life Insurance.'

Time: approx ten 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-2007-11-12.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:53am EDT

Sun, Nov 11 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #904

SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO Stanley Huntley tales today -- First we hear about the largest farms in existence in 'Farming in Dakota' from 1881, and a particularly rare Spoopendyke story from 1884, about a nasty goat in the back yard called 'Promiscuous Encounter.'

Time: approx twelve 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

Direct download: revry-2007-11-11.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:51am EDT

Fri, Nov 09 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #903

Mr. Bowser starts a row with Mrs. Bowser, the family Doctor, and a nasty neighbor all over what to call 'The Family Cat' from 1900 by C. B. Lewis.

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

Direct download: revry-2007-11-09.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:49pm EDT

Thu, Nov 08 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #902

One of the funniest Max Adeler stories ever tells the tale of the author attempting to learn to play the horn. From the 1876 book 'Elbow Room -- A Novel Without A Plot,' we present 'High Art.'

Time: approx six 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-2007-11-08.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:47am EDT

Wed, Nov 07 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #901

Max Adeler (Charles Heber Clark) wrote some of the funniest stories of all time, yet he was almost embarrassed by them, and preferred to write about economics. From his 1876 book 'Elbow Room -- A Novel Without a Plot,' we hear and see some disturbing goings-on aboard a train coming back from the Horse Race Track in 'The Races and Some Other Things.'

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 Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html

Direct download: revry-2007-11-07.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:45am EDT

Tue, Nov 06 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #900

THIS IS EPISODE NUMBER 900!



Max Adeler (Charles Heber Clark) wrote some of the funniest stories of all time, yet he was almost embarrassed by them, and preferred to write about economics. From his 1876 book 'Elbow Room -- A Novel Without a Plot,' today we offer the conclusion of yesterday's tale of young unrequited love called 'Love, Suffering, and Suicide' (part two).

Time: approx eight 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-2007-11-06.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:21pm EDT

Mon, Nov 05 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #899

Max Adeler (Charles Heber Clark) wrote some of the funniest stories of all time, yet he was almost embarrassed by them, and preferred to write about economics. From his 1876 book 'Elbow Room -- A Novel Without a Plot,' today and tomorrow, we present a two part story of young unrequited love called 'Love, Suffering, and Suicide.'

Time: approx eleven 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-2007-11-05.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:18am EDT

Sun, Nov 04 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #898

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 today's tale, a nasty man comes up with a clever way of insulting his relations in 'Mr. Payson's Satirical Christmas.'

Time: approx fourteen and a half 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

Direct download: revry-2007-11-04a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:16pm EDT

Sun, Nov 04 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #897

SUNDAY SALAD offers up TWO Stanley Huntley stories today, both from 1881 -- in the first tale, 'The Modern Anectode Relator' a man with a memory problem doesn't ever get around to the point of a story (and neither does his listener). The second tale -- perhaps a deservingly forgotten Spoopendyke story that was never reprinted -- gives us a glance at Mr. Spoopendyke's nastiest side during a gin hangover, in 'After A Matinee.'

Time: approx thirteen 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

Direct download: revry-2007-11-04.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:13am EDT

Fri, Nov 02 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #896

Mr. Bowser has a peaceful, quiet evening at home -- at least for a few moments, in C. B. Lewis's 1899 story 'All Mankind Comedians -- Mr. Bowser's Tribulations.'

Time: approx nine 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

Direct download: revry-2007-11-02.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:10am EDT

Thu, Nov 01 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #895

Today's tale by John Kendrick Bangs does not feature a ghost, but nevertheless, still offers a truly out-of-the-ordinary experience that, when you visualize it, will stick in your mind for many years to come. It's also extremely funny. The story is called 'The Speck on the Lens.' from 1894.

Time: approx nineteen minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2007-11-01a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:07pm EDT

Thu, Nov 01 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #894

The Emperor Nero, Samuel Johnson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Doctor Francis Bacon, and Sir Walter Raleigh give William Shakespeare the razz aboard a houseboat on the Styx River in John Kendrick Bangs' 1895 story 'A Disputed Authorship.'

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

Direct download: revry-2007-11-01.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:05am EDT

Wed, Oct 31 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #893

Woody Guthrie used to sing a song with the lyrics, 'You Can't Scare Me, I'm Sticking to the Union.' But what if the Union was composed entirely of ghosts, whose job is to scare people? Read all about it in John Kendrick Bangs' hysterical 1900 story, 'The Amalgamated Brotherhood of Spooks.'

Time: approx twenty-two and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2007-10-31.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:01am EDT

Tue, Oct 30 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #892

John Kendrick Bangs wrote eerie stories of ghosts and other weird things, and they were usually pretty funny. Today's tale is about a caretaker with a strange story to tell in 'The Mystery of Barney Rourke' from 1898.

Time: approx seventeen minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

Direct download: revry-2007-10-30.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:58am EDT

Mon, Oct 29 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #891

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.

A comment on a young woman's photograph begins a fascinating conversation in 'Miss Tyndall's Picture.'

Time: approx ten 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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-29.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:56am EDT

Sun, Oct 28 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #890

SUNDAY SALAD presents an appropriate story for Halloween, as the Spoopendykes prepare their costumes for a party in 'How They Missed the Masquerade' from 1881.

Time: approx eight 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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-28.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:54am EDT

Sat, Oct 27 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #889

Mrs. Bowser relates a tale of her husband's literary bent in 'Bowser Writes A Poem,' by C. B. Lewis from 1890.

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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-27.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:52am EDT

Thu, Oct 25 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #888

Mike Fink was a genuine historical character -- often known as 'The King of the Flatboat Men' -- whose legend became exaggerated over the years into tall tales as wild as those of Paul Bunyan or Pecos Bill. This week, we will feature stories of Mike Fink from four different authors.

Today we see just how exaggerated stories about Mike Fink became as we go for a ride on an angry bull in Thomas Chandler Haliburton's 1852 piece, 'Mike Fink in a Tight Place.'

Time: approx eleven and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

Direct download: revry-2007-10-25.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:49am EDT

Wed, Oct 24 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #887

Mike Fink was a genuine historical character -- often known as 'The King of the Flatboat Men' -- whose legend became exaggerated over the years into tall tales as wild as those of Paul Bunyan or Pecos Bill. This week, we will feature stories of Mike Fink from four different authors.

Today's tale concerns Mike Fink's overbearing sense of humor and his expectation of full attention from his audience. From 1888, we present 'Jokes Made to Laugh At' by Colonel Frank Triplett.

This episode is dedicated to the swell folks of the Northern Virginia Podcasting Meetup Group! Time: approx eight minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

Direct download: revry-2007-10-24.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:45am EDT

Tue, Oct 23 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #886

Mike Fink was a genuine historical character -- often known as 'The King of the Flatboat Men' -- whose legend became exaggerated over the years into tall tales as wild as those of Paul Bunyan or Pecos Bill. This week, we will feature stories of Mike Fink from four different authors.


Today we get a taste of how the Mike Fink legends grew over the years as we learn of a strange thing to do with a buffalo hide, in 'Mike Fink and the Clergyman' by Thomas W. Knox, from 1876.

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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-23.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:42am EDT

Mon, Oct 22 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #885

Mike Fink was a genuine historical character -- often known as 'The King of the Flatboat Men' -- whose legend became exaggerated over the years into tall tales as wild as those of Paul Bunyan or Pecos Bill. This week, we will feature stories of Mike Fink from four different authors.

Today we feature a tale of a practical joke called 'Mike Fink and the Sheep' written in 1852 by Ben Casseday.

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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-22.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:40am EDT

Sun, Oct 21 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #884

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.

Four tough guys in a Chicago bar encounter two friendly circus clowns in 'An Incident in the Pansy.'

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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-21.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:37am EDT

Sat, Oct 20 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #883

SUNDAY SALAD offers THREE hysterical stories from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle -- the first, 'A Judicial Circus' from 1881, is actually an unsigned news article from the Eagle which seems, from every inclination, to be by Stanley Huntley himself. The second story, 'The Value of Truth, from the same edition of the Eagle, comes from Huntley's 'Salad' column, and also deals with crazy doings in a Brooklyn court. Finally, we offer a tale of the Spoopendyke family discovering Huntley's best-selling 1881 book about them in the 1882 tale 'Opposed to Publicity.'

This is one of the best episodes we have ever done!

Time: approx twenty-one 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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-20.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:34am EDT

Fri, Oct 19 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #882

Our Mr. Bowser story for today features the Head of the Household 'Skeptical About the Toothache,' written by C. B. Lewis ('M. Quad') in 1892.

Time: approx eight 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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-19.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:31am EDT

Thu, Oct 18 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #881 We are reading stories found in Dan De Quille's 1876 book about miners and prospectors, 'The Big Bonanza.'

Rich or poor, people have to eat, and in a boom mining town, there's all kinds of stories about the war between restaurant keepers and their customers. Some of them can be heard in today's tale, 'Saloon Birds.'

Time: approx eleven and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

Direct download: revry-2007-10-18.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:29am EDT

Wed, Oct 17 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #880

We are reading stories found in Dan De Quille's 1876 book about miners and prospectors, 'The Big Bonanza.'

Skunk Supper?

Hear about it in 'Old Virginia's Fisher Story.'

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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-17a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:27pm EDT

Wed, Oct 17 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #879

We are reading stories found in Dan De Quille's 1876 book about miners and prospectors, 'The Big Bonanza.' Today we hear about a miner who made what he considered an outstanding discovery in 'The Stuff.'

Time: approx seven minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

Direct download: revry-2007-10-17.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:25am EDT

Tue, Oct 16 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #878



Author William Wright was much better known during his productive career as Dan De Quille. From the 1860s onward, he covered the fascinating stories of miners and prospectors in Virginia City, Nevada during the height of the silver mining boom, for the Territorial Enterprise newspaper. His stories were both factual and humorous.

In 1862, he was joined by another writer for the paper, a young Samuel Clemens, who would not adopt the name of Mark Twain until a year later. The two stayed friends for years, and in 1876, Twain helped De Quille publish (and wrote the introduction to) 'The Big Bonanza,' a book that details the history and exploits of the miners who discovered and ran the famous Comstock Lode, and other mining operations.

This week, we will read some of the humorous stories from this book. Today we learn what happens to a donkey that gets a bit too greedy in 'The Washoe Canary.'

Time: approx ten minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2007-10-16.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:21am EDT

Mon, Oct 15 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #877

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.

A family gives up city life for the natural beauties of suburban life, and pay particular attention to a pair of fruit trees in 'The Buell Cherry.'

Time: approx ten 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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-15.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:19am EDT

Sun, Oct 14 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #876

SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO jaw-dropping Stanley Huntley stories dealing with unbelievable modern technology -- 'With A Rising Thermometer' from 1880 features a truly tall tale from an old codger about building a telegraph wire in impossible heat about twenty years before the telegraph was invented, and Mrs. Spoopendyke confounds her husband discussing the newly-invented portable battery in 'Energy on Tap' from 1881.

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 Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html

Direct download: revry-2007-10-14.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:17am EDT

Fri, Oct 12 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #875

Mr. and Mrs. Bowser decide to rent a seaside cottage for the summer and are unpleasantly surprised in C. B. Lewis's 1897 story, 'The Bowsers Reach Shark Point.'

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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-12a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:14pm EDT

Fri, Oct 12 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #874

We feature one last episode of C. B. Lewis's 'The Arizona Kicker' from January 10, 1897, which is about as rough and tumble as funny 19th century newspaper stories could get.

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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-12.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:12am EDT

Wed, Oct 10 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #873

Some more wild and wooly humor from C. B. Lewis ("M. Quad") from an episode of 'The Arizona Kicker' printed on July 7, 1892. This stuff is uninhibited, raw, raucous, and ridiculously funny!

Time: approx six 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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-10.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:10am EDT

Tue, Oct 09 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #872

For many years C. B. Lewis, also known as M. Quad, wrote dispatches from a fictional frontier newspaper called 'The Arizona Kicker.'

Today's episode, from April 17, 1892, covers the gamut of articles from performing weddings, running a thank you card from a necktie party survivor, generously letting a competitor have his say, and visions of disaster.

Time: approx seven 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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-09.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:08am EDT

Mon, Oct 08 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #871

C. B. Lewis, also known as M. Quad, had other regular humor features besides the 'Mr. Bowser' stories. For many years, he wrote dispatches from a fictional frontier newspaper called 'The Arizona Kicker.' Today, we hear about (among other things) how the Kicker's editor made practical use of a new pistol in an episode from Jan 18, 1890.

Time: approx eight 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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-08.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:06am EDT

Sun, Oct 07 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #870

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.

For many years, elevator rides were conducted by 'elevator operators' who often wore uniforms covered with shiny buttons, hence the title character in this story, 'Cupid in Buttons.'

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 George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html

Direct download: revry-2007-10-07.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:04am EDT

Sat, Oct 06 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #869

SUNDAY SALAD offers up TWO hilarious Stanley Huntley stories from 1881 -- first, an editor searches his memory in 'The Same Old Round' and Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke are 'Misled by a Pattern.'

Time: approx nine 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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-06.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:02am EDT

Fri, Oct 05 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #868

Mr. Bowser is in great form today -- he starts with finding a hairpin on the steps and builds up a to a rant about waste and extravagance in 'The Head of the Family is in a Bad Mood' by C. B. Lewis ("M. Quad") from 1892.

Time: approx seven 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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-05.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:00am EDT

Thu, Oct 04 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #867

Edgar Wilson Nye, better known as Bill Nye, was a rough jewel among 19th century humorists. From late in his career (1892), comes a revealing, yet fun, 'Autobiography of an Editor.'

Time: approx twenty-three 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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-04.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:57am EDT

Wed, Oct 03 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #866

Edgar Wilson Nye, better known as Bill Nye, was a rough jewel among 19th century humorists. In today's piece from 1886, Nye neatly skewers a formal custom in 'The Coupon Letter of Introduction.'

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

Direct download: revry-2007-10-03.mp3
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Tue, Oct 02 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #865

Edgar Wilson Nye, better known as Bill Nye, was a rough jewel among 19th century humorists. Today's side-splitting piece from 1886, 'Documentary Proof of Self-Defense' offers some cautionary advice for victims of robberies.

Time: approx nine minutes

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The Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2007-10-02.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:53am EDT

Mon, Oct 01 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #864

Edgar Wilson Nye, better known as Bill Nye, was a rough jewel among 19th century humorists. This week we will read some of his rip roaring frontier tales, starting with 'All About Menials' from 1891.

Time: approx five 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-2007-10-01.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:50am EDT

Sun, Sep 30 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #863

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 we pay a visit to department store and find out what happened to an unforgettable sales lady in 'The Former Kathryn.'

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-2007-09-30a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:49pm EDT

Sun, Sep 30 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #862

SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO incredibly funny Stanley Huntley stories from 1881 -- a woman gets justice dispensed at a local police station in 'Defining His Position' and the Spoopendykes discover 'The Difficulties of an Orator.'

Time: approx nine and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2007-09-30.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:39am EDT

Fri, Sep 28 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #861

Our favorite old crank reveals the hidden secrets of the animal kingdom in 'What Bowser Knows of Cats' by C. B. Lewis, from 1906.

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-2007-09-28.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:36am EDT

Thu, Sep 27 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #860

Wrapping up with a final piece from Gideon Wurdz's 1906 book, Eediotic Etiquette, where both formal and informal rules of making social visits are covered in 'Calling.'

Time: approx eleven and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-09-27.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:49am EDT

Wed, Sep 26 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #859

There is one place where obeying rules of etiquette is crucial! These simple but important rules are covered in 'Church Services' from the 1906 book, Eediotic Etiquette by Gideon Wurdz.

Time: approx four minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-09-26.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:48am EDT

Tue, Sep 25 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #858

Gideon Wurdz's 1906 book, 'Eediotic Etiquette' offers advice on proper behavior for every situation. Today we learn how to comport yourself at 'Picnics.'

Time: approx twelve and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-09-25.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:39am EDT

Mon, Sep 24 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #857

Mister Ron can't get enough of 'Eediotic Etiquette' from 1906 by Gideon Wurdz (Charles Wayland Towne), so here's some more this week!

Today we offer the Ps and Qs of 'Afternoon Teas.' Not to be missed!

Time: approx twelve and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-09-24.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:38am EDT

Sun, Sep 23 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #856

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.

Fashion is indeed fickle. Join us today as a young man confronts the conundrum of wearing his pants just a bit differently in 'Mr. Wimberly's Trousers.'

Time: approx eleven minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-09-23.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:36am EDT

Sat, Sep 22 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #855

SUNDAY SALAD offers a vulgar, irreverent, irreligious, and extremely funny story by Stanley Huntley called 'Harry the Indian Slayer' -- also Mr. Spoopendyke tries on a bathing suit in 'A Complicated Garment.' Both stories appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1880.

Time: approx ten minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2007-09-22a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:34pm EDT

Sat, Sep 22 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #854

'Bowser Has A Corn' by C. B. Lewis from 1902. What else needs to be said?

Time: approx eight and a half 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:

http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html

Direct download: revry-2007-09-22.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:33am EDT

Thu, Sep 20 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #853

'Eediotic Etiquette' offering the rules of proper civilized behavior, was written in 1906 by Gideon Wurdz (Charles Wayland Towne).

Today's piece lets you know how to fit in properly when you are invited to 'Balls.'

Time: approx five and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-09-20.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:31am EDT

Wed, Sep 19 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #852

'Eediotic Etiquette' a guide to propriety and formalities from 1906 by Gideon Wurdz (Charles Wayland Towne) is featured in the Basement this week.

Today we offer some useful guidelines for sending out announcements when the stork pays a visit -- it's called 'Births.'

Time: approx four and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-09-19.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:28am EDT

Tue, Sep 18 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #851

'Eediotic Etiquette' the 1906 Manual of Manners by Gideon Wurdz (Charles Wayland Towne) is featured in the Basement this week.

Today's lesson in decorum concerns the proper social rules regarding 'Kissing.'

Time: approx five and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-09-18a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:26pm EDT

Tue, Sep 18 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #850

This is our 850th Episode!!!!!



This week, we explore the 1906 Manual of Manners by Gideon Wurdz (Charles Wayland Towne) called 'Eediotic Etiquette.' Today's lesson in propriety deals with 'Art Exhibits.'

Time: approx five and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-09-18.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:19am EDT

Sun, Sep 16 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #849

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 story is of a working class family elevated despite themselves by no-nonsense daughter named Rosie in 'Best of the Farleys.'

Time: approx eleven 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-2007-09-16.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:17am EDT

Sat, Sep 15 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #848

SUNDAY SALAD presents TWO Stanley Huntley stories about death (sort of). In the first, a widower discusses his wife's burial services with the editor of the newspaper in 'The Bottom Facts About the Funeral' from 1882, then Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke have a wacky political discussion in 'A Dead Lock' from 1881.

This story is a shining example of the classic comic character of Mrs. Spoopendyke, undoubtedly an influence on on Gracie Allen, years later.

Time: approx fourteen minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2007-09-15.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:14am EDT

Fri, Sep 14 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #847

Mr. Bowser defies his wife and a curious crowd to come to the aid of a feline in a tree in 'Rescuing the Cat' by C. B. Lewis from 1902.

Time: approx nine and a half 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:

http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html

Direct download: revry-2007-09-14.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:12am EDT

Thu, Sep 13 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #846

Fanny Fern wrote her weekly column for the New York Ledger right until her death in 1872. This week we will feature some of her writings from the 1870 collection 'Ginger Snaps.'



Fanny Fern's granddaughter Ethel Thomson (later changed to Ethel Parton), who was eight years old in 1870, used incidents from today's story in her first novel, 'Melissa Ann -- A Little Girl of the 1820s' which she wrote over sixty years later in 1931! Today's tale is called 'A Look Backward.'

Time: approx nine minutes

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

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Direct download: revry-2007-09-13a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:09pm EDT