Tue, 27 February 2007
Tue, Feb 27 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #651 Elbert Hubbard reveals the inside secret of creating a hit Broadway play in 'Phrases in Electro,' published in 1920. Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 26 February 2007
Mon, Feb 26 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #650 Our 650th EPISODE!!!Elbert Hubbard was one of the most popular American writers of the early twentieth century. He had an enormous output of books, stories, and articles, and he founded a community of artisans in East Aurora, New York known as the Roycrofters, who produced beautiful hand-crafted books and furniture. He worked with Frank Lloyd Wright, and was much sought after on the lecture circuit. He and his wife died aboard the ill-fated Lusitania in 1915. This week, we will be reading some of Hubbard's humorous pieces from a trio of slim volumes published by the Roycrofters in 1920. Today's tale, ironically, is called 'Titanic Survivor.' Time: approx nine minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 25 February 2007
Sun, Feb 25 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #649 Our Monday book serialization is Ellis Parker Butler's 'The Cheerful Smugglers' from 1908. Today we present Chapter Seven, 'The Amatuer Detective,' featuring a confrontation over a collar, a mysterious box of cigars, blue, pink, and white shirtwaists, and a wayward garden hose! Time: approx twenty 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/ |
Sat, 24 February 2007
Sat, Feb 24 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #648 Spoopendyke once again struggles with buttons and extremely starched garments in the 1880 story 'His New Cuffs' by Stanley Huntley. 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 |
Fri, 23 February 2007
Fri, Feb 23 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #647 Old Mr. Bowser tries to impress his wife by telling her he has enlisted in the army in this World War One vintage story by C. B. Lewis from 1917 -- 'Bowser Starts for War.' 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 |
Thu, 22 February 2007
Thu, Feb 22 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #646 Our last story (for the time being) by Mortimer Thomson (writing under the pen name of Philander Doesticks) from 1855 -- 'Police Adventures -- Mayor Wood Around.' Time: approx eleven 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 |
Wed, 21 February 2007
Wed, Feb 21 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #645 Doesticks receives a pile of mail (postage due, of course), and gives his point of view on the occasion in the 1855 tale, 'Cupid in Cold Weather -- Valentine's Day' by Philander Doesticks (Mortimer Thomson). Time: approx ten 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 |
Tue, 20 February 2007
Tue, Feb 20 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #644 Philander Doesticks falls head over heels in Mortimer Thomson's 1855 riotous tale 'Disappointed Love.' Time: approx thirteen 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 |
Mon, 19 February 2007
Mon, Feb 19 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #643 More insanely funny long-forgotten pieces from the 1855 book 'Doesticks -- What he Says' by Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B. (Mortimer Thomson) -- 'How Doesticks Came to Think of It' and 'A New Patent Medicine Operation.' Time: approx sixteen 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 |
Sun, 18 February 2007
Sun, Feb 18 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #642 Our Monday book serialization is Ellis Parker Butler's 'The Cheerful Smugglers' from 1908. Today we present Chapter Six, on how the maid became 'one of the family,' -- 'Bridget.' Time: approx twelve 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/ |
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