Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part SEVEN of EIGHT)

Fri, Nov 13 2009

Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part SEVEN of EIGHT)

Welcome to the 1500th Episode of Mister Ron's Basement!

We are presenting this Episode in EIGHT Parts, one per day for eight days.

In 1906, Ellis Parker Butler published 'Perkins of Portland' a book collection of eight stories of the world's greatest Advertising Man. Most of these stories had appeared in assorted popular magazines. Episode #1500 will be readings of these incredibly funny, and surprisingly modern Perkins of Portland stories. Yes, we have read some of these before in early episodes of the Basement.

Are you disgusted with the way modern literature is written by corporations with merchandising as the primary consideration? Think this is something new? Check out today's Perkins story, 'The Adventure of the Crimson Cord.'

This story originally appeared in Frank Leslie's Monthly back in February, 1904.

Time: approx twenty-four minutes





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Read lots more about Ellis Parker Butler at:

http://www.ellisparkerbutler.info/

John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here.

NOTE: HARDLY ANYBODY HAS ENTERED THIS CONTEST! Send off an email right away and you stand a good chance of winning!

In celebration of reaching this milestone, we are having a contest with a beautiful 1906 Edition of Ellis Parker Butler's 'Pigs is Pigs' as the prize! To get a chance to win, send an email to Mister Ron at [e-mail] and tell him what your favorite episode is!

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