Fri, 30 December 2005
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Thu, 29 December 2005
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 27 December 2005
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 26 December 2005
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 25 December 2005
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 24 December 2005
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.' 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 |
Fri, 23 December 2005
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Thu, 22 December 2005
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 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 |
Wed, 21 December 2005
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 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 |
Tue, 20 December 2005
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 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 |
Mon, 19 December 2005
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 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 |
Sun, 18 December 2005
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.html |
Sat, 17 December 2005
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 16 December 2005
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Thu, 15 December 2005
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Thu, 15 December 2005
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 14 December 2005
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 13 December 2005
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 11 December 2005
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 10 December 2005
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 9 December 2005
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Thu, 8 December 2005
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html |
Wed, 7 December 2005
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html |
Tue, 6 December 2005
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? 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 |
Mon, 5 December 2005
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html |
Sun, 4 December 2005
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html |
Sat, 3 December 2005
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 2 December 2005
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Thu, 1 December 2005
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/billnye.html |
Wed, 30 November 2005
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/billnye.html |
Tue, 29 November 2005
Tue, Nov 29 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #204 Edgar Wilson Nye, better known as Bill Nye, is being spotlighted this week with stories from his 1891 book 'Remarks.' Some strange events and a truly nasty practical joke are recounted in the tale 'Shorts.' Time: approx three and 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 |
Mon, 28 November 2005
Mon, Nov 28 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #203 Edgar Wilson Nye, better known as Bill Nye, is being spotlighted this week with stories from his 1891 book 'Remarks.' Today, we are informed of the doings of Medical Students and the various sciences concerened with what makes us tick in 'Anatomy.' Time: approx five 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 |
Sun, 27 November 2005
Sun, Nov 27 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #202 Edgar Wilson Nye, better known as Bill Nye, is being spotlighted this week with stories from his 1891 book 'Remarks.' Today's tale of a mysterious wax museum is called 'Lovely Horrors.' 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 Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/billnye.html |
Sat, 26 November 2005
Sat, Nov 26 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #201 George Ade gives the low-down on the flighty younger generation of women in the 1902 story 'The Fable of How Aggie had Spells that the Home Remedies could not Touch.' Also, a song not by Elvis. 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 George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 25 November 2005
Fri, Nov 25 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #200 George Ade helps us celebrate our 200th Episode of The Basement with 'What Father Bumped into at the Culture Factory' from 1903. Hello Central! 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 |
Thu, 24 November 2005
Thu, Nov 24 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #199 Mark Twain left behind a large selection of great stories that were not published until after his death in 1910. Most appropriately, this hilarious article originally run in the Buffalo Express in 1889 appeared in a book for the first time in 1919, -- 'Last Words of Great Men.' Incidentally, Twain's actual last words, written on a piece of paper, were 'Give me my glasses.' The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Twain.html |
Wed, 23 November 2005
Wed, Nov 23 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #198 Mark Twain left behind a large selection of great stories that were not published until after his death in 1910. For Thanksgiving, we present his short tale, 'Hunting the Deceitful Turkey' published in 1916. 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 Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Twain.html |
Tue, 22 November 2005
Tue, Nov 22 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #197 Mark Twain left behind a large selection of great stories that were not published until after his death in 1910. 'A Fable,' published in 1916, is almost totally different from anything else the author had written previously. 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 Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Twain.html |
Mon, 21 November 2005
Mon, Nov 21 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #196 Mark Twain left behind a large selection of great stories that were not published until after his death in 1910. 'The Approaching Epidemic,' originally written around 1870 and published in 1919, explores a nineteenth century phenomenon that ought to be familiar to anyone today. The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Twain.html |
Sun, 20 November 2005
Sun, Nov 20 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #195 Mark Twain left behind a large selection of great stories that were not published until after his death in 1910. From 1916 comes the only slightly absurd tale of 'The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm.' The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Twain.html |
Sat, 19 November 2005
Sat, Nov 19 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #194 George Ade tells who the winner will always be in a contest between the Atheletically Skillful and the Unabashed Klutz in 'The Fable of the Crafty Love-Maker who Needed a Lady Manager' from 1902. 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 George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 18 November 2005
Fri, Nov 18 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #193 George Ade's 'The Fable of the Day's Work and The Morning After' from 1901 gives the real lowdown on proper nutrition. This is one of Mister Ron's Favorite funny stories. Time: approx five 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 |
Thu, 17 November 2005
Thu, Nov 17 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #192 A silly story from the 1913 collection, 'Folk Tales Every Child Should Know,' edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie -- 'Hans Who Made the Princess Laugh' from the Norwegian Tale of Peter Christen Asbjornsen. Time: approx eleven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 16 November 2005
Wed, Nov 16 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #191 One of the great philosophical questions of all times is explored in 'Intelligence and Luck' translated from the Bohemian by A. H. Wratislaw and included in the 1913 book 'Folk Tales Every Child Should Know,' edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie. Time: approx eight minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 15 November 2005
Tue, Nov 15 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #190 One of the most fascinating stories from the 1913 collection, 'Folk Tales Every Child Should Know,' edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie -- 'The Greedy Youngster' from the Norwegian Tale of Peter Christen Asbjornsen. Time: approx nineteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 14 November 2005
Mon, Nov 14 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #189 From 'Folk Tales Every Child Should Know' edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie in 1913, a story of someone who always looks at the bright side of life -- 'Hans in Luck' by the Brothers Grimm. Time: approx eleven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 13 November 2005
Sun, Nov 13 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #188 Recalling stories from the 1913 collection, 'Folk Tales Every Child Should Know,' edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie. Today's is 'The Lad Who Went to the North Wind' by Sir George Webbe Dasent. Time: approx six minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 12 November 2005
Sat, Nov 12 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #187 George Ade gives Cupid a Holiday in 'The Fable of the General Manager of the Love Affair Who Demanded a Furlough' from 1901. 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 George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 11 November 2005
Fri, Nov 11 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #186 George Ade strikes a Blow for Freedom in his short tale, 'The Fable of the Single-Handed Fight for Personal Liberty' from 1904. 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 George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Thu, 10 November 2005
Thu, Nov 10 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #185 Spoofs of Sherlock Holmes strike at us from every direction this week! Taking a phone message with O. Henry's 'The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes' from 1911, featuring the surmising deductions of The Great Detective! Time: approx twelve minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The O Henry Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/ohenry.html |
Wed, 9 November 2005
Wed, Nov 09 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #184 Spoofs of Sherlock Holmes strike at us from every direction this week! No stone is left unturned in Stephen Leacock's 'Maddened by Mystery -- or the Defective Detective' from 1911, featuring the inscrutable deductions of The Great Detective! Time: approx fourteen 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 |
Tue, 8 November 2005
Tue, Nov 08 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #183 Spoofs of Sherlock Holmes strike at us from every direction this week! Hot in pursuit in 'The Escape of the Bull-Dog' by Cunnin Toil (R. C. Lehmann) from 1893, featuring the astounding deductions of Picklock Holes! 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 |
Mon, 7 November 2005
Mon, Nov 07 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #182 Spoofs of Sherlock Holmes strike at us from every direction this week! The Game is Afoot in 'The Adventure of the Table Foot' by Zero (Allan Ramsay) from 1894, featuring the remarkable deductions of Thinlock Bones! 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 |
Sun, 6 November 2005
Sun, Nov 06 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #181 Spoofs of Sherlock Holmes strike at us from every direction this week! Today we hear 'The Adventure of the Diamond Necklace' by G. F. Forrest from 1905, featuring the amazing deductions of Warlock Bones! Time: approx six minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 5 November 2005
Sat, Nov 05 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #180 George Ade brings us a tale of a true modern day Solomon in 'The Fable of Flora and Adolph and a Home Gone Wrong' from 1899. Goo-Goo Eyes! 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 George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 4 November 2005
Fri, Nov 04 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #179 George Ade figures out how Some People like to get the most they can out of Everything in 'The Fable of the One Who Got What Was Coming to Him and Then Some More' from 1904. Time: approx three 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 |
Thu, 3 November 2005
Thu, Nov 03 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #178 Lafcadio Hearn's 1904 Tale of the Fantastic, 'Diplomacy,' is a reminder not to lose one's head when losing one's head... Time: approx six minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 2 November 2005
Wed, Nov 02 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #177 Perhaps the Shortest Episode of Mister Ron's Basement ever -- Stephen Crane's Fantastic poem 'A Man Said to the Universe' from 1899, answering the eternal question -- or maybe not. Time: approx one and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 1 November 2005
Tue, Nov 01 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #176 Ever wonder what fireworks have to say to each other? Check out 'The Remarkable Rocket' written by Oscar Wilde in 1888, one of our Stories of the Fantastic this week! Time: approx twenty-four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 31 October 2005
Mon, Oct 31 2005Mister Ron's Basement #175 A Special Treat for our 175th episode -- H. G. Wells' 1899 story, 'The Man Who Could Work Miracles,' which Wells himself rewrote as a screenplay for the wonderful 1936 Movie of the same name starring Roland Young. The musical intro and outro is also Special -- selections from a 1912 recording of 'I'm The Guy' penned by legendary cartoonist Rube Goldberg -- see the sheet music at http://ronevry.com/imtheguy.html Time: approx thirty-seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 30 October 2005
Sun, Oct 30 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #174 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' writen by Washington Irving in 1819, in it's complete and original form, is the LONGEST story ever attempted in Mister Ron's Basement as of this time. What can I say? It's worth listening to the rich description of the land and the characters, and is actually much more frightening and fun than any of the movie or cartoon versions. Part of our week of Stories of the Fantastic. Time: exactly one hour! There are many great stories found in Mister Ron's Basement. Check out our catalog! The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 29 October 2005
Sat, Oct 29 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #173 George Ade discusses the advantages of sampling the buffet in 'The Fable of Eugene who Walked the Length of the Counter Before Making His Selection' from 1902. 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 George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 28 October 2005
Fri, Oct 28 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #172 George Ade gives us a look at exactly how things get to be the way they are at the Modern Pharmacy in his 1901 tale, 'The Fable of The Bureau of Public Comfort & The Man in Charge.' Time: approx four 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 |
Thu, 27 October 2005
Thu, Oct 27 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #171 Even Creepier and Funnier stories this week! A young man performs an astonishing feat of prestidigitation in Thomas Hardy's 1877 story, 'The Thieves Who Couldn't Stop Sneezing.' Time: approx fifteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 26 October 2005
Wed, Oct 26 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #170 Even Creepier and Funnier stories this week! Bill Nye relates what he found in the 'Dark Room at the Top of the Stairs' in a tale from his 1888 book, 'Remarks.' 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 Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/billnye.html |
Tue, 25 October 2005
Tue, Oct 25 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #169 Even Creepier and Funnier stories this week! Stephen Leacock's 1911 journey into the netherworlds, 'Q -- A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural' is here presented for your consideration. Time: approx twenty 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 |
Mon, 24 October 2005
Mon, Oct 24 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #168 Even Creepier and Funnier stories this week! The Medium is the Massage in Frank L. Stanton's Turn-Of-The-Century poem 'The Bellville Spirit Meeting.' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 23 October 2005
Sun, Oct 23 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #167 Even Creepier and Funnier stories this week! We start with John Kendrick Bang's 1894 tale of romance and astral projection -- 'A Psychical Prank.' Time: approx fourteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 22 October 2005
Sat, Oct 22, 2005Mister Ron's Basement #166 George Ade waxes profusely over the Waffles in 'The Fable of the Family That Worked Overtime in Taking Care of Nellie,' from 1904. Time: approx three 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 |
Fri, 21 October 2005
Fri, Oct 21 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #165 George Ade explores a miasmatic culture clash in 'The Fable of The Boston Biologist and The Native With the Blue Hardware' from 1901. Time: approx six 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 |
Thu, 20 October 2005
Thu, Oct 20 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #164 Spooky (but funny) stories have been dragged kicking and screaming out of the Basement this week! H. H. Munro (Saki) brings us a mystical tale of transmutation and practical jokes in 'The She-Wolf' from 1914. Time: approx fourteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 19 October 2005
Wed, Oct 19 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #163 Spooky (but funny) stories have been dragged kicking and screaming out of the Basement this week! Try and keep a straight face while listening to 'A Few Spirit Reminiscences' by John Kendrick Bangs, from 1898. Time: approx twenty-six and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 19 October 2005
Wed, Oct 19 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #162 Spooky (but funny) stories have been dragged kicking and screaming out of the Basement this week! Ambrose Bierce brings us a delightful encounter between an accountant and the ghost of his father in an excerpt from his 1873 book 'The Fiend's Delight.' Hamlet this isn't! Time: approx six minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Ambrose Bierce Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/bierce.html |
Sun, 16 October 2005
Mon, Oct 17 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #161 Spooky (but funny) stories have been dragged kicking and screaming out of the Basement this week! Edgar Allan Poe's 1844 tale, 'The Angel of the Odd' deals with a supernatural visitation, a devastating fire, personal tragedy, attempted suicide, and aerial daredevilry, and is totally hilarious as well. Time: approx twenty-six minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 16 October 2005
Sun, Oct 16 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #160 Spooky (but funny) stories have been dragged kicking and screaming out of the Basement this week! Today's is actually a short poem by Thomas Hood from 1883, 'Mary's Ghost -- A Pathetic Ballad,' which should leave you laughing so hard you'll split at the seams. Well, somebody will be split at the seams... Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 15 October 2005
Sat, Oct 15 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #159 George Ade discovers the meaning of a Lasting Friendship in the Fable of 'The Man Who Had a True Friend to Steer Him Along' from 1904. Time: approx three 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 |
Fri, 14 October 2005
Fri, Oct 14 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #158 George Ade's 1899 adventure of an early aeronaut, 'The Fable of the Professor Who Wanted to Be Alone,' is sure to have you gripping your seat -- or is that your wallet? 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 George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Thu, 13 October 2005
Thu, Oct 13 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #157 George Horatio Derby's writings are still sublimely funny 150 years later! Today's is 'Review of New Books' from 1855. Time: approx fourteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Horatio Derby Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/derby.html |
Wed, 12 October 2005
Wed, Oct 12 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #156 George Horatio Derby's writings are still superbly funny 150 years later! Today's is 'A Legend of the Tehama House' from 1855. 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 George Horatio Derby Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/derby.html |
Tue, 11 October 2005
Tue, Oct 11 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #155 George Horatio Derby's writings are still riotously funny 150 years later! Today's is 'Squibob Abhors Street Introductions' from 1855. 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 George Horatio Derby Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/derby.html |
Mon, 10 October 2005
Mon, Oct 10 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #154 George Horatio Derby's writings are still amazingly funny 150 years later! Today's is 'Pistol Shooting -- A Counter Challenge' from 1855. Time: approx six minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Horatio Derby Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/derby.html |
Sun, 9 October 2005
Sun, Oct 09 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #153 George Horatio Derby's writings are still hysterically funny 150 years later! Today's is 'Antidote for Fleas,' written in 1855. Time: approx four 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 Horatio Derby Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/derby.html |
Sat, 8 October 2005
Sat, Oct 08 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #152 George Ade's 1902 story 'The Fable of How One Brave Patsy Worked Himself Into the King's Row' gives the Real Scoop on succeeeding with the women. Time: approx two 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 |
Fri, 7 October 2005
Fri, Oct 07 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #151 George Ade's 'The Maneuvers of Joel and the Disappointed Orphan Asylum' from 1904 is pretty much self-explanatory, except perhaps the bit about Joel's maneuvers and the thing about the Orphan Asylum. 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 George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Thu, 6 October 2005
Thu, Oct 06 2005 There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 of iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded as a free pdf file here. John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes.
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Wed, 5 October 2005
Wed, Oct 05 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #149 Goin' Hollywood this week as we explore funny classic stories that were made into movies! George Ade's 'The Fable of How Uncle Brewster Was Too Shifty for the Tempter' from 1900 may have been the uncredited inspiration for some humorous scenes in an Edward G. Robinson classic film. 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 |
Tue, 4 October 2005
Tue, Oct 04 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #148 Goin' Hollywood this week as we explore funny classic stories that were made into movies! Ellis Parker Butler's hilarious signature story, 'Pigs is Pigs,' from 1906, was made into a now lost film in 1914, and a 1954 Disney Cartoon! Time: approx twenty 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 |
Mon, 3 October 2005
Mon, Oct 03 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #147 Goin' Hollywood this week as we explore funny classic stories that were made into movies! O Henry's 'The Cop and the Anthem' from 1906 was filmed by a number of people, from D. W. Griffith to Red Skelton. Time: approx fourteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The O Henry Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/ohenry.html |
Sun, 2 October 2005
Sun, Oct 02 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #146 Goin' Hollywood this week as we explore funny classic stories that were made into movies! Today's is 'The £ 1,000,000 Bank Note' by Mark Twain, from 1893. Time: approx forty and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Twain.html
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Sat, 1 October 2005
Sat, Oct 01 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #145 George Ade's 1899 'Fable of Paducah's Favourite Comedians and the Mildewed Stunt' is the story of a Ritzy Family Act With A Strong Finish. Time: approx six 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 |
Fri, 30 September 2005
Fri, Sep 30 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #144 George Ade's 1904 tale of a boarding house, 'The Regular Kind of Place and the Usual Way it Turned Out' may recall an almost-vanished custom, but it's still very, very 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 George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Thu, 29 September 2005
Thu, Sep 29 2005
Mister Ron's basement #143 Mary Austin week ends with an early piece about an effete and proper Bostonian attempting to 'go native' in the Southwest. It's called 'The Wooing of the Sennorita,' from 1897. Time: approx fifteen and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 28 September 2005
Wed, Sep 28 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #142 Mary Austin mixed authentic history with magic, as explained by legendary story-telling birds in 'The Pearls of Cofachique - How Lucas de Ayllon Came to Look for Them and What the Cacica Far-Looking Did to Him -- Told by the Pelican' from 1918. Time: approx twenty-five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 27 September 2005
Tue, Sep 27 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #141 Mary Austin's story of a sheep rancher, his daughter, and a dangerous masquerade offers charming characters and a good deal of fun. It's called 'Spring o' the Year,' from 1908. Time: approx twenty-two and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 26 September 2005
Mon, Sep 26 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #140 Mary Austin's tale of Lost Mine Fever and the Family Breadwinner from 1907 is called 'The Return of Mr. Wills.' Time: approx fifteen and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 25 September 2005
Sun, Sep 25 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #139 Mary Austin gives us the lowdown on 'Jimville -- A Bret Harte Town' from 1903, and Lovey Austin gives us some Low Down Travelin' Sounds. Time: approx sixteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 24 September 2005
Sat, Sep 24 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #138 George Ade's 'The Fable of How He Never Touched George' from 1899 explores wrestling holds and good cigars. Time: approx five minutes Book Relief is an unprecedented, publishing industry-wide effort that will distribute at least five million books to those displaced by the Hurricanes, to schools and libraries supporting the evacuees, and to replenish the schools and libraries ultimately rebuilt in the Gulf Coast. Over 370,000 children are displaced, and over 600 schools destroyed. Help get books back into the lives of those affected by Hurricanes and Floods. Please visit http://www.bookrelief.org to take part in this worthy project. 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 |
Fri, 23 September 2005
Fri, Sep 23 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #137 George Ade's 'The Fable of How Gertrude Could Keep It Up until Ten O'Clock in the Morning,' from 1904, explores the Art of Romantic Intellectual Conversation. Yep. Time: approx three 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 |
Thu, 22 September 2005
Thu, Sep 22 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #136 Bret Harte, a truly great American Writer, gets the Spotlight in the Basement this week. 'Brown of Calaveras,' from around 1870, deals out a convoluted hand of complex relationships, betrayal, luck, love, sacrifice, and joy among three very different people in a small mining town. Time: approx twenty-four and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 21 September 2005
Wed, Sep 21 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #135 Bret Harte, a truly great American Writer, gets the Spotlight in the Basement this week. Putting aside the wild western stories for a bit, here is Harte's 1873 (!) tale, 'My Suburban Residence,' along with some perfectly ducky odes. 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 |
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