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Mister Ron's Basement #175 Mon, Oct 31 2005

Mister 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

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-31.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:54am EDT

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!

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-30.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:00am EDT

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:
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The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-29.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:39pm EDT

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

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-28.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:37am EDT

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

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-27.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:34pm EDT

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

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The Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-26.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:32pm EDT

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

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The Stephen Leacock Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-25.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:27am EDT

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

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-24.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:25am EDT

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

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-23.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:22pm EDT

Mister Ron's Basement #166 Sat, Oct 22, 2005

Mister 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

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-22.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:19pm EDT

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

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-21.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:18am EDT

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

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-20.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:14am EDT

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

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-19-1.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:14pm EDT

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

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-19.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:03am EDT

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

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-17.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:59am EDT

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

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-16.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:57am EDT

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

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The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-15.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:54am EDT

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:
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The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-14.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:53pm EDT

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

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The George Horatio Derby Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-13.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:50am EDT

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:
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The George Horatio Derby Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-12.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:47pm EDT

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

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The George Horatio Derby Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-11.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:45am EDT

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:
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The George Horatio Derby Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-10.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:43pm EDT

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:
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The George Horatio Derby Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-09.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:41am EDT

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:
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The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-08.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:39pm EDT

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:
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The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-07.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:35am EDT

Mister Ron's Basement #150

Thu, Oct 06 2005

Mister Ron's Basement #150

Goin' Hollywood this week as we explore funny classic stories that were made into movies! H. C. Bunner's 1891 story 'Zenobia's Infidelity' should be familiar to hard core Laurel and Hardy fans -- or is that Langdon and Hardy?

Apparently, the link to this story was broken for a while. Apologies to all. It is fixed and should be downloadable now.

Time: approx twenty-three and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The H. C. Bunner Catalog of Stories is at:

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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. 

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Direct download: Mister_Rons_Basement10-07-05.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:52am EDT

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:
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The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-05.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:51am EDT

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:
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The Ellis Parker Butler Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-04.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:46am EDT

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:
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The O Henry Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-03.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:33am EDT

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

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The Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:

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Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:27pm EDT

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:
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The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2005-10-01.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:25pm EDT