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 |