Mister Ron's Basement II
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Tue, Jan 31 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #267

Funny women writers of the 19th Century are in the Basement this week! Being the Life of the Party is not all it's cracked up to be in 'A Fatal Reputation' by Isabel Frances Bellows, written around 1880.

Time: approx twelve minutes

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Direct download: revry-2006-01-31.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:31am EDT

Mon, Jan 30 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #266

Funny women writers of the 19th Century are in the Basement this week! Once a treasured part of American culture, Francis M. Whicher's 'Widow Bedott' is totally forgotten today. From 1856 comes her story, 'The Widow Trades With A Peddler.'

Time: approx eighteen minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2006-01-30.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:28am EDT

Sun, Jan 29 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #265

Funny women writers of the 19th Century are in the Basement this week! Metta Victoria Victor was a prolific author who cranked out many Dime Novels, often under a variety of pen names. Her hilarious 1859 story 'Miss Slimmens Surprised' deals with a primal fear -- having to run out of the house in your underwear during a fire!

Time: approx eight minutes

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Direct download: revry-2006-01-29.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:26am EDT

Sat, Jan 28 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #264

George Ade details the squabblings of the Very Rich in 'The Fearsome Feud Between the First Families' from 1904.

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-2006-01-28.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:23am EDT

Fri, Jan 27 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #263

George Ade explains the secrets of successful trip planning in the 1903 fable 'What They Had Laid Out for Their Vacation.'

Time: approx three 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-2006-01-27.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:22am EDT

Thu, Jan 26 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #262

Max Adeler's dizzy stories are back this week! Mix together some kids, a church pew and some sticky varnish, and what do you get? Find out in 'Cooley's Boy' from 1874.

Time: approx six minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html

Direct download: revry-2006-01-26.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:20am EDT

Wed, Jan 25 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #261

Max Adeler's whacky stories are back this week! 'How the Plumber Fixed My Boiler' gives us the lowdown on dealing with skilled repairmen. From 1874.

Time: approx eight and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2006-01-25.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:17am EDT

Tue, Jan 24 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #260

Max Adeler's insane stories are back this week! 'The Morning Argus Creates a Sensation' from 1874 shows how some crazy words can cause pandemonium!

Time: approx twenty-one minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2006-01-24.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:13am EDT

Mon, Jan 23 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #259

Max Adeler's looney stories are back this week! From 1874, we explore the latest newfangled gizmo, and what it takes to get some decent help in 'A Very Dangerous Invention' and 'Advertising for a Girl.'

Time: approx nine and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2006-01-23.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:11am EDT

Sun, Jan 22 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #258

Max Adeler's crazy stories are back this week! From 1874, we hear the true meaning of the word 'persistence' in 'A Life Insurance Agent.'

Time: approx seven minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2006-01-22.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:09am EDT

Sat, Jan 21 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #257



George Ade takes good look at tenacity in the 1904 story 'The Fable of How the Canny Commercial Salesman Guessed the Combination.'

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-2006-01-21.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:04am EDT

Mister Ron's Basement #256 Fri, Jan 20 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #256

George Ade relates the apparently familiar tale of an old geezer that could've gotten in on the ground floor of just about everything in 'The Fable of the Unfortunate Has-Been and the Sympathetic Conductor' from 1904.

Time: approx four minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html

Direct download: revry-2006-01-20.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:03am EDT

Thu, Jan 19 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #255

Wrapping up Benjamin Franklin week with one of his most notorious essays. In this reading, please Pardon My French -- I don't mean that I'm using any inappropriate words -- I mean rather that my reading of Franklin's French phrases are indeed awful.

Time: approx eight minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2006-01-19.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:59am EDT

Wed, Jan 18 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #254

Happy 300th Birthday this week to Benjamin Franklin, America's first great humorist! Ben reveals a unique method for marking the time in the 1757 piece 'How to Make A Striking Sundial' from Poor Richard's Almanac.

Time: approx three and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2006-01-18.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:58am EDT

Tue, Jan 17 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #253

Happy 300th Birthday this week to Benjamin Franklin, America's first great humorist! In 1775, a British Nobleman asked Ben Franklin 'What Would Satisfy the Americans?' This was his clever answer.

Time: approx two and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2006-01-17.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:56am EDT

Mon, Jan 16 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #252

Happy 300th Birthday today to Benjamin Franklin, America's first great humorist! Back in 1745 or so, Ben expressed his feelings about drinking in the poem 'The Antediluvians Were All Very Sober.'

Time: approx three and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2006-01-16.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:54am EDT

Sun, Jan 15 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #251

Happy 300th Birthday this week to Benjamin Franklin, America's first great humorist! We're starting off with an extremely funny piece from 1750, 'Rules for Making Oneself a Disagreeable Companion.'

Time: approx four minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2006-01-15.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:46am EDT

Sat, Jan 14 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #250

The 250th Episode of Mister Ron's Basement features a particularly funny story by George Ade (even if you don't know who Ally Sloper is) -- 'The Fable of the Man Who Didn't Care for Story Books' from 1899. La La La!

250!



Time: approx five 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-2006-01-14.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:44am EDT

Fri, Jan 13 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #249

George Ade clues us in on True Railroading Fever in the 1904 story 'The Fable of The Boy With the Steadfast Ambition'.

Time: approx three 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-2006-01-13.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:42am EDT

Thu, Jan 12 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #248

C. B. Lewis week comes to an end with a tale of tourists who have some complaints, in the 1884 story. 'Not Rich, but Indignant.'

Time: approx four and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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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

Direct download: revry-2006-01-12.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:41am EDT

Wed, Jan 11 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #247

There's crooked folks, and there's crooked folks, and things weren't much different in 1884, when C. B. Lewis wrote 'Buying A Load of Wood.'

Time: approx four minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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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

Direct download: revry-2006-01-11.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:37am EDT

Tue, Jan 10 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #246

C.B. Lewis relates the story of the nicest (and yet, the most horrifying) train ride anybody ever took, in the 1884 tale 'Being Kind to a Stranger.'

Time: approx four minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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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

Direct download: revry-2006-01-10.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:36am EDT

Mon, Jan 09 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #245

Mister Ron thinks these are among the funniest things he's ever read -- get out your pencils and try to figure out the selections from C. B. Lewis's 'The Newer Arithmetic' from 1884.

Time: approx nine minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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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

Direct download: revry-2006-01-09.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:33am EDT

Sun, Jan 08 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #244

Detroit journalist C. B. Lewis's writing, popular in the late nineteenth century, doesn't often translate well to today's readers. Nevertheless, there are at least a handful of pieces in his 1884 book 'Sawed-Off Sketches' that are pretty funny. Today's tale involves a woman checking up on her husband's account of a trip to the big city, in 'The Game that 'Jeems' Played.'

Time: approx six 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

Direct download: revry-2006-01-08.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:29am EDT

Sat, Jan 07 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #243

George Ade gives us the lowdown on setting goals in the 1904 story 'The Galley Slave Who Was Just About To but Never Did.'

Time: approx six and 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

Direct download: revry-2006-01-07.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:26am EDT

Fri, Jan 06 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #242

George Ade brings us a tale of someone who got exactly what she was looking for in 'The Fable of the Poor Woman Who Had to Live in a House that was Over-Run by Anecdotes' from 1904.

Time: approx three and 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:

http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html

Direct download: revry-2006-01-06a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:24pm EDT

Fri, Jan 06 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #241

Ellis Parker Butler, one of Mister Ron's favorite authors, is Spotlighted in the Basement this week. We're ending the week with another account of the world's greatest salesman, Eliph Hewlitt, in the 1905 story, 'A Guide to Book-Agenting.'

Time: approx sixteen and 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

Direct download: revry-2006-01-06.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:21pm EDT

Wed, Jan 04 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #240

Ellis Parker Butler, one of Mister Ron's favorite authors, is Spotlighted in the Basement this week. Finally, a Brand New Writing Technique! ---from 1922--- 'The Dit School of Fiction'

Time: approx eleven 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

Direct download: revry-2006-01-04.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:19am EDT

Tue, Jan 03 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #239

Ellis Parker Butler, one of Mister Ron's favorite authors, is Spotlighted in the Basement this week. Christopher Columbus, you've met your match as an Explorer -- Mrs. Fliggis! Get the story straight in 'Great Discoveries' from 1921.

Time: approx seven 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

Direct download: revry-2006-01-03.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:18pm EDT

Mon, Jan 02 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #238

Ellis Parker Butler, one of Mister Ron's favorite authors, is Spotlighted in the Basement this week. Meet the World's Greatest Salesman and hear his tall tale, 'Eliph' Hewlitt, Castaway' from 1902.

Time: approx twenty-two 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

Direct download: revry-2006-01-02b.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:59pm EDT

Mon, Jan 02 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #237

Ellis Parker Butler, one of Mister Ron's favorite authors, is Spotlighted in the Basement this week. 'Let's All Go Crazy.' from 1922, is a lesson for us all in logic, along with a burning musical question.

Time: approx seven 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

Direct download: revry-2006-01-02a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:03pm EDT

Mon, Jan 02 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #236

George Ade brings in the New Year of 2006 with a 1901 Nag Story, 'The Fable of the Horse Maniac & What Caused the Filing of the Suit.'

We have been a bit delayed, but Mister Ron's recording equipment and software is back up to speed. Enjoy.

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 George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html

Direct download: revry-2006-01-02.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:08am EDT

Sun, Jan 01 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #235

George Ade brings out 2005 with 'The Unruffled Wife and the Gallus Husband,' a tale of death defying thrills and chills from 1912.

We have been a bit delayed, but Mister Ron's recording equipment and software is back up to speed. Enjoy.

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

Direct download: revry-2006-01-01.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:03am EDT