Mon, 27 February 2006
Mon, Feb 27 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #294 Serializing F. Scott Fitzgerald's lengthy (but fun) short story about a prodigy and a stage star -- 'Head and Shoulders.' Today, we offer Part Two of Five. Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 26 February 2006
Sun, Feb 26 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #293 Serializing F. Scott Fitzgerald's lengthy (but fun) short story about a prodigy and a stage star -- 'Head and Shoulders.' Today, we offer Part One of Five. Time: approx seventeen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 25 February 2006
Sat, Feb 25 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #292 George Ade tells us about a young man who takes too literally the dictum - 'If you've got it, flaunt it' - in the 1904 tale 'The Fable of Another Brave Effort to Infuse Gentility into our Raw Civilization.' 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, 24 February 2006
Fri, Feb 24 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #291 George Ade peeps in on what the Ladies talk about in their Private club meetings, in the 1902 tale 'The Fable of the Veteran Club-Girl who had no Theories to Offer.' Time: approx seven and a half minute 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, 23 February 2006
Thu, Feb 23 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #290 One of O Henry's BEST -- a showbiz story concerning a stage couple whose relationship is 'Strictly Business,' from 1910. 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 The O Henry Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/ohenry.html |
Wed, 22 February 2006
Wed, Feb 22 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #289 O Henry tells a delicious tale of Suicide and Stew Beef in 'The Third Ingredient' from 1909. Time: approx twenty-five 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 |
Tue, 21 February 2006
Tue, Feb 21 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #288 O Henry weaves a yarn about a Divorce Court in the Old West (well, Tennessee, anyway), improvising the rules in the 1910 tale 'The Whirligig of Life.' Time: approx fourteen and a half 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 |
Mon, 20 February 2006
Mon, Feb 20 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #287  An O Henry story that almost belongs on The Twilight Zone tells of a magical $2.00 room in a boarding house -- 'The Skylight Room' from 1906. Time: approx fifteen 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, 19 February 2006
Sun, Feb 19 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #286 O Henry's marvelous stories enhance the Basement this week! From 1907, 'The Ferry of Unfulfilment,' a tale of mistaken...something or other. Time: approx eleven 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 |
Sat, 18 February 2006
Sat, Feb 18 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #285 George Ade looks into what it takes for an American to make a hit with the British Upper-Crust in his 1901 story, 'The Fable of the Foozle and the Successful Approach.' 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, 17 February 2006
Fri, Feb 17 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #284 George Ade presents us with a tiny little slip of a wife whose burly husband has trouble keeping up in the 1904 tale 'The Thoughtful Wife Who Tried to Give Henry a Restful Vacation.' Time: approx nine minutes WE DID IT!Mister Ron's Basement has actually gotten it's ONE MILLIONTH Download!! Thanks a Million to all the wonderful listeners out there. We will continue to dig up the funniest stories in the public domain for a long time to come... 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, 16 February 2006
Thu, Feb 16 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #283 Ellis Parker Butler winds up a week of stories about Millions and Millionaires with a rarely-seen Perkins of Portland story from 1909 -- 'A Fortune in Hot Air.' Time: approx twenty 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 |
Wed, 15 February 2006
Wed, Feb 15 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #282 Stephen Leacock explores the luxurious Palaver Hotel and clues us in on the workings of Wall Street millionaires in his 1914 tale 'The Wizard of Finance,' part of our week-long celebration of our forthcoming 1,000,000th download! Time: approx twenty and a half minutes One MILLION Downloads? Check it out at http://prweb.com/releases/2006/2/prweb343154.htm. The Stephen Leacock Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Leacock_Stories.html Also, do check out the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor web site at: http://leacock.ca |
Tue, 14 February 2006
Tue, Feb 14 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #281 George Ade gets a story read in the middle of the week to celebrate our forthcoming One Millionth Download! 'Self-Made Hezekiah and His Message of Hope to this Year's Crop of Graduates' is a 1903 tale that gives the lowdown on how to really make a Million Bucks! Thanks A Million!Time: approx nine 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 |
Mon, 13 February 2006
Mon, Feb 13 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #280 'The Model Millionaire' is Oscar Wilde's tale of romance among the penniless gentry from 1891. It's part of a week of stories about Millions and Millionaires to celebrate Mister Ron's upcoming 1,000,000th download! Thanks A Million!Time: approx fourteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 12 February 2006
Sun, Feb 12 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #279 O Henry starts off a week of stories about Millions to celebrate our upcoming 1,000,000th download -- 'An Adjustment of Nature' from 1906 is a charming tale about hash and poached eggs and an Alaskan Millionaire. Thanks A Million!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 |
Sat, 11 February 2006
Sat, Feb 11 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #278 George Ade gives us the scoop on the guy who knows nothing about anything, but manages to come off like an authority in the 1901 story 'The Fable of The Wise Piker Who Had the Kind of Talk That Went.' 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, 10 February 2006
Fri, Feb 10 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #277 George Ade informs us exactly why a big truck pulls up to a family's home every year in the 1903 story, 'The Search for the Right House and How Mrs. Jump Had Her Annual Attack.' 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, 9 February 2006
Thu, Feb 09 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #276 We end our week of stories commemorating the Death of Telegram with Wilbur D. Nesbit's charming 'The Tale of the Tangled Telegram' from sometime before 1915. Time: approx nineteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 8 February 2006
Wed, Feb 08 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #275 Bill Nye (The Nineteenth Century Guy) explores those Mischievous Politicians of his time. Of course those days are long gone, right? The story is 'A Powerful Speech' from 1891, and is part of our tribute to the recent Death of the Telegram. Time: approx six 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, 7 February 2006
Tue, Feb 07 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #274 Fanny Fern's 1854 tirade about getting ticked off with a world that rushes by way too fast strikes a familiar chord today. 'When You Are Angry' is a fabulous story helping us commemorate the recent Death of the Telegram. 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 |
Mon, 6 February 2006
Mon, Feb 06 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #273 O Henry's 1906 story 'The Romance of a Busy Broker' is part of our week-long commemoration of the recent death of the Telegram. How busy can a businessman be? Time: approx nine 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, 5 February 2006
Sun, Feb 05 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #272 In commemeration of the recent Death of the Telegram (January 27, 2006), we are presenting stories that feature telegrams or telegraphs this week. Today's is the first chapter of a charming and very funny novel by Ellis Parker Butler from 1907 -- 'Kilo-- Being the Love Story of Eliph Hewlitt, Book Agent.' Time: approx twelve 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 |
Sat, 4 February 2006
Sat, Feb 04 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #271 George Ade gives us a peek at the development of a smash show-biz act in the 1903 story 'The Sickly Dream and How It Was Doctored Up.' 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, 3 February 2006
Fri, Feb 03 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #270 George Ade fills us in on the demanding tastes of a young woman who knows Exactly What She is Looking For in the 1901 story, 'The Fable of the Girl Who Could Compromise in a Pinch.' 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, 2 February 2006
Thu, Feb 02 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #269 Funny women writers of the 19th Century are in the Basement this week! Annie Howells Frechette, the sister of noted author William Dean Howells, wrote for many periodicals. From McClure's Magazine, sometime in the late 1890s, comes her delightful tale of a family who learns the perils of being early adopters of advanced technology, 'The Joneses' Telephone.' Time: approx fifteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 1 February 2006
Wed, Feb 01 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #268 Funny women writers of the 19th Century are in the Basement this week! Marietta Holley's 'Josiah Allen's Wife' series of books sold over ten million copies during her lifetime, yet her work is almost unknown today.'Ardella Tutt and Her Mother' from 1887 is a humorous look at an overbearing mother and her 'poetic' daughter. Time: approx twenty-one minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
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