Fri, 31 March 2006
Fri, Mar 31 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #326 George Ade's absolute funniest story ever -- 'The Fable of the Author Who Was Sorry for What He Did to Willie' from 1900 is re-recorded for your amusement. This really is a scream. Absolutely. I mean it. Well, go on, listen to it...  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, 30 March 2006
Thu, Mar 30 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #325 We're celebrating One Year of Mister Ron's Basement this week by Re-Recording our favorite (and funniest) older episodes! Please help out by making a donation to the program by clicking http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html One of Ellis Parker Butler's funniest Perkins of Portland stories -- 'The Adventure of the Lame and Halt' from 1904. ***NOT to be missed!*** 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 Ellis Parker Butler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.html |
Wed, 29 March 2006
Wed, Mar 29 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #324 We're celebrating One Year of Mister Ron's Basement this week by Re-Recording our favorite (and funniest) older episodes! Please help out by making a donation to the program by clicking http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html H. C. Bunner, the editor of Puck Magazine from 1877 until his death in 1896, had a knack for writing fun short stories with great characters and sly twists. 'What Mrs. Fortescue Did,' from 1894 is one of the lost gems of American Humor, and we re-present it here. Time: approx thirty minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The H. C. Bunner Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/bunner.html |
Tue, 28 March 2006
Tue, Mar 28 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #323 We're celebrating One Year of Mister Ron's Basement this week by Re-Recording our favorite (and funniest) older episodes! Please help out by making a donation to the program by clicking http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html Charles Battell Loomis offers an extremely funny tale about that newfangled device in 'Araminta and the Automobile' from 1903. 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 The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Mon, 27 March 2006
Mon, Mar 27 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #322 We're celebrating One Year of Mister Ron's Basement this week by Re-Recording our favorite (and funniest) older episodes! Please help out by making a donation to the program by clicking http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html Stephen Leacock's 1918 story 'To Nature and Back Again' is one of those extremely funny, timeless tales that make doing this podcast worthwhile. It's really, truly hilarious! Time: approx twenty minutes 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 |
Sun, 26 March 2006
Sun, Mar 26 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #321 We're celebrating One Year of Mister Ron's Basement this week by Re-Recording our favorite (and funniest) older episodes! Please help out by making a donation to the program by clicking http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html Stephen Leacock's 1916 'An Irreducible Detective Story' was the First story ever read on this podcast. Here is a newly re-recorded version. Time: approx five minutes 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 |
Sat, 25 March 2006
Sat, Mar 25 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #320 We're celebrating One Year of Mister Ron's Basement this week by Re-Recording our favorite (and funniest) older episodes! Please help out by making a donation to the program by clicking http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html George Ade explains why the Family Album ought to stay hidden in the 1902 story 'The Fable of the Fatal Album and the Leap for Life.' 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 |
Fri, 24 March 2006
Fri, Mar 24 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #319 George Ade brings us the sad story of a newly rich Box-Stall Dweller who tries to break into High Society in the 1901 tale, 'The Fable of The Crustacean Who Tried to Find Out by Reading a Book.' 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 |
Thu, 23 March 2006
Thu, Mar 23 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #318 Charles Battell Loomis spins an intriguing yarn about a pushy visitor from Out of Nowhere who simply Won't Go Away in the 1900 story 'A Man of Putty.' Time: approx twenty-eight minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Wed, 22 March 2006
Wed, Mar 22 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #317 One of Charles Battell Loomis's most consistently funny stories, 'An Eastern Easter,' from 1901, is also one of his most delightfully charming. Not to be missed! Time: approx twenty-seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Tue, 21 March 2006
Tue, Mar 21 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #316 Charles Battell Loomis tells us of a young lady with a true Gift for Gab in 'Little Miss Flutterly's Dissertation on War' from 1901. Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Mon, 20 March 2006
Mon, Mar 20 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #315 Charles Battell Loomis tells of a traveller who took a whirlwind tour of Europe, and was disappointed by the whole thing, in the 1901 story 'The Man from Ochre Point, New Jersey.' Time: approx thirteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Sun, 19 March 2006
Sun, Mar 19 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #314 Charles Battell Loomis wrote very funny stories with well-rounded, fascinating characters. 'Truman Wickwire's Gloves,' from 1901, is a tale of a truly mean man getting his comeuppance. Time: approx nine minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Sat, 18 March 2006
Sat, Mar 18 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #313 George Ade explains exactly how many hoops a beau needs to jump through in 'The Fable of What Horace Stood For in Order to Land the Queen' 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 |
Fri, 17 March 2006
Fri, Mar 17 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #312 George Ade discovers the perfect way to get a job in 'The Fable of the Two Ways of Going Out After the Pay Envelope' 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, 16 March 2006
Thu, Mar 16 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #311 Ending a week of James M. Bailey stories with a tale of seeing a show (or not seeing it) in 'Circus Day in Danbury' from 1873. Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.html |
Wed, 15 March 2006
Wed, Mar 15 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #310 James M. Bailey takes a look at one our favorite topics here in the Basement -- Buttons -- in the 1873 tale, 'A Button Off.' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.html |
Tue, 14 March 2006
Tue, Mar 14 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #309 Counting to 100 is a great way to control your temper -- or is it? 'Anger and Enumeration' written back in 1873 by James M. Bailey tries to answer that very question. Time: approx five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.html |
Mon, 13 March 2006
Mon, Mar 13 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #308 A truly sharp James M. Bailey story from 1873 -- 'The Man Who Carried His Point.' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.html |
Sun, 12 March 2006
Sun, Mar 12 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #307  James M. Bailey found a lot of humorous stories among his neighbors in suburban Connecticut in the 1870s. 'An Early Martyr,' from 1873, describes what could only be termed total pandemonium. 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 The James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.html |
Sat, 11 March 2006
Sat, Mar 11 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #306 George Ade explains how selective amnesia comes and goes in 'The Fable of the Cottillon Leader from the Huckleberry District with the Intermittent Memory,' from 1900. 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 |
Fri, 10 March 2006
Fri, Mar 10 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #305 George Ade brings us a really short but funny story of an ever-suffering wife in 'The Fable of the Martyr Who Liked the Job' from 1899. 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, 9 March 2006
Thu, Mar 09 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #304 Ending a week of Francis A. Durivage's stories with a strange but hilarious tale of the Gold Rush -- 'California Speculation'-- written in 1853 (while the Gold Rush was still going on). 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 |
Wed, 8 March 2006
Wed, Mar 08 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #303 A twenty mile train ride turns into total pandemonium due to the 'helpful' actions of 'The Obliging Young Man,' an 1853 story by Francis A. Durivage. Time: approx nine minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 7 March 2006
Tue, Mar 07 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #302 A charmingly clever story from 1853 -- Francis A. Durivage's 'A Kiss on Demand' involves a surreptitious kiss and an ironclad contract. Time: approx nine minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 6 March 2006
Mon, Mar 06 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #301 Francis A. Durivage's 1853 tale of an avenged insult and a fierce temper, 'Personal Satisfaction' is a fascinating (and funny) glimpse of a time gone by. 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, 5 March 2006
Sun, Mar 05 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #300 This is the 300th Episode of Mister Ron's Basement!This week we are featuring humorous stories by the long-forgotten Francis A. Durivage -- Today's is a tale of someone taking the long, long, long way home -- 'Obeying Orders,' from 1853. 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 |
Sat, 4 March 2006
Sat, Mar 04 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #299 A 1903 Two-Parter from George Ade -- Part Two -- 'The Married Couple That Went to Housekeeping and Began to Find Out Things' --Part One was posted in the previous Episode of Mister Ron's Basement. 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 |
Fri, 3 March 2006
Fri, Mar 03 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #298 A 1903 Two-Parter from George Ade -- Part One -- 'Two Young People, Two Photographers, and the Correspondence School of Wooing' --Don't miss Part Two in the Next Episode of Mister Ron's Basement! 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, 2 March 2006
Thu, Mar 02 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #297 Serializing F. Scott Fitzgerald's lengthy (but fun) short story about a prodigy and a stage star -- 'Head and Shoulders.' Today, we offer the conclusion, Part Five of Five. 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 |
Wed, 1 March 2006
Wed, Mar 01 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #296 Serializing F. Scott Fitzgerald's lengthy (but fun) short story about a prodigy and a stage star -- 'Head and Shoulders.' Today, we offer Part Four of Five. Time: approx fifteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 28 February 2006
Tue, Feb 28 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #295 Serializing F. Scott Fitzgerald's lengthy (but fun) short story about a prodigy and a stage star -- 'Head and Shoulders.' Today, we offer Part Three of Five. 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 |
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