Mister Ron's Basement II
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Wed, May 31 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #384

Mister Ron is presenting selections from Irvin S. Cobb's fun 1921 book about dieting -- 'One Third Off.' Today's chapter, dealing with Prohibition and Potatoes (among other things) is called 'Wherein Our Hero Falters.'

Time: approx twenty-one minutes

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Direct download: revry-2006-05-31.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:58am EDT

Mister Ron's Basement #383 Tue, May 30 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #383

Mister Ron is presenting selections from Irvin S. Cobb's fun 1921 book about dieting -- 'One Third Off.' Today's chapter is called 'Office Visits, $10.'

Time: approx fifteen minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2006-05-30.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:51am EDT

Mon, May 29 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #382

Returning after a few days' holiday, Mister Ron is presenting selections from Irvin S. Cobb's fun 1921 book about dieting -- 'One Third Off.' Today's chapter is called 'Those Romping Elfin Twenties.'

Time: approx four and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2006-05-29.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:48am EDT

Thu, May 25 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #381

Wrapping up Hugh McHugh week with a gander at the who's who set in 'Social Glints from the Summer Resorts' from 1905.

Time: approx seven and a half minutes

Note: Mister Ron is taking a little holiday himself. He will be back on Monday with some more stories, so you'll have to find something else to do this weekend :)

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Direct download: revry-2006-05-25.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:45pm EDT

Wed, May 24 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #380

Hugh McHugh takes us to a fancy French Restaurant in the 1905 tale 'John Henry Goes to Dinner.'

Time: approx seven and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2006-05-24.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:43pm EDT

Tue, May 23 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #379

The Hugh McHugh stories get crazier and crazier -- today we go shopping in a story from 1905 -- 'John Henry Visits A Department Store.'

Time: approx seven minutes

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Direct download: revry-2006-05-23.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:41am EDT

Mon, May 22 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #378

More Hugh McHugh wackiness today as we take an automobile trip to the track in 'John Henry on Race Tipsters' from 1905.

Time: approx ten and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2006-05-22.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:39pm EDT

Sun, May 21 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #377

Hugh McHugh (George V Hobart) wrote some immensely popular and wacky stories around the turn of the last century. Today we will be hearing about Hammocks, Mosquitos, and Lawn Mowers in an excerpt from the 1905 book 'You Can Search Me.'

Time: approx five and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2006-05-21.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:37am EDT

Sat, May 20 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #376

George Ade loads up 'The Fable of the Good Fairy of the Eighth Ward and the Dollar Excursion of the Steam-Fitters' from 1901.

Time: approx nine 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-2006-05-20.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:35pm EDT

Fri, May 19 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #375

George Ade gives us the scoop on a Model Employee in his 1900 story, 'The Fable of Why Essie's Tall Friend Got the Fresh Air.'

Time: approx four 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:

http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html

Direct download: revry-2006-05-19.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:32pm EDT

Thu, May 18 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #374

Stories of Books and Publishing are in the Basement this week. Eli Perkins discovered a fascinating piece in the Atlanta Constitution back in 1883 -- 'The Honest Book Agent'

Time: approx five minutes

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Direct download: revry-2006-05-18.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:30pm EDT

Wed, May 17 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #373

Stories of Books and Publishing are in the Basement this week. Bill Nye brings us the inside scoop on first-time book publishing in the 1891 piece called, well, 'Concerning Book Publishing.'

Time: approx four and a half minutes

Time: approx six minutes

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

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Direct download: revry-2006-05-17.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:27am EDT

Tue, May 16 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #372

Stories of Books and Publishing are in the Basement this week. From 1915, Stephen Leacock suggests a solution for Multimillionaires too busy to read -- 'Our Literary Bureau.'

Time: approx eleven and a half minutes

Time: approx twenty minutes

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

Direct download: revry-2006-05-16.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:24am EDT

Mon, May 15 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #371

Stories of Books and Publishing are in the Basement this week. Ellis Parker Butler conceives of a unique and necessary new kind of policy in 'The Amalgamated Book Insurance Club' from 1906.

Time: approx eleven and a half minutes

Time: approx twenty-four 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:

http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.html

Read lots more about Ellis Parker Butler at:

http://www.ellisparkerbutler.info/

Direct download: revry-2006-05-15.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:18am EDT

Sun, May 14 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #370

Stories of Books and Publishing are in the Basement this week. H. C. Bunner's 1894 tale, 'Mr. Vincent Egg and the Wage of Sin' clues us in on how writers might spend their time between assignments.

Time: approx twenty-eight 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:

http://ronevry.com/bunner.html

Direct download: revry-2006-05-14.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:14pm EDT

Sat, May 13 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #369

George Ade clues us in on what makes the Beauty Biz roll along in the 1901 tale, 'The Fable of Women's True Friend & The Hopeful Antique.'

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:

http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html

Direct download: revry-2006-05-13.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:11pm EDT

Fri, May 12 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #368

George Ade takes us to a Class Joint with some Real Characters for a bite to eat in the 1900 tale 'The Fable of the Cruel Insult and The Arrival of the Lover from No. 6.'



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:

http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html

Direct download: revry-2006-05-12.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:07pm EDT

Thu, May 11 2006

MIster Ron's Basement #367 The uniquely cynical, existential, and sometimes incomprehensibly wacky writing of Ambrose Bierce is spotlighted in the Basement this week -- Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Punster Sailors, and a cranky Sea Captain are all part of the 1874 story, 'Following the Sea.'

Time: approx nine minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

The Ambrose Bierce Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/bierce.html

Direct download: revry-2006-05-11.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:03pm EDT

Wed, May 10 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #366

The uniquely cynical, existential, and very pointed humor of Ambrose Bierce is spotlighted in the Basement this week -- Bierce lays out his unique solution to coping with Bores in the 1894 piece, 'The A.L.C.B.'

Time: approx five minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

The Ambrose Bierce Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/bierce.html

Direct download: revry2006-05-10.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:59pm EDT

Tue, May 09 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #365

The uniquely cynical, existential, and often downright silly humor of Ambrose Bierce is spotlighted in the Basement this week -- here is a twist on a classic tale of removing a thorn from a vicious beast's paw -- 'The Grateful Bear' from 1874.

Time: approx eight minutes

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

http://ronevry.com/bierce.html

Direct download: revry-2006-05-09.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:56pm EDT

Mon, May 08 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #364

The uniquely cynical, existential, and often nasty humor of Ambrose Bierce is spotlighted in the Basement this week -- Splitting the proceeds of an evening's work leads to parenticide and maybe even dashed political hopes in 'An Imperfect Conflagration.'

Time: approx nine minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

The Ambrose Bierce Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/bierce.html

Direct download: revry-2006-05-08.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:53pm EDT

Sun, May 07 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #363

The uniquely cynical, existential, and often prescient humor of Ambrose Bierce is spotlighted in the Basement this week -- today, we straddle the line between imagination and insanity in 'A Mad World' from 1912.

Time: approx six and a half minutes

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

http://ronevry.com/bierce.html

Direct download: revry-2006-05-07.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:49am EDT

Sat, May 06 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #362

George Ade ably demonstrates what happens to people who Stick Their Noses in Other People's Business in the 1900 story 'The Fable of The He-Gossip and The Man's Wife and The Man.'

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

Direct download: revry-2006-05-06.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:18am EDT

Fri, May 05 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #361

George Ade grabs a few bottles of Cold Ginger Ale and we stretch out on a hammock for a lazy Summer Evening in 1900 with 'The Fable of the Adult Girl Who Got Busy Before They Could Ring the Bell On Her'

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

Direct download: revry-2006-05-05.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:16am EDT

Thu, May 04 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #360

Funny tales of First Love and Romance are in the
Basement this week
-- O Henry presents us with a story called -- 'No Story' --
and hands us some fascinating advice about first loves.

Time: approx twenty-two minutes

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

http://ronevry.com/ohenry.html

Direct download: revry-2006-05-04.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:10pm EDT

Wed, May 03 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #359

Funny tales of First Love and Romance are in the
Basement this week -- Originally presented in Collier's Magazine in 1925, this may be the very first published American 'Short-Short' story -- Octavus Roy Cohen's 'To Love and To Honor.'

Time: approx seven minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2006-05-03.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:07pm EDT

Tue, May 02 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #358

Funny tales of First Love and Romance are in the Basement
this week -- Thomas Bailey Aldrich tells of a smitten schoolboy in
his 1870 story, 'A Frog He Would A Wooing Go.'

Time: approx twenty minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2006-05-02.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:03pm EDT

Mon, May 01 2006

Mister Ron's Basement #357

Funny tales of First Love and Romance are in the Basement
this week -- A young country boy relates a story of unrequited love in the big city to a bevy of charming country girls in Invisible Green's 1856 yarn,
'First Love; Or, Jeremiah Triumph's Opinion of City Gals.'



Time: approx thirteen and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

Direct download: revry-2006-05-01.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:59am EDT