Wed, 31 May 2006
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 30 May 2006
Tue, May 30 2006Mister 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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 29 May 2006
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Thu, 25 May 2006
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 :) The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 24 May 2006
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 23 May 2006
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 22 May 2006
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 21 May 2006
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 20 May 2006
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 19 May 2006
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Thu, 18 May 2006
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 17 May 2006
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 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, 16 May 2006
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html 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 |
Mon, 15 May 2006
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html 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/ |
Sun, 14 May 2006
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The H. C. Bunner Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/bunner.html |
Sat, 13 May 2006
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 12 May 2006
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Thu, 11 May 2006
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 |
Wed, 10 May 2006
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 |
Tue, 9 May 2006
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Ambrose Bierce Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/bierce.html |
Mon, 8 May 2006
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 |
Sun, 7 May 2006
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Ambrose Bierce Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/bierce.html |
Sat, 6 May 2006
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 |
Fri, 5 May 2006
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 |
Thu, 4 May 2006
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The O Henry Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/ohenry.html |
Wed, 3 May 2006
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 2 May 2006
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 1 May 2006
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 |
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