Tue, 31 October 2006
Tue, Oct 31 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #537 Yet another sickeningly nasty and vicious (and screamingly funny) story by Ambrose Bierce from around 1912 is featured today -- 'The Widower Turmore' is a tale of a family with a long proud tradition of murder! 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 Ambrose Bierce Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/bierce.html |
Mon, 30 October 2006
Mon, Oct 30 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #536 Grisly, disgusting, horrific, and hilariously funny stories by Ambrose Bierce grace the Basement this week -- today -- special for Halloween, we present 'A Bottomless Grave' from 1912 (mistakenly dated in the podcast at 1914). Time: approx twenty 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, 29 October 2006
Sun, Oct 29 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #535 On Mondays we are serializing the 1890 book 'Samantha Among the Bretheren' by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley). Today is Chapter Twenty, 'Success! (Sort Of).' If you haven't heard the previous nineteen chapters, go back and listen to those first! You'll be glad you did! However, just like last week's, this episode actually works well by itself, so go ahead and listen to just this one if you feel like it... 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 |
Sat, 28 October 2006
Sat, Oct 28 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #534 Josephine Dodge Daskam spins a fable about ghosts and widows in the 1901 tale 'The Woman Who Mourned Her Husband.' 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 Josephine Dodge Daskam Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/daskam.html |
Sat, 28 October 2006
Sat, Oct 28 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #533 Mister Bowser saves a buck and yanks out the bedroom furniture and carpet in C. B. Lewis's 1902 tale, 'Moving the Furniture.' Time: approx ten 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 |
Fri, 27 October 2006
Fri, Oct 27 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #532 When you're in court, you really do need to choose your words carefully, as we see in Jonathan F. Kelley's 'Dodging the Responsibility' published in 1856. Time: approx five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 25 October 2006
Wed, Oct 25 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #531 Did you know that kissing in public was once a crime? John F. Kelley spins a yarn about that in 'Penalty of Kissing your own Wife' from 1856. 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 |
Tue, 24 October 2006
Tue, Oct 24 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #530  Snapping crustaceans and a yipping dog cause pandemonium on board a very crowded train in Jonathan F. Kelley's 1856 story, 'Look Out for them Lobsters.' Time: approx twelve minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 23 October 2006
Mon, Oct 23 2006Mister Ron's Basement #529 Jonathan F. Kelley traveled around the western US and gave humorous lectures and wrote short stories until his early death in 1854. Two years later, a collection of his work, 'Humors of Falconbridge' was published. From that book, we present 'Taking Down A Sheriff.' Time: approx twelve minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 22 October 2006
Sun, Oct 22 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #528 On Mondays we are serializing the 1890 book 'Samantha Among the Bretheren' by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley). Today is Chapter Nineteen, 'When Laymen Means Men and when It Means Men and Women.' If you haven't heard the previous eighteen chapters, go back and listen to those first! You'll be glad you did! However, this episode actually works well by itself, so go ahead and listen to just this one if you feel like it... Time: approx fourteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 21 October 2006
Sat, Oct 21 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #527 Josephine Dodge Daskam tells of a woman with a truly liberated attitude in the 1901 Fable, 'The Woman Who Had Broad Views.' Time: approx three minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Josephine Dodge Daskam Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/daskam.html |
Fri, 20 October 2006
Fri, Oct 20 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #526 Mr. Bowser has a go at fixing lots of things in the house to save money in the 1902 story by C. B. Lewis, 'Household Repairing.' Time: approx ten 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 |
Thu, 19 October 2006
Thu, Oct 19 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #525 Fanny Fern offers a 'frank expression of opinion' (and how) in the 1857 piece, 'A Question, And Its Answer.' 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 |
Wed, 18 October 2006
Wed, Oct 18 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #524 Fanny Fern delivers a fiery soliloquy about 'A Hot Day' from 1857. Burning! 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 |
Tue, 17 October 2006
Tue, Oct 17 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #523 Fanny Fern will make you laugh your head off in her 1857 piece, 'A Headache.' 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 Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.html |
Mon, 16 October 2006
Mon, Oct 16 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #522 Fanny Fern stories again take the center stage in the Basement this week. From 1857, Fern fantasizes about 'Summer Travel.' This is a pretty funny story -- don't miss it! 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 Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.html |
Mon, 16 October 2006
Mon, Oct 16 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #521 On Mondays we are serializing the 1890 book 'Samantha Among the Bretheren' by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley). Today is Chapter Eighteen, 'Women Doing All the Work.' If you haven't heard the previous seventeen chapters, go back and listen to those first! You'll be glad you did! Time: approx fourteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 14 October 2006
Sat, Oct 14 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #520 Josephine Dodge Daskam spins a fable about a Visiting Scientist and a Bum at the Door in the 1901 tale, 'The Woman Who Took Things Literally.' Time: approx three minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Josephine Dodge Daskam Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/daskam.html |
Fri, 13 October 2006
Fri, Oct 13 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #519 Mr. Bowser saves ten bucks and saves his family from the onslaught of germs from his basement in the 1902 story 'A Whitewashing Job' by C. B. Lewis. 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 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 |
Thu, 12 October 2006
Thu, Oct 12 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #518 Our last James M. Bailey piece for the week has Bailey's correspondent Cyrus Perkins dealing with a horrible toothache in the 1873 tale 'Mr. Perkins at the Dentist's.' Time: approx nine 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, 11 October 2006
Wed, Oct 11 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #517 James M. Bailey clues us in on the dangers lurking in the Kitchen in the 1873 story, 'Mr. Perkins Helps to Move A Stove.' 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 James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.html |
Tue, 10 October 2006
Tue, Oct 10 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #516 Yesterday's story by James M. Bailey concerned curing the common cold. Today Bailey revisits the same problem with 'A Remarkable Remedy' from 1873. 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 James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.html |
Mon, 9 October 2006
Mon, Oct 09 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #515 James M. Bailey, one of the first American suburban humorists, captured the lighter side of life in Connecticut in the early 1870s. From the 1873 book 'Life in Danbury' comes 'How to Cure A Cold.' 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 James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.html |
Sun, 8 October 2006
Sun, Oct 08 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #514 On Mondays we are serializing the 1890 book 'Samantha Among the Bretheren' by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley). Today is Chapter Seventeen, 'Buying the Steeple.' If you haven't heard the previous sixteen chapters, go back and listen to those first! You'll be glad you did! Time: approx eleven and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 7 October 2006
Sat, Oct 07 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #513 Josephine Dodge Daskam tells of a woman making a difficult choice and getting a little practical sisterly guidance in the 1901 fable 'The Woman Who Took Advice.' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Josephine Dodge Daskam Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/daskam.html |
Fri, 6 October 2006
Fri, Oct 06 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #512 A delightfully different Mr. Bowser story from 1902 is presented today in the Basement -- 'The Fire Escape' by C. B. Lewis. 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 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 |
Thu, 5 October 2006
Thu, Oct 05 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #511 Among the Best Episodes ever of Mister Ron's Basement -- Robert J. Burdette's 1877 tale of a remarkable child prodigy -- 'A Burlington Adder.' Don't Miss This! Time: approx six minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Robert J. Burdette Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/burdette.html |
Wed, 4 October 2006
Wed, Oct 04 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #510 Listen carefully and you'll hear why 'Why Mr. Bostwick Moved' by Robert J. Burdette, from 1877. 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 Robert J. Burdette Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/burdette.html |
Tue, 3 October 2006
Tue, Oct 03 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #509 Robert J. Burdette explores the variety of opinions on getting the greenest grass on a lawn in the 1877 tale 'Sodding As A Fine Art.' 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 The Robert J. Burdette Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/burdette.html |
Mon, 2 October 2006
Mon, Oct 02 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #508 By Popular Demand, we are featuring another week of stories by Robert J. Burdette. If you thought last week's episodes were funny (they were), these are even funnier! Today's story from 1877 lets us in on a challenge between Mr. and Mrs. Man, as to who dawdles and who doesn't -- 'Getting Ready for the Train.' 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 Robert J. Burdette Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/burdette.html |
Mon, 2 October 2006
Mon, Oct 02 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #507 On Mondays we are serializing the 1890 book 'Samantha Among the Bretheren' by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley). Today is Chapter Sixteen, 'The Day After the End of the World.' If you haven't heard the previous fifteen chapters, go back and listen to those first! You'll be glad you did! Time: approx fourteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 30 September 2006
Sat, Sep 30 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #506 Josephine Dodge Daskam tells of a woman who decides to something about her husband staying out late every night in the 1901 fable 'The Woman Who Believed in Early Rising.' Time: approx three minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Josephine Dodge Daskam Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/daskam.html |
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