Thu, 31 May 2007
Thu, May 31 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #743 Charles Battell Loomis's 1905 collection, 'I've Been Thinking,' offers a nice variety of very short stories for those times when you only have a moment or two to spare. Today's tale concerns the terrible influence those new-fangled phonograph players have on young people -- 'Boys and Talking Machines.' 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 Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Wed, 30 May 2007
Wed, May 30 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #742 Charles Battell Loomis's 1905 collection, 'I've Been Thinking,' offers a nice variety of very short stories for those times when you only have a moment or two to spare. Today we find out what you can do when you corner the market in sawdust and molasses in 'A Breakfast Story.' 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 |
Tue, 29 May 2007
Tue, May 29 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #741 Charles Battell Loomis's 1905 collection, 'I've Been Thinking,' offers a nice variety of very short stories for those times when you only have a moment or two to spare. Today we offer a truly looney tale about a miserly millionaire 'seeing the light' in 'The Story of Jacob Holtite.' 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 Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Mon, 28 May 2007
on, May 28 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #740 Charles Battell Loomis's 1905 collection, 'I've Been Thinking,' offers a nice variety of very short stories for those times when you only have a moment or two to spare. Today, we have a charming and fun tale of an afflicted father and a devoted daughter we call 'The Piano.' 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 |
Sun, 27 May 2007
Sun, May 27 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #739 Concluding our Monday Book Serialization with Max Adeler's 1880 novelette, 'Fortunate Island,' concerning an American professor and his daughter, carrying advanced 19th century technology, stranded on a mysterious island filled with castles, knights, and descendants of King Arthur's Kingdom. If this sounds to you a bit like Mark Twain's 'A Connecticut Yakee in King Arthur's Court,' well, it also seemed so to Max Adeler... Today we offer the complete final part, Chapter Four, 'How the Professor Went Home' wherein there is a pursuit, a gunshot, the voice of an oracle, a swordfight, and a thrilling rescue! Time: approx eighteen and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html The Max Adeler Fortunate Island Catalog is at: http://ronevry.com/Fortunate_Island_Serialized.html |
Sat, 26 May 2007
Sat, May 26 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #738 Mr. Spoopendyke makes plans for his funeral after slipping in the ice in the 1881 story, 'A Serious Accident' by Stanley Huntley. Time: approx eight minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html |
Fri, 25 May 2007
Fri, May 25 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #737 Mr. Bowser decides to become a 'benefactor of mankind' in 'Bowser's Consumption Cure' by C. B. Lewis, from 1902. Time: approx nine 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, 24 May 2007
Thu, May 24 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #736 Once again this week, we will be reading from the old Life Magazine's 1916 contest winners collection of the best 'Shortest Stories' featured in 'Short Stories from Life.' A young man deals with the harsh realities of cut-throat competition in 'Business Ethics' by Redfield Ingalls. Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 23 May 2007
Wed, May 23 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #735 Once again this week, we will be reading from the old Life Magazine's 1916 contest winners collection of the best 'Shortest Stories' featured in 'Short Stories from Life.' Today, a poet connects with a lonely young woman in a park, in 'The Idyl.' 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 |
Wed, 23 May 2007
Wed, May 23 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #734 Once again this week, we will be reading from the old Life Magazine's 1916 contest winners collection of the best 'Shortest Stories' featured in 'Short Stories from Life.' Today we offer a touching story of an accused criminal and his dog -- 'The Bad Man' by Harry C. Goodwin Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 21 May 2007
Mon, May 21 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #733 Once again this week, we will be reading from the old Life Magazine's 1916 contest winners collection of the best 'Shortest Stories' featured in 'Short Stories from Life.' Today, we discover the pandemonium that can ensue when somebody reads mail that belongs to someone else in 'The Impulsive Mr. Jiggs.' Time: approx six minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 20 May 2007
Sun, May 20 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #732 Continuing our Monday Book Serialization with Max Adeler's 1880 novelette, 'Fortunate Island,' concerning an American professor and his daughter, carrying advanced 19th century technology, stranded on a mysterious island filled with castles, knights, and descendants of King Arthur's Kingdom. If this sounds to you a bit like Mark Twain's 'A Connecticut Yakee in King Arthur's Court,' well, it also seemed so to Max Adeler... Today we present Chapter Three, in its entirety, where Sir Bleoberis and the Professor rescue a couple of maidens, get a telegraph franchise, and race a steamboat against an evil villain! Next week we will present the fourth and final chapter... Time: approx twenty-nine minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html The Max Adeler Fortunate Island Catalog is at: http://ronevry.com/Fortunate_Island_Serialized.html |
Sat, 19 May 2007
at, May 19 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #731 Perhaps a bit out of character for Mr. Spoopendyke, Stanley Huntley has his mean-tempered character 'meet his maker' at the Brooklyn Eagle office in the 1880 story 'Mr. Spoopendyke's Free Seats.' This story is chock full of 'inside' jokes about newspapers of the time, other humorists, the Editor and dramatic critic of The Eagle, and Huntley himself. Long-Time listeners of the Basement will be familiar with some of these. If any of these references fly over your head, feel free to write to Mister Ron and we'll see what we can come up with... Send your email to revry@panix.com . 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 Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html |
Fri, 18 May 2007
Fri, May 18 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #730 From 1901, Mr. Bowser figures out how to overcome cold weather in 'Mr. Bowser Makes an Experiment in the Interests of Science' by C. B. Lewis. 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 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, 17 May 2007
Thu, May 17 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #729 The old Life Magazine (the humor magazine) held a contest in 1916 looking for the best 'Shortest Stories.' The 81 best of those tales were collected in a book called 'Short Stories from Life." This week we will be reading some of the best of the best. Today, the cleverest detective on the force matches wits with a beautiful, yet dangerous female thief in 'A Clever Catch' by Lloyd F. Loux. Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 16 May 2007
Wed, May 16 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #728 The old Life Magazine (the humor magazine) held a contest in 1916 looking for the best 'Shortest Stories.' The 81 best of those tales were collected in a book called 'Short Stories from Life." This week we will be reading some of the best of the best. Today, an aged aunt and her young, radiant niece look at some old letters in 'Which?' by Joseph Hall. 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 |
Tue, 15 May 2007
Tue, May 15 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #727 The old Life Magazine (the humor magazine) held a contest in 1916 looking for the best 'Shortest Stories.' The 81 best of those tales were collected in a book called 'Short Stories from Life." This week we will be reading some of the best of the best. Today, an inexperienced attorney is given a confessed murderer to defend for his first case in 'The Joke on Preston' by Lewis Allen. 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 |
Mon, 14 May 2007
Mon, May 14 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #726 The old Life Magazine (the humor magazine) held a contest in 1916 looking for the best 'Shortest Stories.' The 81 best of those tales were collected in a book called 'Short Stories from Life." This week we will be reading some of the best of the best. We start with a tale of a man holding a wager for some friends -- 'The Winner's Loss' by Elliot Flower. Time: approx five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 13 May 2007
Sun, May 13 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #725 Continuing our Monday Book Serialization with Max Adeler's 1880 novelette, 'Fortunate Island,' concerning an American professor and his daughter, carrying advanced 19th century technology, stranded on a mysterious island filled with castles, knights, and descendants of King Arthur's Kingdom. If this sounds to you a bit like Mark Twain's 'A Connecticut Yakee in King Arthur's Court,' well, it also seemed so to Max Adeler... Today we get to see what happens when you mix knight's armor and electromagnets, then the Professor nearly gets his head chopped off! Time: approx fifteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html The Max Adeler Fortunate Island Catalog is at: http://ronevry.com/Fortunate_Island_Serialized.html |
Sun, 13 May 2007
Sun, May 13 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #724 SUNDAY SALAD Mother's Day Special features TWO Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke stories by Stanley Huntley from 1881 -- 'An Accession to the Family' (later republished as 'Spoopendyke's Baby') and 'Searching for the Pin.' Time: approx eleven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html |
Fri, 11 May 2007
Fri, May 11 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #723 Mr. Bowser makes a fuss over nothing in the 1897 tale 'He Says Things to Mrs. Bowser' by C. B. Lewis. 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, 11 May 2007
Fri, May 11 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #722 The humorous writing technique of John Kendrick Bangs is in the spolight this week. Today, we present a teeny-weeny excerpt from his 1902 book, 'Olympic Nights.' If you'd like to hear the whole book someday, do let us know. 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 |
Wed, 9 May 2007
Wed, May 09 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #721 The antique, yet modern humor of John Kendrick Bangs is in the spolight this week. Today we rejoin the Idiot as he and his fellow boarders discuss having Sunday every day in an excerpt from the 1899 book 'Coffee and Repartee.' Time: approx nine minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 8 May 2007
Tue, May 08 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #720 The unique and quirky humor of John Kendrick Bangs is in the spolight this week. Today we join a search for something misplaced in 'Lost and Found' from 1916. DON'T MISS THIS!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 |
Mon, 7 May 2007
Mon, May 07 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #719 The oblique and pointed humor of John Kendrick Bangs is in the spolight this week. Today we learn exactly what it takes to make it into High Society in the 1908 tale 'The Gentle Art of Boosting.' 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 |
Mon, 7 May 2007
Mon, May 07 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #718 Continuing our Monday Book Serialization with Max Adeler's 1880 novelette, 'Fortunate Island,' concerning an American professor and his daughter, carrying advanced 19th century technology, stranded on a mysterious island filled with castles, knights, and descendants of King Arthur's Kingdom. If this sounds to you a bit like Mark Twain's 'A Connecticut Yakee in King Arthur's Court,' well, it also seemed so to Max Adeler... Today, the Professor and Tilly demonstrate the Phonograph to the amazement of the people in the castle, and True Love is aided with a Telephone... Time: approx thirteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html The Max Adeler Fortunate Island Catalog is at: http://ronevry.com/Fortunate_Island_Serialized.html |
Sat, 5 May 2007
Sat, May 05 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #717 SUNDAY SALAD offers up TWO hysterically funny Stanley Huntley stories -- the first one features a group of men talking about 'Snakes,' written in 1884, then the Spoopendykes work out the finer points of 'Hanging A Picture' from 1883. Time: approx seventeen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html |
Fri, 4 May 2007
Fri, May 04 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #716 Mr. Bowser strikes a sure thing of an investment in the 1902 story 'Raising Chickens' by C. B. Lewis. Time: approx nine 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, 3 May 2007
Thu, May 03 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #715 We are wrapping up Ellis Parker Butler week with a retelling of the 1906 story we did over two years ago in Episode Number 5 (hopefully a bit better this time around) -- 'The Adventure of Silas Boggs' -- featuring lop-eared guinea pigs and Perkins of Portland, the world's greatest advertising man! Time: approx nineteen 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/ |
Wed, 2 May 2007
Wed, May 02 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #714 Another madly funny story by Ellis Parker Butler from 1919 -- 'Lover's Leap' -- is classic American humor at its best! Time: approx sixteen minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... A Tip o'Mister Ron's Hat goes out to SFF Audio, where 'The Future Never Sounded So Good' for plugging some of our Science Fictional efforts. If you're hungry for good stuff to listen to, do drop by! 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/ |
Wed, 2 May 2007
Wed, May 02 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #713 Truly one of the most insanely whacky stories ever presented in the Basement, Ellis Parker Butler's 1910 tale, 'An Experiment in Gyro-Hats' combines a science-fictional invention, a weepy love story, the strangest drunken stroll ever taken, and a revolving mule! Don't miss this one! Time: approx thirty-five 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/ |