Mister Ron's Basement II
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Thu, Jun 28 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #769

One more story from William Tappan Thompson's southwestern masterpiece, 'Major Jones's Courtship,' published in 1843, which has graced the Basement this week.

Today's tale ought to bring a tear to your eye -- the Major and Mary 'git hitched' in 'The Wedding.'

Time: approx eight and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-28.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:04am EDT

Wed, Jun 27 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #768

More stories from William Tappan Thompson's southwestern masterpiece, 'Major Jones's Courtship,' published in 1843, grace the Basement this week.

Jones takes his first train ride and pays an unforgettable visit to the Big Town in 'The Major Sees a Little of the World.'

Time: approx sixteen minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-27.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:02am EDT

Tue, Jun 26 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #767

More stories from William Tappan Thompson's southwestern masterpiece, 'Major Jones's Courtship,' published in 1843, grace the Basement this week.

Today, the Major expresses his embarrassment as he shows off just a tad too much in front of Mary and her sisters in 'The Major Skins the Cat.'

Time: approx thirteen and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-26.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:00am EDT

Mon, Jun 25 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #766

More stories from William Tappan Thompson's southwestern masterpiece, 'Major Jones's Courtship,' published in 1843, grace the Basement this week.

Today's tale takes place before Major Jones's marriage proposal, where he goes to Macon, Georgia to observe an 'Examination at the Female College.'

Time: approx fifteen minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-25.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:55pm EDT

Sun, Jun 24 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #765

Our Monday book serialization is George Ade's 1903 collection, 'In Babel -- Stories of Chicago.'

The stories in this book range from the hysterically funny to the pathetically sad. Altogether, they paint a fascinating portrait of turn-of-the-last-century Chicago.

In today's chapter, Ade presents the story of a Garden Party in a rapidly devolving neighborhood. It's pretty funny. The tale is called 'The Barclay Lawn Party.'

Time: approx eleven 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:

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-24a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:50pm EDT

Sun, Jun 24 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #764

Today's SUNDAY SALAD discusses the news of the day, as seen through the unique point of view of Mrs. Spoopendyke. 'A Trifle Mixed' from 1882 is Stanley Huntley at his best. NOT TO BE MISSED!

****Note -- An error in the original upload of this story has been corrected.

Time: approx ten and a half minutes



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Direct download: revry-2007-06-24.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:44am EDT

Fri, Jun 22 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #763

Mr. Bowser apparently takes a dose from the wrong bottle in C. B. Lewis's 1902 tale, 'The Medicine Chest.'

Time: approx eight minutes

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The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:

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The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-22.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:01pm EDT

Thu, Jun 21 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #762

William Tappan Thompson was one of the funniest writers of the old South. His character, Major Joseph Jones, kept people in stitches for many years. Today's story takes place before the last two we read, and once again, is extremely funny. We present 'The Major in an Embarrassing Situation' from 1843.

Time: approx thirteen minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-21.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:58am EDT

Wed, Jun 20 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #761

William Tappan Thompson was one of the funniest writers of the old South. His character, Major Joseph Jones, kept people in stitches for many years. Today's tale from 1843 features Major Jones and his fiance at 'A Party' where practical jokes are the order of the day.

Time: approx twelve and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-20.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:56am EDT

Tue, Jun 19 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #760

William Tappan Thompson was one of the funniest writers of the old South. His character, Major Joseph Jones, kept people in stitches for many years. From 1842, we present one of the best of these tales, 'Major Jones Pops the Question.'

Time: approx thirteen and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-19.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:54am EDT

Mon, Jun 18 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #759

Our Monday book serialization is George Ade's 1903 collection, 'In Babel -- Stories of Chicago.'

The stories in this book range from the hysterically funny to the pathetically sad. Altogether, they paint a fascinating portrait of turn-of-the-last-century Chicago.

Today's tale is more pathos than laughs, but is still pretty pretty fun -- 'And Josephine Forgave.'

Time: approx eleven minutes

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

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-18.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:32am EDT

Sun, Jun 17 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #758

SUNDAY SALAD offers two hysterically funny Stanley Huntley pieces from 1884 -- a man about to be hung gives a last speech in 'Just A Word to Say' and Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke compose a missive in 'Dictating A Letter.'

Time: approx nine minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-17.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

Fri, Jun 15 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #757

Both Mrs. and Mr. Bowser deal with separate illnesses in quite different ways in 'Two Cases of Grip' by C. B. Lewis from around 1907.

Incidentally, there is another version of this very same short story on Librivox, which can be found at http://librivox.org/short-story-collection-013. Time: approx eight minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:

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The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html

Direct download: revry-2007-06-15.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:23am EDT

Thu, Jun 14 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #756

Our last slice of Apple Pie this week is served up in a rousing O Henry story from 1910, 'A Technical Error."

Time: approx fifteen and a half minutes

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The O Henry Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-14.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:20am EDT

Wed, Jun 13 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #755

Here's another slice for you -- 'Apple Pie and Angels' from Donald J. Howard's 1921 book, 'Stubby Jenks.'

Time: approx five and a half minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-13.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:18am EDT

Tue, Jun 12 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #754

Serving up another All-American chunk with Henry Ward Beecher's 1862 piece, 'Apple Pie."

Time: approx nine minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-12.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:16am EDT

Mon, Jun 11 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #753

This week we're serving up All-American Apple Pie pieces! Today we are offering Eugene Field's famous poem written around 1880, 'Apple-Pie and Cheese.'

Time: approx eleven minutes

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-11.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:15am EDT

Sun, Jun 10 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #752

We begin a new Monday book serialization with George Ade's 1903 collection, 'In Babel -- Stories of Chicago.'

The stories in this book range from the hysterically funny to the pathetically sad. Altogether, they paint a fascinating portrait of turn-of-the-last-century Chicago.

The first chapter is called 'The Dip.'

Time: approx eleven minutes

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

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-10.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:11am EDT

Sat, Jun 09 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #751

SUNDAY SALAD presents two Stanley Huntley stories from 1881 -- first, an attempt to introduce product placement in dramatic productions in 'He Believed in Advertising,' then the Spoopendykes have to purchase a present in 'Filling A Foreign Order.'

Time: approx eleven and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-09.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:09am EDT

Fri, Jun 08 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #750

It's our 750th Episode!!!!!

Mr. Bowser is in good form today in a story from 1902 by C. B. Lewis, 'Mr. Bowser Plays Golf.' Enjoy!

Time: approx nine minutes

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

Direct download: revry-2007-06-08.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:07am EDT

Thu, Jun 07 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #749

Concluding this week's very short stories from Charles Battell Loomis's 1905 book 'I've Been Thinking.'

Originally presented as a longer story back in Mister Ron's Basement Episode #44, this is the original, shorter, and possibly funnier version of Loomis's 'The Gusher.' Not to be missed!

Time: approx seven minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-07.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:05am EDT

Wed, Jun 06 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #748

Continuing this week's very short stories from Charles Battell Loomis's 1905 book 'I've Been Thinking.'

Every newspaper article is a collaboration -- today's tale is all about that -- we call it 'The Easter Newspaper Story.'

Time: approx nine minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-06.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:03am EDT

Tue, Jun 05 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #747

We have returned for a week of very short stories from Charles Battell Loomis's 1905 book 'I've Been Thinking.'

Today, Loomis puts the kibosh on the idea that anybody can grow up to be President...

Time: approx eight and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html

Direct download: revry-2007-06-05.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:01pm EDT

Mon, Jun 04 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #746

Do note that there was no serialized novel episode yesterday. We will be starting a NEW novel NEXT Monday!

Meanwhile, we are returning for a week of very short stories from Charles Battell Loomis's 1905 book 'I've Been Thinking.'

Today's tale discusses the ramifications of 'Bringing Home Dinner Guests.' It's pretty funny.

Time: approx three and a half minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html

Direct download: revry-2007-06-04.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:00am EDT

Sun, Jun 03 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #745

Panic ensues as Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke react to late night noises in the house in 'Catching A Burglar' written by Stanley Huntley in 1880.

Time: approx six minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:

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Direct download: revry-2007-06-03.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:58am EDT

Fri, Jun 01 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #744

Mr. Bowser finds the house is being run in a 'slam-bang' manner, and lays down some Rules for how the house is to be run. Of course, Mrs. Bowser has some rules herself...

This tale is from 1921, by C. B. Lewis.

NOTE: This episode was recorded on a laptop in an echoey room, so the sound quality is worse than usual. Enjoy the story, anyway.

Time: approx ten minutes

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

Direct download: revry-2007-06-01.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:55am EDT