Thu, 28 June 2007
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 27 June 2007
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 26 June 2007
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 25 June 2007
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 24 June 2007
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Sun, 24 June 2007
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 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, 22 June 2007
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 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, 21 June 2007
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 20 June 2007
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 19 June 2007
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 18 June 2007
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Sun, 17 June 2007
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: 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, 15 June 2007
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: 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, 14 June 2007
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 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, 13 June 2007
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 12 June 2007
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 11 June 2007
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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 10 June 2007
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Sat, 9 June 2007
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: 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, 8 June 2007
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: 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, 7 June 2007
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Wed, 6 June 2007
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Tue, 5 June 2007
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Mon, 4 June 2007
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Sun, 3 June 2007
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: 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, 1 June 2007
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: 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 |