Wed, 31 October 2007
Wed, Oct 31 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #893 Woody Guthrie used to sing a song with the lyrics, 'You Can't Scare Me, I'm Sticking to the Union.' But what if the Union was composed entirely of ghosts, whose job is to scare people? Read all about it in John Kendrick Bangs' hysterical 1900 story, 'The Amalgamated Brotherhood of Spooks.' Time: approx twenty-two and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 30 October 2007
Tue, Oct 30 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #892 John Kendrick Bangs wrote eerie stories of ghosts and other weird things, and they were usually pretty funny. Today's tale is about a caretaker with a strange story to tell in 'The Mystery of Barney Rourke' from 1898. Time: approx seventeen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 29 October 2007
Mon, Oct 29 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #891 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. A comment on a young woman's photograph begins a fascinating conversation in 'Miss Tyndall's Picture.' Time: approx ten 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, 28 October 2007
Sun, Oct 28 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #890 SUNDAY SALAD presents an appropriate story for Halloween, as the Spoopendykes prepare their costumes for a party in 'How They Missed the Masquerade' from 1881. 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 |
Sat, 27 October 2007
Sat, Oct 27 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #889 Mrs. Bowser relates a tale of her husband's literary bent in 'Bowser Writes A Poem,' by C. B. Lewis from 1890. 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, 25 October 2007
Thu, Oct 25 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #888 Mike Fink was a genuine historical character -- often known as 'The King of the Flatboat Men' -- whose legend became exaggerated over the years into tall tales as wild as those of Paul Bunyan or Pecos Bill. This week, we will feature stories of Mike Fink from four different authors. Today we see just how exaggerated stories about Mike Fink became as we go for a ride on an angry bull in Thomas Chandler Haliburton's 1852 piece, 'Mike Fink in a Tight Place.' 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 |
Wed, 24 October 2007
Wed, Oct 24 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #887 Mike Fink was a genuine historical character -- often known as 'The King of the Flatboat Men' -- whose legend became exaggerated over the years into tall tales as wild as those of Paul Bunyan or Pecos Bill. This week, we will feature stories of Mike Fink from four different authors. Today's tale concerns Mike Fink's overbearing sense of humor and his expectation of full attention from his audience. From 1888, we present 'Jokes Made to Laugh At' by Colonel Frank Triplett. This episode is dedicated to the swell folks of the Northern Virginia Podcasting Meetup Group! Time: approx eight minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 23 October 2007
Tue, Oct 23 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #886 Mike Fink was a genuine historical character -- often known as 'The King of the Flatboat Men' -- whose legend became exaggerated over the years into tall tales as wild as those of Paul Bunyan or Pecos Bill. This week, we will feature stories of Mike Fink from four different authors. Today we get a taste of how the Mike Fink legends grew over the years as we learn of a strange thing to do with a buffalo hide, in 'Mike Fink and the Clergyman' by Thomas W. Knox, from 1876. 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 |
Mon, 22 October 2007
Mon, Oct 22 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #885 Mike Fink was a genuine historical character -- often known as 'The King of the Flatboat Men' -- whose legend became exaggerated over the years into tall tales as wild as those of Paul Bunyan or Pecos Bill. This week, we will feature stories of Mike Fink from four different authors. Today we feature a tale of a practical joke called 'Mike Fink and the Sheep' written in 1852 by Ben Casseday. 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 October 2007
Sun, Oct 21 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #884 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. Four tough guys in a Chicago bar encounter two friendly circus clowns in 'An Incident in the Pansy.' 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 George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Sat, 20 October 2007
Sat, Oct 20 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #883 SUNDAY SALAD offers THREE hysterical stories from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle -- the first, 'A Judicial Circus' from 1881, is actually an unsigned news article from the Eagle which seems, from every inclination, to be by Stanley Huntley himself. The second story, 'The Value of Truth, from the same edition of the Eagle, comes from Huntley's 'Salad' column, and also deals with crazy doings in a Brooklyn court. Finally, we offer a tale of the Spoopendyke family discovering Huntley's best-selling 1881 book about them in the 1882 tale 'Opposed to Publicity.' This is one of the best episodes we have ever done! Time: approx twenty-one 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, 19 October 2007
Fri, Oct 19 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #882 Our Mr. Bowser story for today features the Head of the Household 'Skeptical About the Toothache,' written by C. B. Lewis ('M. Quad') in 1892. 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, 18 October 2007
Thu, Oct 18 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #881 We are reading stories found in Dan De Quille's 1876 book about miners and prospectors, 'The Big Bonanza.' Rich or poor, people have to eat, and in a boom mining town, there's all kinds of stories about the war between restaurant keepers and their customers. Some of them can be heard in today's tale, 'Saloon Birds.' 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 |
Wed, 17 October 2007
Wed, Oct 17 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #880 We are reading stories found in Dan De Quille's 1876 book about miners and prospectors, 'The Big Bonanza.' Skunk Supper? Hear about it in 'Old Virginia's Fisher Story.' 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 |
Wed, 17 October 2007
Wed, Oct 17 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #879 We are reading stories found in Dan De Quille's 1876 book about miners and prospectors, 'The Big Bonanza.' Today we hear about a miner who made what he considered an outstanding discovery in 'The Stuff.' Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 16 October 2007
Tue, Oct 16 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #878  Author William Wright was much better known during his productive career as Dan De Quille. From the 1860s onward, he covered the fascinating stories of miners and prospectors in Virginia City, Nevada during the height of the silver mining boom, for the Territorial Enterprise newspaper. His stories were both factual and humorous. In 1862, he was joined by another writer for the paper, a young Samuel Clemens, who would not adopt the name of Mark Twain until a year later. The two stayed friends for years, and in 1876, Twain helped De Quille publish (and wrote the introduction to) 'The Big Bonanza,' a book that details the history and exploits of the miners who discovered and ran the famous Comstock Lode, and other mining operations. This week, we will read some of the humorous stories from this book. Today we learn what happens to a donkey that gets a bit too greedy in 'The Washoe Canary.' Time: approx ten minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 15 October 2007
Mon, Oct 15 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #877 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. A family gives up city life for the natural beauties of suburban life, and pay particular attention to a pair of fruit trees in 'The Buell Cherry.' Time: approx ten 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, 14 October 2007
Sun, Oct 14 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #876 SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO jaw-dropping Stanley Huntley stories dealing with unbelievable modern technology -- 'With A Rising Thermometer' from 1880 features a truly tall tale from an old codger about building a telegraph wire in impossible heat about twenty years before the telegraph was invented, and Mrs. Spoopendyke confounds her husband discussing the newly-invented portable battery in 'Energy on Tap' from 1881. 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 The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html |
Fri, 12 October 2007
Fri, Oct 12 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #875 Mr. and Mrs. Bowser decide to rent a seaside cottage for the summer and are unpleasantly surprised in C. B. Lewis's 1897 story, 'The Bowsers Reach Shark Point.' 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 |
Fri, 12 October 2007
Fri, Oct 12 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #874 We feature one last episode of C. B. Lewis's 'The Arizona Kicker' from January 10, 1897, which is about as rough and tumble as funny 19th century newspaper stories could get. 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 |
Wed, 10 October 2007
Wed, Oct 10 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #873 Some more wild and wooly humor from C. B. Lewis ("M. Quad") from an episode of 'The Arizona Kicker' printed on July 7, 1892. This stuff is uninhibited, raw, raucous, and ridiculously funny! Time: approx six 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 |
Tue, 9 October 2007
Tue, Oct 09 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #872 For many years C. B. Lewis, also known as M. Quad, wrote dispatches from a fictional frontier newspaper called 'The Arizona Kicker.' Today's episode, from April 17, 1892, covers the gamut of articles from performing weddings, running a thank you card from a necktie party survivor, generously letting a competitor have his say, and visions of disaster. Time: approx seven 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 |
Mon, 8 October 2007
Mon, Oct 08 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #871 C. B. Lewis, also known as M. Quad, had other regular humor features besides the 'Mr. Bowser' stories. For many years, he wrote dispatches from a fictional frontier newspaper called 'The Arizona Kicker.' Today, we hear about (among other things) how the Kicker's editor made practical use of a new pistol in an episode from Jan 18, 1890. 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 |
Sun, 7 October 2007
Sun, Oct 07 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #870 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. For many years, elevator rides were conducted by 'elevator operators' who often wore uniforms covered with shiny buttons, hence the title character in this story, 'Cupid in Buttons.' 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 The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Sat, 6 October 2007
Sat, Oct 06 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #869 SUNDAY SALAD offers up TWO hilarious Stanley Huntley stories from 1881 -- first, an editor searches his memory in 'The Same Old Round' and Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke are 'Misled by a Pattern.' 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, 5 October 2007
Fri, Oct 05 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #868 Mr. Bowser is in great form today -- he starts with finding a hairpin on the steps and builds up a to a rant about waste and extravagance in 'The Head of the Family is in a Bad Mood' by C. B. Lewis ("M. Quad") from 1892. 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 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, 4 October 2007
Thu, Oct 04 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #867 Edgar Wilson Nye, better known as Bill Nye, was a rough jewel among 19th century humorists. From late in his career (1892), comes a revealing, yet fun, 'Autobiography of an Editor.' Time: approx twenty-three 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 |
Wed, 3 October 2007
Wed, Oct 03 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #866 Edgar Wilson Nye, better known as Bill Nye, was a rough jewel among 19th century humorists. In today's piece from 1886, Nye neatly skewers a formal custom in 'The Coupon Letter of Introduction.' Time: approx eight 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, 2 October 2007
Tue, Oct 02 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #865 Edgar Wilson Nye, better known as Bill Nye, was a rough jewel among 19th century humorists. Today's side-splitting piece from 1886, 'Documentary Proof of Self-Defense' offers some cautionary advice for victims of robberies. Time: approx nine 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 |
Mon, 1 October 2007
Mon, Oct 01 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #864 Edgar Wilson Nye, better known as Bill Nye, was a rough jewel among 19th century humorists. This week we will read some of his rip roaring frontier tales, starting with 'All About Menials' from 1891. 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 Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/billnye.html |
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