Mister Ron's Basement II
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Sun, Dec 23 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #945

SUNDAY SALAD presents a Stanley Huntley classic Christmas story from 1882 entitled 'Juvenile Poetry' and a nautically inspired Spoopendyke tale called 'Trouble in Port,' also from 1882.

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:

http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html

Direct download: revry-2007-12-23.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:10am EDT

Sat, Dec 22 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #944

Sooner or later, he had to do it -- 'Bowser Takes an Auto Ride' by C. B. Lewis, from 1905...

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-2007-12-22.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:08am EDT

Fri, Dec 21 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #943

Wrapping up a week of stories about shopping with an instructional piece from 1916 by the wonderfully funny Stephen Leacock -- 'The Grass Bachelor's Guide; With Sincere Apologies to the Ladies' Periodicals.'

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

The Stephen Leacock Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/Leacock_Stories.html

Also, do check out the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor web site at:

http://leacock.ca

Direct download: revry-2007-12-21.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:05am EDT

Thu, Dec 20 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #942

We are exploring a day of visiting the stores among the nouveau riche in a chapter of Metta Victoria Victor's 1884 book 'Mrs. Rasher's Curtain Lectures.' The chapter is, appropriately, called 'Shopping.'

Time: approx twenty-one minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
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Direct download: revry-2007-12-20.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:02pm EDT

Wed, Dec 19 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #941

Today's story deals with a woman stranded on a desert island -- what has this got to do with this week's theme of stories about shopping? -- well, you'll just have to listen and find out for yourself!

******Ellis Parker Butler's 1920 tale 'Ads is Ads' is one of those truly rare hysterically funny stories that will leave you laughing out loud! Don't miss it!

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

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/

Direct download: revry-2007-12-19a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:59pm EDT

Wed, Dec 19 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #940

Like so many other folks do this time of year, we're going to go shopping in the Basement this week! We'll start with a Fanny Fern story from 1854, 'For Ladies that 'Go Shopping.''

Time: approx nine 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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-19.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:56am EDT

Mon, Dec 17 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #939

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 we listen in on a conversation that takes some twists and turns before leading to a unique proposal in 'Harry and Ethel.'

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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-17.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:44am EDT

Sun, Dec 16 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #938

SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO delightful Stanley Huntley stories about buying things -- Mr. and Mrs. Breezy go 'Christmas Shopping' (from 1882) and Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke figure out what to do with their winnings from a found lottery ticket in 'Counting Ahead' (from1881).

Time: approx thirteen 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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-16.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:40am EDT

Sat, Dec 15 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #937

This time of year, all too many of us have to fight crowds at the stores, but Mr. Bowser teaches his wife how men are more efficient shoppers than women in C. B. Lewis's 1911 story 'Bowser's Lesson -- Time Wasted in Shopping.'

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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-15.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:39am EDT

Fri, Dec 14 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #936

Mortimer Thomson attempted to go back to writing humor after the Civil War ended, but his heart simply was not in it any more. Here we present an example from 1866 -- a Baseball story called 'A Muffin Game.'

Time: approx five minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

The Philander Doesticks (Mortimer Thomson) Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/doesticks.html

Direct download: revry-2007-12-14a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:37pm EDT

Fri, Dec 14 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #935

Not long after Mortimer Thomson married for the first time, he penned this charming tale of his wife's wiles in 'How Philander Doesticks became a Broken-in Husband,' from 1858.

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 Philander Doesticks (Mortimer Thomson) Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/doesticks.html

Direct download: revry-2007-12-14.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:35am EDT

Thu, Dec 13 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #934

Between the double tragedies of losing both of his young wives, and well before his ribs were permanently shattered on the battlefield, Mortimer Thomson worked both as a frontline war correspondent and as a humorist.

One reviewer of his Civil War era lectures said that "Thomson thinks the war is a big joke." From the earliest days of the Civil War, we present the 1861 piece, 'Doesticks Respectfully Inquireth -- What Do the Women Want us to Do about the War?'

Time: approx seven minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

The Philander Doesticks (Mortimer Thomson) Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/doesticks.html

Direct download: revry-2007-12-13.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:33am EDT

Wed, Dec 12 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #933

It's been a long time since we read any of the sharp, witty, stories of Mortimer Thomson (Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B.), so let's hear some this week.

From 1856, Thomson gives a detailed description of the sermon-performance of the Reverend Bloodandthunder Screecher in 'Doesticks on Popular Preachers.'

Time: approx nine minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

The Philander Doesticks (Mortimer Thomson) Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/doesticks.html

Direct download: revry-2007-12-12.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:30am EDT

Mon, Dec 10 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #932

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 policeman walking his quiet beat in the wee hours encounters a fellow with a strange request in 'George's Return.'

Time: approx twelve 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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-10.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:27am EDT

Sun, Dec 09 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #931

SUNDAY SALAD presents TWO Stanley Huntley tales -- one about an 'electric dog' gone berserk -- 'In Search of Advice,' and a Spoopendyke story concerning an oyster who refuses to be opened -- 'A Trial of Endurance,' both from 1882.

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

The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html

Direct download: revry-2007-12-09.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:25am EDT

Sat, Dec 08 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #930

Mr. Bowser gives a raw recruit some helpful pointers on army life in this World War I era story by C. B. Lewis from 1917 called 'Bowser's Advice.'

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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-08a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:23pm EDT

Sat, Dec 08 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #929

Today we feature yet another 'Told by the Colonel' story by W. L. Alden from The Idler Magazine of 1892 -- a uniquely complex and convoluted tale of tightfisted twins called 'Thompson's Tombstone.'

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 W. L. Alden Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/alden.html

Direct download: revry-2007-12-08.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:21am EDT

Thu, Dec 06 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #928

It is very strange that as truly funny an author as W. L. Alden was is totally forgotten today. From Alden's 1902 book, 'The Adventures of Jimmy Brown' comes another hysterical story that deserves to be read -- 'My Pig.'

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 W. L. Alden Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/alden.html

Direct download: revry-2007-12-06.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:19am EDT

Wed, Dec 05 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #927

*** ONE OF THE FUNNIEST STORIES, EVER! ***



W. L. Alden wrote this piece for the London Magazine, 'The Idler,' back in 1893, concerning American marriages. It is called 'A Matrimonial Romance.'

DON'T MISS IT!

Time: approx fourteen minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

The W. L. Alden Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/alden.html

Direct download: revry-2007-12-05.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:16am EDT

Tue, Dec 04 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #926

More insane stories from W. L. Alden's 1877 collection, 'Domestic Explosives' grace the Basement this week. Today's tale follows a truly whacky chain of events in 'A Profitable Fork.'

Time: approx eight minutes

The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html

The W. L. Alden Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/alden.html

Direct download: revry-2007-12-04a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:14pm EDT

Tue, Dec 04 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #925

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 we feature a convoluted dialogue concerning the relations between the members of the Exclusive Set in 'The Relatives' Club.'

Time: approx eight 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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-04.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:13am EDT

Sun, Dec 02 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #924

SUNDAY SALAD features another rare Spoopendyke story by Stanley Huntley that originally appeared in the hard-to-find Drake's Traveler's Magazine in 1884, called 'A Mouse in the Room.'

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 Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:

http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html

Direct download: revry-2007-12-02a.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:11pm EDT

Sun, Dec 02 2007

Mister Ron's Basement #923

Mr. Bowser gives an inspirational talk to a group of tramps, who respond with a bit of rhyme, in 'Mr. Bowser's Lecture' written by M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) in 1903.



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

Direct download: revry-2007-12-02.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:06am EDT