Thu, 31 January 2008
Thu, Jan 31 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #975 We are wrapping up a week of stories about animals with an 1886 Fish Story by George W. Peck called 'A Plea for the Bullhead.' 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 W. Peck Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/georgewpeck.html |
Wed, 30 January 2008
Wed, Jan 30 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #974 January 31st is 'National Gorilla Suit Day,' and in celebration, we present our second annual Gorilla Suit story -- 'Mr. Columbus Coriander's Gorilla' by Noah Brooks (sometimes wrongly credited to Max Adeler) from 1869. This is a great story -- a true American Classic! Our First Gorilla Suit story can be found here. Time: approx twenty-nine minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 29 January 2008
Tue, Jan 29 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #973 We continue with stories concerning Animals this week! O Henry tells a tale of a con man who takes up with a hog thief in 'The Ethics of Pig' from 1906. 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 O Henry Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/ohenry.html |
Mon, 28 January 2008
Mon, Jan 28 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #972 Stories about Animals lurk in the Basement this week! Today we feature an 1868 tale about the nastiest canine ever in 'The Dog-Gondest Dog' by Marcus Mills ('Brick') Pomeroy. 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 Brick Pomeroy Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/brickpomeroy.html |
Mon, 28 January 2008
Mon, Jan 28 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #971 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 deals with a bored sailor, tired of working on a grain steamer up and down the river in 'Opening of Navigation.' 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, 27 January 2008
Sun, Jan 27 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #970 SUNDAY SALAD features an ANNOUNCEMENT about our special episode number ONE THOUSAND coming in about a month, and also two great Stanley Huntley stories -- first we have a tale of a failed politician with a plan in 'Broken Up' from 1882 and the Spoopendykes struggle with a train schedule in 'Studying the Time-Table' from 1883. 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 |
Sat, 26 January 2008
Sat, Jan 26 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #969 Mr. Bowser comes up with a cure for a cholera epidemic -- not that anyone is looking for one -- in C. B. Lewis's 1904 story, 'Bowser's O.K. Remedy.' 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 |
Thu, 24 January 2008
Thu, Jan 24 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #968 Our final Bill Nye story for the week taken from the rare 1885 edition of 'The St. Jacobs Oil Family Calendar and Book of Health and Humor,' involves a futile attempt to get some sleep while camping out -- it is called 'A November Picnic.' 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 |
Wed, 23 January 2008
Wed, Jan 23 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #967 In another extremely rare story from the 1885 edition of 'The St. Jacobs Oil Family Calendar and Book of Health and Humor,' Bill Nye points his devastatingly sharp pen on the traditional Fourth of July Barbeque. Fun stuff! Time: approx five 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, 22 January 2008
Tue, Jan 22 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #966 Here comes another of the rare stories by Bill Nye from the 1885 edition of 'The St. Jacobs Oil Family Calendar and Book of Health and Humor.' From the month of May we offer a piece about a -- well -- a piece of pie, that maybe ought not be pie in the story 'The Rhubarb Pie.' A recipe is included! Time: approx six 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, 21 January 2008
Mon, Jan 21 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #965 This week we offer some truly scarce stories by Bill Nye from the 1885 edition of 'The St. Jacobs Oil Family Calendar and Book of Health and Humor.' From the March calendar page comes Bill Nye's reflections on running for President in 'Vanity and Vexation'.' 
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 Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/billnye.html |
Sun, 20 January 2008
Sun, Jan 20 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #964 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 hear about a tough guy looking for trouble in 'Willie Curtin -- A Man.' 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 |
Sat, 19 January 2008
Sat, Jan 19 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #963 SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO special Stanley Huntley stories taken from an actual copy of 'Drake's Travelers' Magazine' of July, 1885 (published a month before Huntley's death) -- first a quack inventor tries to get a plug in the newspaper from an editor in 'His 'Boss' Credential' and Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke attempt to dig up their dinner at the seaside in 'Digging Clams.' 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 Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html |
Fri, 18 January 2008
Fri, Jan 18 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #962 Mr. Bowser comes up with a fabulous idea to make millions of dollars in 'The Snow and Ice Tycoon' from 1900 by C. B. Lewis under the pen name of M. Quad. 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 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 January 2008
Thu, Jan 17 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #961 Like to find your way to Easy Street? Then listen to Thomas L. Masson's 1905 story, 'Directions.' 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 Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html |
Wed, 16 January 2008
Wed, Jan 16 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #960  Today we offer THREE very short and funny stories by Thomas L. Masson -- A boy gets stuck with an opera ticket in 'Poor Willie,' a man's life from Kindergarten to senility is covered in a few paragraphs in 'Work and Play' and a rich man wants to leave a literary legacy in 'The Refusal' all from 1905. Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html |
Tue, 15 January 2008
Tue, Jan 15 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #959 A judge uncovers the cause of a raving lunatic's insanity in 'No Hope for Such as He' by Thomas L. Masson from 1905. Time: approx three minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html |
Mon, 14 January 2008
Mon, Jan 14 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #958 Returning to Thomas L. Masson's 1905 collection, 'A Corner in Women,' we encounter a burst of inspiration from a widely-known playwright in 'It Was All Right.' Time: approx three minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html |
Sun, 13 January 2008
Sun, Jan 13 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #957 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. An old college buddy is recruited to back up a wild story in 'The Scapegoat.' Time: approx seven 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, 12 January 2008
Sat, Jan 12 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #956 SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO Stanley Huntley stories -- from 1883, A Minister attempts to bring a request to the assumptive newspaper's editor in 'A Trifling Misunderstanding' and Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke search for a missing raincoat in 'Wanted His Waterproof' from 1882. 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 |
Sat, 12 January 2008
Sat, Jan 12 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #955 Mr. Bowser takes his wife fishing in C. B. Lewis's 1887 story, 'Woman's Luck.' 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 |
Thu, 10 January 2008
Thu, Jan 10 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #954 There are some folks who feel that you can't start a child's education early enough, and some who -- well -- hear it for yourself, in Thomas L. Masson's 1905 tale, 'What It Meant.' 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 Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html |
Wed, 9 January 2008
Wed, Jan 09 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #953 A modern couple try for real, true, old fashioned romance in Thomas L. Masson's 1905 story, 'Modern Love.' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html |
Tue, 8 January 2008
Tue, Jan 08 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #952 A young robin gets some book learning about flying in 'A Delayed Flight' from Thomas L. Masson's 1905 collection, 'A Corner in Women and Other Follies.' All things considered, this may be the first time the phrase 'delayed flight' might have ever been used in print. Time: approx five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html |
Mon, 7 January 2008
Mon, Jan 07 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #951 Modern life and romance among modern men and women gets the spotlight in many stories from Thomas L Masson's 1905 book 'A Corner in Women and Other Follies.' Today we hear the introduction to the book, 'The American Idea' and examine a new-style, practical marriage ceremony in the short tale, 'Modern.' 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 Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html |
Sun, 6 January 2008
Sun, Jan 06 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #950 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 new cook disrupts the smooth operation of a household in 'Buck and Gertie.' Time: approx nine 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, 6 January 2008
Sun, Jan 06 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #949 SUNDAY SALAD features TWO 1881 Stanley Huntley pieces concerning New Years Day visiting -- in the first story, a young man decides to modernize the traditional New Years visits using that very new-fangled invention in 'Calling by Telephone' and Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke argue over the list of who to visit in 'Some Difficulty About the Calls.' 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 |
Sat, 5 January 2008
Sat, Jan 05 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #948 Mr. Bowser hovers at death's door with nary a complaint in C. B. Lewis's 1902 tale, 'He Has Three Days of Sickness.' 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 January 2008
Thu, Jan 03 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #947 After an involuntary extended break from Podcasting due to technical circumstances beyond our control, Mister Ron's Basement is back with more great fun stories from the Public Domain! From the 1855 collection, 'Doesticks, What He Says' by Mortimer Thomson, we offer the excruciatingly funny story, 'New Year's Day in New York.' Time: approx fifteen 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 |
Thu, 3 January 2008
Thu, Jan 03 2008
Mister Ron's Basement #946 After an involuntary extended break from Podcasting due to technical circumstances beyond our control, Mister Ron's Basement is back with more great fun stories from the Public Domain! Today, we bring in the New Year with the delightful tale of 'A Minute of Time' by Robert J. Burdette, from his 1912 book, 'Old Time and Young Tom.' Time: approx thirteen minutes 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 Robert J. Burdette Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/burdette.html |
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