Tue, 29 September 2009
Tue, Sep 29 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1461 We are featuring stories about Editors this week! 
We kick off with an insanely funny 1853 story about an irritating visitor to an editor's office from Fanny Fern. It's called 'The Bore of the Sanctum.' 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 Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.html Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here!  When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Mon, 28 September 2009
Mon, Sep 28 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1460 Our Monday Book Serialization of Ella Cheever Thayer's 1880 novel 'Wired Love' features an unexpected and disappointing face-to-face meeting between Nattie and 'C' -- or does it? Time: approx eighteen minutes 
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Sun, 27 September 2009
Sun, Sep 27 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1459 Today's SUNDAY SALAD offers an 1883 Stanley Huntley piece about a poet who simply cannot conceive of anybody else reading his work out loud. It's called 'A Martyr to His Art.' Fun stuff! 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 Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Sat, 26 September 2009
Sat, Sep 26 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1458 Our Saturday Night Special story from 1880 is by George W. Peck. It's a tale of a goose hiding out in a box, and what happens to all the people who sit on it. The piece is called 'Hanscom's Goose.' 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 George W. Peck Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/georgewpeck.html Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Fri, 25 September 2009
Fri, Sep 25 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1457 Very short sketches from James M. Bailey's 1873 collection, 'Life in Danbury' grace the Basement this week. 
Here is one of our shortest pieces ever (but we like it) -- 'The Bread Pudding.' Time: approx two and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.html Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Thu, 24 September 2009
Thur, Sep 24 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1456 Very short sketches from James M. Bailey's 1873 collection, 'Life in Danbury' grace the Basement this week. Today we offer a detailed analysis of chicken behavior in 'The Hen,' a short but sweet story. Time: approx three minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.html Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Wed, 23 September 2009
Wed, Sep 23 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1455 Very short sketches from James M. Bailey's 1873 collection, 'Life in Danbury' grace the Basement this week. We have a silly, but short piece involving Potatoes, entitled 'Our Proletariats.' Time: approx three minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Tue, 22 September 2009
Tue, Sep 22 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1454 Very short sketches from James M. Bailey's 1873 collection, 'Life in Danbury' grace the Basement this week. Today we discover how some people express 'Gratitude.' 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 James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Mon, 21 September 2009
Mon, Sep 21 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1453 Our Monday Book Serialization of Ella Cheever Thayer's 1880 novel 'Wired Love' brings Quimby ever closer to expressing his feelings for Nattie in the second part of Chapter Five, 'Quimby Bursts Forth in Eloquence' who manages to hold him off by playing a waltz. Time: approx fourteen minutes 
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Sun, 20 September 2009
Sun, Sep 20 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1452 SUNDAY SALAD features Stanley Huntley's 1880 tale of a new waiter in a fancy restaurant, 'The Result of Training.' Time: approx five 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 When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Sat, 19 September 2009
Sat, Sep 19 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1451 Our Saturday Night Special pays tribute to Henry Gibson with a recitation of the poem that he was associated with since 1963, Frank L. Stanton's 'Keep-A-Goin'' written some time in the early 1890s. Time: approx three and a half minutes 
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Fri, 18 September 2009
Fri, Sep 18 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1450 Edgar Wilson ('Bill') Nye produced a huge body of work that still stands the test of time. This week we will be reading pieces from his 1882 collection, 'Forty Liars and Other Lies.' Ever wonder how juries come up with those dollar amounts in lawsuits? Bill Nye lets us in on the whole thing in 'The Jury System.' 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 A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. ' |
Thu, 17 September 2009
Thur, Sep 17 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1449 Edgar Wilson ('Bill') Nye produced a huge body of work that still stands the test of time. This week we will be reading pieces from his 1882 collection, 'Forty Liars and Other Lies.' Back in Nye's day, derbies and top hats were called 'plug hats' and were about as fashionable as they are today, as we find out in 'The Plug Hat in Wyoming.' 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 A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. ' |
Wed, 16 September 2009
Wed, Sep 16 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1448 Edgar Wilson ('Bill') Nye produced a huge body of work that still stands the test of time. This week we will be reading pieces from his 1882 collection, 'Forty Liars and Other Lies.' The Railroads were an important part of American life for more than a century. In today's piece, Bill Nye lets us in on the wonderful experience of resting aboard a Pullman Car in 'About Sleeping-Cars.' Time: approx 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 A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Tue, 15 September 2009
Tue, Sep 15 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1447 Edgar Wilson ('Bill') Nye produced a huge body of work that still stands the test of time. This week we will be reading pieces from his 1882 collection, 'Forty Liars and Other Lies.' Ever read a 'puff piece' in a newspaper? Today we get the inside scoop on that with Bill Nye's 'Puff.' Time: approx four 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 A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Mon, 14 September 2009
Mon, Sep 14 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1446 Our Monday Book Serialization of Ella Cheever Thayer's 1880 novel 'Wired Love' features a barrage of tap-tap-tapping back and forth in the first part of two of Chapter Five, 'Quimby Bursts Forth in Eloquence.' Time: approx five and a half minutes 
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Sun, 13 September 2009
Sun, Sep 13 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1445 SUNDAY SALAD offers wild tall tales about a horse, some fish, a cow, a hen, an alligator, a cat, a clam and a rat in Stanley Huntley's 1882 piece, 'Some Animal Stories.' 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 When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Sat, 12 September 2009
Sat, Sep 12 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1444 Our Saturday Night Special story is one of our funniest ever (not to mention instructive)! From the pen of Ellis Parker Butler comes a lengthy 1903 tale about the creation of a stock exchange, and the cooperative business efforts of a New York promoter along with Blackbeard the Pirate! The story is called 'International Skull and Cross Bones, Ltd.' Time: approx forty and a half minutes 
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Fri, 11 September 2009
Fri, Sep 11 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1443 We are presenting the witty stories of Charles Battell Loomis this week. In 1899, automobiles were quickly appearing in cities everywhere, and 'A New Use for Horses' relates a fabulous scheme for profiting from them. Time: approx five minutes A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! 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 When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Thu, 10 September 2009
Thur, Sep 10 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1442 We are presenting the witty, fun stories of Charles Battell Loomis this week. From 1899, we learn of a wonderful diversion that can be played in any department store -- the story is called 'An Urban Game.' Time: approx five minutes A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! 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 When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Wed, 9 September 2009
Wed, Sep 09 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1441 We are presenting the ever-charming humorous stories of Charles Battell Loomis this week. Today we learn the practical applications of bouncing in Loomis's 1899 story, 'Buffum's Bustless Buffers.' Time: approx five 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 When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Tue, 8 September 2009
Tue, Sep 08 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1440 We are presenting the ever-charming humorous stories of Charles Battell Loomis this week. Today we get the scoop on the joke business in Loomis's 1899 story, 'A Peculiar Industry.' Time: approx five 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 When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Mon, 7 September 2009
Mon, Sep 7 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1439 Our Monday Book Serialization of Ella Cheever Thayer's 1880 novel 'Wired Love' offers the second of TWO parts of Chapter Four, 'Neighborly Calls,' where the neighbors play cards, and we meet a bohemian artist who creates an intriguing picture. Time: approx eleven and a half minutes 
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Sun, 6 September 2009
Sun, Sep 6 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1438 SUNDAY SALAD explores the poetical clam in Stanley Huntley's 1881 tale, 'A Rough Resort for Poets.' Time: approx seven 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 When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Sat, 5 September 2009
Sat, Sep 5 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1437 Mister Ron was very surprised to hear that back in 2004, Microsoft Corp. had taken out a patent on the human body! You can read about it here. In researching this, Mister Ron discovered a much earlier similar case! Therefore, for our Saturday Night Special story, we present 'A Patented Child' written by W. L. Alden in 1893. Don't miss this! Time: approx nine 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 When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Fri, 4 September 2009
Fri, Sep 4 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1436 Stephen Leacock's stories grace the Basement this week! Getting a picture taken used to so much simpler back in 1913? Not quite, as we see in Leacock's story 'With The Photographer.' 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 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 When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Thu, 3 September 2009
Thur, Sep 3 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1435 Stephen Leacock's stories grace the Basement this week! Long ago, many city men would grab a shave at a Barber Shop on the way to the office. From 1913, Leacock describes one of these visits in 'Under the Barber's Knife.' 
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 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 When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Wed, 2 September 2009
Wed, Sep 2 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1434 Stephen Leacock's stories grace the Basement this week! Be prepared to hear the (ahem) thrilling exploits of a world explorer in 'The Amazing Travels of Mr. Yarner' from 1917. Time: approx seven 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 When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Tue, 1 September 2009
Tue, Sep 1 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1433 Stephen Leacock's stories grace the Basement this week! Today's tale from 1913 is pretty self-explanatory -- 'The Dentist and the Gas.' 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 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 When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. |
Mon, 31 August 2009
Mon, Aug 31 2009
Mister Ron's Basement #1432 Our Monday Book Serialization of Ella Cheever Thayer's 1880 novel 'Wired Love' offers the first of TWO parts of Chapter Four, 'Neighborly Calls,' where the new friends, Nattie and Miss Archer discuss various events 'over the wire.' Time: approx nine minutes 
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