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Wed, 29 September 2010
Thur Sept 30, 2010
Mister Ron’s Basement # 1780
October 2, 2010 will be Groucho Marx’s 120th Birthday!
In celebration, we will be bringing you Vaudevillian monologues from Groucho’s contemporaries, selected from the 1908 book ‘One Thousand Laughs from Vaudeville.’
Today’s monologue is from Stuart Barnes. Not much is known of Barnes these days, but he apparently was a popular actor, storyteller, and singer, who often received billing with travelling vaude shows around the world.

Time: approx nine and a half minutes
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*There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here.
*John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here.
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Wed, 29 September 2010
Wed, Sept 29, 2010
Mister Ron’s Basement # 1779
October 2, 2010 will be Groucho Marx’s 120th Birthday!
In celebration, we will be bringing you Vaudevillian monologues from Groucho’s contemporaries, selected from the 1908 book ‘One Thousand Laughs from Vaudeville.’
Today’s monologue is from Julius Tannen, an all-around storyteller and jokester, who made the transition from Vaudeville to sound film quite easily, and was in show business from 1905 until his death in 1965.

Time: approx seven minutes
The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
*There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here.
*John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here.
* 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!
-- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes.
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Direct download: Mister_Rons_Basement9-29-10.mp3
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Tue, 28 September 2010
Tue, Sept 28, 2010
Mister Ron’s Basement #1778
October 2, 2010 will be Groucho Marx’s 120th Birthday!
In celebration, we will be bringing you Vaudevillian monologues from Groucho’s contemporaries, selected from the 1908 book ‘One Thousand Laughs from Vaudeville.’
Today’s monologue is from George ‘Honey Boy’ Evans, one of the most popular performers of the turn of the twentieth century, who undoubtedly shared the stage with the Marx Brothers many times.

Time: approx twelve minutes
The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
*There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here.
*John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here.
* 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!
-- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes.
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Direct download: Mister_Rons_Basement9-28-10.mp3
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Mon, 27 September 2010
Mon, Sept 27, 2010
Mister Ron’s Basement # 1777
We are continuing with our Monday Book Serialization, Edward S. Ellis’s 1868 Dime Novel, ‘The Steam Man of the Prairies.’
Today, we read Chapter Ten, in which Johnny Brainerd and the Steam Man are put on the lookout for the miners, in ‘Wolf Ravine.’

Time: approx ten minutes
The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
*There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here.
*John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here.
* 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!
-- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes.
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Direct download: Mister_Rons_Basement9-27-10.mp3
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Fri, 24 September 2010
Direct download: Mister_Rons_Basement9-24-10.mp3
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Thu, 23 September 2010
Thur, Sept 23, 2010
Mister Ron’s Basement # 1775
This week we have found some fun pieces concerning that great American sport, Fishing!
Today we offer a slight bit of exaggeration in a truly funny 1880 poetic ‘fish story’ by Irwin Russell entitled ‘Summer Idyllers.’
Time: approx five and a half minutes
The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
*There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here.
*John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here.
* 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!
-- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes.
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Direct download: Mister_Rons_Basement9-23-10.mp3
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Wed, 22 September 2010
Wed, Sept 22, 2010
Mister Ron’s Basement # 1774
This week we have found some fun pieces concerning that great American sport, Fishing!
Normally we avoid reading stories by humorists such as Josh Billings, despite their popularity, because so much of it relies on their bad spelling. For example, in today’s story, a sentence reads: ‘The codfish iz a child ov the oshun.’ How do you read that and make it funny?
Still, in keeping with our theme this week, we present an Billings story published in 1874 - ‘The Codfish.’
Time: approx four minutes
The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
*There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here.
*John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here.
* 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!
-- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes.
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Direct download: Mister_Rons_Basement9-22-10.mp3
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Tue, 21 September 2010
Tue, Sept 21, 2010
Mister Ron’s Basement # 1773
This week we have found some fun pieces concerning that great American sport, Fishing!
Today’s tale originally appeared in The Weekly Museum Magazine way back in 1792. Reading it was tricky, because like so much printed lterature of that day, the letter ‘f’ and the letter ‘s’ look alike.
Nevertheless, we offer up a handy tale of the uses of a big red proboscis in catching trout — it is called ‘A Red Nose.’
Time: approx five and a half minutes
The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
*There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here.
*John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here.
* 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!
-- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes.
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Direct download: Mister_Rons_Basement9-21-10.mp3
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Mon, 20 September 2010
Mon, Sept 20, 2010
Mister Ron’s Basement # 1772
We are continuing with our Monday Book Serialization, Edward S. Ellis’s 1868 Dime Novel, ‘The Steam Man of the Prairies.’
Today, we read Chapter Nine, featuring a thrilling chase sequence, called ‘The Steam Man As A Hunter.’

Time: approx ten and a half minutes
The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
*There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here.
*John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here.
* 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!
-- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes.
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Direct download: Mister_Rons_Basement9-20-10.mp3
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Fri, 17 September 2010
Fri, Sept 17 2010
Mister Ron's Basement #1771
Our last 1878 W. L. Alden story for the week concerns a heartless and conniving young beauty who had a novel way of disposing of suitors - 'The Belle of Vallejos'
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