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Mister Ron's Basement #1505 Thur, Nov 19 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1505This week, we will be reading stories about that new-fangled invention, The Phonograph.From 1892, Ella Wheeler Wilcox brings us some complaints about modern inventions in the poem 'Wail of an Old-Timer.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlJohn Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here.In toda ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1504 Wed, Nov 18 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1504This week, we will be reading stories about that new-fangled invention, The Phonograph. It is getting a little difficult to find funny stories about 'talking machines' that we haven't already read (yes there are lots of them scattered around the Basement), but today's story is a doozy!From 1881, we present Arthur Lot's tale of married life, a mother-in-law, and a tampered-with talking machine entitled 'Our Phonograph.'Time: approx thirteen and a ha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1503 Tue, Nov 17 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1503This week, we will be reading stories about that new-fangled invention, The Phonograph.Our first piece is excerpted from Mark Twain's 1892 novelette, 'The American Claimant.' It has no title, so we'll call it 'The Colonel's Invention.'Time: approx eight and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1502 Mon, Nov 16 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1502Part Two of Two of Chapter Ten ( 'The Broken Circuit Re-United') of our Monday Book Serialization of Ella Cheever Thayer's 1880 novel, 'Wired Love,' in which Clem convolutedly explains just how he really is 'C' and how he came to Nattie and Cyn's 'feast.'Time: approx twenty-two minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Wired Love index is at:http://ronevry.com/http://ronevry. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1501 Sun, Nov 15 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1501 SUNDAY SALAD brings THREE pieces today -- first we have poetic tribute to Stanley Huntley by Judson France from his 1887 book 'Muse Whangs.'Then we have an excerpt from a letter Huntley sent to President Arthur after he was made a Chief of the Grand Teton tribe in 1885, and finally we have a story about a Denver prospector in Brooklyn looking to get married in 'Observed a High Toned Wife' by Stanley Huntley from 1881.Time: approx nine and a half m ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part EIGHT of EIGHT) Sat, Nov 14 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part EIGHT of EIGHT)Welcome to the 1500th Episode of Mister Ron's Basement!We are presenting this Episode in EIGHT Parts, one per day for eight days.In 1906, Ellis Parker Butler published 'Perkins of Portland' a book collection of eight stories of the world's greatest Advertising Man. Most of these stories had appeared in assorted popular magazines. Episode #1500 will be readings of these incredibly funny, and surprisingly modern Perkins of Port ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part SEVEN of EIGHT) Fri, Nov 13 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part SEVEN of EIGHT)Welcome to the 1500th Episode of Mister Ron's Basement!We are presenting this Episode in EIGHT Parts, one per day for eight days.In 1906, Ellis Parker Butler published 'Perkins of Portland' a book collection of eight stories of the world's greatest Advertising Man. Most of these stories had appeared in assorted popular magazines. Episode #1500 will be readings of these incredibly funny, and surprisingly modern Perkins of Port ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part SIX of EIGHT) Thur, Nov 12 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part SIX of EIGHT)Welcome to the 1500th Episode of Mister Ron's Basement!We are presenting this Episode in EIGHT Parts, one per day for eight days.In 1906, Ellis Parker Butler published 'Perkins of Portland' a book collection of eight stories of the world's greatest Advertising Man. Most of these stories had appeared in assorted popular magazines. Episode #1500 will be readings of these incredibly funny, and surprisingly modern Perkins of Portl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part FIVE of EIGHT) Wed, Nov 11 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part FIVE of EIGHT)Welcome to the 1500th Episode of Mister Ron's Basement!We are presenting this Episode in EIGHT Parts, one per day for eight days.In 1906, Ellis Parker Butler published 'Perkins of Portland' a book collection of eight stories of the world's greatest Advertising Man. Most of these stories had appeared in assorted popular magazines. Episode #1500 will be readings of these incredibly funny, and surprisingly modern Perkins of Portl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part FOUR of EIGHT) Tue, Nov 10 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part FOUR of EIGHT)Welcome to the 1500th Episode of Mister Ron's Basement!We are presenting this Episode in EIGHT Parts, one per day for eight days.In 1906, Ellis Parker Butler published 'Perkins of Portland' a book collection of eight stories of the world's greatest Advertising Man. Most of these stories had appeared in assorted popular magazines. Episode #1500 will be readings of these incredibly funny, and surprisingly modern Perkins of Portl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part THREE of EIGHT) Mon, Nov 9 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part THREE of EIGHT)Welcome to the 1500th Episode of Mister Ron's Basement!We are presenting this Episode in EIGHT Parts, one per day for eight days.In 1906, Ellis Parker Butler published 'Perkins of Portland' a book collection of eight stories of the world's greatest Advertising Man. Most of these stories had appeared in assorted popular magazines. Episode #1500 will be readings of these incredibly funny, and surprisingly modern Perkins of Portl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part TWO of EIGHT) Sun, Nov 8 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part TWO of EIGHT)Welcome to the 1500th Episode of Mister Ron's Basement!We are presenting this Episode in EIGHT Parts, one per day for eight days.In 1906, Ellis Parker Butler published 'Perkins of Portland' a book collection of eight stories of the world's greatest Advertising Man. Most of these stories had appeared in assorted popular magazines. Episode #1500 will be readings of these incredibly funny, and surprisingly modern Perkins of Portlan ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part ONE of EIGHT) Sat, Nov 7 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1500 (Part ONE of EIGHT)Welcome to the 1500th Episode of Mister Ron's Basement!We are presenting this Episode in EIGHT Parts, one per day for the next eight days.In 1906, Ellis Parker Butler published 'Perkins of Portland' a book collection of eight stories of the world's greatest Advertising Man. Most of these stories had appeared in assorted popular magazines. Episode #1500 will be readings of these incredibly funny, and surprisingly modern Perkins o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1499 Fri, Nov 6 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1499This week we are featuring stories by M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) from his 1875 book 'Quad's Odds.' We have presented lots of stories about bad little boys, but this kid is the absolute worst! -- 'That Smith Boy.'Time: approx seven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowse ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1498 Thur, Nov 5 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1498This week we are featuring stories by M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) from his 1875 book 'Quad's Odds.' Some people spend every spare moment attending burials, as seen in the story 'Going to Funerals.'Time: approx five minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Sto ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1497 Wed, Nov 4 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1497This week we are featuring stories by M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) from his 1875 book 'Quad's Odds.' The overbearing, over-persistent life insurance salesperson seems to have been a regular part of nineteenth century life. We meet one of them today in 'That Insurance Agent.'Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1496 Tue, Nov 3 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1496This week we are featuring stories by M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) from his 1875 book 'Quad's Odds.' Today Mr. Quad gives us his take on 'Fat Folks.'Time: approx five minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.htmlMister ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1495 Mon, Nov 2 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1495Part One of Two of Chapter Ten of our Monday Book Serialization of Ella Cheever Thayer's 1880 novel 'Wired Love' presents a conversation between a pencil and a pair of scissors in 'The Broken Circuit Re-United.'Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Wired Love index is at:http://ronevry.com/http://ronevry.com/wiredlove.htmlMister Ron's Basement is less tha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1494 Sun, Nov 1 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1494SUNDAY SALAD features a bit of enjoyable light verse by Stanley Huntley from 1881 -- 'The Yarn of the Kissing Parson.'Time: approx five minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.htmlMister Ron's Basement is less than a week away from the FIRST Episode #1500 (yes, we said FIRST)! In ce ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1493 Sat, Oct 31 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1493Our 1895 Saturday Night Special Story brings you Palmer Cox's tale of a truly frightening, horrible Mr. Bickerstaff, in 'A Terrible Nose.'Time: approx seven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Palmer Cox Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/palmercox.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Episode #1500! In celebration. we are having a contest with a bea ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1492 Fri, Oct 30 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1492Today's 1899 George Ade tale concerns an Artiste, an unpublished author who made it a point to look as much like a bum as possible. It's called 'The Fable of the Bohemian Who Had Hard Luck.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Ep ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1491 Thur, Oct 29 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1491From George Ade's 1899 collection, 'Fables in Slang,' we present 'The Fable of Handsome Jethro, Who Was Simply Cut Out to Be A Merchant.'Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Episode #1500! In celebration. we are having a contest ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1490 Wed, Oct 28 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1490Today's 1901 story from George Ade deals with putting things off, and off, and off...'The Fable of The Man Who Was Going to Retire.'Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can befound at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Episode #1500! In celebration. we are having a contest with a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1489 Tue, Oct 27 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1489Today we offer a 1901 George Ade tale of a husband who attempts to mingle with the Smart Set to please his wife in 'The Fable of The Husband Who Showed Up & Did the Best He Knew How.'Time: approx ten and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Episode #1 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1488 Mon, Oct 26 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1488In Chapter Nine of our Monday Book Serialization of Ella Cheever Thayer's 1880 novel 'Wired Love' Cyn and Nattie have their bohemian feast interrupted by 'Unexpected Visitors.'Time: approx twenty-five and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Wired Love index is at:http://ronevry.com/http://ronevry.com/wiredlove.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Epi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1487 Sun, Oct 25 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1487SUNDAY SALAD has featured Stanley Huntley's spoofs of Jules Verne and Edgar Allan Poe, and today we offer his satirical take on Mark Twain! From 1880, we feature 'Zeph - From Mark Twain's Next Book.'Time: approx eight and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.htmlMister Ro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1486 Sat, Oct 24 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1486Our Saturday Night Special offers up the most famous poem ever written by Samuel Minturn Peck, Alabama's first Poet Laureate -- from 1886. we present 'A Kiss in the Rain.'Time: approx three minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Episode #1500! In celebration. we are having a contest with a beautiful 1906 Edition of Ellis Parker But ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1485 Fri, Oct 23 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1485Our final pre-Halloween story of the week answers the legal question of whether a ghost may file a lawsuit. From 1902 we present 'The Settlement of Dryden vs. Shard' by W. O. Inglis.Time: approx fourteen and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Episode #1500! In celebration. we are having a contest with a beautiful 1906 Ed ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1484 Thu, Oct 22 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1484Marking Halloween just a mite early this year, we are offering spirited ghost yarns this week.Today we offer a fun, fat poem from 1879 by John Godfrey Saxe called 'The Ghost-Player.'Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Episode #1500! In celebration. we are having a contest with a beautiful 1906 Edition of Ellis ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1483 Wed, Oct 21 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1483Celebrating Halloween a little early, we are featuring ghostly stories this week.Back in 1910, Ellis Parker Butler became a 'spook investigator' with a group of scientists looking into the powers of a medium in the story 'The Boom in Spooks.'Time: approx twenty-three minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Ellis Parker Butler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Ellis ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1482 Tue, Oct 20 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1482Getting a head start on Halloween, we are featuring fun ghost tales this week. From the 1880s, today we offer Eugene Field's poem concerning a bibliomaniac ghost giving a taste of the afterlife, in 'Dibdin's Ghost.'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.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Episode #1500! In celebration. we are having a con ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1481 Mon, Oct 19 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1481In Chapter Eight of our Monday Book Serialization of Ella Cheever Thayer's 1880 novel 'Wired Love' Cyn and Nattie bury their blues by having 'The Feast.'Time: approx twenty minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Wired Love index is at:http://ronevry.com/http://ronevry.com/wiredlove.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Episode #1500! In celebration. we are havi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1480 Sun, Oct 18 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1480SUNDAY SALAD offers up a Stanley Huntley tale from 1880 about some of the extreme measures used to collect back rent in 'A Pertinacious Landlord.'Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Episode #1500! I ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1479 Sat, Oct 17 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1479Our Saturday Night Special story is a fair warning for city dwellers to really mean what they say to strangers in 'The Champion of the Weather' by O Henry, published in 1911.Time: approx twelve minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe O Henry Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/ohenry.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Episode #1500! In celebration. we ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1478 Fri, Oct 16 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1478From the posthumously published 1901 collection of very short Eugene Field pieces called 'The Complete Tribune Primer' we offer TWO more horrible bitsof bad advice for children -- 'James and Reginald' and 'The Chewing Gum'Time: approx five and a half minutes Frederic OpperThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Episode #1500! In celebratio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1477 Thur, Oct 15 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1477From the posthumously published 1901 collection of very short Eugene Field pieces called 'The Complete Tribune Primer' we offer TWO more strange bits of bad advice for children -- 'Mental Arithmetic' and 'The Fish.'Time: approx two and a half minutes Frederic OpperThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Episode #1500! In celebration. we ar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1476 Wed, Oct 14 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1476From the posthumously published 1901 collection of very short Eugene Field pieces called 'The Complete Tribune Primer' we offer TWO more hilarious bits of bad advice for children -- 'Johnny and the Pears' and 'The Nose.'Time: approx three and a half minutes Frederic OpperThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Episode #1500! In celebration ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1475 Tue, Oct 13 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1475From the posthumously published 1901 collection of very short Eugene Field pieces called 'The Complete Tribune Primer' we offer TWO hilarious bits of bad advice for children -- 'The Pretty Parrot' and 'The Ink Bottle.'Time: approx four minutes Frederic OpperThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Episode #1500! In celebration. we are havin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1474 Mon, Oct 12 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1474In our Monday Book Serialization of Ella Cheever Thayer's 1880 novel 'Wired Love'Nattie breaks it off with 'C' in Chapter Seven (Part Two of Two), 'Good-By.'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.htmlThe Wired Love index is at:http://ronevry.com/http://ronevry.com/wiredlove.htmlMister Ron's Basement is getting very close to Episode #1500! In celebration ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1473 Sun, Oct 11 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1473SUNDAY SALAD features Stanley Huntley's 1882 look at the duties of a newspaper Exchange Editor, whose job was to clip articles out of other papers to put in his own. It's called 'The Spring Fashion in Lies.'Time: approx six and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.htmlMis ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1472 Sat, Oct 10 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1472Our Saturday Night Special story is a continuation of a previous James M. Bailey tale, Mr. Coville Proves Mathematics from Episode number 1416.It is called 'Coville Convalescences' from 1877, and has also seen print as as 'Mr. Coville's Easy Chair.'Time: approx six minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/jamesmbaile ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1471 Fri, Oct 9 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1471In 1914, Thomas L. Masson explored the horrible complications of modern romance among the Smart Set in 'Two Hearts Beat as One.' You'll laugh...Time: approx seven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/masson.htmlHelp Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.htmlA hint ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1470 Thur, Oct 8 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1470From 1915, Thomas L. Masson gives us a guided tour of 'A Place Not on the Map' (which maybe should be).Time: approx three and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/masson.htmlHelp Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.htmlA hint to new listeners - you can u ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1469 Wed, Oct 7 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1469Today we bring you Thomas L. Masson's charming romance from 1912 about a crude former football player and a sophisticated young flirt in 'The Last Shall Be First.'Time: approx eight and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/masson.htmlHelp Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1468 Tue, Oct 6 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1468It is hard to believe that Thomas L. Masson wrote his satirical stories so long ago. Today we read his 1905 set of instructions that could easily apply today -- 'How to Live Beyond Your Income - Permanently.'Time: approx nine and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/masson.htmlHelp Keep Mister Ron's Basement ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Please note October 6, 2009Please excuse the delay in getting the current episode posted. We expect to catch up completely in a day or two.Meanwhile, please drop by the Podcast Awards and vote for the Basement!Thanx!Mister Ron Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1467 Mon, Oct 5 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1467In our Monday Book Serialization of Ella Cheever Thayer's 1880 novel 'Wired Love' Nattie expresses her disappointment over her face-to-face meeting with 'C' to her friends in Part One of Two of Chapter Seven, 'Good-By.'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.htmlThe Wired Love index is at:http://ronevry.com/http://ronevry.com/wiredlove.htmlHelp Keep Miste ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1466 Sun, Oct 4 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1466SUNDAY SALAD offers up a tale of Brooklyn Ministers who sic the Long Arm of the Law on a con man posing as one of them in Stanley Huntley's 1880 story 'Catching a Clerical Sharper.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.htmlHelp Keep Mister Ron's Baseme ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1465 Sat, Oct 3 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1465Our Saturday Night Special story is a stirring, exciting tale, reminiscent of the days when Americans used to make things.From 'Brick' Pomeroy comes the 1871 adventure story, 'Race on the Prairie.'Time: approx twelve minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Brick Pomeroy Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/brickpomeroy.htmlHelp Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate O ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1464 Fri, Oct 2 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1464We are featuring stories about Editors this week!Bill Nye touches on an occupational hazard involved in running a small-town newspaper in his 1882 piece, 'The Man Who Licks the Editor.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/billnye.htmlHelp Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1463 Thur, Oct 1 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1463We are featuring stories about Editors this week!Anybody who ever had to submit something to an editor should appreciate this truly funny 1899 story by Charles Battell Loomis, 'The Father of Santa Claus.' By the way, the Ford mentioned in this story is obviously not Henry, but James L. Ford, columnist for the New York Herald, who usually referred to his writing as 'The Literary Shop.'Time: approx seven and a half minutesIt is that time of year aga ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1462 Wed, Sep 30 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1462We are featuring stories about Editors this week!Stephen Leacock dreams of being an Editor in his 1913 masterpiece 'Making a Magazine.'Time: approx fifteen and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stephen Leacock Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Leacock_Stories.htmlAlso, do check out the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor web site at:http://leacock.caHelp Ke ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1461 Tue, Sep 29 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1461We 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.htmlHelp Keep Mister Ron's Basemen ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1460 Mon, Sep 28 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1460Our 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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Wired Love index is at:http://ronevry.com/http://ronevry.com/wiredlove.htmlHelp Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: htt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1459 Sun, Sep 27 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1459Today'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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.htmlHelp Keep Mister Ron's Basement al ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1458 Sat, Sep 26 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1458Our 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe George W. Peck Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/georgewpeck.htmlHelp Keep Mister Ron's Basement aliv ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1457 Fri, Sep 25 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1457Very 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.htmlHelp Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1456 Thur, Sep 24 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1456Very 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.htmlHelp Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Do ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1455 Wed, Sep 23 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1455Very 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.htmlA hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1454 Tue, Sep 22 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1454Very 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.htmlA hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1453 Mon, Sep 21 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1453Our 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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Wired Love index is at:http://ronevry.com/http://ronev ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1452 Sun, Sep 20 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1452SUNDAY SALAD features Stanley Huntley's 1880 tale of a new waiter in a fancy restaurant, 'The Result of Training.'Time: approx five minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.htmlWhen in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1451 Sat, Sep 19 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1451Our 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlA hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1450 Fri, Sep 18 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1450Edgar 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlT ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1449 Thur, Sep 17 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1449Edgar 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1448 Wed, Sep 16 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1448Edgar 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1447 Tue, Sep 15 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1447Edgar 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at:ht ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1446 Mon, Sep 14 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1446Our 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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Wired Love index is at:http://ronevry.com/http://ronevry.com/wiredlove.htmlWhen in iTunes, please c ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1445 Sun, Sep 13 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1445SUNDAY 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.htmlWhen in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1444 Sat, Sep 12 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1444Our 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronev ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1443 Fri, Sep 11 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1443We 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 minutesA 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 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1442 Thur, Sep 10 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1442We 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 minutesA 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 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1441 Wed, Sep 09 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1441We 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.htmlWhen in iTunes, please click on ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1440 Tue, Sep 08 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1440We 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.htmlWhen in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' butt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1439 Mon, Sep 7 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1439Our 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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Wired Love index is at:http://ronevry.com/http://ronevry.com/wir ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1438 Sun, Sep 6 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1438SUNDAY SALAD explores the poetical clam in Stanley Huntley's 1881 tale, 'A Rough Resort for Poets.'Time: approx seven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.htmlWhen in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1437 Sat, Sep 5 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1437Mister 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Fu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1436 Fri, Sep 4 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1436Stephen 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stephen Leacock Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Leacock_Stories.htmlAlso, do check out the Stephen Leacock Medal for ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1435 Thur, Sep 3 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1435Stephen 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stephen Leacock Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Leacock_Stories.htmlAlso, do ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1434 Wed, Sep 2 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1434Stephen 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stephen Leacock Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Leacock_Stories.htmlAlso, do check out the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor web site at ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1433 Tue, Sep 1 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1433Stephen 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 minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stephen Leacock Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Leacock_Stories.htmlAlso, do check out the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor web site at:http://leacock.caWhen in iTunes, p ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1432 Mon, Aug 31 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1432Our 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 The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Wired Love index is at:http://ronevry.com/http://ronevry.com/wiredlove.htmlWhen in iTune ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1431 Sun, Aug 30 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1431SUNDAY SALAD offers a short but odd Stanley Huntley story from 1882. A little man spins an engrossing yarn (to a point) about 'A Curious Cure for Colic.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.htmlWhen in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Than ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1430 Fri, Aug 28 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1430W. L. Alden had a long career writing wacky stories, but he especially had a knack for churning out tales about cats! This week we are exploring some of his feline-itious output.Alden once called himself an 'honorary cat.' That very well be so, judging by today's tale, wherein a crafty sea-captain gets an idea to make a bundle bringing a thousand of the animals to Singapore in 'Pratt's Cats' from 1900. This one is a scream!Time: approx twenty minu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1429 Thur, Aug 27 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1429W. L. Alden had a long career writing wacky stories, but he especially had a knack for churning out tales about cats! This week we are exploring some of his feline-mous output.Today's story is truly insanely funny!From 1896, we explore a great business opportunity that turns into a cat-astrophe!It is called 'Foote's Catorium.'Time: approx twenty-one minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_C ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1428 Wed, Aug 26 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1428W. L. Alden had a long career writing wacky stories, but he especially had a knack for churning out tales about cats! This week we are exploring some of his feline-ical output.In today's tale from 1896, we hear about a solution to the problem of sparrow overpopulation in 'Van Wagener's Flying Cat.'Time: approx fourteen minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe W. L. Alden Catal ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1427 Tue, Aug 25 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1427W. L. Alden had a long career writing wacky stories, but he especially had a knack for churning out tales about cats! This week we will be exploring some of his feline-ous output.We begin the week with a meteorological phenomenon -- 'Raining Cats' from 1877.Time: approx eight and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe W. L. Alden Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1426 Mon, Aug 24 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1426Our Monday Book Serialization of Ella Cheever Thayer's 1880 novel 'Wired Love' features the Second part of Two of Chapter Three, 'Visible and Invisible Friends.' In this Chapter, Quimby introduces Nattie to Miss Archer at the telegraph office, where the two women discuss future technology and its impact on Romance.This chapter of this 1880 novel will utterly blow you away! Don't miss it!Time: approx nineteen and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Base ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1425 Sun, Aug 23 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1425SUNDAY SALAD takes us behind the scenes as the Brooklyn Eagle editors hammer out the details of a story about a minister bounced over a gambling debt in Stanley Huntley's 1882 story, 'A Serious Complication.'Time: approx five minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.htmlWhen in iTun ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1424 Sat, Aug 22 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1424Our Saturday Night Special is from 'Fanny Fern, A Memorial Volume,' compiled not long after Fern's 1872 death by her husband James Parton, and published in 1874. Today we read a short, fun piece that gets right to the point - - 'Clumsy People.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.ht ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1423 Fri, Aug 21 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1423Edgar Wilson Nye's 1888 collection 'Bill Nye's Chestnuts' is a cornucopia full of funny stuff! Today Nye explains the somewhat lengthy Educational Requirements for a good newspaper man in 'A School of Journalism.'Time: approx eight minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/billnye.htmlWhen in iTunes, please click on 'Subscrib ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1422 Thur, Aug 20 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1422Edgar Wilson Nye's 1888 collection 'Bill Nye's Chestnuts' is bulging full of funny stuff! Nye makes some discoveries in Ornithology, sings songs in strange keys, and deals with a bug problem, all in a very short story, 'Concerning the Swallow.'Time: approx six minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/billnye.htmlWhen in iTu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1421 Wed, Aug 19 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1421Edgar Wilson Nye's 1888 collection 'Bill Nye's Chestnuts' is chock full of nutty stuff! Today we meet a man with a mania in the Wild and Wooly story, 'A Novel Way of Making Clothes.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/billnye.htmlWhen in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1420 Tue, Aug 18 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1420Edgar Wilson Nye's 1888 collection 'Bill Nye's Chestnuts' is chock full of funny stuff! Today's sad tale is of a man stuck with the occupation of 'youmorist.' Hear all about it in 'The Unhappy Humorist.'Time: approx six and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/billnye.htmlWhen in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1419 Mon, Aug 17 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1419Our Monday Book Serialization of Ella Cheever Thayer's 1880 novel 'Wired Love' features the First part of Two of Chapter Three, 'Visible and Invisible Friends,' where 'N' becomes ever more friendly with 'C' over the wire, despite interruptions by 'Em.'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.htmlThe Wired Love index is at:http://ronevry.com/http://ronev ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1418 Sun, Aug 16 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1418SUNDAY SALAD has unexpectedly found what may well be the Last Stanley Huntley Spoopendyke tale that we will ever get to present in the Basement!Written especially for 'The St. Jacobs Oil Family Calendar for 1883-4' back in 1882, Huntley relates the story of 'Spoopendyke At Death's Door.'Time: approx ten minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1417 Sat, Aug 15 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1417Our Saturday Night Special features a long, but wonderful story by Henry Cuyler Bunner from 1887.'The Zadoc Pine Labor Union' might be construed as a nineteenth century version of 'Forrest Gump,' but it is very different in many ways. This may have been one of H. C. Bunner's most popular stories published during his lifetime. In it, an ignorant hayseed from the Adirondack Mountains makes his way to New Jersey and begins a new life for himself.Enjo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1416 Fri, Aug 14 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1416This week we are spotlighting James M. Bailey, the Danbury Newsman, with selections from his 1877 book, 'They All Do It.' There are men who dispute what they do not understand. In today's story, our hero gets stuck on a high point in 'Mr. Coville Proves Mathematics.' This is definitely one of our funniest tales! Don't miss it!Time: approx six minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1415 Thur, Aug 13 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1415This week we are spotlighting James M. Bailey, the Danbury Newsman, with selections from his 1877 book, 'They All Do It.' Three mackerel cause havok in today's extremely funny tale, 'A Female Prank.'Time: approx three and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.htmlWhen in iTunes, please click on ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1414 Wed, Aug 12 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1414This week we are spotlighting James M. Bailey, the Danbury Newsman, with selections from his 1877 book, 'They All Do It.' Today we hear how an old Editor manages to cross the street in 'An Accommodating Reporter.' We also have a short 1896 preface by cartoonist Walt MacDougall. To read the entire piece, 'The National Joke' drop in to John Adcock's fun blog at http://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2009/08/national-joke_13.html .Time: approx nine minutesTh ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1413 Tue, Aug 11 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1413This week we are spotlighting James M. Bailey, the Danbury Newsman, with selections from his 1877 book, 'They All Do It.' In today's story, a grieving widower tries to save a buck or two on a coffin in 'A Prudent Sufferer.'Time: approx seven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.htmlWhen in iTunes, pl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1412 Mon, Aug 10 2009Our Monday Book Serialization of Ella Cheever Thayer's 1880 novel 'Wired Love' features Chapter Two, 'At the Hotel Norman,' where we meet Nattie the Telegrapher's neighbors.Time: approx twenty-one and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Wired Love index is at:http://ronevry.com/http://ronevry.com/wiredlove.htmlWhen in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1411 Sun, Aug 9 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1411SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO wildly funny Stanley Huntley pieces today -- The first one, from 1881, brings a widower from Denver into the Brooklyn Eagle office to place a unique obituary ad in 'Wanted it Just Right.' Then, from 1882, a fervent bible thumper corners the Managing Editor in 'The Modern Evangelist'Time: approx nine minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntle ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1410 Sat, Aug 8 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1410Our Saturday Night Special offers some Nasty Mischief from W. L. Alden's 1897 book, 'The Adventures of Jimmy Brown' -- 'The Old, Old, Story.'Time: approx seven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe W. L. Alden Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/alden.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1409 Fri, Aug 7 2009Back in 1918, Don Marquis (famous today for his characters Archy and Mehitabel) collected a book of pieces concerning 'Hermione and Her Little Group of Serious Thinkers.'Today, Hermione ponders a big question and comes up with an upward and onward solution for the future in 'The World is Getting Better.'Time: approx three minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlWhen in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' bu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1408 Thur, Aug 6 2009Back in 1918, Don Marquis (famous today for his characters Archy and Mehitabel) collected a book of pieces concerning 'Hermione and Her Little Group of Serious Thinkers.'Today, we hear Hermione's entirely reasonable explanation for 'How the Swami Happened to Have Seven Wives.'Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlWhen in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1407 Wed, Aug 5 2009Back in 1918, Don Marquis (famous today for his characters Archy and Mehitabel) collected a book of pieces concerning 'Hermione and Her Little Group of Serious Thinkers.'In today's tale, Hermione reveals more than she thinks in 'Understanding, and One's Own Home.'Time: approx five minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlWhen in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1406 Tue, Aug 4 2009Back in 1918, Don Marquis (famous today for his characters Archy and Mehitabel) collected a book of pieces concerning 'Hermione and Her Little Group of Serious Thinkers.'There really never has been such a unique and fun character such as Hermione, and we will be presenting some of her stories this week.Today's piece is called 'Sincerity in the Home.'Time: approx six minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlW ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1405 Mon, Aug 3 2009Our Monday Book Serialization begins a NEW Novel today!We are presenting a fun tale of virtual, online romance! Yes, you've heard these kinds of stories before in our modern, cyber-linked information age, but this book was written back in 1880!Journey with us to the past for a tale of two telegraphers who engage in a long-distance romance by wire in Ella Cheever Thayer's 'Wired Love: A Romance of Dots and Dashes.'Today we read Chapter One -- 'Sounds From A Distant "C"'.Time: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1404 Sun, Aug 2 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1404SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO Stanley Huntley pieces from 1882 today. The first concerns a census taker and a census answerer who know each other all too well in 'Difficulties of Census Taking.' Then a stranger from Oshkosh accosts a Brooklyn trolley rider in 'Making Himself Sociable.'Time: approx eight and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendy ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1403 Sat, Aug 1, 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1403We have returned to our new server at libsyn.com with NEW stories!Our Saturday Night Special story tonight is by Robert Benchley. It's pretty self-explanatory -- from 1922, 'Reading the Funnies Aloud.'Time: approx seven minutes Your comments are welcome! Send emails to revry@panix.com.The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlWhen in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1402 Fri, Jun 19 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1402Here is the final chapter of 'Major Dunwoody's Leg' (Part Four of Four) from 1882 by Max Adeler, wrapping up a MONTH of Adeler stories!Your comments are welcome! Send emails to revry@panix.com.Time: approx nineteen and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1402 Here is the final chapter of 'Major Dunwoody's Leg' (Part Four of Four) from 1882 by Max Adeler, wrapping up a MONTH of Adeler stories! For a while, we will be putting new Episodes of the Basement on hiatus, while we move the entire archive of 1402 Episodes to a NEW Server Host! No one in the history of Podcasting has ever attempted such a huge project, but we are confident that it will be done before the end of July. At that point we will post the new Web Address of the Basement, and h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1401 NOTICE: This week's Four-Part story will be our last one until we have finished moving our entire archive of stories to our new server host! We will post our new address here when it is available, and visitors to this web site will be re-directed for a while to come. Meanwhile, we are presenting a masterpiece of satire by Max Adeler, from 1882, over four days. It features quirky mechanical limbs, political corruption, horrendous artwork, byzantine bureaucracy, complicated romance, scalpi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1401 Fri, Jun 19 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1401Meanwhile, we are presenting a masterpiece of satire by Max Adeler, from 1882, over four days. It features quirky mechanical limbs, political corruption, horrendous artwork, byzantine bureaucracy, complicated romance, scalping, thievery, and more twists and turns than a pretzel!If you haven't heard parts One and Two yet, go listen to them, then come back for this. It will be here.Here is 'Major Dunwoody's Leg' (Part Three of Four).Time: approx twel ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1400 This is the 1400th Episode of Mister Ron's Basement! This has been an amazing journey of exploration of the world of (mostly) forgotten American humor from long ago! Above all, the letters of encouragement I have received from listeners have made this labor of love (there sure isn't any money in it) worthwhile! After this week, the Basement goes on hiatus while we prepare for the monster move to a new server host. Details are forthcoming! Thanks! Here today, then, is the second pa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1400 Wed, Jun 17 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1400This is the 1400th Episode of Mister Ron's Basement!This has been an amazing journey of exploration of the world of (mostly) forgotten American humor from long ago!Above all, the letters of encouragement I have received from listeners have made this labor of love (there sure isn't any money in it) worthwhile!Thanks! Here today, then, is the second part of four from Max Adeler's satirical masterpiece of 1882. It features quirky mechanical limbs, pol ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1399 NOTICE: This week's Four-Part story will be our last one until we have finished moving our entire archive of stories to our new server host! We will post our new address here when it is available, and visitors to this web site will be re-directed for a while to come. Meanwhile, we are presenting a masterpiece of satire by Max Adeler, from 1882, over the next four days. It features quirky mechanical limbs, political corruption, horrendous artwork, byzantine bureaucracy, complicated romanc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1399 Tue, Jun 16 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1399We are presenting a masterpiece of satire by Max Adeler, from 1882, over the next four days. It features quirky mechanical limbs, political corruption, horrendous artwork, byzantine bureaucracy, complicated romance, scalping, thievery,and more twists and turns than a pretzel! Here then is 'Major Dunwoody's Leg' (Part One of Four). Time: approx twenty-four minutes NOTICE: This week's Four-Part story will be our last one until we have finished moving ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1398 From 1873, we present a Max Adeler story concerning a man's hat with holes in it and what was done to it by 'One of Those Stupid Servant Girls.' Time: approx four minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... A Vital Message from Mister Ron! Please read this - - Mister Ron needs a single dollar from YOU! http://misterronsbasement.blogspot.com/2009/04/vital-message-from-ron-evry.html PLEASE NOTE! You may notice that only the last one hundred episodes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1397 Max Adeler relates the tale of an intrepid neighbor ascending into the unknown reaches of the atmosphere via balloon, in the 1874 story, 'The Ozone Belt.' Time: approx four and a half minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... A Vital Message from Mister Ron! Please read this - - Mister Ron needs a single dollar from YOU! http://misterronsbasement.blogspot.com/2009/04/vital-message-from-ron-evry.html When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1398 Fri, Jun 12 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1398From 1873, we present a Max Adeler story concerning a man's hat with holes in it and what was done to it by 'One of Those Stupid Servant Girls.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1397 Fri, Jun 12 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1397Max Adeler relates the tale of an intrepid neighbor ascending into the unknown reaches of the atmosphere via balloon, in the 1874 story, 'The Ozone Belt.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1396 Today's Max Adeler story from 1872 is a true flight of fancy, yet makes perfect sense -- sort of. It's called 'Adam and That Umbrella.' Time: approx four minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... A Vital Message from Mister Ron! Please read this - - Mister Ron needs a single dollar from YOU! http://misterronsbasement.blogspot.com/2009/04/vital-message-from-ron-evry.html When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1396 Thu, Jun 11 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1396Today's Max Adeler story from 1872 is a true flight of fancy, yet makes perfect sense -- sort of. It's called 'Adam and That Umbrella.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1395 Wed, Jun 10 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1395We begin a THIRD week in a row of Max Adeler stories with an investigation of an educator's strange teaching methods in the 1876 story, 'A Teacher's Trials.'Time: approx eight minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1394 Mon, Jun 08 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1394For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapters 43 - 'The Battle of the Sand-Belt', 44 - 'A Postscript by Clarence', and 'A Final P.S. by M.T.' This concludes our presentation of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court,' which has taken us almost fourteen months to read! The complete index of the book's chapters can be found at the link below.For the time being, we are preparing The Basement for the Big Move to a NEW Server in August. Between now a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1393 Sun, Jun 07 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1393SUNDAY SALAD features ONE Stanley Huntley story today -- it's a short one from 1882 about a little man on the Fulton Ferry Boat, called 'Didn't Care to Make Trouble.'Time: approx three minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1392 Sat, Jun 06 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1392When Mark Twain was accused of plagiarizing Max Adeler's 'The Fortunate Island' for his novel 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' he responded by saying that he read Adeler's story, liked it, and thought there was no resemblance. However, the Adeler story he compared to his own that appeared in the 1882 "Fortunate Island' book was a different one -- 'An Old Fogy' -- one of the first Time Travel stories ever written. For tonight's Saturday ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1391 Fri, Jun 05 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1391Max Adeler loved to write stories about impossibly persistent salesmen. Today's 1873 story is one of his first, and one of his funniest. It's called 'The Persecution of Jones.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1390 Thu, Jun 04 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1390It's that time of year again when we go out in the great outdoors and go on picnics! Max Adeler waxes rhapsodically about one of these events in his 1873 tale, 'The Pleasures of the Picnic.'Don't miss this one! Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1389 Thu, Jun 04 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1389Ever hear about people playing gags using ventriloquism? Here's an 1873 Max Adeler tale about a young fellow who tried to do just that, and the consequences. It's called 'Brown's Boy.'Time: approx three minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1388 Tue, Jun 02 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1388From 1873, we present a tale of swashbuckling derring-do and skilled marksmanship in 'Max Adeler's Duel.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1387 Mon, Jun 01 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1387For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Forty-Two (Part Two of Two) of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- where Clarence and the Boss make their plans for --'War!'We would like to dedicate this Episode to a true Mark Twain fan, whom we met recently -- Phil Yeh, who has been raising literacy awareness for almost twenty-five years with his remarkable 'Cartoonists Across America and the World' project. Time: approx seventeen ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1386 Sat, May 30 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1386Today's 1873 Max Adeler story is a quick piece on an important element of the human diet that is 'Terrible to Contemplate.'Time: approx three minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1385 Thu, May 28 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1385Today's short but fun Max Adeler story is from 1873. It concerns a Mr. Henry Bull, and his strange medical condition, and is entitled 'Mercury in the System.'Time: approx three minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1384 Wed, May 27 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1384Here's an extremely short Max Adeler story from 1874 that spotlights his oblique sense of humor. It is entitled 'It Didn't Grow.'Time: approx three minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1383 Tue, May 26 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1383We have uncovered a slew of Max Adeler stories! Today's tale, from 1873, concerns an 'elevating' item of women's clothing. It's called 'An Adventure With a Pannier.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1382 Mon, May 25 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1382For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Forty-Two (Part One of Two) of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- where Clarence fills in the Boss on how Camelot fell apart --'War!'Time: approx nine and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1381 Sun, May 24 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1381SUNDAY SALAD offers just ONE short but funny Stanley Huntley story from 1882 -- it's called 'The Folding Liar.'Time: approx three and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1380 Sat, May 23 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1380Mister Ron is back after struggling with a sore throat this week!Our Saturday Night Special is a short, but remarkably prescient poem from 1885 by Robert J. Burdette. It is called 'The True Patriot's Regret,' and you will never regret hearing it!Time: approx three minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Robert J. Burdette Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/burdette.h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1379 Sat, May 16 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1379Our Saturday Night Special story was originally presented in Basement Episode #933 a couple of years ago (you can find it here). In it Mortimer Thomson made fun of Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, one of the most influential men in America in the years leading up to the Civil War.Apparently, the version we presented then was heavily edited by the Utah newspaper we originally found it in. Today we are re-reading the story in its complete form, as was pr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1378 Sat, May 16 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1378This week, we have dug up some extremely hard-to-find pieces by Mortimer Thomson, better known as 'Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B.'In today's very short tale from 1864, Doesticks tells of a truly unforgettable rain deluge -- 'In A Storm'Time: approx two and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Philander Doesticks (Mortimer Thomson) Catalog of Stories is at:http://r ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1377 This week, we have dug up some relatively obscure, yet hilarious pieces by Mortimer Thomson, better known as'Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B.'From November of 1856, we learn how crazy people get when wagering on elections -- in'Doesticks Bets on Pennsylvania.'Time: approx eleven and a half minutesPlease scroll down to the'Listen'button to hear this story...A Vital Message from Mister Ron!Please read this - - Mister Ron needs a single dollar from YOU!http://misterronsbasement.blogspot.com/20 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1377 Thu, May 14 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1377This week, we have dug up some relatively obscure, yet hilarious pieces by Mortimer Thomson, better known as 'Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B.'From November of 1856, we learn how crazy people get when wagering on elections -- in 'Doesticks Bets on Pennsylvania.'Time: approx eleven and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Philander Doesticks (Mortimer Thomson) Catalo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1376 This week, we have dug up some odd and funny pieces by Mortimer Thomson, better known as'Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B.'Today's 1857 piece could easily be written today (except maybe the descriptions of horse-drawn drays). It is called'Doesticks on Boston.'Time: approx seven and a half minutesPlease scroll down to the'Listen'button to hear this story...A Vital Message from Mister Ron!Please read this - - Mister Ron needs a single dollar from YOU!http://misterronsbasement.blogspot.com/2009 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1376 Wed, May 13 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1376This week, we have dug up some odd and funny pieces by Mortimer Thomson, better known as 'Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B.'Today's 1857 piece could easily be written today (except maybe the descriptions of horse-drawn drays). It is called 'Doesticks on Boston.'Time: approx seven and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Philander Doesticks (Mortimer Thomson) Catalog ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1375 Tue, May 12 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1375This week, we have dug up some pretty funny pieces by Mortimer Thomson, better known as Philander Doesticks.Today we have a rare example of Thomson's Police Beat reporting from 1855 --it's called 'Doesticks Reporting for the Tribune.'Time: approx nine and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Philander Doesticks (Mortimer Thomson) Catalog of Stories is at:http://rone ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1374 Mon, May 11 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1374For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Forty-One of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- where The Boss returns to England and finds the place almost empty in -- 'The Interdict.'Time: approx ten minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of Stor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1373 Sun, May 10 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1373SUNDAY SALAD offers yet another spoof of a Jules Verne story by Stanley Huntley! Published in 1882, 'The Field of Ice by J. Verne' makes fun of the 1875 Verne tale with the same name.Time: approx seven and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1372 Sat, May 09 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1372Our Saturday Night Special story is by Robert J. Burdette, the Burlington Hawkeye Man. From 1879, we present 'Rules for Poultry Novices.'Time: approx seven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Robert J. Burdette Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/burdette.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1371 Sat, May 09 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1371While traveling by plane can be a real pain these days, going by train wasn't much better (at least in the U. S.) in 1907, when Charles Battell Loomis wrote about it in 'Our Way and the British.'Time: approx eleven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.htmlWhen in iTunes, please click on ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1370 Fri, May 08 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1370From Charles Battell Loomis's 1907 book 'A Bath in an English Tub,' we explore the English tradition of 'Tea Time.'Time: approx eight minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1369 Fri, May 08 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1369Sometimes, the way people say certain phrases can drive you nuts, as we shall see in today's Charles Battell Loomis story from his 1907 book 'A Bath in an English Tub.' It is called 'Thank You.'Time: approx six minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1368 Fri, May 08 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1368From Charles Battell Loomis's 1907 book 'A Bath in an English Tub' comes the opening story, with the same name. And of course, that's 'bawrth' not 'bath.'Time: approx seven and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1367 Tue, May 05 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1367For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Forty of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- in which a new day dawns for Merrie Olde England -- 'Three Years Later.'Time: approx seventeen minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of Stories is at:http: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1366 Mon, May 04 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1366SUNDAY SALAD features just ONE Stanley Huntley story today, from 1883 -- where we hear about the most remarkable weather of all time --'A Heavy Storm.'Time: approx nine and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1365 Sun, May 03 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1365Our Saturday Night Special story is by James M. Bailey, the Danbury News Man. From 1873 we learn 'How a Married Man Sews on a Button.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1364 Sat, May 02 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1364Max Adeler discusses which phrase is more proper to use -- 'is being done' or 'is doing' -- in the 1874 story 'A Question.'Time: approx five minutesTime: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1363 Fri, May 01 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1363Max Adeler leans over his garden fence and hears about the musical tastes of bags of fertilizer in 'Judge Pitman's Musical Feat' from 1874Time: approx six minutesTime: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1362 Thu, Apr 30 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1362From 1874 comes Max Adeler's fun story of getting locked out of the house in a nightshirt. It's called 'A Very Disgreeable Predicament.' Time: approx six minutesTime: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1361 Thu, Apr 30 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1361Max Adeler's 1874 book 'Out of the Hurly Burly' was one of the first to focus on the lighter side of suburban living in America. Today's story concerns a rare plant that grows a half inch every twenty years and blooms once a century -- 'Our Century Plant.'Time: approx seven minutesTime: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stori ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1360 Wed, Apr 29 2009MIster Ron's Basement #1360For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Thirty-Nine of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- a terrific bit of Twain's writing, and it could stand alone -- 'The Yankee's Fight withthe Knights.'Time: approx twenty-four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yanke ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1359 Mon, Apr 27 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1359SUNDAY SALAD features TWO looney Stanley Huntley stories from 1880! First, we get a truly skewed view of history in 'White House Gallery - Anecdote of Andrew Johnson' and then we hear a tale of a loan to a shoeshine boy that is repaid years later in 'The Religious Bootblack.'Time: approx seven and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1358 Sun, Apr 26 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1358Our Saturday Night Special story is told through two separate tales by Leon Mead.They both deal with the photograph we featured in Episode #1343 and is reproduced on this web page again, below. The first tale is taken from Mead's 1899 book, 'The Bow Legged Ghost and Other Stories' and it tells how the photograph came about. It also includes one of the very few truly sad stories Bill Nye ever wrote. It is called 'Eugene Field and Bill Nye.'The secon ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1357 Chauncey Tubbs really ought to consult with his wife a bit more, as we find out in Leon Mead's 1899 story, 'Mrs. Tubbs Maoeuvres.' Time: approx fifteen and a half minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... A Vital Message from Mister Ron! Please read this - - Mister Ron needs a single dollar from YOU! http://misterronsbasement.blogspot.com/2009/04/vital-message-from-ron-evry.html PLEASE NOTE! You may notice that only the last one hundred ep ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1357 Sat, Apr 25 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1357Chauncey Tubbs really ought to consult with his wife a bit more, as we find out in Leon Mead's 1899 story, 'Mrs. Tubbs Manoeuvres.'Time: approx fifteen and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1356 Sat, Apr 25 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1356Leon Mead stretches a yarn beyond belief with his 1899 tale of a young woman's mania for a certain color. It's called 'The Woman in Yellow.'Time: approx nine minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1356 Leon Mead stretches a yarn beyond belief with his 1899 tale of a young woman's mania for a certain color. It's called 'The Woman in Yellow.' Time: approx nine minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... A Vital Message from Mister Ron! Please read this - - Mister Ron needs a single dollar from YOU! http://misterronsbasement.blogspot.com/2009/04/vital-message-from-ron-evry.html When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! T ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1355 Stories of creating and succeeding with a hit show on Broadway are extremely common, but today's tale is, well, different. From 1899, we present Leon Mead's crazy show-biz story, 'Revels of the Muses.' Time: approx twelve minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... A Vital Message from Mister Ron! Please read this - - Mister Ron needs a single dollar from YOU! http://misterronsbasement.blogspot.com/2009/04/vital-message-from-ron-evry.html Wh ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1355 Thu, Apr 23 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1355Stories of creating and succeeding with a hit show on Broadway are extremely common, but today's tale is, well, different. From 1899, we present Leon Mead's crazy show-biz story, 'Revels of the Muses.'Time: approx twelve minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1354 Leon Mead was a good friend of humorist Bill Nye, and apparently some of Nye's style rubbed off on him. Today's 1899 story deals with a man who can't help winking at women on the street whose hobby gets him in a jam. It's called 'An Assumed Weakness.' Time: approx twelve minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... A Vital Message from Mister Ron! Please read this - - Mister Ron needs a single dollar from YOU! http://misterronsbasement.blogspot.com/2009 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1354 Wed, Apr 22 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1354Leon Mead was a good friend of humorist Bill Nye, and apparently some of Nye's style rubbed off on him. Today's 1899 story deals with a man who can't help winking at women on the street whose hobby gets him in a jam. It's called 'An Assumed Weakness.'Time: approx twelve minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1353 For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Thirty-Eight of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- which we have been waiting for -- 'Sir Launcelot and Knights to the Rescue.' Time: approx seven and a half minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... A Vital Message from Mister Ron! Please read this - - Mister Ron needs a single dollar from YOU! http://misterronsbasement.blogspot.com/2009/04/vital-message-from-ron-evry.html ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron'sBasement #1353 Tue, Apr 21 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1353For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Thirty-Eight of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- which we have been waiting for -- 'Sir Launcelot and Knights to the Rescue.'Time: approx seven and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of S ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1352 SUNDAY SALAD features just ONE Stanley Huntley story today -- this appeared in the Brooklyn Eagle a month or so after the death of Jesse James in 1882 -- it's called 'He Was One of the Band.' Time: approx seven minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... A Vital Message from Mister Ron! Please read this - - Mister Ron needs a single dollar from YOU! http://misterronsbasement.blogspot.com/2009/04/vital-message-from-ron-evry.html When in iTun ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1352 Mon, Apr 20 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1352SUNDAY SALAD features just ONE Stanley Huntley story today -- this appeared in the Brooklyn Eagle a month or so after the death of Jesse James in 1882 -- it's called 'He Was One of the Band.'Time: approx seven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1351 Mon, Apr 20 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1351George Horatio Derby's nutty dentist, Dr. Tushmaker, whom we first encountered in Episode #596, is back again for our Saturday Night Special story, in an excerpt from 'Phoenix at Benecia' from 1855. The story is undeniably grisly, and totally loony!Time: approx seven and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe George Horatio Derby Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1351 George Horatio Derby's nutty dentist, Dr. Tushmaker, whom we first encountered in Episode #596, is back again for our Saturday Night Special story. in an excerpt from 'Phoenix at Benecia' from 1855. The story is undeniably grisly, and totally loony! Time: approx seven and a half minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... A Vital Message from Mister Ron! Please read this - - Mister Ron needs a single dollar from YOU! http://misterronsbasement.blogspot. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1350 Wrapping up our week of Homer Croy stories, we look at a unique tale from the earliest days of the Movies -- an excerpt from his 1918 book 'How Motion Pictures Are Made,' taken from the chapter 'When Eight Soldiers Were an Army.' Time: approx seven and a half minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... A Vital Message from Mister Ron! Please read this - - Mister Ron needs a single dollar from YOU! http://misterronsbasement.blogspot.com/2009/04/vital-m ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1350 Mon, Apr 20 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1350Wrapping up our week of Homer Croy stories, we look at a unique talefrom the earliest days of the Movies -- an excerpt from his 1918 book 'How Motion Pictures Are Made,' taken from the chapter 'When Eight Soldiers Were an Army.'Time: approx seven and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1349 Homer Croy wrote for every sort of publication that existed in the early twentieth century. Today's story appeared in 'The Boys' and Girls' Fifth Reader' back in 1919. The tale concerns a boy and his chicken. It's called 'Cleopatra and the Candidate.' Time: approx nine and a half minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... A Vital Message from Mister Ron! Please read this - - http://misterronsbasement.blogspot.com/2009/04/vital-message-from-ron-evry.h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1349 Fri, Apr 17 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1349Homer Croy wrote for every sort of publication that existed in the early twentieth century. Today's story appeared in 'The Boys' and Girls' Fifth Reader' back in 1919. The tale concerns a boy and his chicken. It's called 'Cleopatra and the Candidate.'Time: approx nine and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1348 Even today, people enjoy bragging about a new car purchase, but back in 1912 it was almost like bragging about owning a new spaceship! Homer Croy makes some suggestions on politely bringing up the subject in the 1912 piece 'How to Lead Up to It.' Time: approx three and a half minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1347 Homer Croy was one of the many early twentieth century writers who cranked out anything he could sell to magazines and newspapers. He developed a reputation as a humorist, wrote some novels, then had an immensely successful career as a screenwriter for both silent and sound movies. It is extremely difficult to find his short humorous pieces these days, but we will try. Today's tale, from 1922, is quite clever. It's called 'Bathing in a Borrowed Suit.' Time: approx seven and a half mi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1348 Thu, Apr 16 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1348Even today, people enjoy bragging about a new car purchase, but back in 1912 it was almost like bragging about owning a new spaceship! Homer Croy makes some suggestions on politely bringing up the subject in the 1912 piece 'How to Lead Up to It.'Time: approx three and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1347 Thu, Apr 16 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1347Homer Croy was one of the many early twentieth century writers who cranked out anything he could sell to magazines and newspapers. He developed a reputation as a humorist, wrote some novels, then had an immensely successful career as a screenwriter for both silent and sound movies.It is extremely difficult to find his short humorous pieces these days, but we will try. Today's tale, from 1922, is quite clever. It's called 'Bathing in a Borrowed Suit ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1346 Tue, Apr 14 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1346For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Thirty-Seven of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- where the Boss gets captured, talks his way out, and then...he's in 'An Awful Predicament.'Time: approx fifteen minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Inde ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1345 Sun, Apr 12 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1345SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO Stanley Huntley tales of Hard Times from back in 1882. First, a Montana man complains how civilization is killing the frontier in 'Business Was Bad' and a bum gives a druggist a bad luck story in 'The Force of Circumstances.'Time: approx ten and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1344 Sat, Apr 11 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1344Our Saturday Night Special story is written by the young man pictured on the right in the photo illustrating the Bill Nye story in Episode #1343 (on the web page). From 1899, we present Leon Mead's 'The Bow-Legged Ghost.'Time: approx thirteen and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1343 Sat, Apr 11 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1343We started the week with a fun story by Henry Faxon, then followed that up with TWO stories about Faxon written by Wm. Lightfoot Visscher.Today, we follow all that up with a violently funny story about Visscher written by Bill Nye back in 1891 -- The tale is called 'A Peaceable Man.'Time: approx seven and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Bill Nye Catalog of Stor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1342 Fri, Apr 10 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1342We are continuing a reminiscence of the amazing Henry W. Faxon by Wm. Lightfoot Visscher, from his 1908 book 'Ten Wise Men and Some More.' Today we hear the inside scoop of the Great Silver Lake Snake, a fabulous hoax of the 1850s.Time: approx six minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1341 Thu, Apr 09 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1341Yesterday's hilarious story by Henry W. Faxon is the only piece we can dig up with his name on it. Any listeners with access to the Buffalo Republic newspaper of the late 1850s, please contact Mister Ron!Meanwhile we are presenting a reminiscence of the remarkable Mr. Faxon by Wm. Lightfoot Visscher, from his 1908 book 'Ten Wise Men and Some More.' We will feature some more of it tomorrow.Time: approx seven and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Baseme ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1340 Thu, Apr 09 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1340Today we offer one of the wackiest stories ever written! From 1853, we present 'The Tremendous Adventures and the Mighty Deeds, Rise, Downfall, Life and Death of A. Jacks' most likely written by Henry William Faxon. From the title alone, you know you have to listen to this!We will be presenting more on this forgotten but highly influential funny man this week.Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ron ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1339 Mon, Apr 06 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1339For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Thirty-Six of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- where the Boss picks a lock and gets free...or does he? It's called 'An Encounter in the Dark.'Time: approx nine and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1338 Sun, Apr 05 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1338SUNDAY SALAD offers two odd Stanley Huntley stories today. First, we hear one man easily topping another's tall tale -- it's called 'In the Arctic Regions' and is one of the last pieces Huntley wrote for the Brooklyn Eagle back in 1884. Then a Dakota man regales his listeners with a story of 'A Frontier Funeral' from 1881.Time: approx ten and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Ca ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1337 Sat, Apr 04 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1337Our Saturday Night Special story involves two dozen bottles of beer, a poker game, and a visiting strict Bishop. From 1900, we present Thomas L. Masson's 'A Distressing Situation.'Time: approx seven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1336 Sat, Apr 04 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1336Last week we ran pieces from a 'scissors and paste' book from 1881 -- this week we have dug out a similar project from waaay back in 1830. The book is called 'The Gleaner, or Selections in Prose and Poetry from the Periodical Press.'Some of the stories are quite funny, but the language is highly formal and stilted. Nevertheless, we have dug out some gems. Today we hear about a prospective husband's three conditions to his fiancee. It's simply calle ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1335 Fri, Apr 03 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1335Last week we ran pieces from a 'scissors and paste' book from 1881 -- this week we have dug out a similar project from waaay back in 1830. The book is called 'The Gleaner, or Selections in Prose and Poetry from the Periodical Press.'Some of the stories are quite funny, but the language is highly formal and stilted. Nevertheless, we have dug out some gems. Today's little piece may take a moment or two to get, but it is cute. The story is called 'The ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1334 Thu, Apr 02 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1334Last week we ran pieces from a 'scissors and paste' book from 1881 -- this week we have dug out a similar project from waaay back in 1830. The book is called 'The Gleaner, or Selections in Prose and Poetry from the Periodical Press.'Some of the stories are quite funny, but the language is highly formal and stilted. Nevertheless, we have dug out some gems. Today, a card sharp attempts to play a trick on a New England skipper in a tale called 'Diamon ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1333 Wed, Apr 01 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1333Last week we ran pieces from a 'scissors and paste' book from 1881 -- this week we have dug out a similar project from waaay back in 1830. The book is called 'The Gleaner, or Selections in Prose and Poetry from the Periodical Press.'Some of the stories are quite funny, but the language is highly formal and stilted. Nevertheless, we have dug out some gems. Today's piece concerns two men discussing a duel with each other. It's entitled 'Fair Play.'Ti ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1332 Wed, Apr 01 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1332For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Thirty-Five of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- this chapter isn't even close to funny, but it is part of the book -- prepare yourself for a real tear-jerker -- 'A Pitiful Incident.'Time: approx sixteen and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/T ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1331 Mon, Mar 30 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1331We are celebrating FOUR YEARS of Mister Ron's Basement today! Your emails and birthday cakes are more than welcome. We hope to find even more of the funniest stories from the public domain in the upcoming years...Our SUNDAY SALAD features TWO Stanley Huntley stories that (we think) are extremely funny! They are both from 1881 -- 'The Cautious Reporter's Version' and 'How He Became Wealthy.'Time: approx six and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basemen ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1330 Our Saturday Night Special story is by an author we have not featured in the Basement yet. Robert Barr was, for many years, the Detroit Free Press's other humorist, in addition to C. B. Lewis (M. Quad). For many years he wrote under the pen name of Luke Sharp, but gradually shifted to his real name. When the Detroit Free Press published a London edition, Barr was sent there to contribute to it. We will feature more of Barr's stories in the future, but today we will offer an 1897 charming ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1330 Sun, Mar 29 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1330Our Saturday Night Special story is by an author we have not featured in the Basement yet. Robert Barr was, for many years, the Detroit Free Press's other humorist, in addition to C. B. Lewis (M. Quad). For many years he wrote under the pen name of Luke Sharp, but gradually shifted to his real name. When the Detroit Free Press published a London edition, Barr was sent there to contribute to it.We will feature more of Barr's stories in the future, b ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1329 Sat, Mar 28 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1329This week we have dug out an 1881 book called "Ha! Ha!! Ha!!!' It is composed of humorous pieces clipped from various newspapers. The authors are listed as Scissors and Paste. The authors of the pieces are not credited, but some of the newspapers are. From this we can usually figure out who the writers are. Today's story, really a truly old joke, perhaps first appeared in this form. It's called 'Bread and Gravy' by Alexander Sweet and John Armoy . ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1328 Fri, Mar 27 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1328This week we have dug out an 1881 book called "Ha! Ha!! Ha!!!' It is composed of humorous pieces clipped from various newspapers. The authors are listed as Scissors and Paste. The authors of the pieces are not credited, but some of the newspapers are. From this we can attempt to determine who the writers are. We're just guessing here, but today's clever piece from the South Bend Tribune was most likely an effort of that newspaper's editor, Richard ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1327 Thu, Mar 26 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1327This week we have dug out an 1881 book called "Ha! Ha!! Ha!!!' It is composed of humorous pieces clipped from various newspapers. The authors are listed as Scissors and Paste. The authors of the pieces are not credited but some of the newspapers are. From this we can determine some of the authors. Today's story was most likely written by C. B. Lewis, who usually used the pen name of M. Quad. Of course neither name was used here...The tale is called ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1326 Wed, Mar 25 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1326This week we have dug out an 1881 book called "Ha! Ha!! Ha!!!' It is composed of humorous pieces clipped from various newspapers. The authors are listed as Scissors and Paste.The authors of the pieces are not credited but some of the newspapers are. From this we can determine some of the authors. Today's piece, 'Exchanging Dusters,' is probably by Robert J. Burdette, and is extremely funny.Time: approx eight minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Ca ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1325 Tue, Mar 24 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1325For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Thirty-Four (Part Two of Two) of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- where the Boss and the King go from the frying pan into the fire...or is it the other way around? -- 'The Yankee and the King Sold as Slaves.'Time: approx twelve minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http:/ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1324 Sun, Mar 22 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1324SUNDAY SALAD offers just ONE Stanley Huntley piece today -- it's a fun piece from 1882 called 'The Coney Island Waiter.'Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1323 Sat, Mar 21 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1323Our Saturday Night Special story comes from page one of the Brooklyn Eagle from May 30, 1880. The story is unsigned, and credited to the San Francisco Post, but we strongly suspect the hand of Stanley Huntley (who was a huge Edgar Allan Poe fan) is involved here. In any event, even though the report features a well-known San Francisco judge of the time, the tale is so ludicrous as to obviously be a work of fiction. Anyway, listen and judge for your ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1322 Fri, Mar 20 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1322We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors (well, this time around, 20th Century...).May Isabel Fisk is about as forgotten as a once-popular writer can be, which is a shame, because she was extremely funny. Today's piece first appeared in 1903, and it really is a classic! It's called 'A Woman in a Shoe-shop.'Time: approx ten and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http:// ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1321 Thu, Mar 19 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1321We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors.One of the most imaginative writers of the 19th century, Lucretia Peabody Hale wrote stories for kids that always had a sly wink and a nod for the grown-ups. Today's piece from 1886 deals with a young man with a unique talent looking for a calling in life. It's called 'A Place for Oscar.'Time: approx twelve minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be fo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1320 Wed, Mar 18 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1320We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors.Mary Andrews Denison is almost totally forgotten today, but she was one of the most popular authors of the mid-nineteenth century. Today we hear about an unexpected dinner guest in the first chapter of 'That Husband of Mine' from 1877.Time: approx fifteen minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.ht ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1319 Tue, Mar 17 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1319We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors.Sarah Orne Jewett was an extremely popular writer of the late 19th Century, and her work is experiencing a resurgence today. Excerpted from a chapter from her 1877 book 'Deephaven,' we present 'The Circus at Denby.'Time: approx eight minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1318 For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Thirty-Four (Part One of Two) of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- in which the King opens his big mouth and gets him and the Boss in Hot Water -- 'The Yankee and the King Sold as Slaves.' Time: approx thirteen and a half minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... PLEASE NOTE! You may notice that only the last one hundred episodes of Mister Ron's Basement are currently listed on the web ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1318 Mon, Mar 16 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1318For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Thirty-Four (Part One of Two) of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- in which the King opens his big mouth and gets him and the Boss in Hot Water -- 'The Yankee and the King Sold as Slaves.'Time: approx thirteen and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1317 SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO 1880 Stanley Huntley pieces about dangerous characters from the wild west -- first a brash young man fresh from the frontier visits a Brooklyn Bar in 'A Party from Deadwood' and then we offer a bit of poetry about a desperado on the run in 'The Snake from Glendive Creek.' Time: approx nine and a half minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1317 Sun, Mar 15 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1317SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO 1880 Stanley Huntley pieces about dangerous characters from the wild west -- first a brash young man fresh from the frontier visits a Brooklyn Bar in 'A Party from Deadwood' and then we offer a bit of poetry about a desperado on the run in 'The Snake from Glendive Creek.'Time: approx nine and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1316 Sat, Mar 14 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1316Our Saturday Night Special is Part Three of a Three Part tale by Mark Twain -- one of his funniest stories ever -- 'The Stolen White Elephant' from 1882! Don't miss this, but don't even think of listening to it until you have heard Parts One and Two, which you can get by clicking here and here. Time: approx fifteen minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1315 Sat, Mar 14 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1315We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors.Kate M. Cleary sharply points out the double standard applied to women writers in her 1895 piece 'The New Man.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1314 Fri, Mar 13 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1314We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors.One of Kate M. Cleary's funniest pieces appeared in Puck Magazine in 1892 -- wherein we learn a bit about farm economics -- it's called 'A Trip Postponed.'Time: approx five minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1313 Thu, Mar 12 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1313We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors.For our lucky Episode Number 1313, we are offering another Kate M. Cleary story that originally appeared in 1890 -- in it, beautiful Sylvia has an encounter with a bashful beaux in 'A Mutual Misunderstanding.'Time: approx twelve and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1312 Wed, Mar 11 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1312We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors.This week, we are spotlighting the writing of Kate M. Cleary. Cleary was a truly professional writer, who helped support her family with a prodigious output of short stories, poems and novels. Many of them centered on pioneer life in Nebraska, which she experienced first-hand for many years. Her work was a major influence on Willa Cather's writing.Today we offer ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1311 Tue, Mar 10 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1311For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Thirty-Three of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- where we discuss purchasing power, wages, and the pillory - 'Sixth Century Political Economy.'Time: approx twenty-four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1310 SUNDAY SALAD offers THREE truly funny Stanley Huntley stories today! The first two originally appeared in the scarce-as-hen's-teeth Drake's Traveller's Magazine -- First, an old man has an incredible personal story to tell in 'What He Had Never Seen' from 1884, then we observe an encounter between a strange man and a Dakota woman on a train in 'Her Little Joke' from 1883. Finally, we wrap it all up with an 1880 Huntley story from the Brooklyn Eagle about a rescued, drunken near-suicide ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1310 Sun, Mar 08 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1310SUNDAY SALAD offers THREE truly funny Stanley Huntley stories today! The first two originally appeared in the scarce-as-hen's-teeth Drake's Traveller's Magazine --First, an old man has an incredible personal story to tell in 'What He Had Never Seen' from 1884, then we observe an encounter between a strange man and a Dakota woman on board a train in 'Her Little Joke' from 1883. Finally, we wrap it all up with an 1880 Huntley story from the Brooklyn ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1309 Our Saturday Night Special is Part Two of a Three Part tale by Mark Twain -- one of his funniest stories ever -- 'The Stolen White Elephant' from 1882! Don't miss this, but don't even think of listening to it until you have heard Part One, which you can get by clicking here. Time: approx seventeen minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1308 We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors. From Fanny Fern's 1857 book 'Fresh Leaves' comes a tale of a few different women writers, and their point of view of Fanny Fern herself -- it's called 'Come On, MacDuff.' Time: approx five and a half minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1309 Sat, Mar 07 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1309Our Saturday Night Special is Part Two of a Three Part tale by Mark Twain -- one of his funniest stories ever -- 'The Stolen White Elephant' from 1882! Don't miss this, but don't even think of listening to it until you have heardPart One, which you can get by clicking here.Time: approx seventeen minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1308 Sat, Mar 07 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1308We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors.From Fanny Fern's 1857 book 'Fresh Leaves' comes a tale of a few different women writers, and their point of view of Fanny Fern herself -- it's called 'Come On, MacDuff.'Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1307 Fri, Mar 06 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1307We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors.Back in 1857, women physicians were rare and sensational -- during that year, Fanny Fern published 'Lady Doctors' in her book 'Fresh Leaves.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1306 Thu, Mar 05 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1306We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors. Here's another Fanny Fern piece from her 1868 book, 'Folly as it Flies.' Fanny discusses sloppy, slatternly women, and their opposite numbers in an excerpt from 'Some Varieties of Women.'Time: approx eight minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at:http:// ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1305 Wed, Mar 04 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1305We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors.This week Fanny Fern stories fill the Basement! Today we offer a piece concerning women who attempt to do too much with an excerpt from the chapter 'Women and Their Discontents' out of the 1868 book 'Folly as it Flies.'Time: approx seven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Fanny Fern C ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1304 Tue, Mar 03 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1304For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Thirty-Two of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- with some bragging about wealth - "Dowley's Humiliation.'Time: approx sixteen minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of Stories is at:http://ronevry.co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1303 Mon, Mar 02 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1303SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO funny Stanley Huntley stories from 1881 today -- The first one concerns a bum who manages to squeeze a coin out of a victim with a compelling story -- it's called 'His Conscience Smote Him' -- if you really want to get the joke, listen to episode #1302, Mark Twain's 'The Stolen White Elephant' part one before you hear this.Our second story concerns some very slight exaggeration from 'A Mighty Hunter.'Time: approx nine and a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1302 Sat, Feb 28 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1302Our Saturday Night Special is Part One of a Three Part tale by Mark Twain -- one of his funniest stories ever -- 'The Stolen White Elephant.' Don't miss this! Time: approx eighteen minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Connecticu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1301 Fri, Feb 27 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1301Robert J. Burdette was enamored of gentle, humorous observations of life. This week, we have been reading from his 1879 collection, 'Innach Garden.'Today's tale has our narrator visiting barbers in different cities to get shaves, and winding up 'Getting My Hair Trimmed.' It's a truly fun story.Time: approx nine and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Robert J. Burd ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1300 Thu, Feb 26 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1300Welcome to the 1300th Episode of Mister Ron's Basement! We've been doing these almost every day for nearly four years now, and we have lots more fun stuff planned for you in the future! Meanwhile, to celebrate this milestone Episode, we are presenting one of the funniest stories ever. It's by Robert J. Burdette, and it comes from his 1912 book 'Old Time, Young Tom.'This tale simply builds and builds -- it is entitled'The Relief of the Slamrack.'You ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1299 Wed, Feb 25 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1299Robert J. Burdette was enamored of gentle, humorous observations of life. This week, we are reading from his 1879 collection, 'Innach Garden.'How can you tell when Good Times have returned? Find out today in 'Fiat Money.'Time: approx three and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Robert J. Burdette Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/burdette.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1298 Tue, Feb 24 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1298Robert J. Burdette was enamored of gentle, humorous observations of life. This week, we will be reading from his 1879 collection, 'Innach Garden.'Today we hear about a comic newspaper writer and his typesetter -- It is called 'The Compositor Fiend,' and it is very funny when you listen carefully...Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Robert J. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1297 Mon, Feb 23 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1297SUNDAY SALAD offers only ONE Stanley Huntley this week, as Mister Ron attempts to heal a sore throat (expect more pops and snaps than usual as the mic gain had to be turned WAY up).From 1881, we offer a tale of members of the Medical Profession offering a variety of opinions in 'A Question of Tests.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1296 Sat, Feb 21 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1296Tonight's SPECIAL story belatedly celebrates Charles Darwin's 200th Birthday from earlier this month, with an 1877 tale of natural selection by W. L. Alden, called 'A New Point for Darwinians.'Time: approx eight minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe W. L. Alden Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/alden.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1295 Fri, Feb 20 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1295In 1908, Grenville Kleiser edited a wonderful collection called 'Humorous Hits - And - How to Hold an Audience' featuring fun pieces by assorted authors. This week we have been reading some of them.Today's Anonymously written tale skirts the borders of good taste -- but we're reading it anyway, because it is sort of clever -- it's called 'The Crooked Mouth Family.'Time: approx five minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1294 Thu, Feb 19 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1294In 1908, Grenville Kleiser edited a wonderful collection called 'Humorous Hits - And - How to Hold an Audience' featuring fun pieces by assorted authors. This week we are reading some of them.Today's tale is by an anonymous author -- it concerns a misinformed minister and a bereaved housewife -- 'A Big Mistake.'Time: approx five minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1293 Thu, Feb 19 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1293In 1908, Grenville Kleiser edited a wonderful collection called 'Humorous Hits - And - How to Hold an Audience' featuring fun pieces by assorted authors. This week we are reading some of them.Morris Wade was a popular turn-of-the-century poet and writer. In today's piece, we visit some highly cultured ladies 'At Five O'Clock Tea.'Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1292 Wed, Feb 18 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1292In 1908, Grenville Kleiser edited a wonderful collection called 'Humorous Hits - And - How to Hold an Audience' featuring fun pieces by assorted authors. This week we will be reading some of them.Today's short story from Robert J. Burdette is an absolute scream -- it is called 'A Twilight Idyl.' It originally appeared in Burdette's 'Innach Garden, and Other Comic Sketches' published in 1879.Time: approx six and a half minutesTime: approx five and a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1291 Tue, Feb 17 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1291For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Thirty-One of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- where the Boss spends money all over town -- 'Marco.'Time: approx sixteen minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1290 Mon, Feb 16 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1290SUNDAY SALAD features TWO Stanley Huntley pieces from 1882. First, a show producer comes up with a a truly novel idea in 'An Original Attraction.' Next, the managing editor remarkably fills in for the 'answer man' with some ladies clothing style advice in 'A Discussion on the Fashions.'Time: approx ten minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Ca ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1289 Sat, Feb 14 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1289In celebration of Valentine's Day, we are offering a very special Valentine poem by Ellis Parker Butler from 1896. It's called 'Maude's Valentine' (we strongly suggest listening to this first before you cleverly play it as a last minute Valentine for your beloved).Time: approx two and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Ellis Parker Butler Catalog of Stories is at: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1288 Fri, Feb 13 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1288Douglas Malloch wrote outdoor adventures and poetry, and was an editor of American Lumberman Magazine. In 1911 American Lumberman published his fun book, 'Resawed Fables.' This week we have been reading stories from that book.Today's looney fable concerns an ancient philosopher who provided inspiration for a modern lumber man. It's called 'Of Socrates and the Man from Wisconsin.'Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Cat ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1287 Thu, Feb 12 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1287Douglas Malloch wrote outdoor adventures and poetry, and was an editor ofAmerican Lumberman Magazine. In 1911 American Lumberman published his fun book, 'Resawed Fables.' This week we are reading stories from that book.You know this guy -- working seven days a week is never enough -- here's his story -- 'Of Taking a Few Days Off.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1286 Wed, Feb 11 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1286Douglas Malloch wrote outdoor adventures and poetry, and was an editor of American Lumberman Magazine. In 1911 American Lumberman published his fun book, 'Resawed Fables.' This week we are reading stories from that book.Today's tale concerns the doings of the tenderest of the tender among Tenderfeet in the wild west -- it's called 'Of the Straw that Dislocated the Camel's Vertebrae.'Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1285 Tue, Feb 10 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1285Douglas Malloch wrote outdoor adventures and poetry, and was an editor of American Lumberman Magazine. In 1911 American Lumberman published his fun book, 'Resawed Fables.' This week we are reading stories from that book. Today's story concerns three very different sons -- it's called 'Of Yielding to Temptation.'Time: approx seven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1284 Mon, Feb 09 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1284For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Thirty (Part Two of Two) of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- where we learn a bit about duty -- 'The Tragedy of the Manor House.'Time: approx twelve minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of Stories ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1283 Sun, Feb 08 2009MIster Ron's Basement #1283SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO Stanley Huntley pieces from 1883 (no Spoopendyke stories yet -- sorry, we're still looking). First, a tramp tries to put one over on a bartender with a dead cat and a dead sparrow in 'Mistaken in Something.' The next story involves a once-popular holiday called 'Evacuation Day.'Time: approx ten and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1282 Sat, Feb 07 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1282We have a special surprise Saturday BONUS episode of the Basement today! We are adding on an extra special story from Frederic Thomas Somerby's 'Hits and Dashes; or A Medley of Sketches and Scraps, Touching People and Things,' from 1852.It is called 'Uncle Ephraim's Husking,' and is a delightful description of the events that occurred at a traditional husking bee, where a community would gather to husk a farmer's corn crop and have a party in the p ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1281 Fri, Feb 06 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1281Frederic Thomas Somerby, who reported on the folks of Newburyport, Massachusetts and the general area (including parts of Maine and New Hampshire) for the old Boston Post in the 1850s under the pen name of 'Cymon,' published a collection called 'Hits and Dashes; or A Medley of Sketches and Scraps, Touching People and Things' back in 1852.When someone attempts to tell you how wonderful something is, take it with a grain of salt, as we shall see in ' ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1280 Fri, Feb 06 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1280Frederic Thomas Somerby, who reported on the doings in Newburyport, Massachusetts and the general neighborhood (including parts of Maine and New Hampshire) for the old Boston Post in the 1850s under the pen name of 'Cymon,' published a collection called 'Hits and Dashes; or A Medley of Sketches and Scraps, Touching People and Things' back in 1852.In today's tale two cold and weary travelers spend the night at the home of a farmer who has a beautifu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1279 Thu, Feb 05 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1279Frederic Thomas Somerby, who wrote pieces about Newburyport, Massachusetts and the general neighborhood (including parts of Maine and New Hampshire) for the old Boston Post in the 1850s under the pen name of 'Cymon,' published a collection called 'Hits and Dashes; or A Medley of Sketches and Scraps, Touching People and Things' back in 1852.Today, we hear of a fiercely funny clash of armies in 'The Battle of Quamphegan.'Time: approx seven minutesThe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1278 Thu, Feb 05 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1278Frederic Thomas Somerby, who wrote pieces about Newburyport, Massachusetts for the old Boston Post in the 1850s under the pen name of 'Cymon,' left behind a collection called 'Hits and Dashes; or A Medley of Sketches and Scraps, Touching People and Things.'From that book, we present a story of an encounter with a breathtakingly beautiful maiden in the wilds of New Hampshire entitled 'The Gem of Moose Mountain.'Time: approx four and a half minutesTh ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1277 Tue, Feb 03 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1277For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Thirty (Part One of Two) of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- where we see a lot of people hanging around -- 'The Tragedy of the Manor House.'Time: approx eleven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Inde ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1276 Sun, Feb 01 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1276SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO strange Stanley Huntley pieces from 1883 (sorry, no Spoopendyke stories today). First, two old biddies offer each other some esoteric advice in 'An Exchange of Remedies.' Next, we offer a fantasy tale from Huntley where he takes the phrase Total Depravity of Inanimate Things quite literally in 'New Light Upon An Old Question.'Time: approx nine minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/M ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1275 Sat, Jan 31 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1275January 31st is, as everyone should know, 'National Gorilla Suit Day,' and in celebration, we are presenting our THIRD annual Gorilla Suit story (The first two can be found by clicking here and here). It was written by one of our favorite authors, W. L. Alden, and originally appeared in 1893. It is called 'Gorilla Romance.'Time: approx seventeen minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1274 Fri, Jan 30 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1274Honesty is often considered to be its own reward, but this is not the case in Bill Nye's super-short piece from 1881, 'He Rewarded Her.'Time: approx two minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/billnye.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1273 Fri, Jan 30 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1273From 1881, Bill Nye offers us an extremely short, fun, but sad tale, 'Sic Semper Gloria Houseplant.'Time: approx three and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/billnye.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1272 Thu, Jan 29 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1272We are continuing to explore the woolly western humor of Bill Nye, with a tale of a tonsorial parlor visit gone awry in 'A Hairsbreadth Escape' from 1881.Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/billnye.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1271 Wed, Jan 28 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1271Edgar Wilson ('Bill') Nye was one the funniest people ever to put pen to paper.An excellent example of thisis his 1881 story about tobacco-chewing in Church, 'Fine-Cut As a Means of Grace'.'Time: approx five minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/billnye.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1270 Tue, Jan 27 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1270For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Twenty-Nine of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- where the Boss and the King visit 'The Smallpox Hut.' This chapter is not even close to being funny! It is one of the saddest things we've ever read...Time: approx sixteen and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:htt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1269 Mon, Jan 26 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1269SUNDAY SALAD has TWO funny Stanley Huntley stories today! First, a pained young woman seeks help from a newspaper editor in 'An Idyl' from 1883. Then, from 1881, 'The New Society Reporter' discusses the events of a Fancy High Class Event.Time: approx nine and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1268 Sun, Jan 25 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1268We have presented around one hundred and twenty of C. B. Lewis's Mr. Bowser stories for the last couple of years. While Lewis wrote these every week for almost forty years, we are not going to try to read all, or even most of them. So this week's episode is the LAST Bowser story we will read (for the time being).We have catalogued ALL the Mr. Bowser stories presented here at the link below. Have fun! In today's tale, Mr. Bowser finally gets his due ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1267 Sat, Jan 24 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1267Eugene Field had the kind of popularity in the 19th century that newspaper humorists rarely experienced in later years. He wrote fun prose and poetry, sometimes thinly disguised political satire, and other times witty observations of life in the United States.Today's poem is fun for youngsters and oldsters. From 1893, we present 'Extinct Monsters.'Time: approx three and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ron ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1266 Thu, Jan 22 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1266Eugene Field had the kind of popularity in the 19th century that newspaper humorists rarely experienced in later years. He wrote fun prose and poetry, sometimes thinly disguised political satire, and other times witty observations of life in the United States.Today we offer a wonderful poem from 1890 concerning Eugene Field's great love in life - 'In Praise of Pie.'After you've heard this, you may want to go back and listen to Episode Number 753, f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1265 Wed, Jan 21 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1265Eugene Field had the kind of popularity in the 19th century that newspaper humorists rarely experienced in later years. He wrote fun prose and poetry, sometimes thinly disguised political satire, and other times witty observations of life in the United States.Today, Field compares a couple of, well, interesting poems in 'Sir Galahad and Sir Sullivan' from 1887.Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1264 Tue, Jan 20 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1264Eugene Field had the kind of popularity in the 19th century that newspaper humorists rarely experienced in later years. He wrote fun prose and poetry, sometimes thinly disguised political satire, and other times witty observations of life in the United States.This week, we will begin exploring some of his sharp pieces, beginning with a poem from 1886 concerning 'An Overworked Word.'Time: approx two and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full C ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1263 Tue, Jan 20 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1263For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Twenty-Eight of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- where the Boss tries his best to teach Arthur how to act like a Peasant in 'Drilling the King.'Time: approx ten and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1262 Mon, Jan 19 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1262SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO fun Stanley Huntley stories today (sorry, no Spoopendykes available). First, in an hilarious fantasy from 1882, a badly beaten visitor to the Eagle office tries to rouse his fellows in 'On A Strike.' Next, we meet a rough and tumble miner from Dakota visiting Brooklyn in 'Another Ranger' from 1883.Time: approx nine minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlT ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1261 Sat, Jan 17 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1261Our favorite Old Crank takes up the study of a science and lets everyone know about it in 'Mr. Bowser Takes Up Botany,' by C. B. Lewis, from 1902.Time: approx ten minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1260 Fri, Jan 16 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1260We are wrapping up our week-long celebration of funny writing by Edgar Allan Poe (his 200th Birthday is on January 19, 2009) with a lengthy, but fascinating, and at times quite funny story from 1845 called 'Some Words with A Mummy.'This is most likely the very first popular story ever written concerning a Mummy brought back to life. Today there are Mummy movies and television programs everywhere. But in 1845, this tale hit the reading public with a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1259 Thu, Jan 15 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1259As part of our celebration of Edgar Allan Poe's Bicentennial this month, we are reading some of his funniest works. Today we offer a short poem from 1845 that gives some good advice for today's troubled economy -- it's called 'Epigram for Wall Street.'Time: approx two and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1258 Thu, Jan 15 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1258In celebration of Edgar Allan Poe's Bicentennial this month, we are delivering some of Poe's funniest stories. Today, we learn some of the tricks of the con man, who, back in the 1840s, was called a 'Diddler.' From 1843 comes 'Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences.'Read more about this fascinating story, and where (apparently) Poe got at least part of it from on the Mister Ron blog at http://misterronsbasement.blogspot.com/2009/01/edgar- ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1257 Tue, Jan 13 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1257This month we are celebrating Edgar Allan Poe's 200th Birthday on January 19th! In honor of the Poe Bicentennial, we will be reading some of his funniest stories! 'Wait a minute!' you might be saying -- 'Poe? Funny stories?!!'Yes indeed, throughout his career, Poe often wrote what he considered humor, although some readers might find it a bit warped and ghastly, to say the least. Still, Poe's funny tales have a distinct voice, and are well worth li ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1256 Mon, Jan 12 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1256For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Twenty-Seven of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- where the Boss and the King pretend to be peasants on a stroll in 'The Yankee and the King Travel Incognito.'Time: approx seventeen and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twai ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1255 Sun, Jan 11 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1255SUNDAY SALAD kicks up the Basement's tribute to Edgar Allan Poe's Bicentennial Celebration this month! Stanley Huntley often spoofed well-known authors in his humor column, but one of his favorites was Poe. From a number of accounts, Stanley Huntley had committed many of Poe's stories and poems to memory, and would recite them at the drop of a hat.Today we feature a brilliant satire of Poe's detective fiction that (almost) could have been written b ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1254 Sun, Jan 11 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1254The next few Saturdays will find us reading the last few stories from C. B. Lewis's 1902 collection, 'The Life and Troubles of Mr. Bowser.'Today, our favorite old crank displays his eye for beautiful antiques in 'Mr. Bowser Buys Chinaware.'Time: approx nine minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1253 Fri, Jan 09 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1253C. B. Lewis wrote weekly columns of humor for newspapers for over fifty years! Long time Basement listeners are very familiar with his stories of Mr. Bowser, which we have been presenting for a long time. His earliest work might be considered his funniest. This week, we are presenting some hilarious gems from his 1875 collection, 'Quad's Odds.'Let's take a steamboat journey with a man who absolutely can't stand insects in the story, 'There Were Bug ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1251 C. B. Lewis wrote weekly columns of humor for newspapers for over fifty years! Long time Basement listeners are very familiar with his stories of Mr. Bowser, which we have been presenting for a long time. His earliest work might be considered his funniest. This week, we are presenting some hilarious gems from his 1875 collection, 'Quad's Odds.' Today we pay a visit to an enterprising Nevada newspaperman named 'Primrose.' Time: approx five minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1252 Thu, Jan 08 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1252C. B. Lewis wrote weekly columns of humor for newspapers for over fifty years! Long time Basement listeners are very familiar with his stories of Mr. Bowser, which we have been presenting for a long time. His earliest work might be considered his funniest. This week, we are presenting some hilarious gems from his 1875 collection, 'Quad's Odds.'Today we will visit a few historical sites, where a number of Revolutionary War heroes fell. It's called ' ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1251 Thu, Jan 08 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1251C. B. Lewis wrote weekly columns of humor for newspapers for over fifty years! Long time Basement listeners are very familiar with his stories of Mr. Bowser, which we have been presenting for a long time. His earliest work might be considered his funniest. This week, we are presenting some hilarious gems from his 1875 collection, 'Quad's Odds.'Today we pay a visit to an enterprising Nevada newspaperman named 'Primrose.'Time: approx five minutesThe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1250 Tue, Jan 06 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1250C. B. Lewis wrote weekly columns of humor for newspapers for over fifty years! Long time Basement listeners are very familiar with his stories of Mr. Bowser, which we have been presenting for a long time. His earliest work might be considered his funniest. This week, we are presenting some hilarious gems from his 1875 collection, 'Quad's Odds.'Today we hear about a grocer who learned a painful lesson in 'The Awful Fate of the Man Who Advertised.'Ti ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1249 Tue, Jan 06 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1249For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Twenty-Six of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- Where the Boss learns of King's-Evil and it's miraculous cure and examines 'The First Newspaper.'Time: approx twenty-one minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Nov ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1248 Sun, Jan 04 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1248SUNDAY SALAD explores the joys of performing in the theater! Stanley Huntley's characters trod the boards in THREE fun tales today.First, a 'swell' theatrical impresario talks up his productions with the Eagle editor in 'Getting A Notice' from 1882. Then the Breezy family has it out concerning Mrs. Breezy's desire to play romantic roles in 'Asserting His Position,' also from 1882. Finally, we have a truly rare Spoopendyke story from 1884 -- 'Mrs. S ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1247 Sat, Jan 03 2009Mister Ron's Basement #1247The next few Saturdays will find us reading the last few stories from C. B. Lewis's 1902 collection, 'The Life and Troubles of Mr. Bowser.'Today, Mr. Bowser is honored with a request to sit for a portrait in 'Mr. Bowser's Picture.'Time: approx eight and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlTh ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1246 Thu, Dec 25 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1246Our special Christmas Episode features the original 1921 F. Scott Fitzgerald story 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.' A wonderful motion picture adaption of this story starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett is being released to movie theaters right now. It is a great movie. But the original Fitzgerald story is a work of genius, and the movie differs from it dramatically.We had considered serializing it across the span of a week, but instead offe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1245 Wed, Dec 24 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1245SUNDAY SALAD offers up a special Spoopendyke Christmas story from 1880 that was possibly done special for the Washington Post at the time (yes, we know that we thought there were no more of Spoopendykes, but we stumbled into this one).Stanley Huntley had previously been the Post's first City Editor back in 1877-78, and was good friends with the paper's founder, Stilson Hutchins. Today's story also sheds some light on who Huntley modeled Mrs. Spoope ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1244 Wed, Dec 24 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1244We are wrapping up a short week (technical difficulties) of stories from George Fitch's 1916 collection, 'Vest Pocket Essays' with a fascinating, fun view of 'Cigarettes.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1243 Thu, Dec 18 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1243We are continuing with a second week of stories from George Fitch's 1916 collection, 'Vest Pocket Essays.'Today we get the scoop on a friend of humanity -- 'The Dollar.'Time: approx five minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1242 Tue, Dec 16 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1242We are continuing with a second week of stories from George Fitch's 1916 collection, 'Vest Pocket Essays.'Feeling lucky? Then don't miss today's essay, 'Luck.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1241 Mon, Dec 15 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1241For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Twenty-Five of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- Where the Boss learns exactly what qualifications a candidate must have to become a military officer in 'A Competitive Examination.'Time: approx twenty-six minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlT ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1240 Mon, Dec 15 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1240SUNDAY SALAD offers a truly intriguing, if somewhat lengthy piece by Stanley Huntley from 1882, relating his experiences aboard a Pilot Boat, one of many that brought big ships in to New York's harbor from the High Seas back then. This colorful tale showcases Huntley's unique talents as a newspaper feature writer, and may be one of the best stories we have ever read in the Basement.It's called 'Life On A Pilot Boat; the Men who go Down to the Sea A ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1239 Mon, Dec 15 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1239'Mr. Bowser Does the Wash' by C. B. Lewis, from 1890. What else needs to be said?Time: approx nine minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1238 Sat, Dec 13 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1238George Helgesen Fitch wrote a popular syndicated newspaper column in the early twentieth century called 'Vest Pocket Essays.' He collected the best of these in a 1916 book of the same name, which we have been reading from this week. Today we offer a treat for the bugs -- 'Picnics.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1237 Thu, Dec 11 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1237George Helgesen Fitch wrote a popular syndicated newspaper column in the early twentieth century called 'Vest Pocket Essays.' He collected the best of these in a 1916 book of the same name, which we are reading from this week. Today, we take a whiff of a tasty treat -- 'Cabbages.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1236 Thu, Dec 11 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1236George Helgesen Fitch wrote a popular syndicated newspaper column in the early twentieth century called 'Vest Pocket Essays.' He collected the best of these in a 1916 book of the same name, which we are reading from this week. Today, we explore the great American way of not doing business -- 'Committees.'Time: approx three and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1235 Thu, Dec 11 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1235George Helgesen Fitchwrote a popular syndicated newspaper column in the early twentieth century called 'Vest Pocket Essays.' He collected the best of these in a 1916 book of the same name, which we will read from this week. Today's essay gives us the straight scoop on 'Menus.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1234 Wed, Dec 10 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1234For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Twenty-Four of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- 'A Rival Magician'' -- in which the Boss faces some unexpected competition...Time: approx twenty-two minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of Stories ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website MISter Ron's Basement #1233 SUNDAY SALAD offers up TWO Stanley Huntley pieces today. Sorry, neither one features the Spoopendykes. We may never find another Spoopendyke story again (but we will keep looking). Both stories are from 1881 -- the first is a grim tale of a tragic journey on the Fulton Ferry in Brooklyn entitled 'The Unfortunate Cruise of the Union.' Then the Father of the Bride offers a news story to the Eagle editor in 'After A Notice.' Time: approx nine minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1232 Our favorite old crank slaps up some wallpaper in C. B. Lewis's 1908 story, 'Bowser the Artist.' Time: approx ten minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. Thank you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1233 Sun, Dec 07 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1233SUNDAY SALAD offers up TWO Stanley Huntley pieces today. Sorry, neither one features the Spoopendykes. We may never find another Spoopendyke story again (but we will keep looking).Both stories are from 1881 -- the first is a grim tale of a tragic journey on the Fulton Ferry in Brooklyn entitled 'The Unfortunate Cruise of the Union.' Then the Father of the Bride offers a news story to the Eagle editor in 'After A Notice.'Time: approx nine minutesThe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1231 In 1893, James Barr edited a collection called 'The Humor of America' for British readers. Today's tale explores a terrible feud started by a washtub, in 'Tempest in a Tub' by James M. Bailey. Time: approx six minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. Thank you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1232 Sun, Dec 07 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1232Our favorite old crank slaps up some wallpaper in C. B. Lewis's 1908 story, 'Bowser the Artist.'Time: approx ten minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1231 Sun, Dec 07 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1231In 1893, James Barr edited a collection called 'The Humor of America' for British readers. Today's tale explores a terrible feud started by a washtub, in 'Tempest in a Tub' by James M. Bailey.Time: approx six minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1230 In 1893, James Barr edited a collection called 'The Humor of America' for British readers. L. Gaylord Clark, the long-time editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine (often publishing Washington Irving's tales), had pincluded his story for today in an 1852 collection himself. It's called 'A Railroad Recussant.' Time: approx five minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... The amazing folks at SFFAudio have been steering listeners to great Audio Science Fiction ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1230 Thu, Dec 04 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1230In 1893, James Barr edited a collection called 'The Humor of America' for British readers. L. Gaylord Clark, the long-time editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine (often publishing Washington Irving's tales), had included his story for today in an 1852 collection himself. It's called 'A Railroad Recussant.'Time: approx five minutesThe amazing folks at SFFAudio have been steering listeners to great Audio Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Crime fiction for ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1229 In 1893, James Barr edited a collection called 'The Humor of America' for British readers. W. L. Alden was an American who was immensely popular in England in the 1890s. Today we hear of his great solution for noisy felines, entitled 'Cat-Fishing.' It's quite funny. Time: approx eight and a half minutes When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. Thank you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1229 Wed, Dec 03 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1229In 1893, James Barr edited a collection called 'The Humor of America' for British readers. W. L. Alden was an American who was immensely popular in England in the 1890s. Today we hear of his great solution for noisy felines, entitled 'Cat-Fishing.'It's quite funny.Time: approx eight and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe W. L. Alden Catalog of Stories is at:http:/ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1228 In 1893, James Barr edited a collection called 'The Humor of America' for British readers. Today's piece from that book is called 'Baked Beans and Culture' by Eugene Field. Time: approx eight minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. Thank you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1228 Tue, Dec 02 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1228In 1893, James Barr edited a collection called 'The Humor of America' for British readers. Today's piece from that book is called 'Baked Beans and Culture' by Eugene Field.Time: approx eight minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website MIster Ron's Basement #1227 For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Twenty-Three of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- 'Restoration of the Fountain' -- where the Boss treats the multitude to a spectacular fireworks show! Time: approx eighteen minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. Thank you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1227 Mon, Dec 01 2008MIster Ron's Basement #1227For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Twenty-Three of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- 'Restoration of the Fountain' -- where the Boss treats the multitude to a spectacular fireworks show!Time: approx eighteen minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1226 Sun, Nov 30 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1226SUNDAY SALAD offers THREE Stanley Huntley pieces today (sorry, no Spoopendyke stories available this week) -- First, a minister gets an earful of newspaper slang in 'Only Technical Terms' from 1881, then a stranger to Brooklyn gets some directions in the street in 'After Information' from 1882. Finally, a cowboy enthusiastically describes a grand performance in 'A Plea for the Opera' from 1881.Time: approx eleven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Fu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1225 Sun, Nov 30 2008MIster Ron's Basement #1225Our favorite old crank has another get-rich-quick scheme up his sleeve involving raising trees for paper-mills, in C. B. Lewis's 1918 tale, 'Bowser's Little Plan.'Time: approx eight and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1224 Fri, Nov 28 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1224The terrible news about the Stock Market in free fall is nothing new -- this week we have been reading from Gideon Wurdz 1905 book 'Foolish Finance.' Our last piece is full of practical advice -- it's called 'Tips.'Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1223 Thu, Nov 27 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1223The terrible news about the Stock Market in free fall is nothing new -- this week we are reading from Gideon Wurdz 1905 book 'Foolish Finance.' Today we get the inside scoop on exactly how the Financial System works in 'The System as Promoter And Pickpocket.'Time: approx seven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1222 Wed, Nov 26 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1222The terrible news about the Stock Market in free fall is nothing new -- this week we will readfrom Gideon Wurdz 1905 book 'Foolish Finance.' Today we learn about who is available to part you with your money -- 'The Broker.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1221 Wed, Nov 26 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1221The terrible news about the Stock Market in free fall is nothing new -- this week we will read from Gideon Wurdz 1905 book 'Foolish Finance.' Today we discover some great tips on 'Speculation.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1220 Tue, Nov 25 2008MIster Ron's Basement #1220For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Twenty-Two (Part Two of Two) of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- 'The Holy Fountain' -- where the Boss examines a dry well, and puzzles Sandy with modern slang.Time: approx fifteen minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connectic ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1219 Sun, Nov 23 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1219SUNDAY SALAD has THREE truly funny Stanley Huntley tales, all from 1881, including a newly discovered (at least by Mister Ron) Spoopendyke story!In the first piece, a woman argues with a street car passenger in a piece worthy of Abbott & Costello in 'A Trying Situation.' Then a rough and tumble visitor from Deadwood gets into a strange discussion with a precious young Brooklyn girl in 'Too Awfully Utter.' Finally Mr. Spoopendyke expresses his disgu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1218 Sat, Nov 22 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1218Mr. Bowser gets a made-to-order package from his tailor that seems to be all wrong, in C. B. Lewis's 1893 tale, 'Bowser's Trousers.'Time: approx seven and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1217 Fri, Nov 21 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1217Bill Nye (Edgar Wilson Nye) is one of our favorite humorists. This week, we are featuring stories from his 1881 collection, 'Bill Nye and Boomerang.'Today, Nye reports on a desperado's wedding ceremony in 'The Nupitals of Dangerous Davis.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/billnye.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1216 Thu, Nov 20 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1216Bill Nye (Edgar Wilson Nye) is one of our favorite humorists. This week, we are featuring stories from his 1881 collection, 'Bill Nye and Boomerang.'Today's story is a bit hard to follow, but is extremely funny nevertheless. Nye discusses 'The Buckness Wherewith the Buck Beer Bucketh.'Time: approx three and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Bill Nye Catalog of St ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1215 Wed, Nov 19 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1215Bill Nye (Edgar Wilson Nye) is one of our favorite humorists. This week, we are featuring stories from his 1881 collection, 'Bill Nye and Boomerang.'Today we learn a truly unique use for a washtub in Nye's tale of 'Dirty Murphy.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/billnye.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1214 Tue, Nov 18 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1214Bill Nye (Edgar Wilson Nye) is one of our favorite humorists. This week, we are featuring stories from his 1881 collection, 'Bill Nye and Boomerang.'Today's piece concerns the many reported deaths of Frank and Jesse James and their gang -- it is called 'Killing Off the James Boys.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at:http ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1213 Mon, Nov 17 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1213For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Twenty-Two (Part One of Two) of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- 'The Holy Fountain' -- where we learn about professional courtesy among magicians.Time: approx eleven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Nove ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1212 Sun, Nov 16 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1212SUNDAY SALAD offers Stanley Huntley's clever 1880 spoof of Jules Verne's 'Around the World in Eighty Days.' It's called 'A Journey to the Sun by Jules Verne, Jr.'Sorry -- there are no unread Spoopendyke stories available this week. We will keep searching. Time: approx eleven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1211 Sun, Nov 16 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1211Mr. Bowser has 'the event of his life' in C. B. Lewis's 1899 tale 'Fishing for Tautog.'Time: approx ten minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1210 Fri, Nov 14 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1210We continue to read assorted stories from 'Mrs. Partington's Carpet-Bag of Fun,' compiled by Samuel Putnam Avery back in 1854.In the early 19th Century, communities would board school teachers at the homes of parents -- here's the sad tale of 'A Schoolmaster 'Boarding Hound.''Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1209 Thu, Nov 13 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1209We continue to read assorted stories from 'Mrs. Partington's Carpet-Bag of Fun,' compiled by Samuel Putnam Avery back in 1854.Yep, today's piece is more an old, old joke than a story, but it is pretty funnynevertheless. It's a story about a traveller 'Getting Up an Examination'Time: approx three and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1208 Wed, Nov 12 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1208We continue to read assorted stories from 'Mrs. Partington's Carpet-Bag of Fun,' compiled by Samuel Putnam Avery back in 1854.When Amelia Bloomer invented her namesake pantsuit for women back in the early 1850s, many writers made fun of them, as in this short piece, 'A Rhyme for the Bloomers.'Time: approx three and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1207 Tue, Nov 11 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1207We continue to read assorted stories from 'Mrs. Partington's Carpet-Bag of Fun,' compiled by Samuel Putnam Avery back in 1854.Today we visit a lonely man trying to catch a snooze in the cold in 'A Bachelor's Woes.'Time: approx three minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1206 Tue, Nov 11 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1206For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Twenty-One (Part Two of Two) of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- 'The Pilgrims' -- where Sandy and The Boss join a group of Pilgrims heading for Holy Waters, when they meet a top-hatted knight coming the other way.Time: approx nineteen and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of S ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1205 Sun, Nov 09 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1205Spoopendyke is BACK! For this episode of SUNDAY SALAD we have dug up a so far undiscovered story of Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke from 1880 -- it's called 'A Little Large in the Neck.'Also from 1880, we are including a tale of a man purchasing an obituary notice in 'A Perplexing Situation' and another story of woman with a flair for Shakespearean dialogue finding her Romeo at a Coney Island hotel in 'A Peculiar Boarder.'Time: approx fifteen minutesThe M ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1204 Sat, Nov 08 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1204Our favorite old crank sets out to win a contest and prove himself the most well-liked man in town in C. B. Lewis's 1899 story 'Mr. Bowser's Popularity.'Time: approx eight and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1203 Fri, Nov 07 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1203Famed illustrator and art collector Samuel Putnam Avery edited a collection of humor in 1854 called 'Mrs. Partington's Carpet-Bag of Fun.' We are wrapping up a week of very short, fun stories about kissing from that book, with FIVE pieces - - 'A Kiss in the Dark' 'Barking Up the Wrong Tree' 'An Ecstatic Lover' 'A Smacking Article' and 'Improved Cookery.'Time: approx six and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http:/ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1202 Thu, Nov 06 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1202Famed illustrator and art collector Samuel Putnam Avery edited a collection of humor in 1854 called 'Mrs. Partington's Carpet-Bag of Fun.' This week, we will be reading very short, fun stories about kissing from that book.Today's piece is more interesting than funny, but is worth a listen. It's called 'Kissing Philosophy.'Time: approx three and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1201 Wed, Nov 05 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1201Famed illustrator and art collector Samuel Putnam Avery edited a collection of humor in 1854 called 'Mrs. Partington's Carpet-Bag of Fun.' This week, we will be reading very short, fun stories about kissing from that book.Today we explore the mechanics of a proper smooch in 'How to Enjoy A Kiss.'Time: approx three and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1200 Tue, Nov 04 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1200This is Mister Ron's Basement Episode #1200!! Famed illustrator and art collector Samuel Putnam Avery edited a collection of humor in 1854 called 'Mrs. Partington's Carpet-Bag of Fun.' This week, we will be reading very short, fun stories about kissing from that book.Today's is called 'A Chapter on Kissing.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1199 Mon, Nov 03 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1199For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Twenty-One (Part One of Two) of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- 'The Pilgrims' -- where Sandy and The Boss have Breakfast with the Pigs...Time: approx nine and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Nov ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1198 Sun, Nov 02 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1198SUNDAY SALAD features TWO Stanley Huntley stories concerning sadness and grief. Of course, they are both hysterically funny! The two tales appeared in 1883 -- 'Profound Grief' and 'A Delicate Mission.'Sadly, we have yet to dig up any undiscovered Spoopendyke stories yet, and may never do so. But we will keep searching! Time: approx nine minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1197 Sun, Nov 02 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1197Mr. Bowser encounters an incredible turning point in his relationship with Mrs. Bowser in C. B. Lewis's 1892 tale, 'There Are Occasions When the Worm Will Turn.'Time: approx eight and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http:// ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1196 Fri, Oct 31 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1196Perhaps not among his funniest stories, we present Charles Battell Loomis's charming 1909 tale, 'Politeness As An Asset.'Time: approx six minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog canbe found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1195 Fri, Oct 31 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1195We are featuring another truly odd story from Charles Battell Loomis written in 1906 -- it's not exactly Science Fiction -- but in it we get a report from someplace not of this Earth -- about 'The Poets' Strike.'Time: approx nine and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1194 Wed, Oct 29 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1194Here's another quirky (but very short) 1902 story from Charles Battell Loomis -- it's called 'Five Hundred Dollars.' You can draw your own conclusions to this enjoyable tale.Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1193 Tue, Oct 28 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1193Charles Battell Loomis wrote an astonishing array of short stories. This week we will explore some of them. Today we have a 1900 tale of a boy with a unique talent entitled 'The Boy Who Turned Books Into Food.'Time: approx nine minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1192 Tue, Oct 28 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1192For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Twenty of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- 'The Ogre's Castle' -- where Sandy and The Boss reach the goal of their quest -- sort of...Time: approx sixteen minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of S ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1191 Sun, Oct 26 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1191SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO Stanley Huntley stories from 1882 -- neither of which features the Spoopendykes! Yes, it has finally happened! Unless something so far undiscovered turns up, we have, sadly, run out of Spoopendyke stories. Nevertheless, we will keep looking, and in the meantime we have two tales -- in the first, a reporter tries to write up a Church Picnic in Medieval style in 'Early English' and a family adopts a unique pet in 'Taming an Al ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1190 Sun, Oct 26 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1190Our favorite old crank comes up with a few ideas to eliminate poisonous gasses and bacteria in his home in C. B. Lewis's 1889 tale, 'Mr. Bowser Has Theories.'Time: approx eight minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/mr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1189 Sat, Oct 25 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1189Fans of the movie 'Ghostbusters' may find some intriguing resemblances to that film in Gellet Burgess's 1905 story, 'The Ghost-Extinguisher.' Your comments on this amazing (and fun) find are more than welcome! Send them to revry@panix.com.Time: approx twenty-five minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1188 Thu, Oct 23 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1188Today we offer the sad tale of a ghost of a man who is still alive! It also features romance, and some serious miscommunication, in Frank R. Stockton's 1884 story, 'The Transferred Ghost.'Time: approx twenty-five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1187 Tue, Oct 21 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1187With Halloween approaching, we are reading some spooky (and fun) ghost stories this week! Today's 1903 tale by Rose O'Neill concerns a strange spirit and a forgetful lady. It's called 'The Lady and the Ghost.'Time: approx eleven and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1186 Mon, Oct 20 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1186For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Nineteen of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- 'Knight-Errantry as a Trade' -- where Sandy gives The Boss an Earful.Time: approx eight and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of Stories is a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1185 Sun, Oct 19 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1185SUNDAY SALAD reveals the depth and range of Stanley Huntley's humorous writing with THREE pieces! First, a tough cowboy faces town a truly mean gambler in Bismarck, Dakota in the 1882 story 'A Piece of Carelessness.' Then an all-too-familiar poem is rewritten as it would be by four classic writers in 'Mary's Little Lamb - Verses Culled from the Different Authors,' also from 1882, and finally, what may be our last Spoopendyke story, our favorite cou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1184 Sat, Oct 18 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1184'Mr. Bowser Tries to Show His Wife How to Clean A House,' written by C. B. Lewis, back in 1889. What else needs to be said?Time: approx eight minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1183 Fri, Oct 17 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1183George Ade takes a look at a young married couple who separate for the first time in the 1902 tale 'The Fable of the Reckless Wife who had no One to Watch Her.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1182 Thu, Oct 16 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1182When you get right down to it, some people don't appreciate a good joke, as happens in George Ade's 1900 tale, 'The Fable of the Inveterate Joker Who Remained in Montana.'Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1181 Wed, Oct 15 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1181A century or so ago, Phrenologists, who would read fortunes and character from the bumps in peoples' heads, were quite popular. Today's George Ade story, from 1899, deals with just that. It's called 'The Fable of the Visitor Who Got A Lot for Three Dollars.'Time: approx five minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/AdeCata ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1180 Tue, Oct 14 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1180It's been awhile since we offered any of George Ade's Fables, so let's do some this week! We'll start with an 1899 tale of a conundrum with a terrific moral -- 'The Fable of the Caddy Who Hurt His Head While Thinking.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe George Ade Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1179 Mon, Oct 13 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1179For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Eighteen of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- 'In the Queen's Dungeons' -- where The Boss sets a lot of prisoners Free.Time: approx twenty-three minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of Stories is a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1178 Sun, Oct 12 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1178SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO of the BEST Stanley Huntley stories we've ever presented! First, from 1880, comes a classic tale of old Bismarck, Dakota -- 'The Gentleman from the Bad Lands.' Then Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke examine a rarely worn coat in 'Preparing for the New Years' from 1882.Not to be missed!Time: approx twenty minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1177 Sat, Oct 11 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1177From 1889, C. B Lewis, writing as M. Quad, brings us a lesson in commerce in 'Bowser Speaks Slightingly of His Wife's Business Methods, But --'Time: approx seven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1176 Fri, Oct 10 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1176In today's 1875 story, Eli Perkins considers the effect of a glut of jewels on the market in 'Solitaire Diamonds.'Time: approx five minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1175 Fri, Oct 10 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1175The wild west was full of rough, lawless characters, but no matter how wild they were, they had to pay their fares on the railroad, as we see in Eli Perkins' 1875 story, 'A Frontiersman.'Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1174 Thu, Oct 09 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1174Today we join Eli Perkins and a law student vying for the attention of a lady at a dance in the 1875 story 'The Legal-Minded Man.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1173 Wed, Oct 08 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1173We'll be hearing some more fun stories from Eli Perkins' 1875 book 'Eli Perkins (At Large)' this week. Today we find out the results of naming someone as the 'most beautiful girl' in print in 'Eli Perkins in Hot Water.'Time: approx seven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1172 Mon, Oct 06 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1172For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Seventeen (Part Two) of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- 'A Royal Banquet' -- where The Boss gets an uncomfortable taste of medieval justice.Time: approx fourteen and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yank ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1171 Mon, Oct 06 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1171SUNDAY SALAD offers up TWO Stanley Huntley pieces this week -- first we get an inside scoop on the pharmacy business in 'A Dismal Druggist' from 1882, and Mr. Spoopendyke gets out in the garden in 'The Mild Mannered Man Tries His Hand at Transplanting' from 1883.Time: approx eleven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1170 Sat, Oct 04 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1170Mr. Bowser gives his house a once over in C. B. Lewis's 1889 story, 'How the Man of the House Had It Painted and What It Cost.'Time: approx nine minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1169 Fri, Oct 03 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1169There are mean men, and meaner men, but Eli Perkins' wrote a story in 1875 about 'The Meanest Man Yet'.Time: approx three minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1168 Thu, Oct 02 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1168Eli Perkins relates an 1875 story about a sad old miner, observing the young miners come into the bank, cashing in their gold dust. It's called 'A Lonesome Man.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1167 Wed, Oct 01 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1167With all the tragic news coming out of Wall Street these days, we may want to take a look at Eli Perkins' 1875 tale of a disconsolate broker. It's called 'A Sad Man.'Time: approx five minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1166 Tue, Sep 30 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1166Melville D. Landon wrote under the pen name of Eli Perkins, and was probably more well known as a compiler of American Humor collections. Nevertheless, he was capable of writing extremely funny stories of his own.Today, we'll hear an 1875 Eli Perkins tale about Jesse and Frank James, a daring robbery, an admiring newspaper editor, and an act of gratitude in 'A Grateful Man.'Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1165 Mon, Sep 29 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1165For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Seventeen (Part One) of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- 'A Royal Banquet' -- featuring food, music, bawdy jokes, prayers, and a hanging. Time: approx eight minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1164 Sun, Sep 28 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1164SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO Stanley Huntley stories today -- From 1883, a Temperance crusader attempts to bring the Brooklyn Eagle's editors into the Prohibition campaign in 'Wanted the Paper's Influence' and Mr. Spoopendyke is hailed by one and all as the next Mayor of the city in 'The Reconciliation Candidate' from 1881.Time: approx eighteen minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1163 Sat, Sep 27 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1163Mr. Bowser displays his carpentry prowess in C. B. Lewis's 1890 tale, 'The Head of the Family Tries to Put Up Some Screen Doors.'Time: approx eight minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1162 Fri, Sep 26 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1162Here's a nifty 1876 Max Adeler story about a judicial blunder and a bald man's hat called 'Justice, and a Little Injustice.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlTheMax Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1161 Thu, Sep 25 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1161Max Adeler often wrote pretty funny poetry. Today we feature a humorous verse from Adeler's 1874 collection, 'Out of the Hurly Burly,' It's called 'Tim Keyser's Nose.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1160 Wed, Sep 24 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1160Our Max Adeler Marathon continues with an extremely short story concerning a horse, a saddle, and a friendly bit of advice in 'The Saddle Was On Wrong' from 1873.Time: approx two and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1159 Tue, Sep 23 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1159In what is turning into a Max Adeler Marathon, we present a third week in a row of Adeler short stories. Today we hear about a coroner, an Egyptian Mummy, and Noah's Ark in the 1875 tale, 'Sorry He Wasn't There.'Time: approx three and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1158 Mon, Sep 22 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1158For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Sixteen of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- 'Morgan Le Fay' -- where we hear of Knights selling soap and a truly nasty Queen.Time: approx fifteen minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of Stories is ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1157 Sun, Sep 21 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1157SUNDAY SALAD offers FOUR pieces today -- two very funny stories are definitely by Stanley Huntley -- 'The Editor and the Tracts' from 1881 and 'Sanctum Fables,' also from 1881.Another 1882 piece from an Oregon newspaper called 'Spoopendyke at the Telephone' was obviously not authentic, even to readers of the day, and 'Spoopendyke Starts a Fire,' also from 1882, from a North Carolina newspaper, and claiming to be from the Brooklyn Eagle, may be a co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1156 Sat, Sep 20 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1156Mr. Bowser is up to his usual antics in C. B. Lewis's 1890 story, 'The Head of the Family Tries Sleeping in a Hammock.'Time: approx seven minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1155 Fri, Sep 19 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1155Despite his happy name, a hunter achieves incredible levels of anger and frustration in Max Adeler's 1875 tale, 'Mr. Smiley's Gun.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1154 Thu, Sep 18 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1154Short but funny! Max Adeler's 'A Story of a Hot Brick' from 1875. Don't miss it!Time: approx three and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1153 Wed, Sep 17 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1153Max Adeler had a keen eye for clever inventions. Today's incredibly funny story from 1873 concerns a new-fangled sewing machine. It's called 'Kipp's Inventive Experiment.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1152 Tue, Sep 16 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1152MORE Max Adeler stories this week! Ever been "stuck" on someone romantically? Here's a tale of a young man who definitely was stuck, in 'Glue and the Emotions' from 1879.Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1151 Mon, Sep 15 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1151For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Fifteen of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 --'Sandy's Tale' -- where The Boss gets a real earful!Time: approx eighteen and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of Stories is at:http://ronevry ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1150 Sun, Sep 14 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1150SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO Stanley Huntley stories today. First, a man hires a couple of (not so) sharp lawyers to rid himself of a pest in 'A Curious Client' from 1881, and Mrs. Spoopendyke asks her husband to help her find some medicine in 'Mr. Spoopendyke's Search' from 1882.Time: approx ten and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Ca ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1149 Sun, Sep 14 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1149From 1891, Mr. Bowser hides things and seeks things in 'It's Always Mrs. Bowser's Fault' by C. B. Lewis.Time: approx five and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1148 Fri, Sep 12 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1148Max Adeler takes an oblique look at the greatest figures of history in the 1875 tale 'The Unwritten Side of Great Men.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1147 Thu, Sep 11 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1147Max Adeler tells of a persistent Insurance Salesman who meets with failure in the 1874 story, 'A Disheartened Agent.'Time: approx four minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1146 Wed, Sep 10 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1146Max Adeler relates a fascinating short piece about an interesting bequest with unexpected consequences. It's called 'One Inconsiderate Action' from 1872.Time: approx three and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1145 Tue, Sep 09 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1145Let's read some Max Adeler stories this week! We'll start with a short piece about a cat, a balloon, a thermometer and a cyclone, from his 1876 book "Elbow Room - A Novel Without A Plot' -- we call it 'Mr. Fogg's Exaggerations.'Time: approx sixand a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1144 Mon, Sep 08 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1144For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Fourteen of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 --'Defend Thee, Lord' -- where The Boss has a bit of Breakfast and a Smoke, and petrifies everybody!Time: approx nine and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1143 Sun, Sep 07 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1143SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO Stanley Huntley stories -- first, a tough character insists on buying drinks for everyone in 'He Was From the West' from 1883, and the Spoopendykes dig a coat out a moth-infested closet in 'Preparing for New Years' from 1882.Time: approx twelve minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronev ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1142 Sun, Sep 07 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1142Our favorite old crank has problems with his shirt and socks in 'Some Domestic Incidents that Make the Bowser Family Wheel Go Round' from 1891.Time: approx seven and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/mrbows ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1141 Sat, Sep 06 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1141Ellis Parker Butler talks to the spirits of the departed in the new, modern way, in the 1919 piece, 'A Message from Mr. Barr Leecorn.'Time: approx eight and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Ellis Parker Butler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.htmlRead lots more about Ellis Parker Butler at:http://www.ellisparkerbutler.info/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1140 Thu, Sep 04 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1140Ever get confused about dates? Try to imagine the real confusion these two historical characters dealt with in Ellis Parker Butler's 1912 tale, 'Washington and Egypt's First King.'Time: approx six and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Ellis Parker Butler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.htmlRead lots more about Ellis Parker Butler at: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1139 Wed, Sep 03 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1139Ellis Parker Butler gives the scoop on the motion picture situation in the 1920 tale, 'Movies is Movies.'Time: approx fifteen minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Ellis Parker Butler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.htmlRead lots more about Ellis Parker Butler at:http://www.ellisparkerbutler.info/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1138 Tue, Sep 02 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1138Ellis Parker Butler is one of Mister Ron's favorite humorists, so let's read some of his stuff this week!We'll start with a 1911 piece about how calm modern children are when reacting to disappointment over Christmas presents, in 'Something for the Kid.'Time: approx eight and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Ellis Parker Butler Catalog of Stories is at:http://ro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1137 Mon, Sep 01 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1137For Mark Twain Monday, we present Part Two of Two of Chapter Thirteen of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 --'Freemen' -- where the Boss joins some free men for breakfast and makes a recruit for his factory.Time: approx fourteen minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Twain.htmlThe Mark Twain Connect ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1136 Sun, Aug 31 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1136SUNDAY SALAD offers a triple collection of Stanley Huntley pieces -- first, we have an 1880 poem about how the Bismarck, Dakota, Board of Education makes decisions in 'A Grave Question.' Then we offer what appears to be Huntley's first use of the name Mrs. Spoopendyke in a short tale from 1879 called 'His New Year's Views.' This character doesn't seem to be related to the Spoopendykes we all know and love. Finally we offer a lengthy account of Mr. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1135 Sat, Aug 30 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1135Mr. Bowser achieves supreme military rank a couple of years before the US entered World War One, in C. B. Lewis's 1915 tale, 'It Was General Bowser.'Time: approx eight and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/quad.htmlThe M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1134 Fri, Aug 29 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1134FANNY FERN discusses a little known aspect of the nation's First First Lady in the 1872 story 'Mrs. Washington's Eternal Knitting.'Time: approx five minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mister Ron's Basement #1133 Wed, Aug 27 2008Mister Ron's Basement #1133Here's another bittersweet piece from Fanny Fern's 1872 collection, Caper Sauce. It's called 'Rainy-Day Pleasures.'Time: approx four and a half minutesThe Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at:http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.htmlThe Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at:http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.html Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |