Wed, May 23 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #734 Once again this week, we will be reading from the old Life Magazine's 1916 contest winners collection of the best 'Shortest Stories' featured in 'Short Stories from Life.' Today we offer a touching story of an accused criminal and his dog -- 'The Bad Man' by Harry C. Goodwin Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html...
May 23, 2007•3 min
Mon, May 21 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #733 Once again this week, we will be reading from the old Life Magazine's 1916 contest winners collection of the best 'Shortest Stories' featured in 'Short Stories from Life.' Today, we discover the pandemonium that can ensue when somebody reads mail that belongs to someone else in 'The Impulsive Mr. Jiggs.' Time: approx six minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html...
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Sun, May 20 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #732 Continuing our Monday Book Serialization with Max Adeler's 1880 novelette, 'Fortunate Island,' concerning an American professor and his daughter, carrying advanced 19th century technology, stranded on a mysterious island filled with castles, knights, and descendants of King Arthur's Kingdom. If this sounds to you a bit like Mark Twain's 'A Connecticut Yakee in King Arthur's Court,' well, it also seemed so to Max Adeler... Today we present Chapter Three...
May 20, 2007•29 min
at, May 19 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #731 Perhaps a bit out of character for Mr. Spoopendyke, Stanley Huntley has his mean-tempered character 'meet his maker' at the Brooklyn Eagle office in the 1880 story 'Mr. Spoopendyke's Free Seats.' This story is chock full of 'inside' jokes about newspapers of the time, other humorists, the Editor and dramatic critic of The Eagle, and Huntley himself. Long-Time listeners of the Basement will be familiar with some of these. If any of these references fly o...
May 19, 2007•11 min
Fri, May 18 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #730 From 1901, Mr. Bowser figures out how to overcome cold weather in 'Mr. Bowser Makes an Experiment in the Interests of Science' by C. B. Lewis. Time: approx eleven and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrb...
May 18, 2007•11 min
Thu, May 17 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #729 The old Life Magazine (the humor magazine) held a contest in 1916 looking for the best 'Shortest Stories.' The 81 best of those tales were collected in a book called 'Short Stories from Life." This week we will be reading some of the best of the best. Today, the cleverest detective on the force matches wits with a beautiful, yet dangerous female thief in 'A Clever Catch' by Lloyd F. Loux. Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog...
May 17, 2007•4 min
Wed, May 16 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #728 The old Life Magazine (the humor magazine) held a contest in 1916 looking for the best 'Shortest Stories.' The 81 best of those tales were collected in a book called 'Short Stories from Life." This week we will be reading some of the best of the best. Today, an aged aunt and her young, radiant niece look at some old letters in 'Which?' by Joseph Hall. Time: approx three and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://r...
May 16, 2007•3 min
Tue, May 15 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #727 The old Life Magazine (the humor magazine) held a contest in 1916 looking for the best 'Shortest Stories.' The 81 best of those tales were collected in a book called 'Short Stories from Life." This week we will be reading some of the best of the best. Today, an inexperienced attorney is given a confessed murderer to defend for his first case in 'The Joke on Preston' by Lewis Allen. Time: approx seven and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Ca...
May 15, 2007•7 min
Mon, May 14 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #726 The old Life Magazine (the humor magazine) held a contest in 1916 looking for the best 'Shortest Stories.' The 81 best of those tales were collected in a book called 'Short Stories from Life." This week we will be reading some of the best of the best. We start with a tale of a man holding a wager for some friends -- 'The Winner's Loss' by Elliot Flower. Time: approx five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com...
May 14, 2007•5 min
Sun, May 13 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #725 Continuing our Monday Book Serialization with Max Adeler's 1880 novelette, 'Fortunate Island,' concerning an American professor and his daughter, carrying advanced 19th century technology, stranded on a mysterious island filled with castles, knights, and descendants of King Arthur's Kingdom. If this sounds to you a bit like Mark Twain's 'A Connecticut Yakee in King Arthur's Court,' well, it also seemed so to Max Adeler... Today we get to see what happe...
May 13, 2007•15 min
Sun, May 13 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #724 SUNDAY SALAD Mother's Day Special features TWO Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke stories by Stanley Huntley from 1881 -- 'An Accession to the Family' (later republished as 'Spoopendyke's Baby') and 'Searching for the Pin.' Time: approx eleven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html...
May 13, 2007•11 min
Fri, May 11 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #723 Mr. Bowser makes a fuss over nothing in the 1897 tale 'He Says Things to Mrs. Bowser' by C. B. Lewis. Time: approx ten minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html...
May 11, 2007•10 min
Fri, May 11 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #722 The humorous writing technique of John Kendrick Bangs is in the spolight this week. Today, we present a teeny-weeny excerpt from his 1902 book, 'Olympic Nights.' If you'd like to hear the whole book someday, do let us know. Time: approx five and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
May 11, 2007•5 min
Wed, May 09 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #721 The antique, yet modern humor of John Kendrick Bangs is in the spolight this week. Today we rejoin the Idiot as he and his fellow boarders discuss having Sunday every day in an excerpt from the 1899 book 'Coffee and Repartee.' Time: approx nine minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
May 09, 2007•9 min
Tue, May 08 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #720 The unique and quirky humor of John Kendrick Bangs is in the spolight this week. Today we join a search for something misplaced in 'Lost and Found' from 1916. DON'T MISS THIS! Time: approx six and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
May 08, 2007•7 min
Mon, May 07 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #719 The oblique and pointed humor of John Kendrick Bangs is in the spolight this week. Today we learn exactly what it takes to make it into High Society in the 1908 tale 'The Gentle Art of Boosting.' Time: approx fifteen and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
May 07, 2007•15 min
Mon, May 07 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #718 Continuing our Monday Book Serialization with Max Adeler's 1880 novelette, 'Fortunate Island,' concerning an American professor and his daughter, carrying advanced 19th century technology, stranded on a mysterious island filled with castles, knights, and descendants of King Arthur's Kingdom. If this sounds to you a bit like Mark Twain's 'A Connecticut Yakee in King Arthur's Court,' well, it also seemed so to Max Adeler... Today, the Professor and Tilly...
May 07, 2007•13 min
Sat, May 05 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #717 SUNDAY SALAD offers up TWO hysterically funny Stanley Huntley stories -- the first one features a group of men talking about 'Snakes,' written in 1884, then the Spoopendykes work out the finer points of 'Hanging A Picture' from 1883. Time: approx seventeen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoop...
May 05, 2007•17 min
Fri, May 04 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #716 Mr. Bowser strikes a sure thing of an investment in the 1902 story 'Raising Chickens' by C. B. Lewis. Time: approx nine minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html...
May 04, 2007•9 min
Thu, May 03 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #715 We are wrapping up Ellis Parker Butler week with a retelling of the 1906 story we did over two years ago in Episode Number 5 (hopefully a bit better this time around) -- 'The Adventure of Silas Boggs' -- featuring lop-eared guinea pigs and Perkins of Portland, the world's greatest advertising man! Time: approx nineteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Ellis Parker Butle...
May 03, 2007•19 min
Wed, May 02 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #714 Another madly funny story by Ellis Parker Butler from 1919 -- 'Lover's Leap' -- is classic American humor at its best! Time: approx sixteen minutes Please scroll down to the 'Listen' button to hear this story... A Tip o'Mister Ron's Hat goes out to SFF Audio , where 'The Future Never Sounded So Good' for plugging some of our Science Fictional efforts. If you're hungry for good stuff to listen to, do drop by! The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can b...
May 02, 2007•16 min
Wed, May 02 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #713 Truly one of the most insanely whacky stories ever presented in the Basement, Ellis Parker Butler's 1910 tale, 'An Experiment in Gyro-Hats' combines a science-fictional invention, a weepy love story, the strangest drunken stroll ever taken, and a revolving mule! Don't miss this one! Time: approx thirty-five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Ellis Parker Butler Catalog of...
May 02, 2007•35 min
Mon, Apr 30 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #712 We have a Winner in the Mister Ron's Anniversary Contest from Episode #680, who correctly identified the story 'Pure Logic' by Ellis Parker Butler! Listen for the details in this episode...Another contest will be announced later this week! This week, we will be reading Ellis Parker Butler stories, starting with the short but cute 1911 piece, 'Appropriate Telephone Numbers.' Time: approx five and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can...
Apr 30, 2007•5 min
Sun, Apr 29 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #711 Continuing our Monday Book Serialization with Max Adeler's 1880 novelette, 'Fortunate Island,' concerning an American professor and his daughter, carrying advanced 19th century technology, stranded on a mysterious island filled with castles, knights, and descendants of King Arthur's Kingdom. If this sounds to you a bit like Mark Twain's 'A Connecticut Yakee in King Arthur's Court,' well, it also seemed so to Max Adeler... Today, the Professor and Tilly...
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Sun, Apr 29 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #710 SUNDAY SALAD offers a tale of Mr. Spoopendyke, a can of fish, and a missing can opener in 'Opening Sardines' from 1881. It is said that Huntley based this story on a true incident. Time: approx seven and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html...
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Fri, Apr 27 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #709 From 1918, Mr. Bowser decides to brighten up his neighborhood with a rainbow of house paint in 'Bowser's Villa' by C. B. Lewis. Time: approx nine minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html...
Apr 27, 2007•9 min
Thu, Apr 26 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #708 Concluding the beautiful (and fun) Science Fiction story from 1904, presented in four parts -- 'The Girl from Mercury' -- today, record 4 of 4 -- by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé. Time: approx fifteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
Apr 26, 2007•15 min
Wed, Apr 25 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #707 Continuing the delightful Science Fiction story from 1904, presented in four parts -- 'The Girl from Mercury' -- today, record 3 of 4 -- by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé. Time: approx eleven and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
Apr 25, 2007•11 min
Tue, Apr 24 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #706 Continuing the delightful Science Fiction story from 1904, presented in four parts -- 'The Girl from Mercury' -- today, record 2 of 4 -- by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé. Time: approx nineteen and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
Apr 24, 2007•19 min
Tue, Apr 24 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #705 This week, The Basement features a delightful Science Fiction story from 1904, presented in four parts -- today, 'The Girl from Mercury' -- Record 1 of 4 -- by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé. Time: approx ten and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
Apr 24, 2007•10 min
