Wed, Aug 22 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #824 When the Lady from Philadelphia goes away, the Peterkin family confronts the fact that they are, well, kind of stupid, in Lucretia Peabody Hale's convoluted 1882-6 tale, 'The Peterkins Try to Become Wise.' 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 Lucretia Peabody Hale Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/hale.html...
Aug 22, 2007•7 min
Tue, Aug 21 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #823 Here's another remarkably silly tale from the 1886 Second Edition of 'The Peterkin Papers' by Lucretia Peabody Hale. The Peterkin kids have problems at meal time in the story 'At Dinner.' Time: approx five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Lucretia Peabody Hale Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/hale.html...
Aug 21, 2007•5 min
Mon, Aug 20 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #822 We are revisiting the incredibly stupid Peterkin family this week, with stories from the 1886 Second Edition of 'The Peterkin Papers' by Lucretia Peabody Hale. Today, we are reading the slightly looney Preface to the book. Time: approx four and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Lucretia Peabody Hale Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/hale.html...
Aug 20, 2007•4 min
Sun, Aug 19 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #821 Our Monday book serialization is George Ade's 1903 collection, 'In Babel -- Stories of Chicago.' The stories in this book range from the hysterically funny to the pathetically sad. Altogether, they paint a fascinating portrait of turn-of-the-last-century Chicago. Today's tale concerns a young lad relating his battle with germs . It's called 'Hickey Boy and the Grip.' Time: approx ten minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http:...
Aug 19, 2007•10 min
Sat, Aug 18 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #820 SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO Stanley Huntley stories today -- A Tennessee man remarks on the quality of whiskey in a Brooklyn bar in 'A Little Mild for Him' from 1884, and Mr. Spoopendyke attempts to follow impossible directions from his wife in 'Boxing A Sewing Machine' from 1882. Time: approx ten and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke C...
Aug 18, 2007•11 min
Fri, Aug 17 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #819 Our favorite old crank shows his appreciation of his wife with a framed portrait, in C. B. Lewis's 1902 story 'Mr. Bowser as a Lover.' Time: approx ten and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html...
Aug 17, 2007•11 min
Thu, Aug 16 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #818 Henry Clay Lukens spins a yarn about four young working girls sharing a home and attempting to not violate a cardinal rule regarding visiting gentlemen, in the 1883 story 'The Merry Maidens' Home Club.' Time: approx eight and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
Aug 16, 2007•9 min
Wed, Aug 15 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #817 From 1883 comes a story that may feature one of the first printed uses of the word 'cops' as a Jersey City man lets the police know in no uncertain terms what he thinks of them in Henry Clay Lukens' 'A Vocal Reef.' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
Aug 16, 2007•4 min
Wed, Aug 15 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #816 Henry Clay Lukens takes a look at that new-fangled device in the 1883 tale, 'The Missing Sardine-Opener.' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
Aug 15, 2007•4 min
Tue, Aug 14 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #815 Henry Clay Lukens was a popular columnist in New York City in the 1870s and 80s, writing under the pen name of 'Erratic Enrique.' From his 1883 collection 'Jets and Flashes' we present a truly strange conversation in a tonsorial parlor called 'Quizzing A Barber.' 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...
Aug 14, 2007•7 min
Mon, Aug 13 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #814 Our Monday book serialization is George Ade's 1903 collection, 'In Babel -- Stories of Chicago.' The stories in this book range from the hysterically funny to the pathetically sad. Altogether, they paint a fascinating portrait of turn-of-the-last-century Chicago. Today's tale is told by a House that wants to be a home -- it's called 'House in Mercedes Street' Time: approx ten and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: ht...
Aug 13, 2007•10 min
Sun, Aug 12 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #813 SUNDAY SALAD presents TWO Stanley Huntley stories -- first, a Dakota man explains how rich his territory is to some astonished Brooklynites in the 1883 tale 'A Great Country,' and Mr. Spoopendyke can't find his towel in 'An Awkward Embarrassment' from 1880. Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http...
Aug 12, 2007•7 min
Fri, Aug 10 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #812 Well, you know what's going to happen here -- and that is why it's so hysterically funny! From 1902, we present 'Mr. Bowser on Horseback' by C. B. Lewis... Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The 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://rone...
Aug 10, 2007•10 min
Thu, Aug 09 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #811 Our last piece on Editors this week concerns the blue pencil pushers as well as a number of other interesting folks in Thomas L. Masson's 1921 accounting, 'Popular Conceptions -- As Some of Us Think They Are' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html...
Aug 09, 2007•4 min
Wed, Aug 08 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #810 Bill Nye takes aim at 'long distance newspaper editing' in his 1884 tale 'A Snort of Agony.' 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 The Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/billnye.html
Aug 08, 2007•6 min
Tue, Aug 07 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #809 Continuing with this week's stories about Editors with a truly hilarious classic tale by Mark Twain from 1870 -- 'How I Edited An Agricultural Paper Once.' 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.html The Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Twain.html...
Aug 07, 2007•14 min
Mon, Aug 06 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #808 Stories about Editors are in the offing this week in the Basement -- today's tale is about a truly superb Editor and his take on what could only be described as an unbelievable bit of writing in Max Adeler's 1876 'The Editor of the Patriot.' Time: approx ten and a half minutes Time: approx five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at: http:/...
Aug 06, 2007•10 min
Sun, Aug 05 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #807 Our Monday book serialization is George Ade's 1903 collection, 'In Babel -- Stories of Chicago.' The stories in this book range from the hysterically funny to the pathetically sad. Altogether, they paint a fascinating portrait of turn-of-the-last-century Chicago. Today's tale deals with a couple of guys who are way down on their luck, grousing at the way their former friends ignore them in 'The Judge's Son.' Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mis...
Aug 05, 2007•9 min
Sat, Aug 04 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #806 SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO Stanley Huntley tales from 1883 -- first, the story of an indefatigable country bumpkin and a reluctant construction worker building the Brooklyn Bridge entitled 'A Fellow Feeling,' then Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke try 'Locking the Trunk.' Time: approx nine 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: ht...
Aug 04, 2007•9 min
Fri, Aug 03 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #805 Our favorite crank gets involved with the 'Reform Movement' in C. B. Lewis's 1902 story, 'Mr. Bowser in Politics.' 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...
Aug 03, 2007•9 min
Thu, Aug 02 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #804 In our final selection from Thomas L. Masson's 1921 book, 'Well, Why Not?' the author owns up with 'Confessions of A Happily Married Man.' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html...
Aug 02, 2007•4 min
Wed, Aug 01 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #803 Let's visit the past -- from the future -- in Thomas L. Masson's 1921 tale 'Looking Backward on the Home -- In the Year 3000 A.D.' from the book 'Well, Why Not?' 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 The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html...
Aug 01, 2007•6 min
Tue, Jul 31 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #802 Planning on popping the question? Thomas L. Masson provides some handy openers in 'When You Propose' from his 1921 book 'Well, Why Not?' Time: approx three and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html...
Jul 31, 2007•3 min
Mon, Jul 30 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #801 More stories from Thomas L. Masson's 1921 book 'Well, Why Not?' are featured in The Basement this week. Today, a businessman has an employee recruiting problem in 'The Right Man.' Time: approx four and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html...
Jul 30, 2007•5 min
Sun, Jul 29 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #800 We are celebrating Mister Ron's Basement episode number EIGHT HUNDRED!!! Our Monday book serialization is George Ade's 1903 collection, 'In Babel -- Stories of Chicago.' The stories in this book range from the hysterically funny to the pathetically sad. Altogether, they paint a fascinating portrait of turn-of-the-last-century Chicago. In celebration of Episode #800, we have a short discussion of George Ade and his writing, then a story from 'In Babel' ...
Jul 29, 2007•15 min
Sat, Jul 28 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #799 SUNDAY SALAD presents a couple of irreverent Stanley Huntley stories from 1883 -- a religious editor deals with demanding reader in 'Wanted New Ones' and the Spoopendykes try to find a missing Bible in 'Searching the Scriptures.' Time: approx fifteen 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...
Jul 28, 2007•13 min
Fri, Jul 27 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #798 Mr. Bowser shows off his unique prowess in lexicography in 'A Lesson in Spelling' by C. B. Lewis from 1902. Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The 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...
Jul 27, 2007•9 min
Thu, Jul 26 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #797 The last tale from Thomas L. Masson's 1921 book, 'Well, Why Not?' for this week features a pointed discussion between Satire and Humor in 'Strangers in a Strange Land.' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html...
Jul 26, 2007•4 min
Wed, Jul 25 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #796 From Thomas L. Masson's 1921 book, 'Well, Why Not?' comes some straight talk on a difficult subject -- 'Jealousy.' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html
Jul 25, 2007•4 min
Tue, Jul 24 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #795 From Thomas L. Masson's 1921 collection, we find out what a sensitive and sincere fellow the guy who crams people into crowded Subway cars is in 'My Subway Guard Friend.' Time: approx four and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html...
Jul 24, 2007•4 min
