Tue, Sep 16 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1152 MORE 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 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://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html...
Mon, Sep 15 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1151 For 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 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 The Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of Stories is at: http://ron...
Sun, Sep 14 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1150 SUNDAY 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 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...
Sun, Sep 14 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1149 From 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 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...
Fri, Sep 12 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1148 Max Adeler takes an oblique look at the greatest figures of history in the 1875 tale 'The Unwritten Side of Great Men.' Time: approx four 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://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html...
Thu, Sep 11 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1147 Max Adeler tells of a persistent Insurance Salesman who meets with failure in the 1874 story, 'A Disheartened Agent.' Time: approx four 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://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html...
Wed, Sep 10 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1146 Max 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 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://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html...
Tue, Sep 09 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1145 Let'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 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 Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html...
Mon, Sep 08 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1144 For 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 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 The Mark Twain Connecticut Yank...
Sun, Sep 07 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1143 SUNDAY 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 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://ron...
Sun, Sep 07 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1142 Our 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 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/mr...
Sat, Sep 06 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1141 Ellis 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 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 Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.html Read lots more about Ellis Parker Butler at: http://www.ellisparkerbutler.info/...
Thu, Sep 04 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1140 Ever 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 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 Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.html Read lots more about Ellis Parker Butler ...
Wed, Sep 03 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1139 Ellis Parker Butler gives the scoop on the motion picture situation in the 1920 tale, 'Movies is Movies.' Time: approx fifteen 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 Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.html Read lots more about Ellis Parker Butler at: http://www.ellisparkerbutler.info/...
Tue, Sep 02 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1138 Ellis 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 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 Stories is at: http:/...
Mon, Sep 01 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1137 For 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 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 The Mark Twain Conn...
Sun, Aug 31 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1136 SUNDAY 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. and...
Sat, Aug 30 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1135 Mr. 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 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....
Fri, Aug 29 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1134 FANNY 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 minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.html...
Wed, Aug 27 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1133 Here's another bittersweet piece from Fanny Fern's 1872 collection, Caper Sauce. It's called 'Rainy-Day Pleasures.' 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 Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.html...
Tue, Aug 26 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1132 Fanny Fern wrote her weekly column right up until the day she died in 1872. Just months before that day, she published a collection of her writing called Caper Sauce. This week, we feature stories from that book. Today's is an exercise in frustration called 'How I Read the Morning Papers.' Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Fanny Fern Catalog of Storie...
Mon, Aug 25 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1131 For Mark Twain Monday, we present Part One of Two of Chapter Thirteen of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 --'Freemen' -- where The Boss learns to share his armor with all sorts of bugs! Time: approx seven 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 The Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Ind...
Sun, Aug 24 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1130 SUNDAY SALAD features TWO fun Stanley Huntley stories -- first, a ghoulish customer tries to get a free notice at the Brooklyn Eagle office in the 1882 story, 'He Wished to Do the Square Thing' and Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke have a nice picnic while traveling in 'A Railroad Lunch,' originally run in Drake's Traveller's Magazine in 1883. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Office of the 1800s Yes, we will soon run out of Spoopendyke stories! Listeners who have a cl...
Sat, Aug 23 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1129 Our favorite old crank shows how to deal with the butcher properly in C. B. Lewis's 1891 story, 'Mr. Bowser Tries to do the Family Marketing.' Time: approx eight 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...
Thu, Aug 21 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1128 We are wrapping up a week of James M. Bailey stories from 1873 with a true slapstick tale involving a ladder and a can of paint, called 'Street Life in Danbury.' Time: approx three and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.html...
Wed, Aug 20 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1127 Here's a short but intriguing look at a quandary for a new homeowner by James M. Bailey from 1873. It's called 'First Sunday in a New House.' 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 James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.html...
Tue, Aug 19 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1126 James Montgomery Bailey left a wonderful legacy of unique humor concerning life in the booming Connecticut suburbs of the post-Civil War era. His 'Danbury News' had a huge mail subscriber base from across the US, from people hungry for his funny stories. Tastes changed though, and by the late 1870s his popularity fizzled out. This week, we will be presenting very short stories from his 1873 collection, 'Life in Danbury.' Today we hear about an inherit...
Mon, Aug 18 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1125 James Montgomery Bailey left a wonderful legacy of unique humor concerning life in the booming Connecticut suburbs of the post-Civil War era. His 'Danbury News' had a huge mail subscriber base from across the US, from people hungry for his funny stories. Tastes changed though, and by the late 1870s his popularity fizzled out. This week, we will be presenting very short stories from his 1873 collection, 'Life in Danbury.' Today we hear about a unique c...
Sun, Aug 17 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1124 For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Twelve of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 --'Slow Torture' -- wherein the Boss gets an itch that he can't scratch! 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 Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Twain.html The Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of Stories is...
Sat, Aug 16 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1123 SUNDAY SALAD offers a fascinating look at how the global popularity of the Spoopendykes led to newspapers in other countries 'localizing' their stories for their readers. We start by replaying 'Misled By A Pattern,' which appeared in the Brooklyn Eagle in 1881, then reading the same story as it appeared in a New Zealand newspaper three years later, with major changes for the kiwi folk. The newer version is called 'Mrs. Spoopendyke Misunderstands.' Tim...
