Mister Ron's Basement II

Thur Apr 21, 2011 Mister Ron's Basement No. 1925 While definitely of his time, Ellis Parker Butler’s stories are still witty today. From 1922, Butler imagines life on a Desert Island with absolutely nothing to do, and compares it to the liberating household machinery of his day in ‘Kitchen Efficiency.’ Time: approx sixteen and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Ellis Parker Butler index of stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Our week of Gorilla Stories presented from March 28th through April 1st have inspired Mister Ron’s Gorilla Costume Contest! That is right! The winner of this contest will win a real Gorilla Suit Costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! Here are the rules - 1 - Write an original, funny story involving a gorilla. It can be anywhere from one paragraph to as long as you'd like! 2 - The story must use at least ONE of these words from the Gorilla Stories we have presented from March 28th through April 1st. The more, the better: Seventh brutes dandy educated familiar chuck-a-luck imp politics snob-monkey fashionable Brooklyn 3 - Send it in via email to [email protected]. Please write 'Gorilla Contest Entry' in the subject line. Your entry must be received by Mister Ron by April 30th, 2011! 4 - Try to make it funny and original. The winner, as chosen by Mister Ron, will get to choose a gorilla (or banana) costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! The winner's story will be read on the Mister Ron's Basement podcast! Thanks so much to the nice folks at HalloweenCostumes.com for their idea of having this contest. They offer a wonderful selection of well-made costumes year-round, not just for Halloween!

Wed Apr 20, 2011 Mister Ron's Basement No. 1924 The works of Ellis Parker Butler are still hilarious even in the 21st Century! We offer another 1911 piece by Butler, from the era before Women could vote or serve on Juries. We explore the deliberations of twelve idiot men ‘On Jury Duty.’ Time: approx twenty and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Ellis Parker Butler index of stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Our week of Gorilla Stories presented from March 28th through April 1st have inspired Mister Ron’s Gorilla Costume Contest! That is right! The winner of this contest will win a real Gorilla Suit Costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! Here are the rules - 1 - Write an original, funny story involving a gorilla. It can be anywhere from one paragraph to as long as you'd like! 2 - The story must use at least ONE of these words from the Gorilla Stories we have presented from March 28th through April 1st. The more, the better: Seventh brutes dandy educated familiar chuck-a-luck imp politics snob-monkey fashionable Brooklyn 3 - Send it in via email to [email protected]. Please write 'Gorilla Contest Entry' in the subject line. Your entry must be received by Mister Ron by April 30th, 2011! 4 - Try to make it funny and original. The winner, as chosen by Mister Ron, will get to choose a gorilla (or banana) costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! The winner's story will be read on the Mister Ron's Basement podcast! Thanks so much to the nice folks at HalloweenCostumes.com for their idea of having this contest. They offer a wonderful selection of well-made costumes year-round, not just for Halloween!

Tue Apr 19, 2011 Mister Ron's Basement No. 1923 The works of Ellis Parker Butler still remain laugh-out-loud funny today! Today’s 1911 Butler piece explores new directions in modern writing, in ‘The Scenic Novel.’ Time: approx fifteen and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Ellis Parker Butler index of stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Our week of Gorilla Stories presented from March 28th through April 1st have inspired Mister Ron’s Gorilla Costume Contest! That is right! The winner of this contest will win a real Gorilla Suit Costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! Here are the rules - 1 - Write an original, funny story involving a gorilla. It can be anywhere from one paragraph to as long as you'd like! 2 - The story must use at least ONE of these words from the Gorilla Stories we have presented from March 28th through April 1st. The more, the better: Seventh brutes dandy educated familiar chuck-a-luck imp politics snob-monkey fashionable Brooklyn 3 - Send it in via email to [email protected]. Please write 'Gorilla Contest Entry' in the subject line. Your entry must be received by Mister Ron by April 30th, 2011! 4 - Try to make it funny and original. The winner, as chosen by Mister Ron, will get to choose a gorilla (or banana) costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! The winner's story will be read on the Mister Ron's Basement podcast! Thanks so much to the nice folks at HalloweenCostumes.com for their idea of having this contest. They offer a wonderful selection of well-made costumes year-round, not just for Halloween!

Mon, Apr 18, 2011 Mister Ron’s Basement No. 1922 Our current Monday Novel Serialization is W. L. Alden’s 1888 book, ‘A New Robinson Crusoe.’ This is the story of a sailor who gets shipwrecked with Robinson Crusoe’s pain-in-the-neck Grandson, who wants to do everything the way his Grandfather did. In Chapter Thirteen, Mr. Crusoe gets extremely sick, and Michael the Sailor tries every medicine he can get his hands on to cure him. Time: approx fourteen and a half minutes The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Index of W. L. Alden stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/alden.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Our week of Gorilla Stories presented from March 28th through April 1st have inspired Mister Ron’s Gorilla Costume Contest! That is right! The winner of this contest will win a real Gorilla Suit Costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! Here are the rules - 1 - Write an original, funny story involving a gorilla. It can be anywhere from one paragraph to as long as you'd like! 2 - The story must use at least ONE of these words from the Gorilla Stories we have presented from March 28th through April 1st. The more, the better: Seventh brutes dandy educated familiar chuck-a-luck imp politics snob-monkey fashionable Brooklyn 3 - Send it in via email to [email protected]. Please write 'Gorilla Contest Entry' in the subject line. Your entry must be received by Mister Ron by April 30th, 2011! 4 - Try to make it funny and original. The winner, as chosen by Mister Ron, will get to choose a gorilla (or banana) costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! The winner's story will be read on the Mister Ron's Basement podcast! Thanks so much to the nice folks at HalloweenCostumes.com for their idea of having this contest. They offer a wonderful selection of well-made costumes year-round, not just for Halloween!

Fri Apr 15, 2011 Mister Ron's Basement No. 1921 This week, we have dug out some more truly rare Bill Nye stories, always a treat to read and to hear. A unique treat - - for the second day in a row, we offer another Bill Nye piece on our First President. From 1886, we are reading ‘Words About Washington.’ Time: approx six and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Index of Bill Nye stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/billnye.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Our week of Gorilla Stories presented from March 28th through April 1st have inspired Mister Ron’s Gorilla Costume Contest! That is right! The winner of this contest will win a real Gorilla Suit Costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! Here are the rules - 1 - Write an original, funny story involving a gorilla. It can be anywhere from one paragraph to as long as you'd like! 2 - The story must use at least ONE of these words from the Gorilla Stories we have presented from March 28th through April 1st. The more, the better: Seventh brutes dandy educated familiar chuck-a-luck imp politics snob-monkey fashionable Brooklyn 3 - Send it in via email to [email protected]. Please write 'Gorilla Contest Entry' in the subject line. Your entry must be received by Mister Ron by April 30th, 2011! 4 - Try to make it funny and original. The winner, as chosen by Mister Ron, will get to choose a gorilla (or banana) costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! The winner's story will be read on the Mister Ron's Basement podcast! Thanks so much to the nice folks at HalloweenCostumes.com for their idea of having this contest. They offer a wonderful selection of well-made costumes year-round, not just for Halloween!

Thur Apr 14, 2011 Mister Ron's Basement No. 1920 This week, we have dug out some more truly rare Bill Nye stories, always a treat to read and to hear. Today we feature an 1885 Nye tale that apparently never appeared in a book, but was in newspapers. It is called ‘George Washington.’ We had quite a bit of trouble reading this scan from a newspaper page, but believe that most of it came through okay. Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Index of Bill Nye stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/billnye.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Our week of Gorilla Stories presented from March 28th through April 1st have inspired Mister Ron’s Gorilla Costume Contest! That is right! The winner of this contest will win a real Gorilla Suit Costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! Here are the rules - 1 - Write an original, funny story involving a gorilla. It can be anywhere from one paragraph to as long as you'd like! 2 - The story must use at least ONE of these words from the Gorilla Stories we have presented from March 28th through April 1st. The more, the better: Seventh brutes dandy educated familiar chuck-a-luck imp politics snob-monkey fashionable Brooklyn 3 - Send it in via email to [email protected]. Please write 'Gorilla Contest Entry' in the subject line. Your entry must be received by Mister Ron by April 30th, 2011! 4 - Try to make it funny and original. The winner, as chosen by Mister Ron, will get to choose a gorilla (or banana) costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! The winner's story will be read on the Mister Ron's Basement podcast! Thanks so much to the nice folks at HalloweenCostumes.com for their idea of having this contest. They offer a wonderful selection of well-made costumes year-round, not just for Halloween!

Wed Apr 13, 2011 Mister Ron's Basement No. 1919 This week, we have dug out some more truly rare Bill Nye stories, always a treat to read and to hear. These days, so many politicians try their very best to give all they can to extremely rich people, which is nothing new, as we hear in ‘Bill Nye’s Appeal in Behalf of Vanderbilt’ from 1884.

By the way, The Vanderbilt’s Biltmore Mansion was being built just a stone’s throw away from Nye’s home in Asheville, NC, and he often commented and made ‘neighborly’ suggestions. Time: approx five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Index of Bill Nye stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/billnye.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Our week of Gorilla Stories presented from March 28th through April 1st have inspired Mister Ron’s Gorilla Costume Contest! That is right! The winner of this contest will win a real Gorilla Suit Costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! Here are the rules - 1 - Write an original, funny story involving a gorilla. It can be anywhere from one paragraph to as long as you'd like! 2 - The story must use at least ONE of these words from the Gorilla Stories we have presented from March 28th through April 1st. The more, the better: Seventh brutes dandy educated familiar chuck-a-luck imp politics snob-monkey fashionable Brooklyn 3 - Send it in via email to [email protected]. Please write 'Gorilla Contest Entry' in the subject line. Your entry must be received by Mister Ron by April 30th, 2011! 4 - Try to make it funny and original. The winner, as chosen by Mister Ron, will get to choose a gorilla (or banana) costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! The winner's story will be read on the Mister Ron's Basement podcast! Thanks so much to the nice folks at HalloweenCostumes.com for their idea of having this contest. They offer a wonderful selection of well-made costumes year-round, not just for Halloween!

Tue Apr 12, 2011 Mister Ron's Basement No. 1918 This week, we have dug out some more truly rare Bill Nye stories, always a treat to read and to hear. Today’s 1884 piece offers Nye’s musings on the vote for women - it’s called ‘Petticoats at the Polls.’ Time: approx eight minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Index of Bill Nye stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/billnye.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Our week of Gorilla Stories presented from March 28th through April 1st have inspired Mister Ron’s Gorilla Costume Contest! That is right! The winner of this contest will win a real Gorilla Suit Costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! Here are the rules - 1 - Write an original, funny story involving a gorilla. It can be anywhere from one paragraph to as long as you'd like! 2 - The story must use at least ONE of these words from the Gorilla Stories we have presented from March 28th through April 1st. The more, the better: Seventh brutes dandy educated familiar chuck-a-luck imp politics snob-monkey fashionable Brooklyn 3 - Send it in via email to [email protected]. Please write 'Gorilla Contest Entry' in the subject line. Your entry must be received by Mister Ron by April 30th, 2011! 4 - Try to make it funny and original. The winner, as chosen by Mister Ron, will get to choose a gorilla (or banana) costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! The winner's story will be read on the Mister Ron's Basement podcast! Thanks so much to the nice folks at HalloweenCostumes.com for their idea of having this contest. They offer a wonderful selection of well-made costumes year-round, not just for Halloween!

Mon, Apr 11, 2011 Mister Ron’s Basement No. 1917 Our current Monday Novel Serialization is W. L. Alden’s 1888 book, ‘A New Robinson Crusoe.’ This is the story of a sailor who gets shipwrecked with Robinson Crusoe’s pain-in-the-neck Grandson, who wants to do everything the way his Grandfather did. In Chapter Twelve, Michael gets tied up as Crusoe goes nuts and heads out to hunt cannibals. Time: approx fifteen minutes The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Index of W. L. Alden stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/alden.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Our week of Gorilla Stories presented from March 28th through April 1st have inspired Mister Ron’s Gorilla Costume Contest! That is right! The winner of this contest will win a real Gorilla Suit Costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! Here are the rules - 1 - Write an original, funny story involving a gorilla. It can be anywhere from one paragraph to as long as you'd like! 2 - The story must use at least ONE of these words from the Gorilla Stories we have presented from March 28th through April 1st. The more, the better: Seventh brutes dandy educated familiar chuck-a-luck imp politics snob-monkey fashionable Brooklyn 3 - Send it in via email to [email protected]. Please write 'Gorilla Contest Entry' in the subject line. Your entry must be received by Mister Ron by April 30th, 2011! 4 - Try to make it funny and original. The winner, as chosen by Mister Ron, will get to choose a gorilla (or banana) costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! The winner's story will be read on the Mister Ron's Basement podcast! Thanks so much to the nice folks at HalloweenCostumes.com for their idea of having this contest. They offer a wonderful selection of well-made costumes year-round, not just for Halloween!

Sat Apr 9, 2011 Mister Ron's Basement No. 1916 Our Saturday Night Special story is by Palmer Cox, from an 1889 collection of his pre-Brownies ‘Frontier Humor.’ Cox encounters an army of malevolent mosquitos, a humorless town with an orchestra consisting only of a pointy-headed bald oboe player, and a man racing to change clothes unnoticed, while a train rushes through a tunnel, all in the story, ‘A Trip to the Interior.’ Time: approx seventeen and a half minutes Please try to enter our ‘Gorilla Costume Contest!’ The instructions are below. The Mister Ron's Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Index of Paler Cox stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/palmercox.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Our week of Gorilla Stories presented from March 28th through April 1st have inspired Mister Ron’s Gorilla Costume Contest! That is right! The winner of this contest will win a real Gorilla Suit Costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! Here are the rules - 1 - Write an original, funny story involving a gorilla. It can be anywhere from one paragraph to as long as you'd like! 2 - The story must use at least ONE of these words from the Gorilla Stories we have presented from March 28th through April 1st. The more, the better: Seventh brutes dandy educated familiar chuck-a-luck imp politics snob-monkey fashionable Brooklyn 3 - Send it in via email to [email protected]. Please write 'Gorilla Contest Entry' in the subject line. Your entry must be received by Mister Ron by April 30th, 2011! 4 - Try to make it funny and original. The winner, as chosen by Mister Ron, will get to choose a gorilla (or banana) costume from HalloweenCostumes.com! The winner's story will be read on the Mister Ron's Basement podcast! Thanks so much to the nice folks at HalloweenCostumes.com for their idea of having this contest. They offer a wonderful selection of well-made costumes year-round, not just for Halloween!