Mister Ron's Basement II

By Ron Evry

***"The stories are gentler than what passes for humor today, but what's surprising is how current some of them are. Human folly doesn't change much from decade to decade."

--John Kelly, Washington Po... more

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August 13, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #814
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: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html
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August 12, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #813
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://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html
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August 10, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #812
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://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html
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10min
August 09, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #811
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
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August 08, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #810
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
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August 07, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #809
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
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August 06, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #808
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://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html
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11min
August 05, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #807
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 Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html
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August 04, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #806
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: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html
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9min
August 03, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #805
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
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10min

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How many episodes does Mister Ron's Basement II have?

The podcast currently has 2,022 episodes available.