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."

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June 24, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #764
Sun, Jun 24 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #764 Today's SUNDAY SALAD discusses the news of the day, as seen through the unique point of view of Mrs. Spoopendyke. 'A Trifle Mixed' from 1882 is Stanley Huntley at his best. NOT TO BE MISSED! ****Note -- An error in the original upload of this story has been corrected. 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 Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html
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June 22, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #763
Fri, Jun 22 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #763 Mr. Bowser apparently takes a dose from the wrong bottle in C. B. Lewis's 1902 tale, 'The Medicine Chest.' 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
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June 21, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #762
Thu, Jun 21 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #762 William Tappan Thompson was one of the funniest writers of the old South. His character, Major Joseph Jones, kept people in stitches for many years. Today's story takes place before the last two we read, and once again, is extremely funny. We present 'The Major in an Embarrassing Situation' from 1843. Time: approx thirteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
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June 20, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #761
Wed, Jun 20 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #761 William Tappan Thompson was one of the funniest writers of the old South. His character, Major Joseph Jones, kept people in stitches for many years. Today's tale from 1843 features Major Jones and his fiance at 'A Party' where practical jokes are the order of the day. Time: approx twelve and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
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June 19, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #760
Tue, Jun 19 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #760 William Tappan Thompson was one of the funniest writers of the old South. His character, Major Joseph Jones, kept people in stitches for many years. From 1842, we present one of the best of these tales, 'Major Jones Pops the Question.' Time: approx thirteen and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
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June 18, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #759
Mon, Jun 18 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #759 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 more pathos than laughs, but is still pretty pretty fun -- 'And Josephine Forgave.' Time: approx eleven 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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11min
June 17, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #758
Sun, Jun 17 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #758 SUNDAY SALAD offers two hysterically funny Stanley Huntley pieces from 1884 -- a man about to be hung gives a last speech in 'Just A Word to Say' and Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke compose a missive in 'Dictating A Letter.' 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
June 15, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #757
Fri, Jun 15 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #757 Both Mrs. and Mr. Bowser deal with separate illnesses in quite different ways in 'Two Cases of Grip' by C. B. Lewis from around 1907. Incidentally, there is another version of this very same short story on Librivox, which can be found at http://librivox.org/short-story-collection-013. 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
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June 14, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #756
Thu, Jun 14 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #756 Our last slice of Apple Pie this week is served up in a rousing O Henry story from 1910, 'A Technical Error." 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 The O Henry Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/ohenry.html
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June 13, 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #755
Wed, Jun 13 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #755 Here's another slice for you -- 'Apple Pie and Angels' from Donald J. Howard's 1921 book, 'Stubby Jenks.' 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
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