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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November 21, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #554
Tue, Nov 21 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #554 Frederic Thomas Somerby, writing under the pen name of 'Cymon' ran a column of sketches of the people and doings in the beautiful, quaint town of Newburyport, for the readers of The Boston Post. In 1852, he published a collection of these pieces under the title 'Hits and Dashes, or A Medley of Sketches and Scraps Touching People and Things.' The author tackles a tale of a fifteen year old boy and a young lass in what could best be tastefully described as 'A Situation.' 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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November 20, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #553
Mon, Nov 20 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #553 Frederic Thomas Somerby, writing under the pen name of 'Cymon' ran a column of sketches of the people and doings in the beautiful, quaint town of Newburyport, for the readers of The Boston Post. In 1852, he published a collection of these pieces under the title 'Hits and Dashes, or A Medley of Sketches and Scraps Touching People and Things.' From that collection we present a tale of two gentlemen with enormously bad taste in liquor -- 'Spicing It High and Doing It Brown.' 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
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November 19, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #552
Sun, Nov 19 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #552 On Mondays we are serializing the 1890 book 'Samantha Among the Bretheren' by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley). Today is Chapter Twenty-Two, 'Church Bells Ringing.' If you haven't heard the previous twenty-one chapters, go back and listen to those first! You'll be glad you did! Time: approx fourteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
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November 18, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #551
Sat, Nov 18 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #551 Josephine Dodge Daskam reveals what Modern Men need to look for in a life partner in the 1901 fable 'The Woman Who Caught the Idea.' 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 Josephine Dodge Daskam Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/daskam.html
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November 17, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #550
Fri, Nov 17 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #550 Mister Bowser confronts Mrs. Bowser with a set of statistics about Home Fires and decides to do something about it in C. B. Lewis's 1902 story, 'He Buys A Fire-Extinguisher.' Time: approx ten 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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November 16, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #549
Thu, Nov 16 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #549 Wrapping up a week of stories from Frank Hutchison's slangfest, 'The Philosophy of Johnnie the Gent' with the 1905 story 'A Tale Which Goes To Show That A Bar Room Is No Place To Fall Asleep.' These have all been funny, but this one is a scream (quite literally)! 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
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November 15, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #548
Wed, Nov 15 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #548 Another Big Con, this one involving the Sweet Science -- A Boxing Match -- from Frank Hutchison's 1905 book, 'The Philosophy of Johnnie the Gent.' The story is called 'He Relates A Tale In Which It Is Shown That A Fight Can Be 'Fixed' In More Ways Than One.' 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
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November 14, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #547
Tue, Nov 14 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #547 Continuing with tales of con games and shady characters from Frank Hutchison's 1905 book 'The Philosophy of Johnnie the Gent' -- Today's story is called 'He Discusses the General Propensity of the General Run of Humanity to Go Up Against Get-Rich-Quick Schemes and Other Propositions That Promise Something for Nothing.' 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
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November 13, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #546
Mon, Nov 13 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #546 Mister Ron returns from his hiatus with a unique find -- stories from the 1905 collection, 'The Philosophy of Johnnie the Gent -- A Collection of Humorous Slang Stories' by Frank Hutchison. Today's tale, 'The Story of a First-Past-the-Post Frame-Up That Proved A Boomerang' has a number of elements that seem strangely similar to the movie 'The Sting.' We are assuming this is a coincidence, but your comments are welcome! Since posting this episode, I have discovered that 'The Sting' screenwriter David S. Ward was heavily influenced by David Maurer's 1940 book, 'The Big Con.' After reading that book, I discovered that much of what passes for humorous fiction in 'Johnnie the Gent' is actually highly authentic, well researched tales based on the activities of con men back in 1905! Perhaps Maurer himself was inspired by "Johnnie the Gent.' Time: approx twelve minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
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November 08, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #545
Wed, Nov 08 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #545 Stories of politics and elections are spotlighted in the Basement this week, for those who don't get enough of these things. Today's story is genuine cliff-hanger from George W. Peck -- 'Woman-Dozing A Democrat' from 1882. Time: approx six minutes Mister Ron will be on hiatus for a few days, but will return after the weekend. Use this opportunity to catch up on missed episodes if you like... The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George W. Peck Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/georgewpeck.html
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