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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Mister Ron's Basement II episodes:

October 18, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #524
Wed, Oct 18 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #524 Fanny Fern delivers a fiery soliloquy about 'A Hot Day' from 1857. Burning! Time: approx four 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
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4min
October 17, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #523
Tue, Oct 17 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #523 Fanny Fern will make you laugh your head off in her 1857 piece, 'A Headache.' 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 Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.html
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6min
October 17, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #522
Mon, Oct 16 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #522 Fanny Fern stories again take the center stage in the Basement this week. From 1857, Fern fantasizes about 'Summer Travel.' This is a pretty funny story -- don't miss it! 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 Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.html
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7min
October 16, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #521
Mon, Oct 16 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #521 On Mondays we are serializing the 1890 book 'Samantha Among the Bretheren' by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley). Today is Chapter Eighteen, 'Women Doing All the Work.' If you haven't heard the previous seventeen 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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15min
October 14, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #520
Sat, Oct 14 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #520 Josephine Dodge Daskam spins a fable about a Visiting Scientist and a Bum at the Door in the 1901 tale, 'The Woman Who Took Things Literally.' Time: approx three 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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4min
October 13, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #519
Fri, Oct 13 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #519 Mr. Bowser saves ten bucks and saves his family from the onslaught of germs from his basement in the 1902 story 'A Whitewashing Job' 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
October 12, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #518
Thu, Oct 12 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #518 Our last James M. Bailey piece for the week has Bailey's correspondent Cyrus Perkins dealing with a horrible toothache in the 1873 tale 'Mr. Perkins at the Dentist's.' Time: approx nine 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
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9min
October 11, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #517
Wed, Oct 11 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #517 James M. Bailey clues us in on the dangers lurking in the Kitchen in the 1873 story, 'Mr. Perkins Helps to Move A Stove.' 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 James M. Bailey Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/jamesmbailey.html
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9min
October 10, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #516
Tue, Oct 10 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #516 Yesterday's story by James M. Bailey concerned curing the common cold. Today Bailey revisits the same problem with 'A Remarkable Remedy' from 1873. 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
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4min
October 09, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #515
Mon, Oct 09 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #515 James M. Bailey, one of the first American suburban humorists, captured the lighter side of life in Connecticut in the early 1870s. From the 1873 book 'Life in Danbury' comes 'How to Cure A Cold.' 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
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4min

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The podcast currently has 2,022 episodes available.