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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June 21, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #404
Tue, Jun 20 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #404 Charles Battell Loomis is in the spotlight this week. A mean man softens up for the yuletide season in the 1901 story, 'The Widow Callahan's Christmas Dinner.' This tale ought to put a lump in your throat. Or somewhere. Time: approx eleven and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html
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June 19, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #403
Mon, Jun 19 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #403 Charles Battell Loomis is in the spotlight this week. Today's story, from 1901, takes us along on the slowest and cheapest Ocean Liner on the sea -- 'For Divers Reasons.' Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html
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June 18, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #402
Sun, Jun 18 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #402 On Mondays we are serializing the 1892 book 'Samantha Among the Bretheren' by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley). Today is Chapter Two, concerning 'Wedlock's Peaceful and Perfect Repose.' Marietta Holley's writing was extremely popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and she sold over ten million copies of her books. While the dialect is sometimes hard to understand, the stories are still fun to hear today. Over the years, Holley's work has become lost and forgotten, something that we hope to change. Time: approx twenty-one 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 17, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #401
Sat, Jun 17 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #401 George Ade tells us the sad story of Philo, 'The Fable of the Parlor Blacksmith Who Was Unable to put it Right Over the Plate' from 1902. Time: approx seven 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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June 17, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #400
Fri, Jun 16 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #400 George Ade tells us about a politician from way back in 1899, who, of course, is nothing like today's politicians, in 'The Fable of a Statesman Who Couldn't Make Good.' This is our 400th Episode of Mister Ron's Basement! Absolutely incredible! Thanks to all our listeners! Time: approx five 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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June 15, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #399
Thu, Jun 15 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #399 Stories about Music and Musicians fill the Basement with Song this week! Bill Nye tells us about a wonderful evening's entertainment with 4500 people crammed into a 4000 seat auditorium in 'An Operatic Entertainment' from 1891. Time: approx seven 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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June 14, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #398
Wed, Jun 14 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #398 Stories about Music and Musicians fill the Basement with Song this week! Max Adeler goes off on a tangent starting with the 'Peculiar Trouble of Public Singers.' 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 Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html
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June 13, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #397
Tue, Jun 13 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #397 Stories about Music and Musicians fill the Basement with Song this week! One of Henry Ward Beecher's transcribed lectures (probably from the 1860s) clues us in on an amazing instrument -- 'The Organ.' 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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6min
June 12, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #396
Mon, Jun 12 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #396 Stories about Music and Musicians fill the Basement with Song this week! George W. Peck brings us the 1882 tale of practical jokes and sweet revenge in 'The Naughty But Nice Church Choir.' Time: approx seven 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 W. Peck Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/georgewpeck.html
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8min
June 11, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #395
Sun, Jun 11 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #395 Something NEW in the Basement! Every Monday we will be serializing the 1892 book 'Samantha Among the Bretheren' by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley). Today we begin with Chapter One. This should take until sometime around Christmas for it to be done. In the meantime, our selected authors or themes will still run from Tuesday through Friday. Marietta Holley's writing was immensely popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and she sold over ten million copies of her books. She is almost totally forgotten today, something that we hope to change. Time: approx nineteen 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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