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:

May 08, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #364
Mon, May 08 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #364 The uniquely cynical, existential, and often nasty humor of Ambrose Bierce is spotlighted in the Basement this week -- Splitting the proceeds of an evening's work leads to parenticide and maybe even dashed political hopes in 'An Imperfect Conflagration.' Time: approx nine minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Ambrose Bierce Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/bierce.html
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10min
May 07, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #363
Sun, May 07 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #363 The uniquely cynical, existential, and often prescient humor of Ambrose Bierce is spotlighted in the Basement this week -- today, we straddle the line between imagination and insanity in 'A Mad World' from 1912. 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 Ambrose Bierce Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/bierce.html
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7min
May 06, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #362
Sat, May 06 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #362 George Ade ably demonstrates what happens to people who Stick Their Noses in Other People's Business in the 1900 story 'The Fable of The He-Gossip and The Man's Wife and The Man.' 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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8min
May 05, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #361
Fri, May 05 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #361 George Ade grabs a few bottles of Cold Ginger Ale and we stretch out on a hammock for a lazy Summer Evening in 1900 with 'The Fable of the Adult Girl Who Got Busy Before They Could Ring the Bell On Her' Time: approx nine 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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9min
May 05, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #360
Thu, May 04 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #360 Funny tales of First Love and Romance are in the Basement this week -- O Henry presents us with a story called -- 'No Story' --and hands us some fascinating advice about first loves. Time: approx twenty-two 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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22min
May 03, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #359
Wed, May 03 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #359 Funny tales of First Love and Romance are in the Basement this week -- Originally presented in Collier's Magazine in 1925, this may be the very first published American 'Short-Short' story -- Octavus Roy Cohen's 'To Love and To Honor.' Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
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7min
May 02, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #358
Tue, May 02 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #358 Funny tales of First Love and Romance are in the Basement this week -- Thomas Bailey Aldrich tells of a smitten schoolboy in his 1870 story, 'A Frog He Would A Wooing Go.' Time: approx twenty minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
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21min
May 01, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #357
Mon, May 01 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #357 Funny tales of First Love and Romance are in the Basement this week -- A young country boy relates a story of unrequited love in the big city to a bevy of charming country girls in Invisible Green's 1856 yarn, 'First Love; Or, Jeremiah Triumph's Opinion of City Gals.' 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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14min
April 30, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #356
Sun, Apr 30 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #356 Funny tales of First Love and Romance are in the Basementthis week -- beginning with George Randolph Chester's delightful romp from sometime between 1905 and 1915 -- 'Especially Men.' Time: approx forty-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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42min
April 29, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #355
Sat, Apr 29 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #355 George Ade tells a sad story from 1899, 'The Fable of the Slim Girl Who Tried to Keep a Date That Was Never Made.' Time: approx four 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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4min

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The podcast currently has 2,022 episodes available.