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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Mister Ron's Basement II episodes:

April 18, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #344
Tue, Apr 18 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #344 Palmer Cox takes us on a whirlwind tour of San Francisco'sTelegraph Hill in the 1874 story 'A Rolling Stone.' Time: approx Four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Palmer Cox Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/palmercox.html
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April 18, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #343
Mon, Apr 17 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #343 Palmer Cox takes us on a lovely visit to the most incompetent Dentist in recorded history in the 1874 story 'The Countryman's Tooth.' 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 Palmer Cox Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/palmercox.html
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April 16, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #342
Sun, Apr 16 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #342 Palmer Cox, famous for his creation of the characters 'The Brownies' had earlier made his reputation as a writer with his 1874 book 'Squibs of California' -- from that book, the crude, but funny tale -- 'Dining Under Difficulties.' 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 Palmer Cox Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/palmercox.html
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April 15, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #341
Sat, Apr 15 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #341 George Ade explores the idea that two can live as cheaply as one in his 1902 tale 'The Fable of How Economical Edward got His Quietus.' 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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April 15, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #340
Fri, Apr 14 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #340 George Ade fills us in on what kind of tunes the Best People are listening to in his 1903 fable 'The Kind of Music That is Too Good for Household Use.' 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 George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html
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April 14, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #339
Fri, Apr 14 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #339 It's LEFTOVER WEEK in the Basement, featuring stories that were picked for previous themes but never used. Not exactly a story, but more of an essay, Stephen Leacock takes apart what makes us laugh in his 1916 piece, 'Humor as I See It.' Time: approx nineteen and a half minutes Time: approx twenty minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stephen Leacock Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Leacock_Stories.html Also, do check out the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor web site at: http://leacock.ca
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April 12, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #338
Wed, Apr 12 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #338 It's LEFTOVER WEEK in the Basement, featuring stories that were picked for previous themes but never used. Sometimes beggars CAN be choosers, as we see in C. B. Lewis's 1875 story, 'A Bribe.' Time: approx two 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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April 11, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #337
Tue, Apr 11 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #337 It's LEFTOVER WEEK in the Basement, featuring stories that were picked for previous themes but never used. Today we learn how to handle a husband in Fanny Fern's 1853 tale, 'Mrs. Croaker.' Time: approx three 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
April 11, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #336
Mon, Apr 10 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #336 It's LEFTOVER WEEK in the Basement, featuring stories that were picked for previous themes but never used. We love stories about that new-fangled invention, the telephone. We've got one in George W.Peck's 1882 tale 'A Bald-Headed Man Most Crazy.' 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 George W. Peck Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/georgewpeck.html
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April 09, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #335
Sun, Apr 09 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #335 It's LEFTOVER WEEK in the Basement, featuring stories that were picked for previous themes but never used. Today's tale of mixed up multiple marriages was written by Max Adeler in 1875 -- 'Extinguished Sparks.' 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 Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html
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The podcast currently has 2,022 episodes available.