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 08, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #334
Sat, Apr 08 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #334 George Ade brings us a short but revealing look at what it takes to win a Beauty Contest in the 1899 tale 'The Fable of the Lawyer Who Brought in a Minority Report.' Time: approx three 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 08, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #333
Fri, Apr 07 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #333 George Ade brings us a fable about 'The High Art That Was a Little Too High for the Vulgarian Who Paid the Bills' from 1903. You'll laugh. This one is Ade at his best. 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
April 06, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #332
Thu, Apr 06 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #332 M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) was an early practioner of brutal, violent, slapstick humorous writing. Sometimes he went overboard (well, somebody did) as you'll find out in his 1875 tale, 'Going to Pic-Nics.' 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 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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6min
April 05, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #331
Wed, Apr 05 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #331 From 1875, C. B. Lewis shuffles off to see the Natural Wonders of 'Niagara Falls' and comes to an intriguing conclusion. Time: approx four 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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5min
April 05, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #330
Tue, Apr 4 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #330 Sometimes travel can broaden one's perspective. C. B. Lewis's dark comic piece, 'He Goes West' from 1875 demonstrates just how oblique that perspective can be. Time: approx six 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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7min
April 04, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #329
Mon, Apr 03 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #329 M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) spins a nastily horrifying tale of a pushy mother who gets exactly what she's asking for in the 1875 story 'The Head Writer.' Time: approx seven 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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7min
April 02, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #328
Sun, Apr 02 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #328 M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) first attained fame for his darkly humorous account of 'How It Feels to be Blown Up' based on an actual riverboat explosion he had been in. 'Up Among the Splinters' is a reprinting of that hilarious story featured in Lewis's 1875 book 'Quad's Odds.' 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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10min
April 01, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #327
Sat, Apr 01 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #327 George Ade explores Perspective in the clash between the very rich and the working class in 'The Fable of the Misdirected Sympathy and the Come-Back of the Proud Steam-Fitter' from 1904. 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 George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html
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10min
March 31, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #326
Fri, Mar 31 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #326 George Ade's absolute funniest story ever -- 'The Fable of the Author Who Was Sorry for What He Did to Willie' from 1900 is re-recorded for your amusement. This really is a scream. Absolutely. I mean it. Well, go on, listen to it... 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 George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html
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12min
March 30, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #325
Thu, Mar 30 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #325 We're celebrating One Year of Mister Ron's Basement this week by Re-Recording our favorite (and funniest) older episodes! Please help out by making a donation to the program by clicking http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html One of Ellis Parker Butler's funniest Perkins of Portland stories -- 'The Adventure of the Lame and Halt' from 1904. ***NOT to be missed!*** Time: approx twenty-four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Ellis Parker Butler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.html
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25min

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