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:

January 18, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #254
Wed, Jan 18 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #254 Happy 300th Birthday this week to Benjamin Franklin, America's first great humorist! Ben reveals a unique method for marking the time in the 1757 piece 'How to Make A Striking Sundial' from Poor Richard's Almanac. 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
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January 17, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #253
Tue, Jan 17 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #253 Happy 300th Birthday this week to Benjamin Franklin, America's first great humorist! In 1775, a British Nobleman asked Ben Franklin 'What Would Satisfy the Americans?' This was his clever answer. Time: approx two 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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January 16, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #252
Mon, Jan 16 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #252 Happy 300th Birthday today to Benjamin Franklin, America's first great humorist! Back in 1745 or so, Ben expressed his feelings about drinking in the poem 'The Antediluvians Were All Very Sober.' 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
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January 15, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #251
Sun, Jan 15 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #251 Happy 300th Birthday this week to Benjamin Franklin, America's first great humorist! We're starting off with an extremely funny piece from 1750, 'Rules for Making Oneself a Disagreeable Companion.' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
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January 14, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #250
Sat, Jan 14 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #250 The 250th Episode of Mister Ron's Basement features a particularly funny story by George Ade (even if you don't know who Ally Sloper is) -- 'The Fable of the Man Who Didn't Care for Story Books' from 1899. La La La! 250! 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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January 13, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #249
Fri, Jan 13 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #249 George Ade clues us in on True Railroading Fever in the 1904 story 'The Fable of The Boy With the Steadfast Ambition'. 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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January 12, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #248
Thu, Jan 12 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #248 C. B. Lewis week comes to an end with a tale of tourists who have some complaints, in the 1884 story. 'Not Rich, but Indignant.' 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 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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January 11, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #247
Wed, Jan 11 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #247 There's crooked folks, and there's crooked folks, and things weren't much different in 1884, when C. B. Lewis wrote 'Buying A Load of Wood.' 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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January 10, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #246
Tue, Jan 10 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #246 C.B. Lewis relates the story of the nicest (and yet, the most horrifying) train ride anybody ever took, in the 1884 tale 'Being Kind to a Stranger.' 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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January 09, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #245
Mon, Jan 09 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #245 Mister Ron thinks these are among the funniest things he's ever read -- get out your pencils and try to figure out the selections from C. B. Lewis's 'The Newer Arithmetic' from 1884. Time: approx nine 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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The podcast currently has 2,022 episodes available.