Mister Ron's Basement II

Mister Ron's Basement II

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Mister Ron's Basement II episodes

  • Mister Ron's Basement #1452
    Sun, Sep 20 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1452 SUNDAY SALAD features Stanley Huntley's 1880 tale of a new waiter in a fancy restaurant, 'The Result of Training.' Time: approx five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you.
    6 min
  • Mister Ron's Basement #1451
    Sat, Sep 19 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1451 Our Saturday Night Special pays tribute to Henry Gibson with a recitation of the poem that he was associated with since 1963, Frank L. Stanton's 'Keep-A-Goin'' written some time in the early 1890s. 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 A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you.
    4 min
  • Mister Ron's Basement #1450
    Fri, Sep 18 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1450 Edgar Wilson ('Bill') Nye produced a huge body of work that still stands the test of time. This week we will be reading pieces from his 1882 collection, 'Forty Liars and Other Lies.' Ever wonder how juries come up with those dollar amounts in lawsuits? Bill Nye lets us in on the whole thing in 'The Jury System.' 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 Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/billnye.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. '
    7 min
  • Mister Ron's Basement #1449
    Thur, Sep 17 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1449 Edgar Wilson ('Bill') Nye produced a huge body of work that still stands the test of time. This week we will be reading pieces from his 1882 collection, 'Forty Liars and Other Lies.' Back in Nye's day, derbies and top hats were called 'plug hats' and were about as fashionable as they are today, as we find out in 'The Plug Hat in Wyoming.' 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 Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/billnye.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. '
    6 min
  • Mister Ron's Basement #1448
    Wed, Sep 16 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1448 Edgar Wilson ('Bill') Nye produced a huge body of work that still stands the test of time. This week we will be reading pieces from his 1882 collection, 'Forty Liars and Other Lies.' The Railroads were an important part of American life for more than a century. In today's piece, Bill Nye lets us in on the wonderful experience of resting aboard a Pullman Car in 'About Sleeping-Cars.' Time: approx three 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 A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you.
    4 min
  • Mister Ron's Basement #1447
    Tue, Sep 15 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1447 Edgar Wilson ('Bill') Nye produced a huge body of work that still stands the test of time. This week we will be reading pieces from his 1882 collection, 'Forty Liars and Other Lies.' Ever read a 'puff piece' in a newspaper? Today we get the inside scoop on that with Bill Nye's 'Puff.' Time: approx four 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 A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you.
    4 min
  • Mister Ron's Basement #1446
    Mon, Sep 14 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1446 Our Monday Book Serialization of Ella Cheever Thayer's 1880 novel 'Wired Love' features a barrage of tap-tap-tapping back and forth in the first part of two of Chapter Five, 'Quimby Bursts Forth in Eloquence.' 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 Wired Love index is at: http://ronevry.com/http://ronevry.com/wiredlove.html When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you.
    6 min
  • Mister Ron's Basement #1445
    Sun, Sep 13 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1445 SUNDAY SALAD offers wild tall tales about a horse, some fish, a cow, a hen, an alligator, a cat, a clam and a rat in Stanley Huntley's 1882 piece, 'Some Animal Stories.' Time: approx eight minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you.
    8 min
  • Mister Ron's Basement #1444
    Sat, Sep 12 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1444 Our Saturday Night Special story is one of our funniest ever (not to mention instructive)! From the pen of Ellis Parker Butler comes a lengthy 1903 tale about the creation of a stock exchange, and the cooperative business efforts of a New York promoter along with Blackbeard the Pirate! The story is called 'International Skull and Cross Bones, Ltd.' Time: approx forty and a half 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 Read lots more about Ellis Parker Butler at: http://www.ellisparkerbutler.info/ A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you.
    41 min
  • Mister Ron's Basement #1443
    Fri, Sep 11 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1443 We are presenting the witty stories of Charles Battell Loomis this week. In 1899, automobiles were quickly appearing in cities everywhere, and 'A New Use for Horses' relates a fabulous scheme for profiting from them. Time: approx five minutes A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! 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 When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you.
    6 min

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***"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."