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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March 11, 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1312
Wed, Mar 11 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1312 We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors. This week, we are spotlighting the writing of Kate M. Cleary. Cleary was a truly professional writer, who helped support her family with a prodigious output of short stories, poems and novels. Many of them centered on pioneer life in Nebraska, which she experienced first-hand for many years. Her work was a major influence on Willa Cather's writing. Today we offer a short, romantic story from 1904 about a lucky horshoe and a broken mirror, entitled 'Bert's Good Luck.' 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
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March 10, 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1311
Tue, Mar 10 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1311 For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Thirty-Three of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- where we discuss purchasing power, wages, and the pillory - 'Sixth Century Political Economy.' Time: approx twenty-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 Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Twain.html The Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Connecticut.html
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25min
March 08, 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1310
Sun, Mar 08 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1310 SUNDAY SALAD offers THREE truly funny Stanley Huntley stories today! The first two originally appeared in the scarce-as-hen's-teeth Drake's Traveller's Magazine -- First, an old man has an incredible personal story to tell in 'What He Had Never Seen' from 1884, then we observe an encounter between a strange man and a Dakota woman on board a train in 'Her Little Joke' from 1883. Finally, we wrap it all up with an 1880 Huntley story from the Brooklyn Eagle about a rescued, drunken near-suicide entitled 'Showed His Gratitude.' 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
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8min
March 07, 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1309
Sat, Mar 07 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1309 Our Saturday Night Special is Part Two of a Three Part tale by Mark Twain -- one of his funniest stories ever -- 'The Stolen White Elephant' from 1882! Don't miss this, but don't even think of listening to it until you have heard Part One, which you can get by clicking here. Time: approx seventeen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Twain.html The Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Connecticut.html
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17min
March 07, 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1308
Sat, Mar 07 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1308 We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors. From Fanny Fern's 1857 book 'Fresh Leaves' comes a tale of a few different women writers, and their point of view of Fanny Fern herself -- it's called 'Come On, MacDuff.' 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 Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.html
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6min
March 06, 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1307
Fri, Mar 06 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1307 We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors. Back in 1857, women physicians were rare and sensational -- during that year, Fanny Fern published 'Lady Doctors' in her book 'Fresh Leaves.' 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 Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.html
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March 05, 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1306
Thu, Mar 05 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1306 We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors. Here's another Fanny Fern piece from her 1868 book, 'Folly as it Flies.' Fanny discusses sloppy, slatternly women, and their opposite numbers in an excerpt from 'Some Varieties of Women.' Time: approx eight 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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9min
March 04, 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1305
Wed, Mar 04 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1305 We are celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with fun stories by 19th Century Women Authors. This week Fanny Fern stories fill the Basement! Today we offer a piece concerning women who attempt to do too much with an excerpt from the chapter 'Women and Their Discontents' out of the 1868 book 'Folly as it Flies.' Time: approx seven 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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7min
March 03, 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1304
Tue, Mar 03 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1304 For Mark Twain Monday, we present Chapter Thirty-Two of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' from 1889 -- with some bragging about wealth - "Dowley's Humiliation.' Time: approx sixteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Mark Twain Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Twain.html The Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee Novel Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Connecticut.html
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16min
March 02, 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1303
Mon, Mar 02 2009 Mister Ron's Basement #1303 SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO funny Stanley Huntley stories from 1881 today -- The first one concerns a bum who manages to squeeze a coin out of a victim with a compelling story -- it's called 'His Conscience Smote Him' -- if you really want to get the joke, listen to episode #1302, Mark Twain's 'The Stolen White Elephant' part one before you hear this. Our second story concerns some very slight exaggeration from 'A Mighty Hunter.' 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 Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html
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10min

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The podcast currently has 2,022 episodes available.