
HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories
Don McDonald
Classic Tales and New Laughs from Twain to Today
Comedy is the oldest trick in the book (or the short story), and HumorUs goes digging for the funniest classic tale with a few new ones sprinkled in. Each episode is one short story, narrated with care and a raised eyebrow. Bureaucratic guinea pigs that simply will not stop multiplying, courtesy of Ellis Parker Butler. A backwoods divorce that doubles right back into a wedding, by way of O. Henry. A shipwreck that strands exactly the wrong man, from the dry wit of W.W. Jacobs. A committee so devoted to oversight it forms a committee to oversee itself. Some of these tales are a hundred years old. Some are brand new. All of them prove the same stubborn little fact, that a good laugh never goes out of print. So pour something, settle in, and let the great humorists, famous and forgotten alike, humor us. A comedy fiction podcast from Short Storyverses.
All episodes are narrated by professional voice actor, Don McDonald
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- 15 episodes
- Updated Tuesday
Episodes15
Tuesday · 19 min
July 28 · 18 minThe Good Little Boy and The Bad Little Boy by Mark Twain
July 21 · 21 minThe Nice People — A Classic Humorous Story by H.C. Brunner
July 16 · 12 minMemoirs of a Yellow Dog — A Classic Humorous Tale by O. Henry

July 9 · 1 minForever Fun


July 1 · 45 minThe £1,000,000 Bank-Note — A Classic Tale by Mark Twain

July 1 · 41 minEve's Diary — Translated from the Original by Mark Twain
July 1 · 27 minExcerpts from Adam's Diary by Mark Twain
July 1 · 11 minThe Baker's Dozen — A Humorous Playlet by Saki
July 1 · 22 minPigs is Pigs — A Classic Farce by Ellis Parker Butler
June 30 · 27 minTwo Hearts Beat As One — A Classic Story by Frank Norris