What happened to Encyclopedia Brown?!

[blues008]

I went to the local book store to buy a few Encyclopedia Brown books for my niece, and was shocked to see them change Encyclopedia Brown's persona.

Link!

He's no longer the nerdy detective with glasses!

 

[Anubis]

who

 

[ViRGE]

The illustrator definately ruinied it. However, there haven't been any EB novels written in years though, has there? If not, then the description will still be for a nerdy boy with glasses.

 

[Zugzwang152]

jesus! those were old school! :Q

 

[DaveSimmons]

I still remember the one where he outsmarted the kid extortionist by carrying exactly the right combination of money so that it would be impossible for Brown to make change for any other coins / bills, proving the kid had stolen his money. Clever!

<-- nerdy with glasses myself

 

[ViRGE]

I'll be damned, the old man is still writing books. According to the Library of Congress, not only is he alive, but new EB books were published in 94, 96, 98, and 99. I just might need to check out the 98 and 99 books, I'm sure I haven't read them.

 

[dethman]

hey what happened. encyclopedia brown was one of my favorite series when i was a kid. i was pretty dumb i could never figure out why he solved everything.

 

[Jhill]

I remember one where some guy said his watch stolen but he noticed a tan line on his wrist so he said it was never stolen. Or something like that.

 

[deftron]

lol...


Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Pirated MP3s

 

[ElFenix]

omg!

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: deftron
lol...


Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Pirated MP3s

So funny and yet so sad at the same time. I like it!

 

[MrCodeDude]

Wasn't his dad a cop or something? If so, then wow, that's really old school.
-- mrcodedude

 

[ReiAyanami]

no time to celebrate yet, the courts just handed over our privacy to the RIAA: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/25433

 

[ReiAyanami]

linked http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/25433

 

[GasX]

Does the new Encyclopedia Brown have a fat friend who knows Alfred Hitchcock?

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude
Wasn't his dad a cop or something? If so, then wow, that's really old school.
-- mrcodedude

Yep, his dad was a cop; chief of police. Every book there was at least 1 adventure where he solved a case for the cops.

 

[Kadarin]

Wow, I remember EB from when I was a kid (growing up in the '70s)..

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: deftron
lol...


Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Pirated MP3s

"We can be helping," said Lars Ulrich as he placed a call on his cellular phone. A moment later, another limousine pulled into Encyclopedia's driveway. This one had a hot tub in the back, and in it were rap impresario Dr. Dre and several of his finest ho?s. Ho?s are also known as bitches. Bitches are hangers on who receive money and goods in exchange for sexual services.

"Wow!" Sally said. "That man is so big, and so black!"

"Don?t worry, if Meany gets out of line, I?ll pop a cap in his ass." Dr. Dre said. Popping a cap in one?s ass means ending a life by shooting a person with a firearm.

"All right!" Encyclopedia said, grabbing his bike. "Follow me."

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
Does the new Encyclopedia Brown have a fat friend who knows Alfred Hitchcock?

Nice. It bugged the heck out of me when they re-released those books minus the Alfred Hitchcock. Guess too many kids didn't have any idea who Hitch was.

 

[ProviaFan]

They're quite different now than when I read them many years ago.

 

[Hammer]

woah i remember those from when i was a kid. didn't know they were still making new ones.

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: deftron
lol...


Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Pirated MP3s

that was hilarious.

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw

Originally posted by: Mwilding
Does the new Encyclopedia Brown have a fat friend who knows Alfred Hitchcock?

Nice. It bugged the heck out of me when they re-released those books minus the Alfred Hitchcock. Guess too many kids didn't have any idea who Hitch was.

Are you sure those were the Encylcopedia Brown books? I remember reading them. The fat kid was some former child star, and he and his friends had a clubhouse hidden behind a secret door in a junkyard fence.

 

[peter584]

those were tough

 

[johnjohn320]

I thought Sobol kicked the bucket years ago...