Comments on: Leroy Brown, 1963-2012

By: Bride of the Agitator « The Honest Courtesan

Bride of the Agitator « The Honest Courtesan — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 04:55:00 +0000

[...] criminal defendants. Patrick posted a links column, several music videos, a mock obituary of the fictional detective Encyclopedia Brown (in observance of the death of his creator, Donald J. Sobol), and a wickedly Swiftian satire on [...]

By: Enyclopedia Brown: The Grown-Up Years - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Enyclopedia Brown: The Grown-Up Years - Hit & Run : Reason.com — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:35:06 +0000

[...] from Popehat looks back at the career of the late Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown, "disgraced former detective for the [...]

By: RobSmalls

RobSmalls — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:21:22 +0000

I was trying to put it all together in my head, because I read all the Encyclopedia Brown books almost 30 years ago. The names were all familiar, but I couldn’t quite place it, until I moused over the link and saw Donald Sobol’s name. Excellent work on this one, Patrick. I particularly liked the “Turn to page 96 for the solution to Justice Souter’s opinion.” That was a master touch.

RIP Mr. Sobol

By: Windypundit

Windypundit — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:50:08 +0000

You had me until the Fraternal Order of Police failed to help him keep his job, which just broke the suspension of disbelief.

By: el coronado

el coronado — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:19:28 +0000

That’s like an obituary written by a profoundly acid-ed up Hunter S. Thompson.

By: Marty

Marty — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:34:51 +0000

too bad Jim Croce couldn’t perform at the funeral.

By: Other Sean

Other Sean — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:04:48 +0000

Bullshit, man! Anybody who knows anything about David Souter knows that he would have been forced to recuse himself from a case involving Sally Kimball, the closest thing to a girlfriend he ever had.

By: The Late Andy Rooney

The Late Andy Rooney — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:22:09 +0000

Man, oh man.

By: Maggie McNeill

Maggie McNeill — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:48:36 +0000

Patrick, you have the most amazing way with an obit!

By: the innominate one

the innominate one — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:32:40 +0000

He’s no Sherlock Holmes.

By: Yizmo Gizmo

Yizmo Gizmo — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:04:32 +0000

Wow, a piggy bank, a Meany, the House of Aquarius, and a Leroy Brown, all in the same case…

Sounds like John Irving meets Jim Croce meets the Fifth Dimension.
With a touch of Sherlock Holmes.
Groovy.

By: Vertov

Vertov — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:56:54 +0000

Damn. Bravo!

By: Flight_714

Flight_714 — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:51:52 +0000

Caught in his own lie, Bugs confessed…

By: Patrick from Popehat

Patrick from Popehat — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:47:40 +0000

I tend not to sign these things, because it ruins the effect.