Speaking of classics, this week's Onion has the shocking story of the death of famed detective Encyclopedia Brown:
IDAVILLE, FL—Police are currently investigating the death of police detective Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown, 49, whose body was discovered in a Dumpster behind the Idaville Public Library Monday.
Police discovered Brown's badly beaten, nearly decapitated body after the detective failed to respond to routine radio check-in calls. Pages from Brown's battered casebook, which contained such cryptic entries as "Whales are mammals, not fish," and "Dinosaurs and cavemen did not live at the same time," were found stuffed in the detective's mouth.
Larry's blog has an entry on the prospects for a 4th "Law and Order" series. I wonder if Dick Wolf ever considered putting together "Law and Order: Idaville?"
"And you won't believe the "Law and Order" twist: wristwatches create tan lines!"
I hope he'll use Richard Belzer (as Det. John Munch)...that man deserves every amount of screen time he can get.