Encyclopedia Brown vs Cam Jansen

Bertie Wooster · Post by **Bertie Wooster** » 2004-12-02 10:53am

sorry this so retro, but this has been bugging me since I was in 3rd grade (1988).

Who was the better detective? Encyclopdia Brown who never missed a hole in someone's story, or Cam Jansen who had photographic memory and would remember every detail of a crime scene.

Post by **Dalton** » 2004-12-02 11:00am

"Click!"

I vote for Cam.

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » 2004-12-02 11:39am

Never read Cam Jansen, but I read all the Brown books, I think. It's probably worth mentioning that there was one case he didn't solve. That girl who was his sidekick did.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2004-12-02 12:51pm

Wait, someone wrote about me? Fuck, where are my royalty checks?

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2004-12-02 01:27pm

I've read them both (long before 1988), and I far perfered Encylopedia Brown.

For one thing, if you were sharp, you could see the problem before the answer was revealed.

Sharpshooter · Post by **Sharpshooter** » 2004-12-02 07:32pm

I read quite a fair bit of the Encyclopedia Brown series (both the regulars and the cook-books) and a bit of Cam Jansen, and from the various stories and bits I remember, Brown's detective proweress is far superior to Cam's photographic memory in terms of application.

After all, what's the point of remembering that there was a knife at a chinese resteraunt if you don't know that they only bring knives out for dishes such as steak?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-12-02 07:40pm

Old but amusing...

Ultra-condensed Encyclopedia Brown by Book-A-Minute:

http://rinkworks.com/bookaminute/b/sobol.brown.shtml

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2004-12-03 08:13pm

Trogdor wrote:Never read Cam Jansen, but I read all the Brown books, I think. It's probably worth mentioning that there was one case he didn't solve. That girl who was his sidekick did.

True, but he repaid her by proving that one of her boyfriends was faking getting into a fight for her honor in order to impress her.

Frank_Scenario · Post by **Frank_Scenario** » 2004-12-03 09:15pm

Fuck that noise. Encyclopedia Brown and Cam Jansen are no better than Inspector Clousseau compared to Incognito Mosquito, Private Insective.

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » 2004-12-03 09:37pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Old but amusing...

Ultra-condensed Encyclopedia Brown by Book-A-Minute:

Meh, saw ultra-condensed Ruroini Kenshin once. THAT was funny shit.

Phantasee · Post by **Phantasee** » 2004-12-06 08:44pm

I read Encyclopedia Brown and Cam Jansen in Grade 3...and this was back in about...1995-96, I think...and I always thought Encyclopdia Brown was smarter than that dumb bitch.