I don’t know about you, 3.5 readers, but whenever I consume pop culture, I’m filled with more questions than answers:
“I’m sorry Ma’am. I don’t have the foggiest idea as to what the hell that magic invention is.”
- What happened to the original Brady Bunch spouses?
- How the hell did Doc and Marty from Back to the Future know each other?
- Why didn’t Rose just get into the life boat like she was told so Jack could have that hunk of driftwood?
- Who, if anyone, let the dogs out?
- Was it the same person who put the bomp in the bomp ba bomp ba bump?
- Han or Greedo – who shot first?
- How was it possible for the crew of the SS Minnow to get lost during a mere three hour tour away from charted land?
- Why does Miley Cyrus insist on sticking out her tongue, crossing her eyes and making a face akin to that of a stroke victim?
I refuse to allow these pop culture mysteries to go unsolved for a minute longer. Thus, Jake Hatcher, the newly appointed Private Eye for the Bookshelf Battle Blog, will chase down leads, hunt for cues, review the evidence at hand and crack these cases wide open for the reading pleasure of my noble 3.5 readers.
The above questions? Just some of the inquiries I plan to send Hatcher’s way.
Do you have a pop culture mystery for Hatcher to solve? Submit it in the comments on bookshelfbattle.com or tweet it to @bookshelfbattle #popculturemysteries
Did I mention that Jake is 1955? Yeah, so needless to say, he hasn’t exactly figured out computers and cell phones yet. Don’t worry, I, your illustrious blog host, Bookshelf Q. Battler, will make sure he gets your mystery questions.
And who knows? Maybe along the way Hatcher might even share a mystery or two from his time as an LAPD detective or from when he had his own private investigation business. His World War II stories aren’t too shabby either.
Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. Our tale begins tomorrow when Hatcher is paid a visit from a mysterious blonde dame…
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Fantastic idea! What a great post…
Thanks. I’m pretty proud of it. Hope people dig it.
Tomorrow I’m going to hire your private eye. Too tired tonight to come with who and what really dunits (hope you followed that). But I’m looking forward to it.
Feel free to put him on a case.
I just shared your link on my blog as an award. You do not have to participate, but I love your writing and wanted my followers to see your blog.
Thank you. I appreciate it. Now if I can just convince 10,000 people to agree with you I’ll be in business.
Well, I don’t think I can come up with that many, but hopefully this will send a few people your way. I’m glad I found your blog!
I have a question for Jake. Can he PLEASE find out how Robert Ludlum has published more books since his demise than he did when he was alive??
Tom Clancy does that too. I will add it to his case file.
Thank you. I can sleep easier now that Jake is on the case.
It might take him a bit. His backlog includes:
1) How did Doc and Marty know each other?
2) Why didn’t Rose let jack have that piece of driftwood?
3) I’m fairly certain he’s going to look into whether or not it’s still ok to like the Cosby show in light of…you know.
4) How did Gilligan and the Skipper get hopelessly lost on a three hour tour?
5) Why was Lassie the only one with brains on the show?
He’s also very obsessed with bringing whoever let the dogs out to justice.
But he’ll get to it definitely. Tom and Robert write more books dead than I do alive. Kind of makes me embarrassed.
Or heaven is crazy-good.