There has been some discussion of this song over the past few weeks, it was used as a password to gain access to the Lab. (RR, Pg 13) Scott Frederick Bilioxi,...
I'll add this post to the group, as it deals with several other juvenille book series that I think both Three Investigators and Brains Benton fans would enjoy...
Howdy all - I read the BB books in the mid-1970s along with other kids' detective books. Was it BB's father who was a professor of classics or history, and...
BB's father WAS a professor of history and classics, Bill, and mention of the Second Punic War does sound familiar, but I can't remember which book (if any) it...
Hey fellow Brains Benton obsessed -- er, I mean fans: Was just watching THE SHADOW, a pretty under-rated superhero film (those old folks among us probably...
Lob a softball like that, Gomez, and Charles is going to hit it out of the park (the brain cells remark). Welcome to the group, Bill! M. ... -- ===== Read my...
You really hit on something there with me with regard to Brains' secret lab. As a kid, I absolutely loved that idea. Alas, I didn't have much opportunity for...
... I had several as a kid--a tree house at one time, a club house built in the corner of the barn later, and eventually half of my closet converted as I began...
Hi Bill! I'm quite sure it was the BB series. I remember it was when Jimmy was having dinner at the Benton house and Brains' father was going on about the ...
Hey SouthFork, Don't you have anything to do during the day besides page through BB books? Me neither....besides The Case of the Missing Message Page 100, in...
... in the ... as I ... receiver and ... help but ... When they put the sewer line behind our house(circa 1962), they left a sizable hole approx 3 ft wide, 4...
Dan I had to reread your post. If you mean more important things to do, then yes. If you mean better things to do, I'm not too sure. I still love these books....
Thank you for tracking that down. I know I had "Counterfeit Coin" and not "Missing Message". Now to visit the listowner's webpage to find old copies! ... -- ...
Hi Gang! I just got the latest catalog from Edmund Scientifics (www.scientificsonline.com) and there are sure some cool toys in there these days! I hadn't...
As a kid, we had a house with an old, honest to goodness carriage house behind it. Although we boys didn't have total run of the upstairs (a lot of junk...
Gomez said, ... Oh no didn't! Gomez, don't tell me that you just "tossed me a softball." (As Martian accurately described it.) Hmmmm...This maybe a trap. I...
I'm sure there's some scene in which Brains refers to his father's new book on the Punic Wars, and Jimmy says something like, "We've had a lot more excitement...
... Yes, that was one of the things about the BB books that always appealed to me the most: Brains' lab and his inner sanctum. I have ALWAYS wanted a place...
Everyone needs a secret hideout. I used to have a storage space behind my room. Part of it was floored but part was just open rafters and the top of the...
The Brains Benton books only came in picture cover (except for Missing Message, of course). Those who like dust jackets, however, might want to know that a...
For me,. Benton and Carson's secret headquarters was one of the most alluring aspects of the BB series. I don't know if it's just a guy thing or more...
... You bet! Sometimes this group reminds me of that Twilight episode "Kick the Can" (I think that's the title) where all the old folks in a nursing home (but...
... Glad that you can! ... LOL J. Too funny. (Now's the time for Valerie to stop by.) Thanks you guys for sharing your childhood hide outs, forts, etc. We...
Joel said: "So I can only conclude one thing from al this: Girls are weird!" But not, Valerie, Joel; not Valerie. I wonder how many females are in our group? I...
Mark said : " But not, Valerie, Joel; not Valerie." [regarding girls being weird]. Of course Valerie is not weird. I would never mean to imply that. Any...
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