Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1999)

Posted : 1 year, 7 months ago at Apr 17 15:32

I've never forgotten this show. It has dwelled within the recess of my childhood memories and been recalled in a warped nostalgic manner tinged with fear. What I do recall is it had an awful format of a weird man in the middle of a hypnotic whirlpool asking ridiculous T and F questions. The only one of which I remember is this: -True or False. A man once got a baked bean stuck behind his eye which couldn't be removed. The very nature of such a thing filled me with terror but the question was obviously false any kid with a brain knows that! But not so, not according to Ripley! Standing corrected I excitedly retold this tale to my mum (a nurse) thinking I'd knock her socks off my intelligence. I went to bed that night humiliated, with her remark ringing in my ears 'Don't be so gull...Read more

Rating : 2/10