December 7, 2019

BELIEVE IT OR NOT!

BOY ARM DECIDE ARTIST DRAW NEW NEWSPAPER OTHER RIPLEY UNUSUAL STRANGE 1930 PROGRAMME TV

When he was a ___, Robert Ripley dreamed about ___ a baseball player. But ___ day he broke his ___ and he couldn’t play ___ after that. Then Ripley ___ a new idea. He ___ to be a cartoon ___. By 1918 he was ___ sports cartoons for the ___ York Globe newspaper. One ___ there wasn’t much sports ___ so Ripley decided to ___ nine unusual sports events. ___ called the pictures Believe ___ or Not! People loved ___ idea and it became ___ permanent item in the ___. Soon it appeared in ___ newspapers across the USA. ___ worked hard on Believe ___ or Not!. He travelled ___ the world to find ___ information and he collected ___ pictures and souvenirs. In ___ Ripley started a radio ___ and in 1948 the ___ moved to television. It ___ one of the first ___ series in the USA.
   Sadly Ripley only did 13 episodes of the series. He died suddenly after the 13th show. Today people still love Ripley’s unbelievable facts. You can see his cartoons in many newspapers and there are 30 Ripley’s Believe It or Not! museums around the world.

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