Ripley's Believe It or Not! (2000)★ 6.6/10
- Documentary
Directed by: Tim Gibbons, Jeannie O'Neill, Paul Nichols, Steve Klayman, H.A. Arnarson
Written by: Phil Davis, Daniel Jbara, Erik Nelson, Roman Rosales
Adventurer Michael Ripley teams up with a documentarian and a computer whiz to investigate bizarre occurrences after inheriting his uncle's fortune and museum collection in this animated series based on popular comics and shows.
- Original title
- Ripley's Believe It or Not!
- Storyline
- Ripley's Believe It or Not! is a curious format, sort of a 'Guiness Book of Records'-like magazine on TV. It has no permanent cast or storyline, just a presenting host in the castle-type LA residence who occasionally shows curiosities from 'Ripley's vault' there, but usually simply introduces the topics shown in the various, rather short film sequences shot all over the world, in addition to which some weird facts (e.g. absurd laws) can be quickly reviewed. Each report -usually independent, follow-up is rare- is on something very unusual, surprising and/or spectacular, such as inventions, stunts and records, freak creatures and - accidents. Sometimes the title is taken literally when a few of the least likely items are bunched up for the viewer to guess which one isn't true.
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 1,595
- Companies
- Angry Dragon Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, Sony Pictures Television, Columbia TriStar Television, Termite Art Productions, TBS Superstation, Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), LK-TEL
- Release dates
- US January 12, 2000
- CA August 26, 2003