RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! Features a Man with a Giant Foot and a Woman Who Fattens Up for Her Future Mate.Entertainment Editors/Television Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2003 TBS Superstation's popular series RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!(R) features a man born with a foot 5 times larger than normal; a girl from Nigeria who is going through a traditional fattening fat·ten v. fat·tened, fat·ten·ing, fat·tens v.tr. 1. To make plump or fat. 2. To fertilize (land). 3. process to make her more desirable to a husband; and a man so obsessed ob·sess v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es v.tr. To preoccupy the mind of excessively. v.intr. with monorails that he built one in his backyard on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Hosted by Dean Cain (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Adventures of Superman may refer to the following works featuring Superman:
The following are some of the stories included in the Jan. 15 episode of RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!(R): Record Board Breaker: Kelly Packard is on the road and she makes a stop in Atlanta, Georgia where Mike Reeves will not only attempt to break 300 wooden boards with his bare hands, but he will do it competing against a chainsaw. Homemade Monorail monorail, railway system that uses cars that run on a single rail. Typically the rail is run overhead and the cars are either suspended from it or run above it. : Kim Pedersen is so obsessed with monorails that he built one in his backyard. It took him 6 years to build his monorail, which can hold one passenger. Clock Tower Tree: For 132 years, a tree has been growing out of this city's clock tower without any soil. Beauty Buffet: In the city of Calabar in Southern Nigeria, girls that are of age to marry are fattened from six months to a year because it makes them more desirable to a husband. Bassey Effion is going through the fattening process, where she eats all day, starting at 5am to sunset. The Gray Lady: Rosemary Jacobs was given nose drops Noun 1. nose drops - street names for heroin big H, hell dust, scag, skag, thunder, smack diacetylmorphine, heroin - a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most as a child to help her congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. . The nose drops contained silver and after 3 years caused her skin to turn gray. Flakes of silver were embedded in the surface of her skin and is known as a condition called Argyria. Ghost Rider: Braedon Black will jump from one motorcycle to another while racing at 80 miles per hour. He and his partner ride on two separate motorcycles and when the time is right, Braedon gets off his motorcycle and jumps to his partner's where he holds onto the back seat. He then catches up to his original bike and jumps back on. Giant Foot: Jose Areyana was born with a disease that caused his foot to become five times its normal size. He underwent corrective surgery and his foot is now 75% smaller. Snake Babe: Maria Gara is a model who loves snakes. She lives with 40 animals and to create more awareness about snakes, she poses with them in pictures. Executive-produced by Dan Jbara, RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!(R) is produced by Sony Pictures Television Sony Pictures Television, Inc. (SPT) is an American television production and distribution company. It is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. (SPT (Sectors Per Track) The number of sectors in one track. ), one of the television industry's leading content providers, in association with Dean Cain's production company, Angry Dragon Entertainment. SPT produces and distributes award-winning programming in every genre, including series, movies and family entertainment for network and cable television; first-run syndicated series; off-network syndicated programs; and theatrical releases. SPT (www.sonypicturestelevision.com) is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company. TBS Superstation, Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (often abbreviated TBS Networks or TBS, inc.) is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner from the mid-1970s to the late-1990s. , Inc.'s flagship entertainment network, is basic cable's #1 network among key adult demos and cable's most-watched network, a position it has held for 26 consecutive years. Reaching more than 88 million households, the Superstation offers viewers a wide mix of programming, including action-packed original movies, groundbreaking original series, hosted movie franchises, world broadcast premieres, popular sitcoms, Atlanta Braves baseball and college football. The Superstation's Web site is located at TBSsuperstation.com. |
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