It's almost inconceivable how something like this would happen.
At 22 years old, Ezra eked out a living at a local pizza parlor in Spokane, Washington.
It wasn't his dream job, but it did pay the bills.
But on August 1st, 2000, a typical shift ended in tragedy.
Strangely enough, it was a day that Ezra's wife, April, had an eerie premonition about.
I kind of had a feeling that morning from the time I woke up until he left for work that I just didn't want him to go to work.
Like this weird sick feeling in my stomach, and I don't know why.
Ezra had just set out on his final delivery.
All of a sudden, a two-foot steel rod laying in the road was kicked up by a passing car and skewered his head.
Unbelievably, as the car flipped, it broke the steel bar even deeper into his skull until two and a half inches of the pole actually came out the back of Ezra's head and embedded itself into the seat.
Never losing consciousness, and with the pole still wedged in his forehead, Ezra was rushed to the hospital.
But would he survive? And if he did make it, would he be left permanently brain-damaged?
I remember seeing the pole in his head and just being overwhelmed with just aching and feeling like I was going to throw up. It was just awful.
Dr. Jeffrey Hirschauer was Ezra's emergency room physician. In all his experience as a doctor, he had never seen anything like it.
This is a very freaky kind of accident.
Removing the steel rod would be extremely dangerous. The smallest mistake could leave Ezra permanently brain-damaged or dead.
As he fades in and out of consciousness, Ezra can hear the sounds of doctors in a race to save his life.
And as he lays helpless, his terrified wife does everything she can to calm her husband's fears.
I told Ezra that I loved him and that I would be there for him no matter what.
As Ezra is wheeled into surgery, his young wife can only wait and hope that her husband will survive the critical procedure.
Still ahead, can Ezra's body possibly sustain this kind of trauma? Will he be left brain-damaged? The emergency life-and-death surgery is next.
Taking this thing out, we could die from some bleeding deep down.
Also, the incredible new trend taking over the tattoo world.
If you've got a black light tattoo, you'd be the life of the party.
And we'll tell you why women by the dozen are handing over their bras to this man.
That and more when Ripley's returns.
Hey, we hope you're gonna tune into dinner and a movie. We're showing the movie Matilda.
Use the rod, beat the child. That's my motto.
A piece of steel has entailed a man right in the head. The fact that he didn't die on the spot is unbelievable.
But then the projectile must be removed in a life-or-death procedure.
And even if the operation is successful, will he be able to function again?
Well, you're about to find out.
A two-foot steel rod through the skull threatens the life of 22-year-old Ezra Bias.
Now doctors must attempt a difficult surgery to remove the pole and put Ezra's skull back together.
The surgery begins. Inch by inch, the medical team carefully removes the metal pole.
With the first few centimeters out, Ezra's vital signs look good.
The doctors continue extracting the rod a little bit at a time.
My major concern at the onset was that when taking this thing out, we might start some bleeding,
and he could die from some bleeding that was deep down. The next major hurdle was infection.
One foot of the pole is now free, but Ezra is not out of the woods yet.
Doctors must take special care not to cause any further damage.
And with the final inch of the steel rod dislodged,
surgeons now face the monumental task of piecing Ezra's shattered skull back together.
We had obviously holes in the covering of the brain and the dura and laceration of the brain itself,
and so we had to close up the covering of the brain, the dura both front and back, and then we had to close the wound.
Incredibly, just days after the emergency surgery to save his life,
the man impaled through the brain at last opens his eyes.
I don't remember my first thought when I woke up.
I remember nurses checking to see if I had a feeling in my feet.
I think it was the second day of the accident. My feeling came back.
But only time would tell if the accident affected his brain.
After an agonizing two months of physical therapy, Ezra is released from doctor's care.
Amazingly, although nerve damage has left Ezra with a slight limp and limited use of his left arm,
there is no permanent brain damage.
Had the pipe hit Ezra one-half inch to the right, two major arteries would have been speared
and would almost certainly have proven deadly.
Today, with only a dime-sized scar visible on his forehead,
Ezra feels the accident actually changed him for the better.
I'm not really the same person I was before I was in a car accident.
I think I'm a lot stronger than I used to be.
And when Ezra revisits the section of road where he almost died,
he realizes just how fortunate he really was.
When I'm standing in this area here, it makes me think of how my life got completely changed
and how fortunate I am to be standing here today.
Music
Doctors don't believe that Ezra will regain the use of his left arm,
but they also said that he'd never walk again.
Enter Robert Ripley's archives.
The year is 1960.
This housing development in Fort Lauderdale, Florida looks like any other,
but the new house on the block is literally turning the neighborhood upside down.
Builders construct this home flipped over.
From the kitchen appliances to the car in the garage,
everything is attached to the floor which is now the ceiling.
The inverted house is built as a promotional gag for a new housing tract
and successfully draws hundreds of potential buyers to the location.
Believe it or not.
Tattoos. They're a very personal form of expression.
Some people like to have their tattoos out in the open for all to see.
Other people like to hide theirs and only show them to a privileged few.
Well, Ripley's found a guy in San Francisco who may have found the perfect middle ground.
No tattoo.
Yes tattoo.
Greg Culls is a popular tattoo artist in the trendy Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco.
And although tattoo shops are a dime a dozen in this avant-garde neighborhood,
Greg's customers give him glowing reviews.
Because believe it or not, his tattoos glow in the dark.
I'm the originator of black light tattooing.
Greg uses a material called zinc sulfide to make his tattoos glow.
It works by reflecting light and most importantly, it's non-toxic to humans.
But due to its mud-like consistency, Greg has refined his tattooing technique.
You use the same equipment, but the particle size is much denser than the regular pigment.
So the technique is a little bit more difficult and time consuming.
Today, Ripley's is observing Greg as he goes to work on his latest customer.
First, Greg transfers the design onto his patron's arm.
Then he gets down to work, carefully tattooing the skin inch by tedious inch.
When I do a black light tattoo, in a way I'm kind of working blind.
So I kind of have to, while I'm doing the tattoo, just visualize in my head where I've tattooed and where I haven't.
And then at points I go under black light and check it out to make sure that it's fully saturated.
Beautiful.
Within an hour, Greg's done. It's practically invisible in daylight.
But first to life under black light.
I think they're fantastic. I think glow-in-the-dark tattoos are beautiful. Very exciting.
If you've got a black light tattoo, you'd be the life of the party.
Ripley's legally insane.
We travel the globe in search of the most unbelievable laws on the books.
Pocatello, Idaho. Step into this town with a frown on your face and you could get sent to the slammer.
Believe it or not, in this city it's actually against the law not to smile.
The quirky law was passed in 1948 to help cheer up citizens after that year's severe and crippling winter.
Next, these people jab their bodies with thorny flesh-pricking cactus, but it's just a warm-up for what's coming up.
And she died nearly a century ago, so what's kept this little girl's body preserved through the ages?
Plus, the dog that can actually climb trees.
Wait till you see how he gets from here to here. Next on Ripley's.
Unbelievable.
The ancient Peruvian scissors dance is a ritual known for its beauty, grace, and startling self-mutilation.
The point for the dancers of the show is that they are extraordinary people. They are special people. They can do things that ordinary people will not do.
The dangerous tradition is part of a week-long festival. This painful dance is meant as a powerful demonstration of faith.
With villagers gathering from miles around, the dancers begin by entering into a kind of altered state.
As a warm-up, performers astound the audience by endlessly pricking themselves with sharp cactus needles.
But things get truly bizarre during the festival's piercing finale.
Dancers thread wire-like material through their faces or necks and walk down the line, unbelievably somehow impervious to the pain.
Beginning with one rope, each dancer tries to outdo the last.
Finally, this man amazes crowds as he carefully walks with three ropes threaded through his skin.
Incredibly, he is able to go back and forth, a total of 60 feet, with three pieces of rope through his face and neck.
Their task is to do these things and complete these actions and to show the audience with their own eyes.
There are no winners, but crowd favorites become local celebrities and are invited to perform in future festivals.
The secret to keeping a dead body in perfect, preserved condition was held by one single mortician.
Until now, Ripley's is the first to reveal what keeps these dead bodies looking like they're still alive.
This ancient cemetery in Palermo, Sicily is considered among Italy's most beautiful.
But just below the elegant surface lies the Cappuccini Catacombs, a ghastly library of human decay.
Here, bodies are literally stacked and piled for all to see.
In the past, it was a custom for families to actually visit with the body of deceased loved ones.
For that reason, those who could afford it were mummified upon dying.
The preservation was simple.
The bodies were laid out in an open area and basically allowed to naturally dry.
Then after so many days, they would put them into an oven at a very low temperature and finish the drying process.
But mummification only slows down decomposition. It doesn't stop it.
That's why the remains of one child are so astonishing.
The two-year-old Rosalia Lombardo still looks like she did the day she died.
Having passed away in 1920, people travel from around the world to see her.
Some even consider her a miracle.
And compared to the other mummified children from the same time period, it's easy to see why.
Rosalia is flawless. Her skin and hair are perfect. Even her delicate eyelashes are preserved.
Melissa Johnson is an expert on the art of embalming.
When you look at Rosalia, you can't believe that she's been dead for over 80 years.
This breathtaking perfection, compared to the decay all around her, is attributed to Dr. Alfredo Salafia, a world-renowned physician.
It's reported he administered a secret combination of chemicals to the body only six hours after Rosalia died.
He definitely had a formula for his embalming fluid, but unfortunately he never published it and no one ever kept any record of it, so he's taken it to his grave.
But modern mortuary scientists like Melissa Johnson have discovered the secret to this angel under glass.
Arsenic. Experts believe it's responsible for the skin's copperish hue.
This is typical of the kinds of coloration that we see in bodies that we know for a fact have been embalmed with arsenic.
Although arsenic was commonly used by the ancient Egyptians, it's so toxic the practice was discontinued long ago.
Arsenic was of course highly dangerous to the person who was using it, and you had to hope you didn't end up poisoning yourself.
And while we now know what was used to preserve Cappuccini Catacombs' miraculous angel under glass, for even the experts, the image of little Rosalia still has the power to amaze.
What Salafia did with Rosalia Lombardo is truly an art. I mean, I wish I could make sure that every case that I embalmed was like that.
Ripley's world of unbelievable animals.
On a small farm in Arcadia, Florida, lives a true one-of-a-kind, an animal oddity that defies explanation.
He's a strange dog. He came to our property one day and he's been here ever since.
Meet Noodles, the world's only tree-climbing cocker spaniel.
That's right, this 20-pound pup can climb the bark of a trunk and scramble through the branches of this giant three-story oak tree.
Noodles was a stray who wandered into the life of lowest spread of oak.
He was soon making his home amongst a farm full of animals and his new best friend, a German shepherd named Dieffenbaker.
However, Noodles was about to set himself apart from the rest of this brood in a very different way.
One day we were looking for him and our other dog was barking up in the tree, so we looked up in the tree and sure enough, that's where we found him.
We were just devastated. We thought, how did he get up there and how are we going to get him down?
But Noodles wasn't stuck. This dog actually enjoys climbing trees in much the same way a cat does.
He gets up just as easy as he gets down. The vet said he'd never seen anything or heard anything like this before.
Maybe not, but one thing's for certain, Noodles can always be found high atop the ground in his favorite hideaway, watching over the other dogs.
When Noodles is up there, he'll look around like saying, hi, I look cute, don't I?
Still ahead, Eder Franco gets set to go 16 stories high. Can he balance his bicycle along the edge of this rooftop without falling?
No helmet, no parachute. Can you believe it? Plus, Jackie Chan's got nothing on these nuns.
Find out why these soup kitchen sisters are mastering the martial arts.
And this guy's building a ball out of brassieres. Ripley's reveals why women everywhere are supporting his cause and handing over their bras.
Doing unbelievable things. These men and women can perform these extraordinary acts because they have dedicated their lives to understanding all of the risks involved.
So remember, never tempt fate and never attempt any of the dangerous activities you have seen on Ripley's.
Don't do it.
There's a guy who does something so dangerous on his bicycle that he was not even allowed to demonstrate his unique ability here in the United States.
He can pop a wheelie 150 feet high. It's not something anyone should try at home.
Beautiful Brazil, known for its carnival, string bikinis, breathtaking beaches, and now, daredevil cyclist Eder Franco.
You see, today, Eder is attempting the riskiest ride of his life. He'll try to ride his bicycle on the ledge of this 150-foot building.
And even more amazing, he'll try to pull off this perilous performance without a net, lifeline, or safety device of any kind.
He's the only guy in the whole world that I've seen doing this kind of stuff, and he's put amazing.
At 42 years old, Eder is a hairdresser and father-to-be, but having ridden a bike all his life, he's gotten pretty good at it.
Still, this demonstration of skill and nerves could cost him his life, because when you're riding hairpin curves 16 stories high on a roof full of holes, one wrong move can be your last.
I feel very free, as if I were flying. And I also feel good and safe for having a bike that's totally appropriate for doing this kind of maneuver.
To kick off his fantastic feat, Eder is now beginning the long climb up the ladder to the roof.
Since it's the rainy season, Eder must constantly watch the weather. Moisture translates into slippage, a situation Eder and his brother Mauricio must prevent at all costs.
It's an extremely risky feat that should never be attempted by viewers. Eder carefully inspects the surface, looking for anything that might interfere and plunge him to his death.
Making some last-minute adjustments, Eder's ready for a warm-up.
Oh man, this guy's crazy, eh? What a perfect sense of balance, eh? Can you believe it? No mistake, man.
One step out of the way, you're gone. No helmet, no parachute.
Fearless, Eder rides with no hands along the roof's edge.
Feeling confident, this daredevil pushes it even further. But is he tempting fate? Heading toward the roof's edge, Eder loses his balance.
But amazingly, within inches of going over the edge, he regains control.
Incredibly, Eder takes off one of the tires and begins doing unicycle loops.
Even after all these years of watching his brother, Mauricio admits he still gets nervous.
Yeah, I hold my breath a lot, you know, actually my knees ache and I, it's kind of hard to see your brother, you know. It is.
After a few times around the roof on one wheel, Eder begins doing something no one expected and something no one's tried at this height before.
He's actually going to stand on his seat and let go with his hands while riding his bike like a surfboard.
The spectators, many who are friends of Eder, are tense.
I'm going to do everything for him not to do that.
But Eder lives for danger and sure of his skills, he takes off.
With death looming only inches away, Eder surfs his bike with the precision and grace of riding a wave.
Except here, the slightest breeze threatens to blow him off the roof and to his death.
Maintaining the focus and concentration of a tightrope walker, he's halfway across.
Riding six inches from the edge, Eder pushes on.
Another foot and he's made it.
Staring death in the face and walking away, this hairstylist who moonlights as a daredevil, sets a new standard for extreme cycling.
Eder Franco, Brazil's bold and brave bike balancing thrill seeker, lives to ride another day.
I felt like I was going down a 16-story wave.
I love him so much, you know, and I was kind of scared because, you know, it's always a new time.
But it's okay now, I feel a lot more relaxed now. Thank you, Dad.
Whoo!
Whew! And I don't like heights.
If you see it on Ripley, you can bet that it's real.
But there are plenty of hokesters out there telling half-truths and whole lies.
So here's your chance to play the role of a Ripley's researcher.
Check out these three endurance stories.
Only two are true.
Can you spot the knot?
A. A farmer takes his lamb on a 200-mile dirt bike ride.
B. A man rides his lawnmower across the country.
Or C. An athlete runs around the entire world.
Two are true. Can you spot the knot?
Don't go away. We'll be right back to reveal which are fact and which one's fiction.
Believe it from the knot.
Check out these three endurance stories.
Only two are true.
Can you spot the knot?
A. A farmer takes his lamb on a 200-mile dirt bike ride.
B. A man rides his lawnmower across the country.
Or C. An athlete runs around the entire world.
Get ready for this.
B is true.
Gary Hatter's lawnmower has a top speed of only nine miles an hour.
Amazingly, he's driven it through all 50 states and over the Rockies.
C is also true.
Since 1996, Robert Garside has jogged through 29 countries
and plans to continue running across every other nation left in the world.
A is the knot.
This photograph comes courtesy of a rancher in his agile pet land.
This next guy scours the streets of San Francisco in search of women's underwear.
Now you may be asking yourself, why is this guy on Ripley's instead of on a wanted poster?
Well, that's because, unbelievably, the women gladly take off their undergarments
and hand them to this man.
This I gotta see.
For centuries, the female form has inspired great works of art.
And Ron Nicolino, for one, is an artist captivated by the female breast.
Believe it or not, to prove it, he's creating the largest monument to breasts ever made.
It's a lifelong obsession that shows up in much of the work that Ron has done throughout the years.
Like the creation of 21,000 breasts using wet sand and gelatin molds.
Or this depiction of a hypothetical bra bridge stretching across the Grand Canyon.
And while he enjoys his work, it has a more serious side.
For Ron, it's a way to raise awareness about his favorite charity,
which is, you guessed it, Breast Cancer Research.
But Ron's greatest project by far is a work in progress known simply as the Bra Ball.
I did a number of public events over the years.
Three months on the train zigzagging across Canada and the U.S.
Picking up bras from bra agents on the train platform, city to city.
The Bra Ball started small almost ten years ago.
Growing out of his Grand Canyon project, Ron was in search of another use for all those bras.
Then the artist in him took over, and he began rolling them into a ball.
Since none of the bras are purchased, Ron relied on friends and family to keep him going.
And as word spread, the ball grew.
After only a year, this mass could no longer be moved by hand.
After five years, it had grown to over 500 pounds.
And donors actually began sending Ron bras through the mail.
But for this artist, the most effective way of collecting new bras is by cruising around in his pink Cadillac
and putting out donation bins.
With our cameras by his side, Ron hit the streets of San Francisco.
In no time, the ball, acting as a beacon, attracts women willing to give his cause a little lift.
Now the sphere consists of 14,000 brassieres.
One by one, they are carefully braided together.
No sewing, no gluing, just hooks, lace, and underwire.
Bras donated as memorials to breast cancer victims, all the way from that to whimsical bras from dancers in Las Vegas, all kinds of bras.
Now the amazing Bra Ball concept is on a real roll.
Standing over five feet high and weighing more than 1,300 pounds, it even requires a forklift to move it.
But Ron says as long as support keeps pouring in, he'll keep adding to this work of art until it's literally busting at the seams.
Women will be able to add bras onto this forever more.
This thing is planning to get bigger and bigger.
This is it, the actual Bra Ball.
Now we asked if there were any celebrity bras buried inside.
Nicolino says that he did receive a bra from supermodel Naomi Campbell.
I wonder which one it is.
Next, what a shot.
The nuns tough enough to take on the neighborhood thugs.
Plus, this ring hides a deadly secret, the tiny trinket that'll truly blow you away.
Next.
But crime is always a potential problem on the mean city streets, so to protect themselves, these nuns are literally kicking around a new idea.
They're training themselves in the martial arts.
Because we live in bad areas, so we can learn taekwondo.
They're focused in their religious habits, and having received the bishop's blessing, the swinging sisters fine tune their technique at a local gym.
And with moves like these, bad guys don't stand a prayer of a chance.
Thankfully, the sisters haven't had to use their combat skills yet.
They hope just the concept of a karate chopping nun will be enough to keep muggers away.
Believe it or not.
We've all heard about concealed weapons, but this adds a new wrinkle.
This ordinary ring is definitely not so ordinary when you realize that it's actually a fixed shooter that fires miniature bullets filled with real gunpowder.
The little trinket was developed around the turn of the 20th century and was sold as a novel form of self-protection.
But this particular pistol was reportedly confiscated by authorities after being used in a string of bank holdups.
Guns like this can fire at bullets that can be deadly up to 20 yards away.
Unbelievable?
Believe it.
The
the
if five hundred dollars off your next car truck from lock more christler g
committed to pick from hundreds of quality use vehicles make your best deal
and then we'll take five hundred dollars off all you need is a pay step on bill
and valid driver's license
and you could drive away today took a minute say with great deals and special
financing to meet everyone's needs lock more christler g is your only place for
a great deal
call three one three eight eight six three thousand and let us open the door
to your new car today
lock more christler g located on mac in detroit three one three eight eight six
three thousand
by
give me a break
break me off a piece of that
knew
You need someone like me to shake things up a little.
A rebel who's wired for destruction.
You throw energy?
I am the energy.
Oh, please.
No! Nobody shuts me up!
With this threat to humanity, just time will it end to a drain of terror.
And you'll eat eggs.
Haven't you heard resistance is due to...
...the coming of next week.
Fifth Wheel. Weeknights on the WB.
Welcome to the new WB Sunday.
You're just one hour away from an all-new night of comedy.
But first, Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Here I go!
Would you believe?
This guy's got a hole in his head.
Actually, he's got several.
Drilling straight through his scalp to screw in his stainless steel hair.
Surfer Shannon Ainsley survived an attack by not one, but two great white sharks.
Ripley's captures his frightening fight for life.
A tragic accident caused this poor pooch his two right legs.
But that didn't keep the gutsy greyhound from becoming the fastest dog on the block.
The women in this town wait 364 days for one chance.
A chance to beat their husbands to a pulp.
Very strongly they heat.
The future of medical photography is here.
A microscopic camera in the form of a pill.
Open wide as Ripley's takes you on a fantastic voyage inside the human body.
Unbelievable?
Believe it.
On Ripley's Believe It or Not.
This is Ripley's, the home of the unconventional and truly unbelievable.
This first guy is not your average Joe.
You see, Joe Aylward wanted a new hairstyle.
Specifically, a mohawk.
More specifically, made out of stainless steel spikes that screw into your skull.
Not exactly a job for your local hairstylist.
As unusual as a mohawk is, Joe Aylward of Phoenix, Arizona, wanted something even more riveting.
Everyone has seen hair mohawks.
And I thought it would be very unique to have the first metal mohawk.
But it was also about the body modification.
Doing an implant of a completely different style that no one else had.
Joe may be the only guy on the block to have pointy steel spikes protruding from a shaved scalp.
But he's also a single parent whose lifestyle has more to do with the mundane than the extreme.
Every four nights a week I have my son, so I'm here playing with him.
My struggles are the same as anyone else's.
Keeping up with the laundry, getting the bills paid on time, getting my son to and from daycare.
Joe's mohawk is a startling example of an increasingly popular trend.
People across the country are piercing, implanting, and augmenting their bodies, all in the name of fashion.
But no one has taken the art of body modification this far.
I used to say it's that extreme.
Twenty years ago for a guy to have one piercing in his ear was considered very outrageous.
I think in time all judgments and perceptions change.
When dressing down, Joe can opt to take out the spikes and replace them with less obtrusive nuts.
I can change from real tall ones like I wear now to shorter ones that I wear on a more daily basis.
There is a small implant in the scalp that the spike part threads into that I can thread and unthread and change any time I want.
Joe's implant procedure took nearly four hours.
If he ever happened to change his mind about his metal head, the implants would have to be surgically removed.
It's just an implant in the scalp.
Nothing's attached to the bone.
It's a very safe procedure done with sterile instruments, a sterile setting.
When Joe goes out, he threads the shiny stainless steel spikes into his head and they magnetize people to it.
Oh my God.
Are they real?
Can I touch them?
Yeah.
Okay.
Sometimes people are afraid of me just by initial appearance,
but generally once I speak to them, I feel it really opens a door between me and a lot of people that never would have asked any questions.
Don, doesn't that hurt?
Why did you do it?
Gee, that has to hurt.
Can I just think?
Did they pound them in your head?
Wow.
How drunk were you when you got it done?
I want to get me some nails in my head, too.
I've had a couple of situations where women were kind of short with me and kind of rude,
and I just kind of looked at them and told them that they're just upset because I can accessorize better than them.
Ah, ha, ha.
Have a nice day.
But surely nobody would go to such an extreme length for a fashion statement.
What is extreme right now, I guess I'm considered extreme now, probably won't be considered extreme decades from now.
Though he obviously enjoys turning heads, Joe says that his decision to get the mohawk was about his own personal satisfaction.
When I look in the mirror, I see ten very unique, cool implants.
Sure, Joe loves his look now, but what about when he's 65?
If I reach a very ripe old age and still have the metal mohawk,
I'll be looked at like, oh, one of those old timers did that stuff way back when.
That's okay.
The population in India just passed one billion.
That's a lot of people, and it's primarily a male-dominated society,
except, of course, for one day each year when the women have the opportunity to even the playing field, so to speak.
It's the one day a year when thousands of women pour into the streets of India with only one thing in mind,
dominating their husbands by literally beating them with wooden sticks.
Lower-class women and middle-class women, they don't have a lot of rights in everyday life.
Their lives are controlled by their husbands and by the men in their lives.
So on this one day, they get to turn the tables.
This day of chaos is called Holi and dates back 5,000 years to Hindu folklore.
According to legend, mythological women revolted against a powerful male attacking him with wooden sticks.
To prepare for the beatings, the young men cover their heads with protective padding and shields.
The women of Varsana stand outside the gates of their houses, waiting for these men to come.
Who would provoke them? And as a result, these women will hit the men.
Given just one day each year to vent their frustrations, the women do not hold back.
Not only do they beat their own husbands, but other men as well.
In fact, all women married or single are invited to take part in this brutal ritual.
One local citizen calls it the ultimate role reversal.
The male, the very symbol of authority and power, are now at the receiving end.
Despite its violence, Holi remains one of India's largest and most popular festivals,
especially among the women.
Next, this artist is having a blast, turning sheet metal into beautiful sculptures
and using plastic explosives that could blow up in her face.
Plus, he's been crowned the tallest man in the world.
Now he's hitting the basketball court, hoping to step in a shak shoes.
And how this brave little hound beat all odds.
The remarkable story behind Dominic, the two-legged dog, on Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Ripley's Believe It or Not is brought to you in part by Verizon Wireless.
Join in.
Free up. It's the better way to prepay from Verizon Wireless.
Now for only $69.99 after $30 mail-in rebates, you can free up with this real high-digital phone
that comes with $15 worth of prepay minutes.
This mind-blowing new way to prepay is loaded with features like 10-cent night weekend minutes,
nationwide long distance occluded.
Now you can call farther and talk longer for only $69.99 after your $30 mail-in rebate.
Join in and free up only at Verizon Wireless.
Even under stress, Arid has the strength to help stop your worst smelling sweat.
Arid. Strength under stress.
To avoid costly engine repairs, get a Greyhound Super Friendly fare starting at $49.00
two thousands of places when you plan ahead.
You'll be getting away for a lot less than this guy will.
Whoops. That's gonna cost him.
Now how'd that taste?
The new grilled sourdough bacon cheeseburger at Burger King.
With grilled sourdough bread.
A quarter pound of flame-broiled beef.
Two slices of melted Swiss cheese.
Four strips of bacon.
The new grilled sourdough bacon cheeseburger will make you a believer.
Now for a limited time at Burger King.
The biggest movie of the year. Now available wherever videos are sold.
The new movie of the year.
Amazing stories.
And unbelievable people.
Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Evelyn Rosenberg is an artist.
Inspired by her local bomb squad.
Now when her creative juices start flowing,
she puts on a hard hat, earplugs, and grabs a wad of plastic explosives.
Take a look.
Explosives.
Throughout history, their sole purpose has been to destroy.
While unleashing incredible forces.
At least that was their purpose until Evelyn Rosenberg came along.
This artist from Albuquerque, New Mexico has harnessed the power of destruction
to create extraordinary works of art.
I don't think that any other technique produces this particular look
you couldn't get in any other way.
Evelyn's art is as distinctive as it is beautiful.
Her provocative images are finely textured and deeply embossed into large sheets of metal.
This kind of detail would take months to hammer by hand.
But using plastic explosives, Evelyn can do it in a matter of seconds.
It's sort of magic.
Evelyn is the only artist using this technique.
But she did not develop it overnight.
Many of her first efforts ended in failure.
But Evelyn was undaunted.
And after nine months of trial and error, she finally perfected the process.
Something she calls detonography.
A hybrid word that means exploding pictures.
First of all, I'll usually make a drawing or a model of what the piece is going to look like.
Next, she makes plaster molds, which she then takes to a professional explosive testing facility,
the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
This is Evelyn's art studio, a 32-square-mile bomb test site in the New Mexico mountains
where everything from warheads to car bombs are detonated.
I think we're also going to need some, like, on this edge here.
First, the molds are placed in a bed of sand.
Sheet metal is then placed on top of the molds.
In this case, the metal is bronze and already has intricate items like popcorn, leaves, even doilies glued to it.
Meanwhile, in a reinforced cinder block building, technicians painstakingly cut and lay out strips of plastic explosives.
All it takes is one spark to ignite this material.
Any explosive material do not take well to sparks, friction, heat.
You have to be careful when you use non-sparking materials.
The technicians wear metal straps around their ankles to divert the static electricity in their bodies away from the explosives and into the ground.
Back at the test site, the temperature has risen to nearly 100 degrees.
Tension mounts as the strips of explosives are cautiously laid over the now heated metal sheets.
The detonation cord is strung.
Evelyn retreats into the safety of a bunker as one technician carefully attaches the blasting caps.
And now, after months of hard work and meticulous preparation, a single millisecond will determine whether Evelyn's metal sheets end up in an art gallery or a scrap heap.
Five, four, three, two, one.
Photographed in real time, the explosions look pretty tame, but there's more to this than meets the eye.
We set up a high-speed camera to run at 3,000 frames per second to capture the explosion in super slow motion.
Now we can see that the explosions are actually more like miniature nuclear bomb blasts.
As the smoke clears, Evelyn is anxious to inspect the work.
Although it's covered with debris, Evelyn is optimistic about the results.
Oh, these are good. These worked great.
To anybody else looking at it, it just looks like dirty metal.
A filthy, pot-marked, worn-looking sheet of metal begins to take shape.
An artwork born in an explosion is polished and nurtured into a beautiful piece of art.
It's like birth, you know, you have this very messy, dangerous, scary thing, and then you get this really beautiful object in the end.
Evelyn's work sells for up to $200,000 a pop.
Ripley's world of unbelievable animals.
The African bombardier beetle has several natural chemicals which are stored at safe temperatures within its body.
Combining the toxins instantly brings the mixture to the boiling point, an incredible 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
With deadly accuracy, the beetle sprays the burning fluid at any would-be attacker.
Its high-tech weaponry keeps it safe. Believe it.
There's a basketball player who knows just what he'd call Shaquille O'Neal if he got a chance to meet him. Shorty.
To get a sense of just how tall this guy is, take a look at his size 21 sneaker.
Most of the tallest humans in the world are crippled by their height and plagued with chronic health problems.
These living giants are frequently bedridden and sentenced to a life of pain and suffering.
But one of these giants has been touted as a medical miracle.
Ri Young-hun is a North Korean basketball player who until recently was the tallest human on earth.
At 7 feet 9 inches, the 29-year-old is defying medical science with his agility and speed on the court.
I'm a big man. I want to test my ability. I'm not interested in money or politics. I just want to play in the NBA.
Ri Young-hun left North Korea to train for the NBA and also changed his first name to Michael after the player he looked up to most, Michael Jordan.
Actually, the 7 foot 9 inch giant looks down on the 6 foot 6 Jordan. Even Shaq is only 7 foot 1.
His coaches and teammates were stunned when they first met the towering foreigner.
This guy kind of had to bend his head down to get through like a 7 foot doorway.
My first impression of Michael was, holy cow. He was extremely tall. Never seen anything quite like that.
And I've been around basketball players my whole life.
Most humans of Michael's height are diagnosed as pituitary giants, the most common form of gigantism.
Their size is triggered by a brain tumor that overwhelms the body with a growth hormone.
Pituitary giants may look superhuman, but they suffer with health problems that could kill them.
They could have heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes. They may look very strong.
Some of these guys are used in movies as looking very tough, but they're actually very weak.
They have arthritis. Their joints are weak. So they're not as strong as they look.
Attempting to discover Michael's secret to excellent health, doctors began conducting a battery of tests.
His growth hormone levels are normal. His x-ray studies of his head and brain are normal.
And he moves like somebody who's shorted.
The fact that he is tall without any abnormality is rarer than if he had an abnormality and was that tall.
So that's the rare of the rare, so to speak.
Michael has beaten the odds. Not only is he healthy, but he's also a world-class athlete.
He guards people out of bounds. He shuts down the whole court.
I mean, it's almost impossible for somebody to see where they're going to try and pass the ball.
Sadly, once Michael was ready for the big league, he was forced to return to his homeland.
Now Michael is back with his family, where he continues to pursue his hoop dreams.
His Canadian colleagues are certain of one thing. Michael will be back.
We believe Michael has a great opportunity. There are still lots of teams that would today, we know, that would sign Michael.
He would just add a lot of value to the NBA and to basketball in general.
Still ahead.
Three, two, one.
This high school dropout is launching a new career as a rocket scientist.
And he'll strap a missile to anything that moves.
What's a better toy than a rocket-powered wheelchair?
Plus, the car you can carry around in a suitcase.
And see how this high-tech robot does on the driving track.
That and much more, coming up on Ripley's.
I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, that's tonight.
Weighted PG starts November 16th.
It hit me when my wife got pregnant.
Just knowing that my son was on the way inspired me to lose weight and get healthy.
I tried all these different things and nothing was working. I thought I was doomed.
Then I saw a Slim Fast commercial and I thought, okay, I'll give it a try.
I lost over 50 pounds on the Slim Fast plan. I found a whole new reason for living.
I'm real high energy now. I drink Slim Fast every day. The shakes really satisfy me.
There's about a gazillion vitamins and minerals and healthy stuff.
It's just great. It's a wonderful thing.
Slim Fast every day. Get healthy.
You really can do it.
Some kids think smoking weed makes you cool.
What about those who think you already are?
The new collection is a triumph just dripping with vibrant flair.
And I love the reinterpretation of the front and back color covers from sassy to sublime.
Custom ringtones strike a retro chord.
Right now, Singular is giving you twice as much.
Buy this hit new Nokia and get another one free.
Plus, ask about our unlimited nights and weekend plans.
Singular Wireless, what do you have to say?
Tonight on the WB, Steve knows how to sweet talk.
You ask me to cuddle, I cuddle. I even act like I like it.
And all the way to Steve Harvey.
Then, some guys know how to talk to women, like Jeremiah.
And then there's his friend Clay.
Hi.
What?
Hi.
What?
What's the point of this?
What?
What's the point of this?
And all new men, women, and dogs.
After an all new Steve Harvey.
Tonight on the new WB Sunday.
Enter Robert Ripley's archives.
Let's go get the dogs.
Ripley, David, or not.
The year is 1952.
Dick Wyatt and Willa McGuire are making quite a splash.
Water skiing on cleverly modified tabletops.
Surprisingly, Willa duplicates all of Dick's moves.
Spinning and gliding along the surface of the water.
With perfect ease and grace.
Raising the stakes, Dick balances on a wooden chair.
On top of the table.
Further testing the limits of his ability to balance.
Dick sets a step ladder on his longboard.
And meticulously climbs the rungs.
Once at the top of the ladder.
Dick is able to water ski higher than most would ever dare.
Of course, the higher they ski, the harder they fall.
These are the unbelievable artifacts of tomorrow.
It may not look like much more than a go-kart.
But this amazing auto inside a suitcase.
Features an air-cooled two-stroke engine.
A single disc brake and reaches speeds of 30 miles an hour.
It only takes 15 seconds to go from a suitcase to the street.
There are only two of these vehicles in the world.
Now, if you want to see something really amazing, watch this.
Dominic is an Italian greyhound.
A little known breed of dog that can run 20 miles an hour.
And catch birds in midair.
They are thought to be the first dog ever bred just for companionship.
Even Cleopatra is believed to have owned one.
They are a rare treasure.
Especially when they have only two legs.
Sometimes you think, oh, this is wrong.
Oh, I have this problem.
And you think, look what he overcame.
And, you know, it is inspirational.
The horrible accident that took his two right legs happened the day after Thanksgiving 1997.
Dominic was just four months old when a friend of the family's accidentally struck him with his car.
He came down the driveway and we had a kind of a long driveway.
And Dominic just darted in front of him.
He couldn't help it.
He was just so fast.
And he really ran basically completely over him.
He was conscious but in a lot of shock.
You know, he was very shocky.
It was a very, very severe accident.
In fact, Dominic had lost 50% of his blood.
His right back leg was barely attached.
His right front leg was crushed.
And he had major internal injuries.
Dominic was at death's door.
But his owners, Kay and Rodney Breakable, wouldn't give up on their pup and refused to put him to sleep.
We had come to the conclusion that if necessary, we'd just make him a little cart.
You know, just like a walker or a stroller for a child where he could just get in and have some type of life.
Otherwise, then we would carry him around.
But would Dominic ever walk again?
With two legs missing from the same side, how could he?
This little dog, however, would not surrender.
Shocking and amazing everyone, one day after the amputation of his second leg, he not only walked, he ran.
Today, there's nothing this tough little hound can't do, except maybe chase his tail.
He can sit. He can fetch. He can scare cats.
And he can run faster than any other dog in the neighborhood.
And when he gets tired, he simply finds something or someone to lean on, especially his loving owners, Kay and Rodney.
You know, we treat him as if he was a child.
He's never been treated like a dog.
And I hope that our love has had a big party.
But rest assured that Dominic is totally at home with the other animals in the family.
Because in their eyes, Dominic is still a dog.
Four legs or two.
It's been 30 years since we first went to the moon and every kid wanted to be an astronaut,
including Kay Michelson.
But as a high school dropout, he knew that NASA would not be knocking down his door to make his space dreams come true.
So Kay went to his garage and he came out with a rocket.
Okay, let's water up.
Kay Michelson is obsessed with rockets.
Over the last 40 years, he's built and successfully launched hundreds of homemade missiles.
On the count of five, four, three, two, one.
Kay is the only individual to launch a rocket an unbelievable 12 miles above the Earth.
That's higher up than the Concorde flies and well into the ozone layer.
At least traditionally NASA has needed sometimes decades or more and thousands or tens of thousands of people to develop a new launch vehicle.
All right, man, this is good.
Kay's rocket obsession began in grade school when teachers told him he wasn't smart enough to compete academically.
I struggled all the way through school.
They didn't know what dyslexia was and I had a really bad case of it back then.
I had a very hard time reading, but I was always good with my hands.
I mean, I don't tell you, I was a D-minus student all the way through school and I got A-plus in every one of my shock classes.
Kay dropped out of school in the ninth grade and made his fortune as an entrepreneur, dabbling in everything from movie stunts to makeup.
With time and money to spare, Kay has dedicated himself to achieving his ultimate goal, building a real spacecraft in his own backyard.
My goal is to actually launch a rocket out of space and bring it back because what a trophy that would be.
But Kay doesn't just blast rockets into the atmosphere.
Over the years, he's put rocket engines on everything from motorcycles to snowmobiles and more.
I put a rocket in my dragster. I put a rocket in a funny car.
I've actually built rocket-powered roller skates where my son went 52 miles an hour.
This custom rocket mobile will challenge the world land speed record.
And let's not forget, this flashy wheelchair holds its own on the highway.
Go! Go!
What's a better toy for a rocket man than a rocket-powered wheelchair?
Kay's latest project is launching his 100-pound rocket.
A missile like this can cost up to $25,000 to build and is strictly regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Kay even needed special approval to enter highly restricted airspace.
I'm very impressed with what he's been able to do just working out of a home workshop.
Always maintaining safety, working through the mountains of legal restrictions that would be put on him to launch to such an altitude.
My heart always starts pounding at this time. This is the most exciting part, you know, right before it launches.
And all your work's done, and you just sit back and enjoy the flight.
It's a picture-perfect day in the desert as the countdown begins.
Three, two, one.
Oh, wait. That is a major malfunction.
Heads up, heads up.
Aw, man.
To Kay's shock and confusion, the rocket explodes on the launch pad.
Well, it's like this, I'll tell you what. The motor just went right through the rocket.
We've launched a number of these, and this is the first time that this has ever happened.
Rockets are inherently dangerous. You have a small volume with a large amount of chemical energy and a very high energy density.
So by its very essence there, it's a dangerous, controlled substance and needs to be treated very cautiously.
It's back to the drawing board. Two months later, Kay returns to the launch pad with another rocket.
These guys know that we're going to be ready in like two minutes.
This one equipped with a miniature camera to record every second.
It's now or never for the new and improved rocket.
On the count of five. Five, four, three, two, one.
After only a few seconds, the rockets already climbed to more than 3,000 feet.
Beautiful! Beautiful! Perfect flight. Perfect. This is what we've been waiting for. All right.
The second phase of the launch triggers the nose capsule and main section to split.
The chutes deploy right on time.
Okay, there's one, there's two. All right, let's go. Yeah, hey buddy! All right, jump in the back.
Kay and his team recover the rocket fully intact on the desert floor.
We had to work for that flight, I'll tell you that.
This triumphant launch is one more step in Kay's long-term goal to compete with the big boys at NASA
and be the first man ever to send a privately built rocket into outer space, 50 nautical miles above Earth.
Kay also has plans for a one-man rocket so that he can launch himself into space.
Still ahead, the mini TV camera transmitting pictures from deep inside a human being.
He came face to face with two great white sharks and lived.
How does Surfer survive the jaws of death on Ripley's Believe It or Not?
She'll definitely show. Just do it. I'm going to make a collect call.
1-800-Collect presents Ava Sabalot.
I told you. Careful how you dial, boys.
Ava, we always use 1-800-Collect. Then you already know it saves at least a buck or two.
Of course. It's so easy. I thought you had a call to make.
Talk about saving some dough.
1-800-Collect. Save a buck or two.
New to video and DVD, you can join Mickey and all of your favorite Disney characters
as they come together for the first time in a movie.
Now this Christmas party is really starting to warm up.
Mickey's Magical Christmas on video and Disney DVD this Tuesday.
Some places have silly ideas to bring you in.
But once you get to the taste, where's the fresh?
Want something made fresh?
Uh-huh.
Try one of the new Subway Selects.
We've got four new Subway Selects like the delicious horseradish steak and cheese.
Subway is fresh!
Welcome to the Orbit Institute. Let's go inside.
Moments ago we gave Jane a piece of new sugar-free Orbit gum.
So how do you feel, Jane?
Certainly understandable. But does your mouth feel clean?
Fabulous.
New sugar-free Orbit gum. Let it give your mouth a good clean feeling, no matter what.
Before he was a hero, Angel was a legendary terror.
Now the sins of his past have caught up with him.
Hello, lover. Long time no see.
Uh, this is impossible.
Tell me about it, Daddy.
And all new at Angel on the WB Monday night.
A daughter's deadly secret is revealed.
I don't like feeling this way.
On the next Talk or Walk, Monday at 5 on WB 20.
A tip, a talk, countin' down to 4 o'clock.
Make your jeans, got the winner, taste the value for your dinner.
Tip-top, keep lookin' at the clock.
Keep the gold in our hands, just around the clock.
Fresh for you, and it tastes so right.
Kick-start 4 o'clock every night.
Detroit, dig into our 10 to 20-piece Chicken McNuggets.
Just $2.99 after 4 p.m.
Or add two small fries and two small drinks for delicious McNugget value packs.
Only $5.99. Go for the taste every day after 4 p.m.
Love to see you smile.
Here's a man with a plan to save you money.
Mr. Allen.
Get boo-boo blanjo.
Dinner more shoes.
59 or 2 for 100.
Dinner jackets or jeans.
19 or 2 for 36.
Jeans.
29 or 2 for 50.
Blue or a sweat outfit.
29 or 2 for 50.
Dreams.
39 or 2 for 70.
Coats.
59 or 2 for 100.
Players or kid jackets.
29 or 2 for 50.
Safety at a villa.
Boo.
29 or 2 for 50.
Not a good fact-farm converse.
29 or 2 for 50.
Kids, D&G.
29 or 2 for 50.
Mr. Allen, 2 for 50.
Fans or kids, kids.
Kids.
He'll save you money.
Mr. Allen.
Show them the universe.
That the sky is no limit.
Being a hero doesn't take a lot.
It just means a lot.
Kindergarten teachers know that before children start school, from 0 to 5, every interaction
is critical.
It's what you do that's critical.
You're not just a kid.
You're a kid.
You're a son of a bitch.
interstate artificial intelligence.
This is the digital revolution,
disguised as your typical Sunday drive.
Klaus is his name, and he's the first robot of his kind.
Developed by Volkswagen and the Robert Bosch Group,
this robo-chauffeur has been specifically designed
to drive a full-sized automobile with no human assistance.
Using cameras and motion sensors
to work as his eyes and brain,
Klaus recently passed his first driving test
in his native Frankfurt, Germany, with flying colors.
Receiving higher test scores than most humans,
Klaus is properly equipped to burn rubber.
Safely, of course.
There is now a pill-sized camera that you can swallow.
Doctors can then watch a real-time video
of your digestive system in action.
Ripley's is the first to take you on this fantastic voyage.
Doctors at the Royal Hospital of London
are taking an amazing journey
into the never-before-seen world of the human race.
The first to take you on this fantastic voyage
is Dr. Robert B. Ripley.
He's taking an amazing journey into the never-before-seen
recesses of the human body.
Barely bigger than an aspirin,
this tiny camera nicknamed the gut cam
is designed to be swallowed with ease.
Popping a pill and peering into a patient's body
is the vision of this man, Dr. Paul Swain,
a gastroenterologist.
I specialize in trying to sort out people
who have stomach problems,
and I do quite a lot of what's called endoscopy,
so I look inside the stomach.
To see inside the digestive system,
doctors now have to force a specialized camera
called an endoscope either down a patient's throat
or up from the other side.
These images diagnose disease and save thousands of lives,
but for the patient, the procedure is agonizing.
It was actually very difficult trying to push a tube
down your throat.
I'd say we're nearly there.
Horrible.
It's a very horrible situation,
because once you're gagging,
you actually feel as though you can't breathe as well.
But the snaking camera of the endoscope
can only reach so far.
There is a blind bit of the gut
that we really haven't been able to examine very well
with endoscopes.
That's a blind area, and an area that it would be
really good to have a new type of endoscopy
that it was paying us for.
The gut cam uses miniature components
that were originally developed for the military and spying.
We started, by the way, about six years ago
working on this topic,
but there was a breakthrough in about the last two years
or so when it was possible to make very tiny cameras,
which were also used very, very low power levels,
and so they could run on tiny batteries
for quite a long time.
The tiny camera with a lens no larger
than the head of a pin
is protected within an acid-proof casing.
It's got some little white areas inside it,
and those are the light-emitting diodes,
which put the light out.
Then behind it is the electronic imager,
which is absolutely tiny and uses almost no power.
And behind that, further back,
you can see there are some batteries.
And then we've got an absolutely tiny transmitter,
probably the tiniest in the world,
as well as a little aerial
that you may be able to see in the back of the thing.
Before the gut cam is swallowed,
a receiver with a video recorder
is spit it onto the patient's hip.
So all you have to do is to open your mouth
and swallow it.
It's very easy.
It's easier than an aspirin.
Try it.
The incredible trip begins
when the gut cam passes through the mouth,
down the throat, and into the stomach.
These images from inner space are transmitted
and recorded in real time
while the patient goes about their normal daily routine.
That's right.
Instead of spending time in agony on an operating table,
the patient pops a pill, puts on a fanny pack,
and walks out to enjoy the day.
It takes about 40 minutes or perhaps an hour
before the capsule or food that you eat
will actually go into the small bowel.
The video pill is now where no camera has ever gone before.
It may not look like much,
but the trained eye can detect cancer,
internal bleeding, and other diseases before it's too late.
The whole time that it takes
that you swallow something,
it will fall out the bottom end
about 24 hours later on average.
The disposable gut camera will cost $300
once it becomes mass produced.
But for now, Dr. Swain has to recover this nifty little pill
only to be sent on another illuminating wild ride
through the human body.
Enter Robert Ripley's archives.
Let's go, Ripley, go.
Robin Ripley, see you, Ripley.
On up.
At least it's on up.
The year is 1959.
A new invention bursts onto the scene.
It's called the grass finder,
and it promises to revolutionize yard work forever.
This hands-free lawn mower has a mechanical feeler
that steers the machine while it mows and mulches your yard.
Once the outside strip of lawn has been cut,
the grass finder can do the rest.
After setting the mower to automatic,
the grass finder feels its own way along.
When the feeler reaches the grass that has already been cut,
the mower turns right.
Just don't leave this mower without any supervision.
Because when the grass finder finishes your yard,
it may start mowing your neighbor's rose bushes.
Next, the guy filming these circuses
had no idea what he caught on tape
until he slowed it down frame by frame.
The shocking double shark attack
when Ripley's returned.
Recently, at this quiet, unassuming little Pizza Hut,
an interesting pizza discovery took place.
Whoa!
We've created the new ultimate lovers' pizzas from Pizza Hut.
Our lovers' pizzas now with cheese once, twice, three, four, five,
six kinds of luscious cheese
and six kinds of seriously satisfying meat toppings
or five garden veggies or two layers of zesty pepperoni.
And you'll discover a new way of eating pizza
from a pizza hut with cheese and pepperoni.
And you'll discover it's not $12.99, it's only $8.99.
$8.99, the new ultimate lovers' pizzas only from Pizza Hut.
You all know the rules of King of the Mountain.
Whoo!
Pushing, shoving and cheating are encouraging.
He is the greatest man I've ever known.
He's the best of the best.
Yeah!
They know what they want.
I know that I'm in love with her.
So, still wanna hug up?
You're gonna try a lot harder than that, Rick.
So, you still wanna hug up?
And they're always willing
to put him in Rick's car
to push things over the edge.
One, two, three.
Whoo!
Ha-ha-ha!
Out cold, rated PG-13.
On Wednesday, November 21st,
the competition is on.
It is the big apple, but don't try and eat it.
We're now entering the center of...
All right, cool! How you guys doing?
Center, I said, dial down the center.
That's right, can I borrow that?
It's a 100-C-A-L-L-A-T-T.
Got your good craft.
So, Dustin...
Exactly!
It's free for you and cheap for them.
On every call, Carter, too?
Daj, James, wakom, de de gaia.
Oh, ah, for collect calls.
Say, bing, bop, phone, every call.
This is our 1-800-CALL ATP for collect calls.
Tonight on the WB Sunday,
Mike's doing the town with the guys.
It's nice having a night out with the boards.
Those, too.
But when you got a girlfriend, you put out that
I've got a girlfriend vibe.
What's your name, cutie? Call me, okay?
My girlfriend likes it, too.
Everyone has to go.
The new comedy, Off Center.
Then, Dwight's new boss is Drew Carey.
Give me a turkey and swiss sandwich.
You, throw me an oil and call me Fappy.
Choke was a choke.
What's your end of it?
An all-new Nicky after an all-new Off Center tonight
on the new WB Sunday.
Unbelievable people
doing unbelievable things.
These men and women can perform
these extraordinary acts
because they have dedicated their lives
to fighting all of the risks and laws.
So remember,
never tempt fate
and never attempt any of the dangerous activities
you have seen on Ripley.
Believe it.
Enter Robert Ripley's archives.
Let's go into the town.
Somebody stop.
Robert Ripley, see if it's on us.
Believe it or not.
The year is 1969,
and performer Jackie Paul
arrives in style
in a Rolls Royce.
But he's not such a big star
that he won't carry his own props.
It looks like a coffin,
but it's something far more dangerous.
A bed of nails.
Jackie has made his bed.
Now he's going to lie on it.
With a top layer of nails added,
Jackie is getting stabbed from above and below.
But this feat gets even more daring
as these three women
climb on top.
Jackie gets up. He's unharmed.
But then that's nothing compared to what he's going to do next.
Again,
Jackie lets himself be sandwiched
in the bed of nails.
Then the Rolls Royce is jacked up.
Its tires resting on the board.
The jack holds up one side of the car,
but the full weight of the other side
drives the nails into Jackie.
The crowd is thrilled
with Jackie's accomplishment.
When he gets up, there are faint holes
in his skin. But Jackie feels good
because he's gotten something serious
off his chest.
There's always something new at the Ripley's Warehouse.
Like this, high tech batting helmet.
Anyone who plays baseball
or even softball knows that you need to work
on your swing, and that takes practice.
That's where this baby comes in.
You set the helmet for right
or left handed, and you take
your stance.
The helmet self calibrates.
Then you swing.
Oh!
It buzzes
if you're positioned incorrectly.
But, when you're all lined up,
the crowd responds.
So, by practicing with this gadget,
your motor memory is reinforced
and you'll soon never hear this
again.
You can watch this while I keep practicing.
It's every surfer's worst nightmare.
Paddling out to catch a wave,
only to be attacked by a great white shark.
That's exactly what happened to 15-year-old
Shannon Ainsley.
Well, I was paddling for a wave,
and then all of a sudden I felt myself
lift up a little bit.
And then the next minute I was paddling into the water
looking at the shark face to face.
Ironically, Shannon was deathly
afraid of the water before he began
surfing two years ago.
She was afraid of the water,
and she was afraid of the water.
She was trying to swim above him and
then start surfing two years ago.
Today, this South African teen
is the incredible survivor
of an encounter with the ocean's most
lethal predator.
The waters along South Africa's
eastern coast makes for some of the
world's best surfing and deadliest.
Ferocious great white sharks of up to
20 feet long stalk the area
The surfers and swimmers here know that anytime they go into the water, a shark might mistake
them for its next meal. Despite three recent fatalities and shark sightings earlier that
very day, the waves were too good for Shannon and his friends to pass up. What they thought
would be an epic day of surfing instead turned to horror. A tourist on the shore inadvertently
captured the moment of the shark attack on his camera. Slow motion playback reveals every
terrifying moment frame by frame. Just as Shannon takes off on a wave, a 12 foot great
white attack from below. The unsuspecting teenager flips into the air as the powerful
beast clamps down on the surfboard. A further review of this unbelievable footage also reveals
just how lucky the young surfer was. Not one, but two sharks can be seen stalking Shannon.
Shannon lands on the shark's razor sharp teeth. Stunned and bleeding, Shannon somehow manages
to get back on his board. He was afraid the shark would come back or that he would go
into shock and pass out in the water. But pure fear enables Shannon to begin paddling
back ashore. Despite man-eating sharks in the water, the other surfers risk their lives
to make sure that Shannon makes it back to the beach safely.
After the attack, Shannon's childhood fear of the water returned. But just one month
later, the call of the waves proved stronger than his focus. Ripley's was there when Shannon
got back in the water for the first time and attempted to ride the very same waves that
nearly cost him his life.
I feel a bit nervous, but I'm really looking forward to it. I've been thinking that maybe
a shark will attack me. I'm just hoping it doesn't.
Flashbacks of the horrific accident ran through his mind as he paddled out to sea.
As soon as I hit the water, I was pretty scared. I was looking around quite a bit.
Shannon could only stay in the water for half an hour, but he promised himself that he would
return the next day. While it's unbelievable that Shannon managed to overcome his fear and
venture back into the ocean, he will always be haunted by what might be lurking beneath
it.
This six-foot grizzly bear, nearly 800 pounds of claws and jaws, was found dead of unnatural
causes. Grizzlies are an endangered species, and despite their size and protected status,
they're still threatened by humans. When park rangers tried to determine the cause of this
guy's death, they checked the contents of his stomach and found that this magnificent
animal had been killed by something as deadly as any hunter's bullet, garbage left behind
by careless campers.
Let's see. First item here, a half-chewed frisbee, a tube of
adhesive, cap, still on, pipe, there a pantyhose, a dog collar, and there's a medicine bottle,
fishing lures, a plastic baby doll head, bullet shells, a leather knife case, a compass, and
a set of dentures. Unbelievable? Believe it.
An all-new Steve Harvey, next on the new WB Sunday.
Lucky guy, four dates at the same time. Elimidate.
Welcome to the new WB Sunday. You're just one hour away from an all-new night of comedy.
But first, Ripley's Believe It or Not. Would you believe?
These young men are proving their manhood by setting off pegs of explosives right in
their own hands. A pair of giant beetles like this sold for
$90,000. So why is this guy biting the heads off the big black bugs?
Good taste, it's like a lobster. Stephanie Midler's first time snorkeling almost
became her last. After she was speared through the neck by a fish.
I thought that she was a goner. She can make bikinis with a brush and create
suits with a sponge. Now this nude body painter will make a model vanish right before your
eyes. When this steam bath heats up, you can fry
an egg in it. Now, see who can last longest inside the 200-degree hot box.
It's life and death, it's heartbeat to heartbeat. Unbelievable? Believe it. On Ripley's Believe
It or Not. Welcome to the Ripley's Warehouse. A girl from Florida goes snorkeling in the
keys for the first time. As she's getting used to the water, a houndfish jumps out of
the sea and stabs her right in the neck. It's a true story.
It's hard to believe you could survive being shot in the head by an arrow. Even more incredible
is to live after being impaled by a pole thrust through your stomach.
But perhaps the most unbelievable of all impalements is being stabbed through the neck by a fish
and living to tell the tale. That's what happened to Stephanie Midler, a girl who's lucky to
be in the water for the first time. She's been snorkeling for the last time.
She's been living to tell the tale. That's what happened to Stephanie Midler, a girl who's
lucky to be alive, and that's no fish story. 17-year-old Stephanie Midler loves to hang
with her friends, shop at the mall, and talk about boys. Not necessarily in that order.
A student at Sickles High School in Tampa, Florida, Stephanie, along with her sister
Jennifer and best friend Maria, were looking forward to spring break in the Florida Keys.
My plan was to go snorkeling all day long, swim in the ocean, and have a good time.
It was everyone's first time snorkeling. At first, Stephanie was a little nervous, but
soon she started to relax and enjoy the mysteries of the ocean.
I saw something underwater that I wanted to show Maria, so I went underwater and I tapped
her, and I told her to come up with me. And I happened to come up like a minute before
she did, and when I was waiting for her to come up with me, that's when she hit me.
She was just like clutching her neck, and there was blood everywhere. All over the water,
all over her hands, coming out of her mouth and her nose, and nobody knew what it was.
Hello? Ma'am, what's going on?
There's blood all over the place.
Where?
Basically from her mouth and her nose. It's really, really bad. Please, please.
Is she breathing okay?
No.
She's not breathing.
I immediately put my hand on her throat to put pressure on the wound, and that's when
I could feel the spine in my hand. I knew there was something in her throat. I had no
idea what it was.
It was 90 agonizing minutes before Stephanie reached Fisherman's Hospital. There she underwent
emergency surgery.
Doctors were shocked when x-rays revealed that she had been impaled by a common houndfish.
Unbelievably, its sharp, pointy beak was embedded four inches into her neck.
This is an example of a houndfish, probably quite similar to the one that caused Stephanie's
injuries. The jaws were about this wide apart when they actually began the penetration into
her neck, and then must have opened up, and I believe they were about that far apart when
they completed the penetration inside her neck.
The fish missed her carotid artery by barely two millimeters.
Surgery to remove it would be perilous.
I thought that she was a goner. I really did. I was just praying, please don't let her die.
Please don't let her die.
Doctors worked for nearly two hours to carefully extract the fish's jaws from young Stephanie's
neck.
It could not be pulled back out, so I went back in the mouth, and I pulled it out her
mouth, and the other one I pulled out through the neck and pulled it right through.
Stephanie keeps a positive attitude despite the long scar on her neck and paralyzed vocal
cord, which has caused permanent damage to her voice. She vows never to go back in the
ocean, and in case someone doubts her fish story, she keeps the houndfish's beak in her
refrigerator.
It doesn't bother me that much because I lived, so it's actually sort of a neat story to tell.
This silhouette is the work of an amazing sharpshooter. He can nail seven clay pigeons in
under two seconds, and he can write Ripley's at 20 paces.
He's a Rembrandt with a rifle, a Picasso with a pistol, but while those artists painted
their pictures with a brush, John Satterwhite uses his amazing accuracy to paint with a
gun.
John began shooting at the age of eight. During the Vietnam War, he served in the Air
Force, where he continued to hone his skills.
John has won numerous shooting awards, including 12 international medals. He is also a three-time
Olympic champion in marksmanship.
Now as an exhibition shooter, John demonstrates his unbelievable accuracy. Watch closely as
he uses deadly precision to blow these clay targets to smithereens in no time flat.
We're going to reload our shotgun this time with seven rounds, and we're going to attempt
to throw and shoot seven clay birds, and let's see how long it takes us to get the job done.
One, two, three, four, five, six, and seven.
Pretty impressive, and in less than two seconds flat, it just gets better. With eagle-eye
aim, John can actually shoot his own used casings as they're flung out of his gun.
We're going to hit one clay target first to create an empty hole, and then we're going
to eject the empty holes, trying to hit the empty holes in midair as they're coming out
of the gun.
Proving that he doesn't even need to use the sight to nail the target, John does what's
called trick firing from the hip.
I'll tell you what, that hip shooting is not the easiest thing I've ever tried to do, and
it's real important to know right where that bird is going to be every time you shoot.
I said why. For example, if you were shooting from the hip, you'd never, never want to
shoot a target way out to the right like this. You'd never want to shoot one out to the left
like this. You'd certainly never want to shoot one high in the air like this. You'd never
want to shoot one in real close like this. You'd never want to shoot one way out there
like this, because you just couldn't be accurate.
This sharpshooter's pinpoint accuracy has led to something more creative, bullet art.
And while it might be artful, it's like no portrait you've ever seen, because John's
art gallery is a shooting gallery.
A lot of these little bullet holes and the placement of them have to do with perspective
and with art.
It takes John an average of six minutes to precisely fire up to 200 bullets onto his
thin metal canvas. When the dust settles, a work of art emerges. In this case, the profile
of a Native American. But despite multiple offers, John doesn't plan on selling his work.
Believe it.
Or not.
Next, Mel Switzer is the world's loudest snorer.
So his sleepless wife zaps him with electricity to shut him up.
It works wonderfully well.
Plus, two women dare to share their beds with nearly a thousand snakes.
And the explosive challenge that could blow these young men to bits.
On Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Ripley's Believe It or Not is brought to you in part by Xbox.
Well, I only play it for the fighting. I appreciate the expansive multi-tier environments
and the 16 characters with the pixel shading bump mapping.
And the rich plot development.
Seriously, why else would I play it?
She kicks eye.
Rated T for Team.
Time to save the universe?
Absolutely.
Now on video and DVD. The biggest adventure of the year is coming home. Angelina Jolie is Laura Croft Tomb Raider. Rent it November 13.
I don't even know why I bother.
You're not even listening now, are you? Do you want to go home?
People do some strange things to cars. That's why there's Carfax. We'll give you the real history of any used car.
Go to Carfax.com or ask your dealer for a Carfax report.
I like to bring 7-Up to all the popular hangouts. And an awful lot of people like to hang out here.
Excuse me. Want some 7-Up?
It's 7-Up time.
Excuse me. I'll just leave it here on the desk.
The bubbles must be tickling the nose.
What the heck is going on in here?
Some 7-Up?
Hi. Let's not get greedy.
Say, my man.
I know you're thirsty.
I can't get the top off.
Just pop the tab, sir.
Outdoors.
Hey, I just heard my slogan.
Amazing stories and unbelievable people. Ripley's Believe It or Not.
There are rites of passage in just about every culture. In America, we graduate from school and maybe get the keys to our first car.
In the Makawa region of Japan, the rite of passage for young men is an explosive test.
It involves bamboo wrapped in rope filled with 8 pounds of gunpowder and one lit match.
Every year across America, there is another horror story of a child getting burned or maimed after playing with fireworks.
But halfway around the world, a rite of passage for young men is to set off homemade fireworks to prove their manhood.
And no one knows that better than the young men from this remote Japanese village where a virtual arsenal of fireworks is set off while being held tight in their unsteady hands.
Teenager Takeki Takatsu is about to experience a ritual isolated to the Japanese province of Toyokawa.
It's a dangerous tradition that's passed down from generation to generation.
Tuichiro Takatsu has been coming back every year for the last 16 years.
Like other fathers, Tuichiro will be initiating his son at the festival.
It's rare for a parent to have a child in our village.
So I think it's important to have a child.
The symbolic step into manhood begins in mid-August when a dozen men begin searching for the bamboo that will be used for their pipes.
They search carefully for bamboo that's only 2 to 3 years old, round and as straight as possible.
The bamboo must be flawless in order to withstand the heat of the heat.
The bamboo is used to make a fire.
The bamboo must be flawless in order to withstand the incredible internal pressure caused by the lit gunpowder.
Even one miniscule crack could send shards of bamboo into the unsuspecting man holding it.
Next, the bamboo trunk is cut into sections roughly 3 feet long.
These pieces are dried, wrapped in burlap and then reinforced with bands of thick rope.
If they're not bound tight enough, the tubes will blow apart in the hands of whoever's holding them.
The night before the ceremony, the men gather at midnight to prepare the explosives.
With the rhythmic pounding, the all-night preparation is underway.
Potato moonshine and the damp night air keep the explosives moist so that the friction from the packing won't ignite the gunpowder.
The proper packing of the gunpowder is crucial.
Any air pockets left in the mixture will quickly turn the bamboo pipe into an explosive shell.
That's a fear that weighs heavily on Tuichiro's mind.
I don't remember much about the first time.
After a long, sleepless night, the exhausted men take the packed pieces of bamboo to be blessed by a Buddhist priest.
There are only a few hours left before these pipes will be set on fire.
The ceremony begins and first-timers nervously await what happens next.
In one fluid move, ceremonial lighters ignite the wicks.
The young men pick up the pipes as spectacular fireworks are shooting up to 30 feet in the air.
Despite the intense heat, each man holds the pipe tightly against his body.
The men clearly struggle to maintain their composure even as burning hot cinders rain down around them, threatening to set their hair or clothes on fire.
The flames of the flames are burning my hair and my hair.
But the greatest danger comes next as a round of spectacular explosive volleys signal the end to the celebration.
Risking life and limb for 30 seconds of splendor may seem like an extreme way to prove one's manhood, but for these men, the fireworks festival is an important part of their culture.
And with the danger of this year's festival safely behind them, plans are already being made for next year.
Rippleies believe it or not.
Crowds in Bangkok, Thailand gather to catch a glimpse of Boon Reng Boon Jan watching his television and hanging out with friends, 100 cobras and 10 venomous centipedes.
This 27-year-old farmer is putting his life on the line, spending an entire week in a glass room with these poisonous pets.
Boon Reng claims to have no fear because he's been working with snakes since he was two.
After seven days, Boon Reng emerges from his cell unharmed.
Although he is not paid for this effort, he is awarded a certificate of recognition from Ripley's Pattaya Museum.
Though Boon Reng's effort is amazing, it still falls short of the unbelievable achievement of these two young women from Panyu, China, who are locked in with 888 snakes.
To keep in shape, this girl jumps rope in her own unusual way while her friend entertains crowds with this shocking exploit.
After a record-breaking 12 days living with snakes, the two young women exit the glass room smiling with a new tandem title.
Rev up a motorcycle at full throttle.
Stand just 300 feet from a jet airliner at takeoff or lie in bed next to Mel Switzer as he snores.
Do it long enough and you could go deaf. Just ask his poor wife.
When the residents of this British neighborhood turn in for the evening, they have to shut their windows and put their earplugs in to get a good night's sleep.
If they don't, this man, Mel Switzer, is likely to keep them awake.
Mel doesn't just snore. He has the official title of being the loudest snorer in the world.
I always claim that I don't snore, but I've had bears run over me to prove that I do.
Mel and his long-suffering wife Julie have been married for 41 years. The first 10 years were snore-free, but after Mel had oral surgery, he developed a snore so loud it rattled the windows.
It's as loud as a motorcycle revving up next to you or an electric drill running next to you.
Julie estimates the snoring robs her of at least three hours of sleep a night.
Mel, however, has tried various cure-alls, some more torturous than others, from a nostril stretching device...
Doesn't work.
...to a golf ball belt that forces him to sleep on his side...
Doesn't work.
...to a wristband that delivers an excruciating electric shock every time he starts to snore...
It works wonderfully well.
...painfully too well.
To demonstrate just how loud Mel's snoring is, we set a decibel meter next to his bed to record each and every horrendous breath.
In this test, the loudest snore is an eardrum-numbing 87.6 decibels. That's nearly as loud as a subway train...
...95 decibels...
...or a high-powered lawnmower at 107 decibels.
Is it any wonder Mel and Julie have had eight neighbors move in only 10 years?
Nobody complained, they just kept moving. So I sort of took the hint and perhaps it was me.
Mel's current neighbor, Brian Toghill, remembers the first time he and his wife heard Mel sawing logs.
We heard this terrible noise and we jumped out of bed to look out the windows and we thought it was a couple of deer rutting out on the golf course.
Couldn't make out what the diggings were.
Although everyone around Mel has problems sleeping, he sleeps just fine.
There's only one way Julie's been able to endure this non-stop commotion all these years. It turns out she's going deaf in one ear.
I don't expect he's helped at all, mind you.
Still ahead. You haven't seen a hot body until you see the people who are literally going to cook themselves alive.
Once it hits 106 degrees, your body vital organ systems start to shut down.
Plus, doctors said he'd never walk again.
How an acrobat went from a hospital bed to walking on air.
And the body artist making her sexy human subjects vanish in the blink of a brush stroke.
On Ripley's Believe It or Not.
It hit me when my wife got pregnant.
Just knowing that my son was on the way inspired me to lose weight and get healthy.
I tried all these different things and nothing was working. I thought I was doomed.
Then I saw a Slim Fast commercial and I thought, okay, I'll give it a try.
I lost over 50 pounds on the Slim Fast plan. I found a whole new reason for living.
I'm real high energy now. I drink Slim Fast every day.
The shake's really satisfying me.
There's about a gazillion vitamins and minerals and healthy stuff.
It's just great. It's a wonderful thing.
Slim Fast every day. Get healthy. You really can do it.
This is Hogwarts. A school just like yours.
Welcome to your first flying lesson.
Where brooms fly, homework explodes.
I think we're going to need another feather over here, Professor.
And teachers transform their students into wizards.
That was bloody brilliant.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
He's rather disagreeable, isn't he?
Razy PG. The magic begins Friday.
With elemental magic at your command, battle dark forces in the first chapter of Golden Sun from Game Boy Advance.
Rated E for everyone.
Step to the line. Stand up straight.
Add AOL instant messaging to your phone for just $2.99 a month only from Voicestream.
Here you go.
Keep it moving, baby.
And all new men, women and dogs after an all new Steve Harvey tonight on the new WB Sunday.
You're watching Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Here in the Ripley's warehouse, you can find one of a kind artifacts and new arrivals on the cutting edge of technology as well.
Like this. This is the first four rotor helicopter.
What looks like a toy is actually an engineering breakthrough.
And now helicopter manufacturers are scrambling to try and replicate this unbelievably stable design on a large scale to carry passengers.
In the meantime, this prototype is equipped with a camera creating a steady spy in the sky.
The next wave in surveillance technology.
And now here's something else you should see.
This is what happens to your flesh when it cooks at temperatures over two hundred and twelve degrees.
So who in their right mind would submit themselves to such brain baking heat?
A bunch of mad Scandinavians. That's who.
About seventy five Swedes, Finns and Estonians are fighting to win the world championship sauna competition.
Inside this little wooden box, six contestants will sweat it out as temperatures fry them above two hundred and twelve degrees Fahrenheit.
Remember that water boils at a temperature of two hundred and twelve degrees. Chicken cooks at one hundred and seventy degrees.
You're talking about walking into a makeshift oven where death can occur very rapidly.
The competition takes place in the little town of Hanoi, Finland.
For a cold country, the Finns really like it hot.
There are two million saunas in a land with only five million people.
It's a social gathering place that people of all ages enjoy.
In Finland, it's a habit that children go also to the sauna and even babies go to the sauna.
And in our family, we were two weeks old when we went to the sauna first time.
Katri Kamerainen is built up a tolerance to extreme heat.
No wonder she's the reigning women's sauna champion.
This year, Katri is determined to defend her title and step back into the two hundred twelve degree sauna.
Your body temperature will start to rise very rapidly.
Once it hits one hundred and four to one hundred and six degrees, your body vital organ systems start to shut down.
You lose blood to the brain, causing brain failure or coma.
This is a crazy kind of danger.
At four minutes and forty two seconds into the sweat marathon, our first contender drops out.
A minute and fifty one seconds later, two more contestants are goners.
This is very risky.
You may not be able to be rescued sufficiently from this kind of trauma to the body.
Each stroke is very dangerous. It's life and death. It's heartbeat to heartbeat.
After seven excruciating minutes, Svetlana Krutova from Estonia throws in the sauna towel.
Now it's down to the last two competitors.
Remember that the temperature is a constant two hundred twelve degrees, the boiling point of water.
It's not just enough to be pulled out of the oven at the last minute.
Your body may have lost vital functions like kidneys, liver, without ever having any opportunity to recover.
And that can lead to serious long term damage, even if you survive.
At seven minutes and twenty nine seconds, the game is over.
After seven minutes and thirty six seconds, Katri Kamarenin exits the sauna.
She is declared the winner and champion.
You would think that Katri was ready for the hospital, but instead she's going to show Ripley's what she's made of by cranking the sauna temperature twenty seven degrees hotter to two hundred thirty nine degrees Fahrenheit, twice as hot as the hottest day in the Mojave Desert.
It's so hot this digital thermometer, which was designed to measure temperatures up to two hundred fifty degrees malfunctions and practically melts.
At these temperatures, it seems like Katri would fry like this egg, but she's fit as a finished fiddle and ready to go off with her friends and family to celebrate her win.
Where? In a sauna by the lake. Where else?
Ripley's world of unbelievable animals.
Blaze is just your average goat who enjoys peanuts and getting petted by kids.
Unbelievably, he's able to reward the children by blowing up balloons for them.
His owner, Claren Baker, also known as Dr. Happy LeClair, said he discovered his goats inflating ability when Blaze was chewing gum and blew a bubble.
Blaze has been impressing circus goers ever since, although animal experts claim a bubble blowing goat to be an impossibility.
The screaming audience is the last thing that Jay Cochran remembers when he took a nasty fall off the tightrope.
Doctors said that he'd never walk again, but he proved them wrong. And today it looks like he's walking on air.
This is the Yangtze River at a spot known as the Three Gorges.
It is one of China's most spectacular sites. But today, this site is even more spectacular.
The wire always moves. The wire is like a breathing mechanism, an organism.
The wire reacts to what you do. Whatever you do, the wire does. You are in control of the wire.
The wire should never be in control of you. If it is, you're in trouble. You shouldn't be there.
Not only shouldn't Jay be walking along this razor thin wire nearly 1,400 feet high with no safety net, but Jay should not be walking at all.
Since Jay was a teenager, he wanted to be a high wire artist. But shortly after achieving his goal, disaster struck.
In 1965, he was doing a show in Toronto.
I was young, inexperienced, and I did not check the rigging enough. And the whole tower collapsed with me on it.
Jay fell 90 feet to the ground below.
I was hospitalized. I was told I would never walk again.
After multiple surgeries, more than four years of rehabilitation, and a relentless desire to get back on his feet, Jay managed to return to the high wire.
But what Jay couldn't anticipate was just how high that wire would get.
In 1970, a promoter asked if he could walk a wire outside between two buildings.
But when Jay arrived for the performance, he got a big surprise.
He showed me these two 50-story buildings. And I looked at him and I said, you've got to be kidding me.
He said, I'm not kidding you. He said, you told me you could do it. I booked the show. We got the deposit. Now you better do it.
So I looked at it and figured out how to do it. And that was the beginning of a whole new career for me.
Jay coined the term skywalking because at the great heights he performs, the wire is almost invisible and he seems to be walking on air.
There is a difference between the skywalking and a wirewalking in a circus. Skywalking is done outdoors.
Every walk is different, different height, different elevation, different distance.
And with the memories of his staggering fall still in his mind, every one of his walks is a test of faith, faith in his equipment and faith in himself.
Lots of people ask me, am I afraid of heights? Because they think, oh, this guy walks thousands of feet in the air and he can't be afraid of anything.
Absolutely I'm afraid of heights.
Now Jay is ready to walk where no human has walked before, across the Yangtze Gorge in China.
It took Jay's crew and hundreds of workers months to construct this skywalk system.
This is the most dangerous walk of his life with a cable almost half a mile long and a quarter mile high. No parachute, no safety net.
The biggest enemy, the biggest factor that we have to deal with doing skywalks between buildings or skyscrapers or mountains or whatever is the wind.
The wind is our biggest factor. I watch wind very carefully.
Jay uses a balance pole that can be anywhere from 30 to 40 feet in length and weigh from 40 to 60 pounds.
Approaching the far side, Jay takes a one foot stance. It's his signature salute to the crowd.
As Jay completes this monumental feat, he's all business.
And while he insists that this is just another walk from point A to point B, to anybody else, skywalking across the Yangtze Gorge is cheating death.
You know, life is like a tightrope. It's one step at a time and there's no looking back.
Still ahead, how these big black bugs saved a trio of adventurers from starving to death in the Amazon.
Plus, this human crash test dummy is about to attempt a record breaking head on collision.
And the painter whose naked human creations are literally out of sight.
On Ripley's Believe It or Not.
WWF Survivor Series, live November 18th on Pay Per View.
You can leave now.
Hungry for travel savings?
Greyhound has super friendly fare starting at $49 to thousands of places when you plan ahead.
Which leaves money for more tasty things, right?
I'll take that as a yes.
I'm going to make a collect call.
Careful how you dial, boys.
Ava, we always use 1-800-COLLECT.
Then you already know it saves at least a buck or two.
Of course. It's so easy.
1-800-COLLECT. Save a buck or two.
Come on. You can do it. Just 30 seconds of Listerine. Twice a day.
Sure, it's a little intense. But think of all the germs you're killing.
Listerine even kills the germs that can cause plaque and the gum disease, gingivitis.
That's right. You're fighting plaque and gingivitis every time.
Keep it up. Keep it up. Don't whip out now.
There. See? You can handle it. Germs can't.
Listerine. Worth the time every time.
Some kids think smoking weed makes you cool.
What about those who think you already are?
You're not.
Highlighting the best in our community.
At the turn of the century, a distinctive new music emerged.
Alongside the blues and popular music, that music was simply called jazz.
It's wonderful music and it embodies many of the best characteristics
that human beings as a race have.
And their oral histories, just like their notes they play,
are an important part of our culture.
Positively Detroit is brought to you by WDB 20 and CVS Pharmacy.
They're teens in trouble.
We tried punishing her. We tried grounding her.
It just didn't phase her.
And their parents think they're out of control.
He punched me in the arm.
You have to learn to respect authority.
We'll hear both sides of the story.
My stepmom hit me so I hit her back.
When three families go face to face.
We just want to have a happy family.
You don't know how to keep your mouth shut.
On the next talk or walk, Monday at 5 on WB 20.
Welcome back.
They have saved countless lives, sacrificing themselves so that we can drive, fly,
and engage in recreational activities safely.
I'm talking, of course, about the crash test dummy.
But sometimes a battered dummy can only take so much.
And that's when the crash test human, Rusty Haight, buckles up.
Electrodes are attached to his chest and head.
His vital organs monitored by high-tech recording devices.
With body armor in place, he straps himself into the crash test car.
Rusty, we're ready. Go ahead.
All systems are go and he's ready to drive head-on into another car at more than 40 miles an hour.
His name is Rusty Haight and he's the world's first and only crash test human.
Keep going.
In his lifetime, he has endured more than 500 high-impact, steel smashing, bone-crushing accidents.
I guess I was cocky enough to have confidence in my ability to reconstruct a crash
and do it within parameters that would not get me hurt.
Car accidents are one of the leading causes of death in the U.S.
On average, 43,000 people are killed on America's highways each year.
To help save lives, the government and auto manufacturers have used test dummies in collisions for years.
Studying those simulated crashes has led to safer cars as well as life-saving innovations like the airbags.
But there's one thing crash test dummies can't fake, how a real human is affected in an accident.
A dummy is dead weight, but a human will tense up during a collision, severely changing how the body impacts the inside of the car.
We really need a human subject in the car because we're measuring human response within limitations and within tolerances.
Rusty is a former police officer who, after investigating hundreds of accidents,
decided that the best way to reconstruct a collision is to make it happen all over again with him in it.
Today, on the driver's training range at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy,
Rusty is preparing to do something even he has never done before.
He's going to barrel into another vehicle at 43 miles per hour, a record speed for recreating an accident with a human inside.
Although he is carefully suited up and protected, Rusty knows better than anyone, accidents can happen.
There's always a concern that something could go wrong, no question.
I don't take these lightly, it's not, well let's just get in the car and we'll make a crash.
You've got to plan it, you can't just go out there and smack cars together.
Before all of his crash tests, Rusty is rigged with a battery of devices that measure how his body is affected by the impact.
We'll put instrumentation on me, we'll put accelerometers on my head, on my chest, on my back,
and we'll measure the acceleration, the forces, the acceleration of my head, of my chest, of my back.
The sensitive equipment has gone through final checks.
Okay, one sec.
And Rusty is ready.
Rusty, we're ready, go ahead.
This is the most violent collision Rusty has ever attempted.
At 43 miles an hour, it's miles faster than most crash tests.
Watch again. Just before the moment of impact, Rusty takes his hands off the wheel.
This is to keep the force of the collision from shattering his wrists and forearm.
He's done it. Rusty succeeds without suffering a scratch, setting a new all-time record.
Almost immediately after impact, Rusty and his team start to analyze the results.
You've got to look at the potential airbag injuries, the damage to the cars, the tire marks.
There's just a list of things that we're going to use these crashes for in training,
and that list is almost endless and always, always valuable.
Another crash, another accident analysis to make our roads a safer place to be.
For Rusty, it's not about setting speed records, it's about saving lives.
The number of different possibilities for a crash is forever growing,
and so I believe that you can never stop learning.
Enter Robert Ripley's archives.
The year is 1950.
Arzino Seldin of Lansing, Michigan, performs his daring aerial feat.
Arzino begins a harrowing climb to the top of a 165-foot pole.
Then performs a dangerous swinging act.
One wrong move will send Arzino plunging 14 stories into the crowd below.
There is no safety net, and nothing supports him or the pole he is balancing on.
Still swinging, Arzino performs his grand finale, a handstand.
What makes his act even more unbelievable is the fact that Arzino is 62 years old,
just three years short of a peaceful retirement, believe it or not.
If you've ever been in a really nice restaurant, you know how much a gourmet meal can cost.
$100, $200 per person, especially if you work your way through the wine list.
But imagine spending $90,000 per person for a meal of bugs,
and that doesn't even include wine.
Mario Caligari is a man with an obsession to capture rare beetles like these in the Peruvian jungle.
It is a place rich with exotic creatures, and the most popular food is the
food of the world, many of which only come out at night, attracted to Mario's light.
Peru is the best place, the most important biodiversity in the world.
Across the Pacific and Japan, the enormous beetles that Mario catches can sell for tens of thousands of dollars apiece.
Pricy bugs that would mean the difference between life and death for this adventurer.
Several times a year, Mario sets out to the Amazonian rainforest to hunt these coveted creatures.
And it was on a two-week expedition into an uncharted part of the jungle that Mario had to make a costly decision.
Either eat his bounty of beetles or die of starvation.
This real-life horror story began when Mario and his team got lost in a remote region of the Amazon.
In order to get out alive, they crafted a makeshift raft hoping to float to safety.
But after 15 agonizing days, they were still lost and ran out of food.
Hundreds of miles from civilization, they turned to Mario for guidance.
It was then that he suggested the unthinkable.
We eat insects because we know they have proteins, calcium.
If we know found insects in the street, it's possible we have problems.
In order to survive, the men consumed nutritious beetle after rare beetle.
We eat these insects. Sometimes they're roasted in a fire. If you eat insects, you save your life.
Even with the bugs for food, the men were slowly starving to death.
Mario lost over 60 pounds. As word of their disappearance spread, helicopter search teams were sent out.
After an agonizing 31 days in the jungle, rescuers finally found Mario and his crew.
They were medevaced to the closest hospital, diagnosed with severe malnutrition and dehydration.
Doctors say feasting on insects saved the bug catcher's lives.
And as far as Mario's concerned, these unusual creatures have become a part of the Amazon you will never forget.
Some people say, oh, the insects are very ugly. But if you roast it and you have hungry, it's very nice for you to eat.
Good taste. It's like a lobster.
We'll be right back.
Next, the painter working magic with nude models going from their birthday suits to a living, breathing background.
Next, on the new WB Sunday.
Join in and free up. Only at Verizon Wireless.
It's the moment you've always been waiting for.
Kiss me.
I'm okay!
It's not another teen movie. Prepare to go where every other teen movie has gone before.
Only further.
I know you stole our routine.
We've always done our own cheers.
We're black, we know it, we shake our big boobs and show it.
Can I get a whoop-whoop?
The popular jock.
Hungry?
The token black guy.
I'm just supposed to say things like, bling-bling, and that is whack.
And the cruelest girl in school.
Close your eyes. Are you for real?
Oh, that is whack.
Not another teen movie.
I got all through you guys, so the rest of your natural-born lives, you're mine.
I confused.
Shut your hole, Wang Chung.
Rated R. Starts December 14th.
When it seems like all is lost.
When it feels as if you have no hope.
When you are outnumbered, overpowered, and they've got you cornered.
That's when you realize your last best hope is you.
If you are chosen to eliminate.
Halo. Combat Evolved. Rated M for Mature.
BDC's Waters lives in evil that's been left undisturbed until now.
You take heat out of water and you get ice.
The person literally can't stay warm.
Thanks for the warm-up, Clark.
Smallville. An all-new episode on the WB's New Tuesday.
Unbelievable people doing unbelievable things.
These men and women can perform these extraordinary acts because they have dedicated their lives to understanding all of the risks involved.
So remember, never tempt fate.
And never attempt any of the dangerous activities you have seen on Ripley's.
Believe it.
Joanne Gare was a school teacher until her amazing ability to make people literally disappear into the woodwork took the art world by storm.
You see, she finger paints and toe paints and paints every other part of the body.
You'll see.
These are the gorgeous girls of Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue.
Tan, toned, and completely naked.
It's true. Every model here is wearing absolutely nothing but their birthday suits.
Or rather, painted suits.
It's living art with the skin as canvas, thanks to the body paint and brush of Joanne Gare.
None of them had any kind of latex coverage on them. They were all naked.
They were so lifelike. I would walk through the hotel, from town around me, with bikini top on, painted on by Joanne, and no one would have any idea that I wasn't wearing anything.
She could be called the Mistress of Illusion or the Crown Princess of Makeup because her human camouflage work in commercials leaves people speechless.
Appear, disappear. Fantasy, reality.
Joanne paints bodies to match backgrounds.
She blends the fine line between skin and setting. People literally disappear into the woodwork.
I didn't know America was going to be so receptive to what I did.
This place is so big, there's somebody that wants what you've got if you're an original.
Seventeen years ago, Joanne was jobless when she arrived from New Zealand.
Now she's one of Hollywood's hottest makeup artists, with big-name clients like Madonna.
But Joanne really made news when she painted actress Demi Moore for the cover of Vanity Fair.
Today, the painter has a new challenge, and Russian model Sasha will be the canvas.
Joanne has been asked by Ripley's to transform this beautiful woman into a human wallflower.
Her three dimensions will melt and meld into a backdrop of poppies and daisies, and in this kind of art, the model is as important as the artist.
Sasha is patient, she's angelic. She talks without even really speaking.
But painting fantasy on flesh is a painstaking process. Grueling, in fact.
And Joanne is no Hollywood prima donna. Tireless, she gets her hands dirty and counts on her small army of assistants and friends, including photographer Tracy Bain.
She sleeps three hours a night. She's always going, always going.
Because I don't think a lot of people understand the time that it really takes.
It's an illusion, so everything has to be perfect.
Makeup is never just makeup. It is a passion, and it's interactive, so you don't get lonely. A piece of canvas doesn't talk to you.
Perhaps not, but a human canvas poses big problems.
Every model reacts differently to the paint because of their temperature and body chemistry, so paint can change color.
And of course, every canvas gets bored, tired, and hungry.
They almost have to zen and leave their body because they've got to sit there for such a long time.
Creating the optical illusion takes magic, and the magic is not found in the makeup.
Straight lines in the background are not straight lines on the body.
The pigment and color of the paint must be exact. A shadow could change the look, but the magic is found in the hands of Joanne.
Joanne executes everything to the, to the, to the degree because of the passion that she has for what she does. It's amazing.
And after 17 and a half hours of painting, the fantasy is finally complete, and the wall comes to life.
Once again, Joanne fools the eye, and once again she proves that she is the mistress of makeup illusion.
The Ripley's warehouse is filled with weapons designed for cruel and unusual punishment.
One of the cruelest and most unusual of these weapons is this sword from the African country of Zaire.
Up to the 1930s, when Robert Ripley personally collected this, swords like this were used routinely for executions.
The way it would work is that the victim would be tied down over a bent green sapling by a river.
When this curved blade came down on the victim's neck, the head would drop off, and the rope holding the sapling would be cut.
The body would be catapulted into the water, and then the head saved for whatever.
Unbelievable. Believe it.
Some kids think smoking weed makes you cool. What about those who think you already are?
Next on Ripley's Believe It or Not. Think you're tough enough? This wicked obstacle course makes Survivor look like a breeze.
A guy, a parachute and 24 hours. Can he make 500 jumps? Yes, this kid only has half a brain. What kind of life does he lead?
Cha-ching. These hot meter maids want to fill your meter.
Posted by Dean Cain. You can't miss the Wildness on Ripley's Believe It or Not. Next on TBS Superstation.
Christmas Eve. He phones in one of those radio calling shows, tells them his dad needs a new wife. What if this man is my destiny and I never meet him?
Meg Wright, Tom Hanks, Sleepless in Seattle. Coming December 9th to TBS Superstation.
Thrillz, chills, and a bright healthy smile. Friends, Christmas night at 730.
The following program is a TBS Superstation Original Series.
Some of the activities you are about to witness are extremely dangerous and should not be attempted under any circumstance. Viewer discretion advised.
You're just in time for television's most unbelievable hour.
In just a moment, four-year-old Tasha Swani Kadam will stretch the limits of imagination for this unbelievable act.
With barely an inch between her and the concrete, this young girl is attempting to roll into the record books by skating limbo style under this row of parked cars.
Born in a small town in India, she was lacing up her skates before she could walk, practicing for hours a day to perfect the amazing moves that had made her a local celebrity.
And today, a crowd has gathered to witness Tasha as she attempts this risky maneuver. After a quick stretch, Tasha is ready.
She begins with a dash toward the line of parked cars, but after crouching down, she begins losing speed rapidly. Tasha immediately gets stuck under the first car and must carefully inch her way out.
Refusing to quit, Tasha tries a new approach.
But again, she fails. But Tasha is determined to crown cheers and support as she tries one more time. Flattening her body like a pancake and trying to keep her momentum going, she begins to roll.
Five cars, and she's going strong. Ten cars, no sign of stopping.
Thirteen cars, and Tasha is beginning to lose speed.
As Tasha comes out from under car number eighteen, she's dumped.
Four-year-old Tasha Swannikadan has rolled her way under eighteen cars, further than she has ever gone before. Now that's getting down and dirty for an unbelievable act.
Would you believe? A visit to this museum is extra special for mountain climber Bronco Lane. That's because on display inside are Bronco's very own fingers and toes.
An accidental shooting cost this innocent boy half his brain.
It still raises the hair on the back of my neck.
Can a medical miracle give the brave survivor back his normal life?
Think those TV boot camps are tough. Their take compared to this bloody battlefield.
I love the tide.
Find out what it takes to conquer the world's most wicked obstacle course.
Plus, this jumbo jet's heading straight for a crowded beach.
Dad, has your parking meter expired? See how these bikini-clad beauties are saving the day.
Unbelievable? Believe it.
On Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Welcome to Ripley's Believe It or Not. Real people, real stories with an unbelievable twist.
Now there's a reason why skydiving is classified as an extreme sport.
Each time a man or woman leaps from the plane, chances of dying are one in every 86,000 jumps.
Mike Zang must have liked those odds because in one day he'd bet his life not once, but hundreds of times.
This man is attempting to set a new world skydiving record. But it's not about how high he's going or how far he plans to fall.
No, this plane-hopping Texan is trying to make history by attempting 500 skydive jumps in just 24 hours.
In the sport of skydiving, once you set your mind to something, people go out and go accomplish their goal.
As a pilot for a major airline, Mike Zang is a guy who just can't get enough high altitude.
So in his spare time, this family man skydives. In fact, he even proposed to his wife while the couple was airborne.
The banner said, will you marry me? It caught Trish completely off guard.
Together, the two came up with an idea. Mike would attempt to break the current skydiving record of 476 jumps in 24 hours.
But he would do it for charity, a fundraiser for the Special Olympics.
So Mike began a rigorous training program to prepare himself, working out three hours a day.
He even changed his sleeping pattern to make sure that he would make it through the nighttime portion of the 24-hour attempt.
The entire week prior to the event, I had switched over my sleep cycle so that I was sleeping during the day, awake all night long.
Finally, the big day arrives. Mike, along with 150 volunteers, multiple sponsors, assemble at Skydive Texas right outside Dallas.
At 6 o'clock p.m., Mike is finally ready. He does a last minute equipment check, then hops on the plane for jump number one.
During 500 skydives in 24 hours, you have to be quick. Timing is everything.
And as he touches down, Mike's first jump is a success.
Now, volunteers have just seconds to remove his old parachute and replace it with a new one.
Then Mike has to run and catch the plane all over again. The cycle takes about three minutes.
But does Mike have what it takes to keep up the grueling pace and repeat it 500 times?
Jump after jump, Mike keeps going. But just a few hours in, the weather suddenly turns bad.
The rain is coming down in sheets, and Mike is faced with a difficult choice. Keep jumping or risk the record.
But Mike decides to forge on despite the risk of rain weighing down his chute or the possibility of a lightning strike.
He is determined to finish. In fact, Mike even keeps jumping through the night with only flares to guide his way.
When the sun came up, it was a beautiful sight because it was my cue that I only had 12 hours left.
By 2 o'clock p.m. the next day, with only four hours to go, Mike is dangerously tired.
He has already lost several pounds in fluids alone. In between jumps, he forces down high protein foods like tuna and cold cuts.
But Mike is disoriented and confused. The exhaustion is actually causing him to hallucinate.
Fatigue had really began to set in, and my mind was beginning to wander onto other things.
Then at jump 438, Mike has an injury that threatens his world record attempt.
Number 438 was so close, and for something like this to happen, it just takes the wind out of your sail.
He's hit his knee while running for the plane, and though badly bruised, with the help of a medic,
Mike works through the pain and continues his quest. It's now difficult for him to run.
Will this injury cost him valuable time? With just a few more jumps, Mike approaches the record and the 24-hour limit.
As I left the airplane, I opened up my parachute, and I just kind of took time to look around.
I took time to enjoy the very last jump.
And with one last landing, he's done it. Mike Zhang skydives 500 times in 24 hours, setting a new world record.
It was just absolutely gorgeous seeing all the people who had come out to help, and all their work had paid off, and we had done it.
I was in a state of euphoria.
It takes a minimum of 500 jumps to become a skydiving instructor, so I guess Mike could get certified in one day.
Now, when a convenience store clerk was shot in the head, the bullet took half his brain, but that's only half the story.
I'd be advised that this contains some very graphic images.
Ahad Israfdil was a bright kid, known for his ear-to-ear grit. Full of life, he loved animals, sports, and learning.
But hopes for a full life were shattered when a tragic accident left him with just half a brain.
It didn't hit me at first, just how bad it was.
The tragic tale unfolded one night while Ahad was working at a local convenience store in his hometown of Dayton, Ohio.
Ahad was caught in the line of fire.
This 14-year-old boy with his whole life in front of him was on the floor, shot in the head.
There were police already inside the building, a young man laying on the floor, and a big pool of blood.
It was the most blood loss I've ever seen. It still raises the hair on the back of my neck.
Ahad's mother, Kavija Ahmad, remembers the terrible news she received that night.
The doctor tried to, in a nice way, let me know that he did not think Ahad was going to survive.
The delicate surgery will take hours. The bullet has shattered the entire right side of Ahad's skull.
Surgeons, if they can save him, will have to remove a major section of cranium.
Once completed, all they can do is hope for the best.
Amazingly, though the right hemisphere of his brain is gone, Ahad lives.
Will he be able to function with half a brain? And how will this young man deal with such a horrible deformity?
I was willing to fight to do anything I had to do to protect him because it was a tremendous disfigurement.
Plastic surgeon Dr. James Apesos is shocked. He has encountered difficult cases, but never anything like Ahad's.
This was nothing I thought I could fix. I had to actually change the operation on the operating table several times because it wasn't what we expected.
Incredibly, over the next 14 years, Dr. Apesos performs numerous reconstructive surgeries on Ahad. Many attempts fail.
At one point, due to complications, Ahad even slips into a coma. But despite it all, he never loses the will to live or his sense of humor.
Get rid of this hammer for good. You want it?
We got to the point where we would laugh about it. I used to kid him and tell him his head looked like a deflated basketball.
Finally, through trial and error, Dr. Apesos develops an amazing solution. At last, the possibility of a somewhat normal appearance is within Ahad's reach.
We created a silicone implant similar to a breast implant except solid, plastic, not jelly.
In a groundbreaking procedure, the doctor begins the reconstruction of Ahad's skull. But will this surgery be successful? Odds are against him.
Next, doctors take Ahad's life into their hands and try to pull off a miracle. Can they rebuild his head without doing more damage?
Plus, the unbelievable secret hidden inside this ancient tree.
See why people in this town are helplessly being invaded by millions and millions of creeping, crawling crabs.
That and many more incredible stories when Ripley's Believe It or Not returns.
If you're up for adventure or out for action, TBS Superstations Super Weekend delivers.
It's gonna be fun!
Friday night, Steven Seagal, fire down below.
Saturday night, Burt Reynolds, deliver it.
Sunday night, a Superstations premiere, Keen and Ivory Wayans, most wanted.
Three big nights, one wild ride, fire down below, Friday at 8.
Deliver it Saturday at 9, most wanted Sunday at 8.
It's an action adventure Super Weekend on TBS Superstations.
In a land without justice...
What's your business, you fisher?
Around here on the law.
...a few brave men fought back and became legends.
No prisoners, Rangers! No mercy!
Before there was law, there were the Rangers.
Yeah!
Texas Rangers in theaters everywhere Friday.
How can you find great holiday gifts?
Easy. Go to America Online keyword eBay.
That's where Jerry got his son some DVDs.
And he got his wife a beautiful watch.
And she got her cousin Jeff something to keep him organized.
At AOL keyword eBay, you'll find brand new gifts for everyone every time you visit.
And get a great deal right now.
So, what did Jeff get his cousin's husband's father?
Exactly what he wanted.
eBay and America Online. So easy to use, no wonder it's number one.
On June 6, 1944, American and allied forces were called into action.
Jeep was there when they answered that call and joined together in a noble mission.
Now, more than ever, we count on these values of courage, trust, and steadfast resolve in our continuing quest for freedom.
Do you want a hand helping us?
No, thanks.
Did you see that? Did you see that?
That's Michael B. Rankin, number seven.
Ooh!
Baby!
Man, he blew a hole in that big chap. I told you, man.
Look at that. Oh, oh, no.
No, that's crazy.
That is crazy.
He didn't do that. I think he did.
Hey, that's new. Prego pasta bank sauce.
We're about to become a delicious oven baked dish, my ziti, sweetie.
We're not cooked!
Oh! New Prego pasta bake sauce is made specially for uncooked pasta.
Just pour it on, add water, bake with cheese and soup.
Wow!
We're an ooey gooey oven baked family favorite.
Oh, you look good enough to eat.
Stand in line, tiger.
New Prego pasta bake sauce. Throw out without the work.
You're watching Ripley's Believe It or Not.
A teenager working at a local convenience store is shot in the head.
How can he possibly survive what appears to be a fatal wound?
And what kind of life can he lead with half of his brain missing?
Well, you're about to find out.
A tragic act of violence has left Ahad Israfil with just half a brain.
Amazingly, he lives.
But life with his tremendous deformity has not been easy.
Now, after numerous operations, Dr. James Apesos is attempting another surgery to give Ahad a new chance at life.
Like a puzzle, Ahad's skull is pieced together.
At a press conference many years after the tragic shooting, Ahad was able to once again show off his famous ear-to-ear brain.
I love it.
And despite having only half a brain, Ahad actually finished high school.
Then, incredibly, he went on to graduate with honors from Sinclair Community College.
And though he still needs a wheelchair to get around, through therapy, Ahad is again learning to walk.
Left foot, okay, right foot, small, good.
And according to this survivor, he owes it all to one great surgeon.
The back is really perfect.
Dr. Apesos is a great doctor.
Dr. Apesos gave me looking good again.
And after that, my spirit just went up the roof.
Today, Ahad has a job, and he plans one day to run his own business.
Those who know his story are amazed by his accomplishments.
The fact of the matter is that we don't need a whole brain.
We have a lot more than we need.
And he's proof, living proof.
If we have a story of support, then I don't know anything in the public.
Being a convenience store clerk is considered the second most dangerous job in the U.S.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the most dangerous occupation in the U.S. is driving a taxi cab.
Now, Ripley's found a giant tree believed to be about 6,000 years old.
It's 154 feet in circumference, and the trunk has a hole big enough for a person to walk into.
Just wait until you see what's waiting inside.
It's the largest and oldest tree of its kind, a 6,000-year-old baobab with a massive 150-foot trunk.
And hidden deep inside this giant tree is something you won't believe.
Douglas and Heather Van Heerden were first drawn to a large opening in its trunk when they purchased the South African Ranch in 1995.
We went in with torches, and it was very dingy, and I thought I could develop that.
The Van Heerdens were shocked to find the space inside the trunk was the size of a two-car garage.
And after further exploring the cavernous tree, they realized they weren't the first to discover this ancient wonder.
The Van Heerdens hollowed out the baobab and found broken crockery from the Dutch East India Company dating back to the early 1900s.
Bushmen lived in it. There was blacksmiths that fixed oxbag as they came over the Droghansburg Mountains.
They stored sweet potatoes. They stored tobacco.
But the Van Heerdens had bigger plans for their tree than a glorified store room. They wanted to share the giant tree with others.
And I think that the tree itself really enjoys it when we have people around.
Unbelievably, they created a tree cafe that can hold up to 70 people, complete with electricity, a sound system, and tables and chairs.
Oh, and of course, your choice of coffee and pastries.
We came somewhere to entertain and to have fun, and then tourists and the community started to frequent us, too.
The Van Heerdens are quick to point out that their tree cafe hasn't damaged this ancient wonder.
And while they enjoy their cafe, it's the tree itself that gives them their greatest pleasure.
It kind of hugs you in a sort of way. Makes you feel good.
It's a very, very spiritual place. Three, six thousand years old.
And it's been here before Jesus Christ came on Earth, so it is extremely spiritual.
Ripley's legally insane.
We travel the globe in search of the most unbelievable laws on the books.
Quitman, Georgia.
Why did the chicken cross the road? Probably to get away from cops.
That's because in this Georgia town, it's actually illegal for domestic foul to cause havoc by running wild through city streets.
Owners of the problematic poultry are subject to stiff fines.
Insane or not, it's the law.
This man's on his way to the museum. What's he gonna see? His own body parts.
Find out how they got there.
Plus, it's an all-out infestation. From cats to kids.
See how one town's being held hostage by an army of crabs.
And these meter maids come to work in bikinis.
Ripley's reveals how they're coming to the rescue of drivers in distress.
Tomorrow on the Man-Made Movie, James Bond is the ultimate guy and Christopher Walken is the ultimate nutjob.
Abuse to a kill. While back at the house, Chad has double-O fun.
The Man-Made Movie. Tomorrow at 8 Eastern, only on TV at Superstation.
Here it meets.
And here we go.
Welcome to United Online.
Joining together Net Zero, Juno, and millions of people who have stopped paying high Internet bills.
Now you can have great connections, fast page loads, instant message compatibility.
And at only $9.95, it's less than half the price of AOL.
There's never been a better time to switch.
Call 877-995 or visit netzero.net or juno.com.
Additional phone chargers may apply.
Introducing Jeep Liberty.
Full of innovations and legendary capability.
And now?
Your eyes are fine.
Nature has never seen anything quite like it.
Jeep Liberty.
Next.
Every week, millions of you watch the Man Show and support our right to behave like men.
Being a man means it's okay to stare at hot chicks in bikinis.
Yes, you can live off baby back ribs and nacho cheese.
Are you a man? I can't hear you.
My name is Adam Carolla and I'm a man.
My name is Jimmy Kimmel and I, too, am a man.
The Man Show. New episodes start Sunday, December 2nd at 10, only on Comedy Central.
Leather and wood trim.
Fully adjustable driver and front passenger seats.
Dual zone climate control.
And zero to 60 faster than you can say, was that a Lincoln?
Now, returning lessees can lease a 2002 Lincoln LS for just $3.99 a month for 24 months with $42.49 cash to its signing.
See your Metro Detroit Lincoln dealer now.
Nowhere would you find a more beautiful, delicious presentation of Greek country cooking than at Greectown's famous Pegasus restaurant.
Traditional Greek cuisine has flavor and romance like none other, and it's as healthy as it is delectable.
With nutritious dishes ingeniously made from simple vegetables, grains, and cheeses, and rich in olive oil, the ancient Greeks were 2,000 years ahead of their time in eating smart.
Discover the legend of good taste at Pegasus, the food of the gods.
The concept of building high-tech robots that look and act like human beings has never been fully realized.
Except in science fiction movies, of course.
But now, the future is here.
Automobile maker Honda is creating the world's first humanoid robot, and the results are truly amazing.
Using the human skeleton as a reference for the body's anatomy, the designers study every human function inside and out.
These robots are a sophisticated mesh of technological wizardry, including wireless capabilities, gyroscopes, sensors, even a camera mounted in its head.
Amazingly, this robot can walk, shake hands, climb stairs, and even kick a soccer ball.
The latest model, named Asimo, for advanced step in innovative mobility is a culmination of the 15-year, multi-million dollar project.
Honda's ultimate goal is to create a robot that will live and work among humans, a fantasy they plan to turn into reality in the not-so-distant future.
Believe it or not.
The men of the Cree tribe carry a canoe on their backs, causing a hump to form right here.
The bigger the bump, the better their chances of attracting a wife.
From afar, these tribesmen appear much like many other primitive people.
This particular race of nomads has developed a strange physical characteristic. Over time, the backs of their necks have begun to form huge, calloused humps the size of a small football.
The males of the Cree tribe, who live along Canada's Hudson Bay, are taught to balance canoes on their necks at the age of five.
Amazingly, the humps are actually formed to help cushion the weight of the boats, which serve as their only means of transportation.
The benign humps increase in size as the men grow older. Some reportedly balloon up to three pounds.
But to the Cree, the lumps aren't disfiguring. They're a sign of strength and manhood, displayed proudly for all to see.
Bronco Lane wanted to conquer Mount Everest, but frostbite got the best of his fingers and toes.
Now Ripley has gone along to visit the mountain climber during an emotional reunion with his amputated body parts.
What you're about to see is very graphic.
Fifty-two-year-old retired officer Bronco Lane has always loved mountain climbing. In fact, he joined the English Army's Mountaineering Association at the age of 18, just so he could travel the world and mountain climb.
But a 1976 Army expedition to the world's highest mountain nearly cost him his life.
We should have been killed. 90% chance of dying, and we didn't.
Joining Bronco on the treacherous 29,000-foot climb to the peak of Mount Everest was fellow Army climber Brummie Stokes.
Brummie remembers the rush of emotion after finally making it to the top.
People say, what does it feel like when you get there? I'm never, ever ashamed to say we cried like babies.
However, as good as it was at that moment, the climb was about to turn disastrous.
Having taken longer than expected getting to the top, the two can't make it back to camp.
They're forced to spend the night on the mountainside.
The men have no shelter, and it's 31 degrees below zero.
I had no emotion other than I must get through the next couple of minutes. Is it my turn on the oxygen yet? Yes, it's my turn on the oxygen. Does that make me feel warmer? Yes, it does.
Both men experience severe hypothermia as they desperately cling to light. If they can make it to morning, they have a chance.
And I'm just going off, nodding off, nodding off, whack. The next thing I know, Bronco's punching me and shaking me and shaking me.
And he's bumping air into me. He said, you died, you're gone, you're gone. And he brought me back.
With morning light comes their rescue. Miraculously, both men are alive.
They are severely frostbitten and are rushed by helicopter to the nearest hospital.
Unfortunately, doctors must amputate all of Brummie's toes.
Bronco not only loses all ten of his toes, but five of his fingers as well.
The event was a turning point in my life. I met the challenge and was lucky enough to survive it. It has given me a hell of a lot of confidence.
Recently, Bronco met up with his army climbing buddies for a 25-year reunion of the one challenge that almost ended their lives.
And while Bronco's toes are no longer attached, they're never far away. In fact, he can visit them anytime he wants.
That's because, as an official memento, Bronco donated them to London's National Army Museum.
I walked in this morning into the museum and was greeted, hello Bronco, nice to see you again. Your feet's still upset.
And although visiting your various appendages in a museum would creep most people out, Bronco claims it doesn't bother him at all.
They're in the right place rather than being in some dusty cupboard. At least they're here to, if nothing else, to shock people.
To demonstrate what does lie behind all the nice glossy photographs and films that one sees of mountaineering.
Undoubtedly, a one-of-a-kind display, believe it or not.
Preserving amputated body parts is not standard medical procedure. A museum curator asked Bronco if he could save them for his medical exhibit.
Ripley's world of unbelievable animals.
It looks like a scene straight out of a horror movie.
Millions of crabs taking over an island. But this isn't computer-generated Hollywood magic.
Believe it or not, these crabs are real, and this island is their home.
Every year, the hard-shelled invaders swarm tiny and remote Christmas Island, located in the Indian Ocean.
They come to mate, and during the season, the island's 1,500 residents find themselves outnumbered 80,000 to one.
Crabs of all sizes overrun everything, even the golf course.
And while local cats can't get enough, residents just try to work around them and wait for the season to end.
Not because they like them, but because these red crabs are a protected species.
Believe it or not.
Electrified fences, frigid cold canals.
Ripley's takes you inside the survival course, where cuts and bruises are just the beginning.
They go into death, and we rescue them, bring them back.
Plus, beachgoers can't believe their eyes. A 747 coming down straight toward them.
And these women aren't on vacation. Believe it or not, they're on the job.
Meet the meter maids making an eye-catching change.
The first time on TBS Superstation, back into a corner.
Fighting for his life.
He must kill.
Or be killed.
I have no idea what's at stake here.
Keenan Ivory Whale.
I'm trying my patience, General.
John Boyd.
This man dies tonight, gentlemen.
The Superstation premiere.
It's one Sunday at 8 Eastern and 7 Pacific, only on TBS Superstation.
This is Silverado Heavy Duty.
Available with the new Duramax diesel.
The powerful diesel you can get in a pickup. Silverado Heavy Duty.
More truck from Chevy.
Introducing the best America Online ever. New version 7.0. It's better, faster, and easier.
It's like a click and you're connected.
7.0 is fast.
It's got all the new features. It's just so easy.
All new AOL version 7.0.
Welcome.
It's everything you love about America Online. You've got mail.
Now with cool new features and places to go.
I'm falling in love with the new features.
7.0 is the best. Don't be a chicken, it's easy.
America Online. New version 7.0. So easy to use, no wonder it's number one. Call 1-800-4-ONLINE.
Since the beginning of time, cleaning the floors has always been a real saga.
Today, discover Swiffer WetJet. It's always ready to clean.
Just push the button.
The cleaning solution helps dissolve the dirt, and the absorbent pad helps trap it deep inside.
And when it's full, you just throw it away.
Swiffer WetJet. Changing the way America cleans floors.
Suzy, what are you doing?
I was hoping someone gave me a way to get everything done for the holidays.
But this just sounds like a bracelet.
You don't have to be a kid to get what you want for Christmas.
Walgreens has thousands of stores open every day. Many even 24 hours.
So you can get what you need, when you need it, at Walgreens.
The wind gusts of over 110 miles per hour. The storm slammed about three hours ago. There's a person surfing a huge wave on it.
Oh. Oh.
The person was just... No, wait! What did he do?
Yeah, he, he, he, he, he, he laid it! It was like he's all right! Oh!
Unbelievable people doing unbelievable things.
These men and women can perform these extraordinary acts because they have dedicated their lives to understanding all of the risks involved.
So remember, never tempt fate and never attempt any of the dangerous activities you have seen on Ripley's.
Believe it.
There are plenty of tough guy contests, ultimate fights, and anything goes matches.
But there is only one race in the entire world where competitors consider an electrified rope wall the easiest obstacle on the course.
Twice a year, this site, near the tiny town of Wolverhampton, England, is transformed into the most grueling competition known to man.
The infamous Tough Guy Race. An eight mile obstacle course that makes those TV boot camps look easy.
The main rules are, uh, it ain't not.
The race includes electrified scaling walls with a voltage so strong it can make your heart skip a beat.
Icy swims of 17 degrees Fahrenheit that will cause hypothermia, and hurdles of fire that can blister and burn.
We take them to the very edge of their endurance. We take them beyond. They go over the step. They go into death.
And we're ready, waiting to rescue them, to bring them back.
Ex-army officer Billy Wilson started the race back in 1986.
And while some may call the competition sadistic, Billy believes he's teaching a valuable lesson to a generation who has never had to endure the battlefields of war.
Today people are wimps.
Billy compared the grueling obstacle course to the trenches of World War I.
Then they can find out what that awful time was like in 1914 when they had fire, mud, bullets, bodies to trample over.
This year's race takes place in January in the frigid heart of winter.
I love the pain and the cold and the wet.
Favorite to win is Northern Ireland's Geront Florida James, a top ten finalist of several previous tough guy races.
It's hard. It's grueling. It seems longer than it is, but it's also very rewarding.
Geront is about as tough as they come, but believe it or not, he's no Army Ranger or barroom brawler.
He's a university professor with a Ph.D.
He can't be mentally tough as they've been getting the physical toughness as well.
The professor may have both brains and brawn, but he's also got a fierce competitor and reigning champion, Powell Davies of South Wales.
My life is mainly centered around training for tough guys.
On the morning of the big race, some 7,000 contestants get into the carnival spirit.
But as they gather at the starting line, their joy turns to fear of what lies ahead.
You get to the course and look at the ice. You look at the obstacles and think, how am I going to do that?
Well, he's about to find out because at last...
They're off.
The earth trembles as 14,000 feet stampede ahead. Each racer jockeying for the best position.
Yeah! Come on!
The immediate leader of the pack, none other than reigning champ, Powell Davies.
As the racers charge up a rocky slope, Powell maintains his lead, but Garant isn't far behind.
Powell gets his first jolt as he trudges across a stream filled with frigid 17 degree water.
The icy chill sends the body into shock, making it difficult to continue.
By the time the race enters the woods, Powell has lost ground.
Garant has moved up in the pack of leaders as he tramples over steep hillsides.
So far, the obstacles have all been forces of Mother Nature,
but that's about to change as the competitors come across dangerous and sometimes even deadly challenges.
First comes a rope scaling wall with its interlaced netting of electrified wires.
One slip of a sweaty palm could mean a shock, powerful enough to send any one of these tough guys into cardiac arrest.
Once at the top, they must traverse 30 foot ropes suspended 20 feet above the ground. A fall could prove fatal.
Then, an icy 50 foot river cross.
The ice was really, really bad and the ice was thick, so it was like someone was taking a hammer to your shins.
Here, the contestants must completely submerge themselves in order to pass beneath a battery of log barriers.
Straight away when you jump into water, your breath goes, your lungs seize up, you can't breathe.
As soon as you get out of the water, your head just feels like it wants to explode.
The water obstacles take the biggest toll on the racers, some of whom are rushed away by ambulance as hypothermia sets in.
That is really, I think, where everybody would say tough guy really is, is getting through that.
With the finish line a half a mile off and Howell Davies close on his heels, a numb and shivering garant enters a torturous 30 yard crawl through the mud beneath a foot high ceiling of barbed wire.
A tunnel of iron thorns sharp enough to pierce through human flesh.
During the crawl, Howell struggles to remain in second place.
And amazingly, as he emerges unscathed from the barbed wire, the reigning champ summons his last ounce of adrenaline and charges after the leader.
But it's not enough. Professor Garant, Florida James, reaches the finish line first.
But our winner is in, an incredible time of 1.24.25.
Physically I was high as a kite. There was nothing, no pain, no nothing, everything. I could have went on.
In an incredible display of willpower, former champion Howell Davies comes in second.
And as the rest of the racers trail in, many trembling and bleeding.
I know, it felt so cold.
The new champion has a moment to reflect on what he's won.
The prize every year is a hot shower.
Nobody died during the race though, of the 7,000 competitors who started, only a fraction finished.
If you see it on Ripley, you can bet that it's real.
But there are plenty of hoaxers out there telling half truth and whole lies.
So here's your chance to play the role of a Ripley's researcher.
Check out these three endurance stories.
Only two are true.
Can you spot the knot?
A. A man lives in his bathtub for a month to win a bet.
B. A writer stays in the toilet stall for three months to complete a novel.
C. A woman lives atop a gigantic redwood tree for two years trying to save it.
Two are true.
Can you spot the knot?
Don't go away.
We'll be right back to reveal which are fact and which one's fiction.
We got your friends right here.
Honey, I'm telling you, you look good.
Tell her she looks good. Tell her she looks good.
Oh my God!
Friends, tomorrow at 7.30 on PBS Superstation.
Climb every mountain,
fall every tree,
follow every rainbow,
hear you cry.
Now get any Yamaha ATV for just $1 a day during Yamaha All Terrain Value Days.
I gave you best mate where's my Pentax so he can snap a pic of me with his gorgeous bifid.
This is a spectacular snake.
My Pentax is so reliable, he's got the shot by now.
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Hold on, mate. Back off a bit. That's it.
I can't breathe.
Keep smiling, mate. Keep smiling.
Move a bit. Move a bit. That's it.
Ah, geez, you moved.
Hurry up, you're moving.
Smile. Perfect.
You're moving from the front to the front.
You're going to catch up with me.
I'll try.
Pentax, reliable gear for your adventures.
Take pictures.
Then, take them anywhere with new transferable memory cards.
Buy a select digital camera or camcorder from Panasonic or an expandable Palm handheld today and get a free 16 megabyte SD memory card.
Oh, hi there. You've got to come by and take a closer look at this selection.
Adre Camera has one of the largest selections of binoculars and telescopes anywhere with all the latest technology, whether you need a closer look at the moon or the 50-yard line.
But you certainly don't need one of these to find an Adre Camera near you.
Adre Camera, with locations in Dearborn, Troy, and Canton.
Nowhere will you find a more beautiful, delicious presentation of Greek country cooking than at Greettown's famous Pegasus restaurant.
Traditional Greek cuisine has flavor and romance like none other, and it's as healthy as it is delectable.
With nutritious dishes ingeniously made from simple vegetables, grains, and cheeses, and rich in olive oil, the ancient Greeks were 2,000 years ahead of their time in eating smart.
Discover the legend of good taste at Pegasus, the food of the gods.
It's time to separate the believe it from the not.
Check out these three endurance stories.
Only two are true.
Can you spot the not?
A. A man lives in his bathtub for a month to win a bet.
B. A writer stays in the toilet stall for three months to complete a novel.
Or C. A woman lives atop a gigantic redwood tree for two years trying to save it.
Get ready for this.
A is true.
Ripley's viewers already know Brian Zembak, the gambling man who can't resist any bet, including one where he lived in a bathtub for a month.
C is also true.
Environmentalist Julia Hill lived on this ancient tree for more than two years, which saved it from being cut down by a lumber company.
B is the not.
This toilet with telephone and computer attached is one joker's idea for multitasking.
Enter Robert Ripley's archives.
Let's go with the tells.
Robert Ripley, believe it or not.
Believe it or not.
The year is 1952.
The chance to win the latest newfangled invention, the electric sewing machine, draws a huge crowd in London, England.
The challenge? Be the first to find a needle in this haystack.
Hundreds of contestants begin their search.
Some bring magnets to help locate the elusive sliver of metal.
But most just dig in frantically, threading their way through the gigantic pile of hay.
Finally, the search is over.
Miss Rhoda Selby has pinned down the lost needle.
She walks away with a sharp new sewing machine, and amazingly, she didn't even get pricked.
Believe it or not.
There's nothing more frustrating than returning to your car too late to stop the metermaid from ticketing you for an expired meter.
But now, there's a unique squad of meter readers that car owners are only too happy to see.
They wear gold bikinis, and they are armed with bags of silver.
High heels.
A bathing suit topped off by a cowboy hat.
No, these women aren't going to the beach.
They're getting ready for work.
Believe it or not, they are the bikini metermaids.
The sandy beaches of Australia's Gold Coast haven't always been the tourist paradise they are today.
Back in 1965, the dreaded parking meter began causing shoppers big parking ticket headaches.
So, area merchants took the parking laws into their own hands and came up with an attractive idea for a solution.
Walking goodwill ambassadors dressed in the latest beach fashions would be sent in to solve the parking ticket predicament.
So, they brought in the metermaid girls to fill the parking meters so that the tourists could shop longer in the town.
The young women wearing just swimsuits and coin belts soon became a kind of tourist attraction themselves.
Now, these hired meter feeders sign autographs, pose for pictures, and leave business cards on the windshield to promote tourism.
I like it.
It's not very nice. They're looking good.
Brings a life to the place.
Yes, yes, that's what I mean.
Utilizing every inch of available ad space, the women's uniforms are rented out as moving billboards.
Each metermaid works about a four-hour shift, during which they feed roughly $10 worth of meters for very appreciative drivers.
And while the local merchants provide the quarters, they also pay these good Samaritans a decent wage.
For most of the women, this job isn't about the money. It's about getting noticed.
I hope it can lead to me being publicized a little bit, like, the public seeing me more often.
And they are seen. There's bikini metermaid calendars, postcards, even videos.
In fact, many of these former ticket busters have gone on to professional modeling and movie careers.
And with all the attention these women get, perhaps the most incredible part of it is what they do is actually against the law,
because the city loses out on revenue from parking fines.
Even so, officials have learned to turn the other cheek, so to speak,
because the publicity and tourism income are just too good to leave behind.
Believe it or not.
Next, what would you do if a mammoth airliner was about to come down right on top of you?
We'll show you the amazing outcome.
And this mammoth body part used to be attached to an ancient giant.
Find out what it is and who it belonged to when we journey inside the Ripley's vault.
Next.
Next week on Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Babes out of a plane in lingerie. Bet you've never seen jumpsuits like these.
If you are what you eat, what does it say about this guy?
No cord, no parachute, good luck.
The death-defying moment.
And a propeller sliced off his skull.
Now how are his crazy dreams making him a celebrity?
Hosted by Dean Cain. All true amazing stories.
Ripley's Believe It or Not. Next week at 8 Eastern and Pacific on TVF Superstations.
This is Silverado Heavy Duty.
The most powerful heavy-duty pickup you can get.
Silverado Heavy Duty. More trucks from Chevy.
How can you find great holiday gifts?
Easy. Go to America Online Keyword eBay.
You can find a gift for that aspiring director in your family.
Get your sis into the swing of things.
Or maybe some DVDs for that friend who never gets off the couch.
At AOL Keyword eBay, you'll find brand new gifts for everyone every time you visit.
You can find practically anything and get a great deal right now.
You'll even find each and every doll on her wish list.
Get all of your holiday shopping done easily with eBay and America Online.
So easy to use, no wonder it's number one.
Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays.
Lowe's brings home improvement, home for the holidays.
Only Lowe's has this shop back with wide-track design to prevent difference.
Only $67. Or give a Lowe's gift card.
And Lowe's promises, low prices, every day, guaranteed.
For 55 years, we've been helping families celebrate the holidays.
For the holidays, you can't beat home sweet home.
Use your Lowe's card. There are zero payments, zero finance charges until June 2002.
Well, 007, how did you come to ruin this little beauty?
And where exactly is the rest of this?
And I suppose you can explain this.
Oh, James.
It's not easy being Bond. James Bond for PlayStation 2.
Rated T for T.
A few years ago, we started a show to help men feel unashamed of being themselves.
The Man Show was born to fight for our right to behave like men.
We said it's okay to watch the game and have a beer.
It's okay to stare at hot chicks.
You can live off baby back ribs.
Men are finally standing up for themselves.
We will be her.
My name is Adam Carolla.
And I am a man.
My name is Jimmy Kimmel.
And I, too, am a man.
The Man Show. New episodes start Sunday, December 2nd at 10, only on Comedy Central.
Amazing stories and unbelievable people.
Ripley, believe it or not.
With its white sand and blue water, quiet little Maho Beach on the Caribbean island of St. Martin
looks like a tourist's paradise.
But visitors, beware.
Locals watch and wait because they know it's coming.
Suddenly, with engines screaming, a 747 jumbo jet appears
and heads straight for the beach.
Helpless vacationers, only a few feet below, make for the water to escape the jet-blown sandstorm.
But it's not a crash they're witnessing.
It's a landing.
Maho is the only place in the world where a crowded tourist beach ends as an airport runway begins.
This is Princess Juliana International Airport, one of the busiest small plane airports in the Caribbean.
But its real claim to fame is the scheduled landing every Thursday of a lone jumbo jet.
Now, crowds actually gather to experience the rush as this airborne behemoth flies overhead,
almost close enough to touch.
But if you look close in fact, signs posted nearby advise onlookers to wear ear protection.
Believe it or not.
Here in the vault, the inner sanctum of the Ripley's warehouse,
the most valuable and the most unusual artifacts are stored.
This particular object falls into the latter category.
It's called a dork, and that's the technical term for a whale's reproductive organ.
This particular specimen was collected by a whaler back in 1837.
It was then dried and preserved.
This five and a half foot long dork belonged to a sperm whale.
But bragging rights for the biggest dork goes to the blue whale, measuring in at a staggering 11 feet.
It's not surprising that most people have never seen this part of a whale before,
and that's because it is only visible when the mammal is mating or after it dies.
Unbelievable?
Believe it.
Next week on Ripley's Believe It or Not, the most extreme sport ever.
Watch it go terribly wrong.
There wasn't anything I could do to help.
She gives herself a root canal.
Talk about the ultimate do-it-yourself project.
A father and son challenge that could cost them their lives.
And get a load of these, the longest legs in the world, hosted by Dean Cain.
All true amazing stories.
Ripley's Believe It or Not, next week at 8 Eastern and Pacific on TVS Superstation.
Well, I've checked out the system, and Tony's made sure that what you pulled won't ever happen again.
Now that I know how skilled she is, I've asked her to do security clearance for every safe house across the country.
You're putting her into the underground?
Well, yeah, but rather than get her out of town permanently, we're going to keep her moving around, you know, to hide her in plain sight.
Right?
Right.
So you and I can get together for some hot weekends and spas across the country.
Aye.
Not only she can strike that happy balance between creative curiosity and criminal trespass.
It speaks ill of a number two to allow an invasion of this facility on her watch.
I completely understand, sir, but I still believe there remains a positive aspect to this whole affair.
I have to admit, your success with the counterversion of Proxy Blue is a mitigating factor in this disaster.
Why do the most distrustful people make the easiest dupes?
Is this the real thing, or is it ours?
The real thing, sir.
Of course, it all depends on who you distrust.
I'm talking to you, Mr. Eddard.
Instead of bumping the real Proxy Blue off the air, Adam put me to work cleaning out your system.
So sit back and enjoy the show, because tomorrow morning, you're going to have to start everything from scratch.
Miss McAvoy, take your hands off me.
...and you'll know.
It's time to go Progresso.
On an all-new episode of The Live at Max's.
A suit and rescue mission.
With powerful consequences.
The police have tried to stop the
But the key is weakening.
What can the boy do?
Thermal transfer.
When the power comes, it's such a small package.
She's been a ransom to man and all you.
Now where's the boy?
Mutant X. Coming next week.
One lucky guy, four dates at the same time.
Eliminate.
Welcome to the new WB Sunday.
You're just one hour away from an all-new night of comedy.
But first, Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Would you believe?
This guy's the guinea pig for some of the world's most painful weapons.
All right, let her rip.
Turning his body into a living test chamber.
He's more than a man.
He has turned himself into a machine.
A living cyborg that might turn our future inside out.
We're obsolescent. We're on our way out.
This barber's a cut above the rest.
With a hair-raising new idea for his customers.
And the daredevil who isn't afraid to play with fire.
In fact, he's about to fan the flames with an explosive walk through a man-made inferno.
Nice knowing you, sir.
Unbelievable. Believe it.
On Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Just imagine the kind of garage sale that you could have if your garage was the Ripley warehouse.
22,000 one-of-a-kind items.
You've got your medieval torture cage.
Trunk and heads available in several sizes.
This little jewel of a bowl.
But more on this later.
Now these things are only a small part of what goes on here.
Because every single day, new oddities are being discovered.
And their stories might even make this guy flip his lid.
Take a look.
I'm nervous about this. I could get around this right now. I'm having second thoughts.
These things are not pretty. I don't want to give you the misunderstanding.
Non-lethal and painless are not synonymous.
Fighting crime has become a deadly proposition on the streets of America.
One police officer dies every day in the line of duty.
Usually because the suspect could not be subdued.
But a new generation of non-lethal weapons have been developed to help cops put suspects down.
Fast. But there's one catch.
How do they know these weapons will work?
That's where Tom Penny comes in.
If I can help prove out some of these other options to provide a different, continual force.
So that they don't have to go in with only lethal options, then it's a worthwhile thing to do.
Tom consistently puts his body where his mouth is.
He actually volunteers to be a live test subject.
So that companies can find out just how effective their weapons really are.
Tom, who works in computers, is a genuine pacifist.
Who wants police to start using crime tools that will subdue suspects, not kill them.
I know that I'm more capable of taking punishment of this kind than most people.
If they're going to hurt anybody, let's go after me first.
If they hurt me, they're certainly not usable for other people.
We accompanied Tom one night as he made his testing rounds.
We observed first-hand the future of law enforcement and one man's private war against crime.
Round one.
It is called the attitude adjuster.
Created to prevent riots from escalating into violence, this weapon emits an odor so disgusting
that it can disperse a gang in a matter of seconds.
But how disgusting does disgusting need to be?
Well, Tom was just about to find out.
No one has ever been hit with a direct shot from the attitude adjuster from this delivery system.
I'll be the first one to be hit by this.
A few rounds to Tom's back shows just how quickly attitudes can be adjusted.
Oh, God.
This is awful.
I really want to take this shirt off a lot.
I can't stand this any longer.
Oh, God.
Tom's artificial body odor makes him immediately unpopular.
Oh, man. This is miserable.
Just a minute. I'm trying not to throw up.
Round two. The sticky shocker.
The sticky shocker is going to be a very interesting experience.
I don't think it's going to hurt, but I also don't think it's going to be pleasant either.
A wireless stun gun that delivers 12 to 15 10 amp electrical pulses per second.
It can be fired at a suspect up to 35 feet away.
Well, today we're not going to fire it.
Today we're just going to put it on him and let it sit down.
In order to dial in the right amount of incapacitating voltage, at first the settings are low.
Well, low may not be quite the right word.
Knocked me right flat back, but it was a funny pressure.
That one hit pretty hard in the middle.
Sat me right back down.
Now it's time for Tom to receive a full dose.
Already do it.
Ah! Ah! Ah!
With his body completely traumatized, Tom is totally incapacitated.
That was fairly strong.
And I am distinctly glad that it's turned off.
And now the final round.
Tom will face a firing squad of crippling pepper bullets.
Invented to subdue suspects, inmates and disorderly individuals,
these mini slugs will explode on impact, thrusting a disabling mix of pepper and tear gas into Tom's eyes, nose and throat.
Let's do it.
Being shot with the pepper pellets, it takes Tom almost three minutes before he's even capable of speaking.
It's hard to talk. It hurts. I can't breathe. I've burned.
I ain't giving anybody any problems right now. I am done for the day.
Tom's human sacrifice will give police confidence that they can trust their new weapons.
Even after being shot at and zapped, this human guinea pig will continue to act as a test dummy for the weapons of the future.
Can I go home now?
What's your idea of the perfect vacation?
The Eiffel Tower at sunset? The deserted beach in the Caribbean?
How about hanging off the back of a small boat and tickling the nose of an angry great white shark?
It is the world's most feared predator, the ultimate killing machine that will eat anything or anyone.
But here off the coast of South Africa, where as many as 2,000 of these man-eaters patrol the waters,
visitors are lining up to risk life and limb for the chance to go face to face with a great white.
They call it Shark Alley, a narrow channel between two islands literally crawling with seals.
For the great white, a succulent seal is an irresistible lure.
Now all these sharks are proving to be a magnet of their own for scientists, fishermen, even couples on their honeymoon.
I was choosing the place we had to go to South Africa and the first thing Martin said was,
wow, I've heard you can dive with sharks down there.
I was like, wow, on your honeymoon maybe, not a good way to lose your husband.
In this case, the bars of a steel cage may keep the sharks out,
but tourists inside still feel the full fury of the great white as it savagely rips into the bay.
How was that? Very exciting. It got pretty close sometimes.
But for those tourists who want to get even closer to the jaws of a shark, you can take a ride with a couple of shark ticklers.
Two local fishermen, Andre Hartman and Jean-Pierre Botha, have cashed in on this shark mania.
Not long ago, they tried to scare a shark from their fishing net by reaching out to slap it away.
Much to their surprise, the great white lifted its nose right out of the water, giving the amazed fishermen the shock of their lives.
Instead of seeing red, Andre and Jean-Pierre saw green, as in dollar signs.
They now charge tourists big bucks to accompany them on their shark tickling expedition.
I just slowly drag them closer with the bait, and sometimes they just lean over the top of the platform and they see me and they come right up to me.
There is some risk involved in touching these white sharks, and I wouldn't recommend anybody doing it unless you know the animal.
It's a cheap thrill that could send ticket holders right over the edge.
Dr. Richard Laundrieville is already going overboard on the cutting edge of science.
He's out here to study the ferocious creatures, and first he'll need to draw a little blood.
He's discovered a connection between weight loss and the hormone found in sharks, so he's come to Shark Alley to get a blood sample from this dangerous beast.
The only problem is getting a 5,000 pound great white to sit still.
It's not something you're going to bring up on your boat and roll over and rub their belly and take a blood sample.
They are big, nasty fish.
Dr. Laundrieville uses a crude yet specialized tool to remove the shark's blood.
His crew throws out the bait, and within minutes, the first shark appears.
The doctor lies on a diver's platform as an assistant lures the shark close enough for him to insert the syringe.
That's a pretty shark.
The great jaws pass within inches of Dr. Laundrieville's outstretched hand.
He thrusts the syringe down, but the shark wins round one, bending the needle in half as it swims away.
As the great white circles back, Dr. Laundrieville lowers his hand even closer, inserting the syringe as quickly as he can.
Although he's retrieved only a few drops of blood, it's enough for now.
And more importantly, he'll be able to return home from Shark Alley with all his fingers intact.
This is the only grail of fish, the great white shark.
There's an explosive situation at Ripley.
They call this young man Pyro Boy, and you're about to find out why.
But Pyro Boy isn't stopping there.
The same dangerous explosives used to destroy that melon are now being strapped to his body.
Then he'll walk through rings of fire.
Can Pyro Boy pull it off? That's coming up.
Plus, a computer chip in his arm is opening the door to cyborgs in the future.
Hello, is this Dr. Boy?
And a bikini sewn out of thread from your head, coming up on Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Ripley's Believe It or Not is brought to you in part by America Online.
What are you waiting for?
America Online. So easy to use, no wonder it's number one.
Sauron needs only this ring to cover all the lands and darkness. It must be destroyed.
They're coming.
They will find the ring and kill the one who carries it.
I do not fear them.
You'll face evil, and you will defeat it.
Lightheart, don't look back.
If you want him, come and claim him.
The Lord of the Rings, rated PG-13, starts December 19.
Come on, Ripley.
Who ever said you can't buy happiness didn't have their credit limit.
Is that the reason you wear labels so the designer takes the blame?
Absolutely fabulous.
Where's the car?
Patsy and Adina are back.
An absolutely new episode to Absolutely Fabulous.
What will I be wearing?
And turn!
Now on Comedy Central, sin is in.
Absolutely Fabulous. All new episodes continue this week only on Comedy Central.
It may have all started with the artificial heart.
Or maybe even the contact lens.
The fusion of man and machine.
Today we don't think much of it, but maybe we should.
Because medicine and computer science are on a collision course.
And the future is here.
Hello. Hello.
Thanks to computers that can act as extensions of the brain,
androids can carry out everyday human functions as soon as the mind thinks about them.
Which raises the question, at what point does a person stop being human and start being a machine?
Hello, Professor Warwick.
Perhaps we should ask this man, Professor Kevin Warwick, a cybernetics expert who, believe it or not,
is the first human to put himself at the command of a computer.
Last year I had a silicon chip transponder surgically implanted in my left arm.
The 20 minute operation gave Professor Warwick a glimpse into the future.
A future he had only once speculated about.
I did that because it was about time that we looked at what was possible.
What was potential as far as linking humans with silicon.
With this expedition into the still unknown world of cyborgs,
Warwick began to blur the line between science fiction and reality.
Starting to create super humans effectively by linking up technology with the human,
having an implant to make a normal guy, me, little bit of cyborg.
Immediately, the computers in the building at the college where Warwick works began to track Warwick's every move.
When the computer sensed Warwick coming, it jumped into action.
Doors opened automatically.
His personal computer switched on and began to download the professor's email
before he even sat down at his desk.
Lights went off.
The office was suddenly providing five star service.
When the computer was actually switching on lights and opening doors for me,
I surprisingly felt quite close to it.
The experiment's success gave Warwick an idea.
Why not link up two humans via computer?
That's something I really feel is possible in the next 20 or so years.
I think we can achieve it.
It will completely change what it means to be human.
It will completely change how we communicate with each other.
And I feel it's just there. We're nearly there.
In fact, he's recruited someone very close to his heart for the experiment.
My wife has agreed to undergo a similar operation.
So what we're looking to do is to have the two of us with an implant
sending signals not just from nervous system to computer,
but potentially across the Internet so that we can send signals
from one person's nervous system, my own,
across the Internet to my wife's nervous system, and back the other way.
This way, humans will be able to transmit emotions
as well as tap into the computer's enormous powers.
By about 2020, we're going to see machines that are much more intelligent than humans.
If they're much more intelligent than us,
then it's going to be them that are deciding how things work on the Earth.
That's because instead of letting you in, downloading e-mail, and turning on the lights,
computers could decide to lock you out, destroy all your files,
and shut down the power.
Really how we treat animals that are less intelligent than we are now,
so machines that are far more intelligent than us,
will probably treat us in the same way.
According to Warwick, this could lead to a conflict that will ultimately result
in the end of human beings as we now know them.
My own view from a human point of view is probably quite a pessimistic one,
because I think we're going to be left with a battle between intelligent machines and cyborgs.
The humans come into the cyborgs to an extent, but humans just in their own right.
I think we're obsolescent, we're on our way out, we will be surpassed by evolutionary superiors.
I can't see any other event happening.
Enter Robert Ripley's archives.
Don't let it go.
Or not.
Leave it or not.
When Zorita Lambert appeared at Ripley's auditorium in 1940,
audiences were shocked by what you might call a very unhealthy appetite.
Zorita was able to dine on a menu of common household objects.
Her favorite feast, incredibly, was a hearty helping of razor blades.
Doctors were unable to explain this ability and even warned Zorita
that the tiny bits of sharpened steel could perforate her internal organs.
This is definitely not the recommended way to increase the iron in your diet.
Now you're about to meet someone who thinks the concept of a one-man band is about as far as you can go.
See for yourself.
Ken Butler has built over 300 different instruments,
but you won't find any of them in your neighborhood music store.
Ken takes things other people think of as junk and transforms them into sculpture.
The result is music to his ears.
Ken finds the parts he needs everywhere from garbage cans to garage sales.
He also haunts music stores, searching for damaged instruments or cheap parts.
As always, I'm just looking to see if you got any broken junk or anything like that here.
What, like bodies or necks?
Mostly necks. I'm always looking for necks. You got any?
Yeah, actually there's one right there.
Let me check that out.
It's great. It's awesome. I wish there were more people doing stuff like this around.
I mean, it's cool, you know, creating form and function together.
He's made a sitar from a record player, a violin from a tennis racket, and a guitar made from a shovel.
He can get a tone from just about anything and turn himself into a one-man symphony.
Ken pays his bills by performing and by selling sculptures like this.
He calls it an urban piano. It's part keyboard, part radio.
Believe it or not, Ken's also built a double-axe cello.
The hockey goal.
And the brush axe.
But those are simple compared to pieces like this.
Well, this is one of my favorite ones. So there's an aluminum cane and an aluminum tennis racket.
And then there's part of a vegetable slicer and part of the inside of a little toy gun, part of a comb.
Two strings here. This could be plucked or bowed.
Ken often closes his shows by playing the simplest instrument of all, his head.
So if you clamp on the microphone then and bite on it a little bit,
you'll be able to hear the resonance in your actual skull. So here's how that might work.
While Ken's instruments may be off the wall, his approach to music is not.
So when I play, I try to just make it as musical and as spiritual and as emotional and as dramatic and as serious as possible.
Because I'm playing a toothbrush or an umbrella, but I'm trying to really play it.
I'm not making spoofing a Led Zeppelin tune or something. I'm really trying to play from deep in my heart and soul.
Still ahead. He's strut down with explosives. The crowd's fired up.
And this walking powder keg passed through rings of fire without blowing himself to bits. We're back in a flash.
Also, his brain was damaged at birth. But you can't count the number of things he can do with it now.
All the time it amazes me.
And you won't believe what this barber's doing with his customer's air.
I have found wonderful uses for it.
We get the long and short of it on Riffley's Believe It or Not.
You ever wonder why old fashioned barber poles look like candy canes with red swirling around the white?
Well, back in medieval times, you didn't just get your hair cut at the barber shop.
Now, that's where you went for a good bloodletting.
That's right. Getting a vein punctured and draining some blood was considered the cure for just about everything.
Hence the red on the barber pole.
Now, how does this relate to our next story?
Well, it's also about a barber shop that leads two lines. But it's very different.
The man who made this one-of-a-kind bikini has top fashion designers pulling their hair out.
Because that's exactly what it's made of.
I don't see just heads of hair. I see crops like cotton balls and wheat fields.
And I can visualize various products made out of hair.
How would it look as a dress? How would it look as a scarf? How would it look as a collar?
Wow, I wish I had that hair.
At first glance, Bill Black seems like your typical neighborhood barber.
But take a closer look and you'll find a bizarre little workshop down in his basement.
Where it all begins, when the hair is swept, the trunk is pulled through the trapdoor, it goes into here,
and we have trash of hair, which normally would be thrown away.
But I have found wonderful uses for it.
Like turning it into fertilizer.
Or even a teddy bear.
He's my buddy. Good boy.
When he decided to branch into fashion design,
barber Bill turned to Jean Steck, who was willing to run her fingers through a lot of hair before spinning it into clothing.
To make anything spin, all you have to do is start a twisting procedure.
Once it begins to spin, it's just like spinning your hair.
It took all day, so you can imagine, to make cloth, to make three yards of cloth, how much that took.
And that's probably the equivalent of a hundred people's haircuts.
So that's a lot of hair. That's a whole lot of hair.
This is the blondes, and this is the light brunettes, and this is the darker brunettes.
We took all the people as they came in to cut their hair and we divided them into hair colors.
Some of Bill's clients have even added their names to the waiting list for a custom tailored product.
If Bill cut my hair, I'd like to have him make a suit out of it.
I think I would like to have a sport coat made out of hair.
I would rather it be made into a pair of socks.
That way I would know that my feet would stay warm.
From this unique fabric, barber Bill is beginning to weave a mini fashion empire.
He's even managed to interest buyers for women's retail clothing stores.
I wouldn't have known it was hair. I thought it was wool, some type of wool.
I didn't even think it was hair.
Until you said something, it doesn't even look like hair at all.
And to think, all this started with one simple product.
Without recycled hair, barber Bill would be bare.
Here's to you. I've got to cut and run.
The movie Rain Man won an Oscar for Dustin Hoffman, playing the role of a man with a special gift.
In the case of Rain Man, art imitated life because the character Hoffman portrayed was partially inspired by a very real person.
His name is Kim Peep.
Kim Peep remembers everything he's ever read, not because he chooses to, but because his brain won't let him forget.
Kim's major talent is really his memory.
He has a very deep and very accurate memory.
In the year 1992, what was April 4th?
Saturday.
January 25th.
Saturday, all together.
August 25th.
Tuesday.
June 9th.
Tuesday.
He can do it, he can do it, he can do it!
Kim was only 16 months old when he memorized his first book.
Today, at the age of 48, he has read and can recall every word of more than 8,000 books.
So I can scan it really fast, you can tell how my brain works.
Kim is a savant, someone who is mentally handicapped, yet at the same time possesses a spectacular wealth of knowledge.
When Kim was first born, his father didn't realize his infant son was different from other babies.
Doctors said Kim had no mental capacity and would never be able to walk.
Even more shocking, they recommended he be put into an institution, but the most shocking advice came a few years later.
He was recommended for lobotomy by the health department.
And at that time they said he's not able to learn and he won't be able to walk.
We wouldn't believe that.
He was able to learn, he'd already memorized most of the books of knowledge.
And he could add, subtract, multiply, divide, write, print, and curse them.
In fact, his story is so unbelievable, it was the inspiration for the Oscar-winning film Rain Man.
Kim's character was played by Dustin Hoffman.
4610192.
How did you know my phone number?
How did you know that?
I said read the telephone book last night, did Sally, 4610192.
But unlike the film, in which Tom Cruise, as Dustin Hoffman's brother, looks after him,
in real life, Kim is taken care of by his devoted father, Fran Peek.
I have never seen a closeness like they have, and it is so genuine that I pray constantly
that God will not take one away from the other.
Each day, his father patiently helps his son shave, shower, brushes hair, and get dressed.
This is going to be a long six hours, and I know that.
He can get his clothes on, except most of the time he has to turn his shirt around.
Got it.
Kim's social skills have blossomed since Rain Man was made.
Dustin Hoffman spent hours shadowing Kim, then made a suggestion to change the lives of Fran and Kim Peek forever.
Dustin walked up to him and touched his nose with it, and said, I may be the star, you're the heavens.
And then Dustin walked with tears in his eyes, he walked over with me, and said about taking him out in the world,
because he thought he had a lot to offer everybody, and he'd grow, and he sure has.
The two men travel around the country, educating audiences about autism.
His father explains his son's phenomenal memory this way.
You and I have a left brain and a right brain, and it's separated like two with grapefruit pushed together.
Kim's brain, no left brain and right brain, one brain, he has no separation in between them,
and it's one third larger than yours and my brain together.
So he has no filtering unit, so everything that goes into his brain, he has to save it.
To get an idea of just how quickly Kim can answer virtually any trivia question,
Ripley's joined him at a special presentation held at the University of Southern California.
The crowd came to stump the real Rain Man. Let's see how well they do.
What do you name the past ten presidents and who they beat?
Roosevelt, Hoover, Landon, Wilkie Dewey, Truman Dewey, you Chicago liars,
Eisenhower Stevenson, Eisenhower Stevenson, Kennedy Nixon, Johnson Goldwater, Nixon Humphrey Wallace,
Nixon, Nixon McGovern, Carter Ford, Reagan Carter, Reagan Mondale, Bush, Dukakis, Clinton, Clinton Bush, Clinton Dole.
Can you tell me when Johann Sebastian Bach was born and when he died?
March 21st, 1685.
Then Kim delivers a knockout. Can you tell me about all of Muhammad Ali's fights?
I'll do you the initial championship.
Liston KO7, Liston KO1, Patterson KO11, Chavallo 15, Cooper KO3, London KO6,
Mildenberger KO12, Williams KO6, Terrell 15, Foley KO4.
I know them all. Those initial ones, you know.
Kim shares more than just as many answers with the crowd. He also shares his humor.
I'm from a town called Stigler. Can you tell me anything about Stigler?
Yeah, well, where's that close to an Oklahoma?
Kim Peek loves the crowd's approval and apparently, like many performers, loves to show off.
But there is a side to Kim that only those privileged enough to really know him can see.
We had a birthday dinner for him.
Anything important, Kim, on your 45th birthday? He says yes. He says, I'm three times older than they ever said I would be.
I'm glad to be here.
Still ahead.
The daredevil about to fan the flames with an explosive walk through a man-made inferno on Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Believe It.
Believable people doing unbelievable things.
These men and women can perform these extraordinary acts because they have dedicated their lives to understanding all of the risks involved.
So remember, never tempt fate and never attempt any of the dangerous activities you have seen on Ripley's.
Enter Robert Ripley's archives.
Let's go to the town.
Robert Ripley.
Believe It or Not.
In the 1930s and 40s, Robert Ripley attracted huge crowds at his auditoriums by featuring unusual people with even more unusual characteristics.
One repeat performer was R.H. Hubbard. Among his many talents was the ability to pound a six-inch nail into his nostrils without even harming himself.
But it was the unbelievable strength of his eyelids which was most amazing and unique.
Hubbard did this by attaching hook-like clamps to the lower eyelids.
Although he could pull up to 160 pounds with his eyes, it looks like an awfully uncomfortable way to take a date out for a ride.
You've heard the expression, like a moth to a flame.
Well, a candle is one thing, but lit fuses, high explosives, and incendiary devices are something a little bit more lethal.
But this is what attracts a man known by a very simple and very accurate nickname, Pyro Boy.
The fire marshal says he's crazy, but that's not stopping him from walking a fiery gauntlet in a suit covered with explosives.
No wonder people call him Pyro Boy.
Meet Wally Glenn, a man with a passion for some of the world's most dangerous materials.
Somewhere deep in the heart of Seattle, Wally and his crew work feverishly in their laboratory, which looks like something right out of a monster movie.
The actual location we like to keep a little bit quiet because we don't want people to know that it's there, but basically it's in a concrete reinforced building.
But Wally can't stay holed up in his lab all the time. Even Dr. Frankenstein had a day job.
I work for an internet startup company in Seattle as a webmaster. I don't come to work with pyrotechnics trapped in my body. I just come to work dressed normally and work at it.
He may try to act like just another employee, but a third degree burn on his neck is evidence of a most unusual hobby.
Wally is legendary for his, you know, the Pyro Boy act. Everybody here knows about it, so while we do try to treat him like just another webmaster,
the word spread like wildfire on the first day that Wally had this obsession.
When they introduce an employee, they'll bring them around, introduce them to everybody, and sort of like, this is Tracy, she's the online web producer, this is Gail, she's the online writer, this is Wally, he blows himself up.
Wally's goal is actually to entertain, not to get hurt.
Pyro Boy is extremely dangerous in general, but it can be done safely if you know exactly what you're doing. I just hope they see that what I do is a man pushing the human endurance level to a new height.
I just hope that they're very amazed that, you know, here's another human being trying to see what limits we can take ourselves to.
Here at Ripley's, Pyro Boy and his team are working to ensure that his latest beat won't be his last.
The day begins with a special delivery of Class B explosives. These dangerous pyrotechnic devices are available only with a special permit.
Are there any problems with the pyrotechnics at all?
He's not happy with your bigger stuff, but he understands everything you ask for and he'll locate it.
Now begins the arduous task of attaching and connecting the pyrotechnics to Pyro Boy's suit. The order and spacing are crucial.
Well, there's only so much space on that chest protector to put Pyro. And if you put them too close together, obviously they're going to set one another off.
Once we have the helmet laid out, we attach the pyrotechnics to the chest and the back and the helmet.
We then will go and fuse it using a fast fuse so they're all light, basically simultaneously.
What we have to really be careful with with flaming rings is avoiding any chance that they'll catch.
So even just a little flame flickering, a little wind blew up, it could light the whole thing off and if we're not ready for it, it would really be dangerous.
Wally is almost ready, but fire officials are getting increasingly nervous.
He's running through hoops of live fire and he's got fireworks strapped to his head and his back.
If any one of them happen to catch fire, he's liable to hurt himself.
Very easily he could be faced with burn injuries because of the heat that comes off of these things.
He could be blinded by one of the projectiles that may come out of here and would hit him.
As a final precaution, Pyro Boy and his crew test the pyrotechnics to see how close they can get to the flame before igniting.
As a test to see what would happen, we took one of the pyrotechnic pieces, attached to a pole, and just simulated a walk through one of the rings to see what might happen.
And unfortunately we did set off one of the pyrotechnics.
How close is that one it went off?
Close enough to set it off, that's not good.
The test has alarming results. The fuses light far more easily than expected.
Next, will Pyro Boy go through with it? Find out when Ripley returns.
Tonight, Mike's roommate has a few little visitors.
Look how close that is!
What?
Welcome back. Remember when you were a kid on the Fourth of July?
Fireworks were the best part.
Well, for Wally Glenn, the Fourth of July is right now.
His lifelong obsession with fire has earned him the nickname Pyro Boy.
And now, Wally Glenn is facing his ultimate challenge.
He will walk through rings of fire wearing a suit covered with explosives.
I'll put the chest protector on and I start getting really panicked.
I want to make sure that the safety gear is all in place because if we rush and something gets pulled out of place,
I could easily get a 2,000 degree flame burning a hole through my neck.
I really want to avoid that.
When I put the helmet on, it's really dangerous.
In fact, it's very confining. It's hard to get off easy.
And if the pyrojectics go off, you've got to throw this thing off. It's essentially burning at 2,000 degrees.
Pyro Boy is ready to go. It's time to face the fire.
Ready?
A hush falls over the crowd as he approaches the flames.
The first of fire are coming dangerously close to the pyrojectics.
He's done it. Pyro Boy has walked through unscathed.
But the crowd is screaming for more.
He decides on a whim to go a second time.
He's determined to get through the fire.
He decides on a whim to go a second time.
He's determined to push himself to the limit.
It looked like we did catch a little flame.
I think it was something like a spark just got a little bit hot and a little spark started to caught.
The next thing I know I see blue balls bouncing in front of my face when I was bent over.
And I was like, gosh, we're going off.
Okay, this is happening and I can't stop it.
There's no way you can say, stop, let's not do this right now.
You're completely committed and you have to go for it.
I don't know how it happened.
There must have been a spark that was just smoldering the end of one of the pieces.
Hit the button. They got you everywhere.
I was in there and dancing around and suddenly I realized that my arm is on fire and I can't put it out.
Wow, look at that. Oh my God.
Very loud, even though I'm wearing a helmet with protection, I'm wearing earplugs.
You can hear the screaming and crackling.
If you've ever held a firecracker too close to your ears, you understand what it's like.
My ears are ringing after that.
It's not hard to make Wally do something even after the test, even after we knew that it was gross.
He still went because he's a daredevil.
It's a great feeling.
I was very happy to be fine. It was very great to know that essentially I was safe.
I got a little singed, but I had a great time, the crowd had a great time.
It was all done safely and that's the most important thing.
It wasn't a grim ending to this. It was a pretty happy ending.
A lot of people think I'm crazy, but I do something crazy to keep pushing ourselves.
Oh great. And that was good. Very hot.
This Tibetan prayer bowl is not designed to hold little candies, but rather a cocktail.
It's made of wine and human blood.
It's really quite beautiful with all the silver work and everything.
Apparently, according to ritual, this bowl comes in handy during a drought.
You see, once this blood cocktail is mixed up, it gets poured on an altar and hopefully soon thereafter, rain comes.
Oh, one last thing.
As beautiful as this artifact may look, the silver cannot hide one thing.
It is made from a real human skull.
Unbelievable?
Believe it.
On the go bar from SlimFast, balanced nutrition designed to help you manage your weight and your mind.
Unbelievable things. These men and women can perform these extraordinary acts because they have dedicated their lives to understanding all of the risks involved.
So remember, never tempt fate and never attempt any of the dangerous activities you have seen on Ripley's.
Believe it.
Demonstrations of sword swallowing and fire eating have always been shoved to the sidelines as sort of lowbrow.
But now a husband and wife with extraordinary talents are using high-tech means to get some respect.
Meet Kiva and Fred Kaul, a daring young couple out to make you believers in their bizarre abilities.
It is dangerous if I swallow the blade too far.
I do risk possibly puncturing something at the bottom of my stomach.
Blowing balls of fire, spitting balls of fire, we call them blasts, is the most dangerous fire-eating feat.
A camera will be attached to Kiva's torch for an up-close and personal look at the risks of fire eating.
And to show how close Fred comes to serious injury every time he swallows a sword, high-tech medical equipment will, for the first time,
reveal not what's happening outside, but what's happening inside the body of a sword swallower during a demonstration.
Well, this is called a mobile C-arm, and it's a fluoroscopic imaging device.
Oh, and one more thing.
Fred won't be swallowing your standard sword. He's going to consume a 24-inch curved razor-sharp sword.
Believe it.
In many ways, Fred and Kiva Kaul are an average married couple living and raising a family in New York City.
We are so boring and typical. It's pathetic.
They have regular jobs and a normal, happy family life.
Kiva works as a makeup artist, while Fred helps design and build websites.
But it's their shared interest in experimenting with their bodies that has brought them together.
Both became interested in trying to master these feats from the first time they saw a performance.
They met at Coney Island, where Fred demonstrated his sword-swallowing abilities.
I thought he was charismatic. He won me over.
It didn't take long before Fred and Kiva became a team.
They eventually married on the famous Coney Island boardwalk.
But there are always those who are convinced that fire-eating and sword-swallowing are just illusions.
And some skeptics believe that the swords are retractable.
I'm here tonight to prove once and for all that sword-swallowing is not a trick. It is real.
These swords, as you can see, are real steel.
Now it is time to prove that what they do is 100% genuine.
Kiva goes first. Her job is straightforward, but clearly this is real fire.
No one but a trained professional should ever try this dangerous demonstration.
Her torch is burning at more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. This is very real.
Kiva uses ancient meditative techniques to separate her mind from the pain.
Although some fire-eaters use a protective gel to prevent burns around their mouths,
Kiva has no protection on her skin.
It's a state of hypnosis. You look at the fire and my whole body just moves into that.
And there's nothing else happening outside. It's like going underwater.
So far, neither Kiva nor Fred has ever been seriously injured, but that could change.
The fluoroscopic imaging device is up and running.
There's no turning back now, and there's no fooling this machine.
We're going to follow the sword all the way down the chest. That's incredible.
Oh, wow.
You can see the ribs and everything. What is it? Is that his heart?
Yes, it is. That is correct.
Look at the ribs and everything. That's everything.
That's really awesome.
With a straight sword safely removed, Fred gets ready to insert the two-foot curved sword.
For this, he has to bend his body into the same shape as the razor-sharp blade or risk puncturing his insides.
All right, I'm ready.
It's tricky to really get your spine in the appropriate position to really have it go down smoothly.
You can see the blade as it scrapes along his esophagus, coming dangerously close to major organs.
The curved blade is really the toughest blade that I have to swallow.
As the blade slips further down, Fred starts to gag.
The spasms rocking his body could cause the sword to pierce his throat.
There it is.
You see the tip of that sword? Yes.
That's it.
Not only has he done it, but the fluoroscope shows Fred can swallow this sword all the way to the pit of his stomach without so much as a scratch.
Fred and Kiva are elated. At least tonight, no one can deny that fire-eating and sword-swallowing are authentic.
These are pursuits that have not only stood up to this examination, but also to the test of time.
Next, on Ripley's.
I would say make sure you know what you're getting into.
And these women may be getting in too deep. The controversial fashion accessory making a curvy comeback.
Next.
Back in the Victorian age, women sought a 20-inch waist, which is a lot smaller than this.
Now you're about to meet a couple of modern women who can squeeze their waists even smaller.
Dita is a fashion model and playboy pinup who's admired for her amazing curves.
But she wasn't just born with this body. She helped shape it by embracing a bizarre 19th century fashion.
It's called corseting.
I wouldn't be well known at all for my corsets because I think the first thing people notice about me is the shape of my figure when I'm wearing a corset.
Today, most women consider wearing a corset barbaric. But Dita says it's a practice she embraces without hesitation.
The second I put on a corset, it's like instant superwoman. You know, the breasts get fuller, the hips get fuller, the waist gets smaller.
It's the ultimate sexual feeling. It's like you're all of a sudden this sex goddess that you weren't before.
Andy Glass is an artist who has also revived the tradition of corseting.
I was always really intrigued by the idea that a woman could manipulate her figure and it always sort of fascinated me but kind of from afar.
I never really thought it was something that I would actually do, that I could even stand to do.
Andy was so intrigued, she began wearing the corset almost constantly and her waistline shrank from 23 inches to only 18 in less than three months.
I would wear the corset, I would say between 22 and 23 hours a day.
I would sleep with it. The only time I would really take it off was if I took a shower.
So over time, it molds your body, it shapes your body.
Ethel Granger was a woman who became famous in the 1950s when she used a corset to achieve the smallest waist in the world, only 13 inches.
I think you feel like you're making a connection with other women in history. You're sort of keying into a place that women have been before.
The corset enjoyed its original heyday during the Victorian era. Those devices were made of whale boning and underlaid with cotton.
Girls started using them at about the age of 12, hoping to attract a suitable husband.
But they were ultimately linked to ailments such as gastritis, migraines, and liver problems.
The devices were so restrictive, women sometimes passed out, which is why the Victorians had fainting rooms.
Fortunately, today's corsets aren't quite so dangerous. Dr. Richard Zinken explains how a corset changes a woman's body on the inside.
Corseting, as you see it here, distorts the abdominal organs. It pulls the abdominal organs in and moves them around.
It makes the waist much smaller, but it also gives support to the spine, the lumbar spine.
And one of the treatments years ago for back injuries was corsets.
Women who wear corsets often will ultimately weaken their abdominal muscles. But Dr. Zinken says there are no other known side effects.
There comes a limit to how much you can tighten it, but in general the physiological function of the organs are not badly affected.
Although wearing modern corsets won't damage your digestive system, the women who wear them say they will definitely change your eating habits.
The one thing that you can't do is you can't eat a large meal. So what I would do is I had to actually cut my meal sizes in half.
So normally I would eat four taquitos for lunch, and then with the corset on I would eat two for lunch,
and then wait a couple hours until the food digested and then I could have the other two.
It may seem unusual for contemporary women to revive a painful century-old method of body transformation,
but the women who swear by corsets say they're safe and effective.
Men love corsets. It's like the feeling of their hands are on my waist. They love that. And of course the way it makes my body look.
Andy agrees and has a few words of advice for any women thinking about trying on one of these.
I would say to any young woman out there who's interested in corset training, I would say do your research.
Make sure you know what you're getting into. I would say be ready because you're going to love it.
Music
They didn't call them the Dark Ages for nothing. This is an iron maiden, a vertical coffin-like contraption
that was used to punish people convicted of the most serious crimes in the land.
It worked very simply. Place prisoner inside, close the door.
Listen carefully as spikes impale prisoner in an assortment of vital parts, including the eyes.
The iron maiden was often hung from a drawbridge because after the prisoner had died,
the drawbridge could be lowered and the body deposited in the river. No fuss, no fuss.
Unbelievable. Believe.
Music
The following program is a TVS Superstation Original Series.
Some of the activities you are about to witness are extremely dangerous and should not be attempted by anyone under any circumstance.
Viewer discretion advised.
Ripley's Believe It or Not begins right now.
Music
Would you believe Simon Montez was doing a little home improvement when he accidentally drove a 3 1⁄2 inch nail deep into his brain.
The first temptation would be to pull something like that out. That's the wrong thing to do.
The life and death struggle to save this loving father.
These women aren't sunbathing. They're actually lounging 30 feet underground.
Ripley's reveals the secret celebrity hideaway buried beneath the Vegas strip.
A base jump gone wrong sends a man slamming into rocks 300 feet down, leaving him helpless to fight off the crap feeding him alive.
Plus, find out what's got one witch doctor digging up human skulls.
Witness the world's first working bionic arm in action.
And forget costume jewelry. These sexy jewelry costumes are dazzling diamonds in the butt.
Unbelievable? Believe It. On Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Music
Hello and welcome to Ripley's. When you hear the headline of this next story, you will cringe.
A construction worker gets shot in the head with a nail gun just like this one.
I told you you'd cringe. Some of the following images are very graphic.
Former Colorado native Simon Montez enjoyed spending his weekends working to fix up the family house.
But little did this handyman know his latest project was about to leave him fighting for his life.
After a bizarre home improvement accident, lift a nail embedded three and a half inches into his brain.
I haven't seen anything like this in 10 years in emergency medicine. The only time I might expect to see this was on something like Ripley's.
As a veteran lieutenant for the local fire department, Simon was familiar with life-threatening situations.
But nothing could have prepared this dedicated husband and father of three for what was about to happen.
Simon had been working on adding another bedroom onto his basement.
He had just begun framing the closet and was tacking the board over his head with a nail gun.
That's when it happened. The nail gun, a device that uses enough compressed air to fire a nail through a two-by-four, slipped.
Suddenly, Simon was bleeding from the head.
He called Andrea from her room and said, I think I put a little gash in my head.
And that's when she saw the nail and she said, daddy, you have a nail in your head.
His daughter, Andrea, who still can't talk about that day, called 911.
The ambulance arrived and rushed Simon to the hospital.
The emergency room doctors, who've seen it all, can't believe their eyes.
It took the x-ray to convince us that we really had a three and a half inch nail that had completely penetrated his head.
Rushing to her husband's side, Alice is amazed to find Simon alert and trying to communicate.
He was just sitting there and then he showed pointed towards the x-ray.
So I looked over at the x-ray and I just grabbed his hand and just squeezed him.
Although Simon is awake, x-rays indicate the situation is critical.
The nail is buried deep into Simon's head.
If the nail moves even millimeters in any direction, it could be fatal.
Doctors have no choice. They prepare Simon for emergency surgery.
When I knew he had to go to surgery, it was very hard watching me taking him.
I think probably the worst time that I thought about it was when he asked for the will to be done and also when he called for the priest.
Doctors move quickly but cautiously.
Normally the first temptation would be to pull something like that out.
That's the wrong thing to do.
And what we wanted to be very sure was what structures it was up against so that when it was pulled out, we'd know what to be prepared for.
Little by little, the nail is slowly eased out of Simon's head.
Surgeons worked for two hours to remove the three and a half inch nail.
But the nail penetrated the brain.
Now only time would tell if he would truly be all right.
Quite honestly, if you just showed me that x-ray and not let me see the patient, I wouldn't be at all surprised if that patient was dead or very significantly impaired.
But against all odds, Simon stuns doctors and pulls through the surgery without complications.
The wounded family man is on his way to recovery.
Now in this Ripley's exclusive, Simon talks about his amazing ordeal for the first time on television.
I think there was a lot of noise. That's what I remember. There was a lot of personnel trying to get in to see me still.
It was just a lot of activity.
I knew I was going to be, I wanted the possibility of being paralyzed or even dying because of all the blood vessels that you have in your brain, you know.
Today, Simon is back at work. With only a small scar to remind him, doctors say he's made a full and remarkable recovery.
Amazingly, Simon is still remodeling his house and even using that same nail gun.
But one thing has changed, and that's the way Simon looks at life.
Well, I think it's matured me in my thinking about things.
Things don't always go well in your life, but I think you take a step back now and you can reflect on truly what's important in your life.
Simon says the only residual effect from the accident is that he has trouble remembering telephone numbers.
Now in the early days of Las Vegas, this swinger's pad was called the Rat Pax Bomb Shelter.
A 16,500 square foot home with all the amenities of the day, including a pool and barbecue.
But how does a bomb shelter fit into this bachelor pad?
Well, the entire home, backyard and all, is buried 30 feet underground.
Las Vegas is full of luxury accommodations.
But you won't see this retro mansion on the Strip.
In fact, you probably won't see it at all.
Believe it or not, to reach this desert playground, you have to take an elevator ride 30 feet underground.
I think the best part about living in an underground house is that you have complete control over your climate.
Completed in 1965 after more than three years of construction and at a cost of $4 million,
this subterranean mansion is actually a bomb shelter designed to survive any catastrophe.
Amazingly, it was so well hidden that the city of Las Vegas wasn't even aware it existed until 1978.
And today, it remains virtually unchanged since the day it was built.
Now, this retro underground hideaway is a favorite party spot for those looking to experience a taste of Las Vegas' golden age and the swingin' 60s days of the Rat Pax.
You can see the living room is quite large.
A comfortable seating area over here with a working fireplace.
The wet bar is on this end.
We call it the pink bedroom.
And this is our kitchen right out of 60s.
But with all that's inside, the best part of this unique dwelling is probably outside the walls.
The backyard has its own four-par golf course.
It's got a fan air barbecue, a swimming pool, a 15-foot waterfall, hot and cold special jacuzzi.
Although it was created to be a perfect imitation of life above ground, a closer examination reveals the secrets to the underground illusion.
For instance, the sun lamps go on and off with a flip of a switch.
And if you look closely, it takes a lot of air to keep an underground mansion going.
That's the fake tree that they had to put up so all the fumes and things from your fireplace is vented through that fake tree.
Despite electric bills of over $1,200 a month, the owners of this self-contained underground marvel plan to keep it going as long as they can.
And since it's designed to survive any man-made or natural disaster, that could be a very long time.
These amazing acrobats leap and climb their way through the city like cats.
See how their risky urban ballet is becoming an international craze.
Also, you'll flip when you see what this bionic man can do.
Ripley's puts the fastest artist alive to the test.
And why are these locals dropping their pants for train passengers?
We tracked down the answers on Ripley's.
Tomorrow on the man-made movie, Billy Crystal heads west.
This was not in the brochure.
City flicker.
We're on vacation!
While back at the man-made ranch,
Just a little turn of the wrist.
Gad goes country, putting on new duds and bellying up to the bar.
The man-made movie. Tomorrow at 8 Eastern, only on PBS Superstition.
New AOL.
Version 7.0.
You've got mail.
New radio at ARL.
Version 7.0.
New AOL.
Version 7.0.
They call it the season of hope.
The season of joy.
The season of light.
When parents seem more like children and children like angels.
And State Farm wants to wish you all the hope, joy, and light the season has to bring.
Are you scared?
I've made some rock and I mix it with the hip hop.
I've got money like one.
I've forever been a kid.
Rock forever.
Kid Rock.
Cocky.
The new album.
The ring of power.
It has been found.
The forces of evil are searching for it.
Something draws near.
I can feel it.
Hi.
They're coming.
A fellowship of nine must destroy it.
What chance do you think we have?
There is no other way.
The Lord of the Rings, directed by Peter Jackson.
Ready PG-13.
Start December 19.
This is Dave Mirra.
Yo, I'm playing your video game, man.
You ain't nothing.
I know your tricks.
You ride tough box?
Where do you break up a piece of what I'm building?
Cast you in one of those miracles, boy.
I'm gonna kick your Dave Mirra freestyle BMX 2 rated T for teen.
Aight?
This month at Sonic, we're rolling out our new Big Cheese.
Our biggest, most awesome cheeseburger ever.
Made with two juicy burger patties and three slices of smoky cheddar cheese
topped with crisp bacon and tangy sweet honey pepper sauce.
Better roll into Sonic soon to get yours.
Enter Robert Ripley's archives.
Let's go to the show.
Believe it or not.
The year is 1963.
Igor Benson's amazing new invention combines his aeronautics expertise
with his love of fishing.
This easy-to-use portable flying boat is called the Gyrocopter
and is designed with the everyday angler in mind.
A small tractor engine provides power,
which propels the Gyrocopter along,
unbelievably allowing it to reach a top speed of 60 miles an hour.
Find the lightweight aluminum contraption.
Proves to be a breeze.
Unfortunately, the Gyrocopter doesn't catch on
because the loud engine and splashy landing scare away any potential catch.
Believe it or not.
It's the beauty shot of base jumping,
leaping off a thousand-foot cliff
with a majestic roaring waterfall as your backdrop.
But for an unfortunate jumper,
one waterfall acted like a vacuum,
and it sucked him into a death spiral.
Watch.
Deep in the heart of South Africa,
nestled among some of the world's most beautiful cliffs,
rages a 300-foot waterfall that base jumpers simply can't resist.
But little did Jeb Corliss realize that a run-of-the-mill base jump in paradise
was about to turn into a desperate fight for life.
Because as he jumped, this ominous 30-story waterfall
sucked Jeb and his chute into its clutches
and sent him crashing down to earth.
Jeb Corliss knew at an early age that he was a risk-taker,
always in search of the ultimate thrill.
By age 23, he was living his dream,
traveling around the world,
jumping off any cliff, building, antenna, or bridge he could find.
Jeb's adventurous spirit soon landed him in the heart of the South African wilderness
with this man, friend and fellow adventurer John Van Shailquik,
a local base-jumping legend who discovered an irresistible jump site
known as Howick Falls.
This place is just amazing. It's just really beautiful.
Beautiful, but treacherous.
The dangers would be on the left-hand side,
you've got a waterfall about 20 meters away from you.
So if your parachute opens just about 20 degrees off to the left-hand side,
you're flying through the waterfall,
and the waterfall falls onto rocks,
so it's a miracle if you survive a fall like that.
John had pulled off the tricky jump several times before,
so this time he decided that instead of joining Jeb, he'd videotape his friend's first jump.
Setting up his gear on the cliffs across from the falls,
John had an eerie premonition.
When he looked across the canyon,
John noticed something was terribly wrong.
I could see the winds were really, really turbulent,
and I held to them, you know, don't jump, and I want to wave my hands,
but they couldn't hear because the thundering of the water was quite hectic.
With the camera rolling, Jeb, oblivious to John's warnings,
positions himself to jump.
Three, two, one. See you guys.
Jeb jumps.
First, his parachute deploys normally.
But in an instant, the turbulent air sucks him into the pounding waterfall,
slamming him violently into the rocks below.
Looking through the lens, John can't believe what's just happened.
I couldn't see down there, so I brought the camera back on and I zoomed it in,
but it was no way to be funny. It was just under the water all the time,
and I felt like, why am I going to do this, Dave?
I moved the camera over the water and I saw just this body coming up, just splashing the water.
John drops the camera and rushes to the bottom of the falls.
He finds Jeb clinging to life.
Now, the first thing I realized is that I'm very, very cold,
and I'm starting to shiver,
and the shivering is really hurting me because everything's broken.
But unbelievably, while waiting for his friends to reach him,
Jeb's broken body is being attacked.
When I'm sitting there holding onto this big boulder, unable to move,
I have these little crabs nibbling on me.
So I'm basically being eaten alive by crabs.
After pulling him out of the water, John stays with Jeb while others go for help.
But after such a treacherous fall, how would Jeb possibly get out of the wilderness alive?
Finally, nine hours later, help arrives.
Having clung to life, Jeb's rushed to the nearest hospital
where doctors worked to piece together his broken body.
It takes a month of critical care, but astonishingly, Jeb survives.
Ouch.
Watching the horrifying videotape, he recalls every excruciating detail of the fall that still haunts him.
And as I hit it, I can actually feel my back break.
I mean, I'm just like...
I fall forward. As I fall forward, I impact again.
And as I hit the second time, it hits me in the front, separating all of my ribs.
Unbelievably, within a few months, Jeb was actually back, packing his parachute
and tempting fate at Venezuela's Angel Falls, the world's largest waterfall.
At 3,200 feet, a dangerous drop over 10 times taller than the one that almost killed him.
He's in position. Will he have the nerve?
Three, two, one.
Without hesitation, Jeb jumps.
See ya.
It's a breathtaking free fall that takes Jeb dangerously close to the mountain face.
With all he's been through, why does he do it?
I really like the idea of pushing the parameters of what's humanly possible
and doing things that others think, that's just insane.
There's an unbelievable painter on the streets of New York City.
Speed is his trademark. A picture like this, or like this, in 29 seconds flat.
Of course, that includes framing.
At age 69, you'd think Morris Katz might be ready to slow down a little.
But believe it or not, Morris Katz is quicker than ever.
In fact, he's the fastest painter alive.
I can paint faster than anybody in the world.
I can paint much faster than you can buy the paintings, okay?
And to prove it, here on the promenade at New York's Battery Park,
he'll finish two paintings in the time it takes to tell his story.
I'm going to paint the park with the streetlights in the background,
the piloting with the harbor in the background.
With the timer ticking, Morris begins.
And the challenge is on.
Morris has been painting for over half a century, creating mind-bending amounts of art.
In my lifetime, I've painted and sold more than 260,000 original oil paintings all over the world.
More than a thousand museums have my paintings.
Morris's technique is not only fast, it's finely detailed.
In only 10 minutes, he can capture all the intricate beauty of the Statue of Liberty.
Now, nearly 50 seconds in, let's see how the accelerated artist is coming along on his Ripley's challenge.
Already, the images are taking shape.
Okay, I'm going to go in now to the details, to the fine detail of creativity.
Never mind horses again.
Here at Public School 88, Morris shows his revolutionary painting technique to a group of third graders.
I use a palette knife, you call it a spatula, and oil paints,
and I use toilet paper to enhance it instead of a brush to create like brush strokes.
As you can see, his students are quick to pick up his unique style.
Good, good, very good, good.
I think he's terrific in everything he does. He's somebody to be proud of, being a Yorker.
And back on the promenade, where Morris has become a celebrity of sorts,
the incredible artist adds a final touch.
Okay, finish.
And, unbelievably, he finishes two paintings in record time, after a mere two minutes and 55 seconds.
Unbelievable.
Unbelievable, I didn't think he'd be able to do it.
There's no disputing. Morris' quick-draw technique makes for a show you won't soon forget.
I can paint faster than anybody in the world.
Ripley, Ripley, believe it or not.
We'll be right back.
Next, these people are preyed to a human head.
Find out why they swear by the secret power of these skulls.
Plus, how long can Mr. Freeze stay trapped inside a meat locker?
Also, the people on a bare-bottom mission to moon this passenger train.
And glittering glue-on garments, sure to make you sparkle.
Coming up on Ripley's.
Wake up your friends right here on TBS Superstition.
Can you, like, dance at all?
Yeah, I can dance, you know.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
What is that?
Joy looks stupid now. There's no music playing.
Friends, tomorrow at 7.30 Eastern on TBS Superstition.
Welcome to United Online.
Joining together Net Zero, Juno, and millions of people who have stopped paying high Internet bills.
Now you can have great connections, fast page loads, instant message compatibility,
and at only $9.95, it's less than half the price of AOL.
There's never been a better time to switch.
Call 877-995 or visit netzero.net or juno.com.
Additional phone chargers may apply.
For just one night, the WB Friday has been Grinched.
For the first time on broadcast TV in over a decade,
the WB presents the digitally remastered How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
I must stop Christmas from coming.
With me, Mr. Grinch, his dog Max, too, the whole town of Whoville, and Cindy Lou Who.
Don't miss the WB holiday presentation, How the Grinch Stole Christmas,
followed by an all-new Maybe It's Me, this week on the WB Friday's Grinch Night.
Looking for a good time?
Play Hilarium, the game of simultaneous charades.
There you go, guys, then.
Hilarium, where fun meets its match.
This is Dave Mirra.
Yo, I'm playing your video game, man. You ain't nothing. I know your tricks.
You ride tough parks? Where do you break up a piece of what I'm building?
I'm gonna cash in one of those Miracles for you.
I'm gonna kick your Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 ready T for Teen, aight?
Take a ride in a Ford.
It's a world for a dealer ride.
Take a ride in a Ford.
Get behind the wheel and let yourself go.
And head off for the open road.
There's nothing like the feeling of a Ford.
Take a ride in a Ford.
C. Aaron's Ford Ordenville.
Have you seen all the things you can do with these new digital cameras?
Adre Camera has the largest selection of digital cameras anywhere in Michigan.
All the top brands from the leading manufacturers.
Sony, Nikon, Canon, Olympus.
And Adre Camera stocks every camera they carry.
Take a picture, print it, save it to this, or email it to a friend.
Digital picture taking is so easy and you never run out of film.
Adre Camera, with locations in Dearborn, Troy, and Canton.
Getting buried in some parts of Bolivia doesn't mean your body will stay in a cemetery.
Believe it or not, people here are digging up the dead.
Because they believe there's secret power in human skulls.
This man is a Bolivian witch doctor who uses skulls to heal the sick.
But not just any bones will do.
The deceased must be buried for at least three years.
And the more educated in life, the better.
This woman has kept the skull of a local elder in her home for a decade.
She and her mother believe praying to it keeps her family safe.
And for all the protection skulls provide, they are held in the highest respect.
Often decorated or honored with gifts.
Believe it or not.
A new sport has been born in the city of Paris, France.
Sport may not be the best way to describe what these athletic Frenchmen do.
They call themselves yamakazi.
And what they do is a cross between ballet and building jumping.
Now don't be fooled, these guys make it look very easy, but they have years of training under their belts.
They leap rooftops, scale walls, and jump fences.
No, they're not running from anything.
These city kids have invented a radical pastime.
Half sport, half urban ballet.
And it all happens in these inner city surroundings.
All on their own, they've developed the kind of moves most pro stuntmen wouldn't even try.
And now these daredevils are even starring in their own movie.
We are the first in the world to do what we are doing now.
We preach these movements.
Nobody did it before.
And today, for the first time on American television, Ripley's documents their one of a kind cross town trip.
The bold yamakazis got their start back in 1997 with seven original members.
They combined acrobatics, gymnastics, and follow the leader to create a unique new sport that's both artistic and risky.
Yamakazi is the art of travel.
The city is the constant.
It's the biggest playground in the world I've ever seen in my life.
It's taken years of training for the yamakazi to develop the skills needed for these maneuvers.
And while what they do is legal in France, it should never, under any circumstances, be attempted by amateurs.
We are not crazy. Not at all. Because we train a lot. We really train a lot.
Yamakazi members get together several times a month to engage in their high-speed pastime.
They begin by mapping out a route through the city before tackling each new urban obstacle course.
The object? To conquer as many outrageous barriers as possible.
Yamakazi will be trying to see what he can do.
You understand? He will not say just, no. He will try to see, okay, in this city what can I do?
Today's training run begins at this downtown apartment complex with a quick stretching and warm-up routine through concrete stairwells and walkways.
You can be a really nice bodybuilder with big muscles, but it isn't with muscles you will jump. It's with your mind.
Your mind. Your mind. Your mind. Your mind.
Along the way, even an ordinary stairwell is transformed by the Yamakazi.
Like a choreographed dance, walls are scaled, fences are clear, and some of the obstacles the Yamakazi tackle on their adventures are so dangerous we can't show them on Ripley's.
But as their action-packed film demonstrates, recognition for this extreme new sport has made its way into modern culture.
Seven city kids who can now be found performing around the world.
Yamakazi, we know each other since we are kids.
We grew up together and we believed in what we did. And we continue to do it. We never give up.
It wasn't always easy, but we never give up.
Ripley's world of unbelievable animals.
Here at a secluded airstrip in the mountains of Nepal, a new king-sized form of polo is drawing players from all over the world.
Technically, the rules are the same, except for one big difference. Instead of polo ponies, they use polo pachyderms.
That's right, elephants. And while their enormous size means these contests move a little slower than regular polo matches, they're still a big hit with the local spectators.
And while sometimes in the heat of the chase, the elephants, along with their riders, get a little carried away, no one's been seriously injured.
And that means when it comes to elephant polo, everyone's a winner.
Believe it or not.
Next, he's so cold his skin is turning purple. Now find out how long Mr. Freeze can survive locked in a meat locker that's 35 below zero.
I don't know what's going to happen.
Plus, Doug locks skis without snow.
We'll show you how he's taking his potentially deadly pastime to the streets at over 60 miles an hour.
And the Baywatch beauty taking to the runway in nearly nothing but rhinestones.
One designer's incredible passion for sparkling fashion. Next.
Tomorrow night on Movies for Guys Who Like Movies, he was just passing through.
Now he's in a deadly game.
Bruce Willis, last man standing tomorrow at 1045, only on TBS Superstation.
The Terminator, Sunday, 8 Eastern, 7 Pacific, on TBS Superstation.
Pizza!
In my family, if one wants pizza, the other wants Chinese. Even their stomachs don't agree.
If one gets indigestion, the other one gets heartburn. If one gets nausea, the other one gets...
Well, so I get Pepto Bismol. As it coats, it relieves heartburn, indigestion, upset stomachs, nausea, and diarrhea.
It'd take a box full of other medicines to do what Pepto Bismol does.
Agree?
Agree.
Pepto Bismol, first aid for heartburn, diarrhea, nausea, indigestion, and upset stomachs.
What are you doing?
Laundry.
Laundry?
But I'm glad you're up. I've been waiting to vacuum.
Breakfast.
I'll pick up your tray when I get back from the market.
But it's Sunday. Aren't you gonna lay around and watch football all day?
Not if I'm gonna finish that roasting time for dinner.
Somebody had their minute made this morning. It only takes a minute, but the feeling lasts all day.
Honey, what's the setting for chiffon?
Introducing the best America Online ever. New version 7.0. It's better, faster, and easier.
Click a click and you're connected.
7.0 is fast.
It's got all the new features. It's just so easy.
All new AOL version 7.0.
Welcome.
It's everything you love about America Online. You've got mail.
Now with cool new features and places to go.
I'm falling in love with the new features.
7.0 is the best.
Don't be a chicken. It's easy.
America Online. New version 7.0. So easy to use. No wonder it's number one. Call 1-800-4-ONLINE.
Dantus will be right with you.
Thank you.
Now you can go from drilling holes to driving screws in a snap.
Get the Quick Connect BitChain system only on the new Firestorm drill.
Unlike other drills.
Okay, are you ready?
It's totally painless.
Oh, sorry.
The new Firestorm. Built by Black & Decker.
So my neighbor comes in and says,
Your kitchen always smells so clean and fresh. What air freshener do you use?
So I said, PineSaw.
And she says, PineSaw's not an air freshener. It's a cleaner.
And I said, Well, PineSaw cleans and leaves air smelling fish like an air freshener.
And she shoots me a look.
So I tell her, it cleans with the power of PineSaw and freshens the air with three long lasting scents.
Pine, lemon fresh, and rain clean.
She says, I found a new cleaner.
And I said, and an air freshener too.
Unbelievable people doing unbelievable things.
These men and women can perform these extraordinary acts because they have dedicated their lives to understanding all of the risks involved.
So remember, never tempt fate and never attempt the unbelievable act you are about to witness.
Don't do it.
Unbelievable.
He's known as Mr. Freeze for his ability to withstand the coldest temperatures.
And in just a moment, Mr. Freeze will attempt a feat no one's ever been able to complete.
An unbelievable act that could literally freeze him to death.
I don't know what's going to happen, but that's what I'm looking for always.
The adventure.
His name is Bim Hof, a Dutchman who uses the amazing power of meditation to regulate his internal body temperature.
Tonight, wearing just a swimsuit, Bim will see how long he can survive inside this frigid cold meat locker where the temperature is an icy 35 degrees below zero.
Having reached a deep meditative state, Bim is ready to begin.
The doctor is standing by to monitor his vital signs and, if necessary, end the experiment.
With everything in place, Bim enters the icy chamber and closes the door behind him.
After just 10 minutes, the once tender steak Bim took into the deep freeze is now frozen rock hard.
20 minutes, and Bim is still unfazed.
He's doing okay, but if you look carefully, you can see that there is a deterioration of the skin.
At 30 minutes, ice is actually forming on Bim's bare chest.
But amazingly, through the use of a thermal camera, we can see Bim is still generating heat from around his rib cage.
After 40 minutes, when an ordinary human would already be in a cold-induced coma, maybe even dead, Mr. Freeze stands his ground.
He is rather blue because of blood stagnation, but his filtrate and electrocardiogram all look pretty normal, and he's looking okay, so I don't worry.
Finally, as the one-hour mark approaches, Bim Hop gives the signal he's coming out.
He's done it. After surviving an entire hour in sub-zero temperatures, cold enough to kill, Bim Hop, the man they call Mr. Freeze, has completed one chillingly unbelievable act.
Dr. East End, I still have to go a lot deeper to affect my core temperature. I feel great, of course, right now. I'm not cold.
Are you finding it hard to keep up with all the new hybrid sports that your kids are playing these days?
Well, praise yourself, because another one is catching on and racing down your quiet suburban street.
Inline skates plus downhill skiing equals this.
Growing up in Vermont, Doug Luck loves competing in snow sports, especially downhill skiing.
Then at age 16, Doug's interest shifted to the new sport of inline skating.
But Doug soon became frustrated. He just couldn't go fast enough on rollerblades.
Two years later, and still in search of speed, Doug pondered the question, is it possible to combine the quickness of skiing with the versatility of inline skating?
I worked for Roll Bay for a few years, that's effing prototypes and finding out what works, what doesn't.
Doug made his own working prototype. While he still used standard ski boots and conventional poles tipped with rubber, the inline skis had to be custom made. After a quick test run, the extreme sport of street skiing was born.
Basically what I did was combine my two favorite sports of skiing and inline skating.
And today, Doug is pushing the limits of this new sport. He's attempting to ski down this hill at speeds fast enough for the freeway, over 50 miles an hour.
If you're like me, and speed is your thing, it is an incredible rush.
For protection, the road is closed to traffic and Doug wears a Kevlar suit, the same material used in bulletproof vests.
But even the suit isn't enough to protect him from the vicious wipeouts that can occur.
At these speeds, one tiny mistake could be Doug's ledge.
Oh, it takes one time, so you have to make sure you're protected.
Doug also wears special aerodynamic headgear, which doubles as a crash helmet in case of a fall.
Other safety measures include?
Head shorts, go under your shorts. Your most vulnerable spot is your hips.
With one last check of his gear, he's off.
As Doug flies down the hill, his speed is picking up rapidly. He hits 25 miles an hour almost instantly.
Looking for even more speed, Doug goes into a tuck. He's now up to 40 miles an hour.
But can Doug go any faster? Pushing it hard, he's up to 50 miles an hour, and the pressure on his legs is almost unbearable.
At this speed, even a small rock could send him crashing to the ground.
Amazingly, Doug flies past the 50 mile an hour mark. He's now at 60 miles an hour.
Doug Luck once again fulfills his need for speed.
Demonstrating that street skiing, which is legal in skateboard-friendly areas, is the high-velocity sport of the future.
Start on a flat surface and work your way up, you will get it.
Because the sport is relatively new and equipment keeps improving so dramatically,
street ski speed record holders are lucky if they can keep their title for a month.
If you see it on Ripley's, you can bet that it's real.
But there are plenty of jokers out there telling half-truths and whole lies.
So here's your chance to play the role of a Ripley's researcher.
Check out these three bioengineering experiments. Only two really exist.
Can you spot the knot?
A. A tomato infused with fish gene.
B. A goat injected with spider cell.
Or C. A hybrid between a watermelon and a banana.
Two are true.
Can you spot the knot?
Don't go away. We'll be right back to reveal which are fact and which one's fiction.
Fighting for his life, he must kill or be killed.
Keenan-Ivy Wales.
Coming up next, only on PBS Superstition.
Miss Lang, on 30 October you were observed handing out these suspicious looking little discs.
Those discs you refer to but show freedom on all who possess them.
What you call freedom, I call license. A license to go willy-nilly all over the internet without paying a cent.
Well, shouldn't that be a right? Shouldn't the internet be free to us, our children and to all people?
Net zero believes it should.
I couldn't wait to show off my new wheels at the reunion until I told my state farm agent I really needed to fix fast and he mentioned Service First.
When you choose State Farm Service First claims program, you don't have to get asked to.
Go straight to a participating repair center where they guarantee their work. It's as simple as that.
I was looking good again in notes.
Run?
Service First. Just one more way. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.
This is Dave Mirra.
Yo, I'm playing your video game, man. You ain't nothing. I know your tricks.
You ride tough barks? Where do you break up a piece of what I'm building?
Cash on one of those miracles, boy. I'm gonna kick your Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 rated T for teen, aight?
Looking for a good time?
Woo!
Play Hilarium, the game of simultaneous charades.
Ready, guys?
Right then.
Hilarium, where fun meets its match.
The Super Computer Sphere.
Returns to Novi Expo Center this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
IBM, Microsoft, Intel, HP and others.
The biggest computer liquidation ever.
Handheld computers, $99. Notebooks, $4.99. Computers, $99.
Burgers and scanners, $49.
17-inch monitors, $99.
Featuring free hourly seminars all three days, including Windows XP, up to 50 dealers, millions of dollars, and inventory up to 80% off.
80% off.
For more info, visit bluestarshows.com.
The Super Computer Sphere.
Just in time for holiday shopping at Novi Expo Center, a Bluestar production.
This holiday, give the gift of love. Give sensuous lingerie and romantic gifts from Lovers Lane.
Lovers Lane offers petite to full-figured, intimate fashions and evening wear.
Guaranteed to warm up any winter night.
Lovers Lane holiday gifts range from playfully outrageous to simple and elegant.
Riding a fun in the sun getaway, Lovers Lane has sexy swimwear for both him and her.
Lovers Lane. Helping couples play together and stay together.
It's time to separate the believe it from the not.
Check out these three bioengineering experiments.
Only two really exist.
Can you spot the not?
A. A tomato infused with fish genes.
B. A goat injected with spider cells.
Or C. A hybrid between a watermelon and a banana.
Are you ready for this?
A is true.
Combining Arctic fish genes with the red fruit results in a hearty breed of tomato that can be grown in cold climates.
B is also true.
Researchers have successfully bred goats with spider genes.
The goat milk contains a powerful protein used to make bulletproof vests.
C is the not.
This fake photo of a funky looking banana is one wise guy's idea for a fruity futuristic food.
Take a close look at this gentleman's face.
He earned the title of the luckiest man alive.
That's because Cécile Amogel was sentenced to death by a firing squad.
And when they yelled, ready, aim, fire, eight bullets hit him.
The final one fired at close range to the head to ensure death.
But incredibly not one vital organ was hit.
And he survived.
Authorities saw this as a sign from above and they set him free.
With bullet hole scars on his face when Cécile went on to travel the world telling his unbelievable story of survival.
Now, check out another unbelievable story.
When Campbell aired Lost His Arm to Cancer, he knew that just doing everyday things would become more difficult.
So when creators of a newly designed bionic arm needed a test subject, he was first in line.
After getting used to his new high tech limb, Campbell found he could do things he never thought he'd do again.
Bookshelves and changing light bulbs, holding a nail in the wall while you hammer it in.
What separates this arm from other prosthetics are the sensor driven motors, meaning Campbell's own muscles control the arm.
Designers plan to someday connect the arm directly to nerve endings, allowing this medical device to function with the precision and dexterity of a natural human arm.
Believe it or not.
Here on Ripley's, things are not always what they appear to be.
Take these three jars for example.
What looks like sparkling gems are actually a tube top,
a halter top,
and a bikini.
This is going to be a fun part of the show.
Watch.
Women have always adorned themselves with jewels to compliment their outfits.
But now, thanks to fashion designer Tina Marie Stoker, precious stones are no longer just an accessory.
Because believe it or not, Tina Marie and her team are turning gems into clothing.
And these models are trading in their old fashioned look for some sexy new jeweled design.
Tina Marie has always loved fashion.
And it was back in 1996 that she came up with the idea for wearable gemstones.
The original concept was to do a fashion accessory for girls to wear when they go on vacation and do things that they could adorn their body.
At first, her sparkly creations failed to catch on.
But then, Tina Marie grabbed the attention of the fashion world with this dazzling wedding dress.
It took more than six hours to glue the 20,000 stones in place.
And while the beaded bride brought her a lot of press, it wasn't until rocker Tommy Lee commissioned this work for one of his concerts that the concept really took off.
Soon, Tina Marie was the hot designer for Hollywood's hip crowd, outfitting celebrities like Baywatch beauty Tracy Bingham.
But this isn't a look you just slip into, as our models soon found out.
Unbelievably, this design used more than 29,000 stones and took over 13 hours to glue in place.
And in case you were wondering what makes these teeny tiny beads stay on...
It's a trade secret.
I can just say that it isn't adhesive, I can say that.
After two hours of work, the model's transformation is almost complete.
You feel more covered than you think, you really do. You don't feel exposed.
And with a few more gems, these women are ready to hit the town.
Amazingly, Tina Marie's special adhesive allows you to dance, sweat, shower, and even swim in her creations.
In fact, if properly taken care of, the jewels will stay on for up to two weeks and they're reusable.
You can peel them and re-stick them to the board that they come on, kind of like a sticker sheet.
And while smaller pre-made jewelry clothing designs sell for between $15 to $20,
Tina Marie's handled special orders anywhere from $2,000 to a whopping $50,000.
Outfits everyone seems to be taking a real shine to.
I told you so. Ripley's will return after this.
So, jewelry clothing not your style? Maybe you'd like to try on this necklace made of maggots
and the train ride that'll get you there in a flash.
That's because these bystanders regularly drop their drawers for the railroad.
I'm gonna do it!
Find out why when Ripley's returns.
Woo!
Thursday on the Man-Made Movie.
Tell anyone today?
They ain't over yet.
Billy Crystal has swept.
This was not in the brochure.
Biddy Clicker.
I'm on vacation!
Well, back to the Man-Made Ranch.
Just a little turn of the wrist.
Cadgo's Country.
Putting on new duds and bellying up to the bar.
The Man-Made Movie.
Thursday at 8 Eastern. Only on PBS Cooper Station.
And exclusively by Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse.
From WWFshopZone.com.
Now, you can own the number one action comedy of the year.
Rush Hour 2 on Infinifilm DVD.
With Infinifilm's innovative control options, you can integrate deleted scenes.
Hear the director's insights.
I heard it was the ball.
Escape into outrageous outtakes.
D.D. English, what did you say?
What?
And much more.
I don't know him.
Chris Tucker.
Jackie Chan.
Rush Hour 2.
You see that?
Own it today on the Infinifilm DVD.
Ready, BG13.
This is Dave Mirra.
Yo, I'm playing your video game, man.
You ain't nothing.
I know your tricks.
You ride tough parks?
Where do you break off a piece of what I'm building?
Cash in one of those Miracles, boy.
I'm gonna kick your...
Dave Mirra, freestyle, BMX 2.
Rated T-15, aight?
My restaurant was opening in just one hour,
but my headache was running the kitchen.
I needed Advil Liquigel.
They get the strength of Advil into my system fast.
So I'm back in control fast.
Take Advil Liquigels and take control.
You look awful.
Sinus pressure, huh?
You know how Advil handles your tough pain fast?
Well, Advil Cold and Sinus handles tough sinus pain fast.
This is in this, plus a decongestant.
That's why they call it Advil Cold and Sinus.
Ah!
Gary Stiller is mad.
Mad?
I'm going crazy!
He bought this plastic wrap to keep his fruit salad fresh?
Only I can't get it from here to the food!
Gary, you should have bought Glad Cling Wrap.
Glad unrolls smooth and easy and clings tight when you need it to.
Comes out easy?
Yep.
And clings tight?
Absolutely.
And no, Glad Cling Wrap!
Don't get mad.
Get Glad.
Glad Cling Wrap.
The Bronze Synchro gives you Bronze closest shave ever.
And its automatic self-cleaning system leaves your shaver so clean, it feels like new every day.
Stories you can't imagine.
People you won't believe.
Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Here in this tiny Southern California town, hundreds gather together at the same time, on the same day, year after year.
And wait for the train.
We have friends coming from Australia, from England, and my whole family flies in from different states.
And it's an annual event we never miss.
It's a tradition that began 25 years ago.
A regular customer at this local saloon decided to celebrate his birthday with a very personal salute to the train.
Now the train's unsuspecting passengers are about to get more view than they bargained for.
Because this unique clan of men and women have gathered here to take down their pants and loom train passengers.
I'm gonna do it!
Some display personal messages, while others go en naturel.
For these mooners, it's a rite of passage, and they travel hundreds, even thousands of miles, for their brief moment of expression.
Believe It or Not.
This unusual jewelry is actually quite common in many parts of New Guinea.
Because for many villagers in rural areas, these necklaces are used to barter for goods and services.
But there is another valuable aspect to this handmade choker.
You see these?
What looks like ornately carved wood beads are actually magnets.
But they're not just for looks.
If warriors while out on the hunt get hungry, they eat the larvae strung while still squirming right off the necklace.
Dead or alive.
Unbelievable.
Believe It.
We need to cause all this trouble.
And now you understand the danger we're all in.
There's been a lot of excitement lately about the new things happening at Wayne County Community College District.
I plan on getting my associate in science next semester.
I'm going to start a visual graphics program for computer aided drafting.
I'll start my own business in computer repairs, computer training maybe.
And I could become a teacher.
I graduate in a week and one day from today.
I'm going to look back on this experience and thank God that I had the opportunity to attend this school.
See for yourself.
Visit your local WC3D campus today.
The new WC3D campus is brought to you by Burger King, home of the Whopper.
On an all new episode of Mutant X.
Tempting to escape is a waste of time.
The crackdown against new mutants intensifies.
We'll be put into stasis for future examination.
Fitting friends against friends.
Myself be wracked by guilt.
I never expect guilt as much to ask of a sociopath.
The desperate act of survival.
We have failed the people we pledge to protect.
At all new Mutant X.
Come next week.
Welcome to the new WB Sunday.
Would you believe?
A wicked wipeout shattered this motorcyclist's skull.
So doctors had to peel off his face.
And staple it back on.
It's an eerie celebration from the grave.
People spending their life savings to dine and dance with their dead relatives.
This Bond girl's passion for power boats left her dead in the water.
Until a miracle brought her back.
Ed Nussbaum isn't using his bulldozer to build a house.
It is his house.
A three story mobile mansion with a twist.
There's nothing that can prepare you for Edmund's house.
Whether it's cans, corks, or forks.
Fork man, fork man.
This guy's the king of trash can fashion.
But it's his living grass bikini that'll surely grow on you.
I would like to grow grass on a suit and send it to outer space.
Unbelievable.
Believe it.
On Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Welcome to the world of Ripley's where the unbelievable is around every corner.
Seth Enzlo has a reputation as the motorcycle bad boy with the pretty boy looks.
That was until he attempted to jump nearly 200 feet and landed face first.
Motorcycle stunt riding is an extreme and dangerous sport.
Seth Enzlo knows this all too well.
In an attempt to be the best motorcycle jumper in the world,
Seth ends up looking like Frankenstein's monster.
After having his face surgically ripped off and stapled back on.
All from this accident that almost cost him his life.
Oh God, he's gotta be hurt.
Even at a young age, Seth knew that he loved motorcycle riding.
I bought my first bike when I was 16 years old in a truck and just started going to the races.
He quickly discovered his jumping ability.
I borrowed my buddy's 250 and hit it in the gear and I just went so far and so high.
Not all of his jumps were successful.
But Seth always seemed to brush off and walk away from many accidents.
His girlfriend, Kristin, always supports him despite her fears.
I'm always nervous when I watch him but I just know that he's gonna do it.
That's what I tell myself.
Nothing could prepare him for his most dangerous day.
Jumping his motorcycle farther than any other man.
The distance, almost an entire football field.
I was going to beat Doug Danger's world record of 251 feet.
I was feeling that I wouldn't have a problem doing like 260, 265, maybe even 270.
During practice runs, Seth consistently made shorter distances.
But the winds continued to be a problem.
Actually the wind is a big factor in Apple Valley because it's out in the desert where it's real flat.
The first day I got up to about 190 feet and the crosswinds picked up going sideways.
I didn't want to risk getting blown off course and missing the landing.
The next day, however, proved to be worse.
During a test jump of 210 feet, unexpected gust of wind pushed Seth too far.
We started where I left off the day before at 190 feet but we moved it back 20 feet.
So it was a little bit bigger gap though than the speed that I'd figured the day before I went with.
But once I got up by the telephone pole, I caught even more wind than what we were feeling down on the ground.
And it just pushed me like a kite.
Overshooting the ramp, Seth hits hard.
Oh my God.
Oh God.
He's out.
He's got to be hurt.
Oh God.
Down low.
Get everybody back.
Seth, don't get up.
Do not get up, buddy.
Okay?
Don't get up.
One of the paramedics that came out and spoke with me and explained they weren't sure if his neck and his back, if his back had broken.
The violent impact smashed Seth's face against the handlebars, shattering his skull.
He was bleeding a lot and he'd had a seizure too.
Seth is immediately airlifted to Arrowhead Regional Hospital.
Once at the hospital, surgeons quickly assessed that Seth had shattered his large sinus and would need surgery to repair his broken face if he was to survive.
I had a head injury and they brought me back in a couple days after Christmas and cut me ear to ear and pulled my face down and did the surgery.
Put titanium in my forehead because there was a big dent, crushed in where the bone got crushed.
After the surgery was done and I looked at myself, I was like, wow, I can't imagine being a doctor who took the knife and just came at me with it and just cut my head wide open and peeled my face off.
You know, that sounds so crazy, like the person would just totally die if you did that to them.
Today Seth's scars are nearly invisible under his hairline.
Seth's near-death experience has not slowed him down.
Despite doctors' orders not to even put on his helmet for six months, just four weeks after his surgery, the motorcycle madman was back on his bike and jumping again.
Obviously I didn't feel like I was ready to retire. I didn't accomplish my goal of beating the record.
I'm not the type of guy to quit before I accomplish what I'm going after, so I'm going to keep going until I do it.
It's been said that the grass is always greener on the other side.
But the Gene Poole Harding, and yes, that's his name, every side is the grassy side. The side of his Buick, the outside of a bathing suit, the outside of a business suit. You get the idea.
He's created a suit out of aluminum cans.
Over 500 cans in growing.
A jacket and pants made from forks.
Fork man.
Even an ensemble of wine corks.
The corksuit.
But at the top of his line is a suit that really grows on you.
Gene Poole Harding, a carpenter who lives in Brooklyn, New York, wanted to find a way to bring the garden into the city.
It was nearly 20 years ago that the seed for a grass suit initially sprouted and grew into a magnificent obsession.
Early on I just saw the connection between like this grass suit is a living environment and it's a very pure and perfect environment.
I'm always trying to show people that you need to treat the earth and your city and your backyard like I treat my grass suit and try to pay attention to how we're treating the planet.
Gene's line of clothes aren't seasonal. They grow all year round.
In fact, he's grown dozens of grass outfits and has finally refined the art of creating a lush two-piece men's suit.
The conditions for growing a grass suit are very particular because there's no soil involved.
It's just really high moisture, a lot of watering, not too much heat and very little light.
Gene starts out with a regular suit from a thrift store.
Then he applies an industrial adhesive glue over which he sprinkles a grass seed that is a hybrid from Central Park.
I use Manhattan perennial ryegrass because it grows very quickly.
It'll sprout in about 48 hours and I can grow a suit in about two weeks.
These grass suits can live for up to three weeks. Once the suits die, Gene has many ways to dispose of them.
I've dried them out and hung them on walls. I've shown them in galleries. I've given them away to people.
I buried one. Sometimes I just throw them away.
Gene says the suits helped him overcome his shyness.
I was just amazed at how it drew people into me and it made me feel very just congenial and talkative.
It was just a complete enjoyment to be out in nature in this suit that was totally alive.
Do you know how this works?
I sow seeds.
There you go.
I think it's so cool.
It's real red.
How much? Can I have mine?
It's wet.
Kind of heavy.
It smells like grass, though.
It's damp.
Yes, it's green. What an idea.
Wanting to push his act to a whole new level, Gene decided to design a two-piece suit totally unlike any other.
A grass bikini.
And on Fifth Avenue, America's heartbeat of high street fashion, turf green swimwear makes its debut.
People are pretty interested. They seem to be in awe. I've actually had somebody ask me where you can get one of these.
Not at your local store, of course, but yeah, very interesting.
Gene has come a long way since his first suit. He's grown grass on cars, dresses, shoes, and he doesn't seem to be slowing down.
I would like to grow grass on a suit and send it to outer space.
At the end of the day, this homegrown designer is not interested in fashion facts.
Mostly it's just the labor of love. It just works every time and it's really an enjoyable thing every time.
Still ahead, this woman spent her whole life savings for one last dance with her father.
Never mind he's been dead for 30 years.
Awesome.
Have this 150-pound pig saved her owner from a heart attack.
Plus, can this daredevil escape the clutches of a killer python?
And she's the youngest pilot to break the sound barrier.
We take off with this teen top god.
Next on Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Ripley's Believe It or Not is brought to you in part by Voice Stream Wireless.
Step to the line. Stand up straight.
Stand up straight.
Add AOL Instant Messaging to your phone for just $2.99 a month only from Voice Stream.
Behold Gandalf the wizard. Behold Frodo the hobbit. Now they're not just to behold, they're to be held.
Now at Burger King, buy a Whopper value wheel and get a Lord of the Rings line of glass.
Establish just $1.99 each. Collect all four. The adventure begins here.
Splashdown. Never a dry moment. Rated E for everyone.
The Japanese are expecting a war.
Now on DVD and video. History comes alive.
We have to strike in the heart of Japan the way they have hit us.
Pearl Harbor. Own it now on DVD and video.
One song perfume by Prince Machiavelli.
Stories you can't imagine. People you won't believe. Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Ripley's has discovered a town where residents take their life savings and throw a huge party for their dead relatives so that they can dance with their bones.
If it sounds unbelievable, well, wait till you see it.
It's a sacred ritual where all of the guests of honor are dead.
A ritual where the living spend a small fortune to appease deceased relatives.
They believe that throwing a lavish celebration for the dearly departed will bring the entire family good fortune.
Madagascar, an island nation off the coast of South Africa, is home to nearly 15 million people.
Although the population is predominantly Christian, many people still follow ancient pagan traditions.
But few practices are as startling as what's called the famadilla, which means the turning of the bone.
It's an all-day festival that's a bizarre twist on a family reunion.
The average family holds a famadilla once every three to five years during winter months.
But other families like Rudolph and his wife Solo have to wait much longer.
It took them 30 years to save up for the celebration that will reunite Solo with her father.
If the couple skimps on the cost of the ritual, they'll have to wait much longer.
The family would be shamed if they didn't spend lavishly on their dead relatives.
And from the perspective of the dead relatives, why would you want to be an effective mediator between your family and God
if your family was not willing to show you a very good time?
The famadilla begins when each of the dead relatives is
given a small sum of money to the dead relative.
They are then given a small sum of money to the dead relative.
The famadilla begins when each family opens their tomb for one hour,
allowing poisonous gases and the overwhelming stench to dissipate.
The family then enters the tomb and invites the ancestor's spirits to reenter their bodies.
The most recently deceased are removed first for the celebration.
This can lead to some startling graveyard behavior.
It's a joyous family reunion in which people actually dance with the bodies.
Family and friends are given the opportunity to talk to them.
They bring the spirits of the dead up on the gossip and the family.
The congregation then heads out to the site of the extravagant feast.
Rudolph and Solo have spared no expense.
They've slaughtered most of their livestock to prepare a huge banquet for hundreds of guests.
After nearly a full day of joyful celebration, it's time for the final phase of the ritual.
That's when the dead are given new burial shrouds and placed back in their tombs.
Giving the dead person new clothes has a very strong symbolic value.
It marks a significant new phase in the life of the person.
For Solo, it's been an especially meaningful day, a chance to spend time with her long-departed father.
As for the living, this interaction with the remains of their deceased family members serves to diminish their fear of death.
They're also saying death is a part of life.
It's something that we must all become accustomed to and we must accept as a part of life.
I wouldn't call that fatalism.
I would say that viewing death in a very pragmatic sense.
When the shrouds are changed, the women take the old dressings and tear them into shreds,
then put them underneath their pillows for good luck.
This is simply the world of unbelievable animals.
Here in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, residents treat this pot-bellied pig like royalty.
That's because this heavyweight hog is a hometown hero.
We were literally saving our lives.
Jo Altman was home all alone the morning she suffered a massive heart attack and fell to the kitchen floor.
Her pot-bellied pig, named Lulu, immediately sensed something was wrong and sprung into action with human-like heroics.
Lulu was putting her big head over mine and spying me big back there.
I had no idea what she was doing at the time.
That's when Lulu actually went for help.
First, she frantically squeezed through a doggie door that was only a foot wide.
She was younger and definitely thinner at the time.
Then the walking pork roast did the unbelievable.
Lulu ran into the road and played dead to get someone's attention.
A young man in a convertible bowled her back to the trailer door, banged on it, and said,
Hey, you people in here, your pig's in distress.
And so I said, so am I. Please call 911.
The paramedics arrived and rushed Jo to the ER.
Doctors credit Lulu with saving her owner's life.
When the story got out, Lulu put Beaver Falls on the map.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gave Lulu this prestigious National Humane Award.
The local library literally rolled out the red carpet, and the Beaver Falls Beauty Academy offered Lulu a free makeover.
Oh, she needs a manicure too? Oh my goodness. Look at her now.
She's a pretty animal.
Now this pig lives a hero's life and doesn't squeal when asked over for dinner.
She's a teenage top gun who wants to be a fighter pilot.
She first sat in the cockpit at five years old, and she is also the youngest person in the world to break the sound barrier.
I think that's enough to get you started.
You're here today to shoot at each other.
It's briefing time and every word is critical.
Today we'll simulate gun attacks, not missile attacks.
Twenty minutes and thousands of feet in the air later, the battle begins.
One pilot has the edge and moves in for the kill.
Locked in on the enemy, the pilot fires and nails the target.
On the ground, it's time to savor the victory and meet the warrior, a 16-year-old girl named Katrina Muma.
Katrina began flying over a decade ago, but even with ten years in the cockpit, Katrina's still too young to fly alone.
She remembers getting her start at the tender age of five.
It was at a local air show here, and it was in a 1929 open cockpit by plane.
And it was a lot of fun. We got to do some wing overs and things like that.
Katrina has flown just about every type of aircraft there is, from the Goodyear Blimp to a Russian MiG.
That's right, a Russian MiG.
Only 11 when she went to Russia, Katrina was convinced she could pilot a jet faster than sound.
But her flight instructor was somewhat less than enthused.
She was led into a room saying, okay, here's the person you're going to fly with.
But he thought it was a joke.
He was mumbling things in Russian that I don't think I want to know what he was saying.
But later that day, Katrina Muma made history.
She flew a MiG jet past Mach 1.3, an incredible 940 miles an hour.
The youngest person ever to break the sound barrier.
And what's next on this Top Guns to-do list?
Now after high school, I want to go to the Air Force Academy, become a fighter pilot, go to test pilot school,
the astronaut program, and then my ultimate goal is to lead the first manned mission to Mars.
Katrina's dad was so devoted to his little girl that he sold the family car to pay for her plane ticket to Russia.
And then, an awesome 100-foot waterfall and the kayaker risking his life to be the first one down its treacherous path.
Once I've decided I'm going to do something, I know that I can do it.
We take you over the edge with this extreme athlete.
The ultimate price when he's tangled with a python.
Now, Ripley's is there for his reptilian rematch.
Coming up.
It hit me when my wife got pregnant.
Just knowing that my son was on the way inspired me to lose weight and get healthy.
I tried all these different things and nothing was working. I thought I was doomed.
Then I saw a Slim Fast commercial and I thought, okay, I'll give it a try.
I lost over 50 pounds on the Slim Fast plan. I found a whole new reason for living.
I'm real high energy now. I drink Slim Fast every day.
The shakes really satisfy me. There's about a gazillion vitamins and minerals and healthy stuff.
It's just great. It's a wonderful thing.
Slim Fast every day. Get healthy. You really can do it.
Get off the road! Quick!
He was chosen to destroy an ancient evil.
The ring is yours now. I know what I must do.
This Wednesday, something draws near. I can feel it.
They will find the ring and kill the one who cares.
His courage will lead them.
The Lord of the Rings, rated PG-13, starts Wednesday.
Special men are chosen on Tuesday at select theaters.
I chose to play the game. It didn't choose me.
Sure, things weren't always easy. Friends, fighting, school, drugs.
But the game taught me the fundamentals of life. Honest, teamwork, trust.
I knew drugs, even weed, would get in the way.
Football, my anti-drug.
And now I'm the teacher.
You're watching Ripley's Believe It or Not.
It's debatable whether going over Niagara Falls in a barrel is courageous or crazy.
But a barrel is actually a pretty secure form of transportation,
considering that it's enclosed, waterproof, and padded.
There is, however, little debate about danger when it comes to the
going over a 10-story waterfall in a kayak.
Teo Berman is about to take his kayak when no man has ever gone before,
over the edge of a 98-foot waterfall.
That's equivalent to jumping off a 10-story building.
There's no room for mistakes. If I make any mistakes, it can be, you know, it can get me killed.
Thrill seekers have always been drawn to the danger of going over waterfalls.
In fact, many people have died attempting to ride the 176-foot drop at Niagara Falls.
Most of them were in specially designed padded barrels.
But even that protection was not enough to survive the unbelievable impact on the water below.
Now Teo is attempting things.
He has discovered and successfully descended more than a thousand miles
and successfully descended more than 40 uncharted waterfalls in North and South America.
But this latest, a plunge never tried before, is by far his most dangerous.
I'm confident enough in my ability and I've trained enough that I don't doubt myself.
Once I've decided I'm going to do something, I know that I can do it.
Teo, who is now 20 years old, grew up scaling rock walls in the Pacific Northwest
before climbing into his first kayak at 14.
As I got better and started finding waterfalls and hard rapids to run,
I started doing that type of thing and I fell in love with it
and realized it was what I was going to be doing for a long time.
When he's not in the water, he's in class, working toward a degree in marketing at Southern Oregon University.
But when it comes to kayaking, Teo has taught himself.
He's also become an expert at finding the rapids no one else has ridden.
One way that I find these descents is by getting to my computer and looking at topographical maps.
It doesn't take long for Teo to find a new challenge.
Here it gets even steeper. My guess is it's going to drop about 2,000 feet in a mile.
Definitely have to go scout this one out.
The first thing Teo does when he finds a suitable course is walk the river.
He checks to make sure that the water isn't too high and the waterfalls along the way are runnable.
Before I climb into my boat, I need to be able to close my eyes and picture every single move that I'm going to do.
And if I can't do that, then I'm not going to get in my kayak.
Extreme kayaking is growing more dangerous every year.
Since 1995, 15 people were killed in the United States while kayaking.
And that possibility weighs on the mind of Teo's girlfriend, Jennifer Bechtel.
When I'm out on the river, there's always a certain fear factor on my part of watching a loved one go off these waterfalls.
Teo's latest conquest is this staggering drop at Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.
He's the first person to ever attempt it.
I knew that this was the waterfall and I was ready to do it.
The upper Johnson Canyon waterfall is extremely dangerous because it is only 8 feet wide at the top.
Both sides are lined with solid rock.
Teo's high-performance kayak is built to resurface fast.
And he was the first kayaker to put two-gallon jugs filled with water in front to prevent him from a potentially fatal rollover.
A broken back is a risk that I'm not willing to take.
So we'll just try to keep it at a couple of rips at most.
First, he sends an empty kayak over the drop to see how it falls.
It still gives me butterflies watching because you never know what's going to happen.
Satisfied that the conditions are right, Teo then paddles out above the falls.
He reaches the lip using his paddle to keep the kayak perfectly centered as he goes over the edge.
It's all downhill from there.
In slow motion, you can see every second of the terrifying plunge.
About 80 feet down, the left side of Teo's kayak slams into a rock.
It took less than five seconds for Teo to hit the turning water nose first.
Unbelievably, Teo survives the 10-story fall.
A broken carbon fiber paddle is proof of his fierce collision with the rocks on the way down.
Came down right where I wanted to be.
It was all perfect and caught my shoulder, my left shoulder on the wall.
I saw that.
About 80 feet down, which rolled me.
But it was a really good line. I didn't move out. I did everything I wanted to do.
I'm stoked.
Although every muscle in his body hurt the next day and he had a bruised shoulder,
Teo says that he has no intention of slowing down.
It's never-ending. I'll continue to push myself as far as I think that I can and not get hurt.
As soon as I had run that waterfall and that it had been successful,
I was wondering how much bigger I could go.
They say a man's home is his castle.
Well, what kind of castle do you think a man called the Bulldozer King would build?
It twists, it turns, it even drives right down the road, and odds are you've never seen anything like it.
It's a huge three-story house built right on top of a bulldozer.
This incredible home is the creation of a man known as the Bulldozer King.
That's Edmund Nussbaum's nickname.
And his passion for big rigs is well known in his hometown of Anzisham, France.
As our producer in France, Ed Flaherty, found out, you have to see this house to believe it.
There's nothing that can prepare you for the first time you see Edmund's house.
I just sat there awestruck. It's really, really astounding.
Its total space is an amazing 3,660 square feet, three stories tall with wraparound decks and a jacuzzi.
And it gives the phrase mobile home a whole new meaning.
Edmund built his castle on wheels so he could relocate during seasonal flooding.
A 160 horsepower engine actually moves this monster, but it can only go three miles per hour.
That's because it weighs a staggering 200 tons.
Its electrical and water systems work similarly to that of boats.
The engine supplies the power and the water is kept in tanks.
Just for fun, Edmund put a turntable between the chassis and the platform.
That allows the house to rotate 360 degrees in both directions.
And when that turntable starts cranking, it's like being on a merry-go-round.
When the house starts spinning, your first reaction is to hold on because you think you're going to fall down or fall off.
When you live in it, you change it once. Once in the day, once in the night, all by yourself.
It's a self-contained, one-of-a-kind all-terrain home.
And its creator believes this is the house of the future.
Edmund says that his favorite hobby is rolling the house down to the lake and fishing off a balcony.
We'll be right back.
Still ahead.
Can this modern-day Houdini escape from three straightjackets?
Before getting strangled by a mammoth snake?
Plus, the Bond girl who died and lived to tell about it.
I'm very lucky. Very lucky.
And we're going to be releasing it, believe it or not.
All you need is, all you want is
Dave Matthews Band every day.
And I'm all you need is, all you want is
Also featuring I Did It and The Space Between.
Dave Matthews Band every day.
You
When it seems like all is lost
When it feels as if you have no hope when you were outnumbered overpowered and they've got you cornered
That's when you realize your last best hope is you
You
Tonight the American pie guys are in the WB
Which one do you like better guys the right one
I would hate to have to choose for any gay comments in John Joe. This ain't fan camp. She's bohemian. Why is it got to be about race with you?