Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 26, 2014
Transcript:
The winners of the 1908, 1909 and 1910 Tours de France all died in World War I fighting for the French. The popular cartoon Scooby Doo was originally rejected by CBS as they thought it was too scary. Big rodent! The largest rodent ever, J. Monesi, lived in South America 3 million years ago and weighed one ton!
Simon_Jester over 10 years ago
If CBS had known SCRAPPY Doo was coming, they’d NEVER have given it the green light
Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
Been nice knowing you, TdeF WWI veterans.
RCKJD over 10 years ago
Hmm… I would say that is a Rodent Of Unusual Size.
corpcasselbury over 10 years ago
I watched Scooby-Doo from the time it first debuted in 1969, and I never found it “too scary”. And even after all these years, the adventures of Scooby and his friends are far better than most of the garbage that passes for animation nowadays.
Mostly Water Premium Member over 10 years ago
Bawana, be nice.
NaturLvr over 10 years ago
Wow, way to desecrate the memory of men you know nothing about. They put themselves in the line of fire for their country and made the ultimate sacrifice. That was a stupidly cold thing to say and if I were you, I’d delete it.
Stephen Gilberg over 10 years ago
I thought they’d sooner express concern that Shaggy seemed to be a drug addict.
fixer1967 over 10 years ago
Star Trek and M.A.S.H were both meant to be tax write offs. They were meant to lose money. That plain backfired.
louieglutz over 10 years ago
who said bike riding wasn’t dangerous?
Mostly Water Premium Member over 10 years ago
Rest in Peace winner of 1908 Tour’s De France, Lucien Petit- Breton, died at age 35 in 1917, François Faber, winner of 1909 Tour’s De France, died at age 28 in 1915, and Octave Lapize, winner of the 1910 Tour’s De France, died at age 29 in 1917, all fighting for their country.
Space_cat over 10 years ago
Maybe they should have surrendered for France, it worked in the second one.
Kirby_Dots over 10 years ago
Sorry, it was an in-joke. Robert and I were referencing a well known scene in the comedy classic, “The Princess Bride.”
Immediately after the hero says that he didn’t think they existed, they were attacked by them.
MetalOverCountry about 10 years ago
3scary5me ;)