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Unusual Inventions

Description

The show opens with the song "Who's Sorry Now?" Then Robert Ripley talks about some weird inventions, including stories called "A Knitting Courtship" and "The World's Greatest Invention." He also tells about America's oldest new father and asks who has the hardest head. The program features Robert Ripley, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra, singer Harriet Hilliard, and announcer Ben Grauer.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! is an American franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals with bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims. Originally a newspaper panel, the Believe It or Not feature proved popular and was later adapted into a wide variety of formats, including radio, film, television, comic books, a chain of museums, and a book-series.

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