Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 20, 2023

Little did they know, later on, even the first class titanic passengers had to share one huge bath tub along with the others known as the ocean…

When are streets never wet in the movies?

spaced man spliff Premium Observer pointed out about 1 hour

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“Much of today’s ‘comedy club’ humor sounds more like people venting to their therapists over their pathetic lives. No catchy humor in that.”

Funny you should say that. I get the Denver comedy channel (103.1) when in the car and those people are not even funny. Not been hearing so many of the older better ones lately. I am forced to switch over to RW rant radio which can itself be entertaining. The audiences must be tipsy as they often laugh before the punch line comes up.

In the big movie——Chasing after Rose all the time, I doubt Jack Dawson had time to take a third class bath.

Hold on, was the Dollar Baby fact here a few months ago, or did I bring it up in a comment? It’s one of my favourite things about Stephen King, and it’s actually jump-started a few very successful careers.

Speaking of filmmaking, for those who are curious: filmmakers will get streets wet because dry asphalt looks a lot worse on camera, for a lot of optical reasons.

Thanks for explaining the sidewalk thing. The Stephen King entry does sound familiar now that you mention it.

Lighting is probably better on streets being filmed at night if they are wet, due to the better reflection from the water. And in horror movies, it’s often storming and rainy during nighttime climax scenes.

Last night I came upon a comment from fgerbil46 and I asked him to repeat it here, today. It is quite a ways down in the reply’s of the featured comment. It starts thusly . . .

I have kept silent too much for too long. The censorship on this site has reached, in my opinion, fascist proportions. I spent 10 and 1/2 years in military service to this country and its

If fgerbil46 does post it, I will then delete this . . .READ IT!

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Yeah but they’re not saying how big the tubs were. So there. I’ll bet they all fit nicely. Washed each others backs. Shared stories about their families and recipes. Drank beer and wine and had a great time. Time to set the record straight. ~ Slappy Magee, Newsbreak contributor extraordinaire

Take care, may aspiring science fiction romance horror comedy documentary writer Edgar Allan “What’s Science Fiction Oh That Stuff About Big Balloons And People On The Moon And Mechanical Spiders In The Forests Dear God The Humanity” Poeord be with you, and gesundheit.

This is why I never travel 3rd class, but I prefer showers anyway.

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about 3 hours ago on Ripley’s Believe It or Not

SOAKING IN LUXURY

Boudreaux hit the lottery and came into some extra cash. He decided to spend some on Clotile. “Now dat we got us some money, sha, you kin have anyting ya lil hart desire,” said Boudreaux. “Tell me, beb, whatchu want? Anyting ya say, you got it!”

“Dis might sound a lil crazy, but it’s someting I wanted, me, ever since I wuz a lil girl,” answered Clotile. “One time I saw dis beautiful actress take a milk bath. Soakin’ in dat bathtub full o’ milk made her skin so soft an’ so purty. Dat’s what I want, me, a good milk bath.”

“May, beb! Dat’s all? Asked a surprised Boudreaux. “I’m gonna come outta dis smellin’ lika rose, me. I’m gonna go call dat dairy rite now.”

Boudreaux called the dairy in Thibodaux to place his order. The clerk asked, “Do you want the milk pasteurized, sir?”

“Aw, no, sha!” said Boudreaux. “Jus’ up ta her belly button in da tub gonna be okay!”

I thought if you weren’t going to distribute it commercially, you didn’t need to pay anything.

The Steven King comment doesn’t sound too benevolent to me, actually it seems self-serving.

I wonder if Steven King ever got a case of writer’s block.

…so why are movie streets always wet? On purpose? Or serendipitty?

Probably because wet streets darken the pavement, increasing contrast.

Of course the bath tub was “unsinkable”, it’s not a sink, duh! ;-p

Nice way to get freebie movies, Steve-o! ;-p

With all the strenuous action on a street film set, it’s only natural that they would be wet from all that perspiration. Phew! ;-p

Just a thought,

When I hold the door open for a lady about 90% of them are appreciative.

But when I hold the trunk open and try to get them in they run and scream “POLICE”.

The wet streets in movies AND on TV, have always made me wonder WHY? What’s the point of making them wet? It’s a rhetorical question.