Ripley: Believe It or Not
Announcer (archival): : And here is that uncanny unassailable unmatched unparalleled underwriter with the ultimate in unexampled, unconfutable, ultra unbelievable unquestionable upheavals -- “Believe It or Not” Bob Ripley.
播音员（档案）： ：这就是那个不可思议的、无懈可击的、无与伦比的、无与伦比的承销商，他带来了无与伦比的、无可辩驳的、极其令人难以置信的、无可置疑的剧变——“信不信由你”鲍勃·里普利。
Robert Ripley (archival): : And greetings everybody and welcome to the program…
罗伯特·里普利（档案）：：向大家致以问候，欢迎来到这个节目......
On the stage here, we have assembled a group of Believe It or Not people.
在这里的舞台上，我们聚集了一群信不信由你的人。
And you can see this gentleman; he's able to blow up a balloon with his eyes.
你可以看到这位先生；他能够用眼睛吹气球。
Now if you watch closely, you can see him do it.
现在，如果你仔细观察，你可以看到他这样做。
You can see perfectly, he's absolutely normal in every other respect.
你可以清楚地看到，他在其他方面都绝对正常。
Mr. Adenon, he's one of the most sensational oddities of all times.
阿德农先生，他是有史以来最轰动的怪人之一。
He doesn't use a razor; he uses a blowtorch.
他不使用剃须刀；他使用喷灯。
Now just try this on your five o'clock shadow.
现在就在你的五点钟影子上试试这个。
Now this is actually a torch with a temperature almost one thousand degrees.
现在这实际上是一个温度接近一千度的火炬。
Narrator: : In 1939, Broadway raised the curtain on a new kind of showstopper -- a unique museum that brought the newspaper feature Believe It or Not to shocking, three-dimensional life.
旁白： 1939 年，百老汇拉开了一种新的震撼的帷幕——一座独特的博物馆，将报纸专题《信不信由你》带入了令人震惊的三维生活。
Robert Ripley (archival): : …
罗伯特·里普利（档案）：：……
the most fantastic man that you've ever seen in all your life, right here in this Odditorium.
他是你一生中见过的最出色的人，就在这个剧场里。
Narrator: : The Odditorium, as it was called, was the latest incarnation of the popular multimedia brand that for two decades had mesmerized the nation with an encyclopedic pageant of one of a kind wonders, arcane trivia, and homespun Americana.
旁白：Odditorium，正如它的名字一样，是流行多媒体品牌的最新化身，二十年来，该品牌以百科全书般的奇观、神秘的琐事和朴素的美国风情迷住了全国。
Allan Holtz, Cartoon Historian: : Now, you can just imagine somebody reading this stuff in their daily paper, and their mind, their mind is blown.
艾伦·霍尔茨（Allan Holtz），卡通历史学家：：现在，你可以想象有人在他们的日报上读到这些东西，他们的想法，他们的想法被震撼了。
Narrator: : The cartoon introduced Americans to a paperhanger with one arm, the fakirs of India, piano playing dogs, and a Ham Seller named Sam Heller.
旁白：这部动画片向美国人介绍了一个单臂裱纸师、印度苦行僧、弹钢琴的狗，以及一个名叫萨姆·海勒的火腿贩子。
Robert Thompson, Media Historian: : : It was almost as if you were to take this enormous confetti of data and put it into a food processor and push “high” until it blew up and splattered all over the page.
罗伯特·汤普森（Robert Thompson），媒体史学家： : : 就好像你要把这些巨大的数据纸屑放入食品加工机中，然后“推高”，直到它爆炸并溅满整个页面。
And then you wrote, “ Believe It or Not , by Ripley.”
然后你写道：“信不信由你，里普利写的。”
Narrator: : The feature was the brainchild of Robert Ripley -- a shy, bucktoothed sports cartoonist who travelled to the ends of the earth collecting "currioddites" for his eager audiences.
旁白：这部专题片是罗伯特·里普利 (Robert Ripley) 的创意，他是一位害羞、长着龅牙的体育漫画家，他走遍天涯海角，为热切的观众收集“currioddites”。
Melissa Pritchard, Writer: : Human beings have an appetite for the strange, for the odd, the unusual, the grotesque, the fantastic, and I think he intuitively understood that.
梅丽莎·普里查德（Melissa Pritchard），作家：：人类对奇怪的、奇怪的、不寻常的、怪诞的、奇妙的事物有兴趣，我认为他直觉地理解这一点。
Robert Ripley (archival): : Tonight's broadcast of a holy man from India as he actually walks barefoot over red-hot coals of fire…
罗伯特·里普利（档案）：：今晚的广播中，一位来自印度的圣人实际上赤脚走在炽热的火炭上……
Robert Whiteman, Colleague: : Ripley was constantly searching, searching, searching.
同事罗伯特·怀特曼：：里普利一直在寻找、寻找、再寻找。
He had a fever for finding new odd things.
他热衷于寻找新奇的事物。
He loved it.
他喜欢它。
Robert Thompson, Media Historian: : One of the appeals of Ripley was that he was kind of a regular guy.
罗伯特·汤普森，媒体历史学家：：里普利的吸引力之一是他是一个普通人。
He was part world traveler, part hayseed, which people often called him.
他一半是环游世界的旅行者，一半是干草种子，人们常常这样称呼他。
He was not a likely person to become a superstar.
他不是一个有可能成为超级巨星的人。
Robert Ripley (archival): : Ladies and gentlemen, tonight's program is one of the most astounding I've ever attempted -- Believe It or Not .
罗伯特·里普利（档案）：女士们先生们，今晚的节目是我尝试过的最令人震惊的节目之一——信不信由你。
Narrator: : One evening in the winter of 1918, the sports cartoonist at the New York Globe hit a creative wall.
旁白： 1918 年冬天的一个晚上，《纽约环球报》的体育漫画家遇到了创意瓶颈。
His editors were waiting for him to turn in a sketch for the next day's paper, but 28 year-old Robert Ripley was out of ideas.
他的编辑正在等待他提交第二天报纸的草图，但 28 岁的罗伯特·里普利 (Robert Ripley) 却毫无创意。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : December of 1918 --typically a slow time for a sports cartoonist like Ripley -- there weren’t a whole lot of games going on, so he often had to scramble during the winter periods to come up with something for the newspaper, to come up with a cartoon.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：1918 年 12 月——对于像里普利这样的体育漫画家来说，这通常是一个缓慢的时期——没有很多比赛进行，所以他经常不得不在冬季忙着为报纸想出一些东西，想出一幅漫画。
Narrator: : Desperate for inspiration, he pulled out a scrapbook of clippings he had been saving of peculiar athletic feats.
旁白：：出于对灵感的渴望，他拿出一本剪贴簿，里面是他一直保存的奇特运动壮举的剪报。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : He collected articles, and notes to himself, and all these ideas in order to use those during the winter lull.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），作家，《好奇的人》：：他收集了文章、自己的笔记以及所有这些想法，以便在冬季平静的时候使用这些想法。
So he starts sifting through to find a few odd sports feats to cobble together into this one cartoon.
因此，他开始筛选一些奇怪的体育壮举，将其拼凑到这部动画片中。
Narrator: : Ripley assembled a collage of material and called it -- "Champs and Chumps."
旁白：：里普利组装了一幅拼贴画，并将其命名为“Champs and Chumps”。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : It is a series of 11 little drawings.
Edward Meyer，Ripley Entertainment 档案管理员：：这是一系列 11 张小图画。
No big, central drawing.
没有大的中心图。
They're all minor items.
都是些小事。
It looks like he just scribbled it together -- it’s kind of a last-minute, haphazard, OK, I gotta turn in something.
看起来他只是潦草地写下来的——这有点像最后一刻，随意的，好吧，我得交点东西。
Narrator: : Years later, he would say that this was his first Believe It or Not cartoon -- but that night, Ripley was simply relieved to make his deadline.
旁白：多年后，他会说这是他的第一部《信不信由你》动画片——但那天晚上，里普利只是因为能在截止日期前完成任务而松了一口气。
Allan Holtz, Cartoon Historian: : He didn't do another one for 10 months -- and when he finally did another one, at least he did make some progress, he called it Believe It or Not .
艾伦·霍尔茨（Allan Holtz），卡通历史学家：：他已经 10 个月没有再做另一件事了——当他终于做了另一件事时，至少他确实取得了一些进展，他称之为“信不信由你”。
But from then on, he might produce a Believe It or Not every few months.
但从那时起，他可能每隔几个月就会制作一部《信不信由你》。
He did not recognize it as his ticket to fame by any means.
无论如何，他并不认为这是他成名的门票。
Narrator: : In the early 1920's, Ripley's quirky sports-themed Believe It or Nots appeared only sporadically, filling in the gaps between his more conventional sports coverage.
旁白：在 1920 年代初期，里普利的奇特体育主题《信不信由你》只是零星出现，填补了他更传统的体育报道之间的空白。
He wrote articles to accompany his cartoons and quickly garnered a reputation as a good read.
他为自己的漫画撰写文章，并很快赢得了读物的声誉。
"If you really appreciate art and literature combined" touted the paper, "you can't afford to miss Ripley."
该报吹捧道：“如果你真正欣赏艺术和文学的结合，你就不能错过里普利。”
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : About 10 years into Ripley’s career at the Globe , something happens that’s a turning point for him in his life and his career.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：：里普利在环球报的职业生涯大约 10 年后，发生了一些事情，这对他的生活和职业生涯来说是一个转折点。
He's sent on this adventure around the world.
他被派去世界各地进行这次冒险。
Narrator: : The ocean liner Laconia was embarking on a luxury cruise that would circle the earth.
旁白： ：拉科尼亚号远洋客轮正踏上环绕地球的豪华邮轮之旅。
Ripley's editors booked the cartoonist passage on the ship and instructed him to sketch and write about what he saw during the four-month voyage.
里普利的编辑在船上预订了漫画家通道，并指示他素描并写下他在四个月的航行中所看到的一切。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : He had always wanted to travel, but he was stuck on a reporter salary and didn’t have really the means to do much travelling until this opportunity fell on his lap to finally see the world.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：他一直想去旅行，但他靠着一份记者的薪水，没有真正的能力去旅行，直到这个机会终于降临到他的腿上，让他看到了这个世界。
Narrator: : Through his "Ramble 'Round the World" columns, Ripley took readers along for the ride of a lifetime.
旁白：通过他的“环游世界”专栏，里普利带领读者踏上了一生的旅程。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : He goes to Hawaii first, and then heads over Asia.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：他先去了夏威夷，然后前往亚洲。
He's sending a dispatch home, a brief essay, and some cartoons every day.
他每天都会给家里寄一封信、一篇短文和一些漫画。
It was almost like the blogging of its time.
这几乎就像当时的博客一样。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : It’s his first trip to China, first trip to Japan -- all life-changing experiences -- introduction to architecture, introduction to religions.
爱德华·迈耶 (Edward Meyer)，里普利娱乐公司 (Ripley Entertainment) 档案管理员：：这是他第一次去中国，第一次去日本——所有这些都改变了他的人生经历——对建筑的介绍，对宗教的介绍。
It’s just all new and exciting to him.
这对他来说都是新鲜且令人兴奋的。
When he gets to India, he’s absolutely overwhelmed by Hinduism.
当他到达印度时，他完全被印度教所震撼。
It’s just as foreign as anything could possibly be to him.
这对他来说是最陌生的。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : On the banks of the Ganges, he witnesses the burning ghats where people burn corpses.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：在恒河岸上，他目睹了人们焚烧尸体的燃烧的高止山脉。
Right alongside these burning corpses are holy men bathing themselves in the water.
在这些燃烧的尸体旁边，有圣人在水中沐浴。
Elsewhere in town are other holy men who are doing, to Ripley’s mind, strange things to themselves to prove their devotion to their god -- staring at the sun until they go blind, holding their arms aloft for 20 years 'til their arms become fused in place.
镇上的其他地方还有其他圣人，在里普利看来，他们正在做一些奇怪的事情来证明他们对神的忠诚——盯着太阳直到失明，高举手臂长达 20 年直到他们的手臂融合在一起。
So suddenly, he's seeing some of the most bizarre forms of human behavior that he’s ever witnessed and he's just fascinated by it.
突然间，他看到了他所见过的一些最奇怪的人类行为形式，并且对此着迷。
And he draws pictures of it.
他还画了它的图画。
Narrator: : Ripley was transfixed, by both the human and man-made extremes he saw.
旁白：：里普利被他所看到的人类和人为的极端行为惊呆了。
Awed by the Taj Mahal, he called it an unsurpassed monument of beauty and human devotion.
他对泰姬陵感到敬畏，称其为一座无与伦比的美丽和人类奉献的纪念碑。
He returned from India a changed man, which soon became evident in his work.
从印度回来后，他变了一个人，这一点很快就在他的作品中显现出来。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : More of his cartoons now begin featuring flashbacks to some of the things that he saw on that trip.
尼尔·汤普森，作家，《好奇的人》：：他的更多漫画现在开始以闪回他在那次旅行中看到的一些事情为特色。
They also begin to feature strange things that he is seeing or hearing about elsewhere.
它们也开始以他在其他地方看到或听到的奇怪事物为特色。
It was this progression from the extreme athletes that he once featured in his sports cartoons.
他曾经在他的体育漫画中描绘过这种极限运动员的进步。
They evolved into featuring the extremes in all areas.
他们演变成在所有领域都具有极端特征。
Narrator: : The eclectic feature drew the attention of crossword publishers Dick Simon and Max Schuster, who wrote the cartoonist, offering to publish a book of his cartoons.
旁白：：这部不拘一格的作品引起了填字游戏出版商迪克·西蒙和马克斯·舒斯特的注意，他们为这位漫画家撰写了漫画，并提出出版他的漫画书。
Robert Whiteman, Colleague: : He didn't feel he was a book man.
罗伯特·怀特曼（Robert Whiteman），同事：：他不觉得自己是一个书呆子。
He had been published in newspapers for all his life and he saw himself as a newspaper cartoonist.
他一生都在报纸上发表文章，他认为自己是一名报纸漫画家。
Narrator: : Then, one controversial cartoon would launch him onto the national stage.
旁白： ：然后，一部有争议的动画片将他推上了全国舞台。
Announcer (archival): : May 1927 - Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis are to join hands to make history.
播音员（档案）： ：1927 年 5 月 - 林德伯格和圣路易斯精神号将携手创造历史。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : In 1927, Charles Lindbergh is the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Edward Meyer，Ripley Entertainment 档案管理员： : 1927 年，查尔斯·林德伯格 (Charles Lindbergh) 成为独自飞越大西洋的第一人。
Announcer (archival): : Thirty six hundred miles to Paris and all America vicariously shares every lonely mile.
播音员（档案）：：距巴黎三千六百英里，全美国共同分享每一英里的孤独。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : It is big news, worldwide, everybody knows the Lindbergh story.
爱德华·迈耶 (Edward Meyer)，里普利娱乐公司 (Ripley Entertainment) 档案管理员： ：这是全世界的大新闻，每个人都知道林德伯格的故事。
He's a national hero.
他是一位民族英雄。
There’s a ticker-tape parade on Broadway.
百老汇有一场彩带游行。
Robert Whiteman, Colleague: : Ripley put out a cartoon that Lindbergh was not the first man to fly the Atlantic, and it created a sensation.
罗伯特·怀特曼（Robert Whiteman），同事： ：里普利（Ripley）制作了一幅漫画，表明林德伯格并不是第一个飞越大西洋的人，这引起了轰动。
He got thousands of letters -- "What do you mean by saying such a stupid thing like that?"
他收到了数千封信——“你说这样愚蠢的话是什么意思？”
Narrator: : Ripley was accused of being anti-American.
旁白：：里普利被指控反美。
He let the furor and publicity around the Lindbergh cartoon build -- before offering proof.
在提供证据之前，他让林德伯格漫画引起了轩然大波和公众关注。
Robert Whiteman, Colleague: : He showed there were a couple of aviators who flew it and two dirigibles that flew over with 30-some odd people in each flight.
罗伯特·怀特曼（Robert Whiteman）同事：他展示了几名飞行员驾驶这架飞机，还有两架飞船飞过，每次飞行载有 30 多名乘客。
And so as far as he was concerned, Lindbergh was the 67th man to fly the Atlantic.
就林德伯格而言，他是第 67 个飞越大西洋的人。
But the keyword is solo.
但关键词是独奏。
He was the first man to fly solo.
他是第一个独自飞行的人。
Allan Holtz, Cartoon Historian: : He really took a concept and turned it on its head and turned it around and turned it inside out until he could give you a Believe It or Not fact that just blew your socks off.
艾伦·霍尔茨（Allan Holtz），卡通历史学家：：他确实提出了一个概念，并将其彻底颠覆，直到他能给你一个信不信由你的事实，让你大吃一惊。
Narrator: : More shockers soon followed and his reputation as a brash instigator grew.
旁白：：更多令人震惊的事情很快接踵而至，他作为一个傲慢的煽动者的名声也越来越大。
Meanwhile, Simon and Shuster continued to pursue the artist, and Ripley finally agreed to a book deal.
与此同时，西蒙和舒斯特继续追求这位艺术家，里普利最终同意了出书协议。
Allan Holtz, Cartoon Historian: : You can't imagine a success as stupendous as this.
艾伦·霍尔茨（Allan Holtz），卡通历史学家：：你无法想象如此巨大的成功。
Every book review was just crazy for the book.
每一篇书评都为这本书疯狂。
They were flying off the shelves.
它们很快就被抢购一空。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : The book is really the best of the weirdest, most unusual things that he has found in the last five, six years.
爱德华·迈耶 (Edward Meyer)，Ripley Entertainment 档案管理员：：这本书确实是他在过去五、六年中发现的最奇怪、最不寻常的事物中最好的一本。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : That book was the point at which he and the rest of the country finally realized what Ripley was on to.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：从这本书开始，他和全国其他人终于意识到了里普利的想法。
People wanted to be entertained in this way.
人们希望以这种方式得到娱乐。
They wanted their sense of reality to be challenged.
他们希望自己的现实感受到挑战。
Robert Whiteman, Colleague: : Everybody was thrilled with it, and Bob Schuster did something very smart.
罗伯特·怀特曼（Robert Whiteman）同事：每个人都对此感到兴奋，鲍勃·舒斯特（Bob Schuster）做了一些非常聪明的事情。
He sent a copy of the book to William Randolph Hearst who owned the biggest news syndicate in the world called King Features.
他将这本书的副本寄给了威廉·伦道夫·赫斯特（William Randolph Hearst），后者拥有世界上最大的新闻集团“King Features”。
And Hearst looked at the book, liked it, and said, “Hire Ripley.”
赫斯特看了这本书，很喜欢它，然后说：“雇用里普利。”
Narrator: : Hearst's newspaper empire stretched from coast to coast.
旁白：：赫斯特的报纸帝国从一个海岸延伸到另一个海岸。
The media mogul offered Ripley a contract worth 100 thousand dollars a year, increasing his income 10 fold.
这位媒体大亨向里普利提供了一份每年10万美元的合同，使他的收入增加了10倍。
Ripley signed, committing to pen a new cartoon every day, seven days a week.
里普利签署了协议，承诺每周 7 天、每天创作一部新漫画。
The phrase “Believe It or Not” soon entered the national vocabulary, as Americans embraced a steady diet of the weird and wonderful.
随着美国人逐渐接受奇怪而美妙的饮食，“信不信由你”一词很快就进入了全国词汇。
The universe of Believe It or Not contained something for everyone.
《信不信由你》的宇宙包含适合每个人的东西。
Melissa Pritchard, Writer: : He had different categories of the odd, the curioddities.
梅丽莎·普里查德（Melissa Pritchard），作家：：他有不同类别的奇怪、好奇心。
There were natural oddities.
自然有一些奇怪的现象。
There were people that would bounce down stairs on their heads.
有人会用头朝下跳下楼梯。
And then -- he loved numbers -- strange combinations of numbers.
然后——他喜欢数字——奇怪的数字组合。
He basically said there’s an infinity of strangeness in the world that will never run out.
他基本上是说世界上有无限的奇异之处，永远不会消失。
It’s inexhaustible, all the weirdness in the world.
世间种种奇事，无穷无尽。
I think he felt he was barely scratching the surface of it.
我认为他觉得自己仅仅触及了问题的表面。
Narrator: : When Hearst promoted the cartoon with a series of contests, inviting people to submit their own Believe It or Not stories, Ripley was inundated with letters.
旁白：当赫斯特通过一系列竞赛来宣传这部漫画，邀请人们提交自己的信不信由你故事时，里普利收到了大量的信件。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : He is receiving up to 3,000 letters a day.
Edward Meyer，Ripley Entertainment 档案管理员：：他每天收到多达 3,000 封信件。
Many of them don’t even have his name on the outside.
他们中的许多人甚至在外面都没有他的名字。
People are drawing puzzles, semaphore -- anything to catch Ripley’s eye.
人们正在画拼图、信号灯——任何能引起里普利注意的东西。
It becomes such an issue that the Postmaster General has to write an edict and say, “My guys are not gonna waste any more time delivering mail to Robert Ripley."
这已经成为一个问题，以至于邮政局长必须写一份法令并说：“我的人不会再浪费时间给罗伯特·里普利递送邮件了。”
Narrator: : Contest prizes included cars, trips, even airplanes -- but for most, the real prize was the chance to be immortalized by the famous cartoonist.
旁白：：比赛奖品包括汽车、旅行，甚至飞机——但对大多数人来说，真正的奖品是有机会被这位著名漫画家永垂不朽。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : Being in the Ripley cartoon would possibly be the most important thing that ever happened to somebody.
Edward Meyer，Ripley Entertainment 档案管理员：：出现在 Ripley 卡通片中可能是某人经历过的最重要的事情。
You know, this is their 15 minutes of fame.
要知道，这就是他们成名的15分钟。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : Ripley was never cynical or sarcastic.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者： 里普利从来不愤世嫉俗或讽刺。
When he presented people doing odd things, it wasn’t in a mocking tone.
当他展示人们做奇怪的事情时，并不是用嘲笑的语气。
It was in an appreciative tone.
语气中带着赞赏。
I feel like Ripley’s life work was ultimately a celebration of the underdog, and I think he viewed himself as an underdog.
我觉得里普利一生的工作最终是对失败者的庆祝，我认为他认为自己是失败者。
So I don’t think the Ripley Believe It or Not brand that he created was just a brand.
所以我不认为他创建的 Ripley Believe It or Not 品牌只是一个品牌。
I think it was a complete reflection of who Ripley was.
我认为这完全反映了里普利的性格。
Narrator: : He was born Leroy Robert Ripley in 1890 in Santa Rosa, California, a dusty frontier town north of San Francisco.
旁白： 1890 年，他原名勒罗伊·罗伯特·里普利 (Leroy Robert Ripley)，出生于加利福尼亚州圣罗莎，这是旧金山北部一个尘土飞扬的边境小镇。
Melissa Pritchard, Writer: : He was quite odd looking.
梅丽莎·普里查德（Melissa Pritchard），作家：：他看起来很奇怪。
He had a very severe set of bucked teeth.
他的牙齿龅牙非常严重。
He stammered, he stuttered.
他结巴了，他结巴了。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : Ripley in his youth is shy, a bit of an outcast with a stutter and funny teeth, you know he's not a handsome looking guy.
爱德华·迈耶 (Edward Meyer)，Ripley Entertainment 档案管理员： ：年轻时的 Ripley 很害羞，有点被遗弃，口吃，牙齿滑稽，你知道他不是一个长得帅的家伙。
Narrator: : Roy, as he was known, was the eldest of three children.
旁白：：众所周知，罗伊是三个孩子中的老大。
His father worked as a carpenter, and the family struggled to make ends meet.
他的父亲是一名木匠，一家人勉强维持生计。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : When he was growing up, his mother would sometimes make him clothes using the scraps of some of the laundry and sewing jobs that she took in.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：：在他成长的过程中，他的母亲有时会用她接手的一些洗衣和缝纫工作的边角料给他做衣服。
So Ripley would go to school wearing pants that looked like a dress, which is what it was.
所以里普利会穿着看起来像裙子的裤子去学校，事实就是这样。
And the kids noticed and they picked on him and I think he got teased a lot as a kid.
孩子们注意到了，他们欺负他，我想他小时候经常被嘲笑。
Narrator: : A loner, he occupied himself with his favorite pastime: drawing.
旁白： ：作为一个孤独的人，他专注于他最喜欢的消遣：绘画。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : He’s drawing from a very early age, a lot.
Edward Meyer，Ripley Entertainment 档案管理员：他从很小的时候就开始画很多画。
You know, he’s drawing every time he gets a chance to.
你知道，他一有机会就画画。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : Since the family didn’t have much money for something like art supplies, he would use butcher paper with a chopping block as an easel.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：由于家里没有太多钱购买美术用品之类的东西，他会用屠夫纸和砧板作为画架。
Any time he had a free moment, he was doodling.
只要一有空闲，他就开始涂鸦。
Narrator: : As he grew older, Roy dreamed of turning his hobby into a professional career.
旁白：随着年龄的增长，罗伊梦想将自己的爱好变成职业。
Allan Holtz, Cartoon Historian: : Just like a kid who was interested in science, might aspire to be an engineer because of Thomas Edison, a kid who had a little bit of ability to draw funny pictures would aspire to be a cartoonist.
卡通历史学家艾伦·霍尔茨：就像一个对科学感兴趣的孩子可能会因为托马斯·爱迪生而渴望成为一名工程师一样，一个稍微有一点画有趣图画能力的孩子也会渴望成为一名漫画家。
Those guys were famous -- they made a lot of money.
那些人很有名——他们赚了很多钱。
I mean, to draw funny pictures for a newspaper?
我的意思是，为报纸画有趣的图画？
What a great job!
多么棒的工作啊！
Narrator: : At age 17, he mailed a small sketch to a national magazine.
旁白： ： 17 岁时，他向一家全国性杂志邮寄了一幅小草图。
To his delight, they published his submission and paid him eight dollars.
令他高兴的是，他们发表了他的意见并支付了他八美元。
Allan Holtz, Cartoon Historian: : For Ripley to get a cartoon into Life magazine would have been just the most exciting thing that ever happened to him.
艾伦·霍尔茨（Allan Holtz），卡通历史学家：：对于里普利来说，将一部卡通片刊登在《生活》杂志上将是他经历过的最令人兴奋的事情。
You can imagine Ripley seeing that eight dollar check and saying, “I’ve got a career.
你可以想象里普利看到那张八美元的支票并说：“我有一份事业。
If I can sell one of these a week, I’ve got it made."
如果我每周能卖掉其中一个，我就成功了。”
Narrator: : When a family friend secured Ripley a job as a sports cartoonist in nearby San Francisco, he said goodbye to his family, and left home to begin a career as a professional artist.
旁白：当一位家庭朋友为里普利在旧金山附近找到了一份体育漫画家的工作时，他告别了家人，离开了家，开始了职业艺术家的职业生涯。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : He loved the idea of moving to San Francisco.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：他喜欢搬到旧金山的想法。
It seems so far away to him, even though it was only 50 miles south.
尽管距离南边只有五十英里，但对他来说却显得那么遥远。
Narrator: : Ripley's newspaper debut appeared in the evening edition of The Bulletin on February 22, 1909.
旁白：：里普利的报纸首秀出现在 1909 年 2 月 22 日晚间的《公报》上。
It depicted a baseball fan's eager anticipation of Opening Day.
它描绘了一位棒球迷对开幕日的热切期待。
But his initial success was tempered by loneliness.
但他最初的成功却因孤独而受到削弱。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : I think when he got settled in San Francisco, he still felt like a little bit of an outsider.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：我认为当他在旧金山安顿下来时，他仍然感觉自己有点像个局外人。
You know, he was brand new at this job of sports cartooning.
你知道，他在体育漫画这项工作上是全新的。
He didn’t have many friends.
他没有很多朋友。
So during this time, Ripley starts spending a lot of time in Chinatown because he can get a cheap meal there.
所以在这段时间里，里普利开始在唐人街度过很多时间，因为他可以在那里吃到便宜的饭菜。
You know, for five cents, he can eat some noodles.
要知道，五毛钱，他就可以吃一些面条了。
But I think he was also drawn there.
但我认为他也被吸引到了那里。
I think in Chinatown, he felt like less of a loner, and developed a connection to these people who were on the outside of things themselves.
我认为在唐人街，他不再觉得自己是一个孤独的人，而是与这些置身事外的人建立了联系。
They weren’t part of the mainstream.
他们不属于主流。
Narrator: : He felt welcome in Chinatown, but Ripley struggled to find his niche in San Francisco's competitive newspaper world.
旁白：：他在唐人街感到受欢迎，但里普利努力在旧金山竞争激烈的报纸界找到自己的位置。
He was fired from two different papers.
他被两份不同的报纸解雇。
Colleagues advised the discouraged artist to try his luck in New York -- a bigger newspaper market with more opportunities.
同事们建议这位灰心丧气的艺术家去纽约碰碰运气——这是一个更大的报纸市场，有更多的机会。
With nothing to lose, he scraped together his meager savings and bought a one-way ticket east.
由于没有什么可失去的，他凑足了微薄的积蓄，买了一张东部的单程票。
The move paid off.
此举得到了回报。
Ripley soon found a job as a sports cartoonist for Manhattan's Globe and Commercial Advertiser .
里普利很快就在曼哈顿环球报和商业广告商找到了一份体育漫画家的工作。
It was the beginning of a dramatic transformation, starting with his name.
这是戏剧性转变的开始，从他的名字开始。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : If you want to be a tough sports guy in New York, you can't be Leroy.
Edward Meyer，Ripley Entertainment 档案管理员：如果你想在纽约成为一名强硬的运动员，你就不能成为 Leroy。
So he changes from Leroy Robert Ripley to Robert Leroy Ripley.
所以他从勒罗伊·罗伯特·里普利变成了罗伯特·勒罗伊·里普利。
Narrator: : With his $25 a week salary, he invested in a new wardrobe, swapping his scruffy California clothes for smart two-piece suits.
旁白：：他用每周 25 美元的薪水购买了一套新衣柜，将邋遢的加州服装换成了时髦的两件套西装。
Melissa Pritchard, Writer: : This new person emerged -- from this very shy, winning boy from Santa Rosa to this snappy dresser, snappy if loud, garish dresser.
梅丽莎·普里查德（Melissa Pritchard），作家：这个新人出现了——从一个来自圣罗莎的非常害羞、胜利的男孩到这个时髦的着装者，活泼但大声、花哨的着装者。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : He bought his first suit, sent home a picture to his mom of himself posing in Central Park with rolled up pants and a high waist and big lapels, and he was just so proud of that, proud that he could finally buy something nice to wear after not having that ability as a child.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），作家，《好奇的男人》：他买了他的第一套西装，给他妈妈寄了一张自己在中央公园摆姿势的照片，照片中他卷起裤子，高腰大翻领，他为此感到非常自豪，自豪的是他在小时候没有这种能力后终于可以买一些漂亮的衣服了。
Narrator: : He rented a studio apartment at the venerable New York Athletic Club.
旁白：：他在著名的纽约运动俱乐部租了一套单间公寓。
A natural athlete, he availed himself of the Club facilities.
作为一名天生的运动员，他充分利用俱乐部的设施。
Handball became his sport of choice.
手球成为他的首选运动。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : From 1922 through 1928, handball is a major part of his life.
Edward Meyer，Ripley Entertainment 档案管理员：：从 1922 年到 1928 年，手球是他生活的重要组成部分。
He's the New York City champion.
他是纽约市冠军。
He becomes the national team’s champion.
他成为国家队的冠军。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : I think that success on the handball court was important to him.
尼尔·汤普森，《好奇的人》作者：我认为手球场上的成功对他来说很重要。
It was a place where he could excel at something and feel good about himself because he often felt bad about himself as it related to his strange looks, and his buckteeth, and his stutter.
在这里，他可以在某件事上表现出色，并自我感觉良好，因为他经常对自己感觉不好，因为这与他奇怪的外表、龅牙和口吃有关。
Narrator: : By 1929, Ripley had recast himself from a chump into a champ -- a journey culminating in a best selling book and his new partnership with William Randolph Hearst.
旁白： 到 1929 年，里普利已经从一个笨蛋变成了一个冠军——这段旅程最终以一本畅销书和与威廉·伦道夫·赫斯特的新伙伴关系告终。
With Hearst's financial backing, Ripley packed his bags and set off in search of bigger and better Believe It or Nots .
在赫斯特的财政支持下，里普利收拾好行装，出发去寻找更大、更好的信不信由你博物馆。
Melissa Pritchard, Writer: : During the Depression, it was exorbitant to travel by plane or ship.
梅丽莎·普里查德（Melissa Pritchard），作家： ：在大萧条时期，乘坐飞机或轮船旅行的费用过高。
Most people couldn’t afford it.
大多数人买不起。
Robert Ripley was bringing back the world.
罗伯特·里普利正在带回世界。
He was the messenger.
他是使者。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : Ripley is credited for going to 201 countries.
Edward Meyer，Ripley Entertainment 档案管理员： ：Ripley 因去过 201 个国家而受到赞誉。
At the time there’s about 235 recognized countries, so he was the most traveled man of his time.
当时大约有 235 个国家得到承认，因此他是那个时代旅行最多的人。
Narrator: : Ripley’s fact-finding expeditions took him from Afghanistan to Zanzibar, Fiji to Finland, Mombasa to Marrakesh.
旁白：：里普利的实况调查考察把他从阿富汗带到桑给巴尔，从斐济到芬兰，从蒙巴萨到马拉喀什。
He bagged countries like a big game hunter -- bringing back one-of-a-kind wonders to readers at home.
他像一位大型猎手一样对各个国家进行了搜捕，为国内读者带回了独一无二的奇迹。
Robert Whiteman, Colleague: : He was your travel agent.
同事罗伯特·怀特曼：：他是你的旅行社。
He took you around the world, by looking at his cartoons.
他通过看他的漫画带你环游世界。
And he gave you something that you could talk about at the dinner table, which was great, because it made you an entertainer.
他给了你一些可以在餐桌上谈论的东西，这很棒，因为它让你成为一个艺人。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : I think the appeal to the Believe It or Not cartoon is curiosity mixed with education.
Edward Meyer，Ripley Entertainment 档案管理员： 我认为信不信由你卡通的吸引力在于好奇心与教育的结合。
Here’s a guy that’s traveling to places where I’m never gonna get to; I can only dream of.
这是一个要去我永远无法到达的地方旅行的人；我只能梦想。
At least, I can learn about it through him.
至少，我可以通过他了解到一些事情。
Narrator: : And yet, for all his worldly travels, he could also be small-minded and parochial.
旁白：然而，尽管他周游世界，但他也可能心胸狭隘、狭隘。
Robert Thompson, Media Historian: : Normally you think of somebody like Ripley, who was bringing us the world, you think of them as being something of a high-brow, somebody who’s educated and well traveled.
媒体历史学家罗伯特·汤普森：通常你会想到像里普利这样给我们带来世界的人，你会认为他们是一个高雅的人，一个受过教育、游历广泛的人。
But he was well traveled kind of like in the way that maybe your weird uncle was well traveled.
但他游历广泛，就像你那奇怪的叔叔游历广泛一样。
One minute he would really be somebody who was using travel to raise his consciousness; the next minute he would seem to be just another ugly American tourist.
前一分钟，他真的会成为一个利用旅行来提高自己意识的人；下一分钟，他会真正成为一个利用旅行来提高自己意识的人。下一分钟他就会变成另一个丑陋的美国游客。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : He'd refused to learn even a few phrases of the local language.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：他甚至拒绝学习当地语言的几个短语。
He boasted that he would go to places and just speak English louder if people couldn’t understand him.
他吹嘘说，如果人们听不懂他的话，他会去一些地方大声说英语。
Narrator: : Preferring to travel in comfort, Ripley was game to rough it when he had to.
旁白： ： 里普利更喜欢舒适地旅行，当他不得不忍受困难时，他会乐于忍受。
He had a fear of flying, yet still managed to log over 600,000 miles -- enough to circle the earth 24 times.
他对飞行有恐惧，但仍然成功飞行了 600,000 英里以上——足以绕地球 24 圈。
But the intrepid globetrotter had a secret, one that he kept hidden a world away.
但这位勇敢的环球旅行者有一个秘密，他将这个秘密隐藏在遥远的世界之外。
Jonathan Pearlroth: : People always thought that there was a team of employees combing the globe looking for all these amazing and strange facts, but the truth was, it was just my grandfather sitting in the library six days a week, ten hours a day, finding these items on the bookshelves.
乔纳森·珀尔罗斯：人们总是以为有一个员工团队在全球范围内寻找所有这些令人惊奇和奇怪的事实，但事实是，只是我的祖父每周六天，每天十个小时坐在图书馆里，在书架上寻找这些物品。
Narrator: : Ripley's travels were guided by an unseen hand, a polyglot researcher named Norbert Pearlroth, who was directing his employer's adventures from an unlikely location -- the New York Public Library.
旁白：：里普利的旅行受到一只看不见的手的引导，他是一位名叫诺伯特·皮尔罗斯的多语言研究员，他在一个不太可能的地点——纽约公共图书馆指导他的雇主的冒险。
Robert Whiteman, Colleague: : Through Mr. Pearlroth, he had the whole world at his fingertips because he could go into any country and there was Pearlroth’s research of eight, or ten, or fifty Believe It or Not s that he would go to and "discover."
罗伯特·怀特曼（Robert Whiteman）同事：通过皮尔罗斯先生，整个世界都触手可及，因为他可以进入任何国家，并且有皮尔罗斯对八个、十个或五十个信不信由你的研究，他会去并“发现”。
Melissa Pritchard, Writer: : I call them the odd couple.
梅丽莎·普里查德（Melissa Pritchard），作家：我称他们为奇怪的一对。
There was Robert Ripley and his chief researcher, chief facts checker, Norbert Pearlroth, who no one's heard of.
其中有罗伯特·里普利（Robert Ripley）和他的首席研究员、首席事实核查员诺伯特·皮尔罗斯（Norbert Pearlroth），但没人听说过他。
Narrator: : Ripley had first hired Pearlroth, a Jewish immigrant from Europe, in the 1920's to help translate documents and research content for his early Believe It or Not feature.
旁白： ： 里普利在 1920 年代首次聘请来自欧洲的犹太移民 Pearlroth 来帮助翻译他早期的《信不信由你》故事片中的文件和研究内容。
Jonathan Pearlroth: : Well, my grandfather, Norbert, was a teller at a bank and Ripley was a client of the bank.
乔纳森·珀尔罗斯：嗯，我的祖父诺伯特是一家银行的出纳员，里普利是该银行的客户。
My grandfather never sent him a resume or applied for a job.
我的祖父从未给他寄过简历或申请过工作。
It was just a man in a bank who spoke all these languages and got hired.
只是银行里的一个人会说所有这些语言并被录用了。
Robert Whiteman, Colleague: : I think Norbert spoke 14 languages ultimately and read them and wrote them.
同事罗伯特·怀特曼 (Robert Whiteman)：：我认为诺伯特最终会说 14 种语言，并且阅读和书写它们。
I mean, it was a fantastic find for Ripley.
我的意思是，这对里普利来说是一个很棒的发现。
Narrator: : In the quest for material, Pearlroth ensconced himself in the Reading Room of the Public Library and scoured the stacks and shelves for Believe It or Not facts.
旁白：：为了寻找材料，皮尔罗斯躲在公共图书馆的阅览室里，在书架和书架上搜寻《信不信由你》的事实。
Jonathan Pearlroth: : My grandfather had a routine that was the routine of all routines.
乔纳森·珀尔罗斯：我的祖父有一个惯例，这是所有惯例中的惯例。
He took the train from Flatbush Brooklyn right to 6th Avenue and 42nd Street.
他从弗拉特布什布鲁克林乘坐火车直达第六大道和第 42 街。
He spent the entire day at the library and he took the subway back home, had dinner and, I assume, he went to bed and then he did it the next day.
他在图书馆呆了一整天，然后乘地铁回家，吃过晚饭，我想，他上床睡觉了，然后第二天他就这样做了。
Melissa Pritchard, Writer: : While Robert Ripley was hunting after the strange, the fantastic, the weird all over the world, Norbert was hunting through books.
梅丽莎·普里查德（Melissa Pritchard），编剧：当罗伯特·里普利（Robert Ripley）在世界各地寻找奇异、奇幻、怪诞的事物时，诺伯特则在书籍中寻找。
Norbert Pearlroth was like one of Robert Ripley's own Believe It or Not characters.
诺伯特·皮尔罗斯就像罗伯特·里普利的《信不信由你》中的角色之一。
Narrator: : In fact, it was Pearlroth who conceived of the infamous Lindbergh cartoon -- one of many born of this fruitful collaboration.
旁白： 事实上，正是皮尔罗斯构思了臭名昭著的林德伯格漫画——这是这次卓有成效的合作中诞生的众多漫画之一。
Ripley was careful, however, to keep Pearlroth's existence quiet.
然而，里普利小心翼翼地对珀尔罗斯的存在保密。
At the end of the day, it was Ripley's Believe It or Not .
归根结底，这是《里普利的信不信由你》。
Robert Whiteman, Colleague: : He never, to my knowledge, gave Pearlroth any credit or any publicity.
同事罗伯特·怀特曼：据我所知，他从未给予皮尔罗斯任何荣誉或任何宣传。
But he was the man behind the king.
但他是国王背后的人。
Jonathan Pearlroth: : He seemed to be so immersed and so in love with his work that it really didn't matter if it was a Norbert Pearlroth story.
乔纳森·皮尔罗斯（Jonathan Pearlroth）：他似乎如此沉浸并热爱他的工作，以至于这是否是诺伯特·皮尔罗斯的故事并不重要。
My grandfather had a true thirst for knowledge, that’s really what it was.
我的祖父对知识有着真正的渴望，事实就是如此。
Melissa Pritchard, Writer: : They were absolute opposites, and yet, somehow, they fulfilled one another.
梅丽莎·普里查德（Melissa Pritchard），作家：他们是截然对立的人，然而，不知何故，他们却互相成就了。
They made a perfect complete union of entertainment.
他们完美地结合了娱乐。
You know, one couldn’t exist without the other.
你知道，缺一不可。
Narrator: : In 1930, Warner Brothers studio produced a series of theatrical shorts featuring the world traveller and his odd facts.
旁白： 1930 年，华纳兄弟工作室制作了一系列戏剧短片，讲述了这位环游世界的旅行者和他的奇怪事实。
Man’s voice (archival film): : Oh Mr. Ripley…
男人的声音（档案电影）：：哦，里普利先生……
Robert Ripley (archival film) : Yes?
罗伯特·里普利（档案电影）：是吗？
Man’s voice (archival film) : I was just wondering if you could tell me how you came to draw your first Believe It or Not cartoon?
男人的声音（档案电影）：我只是想知道你是否能告诉我你是如何画出你的第一部信不信由你漫画的？
Robert Ripley (archival film) : About eight years ago on a certain day when I was drawing pictures for a New York paper, I couldn’t think of anything to draw…
罗伯特·里普利（档案影片）：大约八年前的某一天，当我为纽约一家报纸画画时，我想不出要画什么......
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : Ripley comes across in the movies as awkward.
爱德华·迈耶 (Edward Meyer)，Ripley Entertainment 档案管理员：：Ripley 在电影中显得很尴尬。
He's not comfortable, very formal.
他不舒服，非常正式。
Robert Ripley (archival film): : and sent them to the engraver and for no reason at all I called them Believe It or Not !
罗伯特·里普利（档案电影）：：并将它们送到雕刻师那里，我毫无理由地称它们为“信不信由你”！
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : There’s no sense of relaxation at all, stiff as it could be in most cases.
Edward Meyer，Ripley Entertainment 档案管理员：：根本没有放松的感觉，在大多数情况下可能会很僵硬。
Robert Ripley (archival film): : I'd like to show you one of the most curious things that I've ever collected in the Believe It or Not museum.
罗伯特·里普利（档案电影）：我想向您展示我在信不信由你博物馆收集过的最奇怪的东西之一。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : He's not the most natural performer and he deals with that in his own ways, one of which is -- has a little cup of whiskey always at hand and kind of loosens himself up before he has to get in front of the camera.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），作家，《好奇的人》：：他不是最自然的表演者，他以自己的方式处理这个问题，其中之一是——手边总是有一小杯威士忌，在必须走到镜头前之前，他会放松自己。
Robert Ripley (archival film): : Now I'm going to show you the strangest man that I've ever seen in all my travels.
罗伯特·里普利（档案电影）：：现在我要向你们展示我在所有旅行中见过的最奇怪的人。
I came across him in a few years ago in the northern part of Africa and he had on his head, horns more than 18 inches long.
几年前我在非洲北部遇到过他，他的头上长着超过 18 英寸长的角。
Narrator: : Audiences were captivated as the formerly silent artist stepped out from behind his easel and onto the screen.
旁白：：当这位以前沉默的艺术家从画架后面走上屏幕时，观众被迷住了。
Melissa Pritchard, Writer: : A celebrity doesn’t always have to be beautiful or handsome or incredibly charismatic with that kind of star power.
梅丽莎·普里查德（Melissa Pritchard），作家：：名人并不总是必须美丽、英俊或具有那种明星力量的令人难以置信的魅力。
He had a different kind of star power.
他有一种不同的明星力量。
Reporter (archival film): : They say this room is a clearinghouse for strange information that you gather, Mr. Ripley.
记者（档案影片）：：他们说这个房间是你收集到的奇怪信息的交换所，里普利先生。
Robert Ripley (archival film) : Yes, this is the Believe It or Not “Hall of Curiosities”…
罗伯特·里普利（档案电影）：是的，这就是信不信由你“好奇心厅”……
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : I think they see this guy who is not Hollywood handsome…
尼尔·汤普森，作家，《好奇的人》：：我认为他们看到的这个家伙不是好莱坞帅哥……
Robert Ripley (archival film): : Robert L.
罗伯特·雷普利（档案电影）：：罗伯特·L.
Ripley, starting another Believe It or Not expedition.
里普利，开始另一次“信不信由你”探险。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : But he's up there anyway doing his best, making mistakes, and I think that’s appealing.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：：但他无论如何都在尽力而为，犯了错误，我认为这很有吸引力。
I think people appreciate it.
我认为人们很欣赏它。
Radio Announcer (archival): : Post Bran Flakes presents (GONG) Believe It or Not !
电台播音员（档案）： ： 麸皮片赠送（GONG） 信不信由你！
Narrator: : Building on his success in publishing and film, he set out to adapt his Believe It or Not brand for radio.
旁白： 在出版和电影领域取得成功的基础上，他开始将自己的“信不信由你”品牌改编为广播电台。
Radio Announcer (archival): : And here’s that notable, nationwide, neigh-bob of nonstop non-nugatory nerve-numbing, neck-and-neck naturals, Believe It or Not Bob Ripley!
电台播音员（档案）： ：这就是著名的、全国性的、不间断的、神经麻木的邻居鲍勃，信不信由你，鲍勃·里普利！
: Greetings everybody, and welcome to the program.
：大家好，欢迎来到节目。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : Ripley’s star in the Walk of Fame in Hollywood is for radio broadcasting.
爱德华·迈耶 (Edward Meyer)，里普利娱乐公司 (Ripley Entertainment) 档案管理员： ：里普利在好莱坞星光大道上的星星是用于广播的。
It’s not for anything else he did.
这不是为了他所做的任何其他事情。
And the fundamental thing that makes it different from everybody else is on-location broadcasting.
它与其他公司不同的根本原因是现场广播。
Robert Ripley (archival): : Greetings everybody and welcome to Grand Canyon.
罗伯特·里普利（档案）：：大家好，欢迎来到大峡谷。
This is Bob Ripley speaking to you one mile down at the bottom of the Canyon.
这是鲍勃·里普利 (Bob Ripley) 在峡谷底部一英里处对您讲话。
Robert Thompson, Media Historian: : They broadcast from places that you’re not supposed to be able to broadcast from: the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
罗伯特·汤普森，媒体历史学家：：他们从你不应该能够从大峡谷底部广播的地方进行广播。
He broadcast from the bottom of Carlsbad Cavern.
他从卡尔斯巴德洞穴的底部进行广播。
Robert Ripley (archival): : I am now standing in the largest room in all the world.
罗伯特·里普利（档案）：：我现在站在世界上最大的房间里。
This room is one mile long; the ceiling is thirty stories high…
这个房间一英里长；天花板有三十层楼高……
Robert Thompson, Media Historian: : Back then, that was a big stinking deal.
罗伯特·汤普森（Robert Thompson），媒体历史学家：：当时，这是一件非常糟糕的事情。
So his broadcasts themselves became, to some extent, " Believe It or Not " sorts of things.
因此，在某种程度上，他的广播本身就变成了“信不信由你”之类的东西。
Robert Ripley (archival): : And in just a moment, I hope to settle that age-old question: can a man and a man-eating shark get along peacefully together?
罗伯特·里普利（档案）： ：一会儿，我希望解决这个古老的问题：一个人和一条食人鲨可以和平相处吗？
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : "Marineland, Florida" was a famous show where Ripley broadcast actually from underwater.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：：《佛罗里达州马林兰》是一部著名的节目，里普利实际上是在水下进行广播的。
Robert Ripley (archival): : So I'm going down to the ocean bottom and attempt to feed the sharks, I mean, feed them with fish I hope…instead of myself.
罗伯特·里普利（档案）：：所以我要潜入海底并尝试喂鲨鱼，我的意思是，我希望用鱼喂它们……而不是我自己。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : Ripley suited up in this massive divers suit, went under water and mumbled a few words, actually got knocked on his butt by a shark.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：：里普利穿着这套巨大的潜水服，潜入水下，咕哝了几句话，实际上被鲨鱼撞到了屁股。
Robert Ripley (underwater archival): : That one is coming over here toward me.
罗伯特·里普利（水下档案）：：那个人正朝我这边过来。
Man underwater (archival) : Yes Sir, watch it.
水下男子（档案）：是的，先生，请注意。
Robert Ripley (underwater archival) : I don't like it one bit.
罗伯特·里普利（水下档案）：我一点也不喜欢它。
Man underwater (archival) : They are getting pretty hungry down here, Bob, I guess we better get out.
水下人员（档案）：他们在这里变得非常饥饿，鲍勃，我想我们最好出去。
Robert Ripley (underwater archival) : I'm going to get out of here, I don't like it one bit, I'll tell you that….
罗伯特·里普利（水下档案）：我要离开这里，我一点也不喜欢它，我会告诉你......
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : People start talking about, “Did you listen to the Ripley show last night?" People tuned in every week to find out where he was.
Edward Meyer，Ripley Entertainment 档案管理员：：人们开始谈论，“你昨晚听了 Ripley 节目吗？”人们每周都会收听来了解他在哪里。
That was a big part of the attraction, not so much what he was going to talk about as, where is Ripley today?
这是吸引人的一个重要部分，与其说他要谈论的内容，不如说里普利今天在哪里？
Radio Announcer (archival): : The makers of ExLax presents: Strange As It Seems!
电台播音员（档案）： ：ExLax 的制作者呈现：看起来很奇怪！
Narrator: : Ripley's formula inspired dozens of copycats -- on the airwaves and in print.
旁白：：里普利的公式激发了数十个模仿者的灵感——无论是在广播中还是在印刷品上。
Allan Holtz, Cartoon Historian: : Some of them were just blatant rip-offs.
艾伦·霍尔茨（Allan Holtz），卡通历史学家：：其中一些只是公然的抄袭。
Others specialized: nature, the bible, stamps, but all of them were based purely on the Ripley model.
其他专业：自然、圣经、邮票，但所有这些都纯粹基于里普利模型。
Radio Announcer (archival): : Believe It Or Else , I bring you odd and interesting facts…
广播播音员（档案）：：信不信由你，我为您带来奇怪而有趣的事实......
strange news and odd facts, curiosities that are had to believe…
奇怪的消息和奇怪的事实，不得不相信的好奇心……
Narrator: : Ripley said he felt "besieged" by imitators, and sued his most blatant mimics.
旁白：：里普利说他感到自己被模仿者“围攻”，并起诉了那些最明目张胆的模仿者。
But none of the impersonators were able to unseat Ripley as the king of curiosities.
但没有一个模仿者能够取代里普利作为好奇之王的地位。
There was only one Believe It or Not , and by the mid-1930's, its creator was a national celebrity.
当时只有一部《信不信由你》，到 1930 年代中期，它的创作者已是全国名人。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : There was this poll that was done in 1936, where they asked thousands and thousands of kids who would they want to be when they grow up, and far and away, the kids said, "I want to be Robert Ripley.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：：1936 年进行了一项民意调查，他们询问了成千上万的孩子长大后想成为谁，孩子们在很远的地方说：“我想成为罗伯特·里普利。
I want to travel the world.
我想去环游世界。
I want to draw cartoons." He got more than the President, more than J.
我想画漫画。”他得到的比总统多，比 J.
Edgar Hoover, more than Jack Dempsey, or any baseball player.
埃德加·胡佛（Edgar Hoover）比杰克·登普西（Jack Dempsey）或任何棒球运动员都重要。
They wanted to be Robert Ripley.
他们想成为罗伯特·里普利。
Narrator: : Even his imperfect smile was famous.
旁白：：连他那不完美的笑容都出名了。
When he finally had surgery to tame his unruly teeth, Ripley instructed the dentist not to straighten them all the way.
当他最终接受手术驯服他不规则的牙齿时，里普利指示牙医不要完全矫正它们。
By now, they had become his trademark.
到现在为止，它们已经成为他的商标。
And in spite of his unconventional looks, he was popular with the ladies.
尽管他的外表不寻常，但他很受女士们的欢迎。
Robert Whiteman, Colleague: : And he liked two things, mainly.
同事罗伯特·怀特曼：：他主要喜欢两件事。
He loved liquor and he loved women.
他爱酒，也爱女人。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : It’s impressive this guy who doesn’t have Hollywood handsome looks, he becomes something of a ladies’ man, sort of a renowned ladies’ man.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的男人》作者：：令人印象深刻的是，这个没有好莱坞英俊外表的家伙，他变成了一个女士男人，一个著名的女士男人。
Narrator: : He was often seen out on the town in the company of actresses and models.
旁白：：人们经常看到他与女演员和模特一起出现在城里。
After a brief, turbulent marriage to a dancer in the 1920's ended in a bitter divorce, Ripley publicly vowed to remain single.
1920 年代，里普利与一名舞者经历了一段短暂而动荡的婚姻，最终以痛苦的离婚告终，此后，里普利公开发誓要保持单身。
Still, the press deemed the bachelor a "catch", his impressive income part of the appeal.
尽管如此，媒体仍然认为这位单身汉是一个“猎物”，他令人印象深刻的收入也是其吸引力的一部分。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : By the mid-1930’s, he's making half a million dollars a year during the depths of the Depression.
尼尔·汤普森 (Neal Thompson)，《好奇的人》作者：到 1930 年代中期，在大萧条最严重的时期，他每年赚到 50 万美元。
He's making so much money, he finally decides, "OK, it’s time for me to buy a place for myself." And like everything else in his life, no ordinary house will do.
他赚了这么多钱，他终于决定：“好吧，是时候给自己买个地方了。”就像他生活中的其他一切一样，普通的房子也无法满足他的需求。
Narrator: : He purchased a 27-room mansion north of New York City which he called " Believe It or Not Island", and a luxury apartment overlooking Central Park.
旁白：：他在纽约市北部购买了一座拥有 27 个房间的豪宅，他称之为“信不信由你岛”，以及一套俯瞰中央公园的豪华公寓。
In his homes, the wealthy entertainer indulged his obsession for all things Chinese.
在他的家里，这位富有的艺人沉迷于所有中国事物。
His early infatuation with Chinatown had blossomed into a full-blown love affair with the culture.
他早期对唐人街的迷恋已经发展成为对这种文化的全面热爱。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : Everywhere you looked were signs of Ripley’s devotion to China and the Chinese.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：：你所看到的每一处都是里普利对中国和中国人的热爱的迹象。
He would often dress in Chinese garb.
他经常穿着中国服装。
He would wear these embroidered robes.
他会穿着这些绣花长袍。
He had entire rooms that were decorated with artifacts from China.
他的整个房间都装饰着来自中国的文物。
Narrator: : Ripley hosted elaborate dinner parties where he served gourmet Chinese food.
旁白： ：里普利举办了精心准备的晚宴，并提供美味的中餐。
He purchased a Chinese junk and sailed up and down Long Island Sound donning a captain's hat to welcome friends, and girlfriends, aboard.
他买了一艘中国帆船，戴着船长帽在长岛海峡航行，欢迎朋友和女朋友上船。
Ripley's personal life was as unconventional as his chosen career -- and the eccentric artist pursued both with gusto.
里普利的个人生活和他所选择的职业一样非传统——这位古怪的艺术家满怀热情地追求这两者。
Not satisfied to coast on his success, Ripley continued to explore new outlets for Believe It or Not .
里普利并不满足于自己的成功，他继续为信不信由你探索新的出路。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : Whatever is the next best thing, I think he’s always looking for it, searching for the next way that I can go one step further and expand this empire that I've built, this universe of Ripley.
爱德华·迈耶 (Edward Meyer)，Ripley Entertainment 档案管理员：：无论下一个最好的是什么，我认为他一直在寻找它，寻找下一种方式，让我可以更进一步，扩展我所建立的这个帝国，这个 Ripley 的宇宙。
Narrator: : In 1933, he opened the doors to an unusual museum at the Chicago World's Fair.
旁白： 1933 年，他在芝加哥世界博览会上打开了一座不同寻常的博物馆的大门。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : He calls them Odditoriums, O-D-D, because they are featuring the odd and the unusual, and that’s what Ripley’s at the core is all about.
爱德华·迈耶 (Edward Meyer)，Ripley Entertainment 档案管理员：他称它们为 Odditoriums，O-D-D，因为它们以奇怪和不寻常的事物为特色，而这正是 Ripley 的核心所在。
It was a traditional sort of museum, a little bit strange what some of the content might be, but it’s displayed in glass cases with a path that you walk through and show cards that you read about and you learn something-- that’s the front end.
这是一个传统的博物馆，有些内容可能有点奇怪，但它展示在玻璃柜中，有一条路，你可以走过它，展示你读过的卡片，你可以学到一些东西——这就是前端。
Narrator: : In the back was a unique slate of performers: the living incarnations of Ripley's cartoons.
旁白：：后面是一群独特的表演者：里普利卡通片的活生生的化身。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : He says, "You didn't believe it when I drew it; here it is.
爱德华·迈耶 (Edward Meyer)，里普利娱乐公司 (Ripley Entertainment) 档案管理员：他说：“当我画它时，你可能不相信；它就在这里。
Seeing is believing.
眼见为实。
It's right in front of you now."
现在它就在你面前。”
It’s bringing the circus sideshow into a legitimate theatre museum situation that, OK, it’s not so bad to gawk because you've paid money and you’re sitting in a nice seat to do it.
它将马戏团的余兴表演带入了一个合法的剧院博物馆的场景，好吧，呆呆地看也不错，因为你已经付了钱，而且你坐在一个不错的座位上。
Narrator: : Some acts were so unsettling that visitors reportedly fainted.
旁白：：据报道，有些行为非常令人不安，以至于游客晕倒了。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : He actually has nurses on the staff to help people that are seeing something that scares them, or freaks them out, or causes their heart to beat a little too fast.
爱德华·迈耶 (Edward Meyer)，里普利娱乐公司 (Ripley Entertainment) 档案管理员：：他实际上有护士来帮助那些看到令他们害怕、惊慌或导致心跳过快的东西的人。
And the Chicago show was a major success.
芝加哥展会取得了巨大成功。
It gets held over.
它被搁置了。
He comes back in 1934.
1934年他回来了。
They couldn’t get enough of him.
他们对他爱不释手。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : One of the more popular acts was this nine year-old girl named Frieda Pushnik who was born without arms or legs, yet over time had trained herself to do typical things.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：：最受欢迎的表演之一是这个名叫弗里达·普什尼克（Frieda Pushnik）的九岁女孩，她出生时没有胳膊或腿，但随着时间的推移，她训练自己做一些典型的事情。
She attended school.
她上学了。
She was a good student.
她是一个好学生。
She had won an award for penmanship.
她曾获得书法奖。
She could sew a button.
她可以缝一颗纽扣。
And, I think she is an example of the kind of person that reflected Ripley’s appreciation for the underdog.
而且，我认为她是反映里普利对失败者的欣赏的人的一个例子。
Somebody who in Frieda’s case was disabled but was able to do exemplary things and I think Ripley loved that kind of thing and love sharing it with other people.
在弗里达的例子中，有人是残疾人，但能够做出模范的事情，我认为里普利喜欢这种事情，并且喜欢与其他人分享。
Narrator: : When the Chicago Fair closed, Ripley was invited to restage his show at a new exposition opening in San Diego.
旁白：芝加哥博览会闭幕后，里普利受邀在圣地亚哥的新博览会开幕式上重演他的节目。
But there, his line-up met with resistance.
但在那里，他的阵容遇到了阻力。
A California judge fined Ripley's company for including performers like Frieda Pushnik, citing a state law prohibiting the exhibit of so-called “deformed persons.”
加州法官以州法律禁止展示所谓的“畸形人”为由，对里普利的公司处以罚款，理由是其中包括弗里达·普什尼克(Frieda Pushnik)等表演者。
Ripley himself refused to use the term "freak" to describe his cast members and reportedly threatened to fire anyone on his staff who did.
里普利本人拒绝使用“怪胎”这个词来形容他的演员，据报道，他威胁要解雇任何这样做的员工。
He preferred the term "oddity." When pressed, however, he admitted that "an oddity is a high class freak."
他更喜欢“奇怪”这个词。然而，当被追问时，他承认“怪人就是高级怪人”。
In 1939, Ripley invested millions to develop a permanent museum site on Broadway in Manhattan, which was rechristened "Oddway" for the grand opening.
1939年，里普利投资数百万美元在曼哈顿百老汇开发了一个永久博物馆场地，并在盛大开幕时重新命名为“奥德韦”。
The New York City venture debuted to great fanfare and featured a bill of eye-popping performers.
纽约市的这一项目首次亮相时就大张旗鼓，并以众多令人瞠目结舌的表演者为特色。
Melissa Pritchard, Writer: : Ripley instinctively understood that human beings love to be shocked, but only temporarily and then we want to go back to the safety and familiarity of life.
梅丽莎·普里查德（Melissa Pritchard），编剧： 里普利本能地明白，人类喜欢受到震惊，但只是暂时的，然后我们想回到安全和熟悉的生活中。
He stops just short of terrifying us.
他差点就吓到我们了。
But he makes it entertaining.
但他让它变得有趣。
Robert Thompson, Media Historian: : We know our daily lives, where everything operates in a predictable kind of way and the people that we know behave all in the same kind of way.
媒体史学家罗伯特·汤普森：我们了解自己的日常生活，一切事物都以可预测的方式运作，我们认识的人也都以同样的方式行事。
His idea was to say, “You ain’t seen nothing.
他的想法是说：“你什么也没看到。
This world is one freaky, bizarre sort of place.
这个世界是一个怪异、奇异的地方。
And we should embrace that, and we should love it.”
我们应该拥抱这一点，我们应该热爱它。”
Robert Ripley (archival): : Thank you and greetings everyone…
罗伯特·里普利（档案）：：谢谢大家，并向大家致以问候……
I have just returned from some of our military and naval air bases and I may say I've never been so completely astounded…."
我刚刚从我们的一些军事和海军航空基地回来，我可以说我从来没有如此彻底地震惊过……”
Narrator: : The advent of the Second World War grounded the so-called “modern day Marco Polo.”
旁白：：第二次世界大战的到来奠定了所谓“现代马可波罗”的基础。
Unable to travel overseas, he turned his attention to the home front, celebrating heroic soldiers and their amazing war stories in his Believe It or Not panels.
由于无法出国旅行，他将注意力转向后方，在他的“信不信由你”面板中歌颂英勇的士兵和他们令人惊叹的战争故事。
But despite his patriotic enthusiasm, friends began to see a change.
但尽管他充满爱国热情，朋友们还是开始看到变化。
He started missing deadlines and grew noticeably heavier.
他开始错过最后期限，并且体重明显增加。
In the mid-1940's some in his inner circle speculated he may have had suffered a small stroke.
1940 年代中期，他的核心圈子里的一些人推测他可能患有轻微中风。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : I think he probably ignored or pretended it wasn’t happening -- this slow decline in his health, hoping that he could just muscle through it.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：我认为他可能忽视了或者假装这一切没有发生——他的健康状况在缓慢下降，希望他能够克服它。
Narrator: : With the war's end, Ripley began planning a trip to the Far East.
旁白：随着战争的结束，里普利开始计划去远东旅行。
In the past, travel had been a panacea for him.
过去，旅行对他来说是一剂灵丹妙药。
Now, friends hoped another journey would rejuvenate the ailing artist.
现在，朋友们希望另一次旅程能让这位患病的艺术家恢复活力。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : So after having not traveled for years, Ripley’s obviously excited about another chance to go to the Orient, the countries that he loves the most.
爱德华·迈耶 (Edward Meyer)，里普利娱乐公司 (Ripley Entertainment) 档案管理员： ：在多年没有旅行之后，里普利 (Ripley) 显然对再次前往东方（他最喜欢的国家）的机会感到兴奋。
There may be some sense that this is our last fling.
也许有人感觉这是我们最后一次纵情狂欢。
Let’s do it all because there may not be another time to come back to these countries.
让我们全力以赴吧，因为可能没有其他时间回到这些国家了。
Narrator: : What he encountered was a world irrevocably altered by global war.
旁白：：他遇到的是一个被全球战争不可挽回地改变的世界。
From the start, it was clear that this journey would be unlike any he had taken before.
从一开始，就很明显，这次旅程将不同于他以前经历过的任何旅程。
En route to Asia, he offered a wreath for soldiers lost at sea.
在前往亚洲的途中，他向在海上丧生的士兵献上了花圈。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : This is a very different trip for Ripley.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：：这对里普利来说是一次非常不同的旅行。
It’s the first time he’s been overseas since World War II has ended.
这是二战结束后他第一次出国。
Basically, he sees the destruction of these lands that he loved so much.
基本上，他看到了他深爱的这些土地被毁。
Narrator: : Arriving in China, he found the war-torn country almost unrecognizable.
旁白：：到达中国后，他发现这个饱受战争蹂躏的国家几乎面目全非。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : It has an effect on him that China is no longer the China I know.
爱德华·迈耶（Edward Meyer），里普利娱乐公司（Ripley Entertainment）档案管理员：：中国不再是我所认识的中国，这对他产生了影响。
It’s been bombed to death.
已经被炸死了。
Clearly, China is the love of his life, and by ‘48, it’s a whole different place.
显然，中国是他一生的挚爱，而到了 48 年，中国已经是一个完全不同的地方了。
Robert Ripley (archival): : This is Believe It or Not Ripley.
罗伯特·里普利（档案）：：这是信不信由你。
I am now in Hiroshima, the spot where the atomic bomb exploded…
我现在在广岛，原子弹爆炸的地方......
Narrator: : In Japan, Ripley broadcast a show from Ground Zero, his Believe It or Not statistics capturing the horrors of war.
旁白：在日本，里普利播放了《归零地》的节目，他的信不信由你统计数据捕捉了战争的恐怖。
Robert Ripley (archival): : In Hiroshima, 15,000 people vanished from the face of the earth, 47,000 were dead, 60,000 more died within 2 months of the blast and 100,000 were injured…
罗伯特·里普利（档案）：在广岛，15,000 人从地球表面消失，47,000 人死亡，爆炸后 2 个月内又有 60,000 人死亡，100,000 人受伤……
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : It’s been a long time since he’s seen his favorite lands, and what he sees in these places has a pretty big impact on him.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：：他已经很久没有见过他最喜欢的土地了，他在这些地方所看到的一切对他产生了相当大的影响。
I mean he is seeing some of the battlefields of World War II, and I think it breaks his heart.
我的意思是，他看到了第二次世界大战的一些战场，我认为这让他心碎。
Robert Ripley (archival): : ...so little children, you and all our listeners, say with me, today, oh Lord we pray, that come what may, give us peace forever and a day…
罗伯特·里普利（档案）：……小孩子们，你们和我们所有的听众，和我一起说，今天，主啊，我们祈祷，无论发生什么，给我们永远的和平和一天……
Narrator: : Returning home from the sobering trip, Ripley threw himself into his work, setting his sights on a new frontier -- television.
旁白： 结束了一次清醒的旅行回到家后，里普利全身心投入到工作中，将目光投向了一个新的领域——电视。
Robert Ripley (archival television): : Greetings everybody and welcome once again to the Believe It or Not television show.
罗伯特·里普利（档案电视台）：：大家好，欢迎再次观看“信不信由你”电视节目。
And tonight I'm going to show you an actual flying saucer, which you've all heard of.
今晚我将向你们展示一个你们都听说过的真实飞碟。
I'm going to dramatize for you a card game in which, the winning hand was held by a dead man.
我要为你们戏剧性地表演一场纸牌游戏，在这场游戏中，获胜的手是由一个死人握着的。
Narrator: : In 1949, Believe It or Not premiered on NBC, joining an early television line-up that included programs like Howdy Doody and the Ed Sullivan Show.
旁白： 1949 年，《信不信由你》在 NBC 首播，加入了包括 Howdy Doody 和 Ed Sullivan Show 等节目在内的早期电视节目阵容。
Robert Ripley (archival television): : And as a special guest, I'm going to present the man who without doubt, underwent the greatest physical uh uh, in all the world….a great example of human endurance…
罗伯特·里普利（档案电视）：作为特邀嘉宾，我将向大家介绍一位毫无疑问经历了世界上最伟大体能的人……人类耐力的一个伟大例子……
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : He is still not comfortable in front of the camera, needs his little glass of gin or whiskey to get him over the nerves that confront him.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：：他在镜头前仍然感到不舒服，需要一小杯杜松子酒或威士忌来缓解他所面临的紧张。
Robert Ripley (archival television): : The event that I will sketch for you now…
罗伯特·里普利（档案电视）：：我现在将为您勾勒出这一事件……
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : He just forces himself to do it.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：：他只是强迫自己这么做。
He insists on finding a way to make Believe It or Not a television show, and he does it.
他坚持想办法把《信不信由你》制作成电视节目，他也做到了。
Narrator: : During the 13th episode, Ripley was examining a display of the crown jewels of Europe when something happened.
旁白：：在第 13 集中，里普利正在检查欧洲皇冠上的珠宝展示，这时发生了一些事情。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : He and his lovely assistant, Peggy Corday, are on camera discussing the jewels when suddenly he gets this glazed look in his eyes, he sorts of slumps down a little bit.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：：他和他可爱的助手佩吉·科迪（Peggy Corday）在镜头前讨论珠宝，突然他的眼神变得呆滞，他的身体有点垮了下来。
He stops talking and this is live.
他停止说话，这是直播。
Edward Meyer, Archivist, Ripley Entertainment: : With very little warning, Ripley has a heart attack, or a flutter, on the show.
爱德华·迈耶 (Edward Meyer)，里普利娱乐公司 (Ripley Entertainment) 档案管理员：：在几乎没有任何警告的情况下，里普利在节目中心脏病发作或心慌。
He gets through it, but there’s seriously something wrong.
他挺过来了，但有严重的问题。
The people on the show realized that this isn’t in the script.
节目中的人们意识到剧本中没有这一点。
Narrator: : Friends urged Ripley to get examined at the hospital, but he shrugged them off.
旁白：：朋友们敦促里普利去医院检查，但他不屑一顾。
When he did go in for tests later that week, doctors admitted him for observation overnight.
当他那周晚些时候去接受检查时，医生让他接受观察过夜。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : The next afternoon, he got on the phone with his friend Bugs Baer, and said, "I'm breaking out of here tomorrow.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者： 第二天下午，他和他的朋友巴格斯·贝尔（Bugs Baer）通电话，说：“我明天就要离开这里。
Let’s do something this weekend.
这个周末我们来做点事吧。
We’ll have a party." He hangs up the phone, clutches his heart, apparently a sudden heart attack, and one of his girlfriend-slash-assistants goes running to find a doctor and a nurse.
我们要举办一个聚会。”他挂断电话，捂住心脏，显然是心脏病发作，他的一名女友兼斜线助理跑去寻找医生和护士。
And by the time they got back to his bedside, he was dead.
当他们回到他的床边时，他已经死了。
Narrator: : Hundreds attended Ripley's funeral and crowds lined the street as his rose covered coffin was carried from St. James Episcopal Church to Grand Central Station.
旁白：数百人参加了里普利的葬礼，当他的玫瑰覆盖的棺材从圣詹姆斯圣公会教堂运到中央车站时，人群在街道两旁排队。
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : It seemed fitting that Ripley’s journey to his final resting place was a cross-country journey.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：：里普利通往最后安息之地的旅程是一次越野旅行，这似乎很合适。
His body was loaded onto a train and began this slow journey west, back to where he came from.
他的尸体被装上火车，开始了这段缓慢的西行之旅，回到了他的家乡。
Narrator: : Robert Ripley's unbounded travels had finally come to an end.
旁白：：罗伯特·雷普利的无界旅行终于结束了。
The world famous cartoonist was laid to rest next to his parents, in Santa Rosa's Odd Fellows Cemetery -- Believe It or Not .
这位世界著名的漫画家被安葬在圣罗莎的奇怪伙伴公墓——信不信由你，他的父母旁边。
Robert Ripley (archival): : Many times, people have asked me, "What is your strangest believe it or not?" Well, my answer is that I've never found the strangest Believe It or Not , because the strangest thing hasn't happened yet...
罗伯特·里普利（档案）：很多次，人们问我，“你信不信由你最奇怪的是什么？”好吧，我的答案是，我从来没有发现最奇怪的信不信由你，因为最奇怪的事情还没有发生......
Neal Thompson, Author, A Curious Man: : I don't think it was an act -- Ripley was curious about everything.
尼尔·汤普森（Neal Thompson），《好奇的人》作者：：我不认为这是一种表演——里普利对一切都感到好奇。
He had this childlike sense of wonder.
他有一种孩子般的好奇心。
He believed this is an incredible place, this is an incredible world that we live in, and he wanted to share that with his readers.
他相信这是一个令人难以置信的地方，这是我们生活的一个令人难以置信的世界，他想与他的读者分享这一点。
Robert Thompson, Media Historian: : In many ways, what he did is still happening all over the place today.
媒体历史学家罗伯特·汤普森：从很多方面来说，他所做的事情今天仍然在各地发生。
If you want to get into the soul of Robert Ripley, you simply log on, go to YouTube, knock yourself out.
如果您想深入了解罗伯特·里普利 (Robert Ripley) 的灵魂，您只需登录、访问 YouTube，然后将自己迷倒即可。
Because that’s where the spirit of Believe It or Not lives today.
因为这就是“信不信由你”的精神所在。
Melissa Pritchard, Writer: : I think one of the gifts that Robert Ripley brought to us, still today, is the idea that there is nothing ordinary.
梅丽莎·普里查德（Melissa Pritchard），作家：我认为罗伯特·里普利至今仍给我们带来的礼物之一就是“没有什么是平凡的”。
If you look at it long enough, and with enough clarity and you can begin to see that even the most ordinary thing is extraordinary.
如果你观察得足够久、足够清晰，你就会开始发现，即使是最普通的事物也是非凡的。
Robert Ripley mesmerized the nation with his blend of homespun Americana, colorful exotica and freakish oddities.
罗伯特·里普利 (Robert Ripley) 将朴素的美国风情、多彩的异域风情和奇异的事物融为一体，令全国着迷。
Robert Ripley gets stuck on a snowy mountain road in 1932.
1932 年，罗伯特·里普利 (Robert Ripley) 在积雪的山路上被困。
Robert Ripley traveled to Papua New Guinea in 1934.
1934 年，罗伯特·里普利 (Robert Ripley) 前往巴布亚新几内亚。
Robert Ripley explores the wonders of Kenya in 1934.
1934 年，罗伯特·里普利 (Robert Ripley) 探索肯尼亚的奇观。
Robert Ripley explores a temple in Thailand.
罗伯特·里普利探索泰国的一座寺庙。
Robert Ripley takes a few rickshaw rides during his world travels.
罗伯特·里普利在环游世界期间乘坐过几次人力车。
Watch the opening scene of Ripley: Believe It or Not.
观看《雷普利：信不信由你》的开场场景。
From shrunken heads to chewing gum statues to woolly mammoth hair, the Ripley's Warehouse in Florida contains 10,000 bizarre artifacts that grew from Robert Ripley's original collection.
从缩小的头像到口香糖雕像，再到猛犸象的头发，佛罗里达州的里普利仓库 (Ripley's Warehouse) 收藏着 10,000 件来自罗伯特·里普利 (Robert Ripley) 最初收藏的奇异文物。
Cartoonist Robert Ripley got contract to produce one cartoon per day.
漫画家罗伯特·里普利获得了每天制作一部漫画的合同。
At $100,000 per year, it increased his income tenfold.
每年 10 万美元，他的收入增加了十倍。
It is said that Robert Ripley holds the record for the most mail received by a single person in U.S. history.
据说罗伯特·里普利（Robert Ripley）保持着美国历史上单人收到邮件最多的记录。