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World's Largest Ball of Twine, The An entertaining, informative, fascinating, 80-minute documentary that uses archival photographs and film footage and interviews with Cawker City citizen Warren Inskeep, efficiency expert and visitor Ken Paylovski, citizen Jan Werner Larson, twine ball creator Johnson's niece Gladys Terning, Cawker City ball of twine caretaker Linda Clover, souvenir shop owner Dotti Herod, artist Cher Olson and husband Rev. Olson, Cawker City mayor Kay Thull, Ripley's Museum curator Heather Cognito, Darwin Community Club member Thea Underhill, and Ripley's Museum V.P. Edward Meyer to chronicle the history of sisal twine balls that originated in the 1930s and to examine current famous twine balls and their creators in the United States, including the 17,400-lb twine ball in Darwin, MN, created by Francis A. Johnson; the 7,l827-737-foot ball of twine in Cawker City, KS, created by Frank Stoeber; and the 42-foot diameter string ball in Branson, MO, created by Texas rancher J. C. Payne.   Redhead: Year: 2015 Rating:  NR View World's Largest Ball of Twine, The on the Internet Movie Database