Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series)

Royal Jelly (1980)

Roald Dahl: Self - Introduced by

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  Roald Dahl : Back in the winter of 1959, I saw in a shop window in New York a little white jar with a notice on it saying, "Royal jelly, 2 ounces. $350." I'd never heard of the stuff. The shop told me it had magical properties. And it undoubtedly has, so I wrote a story about it. Years later, Dick Van Dyke, who had read the story, sent me from France a box of small glass vials containing pure royal jelly. I drank them one by one, but I'm not going to tell you what they did to me or I'll ruin what you're about to see now.