It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => Entertainment => Topic started by: trapeze on September 10, 2014, 11:25:47 PM
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Most of us on this board were there for the phenomenon that was Evel Knievel. I remember watching him on ABC's "Wide World of Sports" several times in the seventies. This is a great little documentary of his life from growing up in Butte, Montana to his death in 2007 and I recommend it without reservation. It premiered this evening on SpikeTV.
imdb link (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3663644/)
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I had a few years as a small boy when I idolized Knievel. Remember the made-for-TV movie starring George Hamilton? I thought that was awesome. ::unknowncomic::
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I also had this toy...
(http://creativestudios.com/toy_nostalgia/evilknievelstuntcycle.jpg)
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Recorded it but haven't watched yet
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I also had this toy...
(http://creativestudios.com/toy_nostalgia/evilknievelstuntcycle.jpg)
That's the toy Red Forman tested out and slammed into his garage door on a That 70's Show episode. ::hysterical::
All I remember about Evil is seeing a lot of footage of jumps and wipeouts, but the most memorable thing for me was the famous Snake River jump (wasn't it on ABC's Wide World of Sports or some damn thing? Talk about nothing else to do! LOL!) that ended in predictable failure.
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The documentary provided a lot of info about him that I did not know...
He totally conned the owner of Caesar's into begging him to do the fountain jump.
He had two Lear jets. I'll bet you can't guess why.
None of his bikes were modified for jumps...they came right from the dealer as stock bikes.
He was a total criminal in his youth and early adult years and it's a wonder that his life didn't end in prison at that point.
His final two words, at his funeral where his last words were read, were, "I'm sorry."