RIP Evil Knievel

[patrickgpe]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3135532

 

i am too young to have seen him in his prime, but my favorite memory of him was an interview when Jim Rome asked him if you said you only had a 50% chance of surviving a jump of the Snake River Canyon and his response was do you know who the heck(didn't say heck) I am. good stuff, may he rest in piece.

[And That]

This is too bad. A great entertainer. This is also strange for me, because I saw him in a photo with Kanye West like a day or two ago after not having seen him for quite some time.

[splitterpfj]

Wow, a friend of mine just built him a new website - it just launched last week.

 

I wonder if he's heard yet.

[RyDogg66]

Wow, a friend of mine just built him a new website - it just launched last week.

 

I wonder if he's heard yet.

Who, Evil? Im sure he's aware.

 

[Mass Haas]

In his glory days, I was 5-15 years old, and his scheduled appearances on Wide World of Sports and such were must-see TV, back in the days of three networks and not much else.

What an entertainer.

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[splitterpfj]

Wow, I just called Jack, evelknievel.com has had thirteen million hits in the last two hours. I can't get on right now.

[uecker9]

I sure lost a lot of skin off my knuckles with that wind-up motorcycle of his when I was a kid. Rome will be drinkin' out of his cane tonight!

[JimH5]

In his glory days, I was 5-15 years old, and his scheduled appearances on Wide World of Sports and such were must-see TV, back in the days of three networks and not much else.

Mass, you absolutely nailed it. He was "Must See TV" before that term was invented. Those motorcycle jumps and interviews were a spectacle not to be missed.

 

And then after the Snake River Canyon and that goofy rocket thing, he just sort of faded away.

 

With the David Blaine stunts, and the X-Games and Steve-O and other guys doing daredevil kinds of things, its doubtful that any one person will be able to capitivate us the way Evel Knievel did.

 

He was King Cool in his day.

[jason21nl]

Wow, a friend of mine just built him a new website - it just launched last week.

 

I wonder if he's heard yet.

Who, Evil? Im sure he's aware.

 

ok, i don't know if i'm mean or not, but I actually laughed out loud when i read that. For some reason I thought it was extremely funny.

 

[LouisEly]

"Are you feeling it Evil?? Is that a "yes"????"

 

Someone had to say it. One of my favorite commercial tag lines of all time.

 

Thanks for the memories, Evil. No worries for you, because legends never die.

[danzig6767]

In his glory days, I was 5-15 years old, and his scheduled appearances on Wide World of Sports and such were must-see TV, back in the days of three networks and not much else.

 

What an entertainer.

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We must be around the same age Mass because i remember the same things you mentioned. As a kid i loved Evil Knievel so much, i dressed up in his outfit for Halloween one year.

[Fatter than Joey]

We must be around the same age Mass because i remember the same things you mentioned. As a kid i loved Evil Knievel so much, i dressed up in his outfit for Halloween one year.

 

Yeah -- He was like the Super Bowl

[bando1234]

My dad woke me up to watch him jump the snake river canyon. I was about 2 1/2. By the way I woke my sun up to watch robbie jump a moving train. I remember getting the cycle where you turn the wheel & it takes off like a shot across the floor. Thanks for the memories Evel.