Evel Knievel interview (1 Viewer)

[grateful zed]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCfnlgPtEhE

how do we rank him among the all time great sports figures?

 

[Charlie Steiner]

In the world of great sports figures, he's a rock star.

 

[Eephus]

Babe Ruth never jumped over 14 Greyhound buses

 

[NewlyRetired]

For an old guy like me, he is a Hall of Famer.

I still remember opening the Evil Knievel Stunt Stadium toy as a boy on Christmas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4IBf7ko11s

 

[grateful zed]

I still remember opening the Evil Knievil Stunt Stadium toy as a boy on Christmas.

we used to do mean things to poor evel.

i kinda feel bad.

 

[grateful zed]

his harley

 

[Eephus]

I used to have an Evel Knievel trash can.  It was beautiful.

 

[Sullie]

For an old guy like me, he is a Hall of Famer.

I still remember opening the Evil Knievel Stunt Stadium toy as a boy on Christmas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4IBf7ko11s

I didn't have the stadium but do I ever remember that wind up bike and Evel Knievel figure, man, my brother and I used to jump that thing over all kinds of stuff.

 

[audiophile]

Had the cycle and the Scramble Van.  The goal was always to replicate the backflip from the commercial.  Getting Evel to actually ride away from a flip was the tricky part...

 

[Sullie]

Had the cycle and the Scramble Van.  The goal was always to replicate the backflip from the commercial.  Getting Evel to actually ride away from a flip was the tricky part...

Didn't have the scamble van but now that you mention it, you're absolutely right, it's all coming back to me now.  I had totally forgotten all about that commercial but I do remember trying to make EK do a back flip and ride on.  Wow, if it ever happened it was a great feeling. 

 

[Brony]

I was describing the Evel phenomenon to my kids and I had to keep fact checking the story.  It didn't sound believable as I was saying it, that thousand's of people would show up to watch some dude attempt a crazy jump on a motorcycle. 

 

[Gianni Verscotchie]

Had the cycle and the Scramble Van.  The goal was always to replicate the backflip from the commercial.  Getting Evel to actually ride away from a flip was the tricky part...

Tricky part for me was keeping the skin on my knuckles. Ouch!!