November 30, 2007

Daredevil Evel Knievel dead at 69
posted by rocket88 16 years ago
  • NOOOOOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOooOOOooooOOOOOOOOOOoooooo!!! Damn. Just -- damn. . *pops a wheelie in tribute*
  • I miss the Evel Knievel heyday. Snake River? Anyone? That was like Geraldo Opens Al Capone's Vault Vol. 1.0.
  • My nine-year-old daredevil self was fascinated by the Snake River Canyon attempt. My friends and I would jump anything and everything on our bikes. Godspeed Evel...and thanks for being the role model that almost did me in.
  • The one man cooler than Steve McQueen. His likes will not pass our way again. DAMN.
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  • NO ONE was cooler than Steve McQueen. As long as that's understood, we can all go back to mourning the passing of one crazy dude. Anything after the 1974 canyon crash was a gift of life from the 'cycle gods. .
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  • NOOOOOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOooOOOooooOOOOOOOOOOoooooo!!! *can't help but imagine those as school buses...* Ah. Old memories of astounding feats on grainy TV, back as a child. He finally made the ultimate jump. Godspeed.
  • Well, at least he made peace with Kanye West before he kicked off.
  • That's all we can hope for out of life, isn't it? To make peace with Kanye before we go? (And sorry, GranMa, but Evel was cooler than Steve. Evel = Steve McQueen + toys.)
  • what was the Mustang in Bullitt? Chopped liver?
  • I used to have that fuckin Evel Knievel toy stunt cycle thing when I was a kid. 1975, people. God I am old. There was a rocket cycle, too, but I never got that. I used to make Evel Knievel fight Steve Austin.
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  • The first time I ever saw a boy cry was my cousin after watching one of Evel's many crashes.