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Title: Evil Knievel dead Post by: SnakeCharmer on November 30, 2007, 01:46:17 PM Icon dead at 69 (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-knievel1dec01,0,2029709.story?coll=la-home-center)
Title: Re: Evil Knievel dead Post by: Damn Dirty Ape on November 30, 2007, 02:04:02 PM Memories...
(http://i15.ebayimg.com/08/i/000/c7/fd/cabf_1.JPG) Title: Re: Evil Knievel dead Post by: geldonyetich2 on November 30, 2007, 02:46:51 PM From a combination of hepatitis C, diabetes, and pulmonary fibrosis. Even his wasting death was an incredible stunt.
Title: Re: Evil Knievel dead Post by: DraconianOne on November 30, 2007, 03:02:41 PM Wow! He was in the news something like yesterday for having settled a license dispute with Kanye West and I remember thinking "Shit! I didn't know he was still alive!"
Title: Re: Evil Knievel dead Post by: UD_Delt on December 03, 2007, 11:21:58 AM Wow! He was in the news something like yesterday for having settled a license dispute with Kanye West and I remember thinking "Shit! I didn't know he was still alive!" At least he was able to make peace with Kanye before passing. Title: Re: Evil Knievel dead Post by: Phildo on December 04, 2007, 02:49:27 PM I always preferred Super Dave.
Title: Re: Evil Knievel dead Post by: WayAbvPar on December 04, 2007, 02:52:30 PM I love that he shows up on CYE every once in a while. And in Ocean's 13! His Letterman appearances were gold back in the day too- his deadpan delivery would just crack Dave up to no end.
Title: Re: Evil Knievel dead Post by: Riggswolfe on December 04, 2007, 03:19:33 PM I picked up the latest Maxim with Sarah Michelle Gellar on the cover on it. They had an interview with him that boiled down to "I'm a tough old fart and am outliving all this stuff that was supposed to have killed me by now."
Kinda ironic in a creepy way. Title: Re: Evil Knievel dead Post by: Tale on December 08, 2007, 08:53:33 PM Memories... (http://i15.ebayimg.com/08/i/000/c7/fd/cabf_1.JPG) I had that except the bike was white. Our house was on a steep hill up a concrete driveway and I used to build jumps that pointed downhill so he got really big air, but he never broke. It was very weighty and indestructible for a plastic toy. (For the uninitiated, the bike had an uber version of the "roll it backwards to wind it up" propulsion system you get in some toy cars - it went like a rocket). Title: Re: Evil Knievel dead Post by: Murgos on December 09, 2007, 06:14:00 AM I had that bike too. I used to make him jump the stairs in dramatic recreations of the Snake river canyon fiasco, except with out the parachute.
Title: Re: Evil Knievel dead Post by: Engels on December 09, 2007, 07:07:43 AM I had it too. It's my first memory of having a rockin cool toy.
Title: Re: Evil Knievel dead Post by: Jimbo on December 21, 2007, 11:51:12 PM That bike was so cool! The red thing behind the bike had the power unit crank, just crank it till the motorcycle was maxed and release him to fly off and crash into something! I had the super jet cycle that had flames on the side when you cranked him up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIdGDcWBsoc
I'm gonna miss that crazy bastard... |