Evel Knievel

[snowbunny]

I think I still have some bicentennial quarters that I saved. Along with some $2 bills, of course.

[Frank The Bunny]

I remember making ramps and jumping our tonka trucks on our bikes around '73/'74

I had the Evel Knievel Action figure with motorcycle. You pulled a zipchord to make it go. Wish I still had it.

[black francis]

Yeah Man, Evel Knievel was Great!



Eat your heart out Jack T that's me Halloween 74' (apologies to my brother who went as "Woodstock" that year )

That settles it. Ted is officially the baddest man on the forum.

[Scouser]

Since when did EK have "Chicken Boy" as a sidekick? I must have missed that one...

[Red]

That settles it. Ted is officially the baddest man on the forum.

he even had cool shoes back then, too.........

[Mr. Brian]

Other memorable television gatherings of years passed:
The New Years Eve implosion of a hotel in Las Vegas (why did we watch that?)
The Lunar Landing

If that New Years thing was the mid 90's (maybe the Hacienda) that's when old Las Vegas officially began to cease and the corporations moved in with their Wal-Mart family friendly casinos. Of course it just changed hands from one group of crooks to another. I'm glad I was able to go there once in the early 90's when the Sands and some of the old places were till there.

The Lunar landing was such a big deal, I have photographs my Dad took of the TV when it happened. No VCR's remember.

[Dave Smith]

Briliant.I had the EK action figure and jump .The bike just kept falling over.In the UK we had a poor mans version called Eddie Kidd who had an accident and now drinks his food with a straw.Sad but true.

Can you still get chicken suits?lol.

[Fish Hook Girl]

My family gatherings of note were:

The Beatles on Ed Sullivan (their first appearance).

The Moon Landing.

Evel Knievel's jump over Snake River Canyon.

The M*A*S*H finale.

[moondance]

My parents told me that they had the Beatles on Ed Sullivan on, but I can't remember.
I do remember singing "Hard Days Night" when I was about 3 and thinking that every airplane that passed overhead was carrying the Beatles back to Liverpool!

Another stellar television event-lasted months and months ad nauseum-the OJ Simpson trial. It was even on in the lunch room at work.
When the verdict came in, we all stopped work and huddled around the small tv that had now been set up in the center of the office.
After they said "Not Guilty" we all hung our heads in disbelief.

[JackT]

If that New Years thing was the mid 90's (maybe the Hacienda) that's when old Las Vegas officially began to cease and the corporations moved in with their Wal-Mart family friendly casinos. Of course it just changed hands from one group of crooks to another. I'm glad I was able to go there once in the early 90's when the Sands and some of the old places were till there.

The Lunar landing was such a big deal, I have photographs my Dad took of the TV when it happened. No VCR's remember.

My father worked on the space program during that time (for Grumman). We lived in Merit Island, FLA, and I was actually on-site for some of the launches. My dad went up in the elevator on one of the missions, but I forget which.

[blinkilite]

fish hook girl - i love your borg smiley signature hehehehe... we just watched the star trek first contact movie on sci fi channel this afternoon!

jack - that's pretty awesome your dad worked for the space program and you got to be there for launches. my dad does communications and satellite type things at his job, but i don't think he ever got to work on the space stuff.

[Fish Hook Girl]

fish hook girl - i love your borg smiley signature hehehehe... we just watched the star trek first contact movie on sci fi channel this afternoon!

Thank you Blinki. I couldn't resist (HAHAHA) when I saw the smiley! The silo scenes on First Contact were filmed at an actual missile silo (deactivated, obviously) located south of Tucson, Arizona. I went on a tour of the facility a few years ago. The production team had built an entire mockup of the Phoenix in the silo and filmed as if the ship was real. The whole tour was very impressive.

[Fish Hook Girl]

My father worked on the space program during that time (for Grumman). We lived in Merit Island, FLA, and I was actually on-site for some of the launches. My dad went up in the elevator on one of the missions, but I forget which.

Wow, Jack. That's pretty amazing and cool.

[moondance]

Jack that is totally cool! How was it being at the launch sites? I remember when space travel was pretty new, it was always nail-biting to watch it on television.

Did you see the Evel Knieval show that they put on yesterday on the History Channel? It was very interesting. He was very inspirational in some ways.

[JackT]

Wow, Jack. That's pretty amazing and cool.

I would trade it all for Ted's costume.

Watching the launches was not exciting for a 3 year old. It is far away and there is lots of waiting.