announcer: the following program is brought to you
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(playing theme music)
carson: tonight we have evel knievel
he might be the only human in history
who became very rich by trying to kill self.
that's true. He's a bit of a legend.
He did extraordinary action on a motorcycle,
and he has broken, I think, more bones
than anyone in history, but he continues to do it.
so let's meet gentlemen. This is the evel knievel.
(playing live music, applause)
johnny knoxville: I grew up in the 70s. </ p >
and evel knievel are in the 70s
he captured my imagination unlike anyone else
some of you may have seen this film before
this is the leap that you made in the palace of Caesar.
what happened?
knievel: motor short landing,
tearing off the handlebars from my hand,
and I jumped 60 yards to the place parking dunes
carson: tuhan
you are an amazing person
knoxville: I don't think of him as brave.
I thought about it as a superhero
nobody ever went for it like that before
he found it
Since then , has taken off in a big way.
That is a big part of from our culture now
he inspired all that
but there will never be another level
I know I've been called often Many things by many people,
- crazy people or fraudsters... - carson: mm-hmm
... but when you head down the long white line,
You better have make your peace with God,
and you know better what are you doing
because the fraudster won't get there
I don't know the story about that guy.
and that, you know, quite complex
california judge has ordered stuntman evel knievel motor
to serve the rest from a prison sentence behind bars.
I'm a grown man,
and some things It's hard to reconcile.
This is a crazy story
it's just fast, faster, and disaster.
(t. rex "20th century boys" playing)
♪ Friends say it's okay, friends say it's good ♪ </ p >
♪ everyone says it's like rock n
♪ I move like a cat, costs like ram ♪
♪ sting like a bee ♪
♪ dear, I want to be your man ♪
♪ hey ♪
♪ Good, clearly seen you meant for me ♪
♪ yeah, I'm your kid, 20th century toy ♪
♪ yeah ♪
♪ 20th century toys ♪
♪ I want to be your child ♪
♪ 20th century toy ♪
♪ I want to be your child ♪
(music fades)
I am a member of sports association
from los angeles,
and we use to hold monthly meetings
on Thursday somewhere called a red tractor.
whoever comes -
tommy lasorda
billy jean king is there
mohamed ali When he looks at the cassius,
first makes his appearance here.
They are legitimate athletes in their chosen profession
saltman: suddenly, this is this commotion
on the venture boulevard.
there is this crazy person
going up and come down do wheelies
I don't even know How wheelie is
until they explain it to me.
people don't do wheelies < br /> go up and down the road.
I mean, that's crazy,
on the rear wheels on a motorcycle 80 miles per hour?
(imitating a motorbike engine)
everyone stops and will leave, "Oh , look at that. "
kelly: even the hard-earned sports announcer
from that day and age Surprised by this person,
of course it turns out evel knievel.
if you say
that he will become world-famous,
I will say you are crazy
if you will try understand evel,
you have to go back to his childhood
His parents separated and leave town,
and he was basically appointed by his grandparents
bob rowling: grandma and grandfather doing the best they can ,
and he is just rude, I think.
Maybe he doesn't have it that attention as a young person
when he needs it (chuckles)
Actually, I think, bobby it's kind of angry
with his father because He can't stay with him.
that's what I think
he wants to be with his father
pat williams: we wake up at my grandma's house,
and she and I are struggling,
and I punch him <
and he turned on the back from his head
and I said, "bobby?" and nothing.
I thought, oh, my God, I killed him.
and immediately, He has these wild eyes
Because he knows What has happened. </ P>
and across the kitchen, there is a door
it's a little open, the kitchen door,
and he runs to that door
and slams it shut closed with his head
and it's half stunned him again.
and he turns around sits down,
and he points at me, and he says, "do you see that ?
no one can hurt me
you can't hurt me Nothing can hurt me. "
jim blankenship: I think grows in butte, montana,
without a father -
will be difficult to handle, I will think
knoxville: butte, montana,
only tough mining city
when the mine is full, the bar is open 24 hours.
there are many prostitution.
man: there were about 3,000 prostitutes at that time.
man: it's only miners drinking and fighting & apos;.
williams: you have to learn to overcome butte.
sometimes koping means with your fist
you fight You stand like a man.
You fight, and you are taught that.
and that's the part of the butte creed
are you just not backing down
knievel is a warrior from the get-go,
even during school class.
he will be a little annoying sometimes.
you know, you have to calm him down.
well, You can't dare him. </ P>
if you dare him, he will do it
I remember when bob got his first motorbike
I don't know why does he have two tires
he always goes around behind one.
You never know what he will do do it with a motorbike in the city.
I mean, he will drive it the entire increase -
Raising hell with everyone.
burns: he likes to have Police chase him.
You can't catch him on a bicycle
When You are in a patrol car. </ P>
(playing rock music & apos; n & apos; roll)
linda bork knievel: One day I went running to the store,
and who's up there, but it's a big bad knievel, you know?
he's a character (laugh)
I'm scared,
but I'm kind of flattered, you know?
Wow, he noticed me,
and then one day he just say,
"You will marry me."
(laugh)
story is that he kidnapped him.
paddle: well, I don't know if he kidnapped him or not.
You know, that's possible - that might be something
that they planned Anyway, who knows?
yeah, I guess I was kidnapped
I thought I just walk home from school that day
when he said, "enter the car," do you know?
(laugh) I don't know, I just -
something almost like overtaking me,
and he drove me down for dillon and, uh ,
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He has some strange ideas about how life should be lived.
and he -
he thinks he should be in the top of the stack, you know?
I think that's why he did it the items he made to make money.
he will nominate them, There will be a shade for that.
he is happier if something is a little shady about that
linda knievel: he made his own work.
Actually he started working as a security officer at night.
he has a route where he is normal go around
At 2:00 in the morning, 3:00 in the morning
and check all the different companies.
You will pay to make sure the door is locked
and everything, and if you don't pay it,
you might be robbed in about a month or more.
he entered my place
he might have 40 or $ 50, something like that,
but that's not it - nothing big
yes, he - he ran a racket no questions about that
The police called me and told me
that something was known safecracker in the city
Now I know they're talking about evel
he's a criminal
a con-man, I think you will call him.
knoxville: at the age of 19,
He started a semi-pro hockey team and convinced
czechoslovakian national team
to come to butte to play it
(laugh) and czechs kills them.
like, set 22 to 3.
but I don't think evel is it upset about the score
pavlovich: I think he goes
in the middle of from the second period,
and the money is lost.
no more money to pay them
So, you know, draw your own conclusions.
where did the money go? (laugh)
williams: alright, Butte likes people
who rise up against the edge of the envelope.
they forgive about some criminal activity,
but not especially like criminals.
tonning: He had three children at that time.
he threw all of hers a thief bag on the river
and decided to leave immediately.
so that the knievel gets this job sells insurance
to combine insurance company,
and it was run by this person, w. clement stones,
who wrote a book called
"success through positive mental attitude. "
I feel healthy I feel happy. I feel great
Jay Tamburina: I think it's really changed His thinking was drastic.
I mean, he was like that starting with,
and it just intensified it.
He was a salesman legendary.
When he sells insurance, he sells insurance,
and he sells lots of it
Tamburina: I remember him go to a mental hospital
di-- inside-- I believe it is deer lodge.
and he wrote 271 policies
at this hospital, mental hospital.
this is a super note, no one has ever written
that was a lot of policies in the week ever.
and he talked to the president /> from the company at that time
and said, "I will rest every note in the company,
" every that exists,
and you made me vice president after I did that. "
and mr. Stawn said," sorry, That won't happen. "
well, knievel isn't like that
knoxville: so he takes his family
and moves to the lake mos, washington,
where he got a job selling honda motor
gunn: he was making living well on that,
But apparently not is good enough for him
he said, "i think i need to do something strange,
" some kind of action so it will make people
to get down here and look at the motorcycle. "
So he has this crazy idea about making this jump
He said," I'll jump over cougars and rattlesnakes "
I said, "you must be kidding."
gunn: my part is in the mountain lion is jumping
am I wearing a white coat like a doctor,
and evel introduce me as a veterinarian,
which is a bull jar, but...
so he takes them down and puts the cougars below him.
and they are afraid to die. they won't come out
They're like kitty cats.
But the snake, holy -!
we put them in a big fridge carton,
and they were annoyed.
So he went around, Then he got on the road. </ p >
and, well, so He goes up in the air
I can see he won't succeed
by god, he's about three short legs
Ban his back hits carton fridge
and snake go flips to the crowd
talking about people who run and get out of there
-! (laughs)
That poor person is from a good wish we are to help catch the snake!
(Laughter) I said, "You must be so joking!
and he just returned on his motorbike,
Up leap, and wave to the crowd.
he doesn't - he doesn't care the snake
people start talking to him, you know what
you know, What can you do next? "
and he starts thinking about it something like that
That's when he appears with the idea
starts the stunt show. </ p >
I told him, I said, "They will eat you, son.
You will never succeed. "
perior team: I am a bartender at the martyr bar
in orange, california, and this friend entered, </ p >
sit at the end of the bar, and we start talking.
well, he is a brave motorcycle,
and he has jump over a rattlesnake,
and he wants to do a big one a ramp-to-ramp jump.
he said, "people will go wild,"
and he only convinced me.
I can somehow to get two pickups,
a tractor, and 40 foot footage.
the logo on the side is "evel knievel
and the motorcycle brave."
Well, the evel name comes from his wild years at butte.
he was given that name by the police
he was imprisoned with a man named "knawful."
and they said, "alright,
better the door key is pretty good tonight
we got terrible knawful and crime here."
Violence: he heard that, and he liked it.
perior: he changed it to evel
because he didn't want to sound too bad
What he does is get a lot of people who work with him.
People are good like sweet savages and eddie mulch
and klesh fargo
weapon: so he starts thinking
different stunts to do
perior: boards that are on, </ p >
we will soak it with gasoline and turn it on fire.
leeuwen: and he will hit it first board and just go boom!
and splash fire, goods will fly in the air!
and then, boom! hit the second one!
sparks will fly! and, boom, hit the third one!
hit the fourth one, and the fifth...
somehow, bob gets this midget called butch willhelm,
and talk to him to join the show
Bob said, "he will do it everything I do in miniature."
and he will fall on everyone.
something terrible will happen.
he's like that crazy bastard
he will do these stunts, and he never tried it before.
Once he had a motorcycle ran to him
around 60 miles per hour, /> and he jumped,
But he didn't jump quite high.
He sprained From the waist to his ankle.
man: I think so The point is when he decided
robbie knievel: the equipment my father jumped,
compared to what happened today -
extraordinary.
leeuwen: it weighs 500 kilograms.
it will be like jumping a dump a truck over all the cars,
but he still does it.
I am a speedometer for evel
I stand there and pay attention to him and say
You will be fast enough or you won't be fast enough.
I think you will call it guess
perior: bob jumps further and then with each show.
the only one is They stand not full.
not in any way
how do you convince people to come to sports
they've never heard of?
we owe $ 52,000.
bob continues to spend money we don't have
and that's when I decided I have to go.
Okay, of course, then he saw that he didn't need a team.
he went alone
now only he looked for a big pause.
- (dramatic musical drama) - announcer: stretches the world...
Stretches the world to take you various constant sports.
A few years, I sang it in my sleep
the sensation of victory and suffering from defeat.
announcer: and suffering from defeat.
knoxville: sensation of victory and suffering from defeat,
and they always show the skier,
where you never know - said he died.
tony hawk: an accident, like, That's what you remember from the "wide world of sports". </ p >
announcer: human drama from the athletic competition.
saya ingat, seperti, hal gila yang mereka inginkan tunjukkan sesekali.
skateboard sedang menyala "Dunia olahraga yang luas." saya ingat itu.
penyiar: abc's "dunia olahraga yang luas ..."
kami dalam bisnis teater olahraga
Olahraga adalah drama. Olahraga adalah sebuah cerita.
penyiar: gemuruh kemenangan.
saya menyukainya
seperti saya meliput beberapa Hal teraneh sendiri.
asalkan membawa penonton. america menyukainya
penyiar: drama manusia dari kompetisi atletik.
leeuwen: semuanya bergegas pulang dari gereja
dan menonton abc "dunia olahraga yang luas" pada pukul 1:00,
dan itu acara terbesar di tv.
penyiar: ini abc's "dunia olahraga yang luas."
knoxville: evel knows that motorbike racing
at the ascot speedway is a feature of in the "wide world of sports."
so he's fast-talking the owner let him do his job.
before we go back to racing, I want to introduce to you
an unusual young man.
this is evel knievel, and his expertise in sports
is to take a motorcycle on the road
and jump over the air around 90 feet
That's what he will try do today with more than 15 cars. </ P>
- you tried 15 today - well, the parachute is ready
ready for the motor and I'm ready
and I'm not will be gone today
reporter: and he will leave .
he will build the speed as soon as possible
and here it goes
he made it!
a beautiful leap as evel knievel
got roar approval from crowd.
leeuwen: here it is here in the "wide world of sports."
the biggest race of the year.
the biggest ground race track < br /> this year.
and I won it. I won the race
and you think anyone remembered that? no.
they know knievel
they remember knievel from the whole deal, not me.
and I won 100 laps. way my ass is off.
so it's e
So it's leg level at the door,
and now he goes to drop it. </ p >
if you think of the most Outrageous things you can do,
what will happen?
it will jump the fountain in the caesar palace
robbie: I don't know where it came from,
how will a man come down palace caesar strip,
see fountain - what does he think
where does that come from?
knoxville: so evel want to do this action in vegas,
but nobody knows who he really is
so he switches to hustler mode
kelly: this person called every news outlet,
told them that evel knievel, famous motorcyclist,
will jump caesar palace
come Saturday morning, be there
knoxville: so he calls jay sarno
people who run caesars,
and every time he calls as a different person,
and every time, he will do it misinterpret his own name.
evel knievel: I told him my name is larson
I am illustrated with sports.
I said, "Have you heard it from & apos; evel neevel & apos;"
He said, "who is this? & apos; evel neevel & apos;" "
so I waited two more days and I called him back,
and I said, "this is dennis lewin from & apos; wide world of sport & apos;
do you know evel knievel?" he said, "navel.
evel neevel evel knievel. & apos; Who is this crazy person? "
he said, " Everyone calls me about him.
he said, I thought we got a deal with him. I didn't know called back. "
(laughs)
knoxville: like many of his stunts,
Caesar's palace is one of them
which he dreamed of and sold
even before he knew /> that's possible
and later that day, he has a lot of people there,
and he doesn't know if he can make it </ p >
he just has to go for it
robin knievel-dick: I talked to him for a while before he jumped,
and he was very not calm about jumping
You can say that he's nervous.
he made a run on the road and,
you know, We can hear the motorbike.
and we can hear people,
and then the doorman -
the telephone doorman and tell us what happened.
(woman screaming)
tonning: my god it's terrible
I think he'll - I think he's dead.
I'm horrified to see My friend looks like a cloth doll.
Linda knievel: I didn't think she was unconscious
but she was sick.
So it went to the hospital we left.
knoxville: He has a broken wrist,
two broken ankles, Hip hip.
and somehow,
the word came out that he was in a coma
and it might not work.
he told the story, but he didn't coma .
the fact is, I flew there,
and that hasn't happened yet but like two days
because he had an accident, and he's awake
as I walk on hospital room
(laughs)
he has a press coming there and playing it.
"oh, I will die. I don't know if I will succeed. "</ P>
Well, this is knievel. That's what he did. </ P>
he played it to the end.
knoxville: soon, the collision recording is everywhere
geraldo rivera: we saw it jump caesar palace
we see that fall and his body expands
and his head hits, and you know,
all that suffering and broken bones.
the film's piece is amazing, to see him go over and over again
and then roll all the way up to the wall and that -
it's one of the great pieces of recording of all time.
Boys , he is national news all over the place.
(applause and applause)
weapon: he immediately became famous.
This person somehow managed to catch him what America needs
he joined at the right time. </ P>
There was a certain cynicism throughout the country
the community changes.
man: you have corruption in the government
well, I'm not a criminal.
♪ when I look out my window... ♪
humans: the country has been battered for years of war.
hamilton: America will come apart at the seams.
♪ must be the season witch ♪
♪ must be the season the witch ♪
williams: we are a little falling on ourselves,
and follow this child from butte, montana,
that shows us who we are and wants to come back again.
♪ he's wearing red, white, and blue ♪
♪ stars and stripes, too... ♪
earle castine: I guess we are looking for for some kind of hero.
we have superman and batman and -
but this person is the real thing
♪ evel knievel & sos; s for gods and countries too... ♪
sullivan: most motorbikes black people
what is evel wants to change,
and that's where red, white, and blue Skin comes from.
He wears red, white, and blue because he's patriotic. </ p >
he loves his country,
But he also sees it will happen
Give him encouragement for his image,
and people appreciate him more.
wilson: and he comes out from the mountains
in his star suit, with his stick, and he said,
"I will face death."
he opened the door and invited people
to buy tickets to see truth
rivera: for that disenchanted, a disappointed generation,
where you don't trust anyone, because even the president lied,
here's a man, he will risk everything
man: he did it! he did it!
knoxville: You know, there are three tv stations at that time,
and when evel is in abc, everyone knows that
That's what you do that night is a watch,
and that's what are you talking about
for the next a few weeks later.
wilson: He is so popular that he came out of
ranking top "wide world of sports" shows
in 37 years of performances,
he holds seven of them
announcer: motorbike brave evel knievel!
hoffman: he is the talk of the world.
He is the biggest reality show before reality shows exist. </ p >
have you ever been afraid before the action?
- are you afraid? - I'm not afraid.
when I go jumping, I will say that I have some concerns,
but I don't think I've ever been afraid of anything
if I know something will happen,
I try and train myself to where I have full control
of my mind and body
I relax when I hit instead of freezing and scared.
williams: He said to me one day,
"you know what I'm really good at...
is take off
You know what I'm bad at is landing.
but he says, "That's a bad landing,
That's what brought The crowd out . "
You know, bobby used to say, "Nobody wants to see me die,
but not Want to miss if I do it."
announcer: and just to go up that road
and see the distance that he must, basically,
obstacles on the ship harley machines his davidson.
gifford: he knows if he's not perfect When he leaves that path,
something terrible will happen
between the time he left there and come down here.
If he says yes he will go do something, he will do it,
I mean, even though he knows it will kill him
linda: you know, you always -
question whether or not he may not make it live
I would think my father would die every time he jumped.
it was tense it was difficult for us
pavlovich: if he falls, < br /> You know, and get hurt,
then he will come out, he will do it again
and everyone says he is crazy he is hurt times last
evel knievel: doctor, especially surgeon,
already amazed how can I keep going
he has... . the recuperative power
is outside a normal person.
knievel-dick: they will say,
" You will have this actor for eight weeks, "
and he will take it off at three. </ P>
humans: this might look like only some abstract pipes,
but this is actually right hip
and right thigh bone from evel knievel
evel knievel: I think I've probably become immune to pain.
I have learned to live with pain for so long I thought, uh,
what would hurt the average people don't hurt me so much
kelly knievel: When we grow up
and my father breaks bones, and he is in pain,
He never bit him. </ P>
he never complained about that thing
no, no, I'll be fine I'll jump again.
It's just that he receives it That's what he has chosen to do
and that is something he just has to deal with,
and that's how he overcomes it
a little special,
doesn't care what I want to do if I want to do it
to be a champion or to be the best
even though I've been injured Repeatedly,
and live like many people who live in...
twilight world -
People people like this, They don't even know victory
or lose because they've already never tried anything,
and this is something that I think it must be done,
and I will do it
I have a kind of carried street teen idol.
mm-mmm.
I have enough star power,
but I keep trying to strengthen my actions
I think, god, if I can
a really good western or I get a good action film...
and I'm looking for some kind of modern western character.
who is that?
I remember seeing the recording from the palace of caesar,
and I thought, yes, that was the movie
in in my mind there is only one man who can do this right
john milius, he writes "harry dirty,"
"jeremiah johnson,"
and of course later "apocalypse now."
milius just wrote it as if he wrote it for patton.
it was like This is a sound myth for that, you know?
And there was this person who thought he was a gladiator.
and I was very excited for show this.
so he told me to meet him in hollywood
at the hotel saharan it went up at sunset
he was up all night
got another big wound. Kotex wrapped it all over there.
and he lay there like luxury in a bad motel.
and that's when everything being crazy
he took a bottle of from wild turkey,
and I heard a snapshot from the turkey,
and he drank half of it Down and he sat down.
I said, "Alright, I want to tell you that we have a good script,
and I just bring it to you, and I want you to read it. "
He said," You read it, " and I said,
" Alright, I already read it, and I like it very much.
I think that's good. "
He said," no, I want you to read it to me. "
and I just don't want to read the script
I mean, it's just crazy,
the idea I read script for him
But he died seriously, and I saw this gun
and he put it in my head.
and I thought, he means this
you know, this is really the real thing
my performance reading the script
is the best I have been given,
and I may have to have received an academic award
women and men, You don't know
How wonderful I feel to be here today
it's really an honor to risk my life before you.
an honor.
before I jump over my motorbike over 19 of these cars -
and I want you to notice, no volkswagen </ p >
or datsun on the line.
(motor revving)
ron wichman: evel isn't happy with that, I don't believe it,
from what I understand talk to him
I don't believe he is totally happy
with George Hamilton in that matter.
hamilton: I didn't think evel appreciated me
climbing onto his skin and riding his motorcycle,
But what happened was, by osmosis,
when he goes to see it in the theater,
When he comes out, he says this,
and they extraordinary words
came out of his mouth that John wrote for him.
they told wright brothers to fly is impossible,
and they might say Neil Armstrong
the way on the moon it's impossible
they say that the shepard and glenn will never travel the world,
and they say that Armstrong will not step on the moon
You know, he is using the words of an author
and this is evel < br /> she became
I myself when I jumped gently.
There were only two things that kept the rest of them from doing that ,
and that is fear and a big hole in the middle,
and as long as I can stand alone and be the best
on what I did, I will continue to do it.
wilson: he created the character named evel knievel,
and then tried to stay the part.
he never violated the character
he has the ability to evel persona,
and that is what he presents to the world
We don't want guys with gray hats.
we want black and white evel represents it
he must be think of himself
as a person in a white hat, good people
if I look like I am rigging up for a trip into space,
you are right.
no one has to ride a motorcycle without a helmet
I never did.
he is someone
who are looking for what is much of us doing it in our own way,
and that is recognition,
and if you get into the background
You can understand that.
he wants an identity he needs it
he just wants to be loved
(peter frampton "s " show me the way "to play)
♪ I'm surprised how are you feeling?
♪ there's ringing in my ear... ♪
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harley davidson motorcycle company,
and bucyrus-erie train and steam shovel company in milwaukee...
kelly knievel: my father, he found licensing business
I mean, how many people can you think of
that has a name they are on the product before evel kn -
I mean, there are a few, but he really enhances art
from the licensing business.
knoxville: yes, he has an agreement with everyone -
mack trucks, harley davidson,
But that's not the problem I remember.
announcer: this is the evel knievel and the stunt cycle.
He's the only racer to do so many stunts, </ p >
summersault summer...
evel knievel has become a legend for the rest of his life.
zeke goes up: at & apos; ideal & apos; came out with evel knievel toys,
president & apos; ideal & apos; called me aside and said,
"This will happen very large items for us."
boys: This is a rally evel knievel!
For me, there is only one action figure
when I grow up, and that is evel knievel.
it's as cold as possible maybe get on time.
It comes with a motorcycle you can end.
when you wind it up and you stop and it takes off -
You just wind it up, and if you are building tension,
You don't know what will happen,
but you know it will explode, and it won't be pretty,
but you're lucky that this toy is evel knievel,
- because he can accept it - that's amazing
Wow. go evel!
announcer: evel knievel The stunt cycle comes with a figure,
winder, standing wheelie, and flip the front bar.
new from ideal
rose: the toy was sold out.
pavlovich: I would say he was made more money than the ideal toy
then he do it on one of his jumps.
I've been with him one time, he shows two royalty checks,
and both at that time
half one million dollars each.
both of them. two checks
I told him, "Alright, you succeeded You are at the top.
"You said you would do it be a millionaire
You are a millionaire. "
wilson: it's an amazing time
money flows in by millions.
kelly knievel: everywhere He leaves, he goes first class.
Yes, my father likes spending money.
robbie knievel: suddenly, there are five ferraris,
two lear jets, five other airplanes
Linda knievel: he will take a boat, oh, he needs a bigger boat
oh, how about a cruise ship? what about another cruise ship?
tracey mccloud: with a helicopter on top
leeuwen: he has "evel eye i" painted on his side.
reporter: He is not an easy racer.
he is proud of material things he can buy money -
cadillac, $ 140,000 luxurious van.
Wilson: he take me to his office,
open the big safe he has,
and there is gold platted, full-sized motor.
But you know what?
You can barely see it
because it's closed in cash,
like that has been thrown there like confetti
tonning: he built Big and beautiful house
on 18 green
with this large iron gate with large "ek"
Right in the middle is the actual handle
You know, for butte, montana, that - that's the thing. </ P>
if I risk my life for that
I will spend every penny of it !
kelly knievel: yes, my father has closeness to clothes.
he likes to dress with talent.
He will enter the shop and see the sweater he likes,
and he just bought it in 20 colors.
come on me and I will take you on a small tour
from my office and changing room < br /> and show what you can buy
with a few dollars if you want
to jump a motorcycle more than 19 cars
humans: evel is very striking
walks with a stick with a diamond on his stick,
and the jewelry has diamonds, and he has whole gold.
robbie knievel: he always loves elvis
and they trade belt buckles and robes.
My father is a fan heavy free to become a showman.
evel knievel: all money in the world
can't buy your way to heaven
can't buy exit from hell
it's made to spend here,
and I will have the best clothes,
the best boots, the best diamonds, cars best, trucks, motorbikes,
liquor, and women on this earth
are just as long because I can keep going. </ p >
sullivan gene: when he entered money and fame and fortune,
This is like a woman
almost the same part of...
push from day to day
Part of it is a woman
very extraordinary interested in her
I know because she and I will go Come out drinking occasionally,
and, anyway, they will line up.
and he will choose the prettiest.
he's outside
He gets more fire in him. He is amazing
leeuwen: he will change his hat trick half the time,
because I will meet him do three nights for around the week when I was there
wait a minute.
bobbie knievel: come on, I mean, back in the 70s,
every woman wanted someone like that
I'm always angry He might cheat my mother.
♪ I'm another woman... ♪
Linda is an ace - ace.
I mean, She's the best woman
that she could be married.
tamburina: You know, he stands next to him,
and many times, he doesn't treat him properly
hi, handsome & apos; will you swim again? </ p >
linda bork knievel: he doesn't hide anything,
and that's probably where I'll be a little annoyed with him.
He'll go home a little the lipstick on his collar,
and I'll get it < br /> a little checked.
I want to invite you to go out to dinner somewhere
real good a quiet little spot, </ p >
makes you fooled and drives you home somewhere.
I will think, I married this man
I don't know, < br /> I just -
You didn't leave the man unless he wanted you
Say I died and landed in heaven.
bang, I'm there, okay
here I'm sitting there in a white robe on a hard marble slab
next to JFK, martin luther king, and some popes.
now, what the heck is going to say evel knievel to one of three people?
I can't continue a smart conversation
with them
I want to go for my own type of paradise.
uh... there's beer It doesn't make you fat.
it's got lots of beautiful Girls like you running around,
and my wife won't be angry if I go out with one of them.
he's fine before he becomes evel knievel,
and then, you know, this -
people can't handle that fame, some from them.
He's a small town from a small town on -
very-- in seven years,
become one of the most world famous people
I think that he -
he forgot how to be a bob
and when he becomes evel,
It's like the world Bring him stay away from us.
if you want in this business
and you want to be the best in the world and you want to use </ p >
red, white, and blue number one behind you,
You have to be manly enough to handle the consequences.
announcer: courageous king,
number one, evel knievel!
knoxville: evel is above in the world,
But he starts lose a little grip,
and that thing with hell angels don't help.
sullivan: evel at odds fight hell angels
and biker image.
he used to talk about many hell angels, always put them down.
evel knievel: they are murderers, thieves, or drug dealers,
I mean, These people are dogs.
they are included in a penitentiary.
weapons: must pass them.
you know, they are upset.
and san francisco is one of their main areas.
sullivan: announcer is that person
who started it all.
When he introduced Knievel, he said,
"if you make knievel this jumps tonight,
he will make angels hell back 100 years. "
the wrong thing to say
he hardly made that leap, back around,
and I see some hell angels
has come out to the floor.
and this hell angel gripped it
well, I-- I mop it up.
The hell's angel threw it down Just when I got there,
and I gave this person check body
and he folds like-- just come out
Well, then the war starts, you know?
angel of hell come bowling there
and people come out from the stands
and start hitting them.
they put two of them Hell's angel in the hospital.
sullivan: After the cow palace incident,
evel is a little paranoid.
He said, " Do you have a gun? "</ P>
saya berkata, "ya, Aku punya beberapa dari mereka. "
Well, he said, "that hell angel, you never know,
they will walk here with a shotgun," and he said,
"I have to be ready for them."
knoxville: the person fell several times,
of course it will increase
mentally and emotionally in your head
it should be.
announcer: look at the right shoulder.
is broken, there , right collarbone
woman: have you ever been afraid
if I were, I wouldn't tell me about it </ p >
- woman: why - I've been worried
I'm evel knievel, dear I'm not supposed to be afraid.
sullivan: he's constantly tortured
with thoughts,
you know, you won't make this one.
You will die here
and so he does everything he can go through alcohol,
through flamboyan, through, to be, you know,
rough or anything to get this thought comes out of his head,
But they're having lunch.
You know, evel, You tremble a little. </ P>
Well, if you do what I do, you will also tremble. </ P>
I can see it in his eyes Sometimes when he back
to ask if he will go fast enough,
I can see Fear in his eyes.
I know him scared, but he will never -
he will never say no
you know, he will go ahead and do it </ p >
the medication he drinks, the medicines he drinks
for the pain-- plus he drinks -
he becomes just schitzo...
I mean, paranoid.
Gunn: he's paranoid about protecting his things,
paranoid about who he let in and...
williams: we will talk, < br /> and almost as if
he is schizophrenic,
he will turn around and be ugly about various things.
I have to standing two people who want a piece of him,
and they want a piece of him
because he is -.
he is a jerk
I am a fair person, you know, trying to maintain peace.
I am the person protecting troublemakers
dari orang baik
You know, and I think, I can't do this
hamilton: this is true interesting when you are -
you're a man like evel knievel,
and you have created this myth, and once you are defined,
It is difficult to live according to that.
he always resells what he has sold
how are you better than that?
how can you be bigger?
williams: all his life,
he's never satisfied
even when he's the most famous brave
who has ever live, he is not satisfied
he has to make another half a million dollars leap.
he must find one more woman more beautiful than the last.
he can't satisfy himself. he has to do something else.
he has a friend who, uh-- they are at the talking bar,
and this friend just make a comment,
"What's the next thing?"
I think he said, "grand canyon?"
Well, of course that starts a-turnin wheel & apos;.
kelly knievel: one of my father's favorite photos
is he there is a rim from grand canyon
and there is this two navajo leaders there.
and my father points
on the other side < br /> from grand canyon,
and they just stare at it like this crazy guy.
evel knievel: my dream is to jump the grand canyon.
interior secretary told me that I could.
I took his words for that. Then he changed his mind.
So I told him to go sprayed, and I bought my own canyon,
river snake canyon in the state of idaho
and the only way they do it get me out of the air
is to shoot me out with an anti-aircraft gun,
because I'm leaving, trust me.
jumping across the canyon will be about a mile. </ p >
it's somewhere between 1,000 and 1500 feet down.
like you see, pete, this motor
isn't like a bicycle any motorcycle you've seen in the world.
this rocket goes out 90 pounds of thrust each.
original concept knievel take a motorcycle ,
put the rocket on it -
and that's not possible
and so needs only needed
that he made a rocket vehicle.
Our partner is bob treaux,
and he is known as the father of the steam rocket.
and that's our answer
to get the evel knievel above the canyon -
basically building a hot water tank
and open it and leave it alone
this machine is powered by steam.
steam is the most reliable source of energy
we are in the world
and it will go from zero to 350 miles per hours
from a dead end in eight seconds flat.
reporter: super action,
billed as someone who opposes death < br /> this century's event
will be seen by by nearly two million people,
most of them watch closed circuit movie screen
I want to tell you what the evel knievel
says wherever he goes, whatever he signs -
if he talks to you Right now, he will say,
"hey, jim, congratulations on landing."
When there are any events the size during that period,
I might get the first call to do a promotion
remember,
first times I see the evel knievel,
he appears on the venture boulevard
performs wheelies on his motorbike.
When that's the first time I met him, But I really don't know him
until we do it river canyon snake jumps
when I'm in control publicity and promotion.
for a moment in our boring and ordinary lives,
I think what he did Very nice.
So it's never difficult to sell something you believe in
and I believe in it.
we take a 30-day tour, which is the idea,
for hold a press conference, like, literally 90 airports.
How are you?
reporter: when knievel flies to town every day
in the two lear jets, the pilot, whacha macullum,
and the co-pilot is wearing dark red the dinner jacket is thrown.
You must see our socks and underwear
every day is a party.
there are around 2500 press the credentials given
that greater than every fight,
and I did everything.
bigger, bigger than a presidential group.
don't e. branker is responsible of all logistics
don't e. branker: I am a concert promoter.
I really act like a rock, door, who,
and then evel join with pay per view
closed circuit -
You know, and this the biggest event of its kind
in history entertainment
this Sunday a brave traveler named evel knievel
will try to cross a canyon on idaho
riding a rocket
If he succeeds, he will do it many times a millionaire.
if he doesn't, < br /> he will die
(laughs)
rivera: he is my hero in many ways.
I'm a little crazy He's very crazy.
and you just have to digging up his courage.
It seems like I'm not courage will be enough.
(chuckles) I say,
that looks far farther than < br /> I think a mile will look.
that is the type of action where you really will see,
maybe, a man commits suicide
it's very brave. it's very brave
It's almost impossible in many ways
but for his confidence.
what about the g-force?
I mean, when you start something it will happen
350 miles per hour, won't you be almost eliminated?
yes, I will wake up,
look at the other side the dirt road there,
wherever I am, and I will pull the rip cable
and open the parachute Behind that celestial circle. </ P>
are you saying that you will become unconscious when are you in the air? </ P>
up to 2,000 feet, I probably will, yes. </ P>
so that means you have to go back your awareness
right, but I can do that I will do it. </ P>
doug malewicki: There is no training. </ P>
He doesn't have training to draw gs
like a centrifuge or even on an airplane,
zero parachute experience.
spit: he has a kind of dead stick
where is spring -loaded, and if he fainted
and let go of the handle, the parachute will come out.
go!
rivera: actually there three steam powered
the sky cycle was built original,
called x1, < br /> tested without a pilot
about three weeks ago.
it ended at the bottom of the canyon.
evel knievel: It was a trial shot. we made a few mistakes
if I had been in it, I would have been dead,
but I didn't think that will happen
campoy: what the press doesn't know
is the first designed to fail.
we intentionally rocket-powered
so it won't work to the other side
he wants it as a promotional item.
he wants it happens in water
and let people see that.
campoy: finally, we ensure evel
to do a real test, but he only does it
if it is done secretly being a press
won't get any pictures of or anything
we think it will work
But there are problems with parachute
was deployed early...
and also landed correctly in the middle of the river.
saltman: Strangeness is in there to see it.
I saw it, and I wondered at that time
what was on his mind
I was thinking of myself alone
that he really saw at the time of his death,
and thought, you know,
this might not be < br /> Good idea.
However, giving him credit, he will pass it.
branker: at this point, we batting zero for two,
and the world is watching us. I mean, I - I feel it.
human: You will succeed!
you will! you will!
Saltman: he becomes more and more sour, </ p >
squeaky commands to everyone that he can,
belittling-- he disparages little people
he only means
branker: about a week out
is when we start feel something
don't go our way with the press,
Because the press now lives here,
a press starts to see the real level
do one thing for me
me no ask for your respect, I demand it
shelly gathers everyone around trailer evel and says,
"why don't you have it alone? Stand up so we can see it?"
Because there is a big crowd people there
and evel hears it and comes out, and, uh...
- I said already smiling on your face. - I'm not smiling at anyone
okay, take him out take him out outside.
continue, exit from here
watts: that's when he comes down the stairs with his stick,
and he grabs my camera, and he's a pretty strong person.
and grab my camera and start pushing me back
and hit me and the camera with his stick
man: will you apologize for the cameraman
for his rough life?
I will not apologize,
and if I see a small one bitch again,
I will throw him out of here, what about
saltman: as hard as we tried,
a lot of true temperament evel went out to the press
man: I think < br /> You have to apologize.
well, I want to straighten you come out right now
number one, I entered sky all day </ p >
number two, you are a guest in my press area.
Do you understand that? and so he is.
number three, < br> when I wake up there all day
and all the blood comes out my legs and feet
and go to my head, and I down
want to rest and get along with you,
You didn't tell me to go out and stand up and smile!
if I want to go out and try and get along with you,
You should at least allow me to sit down and smile!
So tell him I said to kiss my ass
kazikas: there is a point where we all <
I like sitting around and saying, "That guy is a jerk.
he's just a jerk he's a bully
he's boring /> what are we doing here
the rest of the press can now thank you
because I will go how is that, boy? </ p >
sayonara
humans: people start entering, and start going crazy.
every biker in the United States
it has no job there
branker: you have already different motorcycle groups,
you will not invite to your house for dinner
they will have fun happy Everyone is free around here.
high: you could say it's like a log,
but the evil twins from the stem wood
it feels unhappy flower child
sitting in the rain.
those people-- I mean, they are right really rude.
tonning: wackos with tattoos all over their bodies
drinking beer and making love in public
and everything kind of-- yes, that-that's bedlam.
(blow whistle) roach clip! document!
pipe hash Come to them when they're hot! </ P>
Rundle: they have a marching band from high school
it's there
that's not the place for the high marching butte band
to be that day, I have to say it
Right when we enter,
there is a man and a naked woman, uh -
You know, having sex there under the tree
I see everyone < br /> it's drinking
and smoking pots, and they're very wild.
(bands playing " stars and lines forever")
we turned on the band.
it was like the whole place appeared.
oh, they-- The crowd went wild, huh.
they really are ready for the celebration
lisac: many people just starting to blend
and just want to play our instruments
they are interesting and interesting, and then we know
we are 100 yards apart, good far from the rest of the band.
so we basically fought for our lives,
as far as I know.
At that time, they only entered my tube
full of everything -
bottle of beer, popcorn,
peanuts, rocks
I pulled the bra out of it.
I've never played a note.
We've also been with us the drill team ,
and the drill team, their names are purple bees,
and my good friends, They tear their clothes straight.
really tore his shirt.
I guess we all think of this
as something different from what will actually happen
john hood: people are given oh, beer,
and when the beer closes up,
That's when that happens rather rowdy
Rundle: they really roll beer truck above -
semifinals, on their side, release the key,
and everyone is walking through camp
with case of beer
The next thing you know, they take the latrine,
and they lower them, and they start
only throw it away, and they turned it on fire.
the place really was out of control at the time.
Things got as bad as possible < be bad without people dying
it's that simple - as bad as possible.
I can hear in the dark,
I can hear girls being raped
Aku bisa mendengar perkelahian terjadi.
You know, I can hear gunshots go, you know,
but nothing I can do
and finally I got to the point where I said,
"Do you know what? I'll call national guard in.
so I call them, and he said, "Sorry,
" But our people separated,
"and I can't come there to help you
you alone, kid. "
and I hung up on that, and I feel like crying.
reporter: there are more than 33,000 salary receipts.
as you see, they need control
They are very close to the edge of the canyon
about 600 feet straight down.
what do I worry about what is this canyon
There is this killer gorge in front of you,
and they put up standard cyclone fence.
I mean, just push it, and it will fall.
and I think,
everyone will rush to the edge of the canyon
to see what happened
and then you will have people who push from behind,
and like lemming at sea,
they will go just above the edge.
campoy: you know, I think it's very ironic
how do you e. solve security problems
where did he go Hell's angels camping
and hiring them to come
and give security for us there
I went there and I explained for them what I would do
"This is what I will do - I get $ 1,000 in cash,
" and I want you to guard the fence
and look after people -the on the side of the fence. "
and the man said, " Are you nagging me? "
I said," Am I going to crap? with you here? "
" okay, you got an agreement, sir. "
(laughs)
saltman: on the morning of the leap,
I looked at him and I saw a very pensive person,
very reflective, a very quiet person
he doesn't look comfortable
I don't know why he wants to look comfortable,
going up to the tin can to fly over the canyon
reporter: there bob treaux own,
chief engineer test the wind.
spill: wind 15 miles per hour not the right direction.
we recommend knievel he delayed the launch
pavlovich: I just said, "You know, bob, I don't think you have to do it.
" I think this is crazy.
I think this thing won't work. "
He said," I can't retreat now. too much has been said
they will call me a coward. " he said he wouldn't do that
" I go and that's it. "
I have a team behind me with mr. treuax
and all the boys are 100% and... I think we will do it
I hope the wind doesn't blow so hard,
but I think we will do it
saltman: no braggadocio
there is no courage
as the time counted,
he said to his family, " Let's pray. "</ P>
robbie knievel: yes, I remember my father
taking me into the trailer and that...
truck... (sniffles)
the whole family
and he hugged me and said, "I love you."
and he doesn't know what will happen
he is like, "God, take care of me."
Linda and children is crying,
especially the little girl.
Yeah, that's very a sad moment
you know, Suddenly I realized...
I have a hand in getting a man killed?
reporter: There he got on the road
towards the launch location
and head for the vehicle.
and he was introduced to the crowd now
I have never been afraid inside my life is dying
I think that a man is placed on earth to live,
not only to exist.
and today is the proudest day in my life.
I live a dream
that they think will never be able to do, but it will be done </ p >
salty: and then instead from a roar, silence -
like a frightening silence fall above the crowd
because this person right might go to his death.
branker: evel comes out of the crane
and into the sky cycle, and all the time,
Patriotic music is being played,
and at that time,
Even I'm a little emotional.
spill: fecundo and I tied it,
and got some pictures He was in the cockpit.
campoy: he saw much different than he did
when we started this project
His hair was gray, and he was really serious.
saltman: we have a big clock -
10 seconds, nine seconds
branker: eight, seven-- You see the audience,
No one breathes.
five... four...
announcer: three two one.
saltman: immediately, something failed </ p >
it failed it dropped like a bullet.
reporter: the parachute came out the main parachute came out.
he left
reporter: it will crash
just missed rock!
David, I can't see anything
berg: I have my camera
I take-- click click click click.
(whooshes) go straight to the canyon
I turn around , and the first the fence is just flat.
only, shwoop
man: it is raid, it is exactly what it is.
branker: I see bikers picking people out of the sky
that's true of a movie, do you know?
reporter: robert craig knievel seems to have landed
on the snake river.
evel definitely tries to exit, but he can't.
reporter: even I'm very scared
pavlovich: I thought he was gone.
they will not get to him in time
he will drown
tonning: there are people running
looking at edge, and linda are scared,
and the boy is scared.
robbie knievel: I think my father is dead.
I shouted, crying.
Saltman: I went into my helicopter,
passed the canyon, and there from muddy banks
on the side of the river...
already waved.
and I said this -
thank God that reporter: evel knievel standing
on the boat and waving.
he is alive and well
(reporters overlap)
I don't know what happened I don't know what happened
saya tidak tahu apa yang terjadi saya tidak tahu apa yang terjadi
only - I think - I don't know I can't say
I have to let bob and the victims check it out.
bob, what happened
Well, this here is the cover
to the parachute tube.
it's clearly loose too fast , right on the pad.
campoy: what happened did it go up
I immediately knew that the parachute had been deployed.
malewicki: it came from
because of mechanical problems with the design.
you didn't do it damn wrong
the tin was wrong < br /> on things.
it exploded there at launch
- exploded accidentally? - yes, that's our fault
it's not your fault. This happens.
yes, we should run one more test
campoy: it's clear to me, or for us,
that it is a mechanic failure,
But there is another story being banded about
returning to the press tent maybe that
evel has been freed the channel is earlier
I tell person That's what happened.
When I went to the press tent after the jump,
the press asked me to come and make a statement.
I told the press that he was - his hand separated from the bar.
I really like rocket crew
they are just a group of < br /> good person
I only know that mo how he treats people
there's nothing wrong
I tell people That's what happened. </ P>
and if it happens that took a little pressure
off from the rocket team, then be it.
campoy: so it comes out That's wrong.
reporter: but scolding questions anyway -
is this a legitimate effort? from a brave man,
or is it a great rip-off? from 1974?
wilson: Then the press tore it up.
Because they thought of him, along with me,
had committed a fraud.
hero or cheater?
or for Americans, is that the same thing?
reporter: it's evel knievel against the river gorge snake,
and canyon are sentimental favorites.
evel likes the jump
to become big front page news, </ p >
but that's very much sandwiched
by today's big news,
which is the forgiveness of from Nixon by President Ford.
That is a big transition in the country.
Maybe he has lived longer new thing
because I think people might just be tired
listen to it
and that's when he returns for butte and -
he - I don't know if he's depressed or anything.
he just, uh...
I think he must be just give up after that,
say, "Okay, you know, I'm done."
♪ swinging swing like a pendulum do... ♪ </ p >
gunn: he has never ever been to English before
he thought of a new crowd, a new group.
I can water them a little more than I can be American.
Mawar: well, they've never heard of it Teddy Roosevelt's speech,
good for your parents, using a helmet.
♪ two by two ♪
♪ westminster monastery, tower, big ben... ♪
reporter: evel knievel still alive, well,
and return to action in the famous old age Wembley Stadium,
London, England, for leaps to be made
more than 13 london buses
wilson: When he arrived in London,
he only sold 3,000 seats for a stadium with a capacity of 100,000 seats,
and he was inside problem.
There are some press there to meet him
he saw the press, and what did he do?
"I love to be here in the UK
where we come and win the war for you. "
sacred... oh and they started writing.
he knows his job,
which is to make people in the stadium wembley
We traveled around London, just friends
how are you? what's your name?
stephen
reporter: be a yankee pied piper
gather young and old and lead them all
to the wembley stadium
80,000 people appears to see the man do it.
gifford: so we walk to the wembley arena
where the bus marches,
and he said, "I can't do that."
I said, "what do you mean you can't do that? "
I said," pull some buses out of there
come on, there's no harm in something to do that. "
Now I go and take our producer,
I said," doug, "I said, " evel said he couldn't do that. "
he really doesn't think he will succeed
gifford: so I go to speak with evel,
and talk to him, and he was in the trailer.
We knocked on the door, and he said, "oh, no
I will try it I will try it. "
it's always, " I'll try it. "
and he's right he can't.
announcer: here is evel knievel!
gifford: You know, evel, We have to wonder afterwards river of snakes,
We have to ask- ask why do you keep on
Alright, I sometimes think maybe I should stop,
but you always want to keep going,
and I'm rather proud of that red, white, and blue number one
I use it on my shoulder, and I want to keep it there.
I'm glad you are here today.
you know, I have never had an accident when you were around
- good luck - thank you
gifford: he said earlier it was outside the jump
in the palace of caesar where he was seriously injured,
that this might happen Leap the hardest
he was ever made
He hurt himself in indio Caesar's 1967
this he went and he will leave.
wilson: it's almost scary, though.
the motorcycle is a ghost.
it fell after him, sort of.
finally, it landed on it.
gifford: he is down and he is hurt.
God.
(motor revs)
the man you see now is > leaning over evel is john hood.
it's the main mechanic.
hood: I know, well, he has to get hurt on this one
and I kneeled and said, "Are you okay?"
I took off his helmet and he said, "help me."
and he wants a microphone.
I want to stand up and walk. now, help me
he wants to talk he will talk
women and men...
I have to tell you
that you...
are the last person in the world
who will see me jump
because I will never, never jump again
I go through
knoxville: the accident is one of the worst
insofar as the injury will go away
he breaks his hand, returns, Break the pelvis.
after wembley, < br /> I went home to edit.
the phone rang. "hello, doug? evel."
he called me from his hospital room in london
"doug, You can't use that quote."
"What do you mean, evel?"
"You can't use that quote ,
that's the quote I said I won't jump again. "
and I said," well, why? " " Because I can jump again. "
When the jump is over in London,
I say that I will never jump again
That's the pain in my body master the brain
that I should have to have in my head
I will jump again,
but 13 is an unlucky number.
this time I will jump 14 bus
he somehow got the idea -
I won't come out with a collision </ p >
I will return to the United States,
and I will jump 14 buses.
that's all he is
You can't do it and say you are the best in the world
and then fall and wake up and say, I stop.
not if you an evel Your knievel can't be
reporter: raja raja family entertainment center,
is located outside from cincinnati, ohio,
full of people who comes to watch
evel knievel coming out of retirement,
and here he comes now too, robert craig knievel, evel
knoxville: many have gone up on this jump
uh, that's a different evel.
I mean, he really did it jumping exercises
I'll go, honest.
there is no wind that will stop me, there is not even a hurricane.
wilson: very brave jump.
the doctors told him Never do it again. </ P>
You know, one small slip, The wrong thing,
and maybe he has crashed
reporter: everything works
and total concentration now get the bike
from the approach road and onto the landing road.
and he doesn't hesitate. he will go
(applause and applause)
Boy, damage the motor Right in half, honest.
child man, it's coming apart, isn't it?
- kid, am I hitting hard - yes I know.
Thank you. </ p >
This motorbike is the best engine in the world,
as long as it concerns me.
it broke into two, but it held me back,
and all I can say is thanks to number one,
thanks to harley davidson
you've been so good for me for many -year.
I want to say it all of you something, though,
that - so far I'm worried,
I have jumped far enough.
Today I will go from here with you, </ p >
and I feel it a professional.
it is the biggest television audience he has ever had,
from the "vast sports world" which once there.
he did a few small jumps after that,
But he never went away it was big again
island king is...
the shooter get rid of the gun
but you will do stupid bullshit on behalf of evel knievel
hoffman: I think that's why you have a bicycle.
I don't know you just ride a bicycle around. I think the overall goal
bicycle is to hit things and fly from them.
seth enslow: we will line up neighboring children
but we only dream of having a motor between our legs.
and I fall every when.
you are like, yes, I will be like evel knievel
there is no way it's a young person
doesn't go not to try to do what the hero does
I don't think there is something is wrong with a small child
want to be evel knievel
more than he wants an oj simpson or gifford frustration
or whatever a professional athlete
- reporter : do you see him as a hero? - yes
- are you sure? - yes
He is one of the greatest heroes.
but his own son is his biggest fan.
reporter: this is robbie Look at this little one away.
and it feels like, "I will be you, father."
and legend continue.
I will jump the fountain in the palace of Caesar
before I end my career.
(applause and applause)
that's for you, daddy
knoxville: yeah, robbie broke all of his father's records.
I mean, hell, he can jump fourteen bus without hands.
but robbie is jumping on light,
more powerful bikes designed to jump.
leeuwen : he can jump farther and longer than evel
and all that, But that doesn't matter.
robbie can't tell a story
you know, he's not a showman
knievel is the main player.
a man can sing
longer and harder
from elvis presley,
but who cares ?
He is elvis presley. my father is evel knievel
(laughs)
(applause)
williams: even when bobbie no longer jumps
he still wants to be in the spotlight,
and he has to find another thing to do
to get his own attention.
yes, one of the projects is hollywood
- ♪ viva ♪ - ♪ viva ♪
♪ viva knievel ♪
Hamilton: in the end, there is one person
intended to be evel knievel, and it's evel
there is no doubt about that uh, not when he tries acting.
look at you, you are trying to destroy yourself
if you don't believe me, here's the proof
I won't let you kill myself around me
he appears for the audience,
but when it comes to the acting section,
I think there is a difference.
- that's too far - Stop it!
- Alright... - Stop! </ P>
- whatever you want, man! - stop, stop! </ P>
hood: Once out,
it is a movie that is not properly received
♪ viva ♪
I think the interesting part is is the jump, huh?
You know, we have a wall on highwire,
and mentalist on the edge from the canyon on a motorcycle...
salty: when do I know I will continue
the river snake canyon show,
I decided something very important -
that I will write a book,
a legacy, that people can read
about the evel knievel promotion from the Snake River Gorge.
and knievel, he is my 50/50 partner, and he said,
"Don't forget, just say the truth."
so with permission,
I take it audio-cassette recorder
during tour eva knievel.
if you listen to the recording, you can form your own opinion.
and so when I write my book, I keep out a lot of things,
the items I will never write about,
Because remember, when the book came out,
I still protect its image
Lawyer evel, he checks everything,
told me that it was written evel approval,
and then the book was published.
little: I was eveled & apos; s < br /> Compound one day,
and he threw this book at me,
it will be worth the money Someday. "
I opened it, here it is footnotes there
the first part of this book - " x-rated evel. "
he wrote there, "is adultery."
is directly from the get-go, You can say that he is angry.
it just started , and you can know from -
getting farther in this book, the madness he gets
"this is a lie and inaccurate."
(laughs)
"lies, lies, lies."
I read a book , and do you know what?
I said, yes, what's the problem?
I read the book several times.
I don't see anything in it is bad no.
it's very factual very, very, very factual
I think that shelly , who wrote it,
it was, uh, accurate
and...
That made him very angry.
Saltman: I am in the 20th century a lot of foxes,
when suddenly, I see evel,
with a big smile coming to me, loping together
and I'm actually happy to see it.
the book came out, and I'm like,
Maybe I can even persuade him do some promotions with me
I said, "hey, evel," and suddenly,
hands me, They are being held behind me.
They say it's two people I don't know them.
Maybe it's one of them. Maybe it's already two.
and he, uh-- he came to me
with a bat,
an aluminum baseball bat,
He said, "I will kill you, you bastard." </ P>
I did everything I could to defend myself
and I remember put my hand up,
I said, "what did you do? what did you do?"
I fought for my life.
and he wailed at me, and then I fainted.
reporter: knievel came to court
accompanied by his wife Linda and his courageous 38-year-old lawyer
faced charges of committing acts crime
in a baseball rock attack
on television executive sheldon saltman
tonning: bad things can happen far with that
he can if he wants
just stops being knievel for 10 minutes.
reporter: that's very hour interesting in division 91
from the city court where evel knievel
fired his lawyer and submitted a guilty plea.
he burned it and say to the judge,
"judge, I did it, and I will do it again.
lakukan apa yang kau mau bersamaku. "
you know, this old frontier justice thing.
You know, in butte, montana,
You got something done out on the road
You don't solve it with a lawyer
and evel always finish it with his fist,
or sometimes a tool.
not with a baseball bat.
it's not butte
I've never known anyone in the butte who did that.
if I don't think there are many judges who are stronger someday
that I will stand before called god
From the judge I stood before in the courtroom
in san monica, california,
I will kill that poor little bastard.
I broke his arm with a baseball bat,
and I think that what is right for him
I will guarantee one thing -
he doesn't write anything else about me
- (laughing) - but I mean -
I thought I was a sophomore in high school at that time,
and I didn't proud of my father to do that... altogether
stuntman evel knievel received a jail sentence yesterday
to defeat his ex press agent with a baseball bat.
reporter: the judge said 39 years
brave motorbike it was temporary as a judge
he found knievel & apos; s guilty confession
as refreshing, at the same time,
said rafeedie, "long time ago
we left justice border in California. "
With that, rafeedie was sentenced to up to six months in prison
and a three-year probation period.
The judge is a good judge and he is the judge fair.
rundle: Of course, when h
, when he is in prison, the judge is a good judge and he is the judge that's fair.
I think -
I think in my own way,
he plays it as a game.
knoxville: so he was jailed, but he was in the process of releasing his job.
so he was only there at night.
and he must be the chauffer </ p >
pick him up every morning and take him to the bar.
reporter: knievel believes in sharing wealth.
so this morning He hired a dozen limos
for transportation his co-workers free prisoners
for their work
you know, put him in jail,
he gets more pressure than anything
no end for shenanigans that person will be interesting.
reporter: inmates amazed,
but the authorities are not so enthusiastic
knoxville: alright, the judge gets annoyed,
and he revokes the evel item that release work privileges
tonning: I was annoyed at him.
he started to believe in the hype, that he really was resistant,
and he can go with anything.
I don't think he thinks about the public.
well, maybe if he does it, he thinks so,
ideal toy company, which produces
evel knievel toys, says it's gone
$ 1.6 million since evel knievel go to the county jail
We have an ideal meeting the next day or the day after.
and I say, "You know -
You know , we don't-- we don't sell killer toys
or gangsters or goods like that,
and because of that,
we will postpone sales in the United States. "
reporter: in front of toys,
it might not be a good Christmas for brave evel knievel.
the contract was canceled,
and he lost lots of money, yeah
everything-- everything started to arrive.
♪ again doesn't matter ♪
that's good,
but that's already put him back financially
I hate seeing him lose everything he does
in 10 minutes.
When it's messy, it collapses very fast.
mccloud: car, boat...
robbie knievel: water jet , ferraris,
everything to go into the gutter?
it's difficult
the house we all love
is taken over because my father didn't pay property tax
the bank came and got it and the irs sold it.
we loaded all the furniture,
everything from any value, from saddle to weapon,
and we will only bring so much out at one time,
and we will have a garage sale.
an arc of the sky cycle like what happened to his career
he was at the peak,
and then he was destroyed his whole life
evel knievel: I just dropped out of sight and played golf.
I just really backed away from the community
when I met him,
He was at a low point.
I mean, he was rather just past.
hustling golf - he might make < a few hundred here,
several hundred here
he lives day by day at that time.
he doesn't save the fact that he is married
secret or whatever,
and in two weeks I pack what I want to bring,
and we go on the road.
linda knievel: and I just let it go
I think, hey with that, you know?
you know, after 38 years
from someone tells you what to do...
I don't like it.
(chuckles)
I don't like it.
♪ nobody wins ♪
You can see it his health is declining,
you know, he's getting worse all the time.
he has a hip replacement, pelvic reconstruction,
a spinal fusion, liver transplant,
seven or eight battles infection staph
evel knievel: I have hepatitis c,
and I made it through blood transfusion,
and I have been told by doctor five years ago
that I don't have five years to live.
I took it one day at a time.
yes, you really feel sorry for him, I did, really.
I said, "You really got hurt."
♪ If you are going to be stupid, You must be tough ♪
♪ when you fall, you have to get back up ♪
♪ I'm not the sharpest rig in package 10 ♪
♪ but I know enough to know ♪
♪ If you are going to be stupid, you must be tough ♪
knoxville: then year The 90s came
and the motorbike jumped only one part
dari hal besar baru ini disebut aksi olahraga.
pastrana: how amazing it is quickly developing sports.
These are millions of motorbikes
jumping, riding skateboards, surfing industry
like definitely coming a long way
from brave for professionals.
In 2006, I was able to land the first double flip back
on a dirt bike.
nobody has ever thought that's possible.
bikes have evolved. riding has evolved.
they have a coach they have a school
they have a camp,
but the spirit of will never die,
and evel is one that is set our basis for the future
Things about knievels it really captivates
and inspiring all of us is the showmanship side.
(applause and applause)
I stay awake at night, and I keep thinking about it
how to do what I do in the biggest, the grandest way
and continue this legacy.
announcer: matt definitely - oh!
hoffman: extreme sports or action sports,
whatever they are commercial called, </ p >
definitely the result
From the evel way you dreamed of in the 70s
and how you want to push the limit
(" jackass "play theme song)
Can you do stunts on television?
(laugh)
(rough bull)
(groans)
(crashes, laughs)
evel must make the jump.
My stunts do, I know they will fail
(laughs)
hoffman mats and i < br /> pay homage to evel.
Hello, I am johnny knoxville,
and I will return flip this motor
hoffman: I think we should push the boundary,
take some of our friends together
and just make a few notes and just celebrate the evel life .
and, uh, that's what we did
ugh! -!
and I broke it - in that tribute
- oh! oh! - are you okay
Oh yeah, I feel great </ p >
not really, I tore my urethra.
thank you very much, evel
yes, I am definitely compared to evel knievel .
I think it's because of from the fact
I've had some big accidents.
so I thought I would see how far I can fly harley davidson
to honor evel knievel. </ P>
knoxville: when seth enslow does it break the record
harley davidson jumps, he dedicated it to evel.
and when robbie maddison set a new world record
for distance by jumping across the football field, </ p >
he did it on his 40th birthday
jump in the palace of Caesar Evel.
(applause and applause)
evel knievel always behind my mind,
like, - and it's not like we've forgotten about him
we just don't really know what he did,
and I think people started asking what he was doing.
announcer: one and only og!
evel knievel! </ p >
eagle: it's nice to see a new generation
understand how important he is for us
somehow we raised his profile again ,
But he deserves it all this time.
krystal knievel: he is very appreciating that children
paying homage to him , and they did it,
and he was amazed by that.
never forget -
You can fall repeatedly /> in life,
but you will never fail as long as you try to get up.
kelly knievel: I think my father likes his role
as an old statesman at the end of his life.
he thinks it's really cool, and where he deserves to be,
rightly so
I look forward to see what happened
in the next 20 years,
if I'm very lucky to live that long.
I have to have a hip replacement, complete hip replacement
I have to have
you guys, I really have a problem
knoxville: after a lifetime injuries and surgery,
The thing that was really kicked out his butt is a lung disease.
williams: if you ask him,
"Do you prefer to live? this is long, bobby,
died in the end of the road? "
I think he will choose the end of the road.
wilson: last partner The years of his life are hell.
he has a problem breathing,
he puts his life in perspective
about the things he has done
and thinks about how bad he takes care some people
krystal knievel: she's preparing for her goal
at every level
she's right a lot of mistakes with people
because he felt like that was important
it was important to him.
frey: he told me that he had led a life which he went through
in many ways,
and he just tried
to talk to people that he was right -
that really means something for him
That's what he said, and put it right.
mccloud: he said to me, <br "I am very sick." </ P>
He said, "I am fair people who are sick with women
are very wrong,"
and I said, "ah, daddy,
this is very good Heard you say that."
knoxville: he tried to make redeem with people at the end ,
and that's good, but it's rather difficult
to restore toothpaste in the tube at that time.
He caused a lot
well, the first time I ever heard him say "I'm sorry,"
he's pretty much on his deathbed.
yes, he just said "I'm sorry."
that's all
you know...
the most important thing in life, uh,
that's really important is your scorecard with god <
bob knievel is real, bobby knievel,
that's the person I know, and that's the guy I love.
and that's the person reappeared from mucus.
(laughs) and, uh, I was moved by it.
Violence: I talked to him the night before he died
he said, "You must help me,"
and he said, "say a prayer for me once and for a while.
and I said, "okay, alright, alright."
and he said, "I'm worse than you thought."
I'm talking on the phone with evel,
and he starts coughing, and the phone falls,
and he is unconscious.
(sound breaks) So that's how it is. </ p >
but it's difficult
I'm not ready
he's ready
and that's what matters.
You never think The evel will die
knoxville: You know, it can't be destroyed,
then...
that... That just reminds you that he is human.
I don't lose brave.
I lost this little boy who at one time
I think it's my brother.
That is an indelible knievel for me.
knoxville: I still think he's a superhero .
and, yes, I know a more complete story now,
and some of that stuff really heartbreaking, you know
but for me,
what he did surpassed that
Partially big of us don't take risks in our lives
most of us don't want to put it on the phone,
it can be said, like him
what my father did, no one will do it again
but there is a little evel in all of us.
I think I want to have it remember as, um...
a man who, when he's down,
gets back up
< you know, he never stops
Saltman: I think, in justice to him,
they shouldn't remember a crime that has happened
Instead he must be remembered for the good things he did.
in times of stress,
I trust someone on a white horse
wearing a white hat will arrive.
that's the american way
life is quite strong (laugh)
life can be beautiful - tough.
and, uh...
You need your hero, man.
(peter frampton & apos; s "show me the way" to play)
rundle: he always told me,
he said, "the canyon hasn't moved one inch,
and I don't see brave outline
waiting to jump.
♪ I'm surprised how are you feeling?
♪ there is a ringing in my ear ♪