This was one guy my Dad and I agreed on. Evel Knievel was the coolest. If anyone else had broken as many bones as he had and I heard he was going to do some insane stunt, I probably wouldn’t pay much attention. Evel Knievel? You HAD to watch him. It didn’t matter if he made the jump or not. The red, white and blue leather jumpsuits. The Jimmy Dean way of looking at who he was talking to from under his brow. And that grin.
To the entire Knievel family, you have my heartfelt condolences. Your Dad gave me and my Dad some amazing Saturday afternoons together. You have no idea how much that means to me.
