Comments on: Death of a Showman http://12angrymen.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/death-of-a-showman/ Sermo humanus per verba irata Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:46:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Movies With Numbers in Their Titles » Blog Archive » Death of a Showman http://12angrymen.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/death-of-a-showman/#comment-6139 Movies With Numbers in Their Titles » Blog Archive » Death of a Showman Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:46:57 +0000 http://12angrymen.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/death-of-a-showman/#comment-6139 [...] Death of a ShowmanBy Angry Overeducated CatholicOn Friday, a most remarkable thing happened. “Evel” Knievel, that most American king of daredevils, died. In bed. Of something utterly mundane. After a career of spectacular stunts and even more spectacular failures, injuries, …The 12 Angry Men Blog - http://12angrymen.wordpress.com [...] [...] Death of a ShowmanBy Angry Overeducated CatholicOn Friday, a most remarkable thing happened. “Evel” Knievel, that most American king of daredevils, died. In bed. Of something utterly mundane. After a career of spectacular stunts and even more spectacular failures, injuries, …The 12 Angry Men Blog – http://12angrymen.wordpress.com [...]

]]> By: The Great Movies » Blog Archive » Death of a Showman http://12angrymen.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/death-of-a-showman/#comment-6134 The Great Movies » Blog Archive » Death of a Showman Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:40:28 +0000 http://12angrymen.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/death-of-a-showman/#comment-6134 [...] Death of a ShowmanBy Angry Overeducated CatholicOn Friday, a most remarkable thing happened. “Evel” Knievel, that most American king of daredevils, died. In bed. Of something utterly mundane. After a career of spectacular stunts and even more spectacular failures, injuries, …The 12 Angry Men Blog - http://12angrymen.wordpress.com [...] [...] Death of a ShowmanBy Angry Overeducated CatholicOn Friday, a most remarkable thing happened. “Evel” Knievel, that most American king of daredevils, died. In bed. Of something utterly mundane. After a career of spectacular stunts and even more spectacular failures, injuries, …The 12 Angry Men Blog – http://12angrymen.wordpress.com [...]

]]> By: mildlypiquedacademician http://12angrymen.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/death-of-a-showman/#comment-6132 mildlypiquedacademician Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:02:58 +0000 http://12angrymen.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/death-of-a-showman/#comment-6132 Wow, I remember him being the absolute sh-t when I was a kid. What boy in the 1970s didn't aspire to some Evel Knievel-age? Jump that Schwinn banana seat with ape hangers over something it should never have been close to. Many a trip to the ER inspired by good old Evel.... Of course there were the product tie-ins, like these: http://www.actiontoys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=123&Category_Code=EVELK I heard that he was a wreck a few years back. Sad but to be expected. He didn't burn out, he faded away. Wow, I remember him being the absolute sh-t when I was a kid. What boy in the 1970s didn’t aspire to some Evel Knievel-age? Jump that Schwinn banana seat with ape hangers over something it should never have been close to. Many a trip to the ER inspired by good old Evel….

Of course there were the product tie-ins, like these:

http://www.actiontoys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=123&Category_Code=EVELK

I heard that he was a wreck a few years back. Sad but to be expected. He didn’t burn out, he faded away.

]]> By: Angry Immigrant http://12angrymen.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/death-of-a-showman/#comment-6128 Angry Immigrant Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:35:22 +0000 http://12angrymen.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/death-of-a-showman/#comment-6128 I admit that when I first read that news I checked to see -how- he died. Like <a href="http://www.australiazoo.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Steve Irwin</a>, one expects to see a man like Evel go out with his boots on. The fact that everyone checks to see what stunt he didn't survive shows that his legendary status hasn't faded away as his body has. I admit that when I first read that news I checked to see -how- he died. Like Steve Irwin, one expects to see a man like Evel go out with his boots on. The fact that everyone checks to see what stunt he didn’t survive shows that his legendary status hasn’t faded away as his body has.

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