Maybe its not right for a kid to expect to get any toy he wants... but the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle was not "any" toy... dammit. If any kid in the mid-seventies wanted a Stunt Cycle & didn't get one, I don't feel sorry for him. They should have recognized that its the Evel Stunt Cycle & if after making it known that its highly desired, still, no voluntary sponsors step forward, then a 6 yr old kid must take matters into his own hands. Its the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle... dammit
Thus, I began to search... low & behold, just as I had suspected, some pedestrian dropped a 20 dollar bill in the gutter. Thus I embarked on the approx 3/4 - 1 mile walk to "Toy City" that was not too far for a 6 yr old who knew of the grave necessitation to possess an Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle... dammit
I lifted the Evel box to place upon the eye-level counter & then the $20 also. I got enough change to stop at the liquor store on the way home & invested it in a brown bag full of candy... it remains as one of the greatest days of my life
The Stunt Cycle couldn't remain inconspicuously clandestine forever... thus, one day Mom asked from where had the money been acquired? "what money"? "the money for that toy"? "Oh, I found $20". "Where"? "In the gutter, where I always find it". "Gee thats funny, $20 happen to be missing from my purse". "Maybe you dropped them while crossing the street, like the person who's $20 I found"?
If one's childhood is in danger of passing without a Stunt Cycle... one must take matters into his own hands
your videos bring back so many happy childhood memories , last time i turned the red energiser handle was back in 1979 , i had my first one back in 1975 great vids , love em!!
love how he does a wheelie on the way up to the ramp! How cool is that?
wordupgun 3 months ago
this was'nt just a toy ! this was THE toy !
THEIRONMAN9 4 months ago
Maybe its not right for a kid to expect to get any toy he wants... but the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle was not "any" toy... dammit. If any kid in the mid-seventies wanted a Stunt Cycle & didn't get one, I don't feel sorry for him. They should have recognized that its the Evel Stunt Cycle & if after making it known that its highly desired, still, no voluntary sponsors step forward, then a 6 yr old kid must take matters into his own hands. Its the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle... dammit
Chuichupachichi 8 months ago
Thus, I began to search... low & behold, just as I had suspected, some pedestrian dropped a 20 dollar bill in the gutter. Thus I embarked on the approx 3/4 - 1 mile walk to "Toy City" that was not too far for a 6 yr old who knew of the grave necessitation to possess an Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle... dammit
Chuichupachichi 8 months ago
I lifted the Evel box to place upon the eye-level counter & then the $20 also. I got enough change to stop at the liquor store on the way home & invested it in a brown bag full of candy... it remains as one of the greatest days of my life
Chuichupachichi 8 months ago
The Stunt Cycle couldn't remain inconspicuously clandestine forever... thus, one day Mom asked from where had the money been acquired? "what money"? "the money for that toy"? "Oh, I found $20". "Where"? "In the gutter, where I always find it". "Gee thats funny, $20 happen to be missing from my purse". "Maybe you dropped them while crossing the street, like the person who's $20 I found"?
If one's childhood is in danger of passing without a Stunt Cycle... one must take matters into his own hands
Chuichupachichi 8 months ago
Oh my god! I hope that guy on the bike was ok afterwards.
js9032h57fb22j487dje 1 year ago
DITTO!!!
harveydents 2 years ago
your videos bring back so many happy childhood memories , last time i turned the red energiser handle was back in 1979 , i had my first one back in 1975 great vids , love em!!
bill1465 3 years ago
Ouch! That looked like a triple front somersault?
ZetanCrisp 3 years ago