The Panty-Dropping Evel Knievel Cartoon That Never Was

Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel was a TV star in the '60s and '70s, and he hoped to capitalize on his stardom with an animated series. This storyboard from the unproduced pilot shows him saving a very grateful mayor's daughter. [MotoBullet]

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Here With Fanfare, Your Final Tribute To Evel Knievel

Creation%20of%20Evel.JPGThough the kitchy and hilarious "Jump of Legends" didn't make your cut in the vote for Jalopnik's final Evel Knievel tribute, the handsome and impressively constructed "Creation of Evel" did, with a commanding 37.4% of the vote. This tasteful work was contributed by reader Thomas Reynolds, who hails from the beating heart…

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Evel Tribute Submissions In, Help Us Decide The Final Jump

A few Friday's ago, the hoon world lost the renegade of the ramp, the sultan of speed, the king of compound fractures, Evel Knievel. We asked you to work up your personal tribute to this monster of pop culture and you responded in spades. In the last days, we put together the Jalopnik Counsel of Awesomeness and…

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Remembering Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel, Jr

evel_knievel_dios.jpgYesterday, we lost a giant of American history. It's hard to overstate how massive Evel Knievel was in the media sphere of the late 1960s and early 1970s without some premium-grade hyperbole. Imagine the most identifiable figure of the past few years — Oprah, say, or that geek Star Wars kid from YouTube — and raise…

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