Jim Rome interview with Evel Knievel "Do you know who the hell I am?"

More balls than brains. This man prob had that freakish brain that didnt process fear like the next 10,000 people. Those people make great soldiers, cops and test pilots. If they have a warp, these fearless types end up being master criminals

jim rome being a dik way back then i see

Mad as a box of frogs but boy did we love him? Evel Knievel, showman RIP

You know who the hell I am

that is so cool.... and spoken like he means it !

The best ever 🎉😂

When I was a kid we had Evel Knievel. Now kids have Logan Paul.

I’ll never forget that comment. I had a roofing crew of college age kids working for me that summer. For nearly a week they answered every question “you know who the hell I am?”

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So fucking good. The pause as he lets the question hang in the air for a second, then drops that bomb of an answer, with zero pretense or false sense of bravado. Brilliant.

The best response from my childhood hero!

Still the best off the cuff answer of all time!

Still give me the chills. You know who I'm ?

Evel thought he had 0 chance of living through that jump

The most hysterical, moronic thing he ever said was at the end of the "Absolute Evel" 2005 program. Told a goofy story about his great-great grandfather who was a gladiator in ancient Rome. He was so fierce that Julius Caesar had the fiercest lion FLOWN to Rome from Africa to try and defeat him. But he lived, and Caesar screamed "Why won't you die, Knievel!!?" LMAO!!

This interview is frickn great !!

Long live the king

Evel initially praised Bob Truax after the snake River jump. Wonder what changed his mind?

I am planning to answer every interview question from here on with that response.

Chills.

The very first thing I ever worked to earn the money for on my own was the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle. I was in 3rd grade. Back then you could still go find bottles and turn them in for money. The Ralph's near me was trying to get shoppers to return the carts. When you had enough tickets you got money. The boys in my neighborhood and I collected the carts and got books of stamps. After killing myself for a week, an eternity at that age, I had enough to buy one. I get to the store and almost all the shelves there were empty, except for an Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle on sale half off. The store was going out of business. So as happy as I could be I ran home and started to play with it and it broke.

I was driving home from school listening to this live. I drove home just in stunned silence. One of the most amazing comments ever uttered on a broadcast, radio or TV.
Hard to believe this was almost 20 years ago AND now its been 50 years and still no line of daredevils trying to jump that river. Long live Evel.

evel was solid guy met him at big daddys bar in fort lauderdale he did not care he was always ready for a fight!

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The “Skycycle” had no wheels/landing gear. If it made it over the canyon, onto solid ground, what in the world is preventing it, and Evil from smashing into a million pieces? Nothing. It wouldn’t just gently skim across the ground, that’s for sure. The early parachute deployment was planed. Still.., an extremely dangerous stunt. But I believe he never intended to actually jump the canyon.

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I was driving a brick truck when he said this. I will never forget it.

He couldn't back down after promoting it, or his future and legacy would be destroyed. He would rather be dead than be a joke. Rome can't relate.

NASA = incompetence & fakery. We went to the moon. We can't go to the moon. Van Allen Belts are deadly. They are not deadly. Wait, they're more deadly than we thought.

Nothing else to say, period end of discussion! Evel Knievel was one of a kind!! I had the EVEL KNIEVEL big wheel and the jumping motorcycle toy!

Jim Rome is a total douchebag. How he still has a job as a sports radio guy is beyond me. Total jackass.

Knievel the bad as-, getting interviewed by tweetie bird, ah ha , it was a joy watching E.K. as a kid , very exciting.
Thanks for the excitement, very entertaining.

He didn't have the best control of his bike. Which gives him bigger balls.. He was a brave man!

In reality he probably estimated a much higher chance, and just wanted to sound like a badass.

Best ever

If I had half the nerve of Evel Knievel I would be nothing but a bundle of nerves

Evel Knievel!

Do you know who the hell I am? I was listening to this interview live and when he said that I about lost it. Evel Knievel was truly one of a kind, with more guts than virtually anyone on the planet. RIP

Remember that stupid song before the failed jump?.."And I know....if I don't make it.." All that sentimental bullshit...The guy is batshit crazy..

True alpha male.

Keep in mind, Evel made all motorcycle jumps on a street bike. That alone made him a badass.

The wow factor of evel was unbelievable back in those days

The last line says it all. Period

I'm hard pressed to pass judgment on a guy who performed quite dangerous stunts that most people would never consider.

courage is being afraid and doing it anyway. Evel didnt' have courage. Evel had no fear

A real life superhero back in the day! Got the wind up Evel toy for my 5th birthday, same year it was introduced!🇺🇸

Evel is the baddest dude EVER man

Evel was a pathetic excuse for a man. A punkass bitch if ever there was one.

This is what you call a ZF Man a man that cares about zero fucks

You know who the hell I am?