Update: Apparently it’s Evel Knievel not Evil Knievel. Who knew? Also digged for a Derry Daring photo. Of course I misspelled that on the original post. What can I say; I WAS TEN!
Only the best toy ever. I never had a big wheel. I would give away my G.I. Joe. All for any Evil Knievel toy.
Grace asked what the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle was. It was a motorcycle toy that you cranked up and sent Evel rolling across the floor (asphalt, concrete, carpet - whatever). My sister had the girl version - Derry Daring (wouldn’t you loved to have come up with toy names in the seventies?) It was the most popular toy at the time - ask any guy from the age of 37 to 40 and they’ll know the toy (Grace - ask your husband).
And if you don’t know who Evel Knievel is, you’re too young.
Apparently they’re still being made:
Derry Daring
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Joey
December 14th, 2006 at 10:19 am
Greatest toy ever.
I launched Evil down flights of stairs, into walls and through traffic. If more kids had this toy, less of them would be trying “X Game” their own sorry asses into a coma.
You didnt have to hurl yourself off your garage roof into the pool on a bike. Evil would take those lumps for you.
If every child had this toy, emergency room visits across the nation would be on the decline.
I am sure of it.
Hand these toys to every child in the Middle East.
The world might “stunt jump” its way to world peace.
You’ll see. You hand these out, everyone will start wearing plaid pants, listening to 8-tracks and putting up wood-panel on the walls of their basement.
Fucking groovy.
Spencer
December 14th, 2006 at 7:13 pm
So tempted to buy one. I’ve looked at them on eBay before. How pathetic would that be?
Joey
December 15th, 2006 at 1:22 pm
Well, it would be pathetic if you called out sick or refused sex because you needed more time with it. I trust you will make it respectable own one. Then, I won’t have to feel bad about getting one, too.
grace
December 16th, 2006 at 9:55 am
Ouch! Too bad my husband’s 43. And since I’m only 23, I have no idea who Evil Knife is.
Spencer
December 16th, 2006 at 11:42 am
23? 10 years ago maybe. Of course you’ve lost more than your share of brain cells.
april
October 6th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
I still have my Derry Daring with the still functional motorcycle and launch ramp. It all still works.
db
July 11th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Got new replication of of stunt cycle. it’s crap. Goes 6-12 feet if you’re lucky enough not to have it come out of the launcher while cranking. My old one was my favorite toy too. I’m sure that time has enhanced my memories of the stunt cycle, but the new one does not compare.
arubberdoor | A little more of my childhood died today
November 30th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
[...] of the bigger characters of my childhood. Evel Knievel died today at 69. I remember having the Evel Knievel stunt cycle and annoying my parents to watch him do some crazy stunt on ABC’s Wild World of Sports. [...]