Viva Knievel
TNT’s Evel Knievel biopic this past weekend was damn sure close to amazement. In addition to sporting some fantastic ‘70’s hair and clothes, George Eads was completely believable as a dumb-ass asshole who jumped shit. Evel Knievel lived a most awesome live, occasionally taking time off from his busy schedule of drinking, cheating on his wife, and jumping shit in order to shoot pool and accidentally kill Beau Bridges (America’s least favorite Bridges). Evel’s greatest accomplishment, however, was when he jumped over Karl Wallenda as the old sky-walker did a headstand on a tight-rope 700 feet above Tallulah Falls Gorge. That is the finest moment in Georgia history, according to James Cobb, the B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Georgia. I’d recommend this movie to anyone who likes Evel Knievel, Georgia history, and/or star-spangled jumpsuits.