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| Evel Knievel at Caesar's Palace |
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While in Las Vegas, Nevada, to watch Dick
Tiger fight a middleweight title fight,
Knievel first saw the fountains at Caesar's
Palace and decided to jump them. To get an
audience with the casino's CEO Jay Sarno,
Knievel created a fictitious corporation
called Evel Knievel Enterprises and three
fictitious lawyers to make phone calls to
Sarno. Knievel also placed phone calls to
Sarno claiming to be from ABC-TV and Sports
Illustrated inquiring about the jump. Sarno
finally agreed to meet Knievel and the deal
was set for Knievel to jump the fountains on
December 31, 1967. After the deal was set,
Knievel tried to get ABC to air the event
live on Wide World of Sports. ABC declined,
but said that if Knievel had the jump filmed
and it was as spectacular as he said it would
be, they would consider using it later.
Knievel used his own money to have
actor/director John Derek produce a film of
the Caesar's jump. To keep costs low, Derek
used his then-wife, Linda Evans, as one of
the camera operators. It was Evans who filmed
Knievel's famous landing. On the morning of
the jump, Knievel stopped in the casino and
placed a single $100 dollar bet on the
blackjack table, which he lost, stopped by
the bar and got a shot of Wild Turkey and
then headed outside where he was joined by
several members of the Caesar's staff, as
well as two scantily clad showgirls. After
doing his normal pre-jump show and a few warm
up approaches, Knievel began his real
approach. When he hit the takeoff ramp, he
felt the motorcycle unexpectedly decelerate.
The sudden loss of power on the takeoff
caused Knievel to come up short and land on
the safety ramp which was supported by a van.
This caused the handlebars to be ripped out
of his hands as he tumbled over them onto the
pavement where he skidded into the Dunes
parking lot. As a result of the crash,
Knievel received a crushed pelvis and femur,
fractures to his hip, wrist and both ankles
and a concussion that kept him in a coma for
29 days.
Tags : evel knievel caesars palace 1969 crash jump evil extreme xtreme sports daredevil american legend |
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Affichage : 922396
Durée : 60 s |
| Caesar's Speech to 13th Legion |
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A scene from a famous TV serie, Rome. Gaius
Julius Caesar is talking to soldiers of 13th
Legion. Here's the text of speech:
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- Soldiers! Pompey and the Senate have
formally declared that Gaius Julius Caesar is
an enemy of Rome.
- No!
- They have declared that I am a criminal.
They have declared, in effect, that all of
you also are criminals!
- No!
- The tribune's veto was not exercised.
Peoples
tribune Mark Antony and 50 men of the 13th
were assaulted by 1000 head of Pompeian scum.
- No !
- A tribune of the plebs assaulted on the
steps of the Senate house! Can you imagine a
more terrible sacrilege? Our beloved Republic
is in the hands of madmen. This is a dark
day, and I stand at a fork in the road. I can
abide the law and surrender my arms to the
Senate - and watch the Republic fall to
tyranny and chaos. Or, I can go home with my
sword in hand and run those maniacs to the
Tarpean Rock!
- Yeah ! Yeah !
- Legionary Titus Pullo, step forward! Titus
Pullo! ... When 50 brave men of the 13th
fought Pompey's 1000 in the forum and saved
the tribune, it was legionary Titus Pullo who
drew first blood! Here is 500 denarii!
- Very grateful, sir.
- Are you with me, Titus Pullo? Will you come
with me to Rome?
- Yes. Yes, sir! Certainly!
- Titus Pullo is with me! And you? Are you
with me?
- Yeah! Yeah!
Tags : gaius julius caesar ceasar sezar rome roman hbo 13 13th legion titus pullo mark anthony marcus anthonius lucius vorenus |
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Affichage : 97448
Durée : 161 s |
| Caesar's Challenge - Part 1/3 |
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The first part of an episode of the
relatively short-lived 1993 game show
Caesar's Challenge, hosted by Ahmad Rashad.
This game show was the final game show other
than The Price is Right to air in network
daytime, lasting in most markets in reruns
until a couple of weeks into 1994. It was
reran on USA Network after that, before
fading into the shadows.
Tags : caesar's challenge game show palace ahmad rashad |
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Affichage : 2629
Durée : 407 s |
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