The more things change, the less they stay the same
By
lm (Sun May 25, 2008 at 12:20:00 AM EST) (
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When I was four years old or so,
Evel Knievel jumped 14 busses at a local amusement park. When he did this, he set two world records, one for the longest distance jumped on a motorcycle, one for the most people tuned into the same television show. Half of America must have been watching that jump on live broadcast.
Today his son, Robbie Knievel, jumped 24 delivery trucks to break the distance record. I couldn't even find the jump broadcast on a local station.
I consoled myself by watching The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl with my eldest daughter. It was lame.