• last year
Transcript
00:00 I guess we were looking for some sort of a hero.
00:04 We had Superman and Batman,
00:08 but this guy was the real thing.
00:10 ♪ Evil, good and evil ♪
00:11 ♪ For God and the country, too ♪
00:14 Most motorcycle people wore black.
00:16 That was what evil wanted to change,
00:19 and that's where the red, white, and blue leathers came from.
00:22 He wore red, white, and blue because he was patriotic.
00:26 He loved his country,
00:29 but he also saw that that would give him a boost in his image,
00:33 and people were respecting him more.
00:36 He came out of those mountains
00:38 in a star-spangled suit with his cane,
00:41 and he said, "I'm gonna face death."
00:45 He opened the door and invited people
00:47 to buy a ticket to watch "Truth."
00:50 ♪
00:52 For that disenchanted, disillusioned generation,
00:56 where you didn't trust anybody,
00:58 because even the president lied,
01:00 he's a guy, he's gonna risk everything.
01:03 [engine revving]
01:07 He did it! He did it!
01:09 ♪
01:16 You know, there was three TV stations back then,
01:18 and when "Evil" was on ABC, everyone knew it.
01:22 That's what you did that night is watch,
01:24 and that's what you talked about
01:25 the next few weeks afterwards.
01:28 He was so popular that out of the top 10-rated
01:32 wide world of sports shows in the 37 years of the show,
01:36 he holds seven of them.
01:39 Motorcycle, Daredevil, Evil, Penible.
01:42 He was the talk of the world, you know?
01:44 He was the greatest reality show
01:46 before reality shows existed, you know?
01:48 [BLANK_AUDIO]