Mile Marker 60: Evel Knievel Part 1

Join us as we take a trip up into Montana, visiting the birth and resting place of legendary daredevil, Evel Knievel. This is part one of a two-part episode, the next coming out in a week. In this first part we cover his growing up in Butte up to finally gaining the notoriety he worked so hard for.

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Transcript

Key: Drifter, Male voice. Gypsie, Female voice

(Drifter) He’s a motorcycle daredevil driver. All his life he’s been doing death-defying feats. Death has merely defied him several times. His longest jump was fifty yards, a fifty-yard jump over the fountains of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. This jump did not go well. You may have read about it. Or seen some still photos of it. He seems to spend his life, or what he has left of it, it sometimes seems to me, seeing what he can do to shorten it. Incredible things he does…. Will you welcome the legendary Evel Knievel!!!!!

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(Drifter) Welcome to the Rebel At Large Adventure Podcast. I’m Drifter

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(Drifter) Howdy folks, Thanks for joining us for yet another adventure. Today we are heading North, exploring parts of Montana on down to Idaho to cover the birth, life and death of a legend, a hero & inspiration to millions.

(Gypsie) Robert Craig Knievel, better known as Evel Knievel was born on October 17, 1938 in Butte Montana. His father was Robert E. and his mother was Ann Marie Keough Knievel. The couple married on June 16, 1937 in the St. Patrick Church. She wore a lovely gown of beige lace with pink accessories and carried a bouquet of Talisman roses. When Robert jr was brought into this world, Robert Sr. was 21 and his mother was 17. 

(Drifter) The following year on October 3, 1939 the couple welcomed in Nicolas. Robert Sr. was not ready to be a father nor was he ready to be tied down in a marriage. Rumors around town began to spread that he was spending time with other women and Ann couldn't handle it. After she gave birth to Nick she filed for a divorce. Once the divorce was granted she dropped the two boys off at her in-laws house and left town for Reno. Robert on the other hand had already left for Sacramento California.

(Gypsie) A little bit of family history about Evel. Ann’s father passed away in February 1938 shortly after Ann and Robert were married. Ann had three sisters and a younger brother born in 1926.  Her father Patrick Keough spent some time in jail during the late 1920’s when he was caught bootlegging. Robert Sr. was the youngest of two boys. I’m thinking since both of Robert's parents were still alive and financially doing well for themselves that is why Ann decided to leave the boys with them. 

(Drifter) Evel’s grandparents, Ignatius who went by Iggy and Emma were not ready for small children to come live with them. Iggy was 48 and Emma was 46 when the boys moved in. Iggy was a car salesman in Butte called Knievel Imports. Emma stayed home and raised the two boys the best she could. 

(Gypsie) At the time Evel was living in Butte the town was still a mining town. Most of the men in town worked in the mines and mining was a very dangerous job. Several of the boys in town grew up without a father and Robert was one of those boys. He spent a lot of time out playing in the streets with the town boys and learned to make his town fun. 

(Drifter) At a young age he started getting into trouble. He spent most days after school in detention for either talking or causing mischief in class. One prank he played in school, he had several boys from the football team help him pick up a girls car and carry it to the front steps of the Butte High School. He was active in sports while in school, playing on the football team for a short stint. He enjoyed skiing, pole vaulting, but was never on the school team. He played hockey, but most of all he loved to ride his motorcycle. 

(Gypsie) While growing up, the Knievel boys would travel from time to time to visit their parents. Robert Sr. remained in California and had three daughters. Ann remarried in Reno and had two girls. The two boys they had together are the only boys the couple had. In 1954 Robert Sr. returned to Butte, Evel was 16 and Nic was 15 by now and living their own lives. 

(Drifter) About this time Evel had dropped out of high school and was off to work at the mine. Evel himself recounts a story about his time working there. The story goes while working one night he decided to do a wheelie with one of the payloaders. He hit a power cable and put out half the lights in Butte. He didn’t get fired from the job but he soon learned that working at the mine was not for him. 

(Gypsie) Evel bought his first motorcycle around the age 15. He then purchased another bike, a used Triumph TR5000. He would take his bike up to Great Falls and join the races. But Evel didn’t need a track to race, any time he was on the bike he was driving it like he stole it. He loved to ride his motorcycle to the A&W restaurant where a crowd was gathered. He would then spend the evening racing it up the tailings of the steep mountain behind the restaurant. Sometimes he would conquer the mountain but most of the time he would fail, but he didn’t care. He loved the attention and the free food the manager would give him at the end of the night. 

(Drifter) At the age of 18 he joined the Army Reserve fearing that he would be drafted if he did not join. On July 15, 1956 he and 67 other men left Butte for Army Camp. He did six months of active duty at Fort Lewis in Washington and hated it. He came back to Butte and for the next five and a half years he did his weekend and summer camp reserve commitments. 

(Gypsie) So how did Robert Knievel receive the nickname Evel Knievel? There is no true answer as to how he got the nickname but the most told and even told by Evel himself is this. One night he got caught stealing a motorcycle. He was placed in a jail cell next to William Knofel. The police had nicknamed William “Awful Knofel” because he was a local criminal and charged for murder during this time. It was this night that a guard jokingly said (Drifter) “Look at this, we’ve got an Awful Knofel and now we’ve got an Evil Knievel.” (Gypsie) Evel would sometimes tell the story that he got the nickname from his little league manager. Either way the name stuck and he used it throughout the rest of his career as a stuntman.  

(Drifter) His life of crime did not end there. He was known around town to be a bit of a con man, he would go to the bar and bet a man on all kinds of things or sell a man anything he could get his hands on. One time he convinced a man at the bar to buy a set of tires from him. When the man came outside he found out that Evel had stolen his tires and sold them back to him. (Gypsie) He would go up to a man in the bar and say (Drifter) “I’ll bet you that my penis is soft longer than your penis is hard.” (Gypsie) The man being a little drunk and not understanding the bet would agree. He would then somehow  conjure up an erection, show the bulge in his pants and tell Evel to pay him up. (Drifter) “Not so fast,” (Gypsie) Evel would then point out. (Drifter) “My penis will be soft longer than yours is hard. That was the bet. You can’t keep that erection all day. You thought the bet was supposed to be that your penis would be longer hard than mine was soft? Why would I bet on something like that? You must have heard wrong. Pay me!” 

(Gypsie) After he was caught stealing the motorcycle he started to straighten his act up a bit. He started spending his time and energy into other things like women and hockey. Growing up in Butte every empty lot would turn into an ice skating rink in the winter. Evel would spend hours skating and practicing his hockey skills. He was never really good at hockey but he could talk a big talk and he knew how to fight on the rink. In September 1958, 19 year old Knievel started his own semi-pro team. They were called the Butte Bombers. He was the owner, coach and starting center, he did it all! 

(Drifter) Evel got the money for the team from his father, grandfather and the family dealership. A local sporting goods dealer supplied the team with the equipment and uniforms all on credit. He even offered to pay the players 50 dollars per game. The team soon found out collecting money from Evel was near impossible but they loved the sport so much that they played for free. On February 7, 1960 Butte held the largest hockey event it had ever hosted. Evel was able to secure the Czechoslovakia Olympic hockey team to stop in Montana while on their way to Squaw Valley California for the olympics. The Butte Bombers were about to play the biggest game they ever played. 

(Gypsie) Two thousand fans packed into the Civic Center. Evel came out during periods and pleaded for financial help and buckets were passed around the crowd for cash. He told everyone the costs to have the team come play was more expensive then he had planned and needed help. The Butte Bombers did not win, in fact it was a goal fest with the Czechs winning 22-3. The goalie got a work out that night when he saved 69 shots. After the game, all the money from the ticket collections as well as the money from the buckets disappeared. The Czechs team did not receive a dime from Evel, the Hotel company he worked a deal out with to put the team up in rooms did not get a dime. The U.S. Olympic Committee had to get involved and pay the Czech team so issues would not arise from this. The Butte Bombers played one more game that season. After that the team was no more and Evel had moved on to other adventures. 

(Drifter) On September 5, 1959 Evel married Linda Bork. The two of them ran off in the night and were married in Dillon Montana at the house of the Beaverhead County justice of the peace. Linda’s father John did not like Evel and felt that she could have found a better husband. The story Evel tells on how they were married is that Linda's father had a restraining order against him to keep him away from his daughter. Linda was going to college now so Evel drove up to her school, picked her up, and they ran off to get married. She was 17 at the time and he was almost 21. After they were married they moved into a double wide trailer next door to his grandparents. 

(Gypsie) Evel did not want to get a real job but he needed to figure out how to make a living and provide for his new bride. He started spending time with a bad crowd in town. The guys would go around and break into shops at night and rob them. Evel would brag around town that he was the best safe cracker around. After a little over a year of doing this he decided that this was not the right thing to be doing and he was afraid he would get caught and have to go to prison. He tried his hand at being a hunting guide for a short while but that didn’t fit him either.

(Drifter) He then came up with an idea to provide protection for the shop owners in town. They would pay him to come around every night and check on their buildings making sure everything was locked up and that no one would bother the place. If the store owner was not interested in paying Evel to protect them he would come back a few days later and rob the place. Then the store owner would hire him to protect them. He would create the need for them to give him money. He started to worry that the authorities were going to catch on to his security monitoring scam and made another career change. 

(Gypsie) In the summer of 1962 at the age of 24 he got a real job working at the Combined Insurance Company of America. The company sells supplemental accident, health, disability and life insurance products. At the time the policies were 3 dollars and Evel would get 60 cents per signature. He did everything in his power to get people to sign up for the policies. He would set up an office in a bar and talk to the men coming in for a drink, he would go to the train repair stations during lunch and tell the men how important it was for them to sign up. His most successful moment is when he walked into the mental hospital in Warm Springs Montana and sold coverage to the staff and even the patients. He set a district record that week for the most policies sold in one week when he logged 271 signups. 

(Drifter) On August 21, 1960 Evel and Linda welcomed their first son Kelly. He was followed by Robbie who was born on May 7, 1962. Then they had their first daughter Tracey who was born on October 22, 1963. After his big achievement at work, management praised him for his can-do attitude. But this was not enough for Evel he wanted to be the Vice President, when he was denied the promotion he quit. Evel wanted out of Butte, he needed a change that the town could not provide him. He also needed a way to provide for his family. He would go back to work for the insurance company from time to time but it wasn’t what he needed in his life. 

(Gypsie) While working for the insurance company he was taught the William Clement Stone philosophies that included; big doors swing on little hinges. And Like success, failure is many things to many people. With positive mental attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again. He took these teachings and used them throughout the rest of his life. Evel wanted to be someone and it didn’t matter what it cost him, who he lost in the process, or how much damage he accrued to himself and those around. 

(Drifter) In 1964 Evel was asked by his friend if he wanted to move to Spokane Washington and sell motorcycles at the Triber Family Honda Dealership. After a few months Evel and his family moved to Moses Lake to work at the new Honda dealership. While working here he got a great idea to get more business, he was going to jump over mountain lions and snakes. Evel spent days setting up the jump and when the big day came he was all ready to show the audience what he could do on a Honda. Evel circled around the track to get enough speed and when he finally made the jump his rear tire hit the box, dumping the snakes out. This was the beginning of his professional daredevil career. 

(Gypsie) Things in Washington started to fall apart for Evel when he was being accused of robbing shops around the area. He packed up the family and moved to California hoping to be noticed by some big Hollywood producer. He figured he would make a name for himself by starring in movies, but he quickly found out that wasn’t easy and he needed something else to make money. His Wife Linda was working but it wasn’t enough to support the family. In December 1965 Evel partnered up with Tim Perior. He had met Tim in a local bar called Marty’, one night Evel pitched to him the idea of starting a traveling daredevil group. Evel did not have any money nor did he have good credit but Tim on the other hand had the good credit. The two men went out and purchased a ramp hauling truck, two red GMC pickup trucks, two Matchless motorcycles and a large trailer. Matchless was a british bike maker and eventually became Norton.

(Drifter) The two then partnered up with more men and they set to work building ramps, coming up with stunts and practicing jumps. Evel wanted to be able to jump two pickup trucks parked end to end and then take his act out on the road. But that was going to be the main act and they needed more. The men then got the idea to take plywood boards, douse them in gas, stand them up, light them on fire and then drive the motorcycle through them. To engage the crowd even more Evel partnered up with Butch Wilhelm who was a four foot four inch midget, can you say midget still?. Well Butch would ride around on a pocket bike and practice the same stunts Evel did, just on a minature level. 

(Gypsie) In 1966 Evel booked three shows over the next two months with each guy receiving about 500 a piece. The name for them was Bob Kevievel and the motorcycle daredevils but that was dull sounding and was eventually changed to Evel Knievel and the motorcycle daredevils and he changed the spelling from Evil to Evel to stay away from the darker image he once had. At the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds in Barstow the men were putting on their performance for the crowd when Jumping Jack Stroth was injured and unable to perform the rest of the show. One of the acts he did was to stand in the middle of the track and Evel would drive straight at him on the motorcycle, when he got close Jumping Jack would jump over Evel and the motorcycle and the crowd would go wild. Since he was unable to jump Evel figured rather than take it out of the show he would do the jump. 

(Drifter) Jumping Jack was still able to drive so he got on the bike and prepared to drive towards Evel. Evel waited in his spot and Jumping Jack came at him doing 60 to 70 mph. Evel was unable to jump high enough and was hit right in the groin. Evel later said “The handlebars hit me right in the balls.” Evel was flipped high into the air and unable to get back up. He was taken and treated for cracked ribs, heavy bruises and sprains to his lower body. The main act of Evel jumping over the trucks was not performed that day for the audience. 

(Gypsie) The next show the crew did was in June 1966 at the Stateline Speedway. This time the crew went without Perior, he was done with Evel and his ways. He had found out that Evel had over spent on advertising, he felt that Evel did not care about other people's feelings and wanted out before he got in more debt. Perior walked away with $36,000 dollars in debt and no promise to be paid back. (Drifter) ($329K today).(Gypsie) The show was a huge success for the crew. This is the first time that Evel jumped more than two trucks, he jumped 11 cars in total and cleared them without crashing. Even though he was now holding a world record for the longest jump he wanted more. Most of the men in the Daredevil crew had left by now and Evel was worried he would be harmed doing more stunts, he wanted to focus his attention on jumping and he knew he needed to make a big jump that would put his name out in the world. 

(Drifter) Evel and a friend started joking around about him making elaborate jumps like jumping the Grand Canyon. Only thing was Evel started thinking that he actually could jump the Grand Canyon. Any time he would meet with the press he would talk a bit about the jump he was getting ready to perform and then spend the rest of the time telling them about his jump in the Grand Canyon. His story got more and more elaborate with the press, telling them he was going to jump it with a double jet engine motorcycle, And that Robert Kennedy was going to be there and work as part of his pit crew. The details for the jump were so worked out that he started telling them he was going to make the jump in November 1967.

(Gypsie) On March 5, 1967 Evel got the break he needed, the chance to put his name out in the world. He was going to jump at Ascot Park racetrack in Gardena California and ABC television was going to be there for the Wide World of Sports. Evel was going to do the biggest jump he had ever done, he was going to jump 15 cars. To the surprise of everyone, including Evel, he cleared the jump without any issues. The crowd went wild. Three weeks later his jump was put on television and this was what he needed, he was becoming a household name.  

(Drifter) He needed to do something that would keep his name out there. He knew if he didn’t jump again people would forget about him. He needed money and he did not have a manager. Everything was up to him to get his name out there. He came up with a new great idea, he was going to jump the fountains at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The fountains in Las Vegas consist of 18 fountains with a circular driveway around it. It pumps out 350,000 gallons of water per minute, 10,000 gallons per second. Evel was introduced to the fountains when he went to Las Vegas to watch a boxing match at the Caesars Palace. Once the idea was in his head it was not getting out until he accomplished his goal.

(Gypsie) He got to work making phone calls and writing letters. His first call was to Dennis Lewin at Wide World of Sports. Evel told him he was going to jump the fountains at Caesars Palace and that he wanted them to do the broadcast. His next call was to Caesars President Jay Sarno but it wasn’t just one call it was several calls that went on for weeks. Evel would call him and pretend to be someone working for either a magazine company, a newspaper, or a television company. He would use a different voice and ask Sarno about this daredevil guy that is going to jump the fountains. He would mess up his own name every time saying names like Deevil Spleevil, Eagle Beagle, Evel Spleevil, and every once in a while he would use his correct name Evel Knievel. 

(Drifter) Eventually Evel went to meet Sarno, when he arrived at his office Sarno was excited to meet him. (Gypsie)  Sarno walked out of the office saying (Drifter) “Where the hell have you been? We’ve been looking all over for you.” (Gypsie) He signed a contract to jump the fountains at 2:30 on December 31, 1967. (Drifter) If he was successful he would jump the fountains again on January 3 and January 6 1968. He would be paid 4,500 dollars (Gypsie) (nearly $40K today), (Drifter) get a complimentary room, free meals, and free drinks. He was not given any complimentary gambling privileges but this was still the biggest contract he has ever signed in his entire career. 

(Gypsie) The week leading up to the jump was spent building the takeoff and landing ramps. Each ramp was 40 feet long, 10 feet wide made of plywood and two by fours. The takeoff ramp was 200 feet in elevation; he would be launched off the ramp and fly 140 feet which is almost half of a football field, the longest distance he ever had to jump. He would have to travel 80 to 90 mph to clear the fountains and land safely. He also would be riding his new motorcycle, a 650cc Triumph T-120. Not only would he be on a new motorcycle but he also introduced everyone to his new outfit. Prior to the jump Evel was wearing a yellow and black leather suit now he walked out wearing his iconic red white and blue leathers. 

(Drifter) The big moment has arrived for  him, he made a test run to the launch ramp to get a feel for the situation. Then he lined up to the ramp and took off, this was it, he hit the ramp and was launched into the air, he crossed the fountains and everything was picture perfect. As he came down he landed short, his back tire hit the top of the safety van. As he came down the ramp he had lost control of the bike and himself. His hands came off the handle bars, he was whipped back, then he went over the bike and flipped onto his back, he slid then rolled, then slid and rolled again. His body was being thrown around like a rag doll in a two year olds hands throwing a temper tantrum. Evel complained his back was hurting as he was being carried off to an ambulance and rushed to the Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. 

(Gypsie) Rumors were spread about his injuries and as they spread the stories got bigger and bigger. What is known is Evel suffered a crushed pelvis and femur, fractures to his hip, wrist, and both ankles. He also had a concussion that resulted in him staying in the hospital for 37 days. One rumor spread that he was in a coma for 29 days but that has since been debunked when several people claimed they visited him at the hospital only days after the crash. 

(Drifter) There were only two camera men at the jump, Linda Evens and John Derek. John was by the take off ramp so he could film the take off and Linda was on the other side of the ramp to film the landing. It took several days to process the film and once completed John picked it up and brought it to Evel who was still in the hospital. When the video made it to the public eye he was famous. Everyone wanted to interview Evel, everyone wanted to know the man crazy enough to attempt the jump. Evel finally got what he wanted, he was famous. Wide World of Sports aired the video and Sports Illustrated wrote up a nine page article about him. Every major newspaper wrote about it, you couldn’t help but know who the man from Butte Montana named Evel Kneivel was. 

(Gypsie) For the next few years Evel would go from state to state doing jumps on his 650cc Triumph. Sometimes he would land successfully other times he would crash breaking more bones in his body. He refused to give his body time to heal properly before he would move on to the next jump. One time he got a staph infection while in the hospital and the doctors wanted to keep him there but Evel had different plans. In the middle of the night his friend came to the hospital and snuck him out. Another time he was in a cast and was scheduled for a jump. When his friend asked him what he was going to do about the cast he replied that he was just going to cut it off, do the jump and go to the hospital to have them put it back on. He described his crashes perfectly to the Eugene Register Guard when he said, (Drifter) “if someone wants to know what a single crash felt like, then someone should sit on the hood of his car, put a helmet on, and have his wife drive to a freeway. She would blow the horn when she got the speed up to ninety miles per hour then you hold your nose and fall off, then you’ll know what it feels like.” 

(Gypsie) On January 23, 1970 Evel was scheduled to jump at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. This was an indoor event where he was going to jump 11 cars making it an indoor record jump. Evel had been voicing his opinion about the Hells Angels saying that he felt they were the dark side of motorcycle riding. So when he arrived in San Francisco the Angels were there to watch him crash. The announcer got on the mega phone and said something along the lines of (Drifter) “if Evel Knievel makes this jump, he’ll set back the Hells Angels one hundred years.” (Gypsie) This caused a lot of tension in the arena. Evel successfully landed the jump but what happened after will never be forgotten. When Evel lined up for the jump one of the Angles threw either a wrench or pliers at him, either way the projectile missed him. When he landed his jump he did a U turn and came back towards the Hells Angels who were standing off to the side. Evel jumped off his bike, pushed the gang member against a concrete wall and started to punch him. 4 or 5 Hells Angels came down to help their member and this is when local spectators jumped to the defense of Evel. Two of the Hells Angels were hospitalized and Evel spent the night at a friend's house to hide out.

(Drifter) Evel was arrogant, money driven, and wanted to become something more than just the guy that crashed at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. He wanted to be the guy that jumped the Grand Canyon and was still out promoting it. His next big break came when actor George Hamilton portrayed Evel in the movie Evel Knievel. (Gypsie) The two of them had met when George needed a stunt double for a movie he was in. He called Evel and asked him if he was interested and Evel said (Drifter) “I can do anything. I’m Evel Knievel.” (Gypsie) Well Evel never showed up for the stunt because he was still in the hospital. (Drifter) A few months later Evel shows up at the studio, he was in a big rig that would not make it through the gates and was all banged up from the last stunt he performed and unable to walk. He had to have his men carry him inside. After meeting Evel George wanted to make a movie about him. He offered Evel 25,000 dollars for the rights to the daredevil's life story. (Gypsie) (just over $191K today)

(Gypsie) The movie opened on July 14, 1971 with a premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. The film grossed $2,052,227 in the first 21 days of distribution (Drifter) (Just over $15M today), (Gypsie) in the end it wound up grossing somewhere around 15 million (Drifter) (nearly $110M today). (Gypsie) Evel was upset that he didn’t make more money off the film but the movie gave him what he wanted: billboards with his name and picture started springing up in every town. Evel could now charge more money for his stunts at times making $15,000 dollars a jump (Drifter) (almost $110K today). 

(Drifter) Another big break came for Evel in 1970 when Harley Davidson started to sponsor him. He received a large sum of money but the biggest thing he got was the new XR750. He also got hooked up with the Harley Dealerships and mechanics . He had access to all the parts he would need, service, and backup motorcycles. These were all things he never had. The new bike was lighter and designed better than his last bikes therefore the crashes became less and less for him which is probably the best thing to happen for him. 

(Gypsie) The same year Evel met with Marvin Glass to discuss his next adventure. Marvin was a toy designer and wanted to create an Evel Knievel toy. The concept was simple: they designed an Evel Knievel action figure in his iconic red white and blue jumpsuit, white shoes, a helmet of course and a walking cane. You would place the action figure on a motorcycle and attach the motorcycle to a crank. You would then turn the crank as fast as you could and then launch the motorcycle with Evel on it, performing stunts along the way. The toy hit the shelf in 1973 and was the number one selling toy that Christmas. The only reason Ideal didn’t sell a million of the toys for Christmas is because they could not make them fast enough. There was no exact number of how much money Evel made from the toy sales but Ideal says the toy made over 100 million dollars (Drifter) ($667M) (Gypsie) so if Evel made 10 percent of that he would have made 10 million dollars (Drifter) (almost $67M today). (Gypsie) You can still buy the motorcycle today. It is a reproduction but the design and concept is the same. I might have to get us one! 

(Drifter) Alrighty folks, I think this is a good time to stop. We’re only halfway through our story at this point, we’ll get the other half out to you next wednesday. 

(Drifter) So, are you doing a dad joke or waiting for the grand finale?

(Gypsie) A Mexican stuntman died while on set performing his act. His mother was on the set and walked up to the director in tears, you know what she said to him?  Jesus died for your scenes! 

(Drifter) Alright then, Thank you all for joining us once again. If you want to stay up to date with us we are most active on the Instagram (Gypsie) @rebelatlarge, (Drifter) we post photos of our adventures on our website, (Gypsie) rebelatlarge.com where you’ll find links to our Patreon, Merch store, email and other social deals.

(Drifter) We’ll talk to ya here with part two next week.

(Gypsie) Safe travels, (Drifter) we’ll see ya down the road.

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