once again .. you tube rules...!!!!!

[jayman]

i'm not a big fan of this sort of comedy, but if anyone out there is as obsessed with the long beach pike cyclone racer as i am you'll enjoy this thoroughly .. TODAYS STUNTS SUCK IN COMPARISON!!! sure some of the stuff is sound staged, but other sequences are real, insane , stunts.. enjoy!! whoops.. sorry here's the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQednUO6TRU

That last part of the stunt is how Intamin discovered the idea for a "wing-walker."

[jayman]

no kidding..how'd they do that? get some circus guy and pay him 20 bucks?

Hmm, when was the green screen created?[stupid]

[jayman]

wellllllll long after this by about 20 years or so.. .. notice the "no color" thing? this aint the matrix...nope those ARE real stunts...except of course the ones obviously done on a sound stage.. study film much? look up harold lloyd,
that dude risked his life to make movies...

I am kidding. But to me it looks like 1st generation stop motion.

[jayman]

nope.. back in those days personal risk was a fact of life, even in/especially in show buisiness..
maybe humans have (d)evolved, and our backbone is degenerating...

Regardless of how it was done, you have to find that hilarious.
Goooood stuff man.

[jayman]

yup , and just think .. the cyclone racer was only 6 years old when that was made.. heck.. ghost rider's older than that! i dig the disconnected car scenes..

i dig the disconnected car scenes..

Indeed. And I love how the single out races the multi car train. That one boggles the mind. heh

Haha, that's really cool, good find.