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a brave jumper, a legendary motorcycle and a record-breaking attempt all collide in a horrific crash that leaves a crowd stunned and the fate of the rider uncertain. when you meet bubba blackwell you're immediately bowled over by his southern charm. >> hey, i'm bubba blackwell. harley davidson motorcycle world record jumper. i make a living riding a motorcycle because the mensa club kicked me out in alabama. >> bubba has been riding bikes for as long as he can remember, and he's the first to admit jumping motorcycles for a living is a pretty cool gig. >> you know, when you are going through your routine in the dressing room, you are putting on the gear, putting the leathers on, the boots on, you are zipping them up, part of me kind feels like, you know, dadgum, this is the coolest job in the world.
a brave jumper, a legendary motorcycle and a record-breaking attempt all collide in a horrific crash that leaves a crowd stunned and the fate of the rider uncertain. when you meet bubba blackwell you are immediately bowled over by his southern charm. >> hey, i'm bubba blackwell. harley davidson motorcycle world record jumper. i make a living riding a motorcycle because the mensa club kicked me out in alabama. >> bubba has been riding bikes for as long as he can remember, and he's the first to admit jumping motorcycles for a living is a pretty cool gig. >> you know, when you are going through your routine in the dressing room, you are putting on the gear, putting the leathers on, the boots on, you are zipping them up, part of me kind feels like, you know, dadgum, this is the coolest job in the world. i'm like the fonz, you know? >> he's like you to believe he's
a brave jumper of legendary motorcycle and a record-breaking attempt all collide in a horrific crash that leaves a crowd stunned and the fate of the rider uncertain. when you meet bubba blackwell, you're immediately bowled over by his southern charm. >> hi, i'm bubba blackwell, harley davidson motorcycle world record jumper. i make a living riding a motorcycle because the mensa club kicked me out in alabama. >> bubba has been riding bikes for as long as he can remember. and he's the first to admit jumping motorcycles for a living is a pretty cool gig. >> you know when you're going through your routine in the dressing room and putting on the gear and putting on the leathers and boots and zipping them up part of it kind of feels like, dad gum, this is the coolest job in the world. >> he'd like you to think he's
a brave jumper, a legendary motorcycle and a record-breaking attempt all collide in a horrific crash that leaves a crowd stunned and the fate of the rider uncertain. when you meet bubba blackwell you are immediately bowled over by his southern charm. >> hey, i'm bubba blackwell. harley davidson motorcycle world record jumper. i'm making a living riding a motorcycle because the mensa club kicked me out in alabama. >> bubba has been riding bikes for as long as he can remember and he's the first to admit jumping motorcycles for a living is a pretty cool gig. >> you know, when you are going through your routine in the dressing room, you are putting on the gear, putting the leathers on, the boots on, you are zipping them up, part of me
when you meet bubba blackwell you are immediately bowled over by his southern charm. >> hey, i'm bubba blackwell. harley davidson motorcycle world record jumper. i'm making a living riding a motorcycle because the mensa club kicked me out in alabama. >> bubba has been riding bikes for as long as he can remember and he's the first to admit jumping motorcycles for a living is a pretty cool gig. >> you know, when you are going through your routine in the dressing room, you are putting on the gear, putting the leathers on, the boots on, you are zipping them up, part of me kind feels like, you know, dad gum, this is the coolest job in the world. i'm like fonz, you know? >> he'd like you to think he's just a good old boy from alabama, but all joking aside, what bubba does take talent skill, planning and a lot of guts. >> when i do a big jump, anything can happen.
a brave jumper, a legendary motorcycle and a record-breaking attempt all collide in a horrific crash that leaves a crowd stunned and the fate of the rider uncertain. when you meet bubba blackwell you are immediately bowled over by his southern charm. >> hey, i'm bubba blackwell. harley davidson world record jumper. i'm making a living riding a motorcycle because the mensa club kicked me out in alabama. >> bubba has been riding bikes for as long as he can remember and he's the first to admit jumping motorcycles for a living is a pretty cool gig. >> you know, when you are going through your routine in the dressing room, you are putting on the gear, putting the leathers on, the boots on, you are zipping them up, part of me kind feels like, you know, dad gum, this is the coolest job in the world.
motorcycle and a record-breaking attempt all collide in a horrific crash that leaves a crowd stunned and the fate of the rider uncertain. when you meet bubba blackwell you are immediately bowled over by his southern charm. >> hey, i'm bubba blackwell. harley davidson world record jumper. i'm making a living riding a motorcycle because the mensa club kicked me out in alabama. motorcycle because the men's club kicked me out in alabama. >> bubba has been riding bikes for as long as he can remember and he's the first to admit jumping motorcycles for a living is a pretty cool gig. >> you know, when you are going through your routine in the dressing room, you are putting on the gear, putting the leathers on, the boots on, you are zipping them up, part of me kind feels like, you know, dad gum, this is the coolest job in the world. i'm like fonz, you know? >> all joking aside, what bubba does takes talent, skill,
a brave jumper, a legendary motorcycle and a record-breaking attempt all collide in a horrific crash that leaves a crowd stunned and the fate of the rider uncertain. when you meet bubba blackwell you are immediately bowled over by his southern charm. >> hey, i'm bubba blackwell. harley-davidson motorcycle world record jumper. i'm making a living riding a motorcycle because the mensa club kicked me out in alabama. >> bubba has been riding bikes for as long as he can remember and he's the first to admit jumping motorcycles for a living is a pretty cool gig. >> you know, when you are going through your routine in the dressing room, you are putting on the gear, putting the leathers on, the boots on, you are zipping them up, part of me kind feels like, you know, dad gum, this is the coolest job in the world. i'm like fonz, you know? >> he'd like to you think he's
first of all, doomed from the start. patty murray, senator patty murray was on this committee. she's a wonderful woman but not the president of the senate's mensa club, if you know what i mean. this was not going to be any kind of success and who named it the super committee by the way? whoever named this the super committee has a very low bar for super. they called zima a super beverage and called the chevy volt a super car. should i go on? no, i'm going to have some zima a little later this afternoon. >> wash it down with some turkey. >> number two on your list. here's one that you mentioned before nancy pelosi. >> i'm going to switch to a new turkey because she drives you to drink. nancy pelosi, only nancy pelosi can somehow get invited into this exclusive ipo for visa cards. by the way, she was invited by a guy who used to work for her and now he's a lobbyist for her credit card company. she gets invited into this visa ipo and makes a ton of money
motorcycle because the mensa club kicked me out in alabama. >> bubba has been riding bikes for as long as he can remember and he's the first to admit jumping motorcycles for a living is a pretty cool gig. >> you know, when you are going through your routine in the dressing room, you are putting on the gear, putting the leathers on, the boots on, you are zipping them up, part of me kind feels like, you know, dad gum, this is the coolest job in the world. i'm like fonz, you know? >> he'd like you to think he's just a good old boy from alabama. all joking aside, what bubba does takes talent, skill, planning and a lot of guts. >> when i do a big jump, anything can happen. >> on july 4th, 2001, the worst happens. >> the last thing i remember is putting the bike in gear and letting the clutch out. >> bubba attempts to jump 22 cars at the del mar fair where he did it in 1999. >> i jumped over 14 school buses. a really cool jump. it went great. it was flawless.