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OMG !! I just saw this again with my nephew 😳.. and he say to me: ... "How come nobody says anything about this guy being drive around, and in the frisking high way, by his Tesla Car. 🤯 Like if he was Michael Night for real, and on a real Knight Rider!!!!!!! " 🤯🤯🤯 ... Damn, the future is here!! and we do not even notice 😳😳..
Hi Christian! Great video, I would love to visit these locations as well. I think the area where the 'secret door' was supposed to be was actually shown at 27:12 in your video, the bit of wall with the control tower 'thingy' above it. If you watch the episode again, when Michael comes out of the door a guy throws the grenade at him from this control tower. I think the area you show as being where the door was (at 27:25) is at the other end of the dam on the other side (with no control tower above it).
This show was my childhood, and the first fandom I was a part of. I still cherish the memories. You made me feel like a kid again with this video. Thank you for this and all your other wonderful works!
😲CRIKEY... at 8:53 when K.I.T.T. arrived towards you, I would have fainted.. blimey that was freaky and amazing all in one.. ! This was a fantastic video and loved every moment.. and when K.I.T.T. arrives with the windows tinted so no one knows there isn't a person driving.. that was just awesome... loved everything.. thank you!!!
@@RetroRecipes Only someone from Star Wars can pull this off 😲 ... Clearly The Force is with you Christian 😁 .... Now put a monkey suit to the dog. 🤔 Get red and white Kenworth K100 Aerodyne 😎 .. An Your All Set for the next episode Mr "Billie Joe McKay-fractic" 😯
@@JMDAmigaMusic I think the point of this video is to show how that future is a bit here today 🤨... No one seems to notice or pays attention to the fact that Christian, is being transported everywhere by his Tesla today ... just like Michael Knight by KITT back then 🤯..
I am now 51 years old. And watched the knight rider when I was a teenager. This is very interesting to watch. Timeless and always enjoyable to watch.. keep the good work up on your location finding. 👍.
There’s a picture of me with a goofy grin standing next to a replica KITT, all I could say was “It’s KITT”! I’m with you on Junk Yard Dog, I love the heart to heart chat Michael has with KITT about how he felt after being shot in Knight of the Phoenix (also a favourite). Loved this episode, it put a big smile on my face.
Best TV intro and intro music of all time, great and funny edit. Why can't they make something as good as this anymore? And I wasn't "into" Knight Rider, although I watched it. Watching these old episodes, I'm totally pulled into the story in seconds.
Yep I have 3 sets of the box sets on DVD still watching them today. Your right that music was great. They don't make any shows today better than Knight Rider loved Devons accent.
That was brilliant guys, I was only saying to my wife how brilliant TV was back in the 80s with the likes of Knight Rider and A Team etc. compared to the absolute trash we get in the UK today. Thank god we have TH-cam 👍
Dr. Who and Father Ted had to be an island in the abyss, right? (a yank that spent near-a-decade in the Uk.) Now, granted, '80s UK tele was nothing special. But, I mean, there was good tele on in the '80s to '00s even if it didn't come from Canada or the US, right? I mean, lemme tell-ya, I could watch all the DS9 and Friends I wanted oversees, but I couldn't get a glimpse of Red Dwarf in the States.
Loved Knight Rider completely as a kid. Still a great show now, truly stood the test of time. Spent many weeks recoding the theme tune onto cassette, to endlessly playback in bedroom, closing my eyes and wanting to believe I was driving K.I.T.T. Great repisode, absolutely loved it!! 😍
Christian (Perifractic), Very Well done! I am also 51 years old... and remember all of those old KR episodes. I saw them all when they were first run! Excellent work! I live here in Florida and there are two companies here that Build Knight Rider Replica cars to personal spec...or at least there used to be just a few years ago. Great job finding all of those Original KR locations! Thanks for another great RR episode! (Tony K., Melbourne, Florida - Formerly from Long Island, New York!)..... Looking forward to the next KR Episode!
Great job, that was so much fun to watch! Ah the memories, I remember sitting in a KITT they had on display in a mall. Think I still have a picture of it on an old polaroid. Going to have to look for it now lol.
Superb work on this recipode. With the number of Knight Rider fans, I would have guessed it should have 10x the views it got. Lots of fun here. Thank you. Sorry I didn't get to see the dry lake bed shot and the drone footage of that curved highway road that is so iconic in this video of yours.
Still one of the best intros. DUDE, Star Wars AND Elizabeth? I salute you! I kid you not, when I saw KITT in this video...I got goosebumps. Man...what a video! Thank you very much for sharing. KITT remains the sexiest car/A.I.
4:35 "Dedicated video coming soon: The computers of Knight Rider" YES! I've been thinking about this for quite a while now. "How cool would it be to make a video about all the computers we can see in those old TV shows like Knight Rider". Can't wait to watch it.
Outdid yourself again Perifractic! Amazing and thank you for the trip down memory lane. I had forgotten how cool the interior was, I remember seeing the car once at a car show in the 80s along with the Batmobile and Adam West was there! I remember them fixing something inside and they even had the "prop tools" made up to look futuristic and high tech. You keep stirring up all these old memories. And of course I want one too! 😆
As a huge Knight Rider fan, I think when I purchase a Tesla, the "Hello, Michael" car name is MUST! (Plus sharing Mr Knight's first name also helps haha!) Another great video RR!! Being involved in the film & TV industry here in Vancouver, I LOVE that you've taken the time to find those locations! We have a few famous sites here too! (Historically, The Incredible Hulk TV series one in particular!) Thanks for reliving moments from one of my fav childhood shows!
I loved that ,what an amazing video.I am a huge Knight Rider Fan and have driven a KITT replica which was so awesome. I hope you get your KITT car one day
You make the coolest videos! My brother and I loved watching Knight Rider when we were kids. I was 7 when it debuted. It definitely is one of the defining shows of the 80s.
Knight rider was exciting as a child. I remember watching it. I would have been about the same age as you. It looks kind of tacky watching it now and Kit look a bit outdated, but it was god at the time :)
Totally enjoyed watching this video. You did an amazing job and I'm sure it took a lot of work to film and edit. Nice to see KITT show up too! Last time I saw the car was in 1989 at Universal Studios.
I got a picture with KITT at a car show in the 1980s when I was 5 or 6 years old. I also saw KITT at the Celebrity Car Museum in Branson Missouri where they have a large collection of replica and also screen-used vehicles from movies and TV shows. Worth visiting if you're eve in Missouri.
OMG this is the best video ever :). I loved Knight Rider and i still do. However KITTs voicebox was located in the middle of the car above the gear shift and not where it is now (Mandela Effect).
Glad you liked this! I used to think that too but it was always above the steering wheel in the show. The problem was they never showed it in context only close up, so we had to guess, and guess wrong!
Wow...this video must have taken quite a long time to make. The effort is appreciated, I'll have to watch a few more times to absorb everything :) PS: The music mentioned in 3:50 sounds like a sped up inspired version of Fletch's Theme from the movie Fletch with Chevy Chase and a bit of Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F thrown into the mix :)
Well done on finding the locations. I loved the humourous intro. Years ago I saw a replica of KITT driving around what used to be the old Central TV studios in Nottingham (now part of Nottingham University). The design hasn't aged well. 🙁 I have to admit I much preferred Airwolf to Knight Rider... Stringfellow Hawke was way cooler than Michael Knight and Airwolf was just a beautiful machine. OK, it was a Bell 222 in a fancy frock, but I still love the look of it today.
This was one of my best childhood shows in the 1980s. I watched every episode! Thank you so much for sharing, brings back good memories! LOL I really love the names of the actors in the video. The names are so hilarious (funny)! Do you own the K.I.T.T. replica in your video? Thanks.
WOW!!! This was a very cool episode... I have to admit I'm a bit envious that you get to make these videos and visit the locations where this iconic 80's TV series was shot... but as always, it brings up more questions than it does answers! PCB way stands for Puzzled, Confused, and Bewildered... Like... for example, where did that KITT come from? I'm sure you didn't dream that part... because that would mean that I dreamed that whole thing too!
What a great episode and I fully appreciate what you were doing lining up the shots. I've done the same thing with many filming locations in the past with the Jaws locations on Martha's Vineyard being my favourite. Speaking of Jaws, I'd have to say that Fright Knight was my favourite episode of Knight Rider when I was a kid for obvious reasons. =)
Some exterior scenes of Christine were filmed in Newhall and don't forget the original trailer park of The Last Starfighter that should be deep down east in Soledad Canyon
@@RetroRecipes Shame the 9-bit dude is far from us for a visit. I have songs I composed on David's video episodes / CD he sells. He is a great guy, even at that awkward bit rate. 🕹😂👍🏻
@@RetroRecipes If you ever do head this way (about 45 mins from you) I can give you the details where gun smoke, duke's of hazards, mash, etc were shot. My family and I worked in the movie industry.
@@RetroRecipes Marvelous, Ill email you with my contact info. I was speaking about a video you recently made to my neighbor. James Cameron's sister lives right next store to me and I mentioned your lost Titanic videos from Digital Domain to her. It's Truly a small world we live in. I'll have to find out if she mentioned the video to James. 🕹👍🏻
The guy on Knight Rider Historians owns the Junk Yard Kitt episode car as far as I can recall. They also own the Knight Industries tractor unit that used to tow around the mobile office. Well worth watching the channel is you want to find out about locations, car versions and insider gossip from back in the day.
I tried to re-watch the Knight Rider series. About 15 minutes in when Michael comes running out with his tight jeans showing off the lolly bags, I decided I should just keep it all a memory.
I was born in 1982, so I was too young to appreciate the show during its initial run... I tried to watch it and see what all the fuss was about many times and... well, let's just say hearing other people gushing about it has always been a lot more entertaining.
It had been years since I watched Knight Rider, It's never on TV. So last year I bought the DVD Boxset. Oh, the memories. And it's still a realy good show.
Awesome resipode 👍, aw I loved watching knight rider too as a kid to, That 80s perm though 🤣. Also loved Airwolf, Street hawk and Automan too, which all had equally awesome synth inspired music intros as well, still give me goosebumps to this day😊😍. So many more good TV shows like Magnum PI ,Dukes of Hazard, A-Team. I feel a retro TV watching binge coming on now , thanks Perifractic 😊🤣👍, just need order some pizza first 🍕.
AWESOME! You never cease to surprise and amaze me. ps: 1:47 ... I beg to differ, the best TV theme of all time is probably "Space 1999" from season 1, or "The Persuaders". 2 Brits shows :)
Sure does take me back. Many many moons ago, when i was about 12-13, I got to go to Universal studios. Went on a 'special' back lot tour, and we were told, at the end, that anyone who wanted a signed photo of Knight Rider could have one. I was sooooo excited (woo woo) ... then very disappointed. It was a signed photo of K.I.T.T. Oh well. Looking back I should have held onto it over the years, probably worth some cheddar now ROFL!
I was following Knight Rider too in Italy (renamed with a strong fantasy by the translators Supercar), and loved the pilot; however the nominal series was less exciting compared to the darker pilot but did follow several episodes; knowing to live close to several filming locations of it is exciting! For the non locals: College of the Canyons is in Valencia, the race track is close to the Santa Clarita train station, the panda Express is in Canyon Country [The neighboring towns of Valencia, Saugus, Newhall and Castaic did join together as the city in Santa Clarita in 1987] while instead the Sepulveda dam is down south in the San Fernando Valley between Van Nuys and Sherman Oaks; beside Knight Rider has also been location for a bunch of car commercials and other movies.
A great retrospective of a brilliant TV series. Probably the best of the three high tech vehicle programmes of the era. The theme tune was fantastic but not quite the best TV theme tune ever. The other programmes were, of course, Airwolf and Street Hawk, all with great theme tunes. Gosh, I used to fancy Bonnie from Knight Rider, ah those formative days of pubescent development. One thing that always puzzled me was why did such a high tech vehicle like KITT always list a BASIC program on it's screen to simulate its superiority? KITT's AI could not be programmed in BASIC. I wonder which computer they took that screens video from? Apple II, Commodore PET? I love the dubbed on KITT engine whine sound which was up there with the Airwolf roar as a great sound effect. Thanks for this nostalgic look back at a great TV show, and yes we all wanted our own KITT self driving vehicle with that special paint coating. For me Top TV Theme tunes are: 1. Doctor Who 2. Airwolf. 3. Knight Rider. 4. Street Hawk. Nice one Perifractic and Ladyfractic is looking beautiful as always.
Really enjoyed this, still I am a massive knight rider fan. Loved the sense of humour, peri fractic, as always you do an enjoyable TH-cam channel. Keep up the good work Lady fractic Really looked good with long hair, she can carry anything off Looking forward to another video How about another knight rider, or airwolf or even the a team 😁
I didn't really watch Knight Rider very often, I was too busy chasing skirts. But I love the episode, and production quality was once again a home run, because I have always liked going back in time and seeing what things looked like back in the day. A few months ago someone did the same thing with "Mad Max" and "Road Warrior." It was cool comparing pictures then to how they look now. I don't have a Tesla to trade in for KITT, but I do have a nice white Ford Bronco that I would trade for Colt Seavers truck. And yes, I do catch crap from friends about my white Bronco, for obvious reasons.
a lot of Knight Rider stuff was filmed at college of the canyons, hopefull you went to the car bays with the big numbers on the doors too, it gives away a lot of clues on such.
Its California, quite unlikely someone in the South like me would know anything other than the general locastion, people like Joe on the Knight Rider Historians channel might, though. th-cam.com/users/KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial
Nice video. It's so wrong though. The best 1980s TV series and the best TV theme music ever are from Airwolf, which again happens to have been filmed in your area.
This is great! Can you put together a google map of all of the locations, please, so I can look at them in Google Earth, and maybe go there someday? I'm a then-and-now nerd.
This is great. I was so obsessed with KITT when I was young, I drew the dashboard on square paper and coloured with felt tip pens, all the lights, readouts, switches and screens by recording every episode on the family VCR, Trying to get the steadiest picure with no noise bars, I felt I did a good job at the time. I could problably still do it from memory. By the way, have you ever checked out "Knight Rider Historians" YT Channel? PS I am not affiliated but I just happen to like their work. My favourite episode is KITT vs KARR. More screen time for the 2 cars.. It was like season 1-2 vs season 3-4 dash boards in a whole episode :)
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OMG !! I just saw this again with my nephew 😳.. and he say to me: ... "How come nobody says anything about this guy being drive around, and in the frisking high way, by his Tesla Car. 🤯 Like if he was Michael Night for real, and on a real Knight Rider!!!!!!! " 🤯🤯🤯 ... Damn, the future is here!! and we do not even notice 😳😳..
Hi Christian! Great video, I would love to visit these locations as well. I think the area where the 'secret door' was supposed to be was actually shown at 27:12 in your video, the bit of wall with the control tower 'thingy' above it. If you watch the episode again, when Michael comes out of the door a guy throws the grenade at him from this control tower. I think the area you show as being where the door was (at 27:25) is at the other end of the dam on the other side (with no control tower above it).
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@@RobertOppenHeimer2023 That would be my good lady wife, Ladyfractic
I'm 51 years old and enjoyed that a lot more than i thought i would. Brought quite a few smiles to my old English face.
My 51 year old Scottish face too.
@@alogie My 51 year old Scouse face too!
This show was my childhood, and the first fandom I was a part of. I still cherish the memories. You made me feel like a kid again with this video. Thank you for this and all your other wonderful works!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ladyfractic as Bonnie is a perfect casting choice!
😲CRIKEY... at 8:53 when K.I.T.T. arrived towards you, I would have fainted.. blimey that was freaky and amazing all in one.. ! This was a fantastic video and loved every moment.. and when K.I.T.T. arrives with the windows tinted so no one knows there isn't a person driving.. that was just awesome... loved everything.. thank you!!!
Next episode: Perifractic rents a Bell 222 helicopter and tracks down the filming locations for Airwolf.
Yessss!
Now that did have the best theme music of all time 😁
@@RetroRecipes Only someone from Star Wars can pull this off 😲 ... Clearly The Force is with you Christian 😁 .... Now put a monkey suit to the dog. 🤔 Get red and white Kenworth K100 Aerodyne 😎 .. An Your All Set for the next episode Mr "Billie Joe McKay-fractic" 😯
A-Team is another must!
@@JMDAmigaMusic I think the point of this video is to show how that future is a bit here today 🤨... No one seems to notice or pays attention to the fact that Christian, is being transported everywhere by his Tesla today ... just like Michael Knight by KITT back then 🤯..
I am now 51 years old. And watched the knight rider when I was a teenager. This is very interesting to watch. Timeless and always enjoyable to watch.. keep the good work up on your location finding. 👍.
There’s a picture of me with a goofy grin standing next to a replica KITT, all I could say was “It’s KITT”! I’m with you on Junk Yard Dog, I love the heart to heart chat Michael has with KITT about how he felt after being shot in Knight of the Phoenix (also a favourite). Loved this episode, it put a big smile on my face.
This guy is a Knight Rider geek (just like me) and I love it!
Best TV intro and intro music of all time, great and funny edit. Why can't they make something as good as this anymore? And I wasn't "into" Knight Rider, although I watched it. Watching these old episodes, I'm totally pulled into the story in seconds.
Yep I have 3 sets of the box sets on DVD still watching them today. Your right that music was great. They don't make any shows today better than Knight Rider loved Devons accent.
That was brilliant guys, I was only saying to my wife how brilliant TV was back in the 80s with the likes of Knight Rider and A Team etc. compared to the absolute trash we get in the UK today. Thank god we have TH-cam 👍
Dr. Who and Father Ted had to be an island in the abyss, right? (a yank that spent near-a-decade in the Uk.) Now, granted, '80s UK tele was nothing special. But, I mean, there was good tele on in the '80s to '00s even if it didn't come from Canada or the US, right? I mean, lemme tell-ya, I could watch all the DS9 and Friends I wanted oversees, but I couldn't get a glimpse of Red Dwarf in the States.
Loved Knight Rider completely as a kid. Still a great show now, truly stood the test of time. Spent many weeks recoding the theme tune onto cassette, to endlessly playback in bedroom, closing my eyes and wanting to believe I was driving K.I.T.T. Great repisode, absolutely loved it!! 😍
Christian (Perifractic), Very Well done! I am also 51 years old... and remember all of those old KR episodes. I saw them all when they were first run! Excellent work! I live here in Florida and there are two companies here that Build Knight Rider Replica cars to personal spec...or at least there used to be just a few years ago. Great job finding all of those Original KR locations! Thanks for another great RR episode! (Tony K., Melbourne, Florida - Formerly from Long Island, New York!)..... Looking forward to the next KR Episode!
Cheers Tony!
Great job, that was so much fun to watch! Ah the memories, I remember sitting in a KITT they had on display in a mall. Think I still have a picture of it on an old polaroid. Going to have to look for it now lol.
Superb work on this recipode. With the number of Knight Rider fans, I would have guessed it should have 10x the views it got. Lots of fun here. Thank you. Sorry I didn't get to see the dry lake bed shot and the drone footage of that curved highway road that is so iconic in this video of yours.
Thank you for sharing your experiences on Knight Rider. I love the music, and the wooh wooh sound he makes the most. Your family is beautiful also
So many flashbacks to my tween years! Thank you for taking us to these iconic locations.
Still one of the best intros.
DUDE, Star Wars AND Elizabeth? I salute you!
I kid you not, when I saw KITT in this video...I got goosebumps.
Man...what a video! Thank you very much for sharing.
KITT remains the sexiest car/A.I.
Glad you liked it!!
4:35 "Dedicated video coming soon: The computers of Knight Rider"
YES! I've been thinking about this for quite a while now. "How cool would it be to make a video about all the computers we can see in those old TV shows like Knight Rider".
Can't wait to watch it.
I remember watching Knight Rider on TV. I used to love it as a kid. Brings back memories.
17:13 Stunning cunning stunts!
Oh my god, this was absolutely EPIC! What a nice episode, Perifractic! Thank you so much for bringing back the good childhood memories! 😍
The nostalgia flakes are strong in this one. Good episode Christian
Outdid yourself again Perifractic! Amazing and thank you for the trip down memory lane. I had forgotten how cool the interior was, I remember seeing the car once at a car show in the 80s along with the Batmobile and Adam West was there! I remember them fixing something inside and they even had the "prop tools" made up to look futuristic and high tech. You keep stirring up all these old memories. And of course I want one too! 😆
That “computer” they plug KITT into at 3:55 was the self-destruct system from V - The Final Battle, I remember that well
That was soooooo amazing great work. I to remember kitt eating cheerios as a kid. Thanks for taking me back to those days.👍👍
As a huge Knight Rider fan, I think when I purchase a Tesla, the "Hello, Michael" car name is MUST! (Plus sharing Mr Knight's first name also helps haha!) Another great video RR!! Being involved in the film & TV industry here in Vancouver, I LOVE that you've taken the time to find those locations! We have a few famous sites here too! (Historically, The Incredible Hulk TV series one in particular!) Thanks for reliving moments from one of my fav childhood shows!
Michael?! Is that you?!!
@@RetroRecipes In the flesh 😉😎
As long as you don’t come in contact with Goliath!
Great episode! I love K.I.T.T.
I loved that ,what an amazing video.I am a huge Knight Rider Fan and have driven a KITT replica which was so awesome. I hope you get your KITT car one day
I hope so too!
One of my favorite childhood shows. I absolutely loved it and still do. Fantastic work done to put this video together. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Can't tell you how grateful I am to you and your efforts on this, loved it. Massive Knight rider fan and new subscriber from the UK 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Brilliant!
I am almost speechless! You earned yourself a new Patreon supporter!
Nostalgia level through the roof for this episode! Great stuff!!
You make the coolest videos! My brother and I loved watching Knight Rider when we were kids. I was 7 when it debuted. It definitely is one of the defining shows of the 80s.
Thanks!
Watched it every Friday when I was 11 with my brother, great times!!!!!
Knight rider was exciting as a child. I remember watching it. I would have been about the same age as you.
It looks kind of tacky watching it now and Kit look a bit outdated, but it was god at the time :)
Awesome video brings back happy memories, I loved how kitt changed when in super pursuit mode...The Hoff rules. I now want to watch Kightrider again
Got a chance to watch this one too finally! So awesome how so many locations are exactly the same!
Totally enjoyed watching this video. You did an amazing job and I'm sure it took a lot of work to film and edit. Nice to see KITT show up too! Last time I saw the car was in 1989 at Universal Studios.
Thanks for recognising the (admittedly fun) work here. 👍🕹️
0:53 Lady Fractic looks 100 times better with that hair.
Haha, what a brilliant episode! I'm a huge fan of "revisiting old filming locations" videos!
The appearance of KITT really nailed it! 😁
A very enjoyable video. Nicely done!!!
I got a picture with KITT at a car show in the 1980s when I was 5 or 6 years old. I also saw KITT at the Celebrity Car Museum in Branson Missouri where they have a large collection of replica and also screen-used vehicles from movies and TV shows. Worth visiting if you're eve in Missouri.
OMG this is the best video ever :). I loved Knight Rider and i still do. However KITTs voicebox was located in the middle of the car above the gear shift and not where it is now (Mandela Effect).
Glad you liked this! I used to think that too but it was always above the steering wheel in the show. The problem was they never showed it in context only close up, so we had to guess, and guess wrong!
I loved this show when I was a kid, that with Airwolf and Street Hawk were my favorites 🙂
No words, big emotions! You changed most of one day for me!
Thanks for keeping the Knight Rider fan base alive!
I am 42 and pushing 43 and still a KR fan since 1984! I started watching in 1984 1985
Eu agradeço por esse vídeo, pela nostalgia e toda a diversão que o acompanha.
Abraços do Brasil!
Way to put a smile on everyone's faces that is of this ageing generation! 😀
Thank you for that.
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
Wow...this video must have taken quite a long time to make. The effort is appreciated, I'll have to watch a few more times to absorb everything :) PS: The music mentioned in 3:50 sounds like a sped up inspired version of Fletch's Theme from the movie Fletch with Chevy Chase and a bit of Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F thrown into the mix :)
This is SO FUN! Nice work.
Junkyard Dog is the best episode of Knight Rider. FACT!
Great series, remembering watching that show when I was a kid, it was right up there with "Dukes of Hazzard"!
Now the Knight Rider theme song is gonna play in my head all day, hahaha! Such a simple but catchy song
26:08 That dam is where they did the closing credits for Buckaroo Bonzai isn't it?
Only saw this because you mentioned it in your latest Tesla video. Totally missed it when you first released it. Great work. Love the intro
Seems many did sadly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What a blast! Especially loved the Intro and Context. Great Job! And very fitting with the Tesla "lottery".
Great job on the Intro, overall awesome episode. Thank you very much for making this for us to watch and enjoy.
My pleasure!
Well done on finding the locations. I loved the humourous intro. Years ago I saw a replica of KITT driving around what used to be the old Central TV studios in Nottingham (now part of Nottingham University). The design hasn't aged well. 🙁 I have to admit I much preferred Airwolf to Knight Rider... Stringfellow Hawke was way cooler than Michael Knight and Airwolf was just a beautiful machine. OK, it was a Bell 222 in a fancy frock, but I still love the look of it today.
This was one of my best childhood shows in the 1980s. I watched every episode! Thank you so much for sharing, brings back good memories! LOL I really love the names of the actors in the video. The names are so hilarious (funny)! Do you own the K.I.T.T. replica in your video? Thanks.
Thanks! No that one belongs to Shawn Lasley.
WOW!!! This was a very cool episode... I have to admit I'm a bit envious that you get to make these videos and visit the locations where this iconic 80's TV series was shot... but as always, it brings up more questions than it does answers! PCB way stands for Puzzled, Confused, and Bewildered... Like... for example, where did that KITT come from? I'm sure you didn't dream that part... because that would mean that I dreamed that whole thing too!
We’ll find out in a future episode 😉
@@RetroRecipes Ahhh... I suspected that there would be a future episode that would explain all...
What a great episode and I fully appreciate what you were doing lining up the shots. I've done the same thing with many filming locations in the past with the Jaws locations on Martha's Vineyard being my favourite. Speaking of Jaws, I'd have to say that Fright Knight was my favourite episode of Knight Rider when I was a kid for obvious reasons. =)
Nice! Fright Knight is my next favourite. I’m sure I’ll do another of these and seek out those locations. Maybe for Halloween!
Some exterior scenes of Christine were filmed in Newhall and don't forget the original trailer park of The Last Starfighter that should be deep down east in Soledad Canyon
The Airwolf HQ building is up here in westlake village if you are up for a visit. 👍🏻
Might just do that! Thanks 👍🕹️
@@RetroRecipes Shame the 9-bit dude is far from us for a visit. I have songs I composed on David's video episodes / CD he sells. He is a great guy, even at that awkward bit rate. 🕹😂👍🏻
@@RetroRecipes If you ever do head this way (about 45 mins from you) I can give you the details where gun smoke, duke's of hazards, mash, etc were shot. My family and I worked in the movie industry.
@@ScottLeeOfficialWebsite Fantastic! I've made note to reach out to you if/when needed. I'm in the biz as well ;-) christiansimpson.com
@@RetroRecipes Marvelous, Ill email you with my contact info. I was speaking about a video you recently made to my neighbor. James Cameron's sister lives right next store to me and I mentioned your lost Titanic videos from Digital Domain to her. It's Truly a small world we live in. I'll have to find out if she mentioned the video to James. 🕹👍🏻
Very nice tribute , and a very cool editing. Thanks
Eran
I have knightrider theme as my ringtone
We used to video it. Loved it
Just subscribed, awesome channel :) Gotta rewatch Knight Rider someday again.
That was absolutely wonderful! Thank you so much for doing this - now I find myself wanting to watch the original series again. So many memories!
Whatn excellent episode! I grew up watching Knight Rider so bought back great memories
Awesome Work Bro, Thanks 👍😀 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸
The guy on Knight Rider Historians owns the Junk Yard Kitt episode car as far as I can recall. They also own the Knight Industries tractor unit that used to tow around the mobile office.
Well worth watching the channel is you want to find out about locations, car versions and insider gossip from back in the day.
Yes great channel. I think they have the other KITT that was destroyed in Juggernaut not Junkyard Dog 🤷🏻♂️ Still cool!
For fans of another 80's classic, the Adventures of Buckaroo Banza, the Sepulveda Dam is also the location of the end scene.
This is just awesome! So well put together - must have taken a lot of time! I have so many questions tho...
Glad you enjoyed it! All will be revealed in a supporter exclusive vid soon :-)
I tried to re-watch the Knight Rider series. About 15 minutes in when Michael comes running out with his tight jeans showing off the lolly bags, I decided I should just keep it all a memory.
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I was born in 1982, so I was too young to appreciate the show during its initial run... I tried to watch it and see what all the fuss was about many times and... well, let's just say hearing other people gushing about it has always been a lot more entertaining.
You have 2 kitt episodes in one.cougars was the football team staring in knights in the fast lane episode.also filmed in the same location.
And one of my other videos is about the Mercury Cougar car that I converted!
It had been years since I watched Knight Rider, It's never on TV. So last year I bought the DVD Boxset. Oh, the memories. And it's still a realy good show.
Awesome resipode 👍, aw I loved watching knight rider too as a kid to, That 80s perm though 🤣. Also loved Airwolf, Street hawk and Automan too, which all had equally awesome synth inspired music intros as well, still give me goosebumps to this day😊😍. So many more good TV shows like Magnum PI ,Dukes of Hazard, A-Team. I feel a retro TV watching binge coming on now , thanks Perifractic 😊🤣👍, just need order some pizza first 🍕.
You have a sincere way of doing some cringey stuff. I love it. Really fun video.
Cheers Scott!
AWESOME! You never cease to surprise and amaze me.
ps: 1:47 ... I beg to differ, the best TV theme of all time is probably "Space 1999" from season 1, or "The Persuaders". 2 Brits shows :)
Absolutely loved this. Bravo Sir!
Thank you kindly!
Perfect stuff Perri. Thank you for reminding me how it was to watch Knight rider.
Sure does take me back. Many many moons ago, when i was about 12-13, I got to go to Universal studios. Went on a 'special' back lot tour, and we were told, at the end, that anyone who wanted a signed photo of Knight Rider could have one. I was sooooo excited (woo woo) ... then very disappointed. It was a signed photo of K.I.T.T. Oh well. Looking back I should have held onto it over the years, probably worth some cheddar now ROFL!
Was it a tire track?
I was following Knight Rider too in Italy (renamed with a strong fantasy by the translators Supercar), and loved the pilot; however the nominal series was less exciting compared to the darker pilot but did follow several episodes; knowing to live close to several filming locations of it is exciting!
For the non locals: College of the Canyons is in Valencia, the race track is close to the Santa Clarita train station, the panda Express is in Canyon Country
[The neighboring towns of Valencia, Saugus, Newhall and Castaic did join together as the city in Santa Clarita in 1987]
while instead the Sepulveda dam is down south in the San Fernando Valley between Van Nuys and Sherman Oaks; beside Knight Rider has also been location for a bunch of car commercials and other movies.
A great retrospective of a brilliant TV series. Probably the best of the three high tech vehicle programmes of the era. The theme tune was fantastic but not quite the best TV theme tune ever. The other programmes were, of course, Airwolf and Street Hawk, all with great theme tunes.
Gosh, I used to fancy Bonnie from Knight Rider, ah those formative days of pubescent development. One thing that always puzzled me was why did such a high tech vehicle like KITT always list a BASIC program on it's screen to simulate its superiority? KITT's AI could not be programmed in BASIC. I wonder which computer they took that screens video from? Apple II, Commodore PET?
I love the dubbed on KITT engine whine sound which was up there with the Airwolf roar as a great sound effect.
Thanks for this nostalgic look back at a great TV show, and yes we all wanted our own KITT self driving vehicle with that special paint coating.
For me Top TV Theme tunes are:
1. Doctor Who
2. Airwolf.
3. Knight Rider.
4. Street Hawk.
Nice one Perifractic and Ladyfractic is looking beautiful as always.
Street Hawk and Airwolf were also favourites of mine, along with Tom Baker’s Dr Who. And K9 of course; the original Puppyfractic!
@@RetroRecipes For me the definitive Doctor will always be Jon Pertwee but Tom Baker was certainly one of the better ones.
Really enjoyed this, still I am a massive knight rider fan.
Loved the sense of humour, peri fractic, as always you do an enjoyable TH-cam channel. Keep up the good work
Lady fractic Really looked good with long hair, she can carry anything off
Looking forward to another video
How about another knight rider, or airwolf or even the a team
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Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️ More planned! Maybe BTTF next!
@@RetroRecipes yes! BTTF would be perfect.
My Uncle's name is ACTUALLY Michael Knight - how cool is that :-) Top work Peri
Now this is one of your best episodes ever. WOW!!
Thanks! All downhill from here 😆😉
Awesome! Need a Dukes of Hazard and A-Team follow up ;)
I didn't really watch Knight Rider very often, I was too busy chasing skirts. But I love the episode, and production quality was once again a home run, because I have always liked going back in time and seeing what things looked like back in the day. A few months ago someone did the same thing with "Mad Max" and "Road Warrior." It was cool comparing pictures then to how they look now. I don't have a Tesla to trade in for KITT, but I do have a nice white Ford Bronco that I would trade for Colt Seavers truck. And yes, I do catch crap from friends about my white Bronco, for obvious reasons.
Glad you liked it!
retro at it's best !!! very well made !!! keep on the good stuff coming :)
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
a lot of Knight Rider stuff was filmed at college of the canyons, hopefull you went to the car bays with the big numbers on the doors too, it gives away a lot of clues on such.
Sadly that building has been locked off each time with a wire gate. Any tips or contacts to visit properly?
Its California, quite unlikely someone in the South like me would know anything other than the general locastion, people like Joe on the Knight Rider Historians channel might, though. th-cam.com/users/KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial
Nice video. It's so wrong though. The best 1980s TV series and the best TV theme music ever are from Airwolf, which again happens to have been filmed in your area.
Knight Rider music is 1% better because of the wind chime usage
Looking forward to see if you do a part two to include many of the other spots. Lots located in Santa Clarita. Excellent video. Kudos.
Really enjoyed that, thanks for the effort.
And Ladyfractic in that wig, Woweewoowa!
So much that was only sci-fi/fantasy back then is now closer than ever. Cool (albeit a bit scary) times.
This is great! Can you put together a google map of all of the locations, please, so I can look at them in Google Earth, and maybe go there someday? I'm a then-and-now nerd.
Thanks! That actually already exists. Have a google and have fun!
This is great. I was so obsessed with KITT when I was young, I drew the dashboard on square paper and coloured with felt tip pens, all the lights, readouts, switches and screens by recording every episode on the family VCR, Trying to get the steadiest picure with no noise bars, I felt I did a good job at the time. I could problably still do it from memory. By the way, have you ever checked out "Knight Rider Historians" YT Channel?
PS I am not affiliated but I just happen to like their work.
My favourite episode is KITT vs KARR. More screen time for the 2 cars.. It was like season 1-2 vs season 3-4 dash boards in a whole episode :)
Yes I love their channel since I discovered it recently and am in touch with them 👍🕹️
We need too see more Knight Rider filming locations please 🙏
Ooh okay!
oh man nice, watched it 2 times. great video!
Blimey 3:36 I do not remember this episode. What is it called? What season. I will have to watch the lot again!
I say the name of the episode just before. You have to watch the whole video man! stop skipping bits 😉