K.I.T.T. is the reason why I watched Knight Rider in the 1980's when I was a little kid and I was in school when the show was on for 4 years between the years of 1982 to 1986 and I never forgotten about the show at all because I was a die hard fan of the show itself and I think it's just a honor to say something Awesome about the show itself lol
Ahhhhh the good old super pursuit mode. How I miss seeing that. What a great show. I was raised on this and it never gets old. The music, the car, the name Knight.
We didn't even notice the cheese as kids, everything about the show was awesome. Wish I could get back that pure enjoyment. Now I rant and shake my fist at stupid plots and idiot characters :(
I always liked Season 4 more, probably its the only full memory I have of watching Knight Rider as a kid, I do remember bits from season 3 especially Kitt vs Karr but season 4 to me was the best of the lot, even the soundtrack sound better.
It does for me to, but when I was younger. Seeing him going at 200mph at maybe 70mph in real time now makes me laugh. Just shows the effects back then were amazing
I remember when I was a kid and had little concept of how shows were made I looked to my mom and said "Why doesn't he just take the cameraman's car, it's always faster," and she shot soda out her nose. (I called it "the car the tv rides in" but that's what I meant.)
I have no memory of Super Pursuit Mode. I guess I outgrew the show by then. Makes sense - I stopped watching a lot of the 'cool' kids shows when I hit high school.
Hmm. The button next to the SPM or Super Pursuit Mode button (which I think you are calling turbo boost) is the EBS or Emergency Braking System button, not an Eject button.
They always try to go to far with it! The original show could use some modern tricks to make better use of kitt being indestructible but what we seen with the mustang on that reboot lol well that was to far IMO.
@@jeffstrains4014 You can say that again . The 2008 reboot started out cool and then all the sudden I wasn't sure if I was watching knight Rider or transformers.. But you have to admit the mustang Kitt was a cool car and the new michael knights acting was on Parr for the show . And Val Kilmer as Kitt was also great . In my opinion, I think they need to break put the mustang again , Begin where the show left off but also completely reboot it . None of the transformer fuckery . Stick to basics . Maybe a new version of goliath? Or perhaps Bring back Karr as a different vehicle like they had done with Kitt . Maybe as the technology was stolen or something . Or perhaps they could intergrate a new version of airwolf in to the series and make a spin off airwolf TV show .I think it could happen .
I love how Michael shouted "TURBO" then pressed the turbo button. I am adopting this method when driving. INDICATE! turn on indicators, HORN! press horn. Beep.
I guess you have never heard of the japanese? They actually do shout out some of their actions before doing it, to increase focus and what not. I don’t know all the details, but I know they do stuff like this in some industries 😁
Old skool is so much better than anything on TV now. David really does a great job with this role. Even though it was bad acting and cheap effects, the series was fun and classic.
His acting was hammy at times but he did an amazing job of selling us on the whole talking car thing. He and William Daniels never shared a scene - in most of his interactions with KITT he was talking to himself. Daniels’ voice was dubbed in later on. Creating such on screen chemistry under those circumstances must have been a challenge.
Besides the introduction "Super pursuit mode" which, I always thought was visually interesting but aerodynamically ridiculous, the one thing that always stood out to me in this episode is that the "Juggernaut" was a modification of the "Roadox" from the 3D B-movie "Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone"
Is it really aerodynamically ridiculous? Looks kind of visually ridiculous to me... But wouldn't all those silly wings make more downforce? Not sure what all the stuff is supposed to be for guess there was no budget to make flames shoot out the back or something. Juggernaut reminds me of the Dildozer 🤣
Jesus Christ, even as a little kid watching this show I could see cynical producers needing to put some new "razzle dazzle" candy on the screen to try and keep audience interest. This "upgrade" was always dumb, even to my 8-year-old sensibilities.
Well that's hollywood, it would have been cost prohibitive to have built a beast like that from the ground up. Studios are always looking for ways to cut costs without compromising on quality.
1:57 "Michael, don't forget, I have no molecular bonded shell." 3:34 Wow, despite no molecular bonded shell, KITT still made that Turbo Boost landing in one piece without making a dent.
KITT supposedly has rockets launching it into the air and maybe helping steer it toward a controlled landing, and you wouldn’t make a car that can fly without making the suspension as strong as aircraft landing gear.
I didn’t know the turbo button made the car shoot 50 feet up in the air to go over buildings. Also the pursuit mode had him going 138 mph while he was making a sharp turn onto the runaway. Amazing handling.
I don't think "turbo boost" meant what they thought it meant. There was one episode where Kitt was buried underground and a cheeky turbo boost blasted him out from a stationary start.
Super Pursuit Mode was such a cool feature. As a child I loved it and I still do today. It totally sucks that Knight Rider ended after 4 seasons. I always wondered what other cool new upgrades KITT might have gotten if the show went on longer.
1:46 - KITT: “My comprehensive configuration analysis denotes no outward weak spots in that monster. An explosion contact detonator has been added to the ramrod since our last meeting.” Michael: “That’s the bad news.” KITT: “Michael, don’t forget. I have no molecular bonded shell.” Michael: “No, but we have learned a few things since our last encounter. Alright, let’s not use Super Pursuit Mode unless we have to.”
Just imagine being a 6 or 7 year old kid and seeing KITT transform into Super Pursuit Mode for the first time! Everyone was talking about this at school the next day.
ah maybe its cause the ram rod is a 25,000 pound tank, and KITT is 3,000 pounds, i dont care if that ram rod had F-16 after burners on the back it still wouldnt have caught up.
Man, I used to love this show and never asked any questions about any of it. XD Now I'm just sitting here laughing at how often KITT just launches into the air with the press of a button.
Did they not realize that destroying KITT wouldn't be so easy this time? The first time, they had surprise on their side. This time Michael and KITT were ready for them.
I guess universal added the same sound effects for Goliath and the this tank to add some drama to the series what ever good for Goliath is good for the armored tank 😆
K.I.T.T’s turbo boost launched him way higher than usual. I wonder how high it can actually jump and land without breaking the suspension or Michael’s back.
With Hasselhoff being so tall and having to get in and out so quickly my last watch through you could see the drivers seat breaking on a few shots in a way familiar to anyone who has or knows someone whose had a hoopty 80s car.
you can still be now. you can get these ether dvd or blue-ray. i have all seasons on dvd and i got some hot wheel cars of kitt and karr. love knight rider.
Grew up with this show as a kid. One of my favorites. My parents would only let me watch as many tv shows as I had A’s and B’s on my report card. This was my number one. Then the A-Team and Star Trek the Next Generation. Airwolf and Blue Thunder made the list sometimes. I’ve had the Knight Rider theme as my ring tone for years now
They used to have one of the KITT cars on display at Universal Studios Hollywood. You could go in it and talk to KITT (I lined up for that and thought I was talking to the real KITT as a kid lol) they probably had a voice actor with a radio hiding nearby lol. Awesome show, one of the best from the 80s!
The 80's and the legendary Knight Rider show. You couldn't go wrong when it was on T.V. The favourite battles of course, was K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R. (both parts). K.I.T.T. vs Goliath And, K.I.T.T. vs Juggernaut. I also like how T.C. added the C button in K.I.T.T. to transform into a convertible 😊
There was a guy I knew when I lived in the Bay Area of CA. He had a version of KITT, Ecto-1, the Mystery Machine and the 1960’s Batmobile. Those were fun times.
as a kid Super Pursuit Mode was cool, as an adult I realize. They decided to create a mode that actually makes the car LESS Aerodynamic and somehow that makes it go faster.
well RC kinda did in Knight Song, Keith raise him and took care of RC and RC looked up to him, you could say that Keith was his evil double, i said KINDA.
This is one of the extremely rare occasions in the series where Michael actually kills someone. And it is actually a violation of KITT's dominant program to take the action that ends up taking a human life.
KITT didn't kill anyone. KITT simply got out of the way. No sense in coming between two vehicles determined to get closer together. Why break up such a beautiful couple?
And from this point on... Michael: "KITT, I have to take out the trash" KITT: "Ok" Michael: "Let's use Super Pursuit Mode" KITT: "Good idea" *Super Pursuit Mode sequence. Michael: "KITT, I have to go shopping" KITT: "Ok" Michael: "Let's use Super Pursuit Mode" KITT: "Good idea" *Super Pursuit Mode sequence. Michael: "KITT, We have to go slow this time, they can't see we are following them" KITT: "Ok" Michael: "Let's use Super Pursuit Mode" KITT: "Good idea" *Super Pursuit Mode sequence.
FUN FACT: Contrary to popular belief, none of the S.P.M. cars survived after the end of the series. After the 1982 trainwreck derailment of new Camaros and Pontiacs that were damaged and written off, Universal Studios made a deal with Pontiac to use some of the damaged cars for the series allowing the production crew to use the cars anyway they wanted to. However, Pontiac's only stipulation was that all the cars used on the series that came from the trainwreck were mandated by Pontiac to be destroyed after the end of the series. After the series was over, a large wrecking ball was dropped on each car, and then they all went to the crusher.
Wow...I just realized this episode was started in Detroit, Michael activated Super Pursuit Mkde, but then somehow they ended up at a Southern California airport to meet Juggernaut!!😁
It's so cute that for the higher speed pursuit mode, you push out a lot of body parts that don't help with the downforce and also make the drag coefficient worse at the same time :D
Super Pursuit Mode is what killed it for me. It's supposed to make K.I.T.T. way faster but they took one of the most aerodynamically perfect cars ever made and added tons of drag to it. If they wanted to make an obvious transformation that would've also actually made the car faster and handle better, they should've had a series of panels come down and seal air out from under the car and also create front downforce and then have a retractable rear spoiler like you see on a lot of newer super cars to add rear downforce and keep the rear wheels planted to the ground.
@@Fayheurblode You don’t need to be an engineer or physicist to realize that having something protrude from a smooth surface creates aerodynamic drag 🤦🏻♂️
@@pirate772009 now, that’s common knowledge, but I am not sure if it was so widely known at the time… And I agree there were better ways to allow the car to be faster than putting so many things out in the airstream
It's a goofy 80s show about a jumping car and youre questioning why its not as sophisticated as modern cars aerodynamics. Realistically that model of the Trans Am could do 0 to 60 in about 9 seconds. So surely it isn't going 200 Mph regardless of the aeros, probably would have trouble getting past 130 mph. Sudpend disbelief and enjoy the goofy goodness.
You are entirely correct, but.... this is a show about a sentient car that has all sorts of features that only exist when they are needed, and then are replaced by others.... it supposedly has some sort of jet engine powering it, can jump 50 feet into the air without damaging anything on landing... and actually drove on water once. So... the only thing that mattered when it came to Super Pursuit Mode is that it looked cool.. and that it looked cool primarily to younger viewers who don't care too much about the science of aerodynamics. That said, I was about 12 or 13 when Knight Rider entered season four... and even then I recognized that this was just a gimmick to try to revive interest in a show with sagging ratings, and I didn't find it all that engaging.
1. This was the only time Devon (Edward Mulhare’s) character & Michael (David Hasselhoff’s) characters were against each other. 2. I’ve always liked how Hasselhoff went back into his seat, feeling the “turbo/super pursuit mode) G-forces. 3. I became a fast runner watching “Knight Rider”.
@@javieress1 The bad guys kidnapped the real Devon & created a mask of Devon to fool FLAG, so Michael & Kitt had to foil the bad guys & get the right Devon back from them.
KITT in SPM is fast enough to keep up with a commercial airliner. The wings extended from the shell are intended to create downforce, to keep KITT from becoming airborne accidentally, similar to a spoiler on a race car.
problem is the wing is too small for it to have any effect and the shape is wrong, its basically a triangle, the ram scoops on the side are way too much drag... and the backend is just a disaster. Even if the front wing was proper the rear end of the car would undo all of it
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Street Hawk, Airwolf, and of course Knight Rider = the holy trinity of futuristic vehicles. Those shows made my childhood fun.
And viper that was a good futuristic car show
Don't forget Automan.
Don't forget another one of my faves the highwayman ,a truck that turned into a helicopter brilliant show
And Mac Gyver too
You Missed out Blue Thunder
K.I.T.T. is the reason why I watched Knight Rider in the 1980's when I was a little kid and I was in school when the show was on for 4 years between the years of 1982 to 1986 and I never forgotten about the show at all because I was a die hard fan of the show itself and I think it's just a honor to say something Awesome about the show itself lol
My fiance named her first Cat KITT after KITT from Knight Rider
KITT can be seen at the warner brothers movie world (its a theme park) in Gold Coast, Australia.
I have exactly a same memory with you got here in Korea. I was 16 yrs old :)
Me too...the Best series
I watched in my neighbor. Private TV broadcaster needed a color TV and I didn't have one
Ahhhhh the good old super pursuit mode. How I miss seeing that. What a great show. I was raised on this and it never gets old. The music, the car, the name Knight.
Same here bud! Heres to us and the 80s!!🍻👍🏼😎
Yeah...super pursuit is a frigging jet!! Love how Kitt can do every imaginable and even not imaginable!! Cheesy acting but entertaining
We didn't even notice the cheese as kids, everything about the show was awesome.
Wish I could get back that pure enjoyment. Now I rant and shake my fist at stupid plots and idiot characters :(
I always liked Season 4 more, probably its the only full memory I have of watching Knight Rider as a kid, I do remember bits from season 3 especially Kitt vs Karr but season 4 to me was the best of the lot, even the soundtrack sound better.
F1 engineers laugh hard seeing that
I love the way Kitt says "Oh good!" Like, he's genuinely excited to use his new mode again so soon. 🤣
He’s turned on 😏
He sounded sarcastic to me.
its "ALL good"
Dont blame him after getting slammed about like he did I would be happy travelling at near 200mph too.
they really tried to sell the new mods to the audience hard ha ha
This used to be my show when I was a kid. I remember when KITT got messed up and they brought him back better than ever.
Yeah but it wasn’t that easy. Remember he…lost his nerve. KITT was scared😆
"You've got exactly 22 seconds to get rid of that ram rod' ... that's what she said
🤣🤣🤣
I am 40 now and SPM still gives me chills when it pops out.
It does for me to, but when I was younger. Seeing him going at 200mph at maybe 70mph in real time now makes me laugh. Just shows the effects back then were amazing
Just to let y’all know…I was the one that came up with the “SPM” feature on K.I.T.T. The writers & network STOLE my idea & NEVER PAID 💰 me. 😡
My words exactly
@@ajam27 Part of the SPM was switching to KPH. 😺
45 in a few months... SPM is like Airwolf hitting the turbo's. Woosh.
Michael: "Time for Super Pursuit Mode"
KITT & the audience: "Oh good"
a short time later... cancelled.
I remember when I was a kid and had little concept of how shows were made I looked to my mom and said "Why doesn't he just take the cameraman's car, it's always faster," and she shot soda out her nose. (I called it "the car the tv rides in" but that's what I meant.)
@@adamb89 That's pretty funny 😆
IKR. This is why we watched.
I have no memory of Super Pursuit Mode. I guess I outgrew the show by then. Makes sense - I stopped watching a lot of the 'cool' kids shows when I hit high school.
“Search the city for a heavy truck” is a hilarious request.
Lets not forget about the "monster" sounds they gave with that armored tank thing lol
Goliath anyone? 😅
Siri
@@djaftermath4313😆😆😆👍
That could have ended very badly on a number of occasions with the turbo boost button right next to the eject button.
Valid point! Lmao. Slip of the finger.
AAhhh ShIIIEeeetTt
How about running out of gas 🤣
😂😂Whoops
Hmm. The button next to the SPM or Super Pursuit Mode button (which I think you are calling turbo boost) is the EBS or Emergency Braking System button, not an Eject button.
No reboot can hold a torch to the original show !!! And Mr H !!!
They always try to go to far with it! The original show could use some modern tricks to make better use of kitt being indestructible but what we seen with the mustang on that reboot lol well that was to far IMO.
But spinoff can. 🚗
Shashi Jain, Oh yes a reboot can and it does, since the mustang KITT is so much better and more advanced. Yes. I do favor Ford over Pontiac
@@davidross5593 too bad the 2008 show didnt last long compare to the OG. lol
@@jeffstrains4014 You can say that again . The 2008 reboot started out cool and then all the sudden I wasn't sure if I was watching knight Rider or transformers.. But you have to admit the mustang Kitt was a cool car and the new michael knights acting was on Parr for the show . And Val Kilmer as Kitt was also great . In my opinion, I think they need to break put the mustang again , Begin where the show left off but also completely reboot it .
None of the transformer fuckery .
Stick to basics . Maybe a new version of goliath? Or perhaps Bring back Karr as a different vehicle like they had done with Kitt . Maybe as the technology was stolen or something . Or perhaps they could intergrate a new version of airwolf in to the series and make a spin off airwolf TV show .I think it could happen .
2:14 Wow. KITT was truly the car of the future. It was even the first to introduce RGB lighting on the gas pedal!
Nope... only G. (green)
I love how Michael shouted "TURBO" then pressed the turbo button. I am adopting this method when driving. INDICATE! turn on indicators, HORN! press horn. Beep.
lol
I guess you have never heard of the japanese? They actually do shout out some of their actions before doing it, to increase focus and what not.
I don’t know all the details, but I know they do stuff like this in some industries 😁
@@Timmahh85LMAO. I grew up watching Anime. And I have to say. That is so true😂.
So dumb! Turbo! And then press button?
I say 'blink' every time I blink
I believe Knight Rider was the first show to portray how GPS and voice command would work in the future.
"KITT, plot me a course." 😎👍
Good point, but then again science fiction often times precede actual inventions. They show us how such technologies can impact our lives.
KITT is still superior to Google Maps, as KITT ALWAYS shows "us" pointing North and doesn't send us in the opposite direction.
K.I.T.T is everything we want a Tesla to be...😅
🤣🤣
💯
Yeah, well, kitt did get there first with the 'celebration mode' that Tesla has.
Tesla took KITT and made an iPhone on wheels.
I'm not buying a Tesla until it has Turbo Boost.
Old skool is so much better than anything on TV now. David really does a great job with this role. Even though it was bad acting and cheap effects, the series was fun and classic.
I agree but i love the new sequel to, i said sequel as it had the og Michael knight handing the keys off to the next knight rider
@@wolfielps4411 I did too. Too bad that one didn't last long enough to build an audience.
The script and pacing are what makes or breaks a show. Good special effects are always appreciated, but they won't save a bad script.
as a kid we could let that slide so long as they kept the action going. Love cheesy 80s tv now. so fun to watch these days. simpler times.
His acting was hammy at times but he did an amazing job of selling us on the whole talking car thing. He and William Daniels never shared a scene - in most of his interactions with KITT he was talking to himself. Daniels’ voice was dubbed in later on. Creating such on screen chemistry under those circumstances must have been a challenge.
Besides the introduction "Super pursuit mode" which, I always thought was visually interesting but aerodynamically ridiculous, the one thing that always stood out to me in this episode is that the "Juggernaut" was a modification of the "Roadox" from the 3D B-movie "Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone"
Is it really aerodynamically ridiculous? Looks kind of visually ridiculous to me... But wouldn't all those silly wings make more downforce? Not sure what all the stuff is supposed to be for guess there was no budget to make flames shoot out the back or something. Juggernaut reminds me of the Dildozer 🤣
Well, KITT's front scamner is a modification of Galactica's Cylon eye.
Jesus Christ, even as a little kid watching this show I could see cynical producers needing to put some new "razzle dazzle" candy on the screen to try and keep audience interest. This "upgrade" was always dumb, even to my 8-year-old sensibilities.
I have a feeling it was inspired in the Countach 5000QV with it's scoops and delta wing that just added more drag lmao
Well that's hollywood, it would have been cost prohibitive to have built a beast like that from the ground up. Studios are always looking for ways to cut costs without compromising on quality.
These were the shows that was enjoyable to watch with family
1:57 "Michael, don't forget, I have no molecular bonded shell."
3:34 Wow, despite no molecular bonded shell, KITT still made that Turbo Boost landing in one piece without making a dent.
Exactly broken suspension atleast and dead man from the ramrod
KITT supposedly has rockets launching it into the air and maybe helping steer it toward a controlled landing, and you wouldn’t make a car that can fly without making the suspension as strong as aircraft landing gear.
So the molecular bonded shell is completely gone for the remainder of the series?
Yes I thought that when I was a kid. How does he survive jumps like that without his shell?
@@mjb12ification I belie e it is. I dont remember ER them e ER saying it was reapplied to him.
I didn’t know the turbo button made the car shoot 50 feet up in the air to go over buildings. Also the pursuit mode had him going 138 mph while he was making a sharp turn onto the runaway. Amazing handling.
Thinking the same thing. I don’t remember Turbo Boost jumping 50 ft in the air over buildings
@@edsta714 --- What about OVER a frigging Semi???? The very first episode. The pilot episode. KNIGHT OF THE PHOENIX.
@@mana_beast_beats1114 ko
They knew how to build REAL cars, back in the 80's!;)
I don't think "turbo boost" meant what they thought it meant. There was one episode where Kitt was buried underground and a cheeky turbo boost blasted him out from a stationary start.
After Goliath, they fell in love with roaring vehicles.
Why I liked airwolf as well
I love how Michael announces the buttons he's about to press!
As seen on Knight Rider Historians, SPM & C has been an ultra cool pair of new functions.
well i have a lot of knight rider fans and they hate season 4 cause of that Trash SPM
Super Pursuit Mode was the killing blow to this series imho
It was for me back then, as a big fan of the original KITT.
It was on the bubble at this point. We were lucky to even get this season.
Agreed. A bunch of pop up plastic that made kitt look ridiculous. Nothing wrong with the original design of the car.
They had run out of plot lines at that point.
It was Knight Rider's Jump the shark moment.
Super Pursuit Mode was such a cool feature. As a child I loved it and I still do today. It totally sucks that Knight Rider ended after 4 seasons. I always wondered what other cool new upgrades KITT might have gotten if the show went on longer.
And I love «C» mode, as well!
3:49
4WD like The Viper Defender did in The NBC 1990' s Series Viper
Would love to see Kitt & Viper Defender team up
Yeah..They put a stop to the show due production cost going higher and higher
So ahead of it's time. KITT was AI with personality, character, morals and loyalty. A truly smart car.
And a build in navigation app!
Only a 40yr older will understand why when we see this, we .... grin.
The well known desert mountains of Chicagoland
80s babies unite. this show had everyone of us clamoring 4 a KITT KAR.🤩🤩🤩
I love the way Michaels one punch was enough for the villain to give up
subdued him to be compliant too
@@thespacesbetweenstudio3346Kinda like mom with the "one pop" slipper 🥿💥😵💫
probably broke his hip when he fell
1:46 - KITT: “My comprehensive configuration analysis denotes no outward weak spots in that monster. An explosion contact detonator has been added to the ramrod since our last meeting.”
Michael: “That’s the bad news.”
KITT: “Michael, don’t forget. I have no molecular bonded shell.”
Michael: “No, but we have learned a few things since our last encounter. Alright, let’s not use Super Pursuit Mode unless we have to.”
I wish, night rider was still on netflix
Despite my misgivings for season four this was actually a good opener
Same here
Only a couple stand out. Killer KITT. Deadly Knightshade and scent of roses
Samuel kittnap was good
@@606danco : Kittknap was GREAT!!
Opener was awesome!! Chicago of course lol
Just imagine being a 6 or 7 year old kid and seeing KITT transform into Super Pursuit Mode for the first time! Everyone was talking about this at school the next day.
5:07 If the Devin impersonator was going to give up that easy, he should have just turned himself in.
Love the "rocket explosion" sound when super pursuit mode activates. LOL
2:55 - how did the ram rod not catch up lol! 😂 the wonders of TV editing
Quick acceleration.
ah maybe its cause the ram rod is a 25,000 pound tank, and KITT is 3,000 pounds, i dont care if that ram rod had F-16 after burners on the back it still wouldnt have caught up.
Man, I used to love this show and never asked any questions about any of it. XD
Now I'm just sitting here laughing at how often KITT just launches into the air with the press of a button.
Did they not realize that destroying KITT wouldn't be so easy this time? The first time, they had surprise on their side. This time Michael and KITT were ready for them.
I need a Knight Rider and Fast and Furious cross over. That would be cool! 😃
The tank has the same growling sounds as garthes truck!! 😁😆
Same sound effects Dept at Universal
Same sound as the truck in Duel as well.
Its a standard feature on all vehicles that can take down kitt
I guess universal added the same sound effects for Goliath and the this tank to add some drama to the series what ever good for Goliath is good for the armored tank 😆
I still want an accelerator pedal with LED's on it, that's one of the coolest parts of KITT.
K.I.T.T’s turbo boost launched him way higher than usual. I wonder how high it can actually jump and land without breaking the suspension or Michael’s back.
With Hasselhoff being so tall and having to get in and out so quickly my last watch through you could see the drivers seat breaking on a few shots in a way familiar to anyone who has or knows someone whose had a hoopty 80s car.
Funny how KITT turned into the best teacher ever for Corey, Topanga, Eric and Shawn :)
Love Mr. Feenyyyyy!!! 💜
Remeber watching Knight rider when I was a kid, and had a good memories. But now I am barely managing to watch it through this short clip 😂
40 year's on this is still my favourite tv series ever it just takes me back to my childhood! 🥰😊
I love the flap on the roof that goes straight up, like that actually helps the car stop faster. LOL
Street Hawk had the same system. Just as laughable.
A famous footballer who lived down a friends road had one if these!
Stunning car up close.
Still had buttons on every panel!
I was so addicted to this show back in the 80’s!
So was I. I also had a crush on Patricia McPherson.
@@Rambo-Gaming me too! And I was a kids lol
you can still be now. you can get these ether dvd or blue-ray. i have all seasons on dvd and i got some hot wheel cars of kitt and karr. love knight rider.
cant believe how fresh this still feels
Who arrived here in 2024?
Jus got here 4 days after you!! (To the OP)
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I'm here in 2025!
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Grew up with this show as a kid. One of my favorites. My parents would only let me watch as many tv shows as I had A’s and B’s on my report card. This was my number one. Then the A-Team and Star Trek the Next Generation. Airwolf and Blue Thunder made the list sometimes.
I’ve had the Knight Rider theme as my ring tone for years now
Juggernaut is the vehicle from space hunter adventures in the forbidden zone
I was wondering about that. It seemed like a lot of work to fabricate such a vehicle for a single ep of Knight Rider
They used to have one of the KITT cars on display at Universal Studios Hollywood. You could go in it and talk to KITT (I lined up for that and thought I was talking to the real KITT as a kid lol) they probably had a voice actor with a radio hiding nearby lol. Awesome show, one of the best from the 80s!
Great memories!!
I will always love that car
The 80's and the legendary Knight Rider show. You couldn't go wrong when it was on T.V.
The favourite battles of course, was K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R. (both parts).
K.I.T.T. vs Goliath
And, K.I.T.T. vs Juggernaut.
I also like how T.C. added the C button in K.I.T.T. to transform into a convertible 😊
KITT was so ahead of its time.
Still is
@@kitt28 A brand new version from Trans/AM Depot, but retroed to the Gen-Three body?
There was a guy I knew when I lived in the Bay Area of CA. He had a version of KITT, Ecto-1, the Mystery Machine and the 1960’s Batmobile. Those were fun times.
Was that anti-assault vehicle SUPPOSED to look like an armored anteater on ATV tires? Blowing it up actually improved it immensely.
I grew up watching KITT from the mid to late 1980's...👍👍
KITT deserves to be a transformer like Optimus Prime ❤❤❤
This does exist!!!
It’s amazing how KITT can maneuver so well in Super Pursuit Mode.
Everyone’s OG during the fast rewind🤣🤣🤣
as a kid Super Pursuit Mode was cool, as an adult I realize. They decided to create a mode that actually makes the car LESS Aerodynamic and somehow that makes it go faster.
The Rule of Cool applies.
@@Obstinate28 When you got cool you don't need school. 😎
Like wearing shades at night.
It can go faster, _because_ it has more downforce with the wings. Otherwise more speed would just make it unwieldy.
Michael Knight: Let's Hit Super Pursuit Mode Again.
KITT: By All Means.
Love how everyone had a evil double except April & RC
well RC kinda did in Knight Song, Keith raise him and took care of RC and RC looked up to him, you could say that Keith was his evil double, i said KINDA.
The Super Pursuit Mode is literally when Knight Rider Jumped the Shark. They turned a cool looking car into something ridiculous.
Can you elaborate? I only remember Knight Rider as an "awesome" part of my childhood.
@@bricaaron3978 Knight Rider was an awesome part of mine too. But after they added Super Pursuit Mode to an already great car, even I lost interest...
Thought it was epic as a kid, but those aerodynamics have not aged well.
it was the bomb when you're a kid from the 80s
@@RizandroNapone I was a kid from the '80s, but even I had to say BS as a kid... I was 15 in 1986 and when they added this rediculous feature....
About 8-7 days ago the Knight rider 2000 turned 30 years old!
I only count the original 4 season show as canon. Everything else - including 2000 - under the name Knight Rider was trash.
Where does time go!
This is one of the extremely rare occasions in the series where Michael actually kills someone. And it is actually a violation of KITT's dominant program to take the action that ends up taking a human life.
Mickey didn't kill. That dude just ran into a flammable truck himself. :D
KITT didn't kill anyone. KITT simply got out of the way. No sense in coming between two vehicles determined to get closer together. Why break up such a beautiful couple?
The guy probably didn't die, he was wearing a colour coordinate bowl-cut crash helmet.
@@plowe6751 The :D didn't give you a hint, righ?
there was no other way.
KITT: Michael, the plane!
Michael: Gotcha, pal.
"TURBO!!" K.I.T.T. launches 20 feet in the air, no ramp.
glen a larson knew how to make things fly
😂😂lol
thats why it is KITT
And from this point on...
Michael: "KITT, I have to take out the trash"
KITT: "Ok"
Michael: "Let's use Super Pursuit Mode"
KITT: "Good idea"
*Super Pursuit Mode sequence.
Michael: "KITT, I have to go shopping"
KITT: "Ok"
Michael: "Let's use Super Pursuit Mode"
KITT: "Good idea"
*Super Pursuit Mode sequence.
Michael: "KITT, We have to go slow this time, they can't see we are following them"
KITT: "Ok"
Michael: "Let's use Super Pursuit Mode"
KITT: "Good idea"
*Super Pursuit Mode sequence.
Right?! It was a tad overused, wasn’t it? Haha
Also Michael: "KITT, let's not use Super Pursuit Mode unless we have to."
This stock sequence we filmed was expensive, we are using it!
i like how he says they should use SPM sparingly, then 20 seconds later they use it to outrun a tank think that tops out around 40mph
Michael and KITT are my heroes ❤️
FUN FACT: Contrary to popular belief, none of the S.P.M. cars survived after the end of the series. After the 1982 trainwreck derailment of new Camaros and Pontiacs that were damaged and written off, Universal Studios made a deal with Pontiac to use some of the damaged cars for the series allowing the production crew to use the cars anyway they wanted to. However, Pontiac's only stipulation was that all the cars used on the series that came from the trainwreck were mandated by Pontiac to be destroyed after the end of the series. After the series was over, a large wrecking ball was dropped on each car, and then they all went to the crusher.
SPM sounds 80’s don’t it man I was born in 74 all these shows were the bomb
Wow...I just realized this episode was started in Detroit, Michael activated Super Pursuit Mkde, but then somehow they ended up at a Southern California airport to meet Juggernaut!!😁
So many hills, the flatlanders of Illinois would be completely lost.
I love it when kitt says "oh good!" When michael says its time to go into super presuit mode
i love SPM but the 300+ mph on city streets was just overkill
he never went 300+ in this episode, only went up to 250mph in SPM.
LOLLL
Man, it didn't take much to impress us when we were kids!!! TURBO!
Before Tony Stark, we have Michael Knight first who learns from his mistakes. 😅😂🤣😄
Stark is before Knight's time lmao
ironman came out in the 60s. i dont think we would have any tech show including this show if it where not for ironman.
Why cant TV be cool like this anymore!? Real explosions. Real cars. Real planes! Real ego!
I’m in my early fifties and it still excites me when I see KITT transform into his new mode
Dude. You need to get out more.
The "tank" looks like it came from the movie Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Exactly what I was gonna post. Retread lol.
"let's make it super un-aerodynamic in order to go faster!"
KITT loved his new looks. Especially Super Pursuit Mode. 😅😅
Juggernaut was a beast
It's so cute that for the higher speed pursuit mode, you push out a lot of body parts that don't help with the downforce and also make the drag coefficient worse at the same time :D
Just love how 80's movies all come with a complimentary super suspension mode stock lol
ナイトライダー大好き!!憧れの車だよ!!
Super Pursuit Mode is what killed it for me. It's supposed to make K.I.T.T. way faster but they took one of the most aerodynamically perfect cars ever made and added tons of drag to it. If they wanted to make an obvious transformation that would've also actually made the car faster and handle better, they should've had a series of panels come down and seal air out from under the car and also create front downforce and then have a retractable rear spoiler like you see on a lot of newer super cars to add rear downforce and keep the rear wheels planted to the ground.
Sadly they didn't exactly have aerodynamicists on the show, afaik
@@Fayheurblode You don’t need to be an engineer or physicist to realize that having something protrude from a smooth surface creates aerodynamic drag 🤦🏻♂️
@@pirate772009 now, that’s common knowledge, but I am not sure if it was so widely known at the time… And I agree there were better ways to allow the car to be faster than putting so many things out in the airstream
It's a goofy 80s show about a jumping car and youre questioning why its not as sophisticated as modern cars aerodynamics. Realistically that model of the Trans Am could do 0 to 60 in about 9 seconds. So surely it isn't going 200 Mph regardless of the aeros, probably would have trouble getting past 130 mph. Sudpend disbelief and enjoy the goofy goodness.
You are entirely correct, but.... this is a show about a sentient car that has all sorts of features that only exist when they are needed, and then are replaced by others.... it supposedly has some sort of jet engine powering it, can jump 50 feet into the air without damaging anything on landing... and actually drove on water once.
So... the only thing that mattered when it came to Super Pursuit Mode is that it looked cool.. and that it looked cool primarily to younger viewers who don't care too much about the science of aerodynamics.
That said, I was about 12 or 13 when Knight Rider entered season four... and even then I recognized that this was just a gimmick to try to revive interest in a show with sagging ratings, and I didn't find it all that engaging.
As a Chicago Bears fan, I find it funny how K.I.T.T. says Soldiers Field instead of Soldier Field.
1. This was the only time Devon (Edward Mulhare’s) character & Michael (David Hasselhoff’s) characters were against each other.
2. I’ve always liked how Hasselhoff went back into his seat, feeling the “turbo/super pursuit mode) G-forces.
3. I became a fast runner watching “Knight Rider”.
Can't remind Devon was the villain in this episodes...will watch again
@@javieress1 The bad guys kidnapped the real Devon & created a mask of Devon to fool FLAG, so Michael & Kitt had to foil the bad guys & get the right Devon back from them.
@@krypton7676 thank you for memories
If you don't count "Knight in Disgrace" where Michael is undercover and has to "kill" Devon.
I forgot how action packed this show was! 😂
Now we all know that without the molecular shield kitt wouldn't have survived that jump lol
This episode almost had it all. Now if only KITT took to the sky, this would have been a perfect showcase episode of its capabilities.
The super pursuit mode was like when the 80's cartoon tv show transformers made them combine together as one to make a super transformer!
Cop on radio: "Umm, yeah, I've got a black... umm... Trans-Am? covered in airfoils doing... umm... 350. Think I'm gonna just go home early, guys."
KITT in SPM is fast enough to keep up with a commercial airliner. The wings extended from the shell are intended to create downforce, to keep KITT from becoming airborne accidentally, similar to a spoiler on a race car.
It's pretty neat. That downward force also improves handling by increasing the grip of tires to the road. KITT definitely needed that.
@@GarretGrayCamera yeah
That's one thing about George and Sam Barris. Knowing them, they knew their custom mods, and knew how to make them functional.
problem is the wing is too small for it to have any effect and the shape is wrong, its basically a triangle, the ram scoops on the side are way too much drag... and the backend is just a disaster. Even if the front wing was proper the rear end of the car would undo all of it
"Congratulations, Michael. You just vaporized 14 people in that hanger back there."
0:29 From Lake Michigan, you could get to the St. Lawrence Seaway, and the Atlantic Ocean. And it’s Soldier Field. Singular.
Real explosion, no cgi.