Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, which has had several incarnations. It too is fading from collective memory because the episodes are generally not purchaseable ~
Little bit of trivia for you guys over at JoBlo. When casting the 2008 Knight Rider spin the producers wanted an actor who look like a young David Hasslehoff to play Michael Knight's son. They was reminded Michael Knight was born Michael Arthur Long who was played by Larry Anderson in the pilot so if anything Michael Knight's son will have to look like a younger version of Larry Anderson. Which is why Justin Traven got the role
Please don't make a remake of this in this desert of BS writing we have. They will literally destroy everything that was great about this show. Kitt is going to be a Prius
The intro always give me goose bumps.....that purple filter as the car is coming towards you on the desert with the synth line playing and the whooshing noise as the car comes closer with them shifting red lights on the front.........still gets me 35 years later
@@Treklosopher Is that what they say in the Original version ? :D In the german version it says: He comes.., Kight Rider... a Car, a Computer, a Man... th-cam.com/video/9beWnnpQsZE/w-d-xo.html Sounded so badass as a kid to me^^
you can actually buy whats known as a "Larson Scanner" for the LEDs to go in your car grill, However , using them while driving in uk is illegal , unless they are white
The problem with remakes in general is they fail to understand the iconography of the source material: the sound of the car, the 80’s tech, the theme tune and intro, the gadgets etc. if you lose all of that you lose what made the show or movie special in the first place. Like what happened with the Ghostbusters remake. Why not do a new Knight Rider series set in the 80’s? Keep the original elements but have a new set of actors play the characters
@@blackswanmedia712 I saw Top Gun Maverick, which is not a remake, but a sequel to a movie. However, they managed to get it right. Granted, it's a completely different thing, but with some good effort it can be done! PS: For me personally, a remake/sequel cannot be done without the original car (KITT) which by it's own is a huge challenge. And I mean the 83 Pontiac Trans Am :P But I'm willing to sacrifice the car "shell" if the "spirit" of it is going to get retained. A new "shell" car has to have the same "spirit" / "soul" as the original KITT though for a remake to be sucessfull. And that's not going to be easy. But it's not undoable.
i remember skipping 1 episode of knight rider back in 83 due to power failure , i cried the whole hour, i was 13 back then, its a testament to how fun the show was and how very little entertainment option we 70s kid have
I will always love the fact that Glen Larson and Stu Phillips took four bars from the song "Marche Cortege De Bacchus" in the play Sylvia, dropped a dope bass line to it, and made one of the most iconic TV themes of all time.
Knight Rider's pilot doesn't get the credit it deserves. It's tight, well written, well directed, well acted, makes excellent use of its budget and has a perfect balance of tone. It's serious when it needs to be, light when it needs to be without ever feeling the slightest bit forced. Hasselhoff plays Michael relaxed, focused and confident . . . exactly the way the hero should be. He starts camping it up as the show goes on.
I agree. The show is still amazing and the pilots takes it off very well. Always loved the story and action. And to watch Michael and KITT interact in the pilot is always enjoyable. Like it is for the rest of the series.
I wish I could have gone into the origin of that theme because its actually based on an opera but youtube kept giving me copyright issues causing me to have to drop it from the episode plus it messed up the rhythm of the video
David Hasselhoff may not be the world’s greatest actor, but he was able to bring something irreplaceable to that show. I can’t explain it but he was able to balance reality and the fantasy of the show. He was our pov in a way that no one else who ever got into that car ever could.
@@CaptainRetroStation Considering, how, Rex Smith, was, always more of a stage star, that, was, unlikely, and, the gory end, of the first Street Hawk, episode, totaled it.
@@matthewdaley746 Yeah, I think you failed to get the whole fantasy, "what if" angle I was going for. You know... 3 super black-colored vehicles from the 80s... This wasn't my attempt to get this project rolling in real life, dude. LOL! But, you got to demonstrate your impressive 80's TV trivia knowledge! Sweet!
@@CaptainRetroStation Thank You, I think, my mother, was, just appalled, at the Street Hawk villain's, violent death, and, would forbid me from, ever, watching the show, again.
I have never heard of Glen Larson asking for KITT's interior to look like Darth Vader's bathroom, but I am familiar with that line in the episode. It's one of two references to Star Wars in KR.
I adored this show as a kid. That car seemed magical back then. I always wanted a toy K.I.T.T., but I had to settle for playing with the one my brother had. Now we actually have cars that talk to us, drive themselves, and do many of the awesome things K.I.T.T. could do. I couldn’t have imagined. Great video. Thanks!
One of the best shows in the 80s. Introduce them to my kids when they were young in the early 2000s and they were hooked. Sad that they don't make shows like these anymore.
I have a DVD with a few episodes, a "best of" which includes the pilot (which I see as a movie) trust doesn't rust and others. I don't remember if it was on there but I remember an episode where KITT gets put in acid or something and almost dies then gets rebuilt but is afraid of taking risks, that was a good episode.
@@solomongibsoniii4865 , it was Junkyard dog, in season three, where KITT was dropped in the acid pit. Goliath was the series 2 premiere, and was the first time we saw KITT damaged. He never lost his "nerve" in that episode though.
Small fact. When Knight Rider was coming out they had a commercial about a 'not' General Lee or a car that drives by itself. It was an interesting time to be a kid.
I swear to God the exact moment I was saying to myself "HE FORGOT ABOUT THE THEME SONG" is exactly when he mentioned it 😂! The '80s had the best theme songs of all time!
One of the source of these Synth Wave aesthetic and vibe! That show will forever be in my heart. I remember my joy when i had the full series on different dvds as a gift. I would rush home just to watch it. Sometimes I’d no even sleep at night just to keep watching it. And yeah they tried to do other shows based on it but it never worked the same. K.I.T.T. and M. Knight could make an episode, just the two of them because the chemistry between him and the car felt truly organic. Now that i’ve learned the process, David is really talented because who could imagine their conversation (him and K.I.T.T) happened like that!?
Oh, and I loved Kitts new tech-skills. I expect that a hightech-car will get new cool features. So I really loved it that they expanded his combat-abilities.
The irony is that technology is becoming so advanced that any show based on a car that is autonomous, produced in today's world, would be underwhelming. What was considered exciting science fiction of yesterday, is increasingly becoming a banal reality today that excites no one.
Thanks for the fun look back on this show. I LOVED Knight Rider as a kid!When I found out (years later) that "the Knight Rider car" was REAL I was OBSESSED with learning all about it. I think they should keep KITT an 80's TransAm and give him just INTERNAL upgrades. KITT was built for speed, not subterfuge! I want some 80's nostalgia with a Knight Rider movie!
Just started getting into this show as a teenaged zoomer and I’ve been loving it so far. Honestly- the whole thing makes me miss serialized tv so much, you just don’t get comfy bite sized storytelling like that anymore. It really stands up to the test of time.
As a kid I was a huge Knight Rider fan. I loved the car, and at 8 years old, I also believed, I'd marry Hasselhoff when I grew up. 😂 For some years of my childhood, I lived in South Africa, and once a month we'd go to the city for a big grocery haul. One time, there was K.I.T.T. displayed in front of the store (it would have been a replica, but as a child I didn't realize that and my parents let me believe it was the real K.I.T.T. from the show). You could line up for a few minutes of sitting in the car and talking to it. The dashboard and buttons and lights all looked so real. Hidden somewhere was a guy with a microphone, who talked to you, but that, too, wasn't known to me back then. Of course, I took the chance, but I must have been so excited that today I can't remember anything of what I might have said to or asked "K.I.T.T.". 😅 Now I live in Germany, and once a year there's a big U.S. car show in my city, with old classic cars, muscle cars, Back to the Future DeLoreans, and, of course, at least two or three people come with their really awesome K.I.T.T. replicas. They put so much love and work into making them look totally authentic to the show, and each time I get to see them and peek inside, I remember that cool day from my childhood, where I believed I actually got to meet our favorite TV car. 😊
I love these videos! Have to correct that Stevie was not a "new lover", she appeared in two previous episodes and had been Michael Long's girlfriend years before. Fun fact, the actress who played Stevie married a man named Michael Knight later in real life.
About Knight Rider...back in the '80s there was a Greek movie made with Greek actors and it was filmed (if i am not mistaken) mostly in my hometown Thessaloniki. The film was a parody/comedy of Knight Rider and it was called PSIT (the "I" is pronounced like the english letter E). It was a nice movie for its time. :)
back in ‘85 i got to sit in the driver seat of Kitt at a car convention in my city. ill never forget that day, especially since william daniels was there actually speaking to me through the car 😎
When my Mom and I moved to Trinidad to be with my Dad, it was a month or so after Knight Rider began. It was my favorite show on television. So nostalgic *but* so good.
Knight Rider will always be one of my favorite shows. Yes, it is quite trashy when looking at it today, the quality is low even when compared other 80s shows, but that formula of comedy, action, and that car that has a real relationship with his driver is just really good. It has to be said that in German the voice of KITT had a lot more personality and was a lot warmer and likeable, which is why I always watch this show in my native language when I want to rewatch it (I usually watch everything in its original English language). Bonnie was never Michael's love interest by the way. Yes, he tried a few times early on, but that stopped rather quickly, the producers realized that it's not a good idea and none of the main characters ever getting funky with each other is something I really appreciate. Knight Rider is also one of the few shows that got better every season. Seasons 3 and 4 are by far the best and the season 4 opener double episode Knight of the Juggernaut is my favorite episode. Super Pursuit Mode was a bit unnecessary, but I still liked season 4 the best.
Glen A Larson was a brilliant tv producer. Producing some of the most entertaining and thought provoking tv shows of all time which had great inventive storylines and charismatic actors from the 1970s and 1980s and brillaint special effects for television and American tv shows like these were some of the most popular in the world in syndication even though these shows were aimed only at an american tv audience and the ratings at the time. But created a sensation throughout the world when NBC exported it to tv channels in other countries in other countries after its run in the U.S.. It talented individuals like these that made the 1980s so memorable for youth of which I was one. It was a brilliant decade for television. American tv was at the top of its game in 1970s and 1980s.
me too back in 80s i was in middle school & high school later 80s decade.. used to watch this show & NEVER missed the episode , loved that car the most
Oh, man. I remember seeing KITT at some car show back in the 80's and you could stand in line to sit in the driver's seat and have your picture taken and he even talked, I guess some dude using a radio or something did his voice, and you could briefly converse with him. I distinctly remember asking if I could push the button for the ejector seat and KITT told me not to do it because it was very dangerous and I could get hurt because I didn't have Michael's training.
My favorite episode is Knightmares. It is like a second Pilot, but this time it is only one episode long and the story, filming and production is like the series was. The pilot was more darker and grittier then the Series ever was. Second would be Soul Surviver or Trust doesn't rust, i can't decide between those two.
I clearly remember the brilliant promos the summer before it came out…just the music and the front of the car coming at with with the Ceylon lights ‘a flashing. Really got you intrigued!
Is that Herbert Jefferson Jr.? in there? Really underrated actor. It's really interesting to hear of how K.I.T.T's features have become standard for 21st century cars, just as wireless communications and gadgets from the original 1960s Star Trek, influenced modern day electronics. That line about Garth Knight looking like a pimp...🤣
For those who love the show? Search in YT for "Knight Rider Historians" They are fan-made? But may as well be official. It's chock full of content from the original actors, KIIT itself and all its parts, Even the Semi from the show! I def recommend checking it out!
Just recently started buying the Knight Rider season's from Amazon and I am enjoying them immensely! I only got a few glimpses of the show when I was a kid cause our Cable was limited, though I remember Battle Star Galatica being on a lot. Re-living the times when I was a kid in the 80's through great shows like this, I miss that decade. . . .
I've always loved the idea that the car industry just looked back to this show for new ideas what cars could do. Car phones, on board computers, GPS, automatic braking, line correction, self-parking, etc.
I like how you were playing the music to the game music the whole way through. At first I didn't notice it then I realised what it was. The game is also a great game. I've got both of them.
Knight Rider and Airwolf, me and my older brother loved watching those 2 shows after coming home from school in the afternoon. There was also M.A.S.H. which we didn't like that much, A-Team and McGyver, which we also like but usually had mom tell us to go outside to play, too much TV would make our eyes square shaped. Which of course we believed to be true, why would your mother blatantly lie to us boys right ? Fun early and mid 80's times. Truly miss it
A-Team, Knight Rider, Airwolf, Dukes of Hazzard, McGyver, Magnum PI, Simon and Simon, Quantum Leap. Yup, we young dudes had it pretty sweet (and the ladies made out ok too with those kick-ass leading men).
In "Scent of Roses", he's not getting married to a new lover, but a very old one, the fiance' of Michael Long, Stevie. One of my favorite episodes was when he went to help her out of a jam titled "White Bird".
Being an arrogant cocky teenager I never saw the show I thought it was below me Obviously I have grown up after all these years I was foolish enough to miss the entire show completely 😖which I regret after seeing this video Chances are that I'll be able to catch up with a few good episodes of this amazing 1980s TV Adventure series The truth is I did like the theme intro music was amazing even now 2022
Knight Rider is such a product of the 80s that there's no way to revive it in any way that would actually work. It would need a full-blown reimagining akin to what Battlestar Gallactica got.
I don’t think it’s available in the Peacock network? At least in the U.S. it’s not. However, it is available on the NBC app for free with multiple ads.
I have 2 favorite parts of this video.. 1. when they are playing chicken and optimus carr goofy's off the road (seriously made me LOL).. and the ending theme song once the credits rolled.. another great one, guys
I don't remember how old I was when this aired in Germany, but this show was what turned little me into a car enthusiast. I know I wanted a car like KITT that talked back to me.
The fact we’ve never gotten a KnightRider movie in the same vain as say “Starsky & Hutch” 2004 is amazing to me... I’d say make it a continuation where someone buys the car at auction and later realizes the car is sentient... I nominate Danny McBride as the guy who buys K.I.T.T. and uses it to idk stop a Meth Lab / Dealer in his town or some shit...
Watching this reminded me when I was a kid, maybe 9 years old in 1985 or so, they had brought [a] "KITT" as a promo exhibit in Greece and I begged my father to take me there even though I had found out last moment. He drove me and we arrived late, it had closed for the night and I probably cried a bit. I just wanted to see the car, I don't even know if David Hasselhoff was there too. I mostly cared for the car anyway. I don't remember much, it was 4 decades ago. Wish my father was still alive so I could go and ask him what happened. He died in 2021 sadly.
You didnt mention the 2nd version of K.A.R.R. from this show (and yes im talking about the original show).....K.A.R.R. was eventuialy found and repaired and this time around he had a YELLOW light in the front and he had a grey /silver trim on the bottom of the car and this time around he was NOT voiced by Peter Cullen.
They had a night rider day in vegas w several replica enthusiasts displaying their kitts on fremont street. Also, it was on national corn dog day. Best day ever!
Ah I'm reminded of my college days with the legendary Hoff wink acting onscreen in his special beegee haircut and fonze jacket. Driving the type of car James bond himself would be jealous of. Damn good call Jo blo, I shall have to watch this episode in slow motion.
I really respect this channel and the work y’all do. But I do wish the narrator would update his microphone or perhaps use an external mic. The audio just sounds blaring.
Might want to mention all the cross over episodes that existed at the time. Knight Rider, A-Team, Simon & Simon, Air Wolf, Whiz Kids, a lot of Glen Larson productions existed in the same Studio Prime Time Universe.
TRIVIA FACT - Actor Larry Anderson played Michael Long during the first act of the pilot, "Knight of the Phoenix". After realizing that an opening (at the casino) was required to make sense of the show's overall plot, additional scenes were abruptly written. Larry was called late in the afternoon to an audition, got the call that evening, and was on set the next day. David Hasselhoff later dubbed over Anderson's lines, noticeable by the scene in the car with Tanya where his mouth and sound don't seem to match exactly. Hasselhoff's replacement of Anderson happens in the desert roadside scene, just before the character of Michael Long is shot...but his face is hidden in darkness throughout that moment.
Really enjoyed your video. Bought back a lot of good memories - particularly about how awesome 80s TV was back then. We always gathered around to watch Knight Rider. I'm glad you mentioned how the show started to wane in later seasons - you're absolutely right, I always laughed because whatever update Kitt was getting in the first minutes of the episode was of course exactly what Michael would need in the final situation whatever it was. Terrible. I remember when Kitt as made fireproof and of course, Michael and Kitt are caught in flames in the climax - oh wow! thank goodness Kitt had that fireproofing installed earlier on. LOL. Those were the days though. We had this, and of course the A-Team, MacGyver, Magnum, Airwolf etc... No they def don't make them like they used to.
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Moonlighting. It was very groundbreaking. A show that due to lack of streaming is being forgotten.
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, which has had several incarnations. It too is fading from collective memory because the episodes are generally not purchaseable ~
Little bit of trivia for you guys over at JoBlo. When casting the 2008 Knight Rider spin the producers wanted an actor who look like a young David Hasslehoff to play Michael Knight's son. They was reminded Michael Knight was born Michael Arthur Long who was played by Larry Anderson in the pilot so if anything Michael Knight's son will have to look like a younger version of Larry Anderson. Which is why Justin Traven got the role
Please don't make a remake of this in this desert of BS writing we have. They will literally destroy everything that was great about this show. Kitt is going to be a Prius
The knight rider remake was created by the same people who did one NBC show las vegas (tv show)
The intro always give me goose bumps.....that purple filter as the car is coming towards you on the desert with the synth line playing and the whooshing noise as the car comes closer with them shifting red lights on the front.........still gets me 35 years later
Knight Rider... a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.
@@Treklosopher Is that what they say in the Original version ? :D
In the german version it says: He comes.., Kight Rider... a Car, a Computer, a Man... th-cam.com/video/9beWnnpQsZE/w-d-xo.html
Sounded so badass as a kid to me^^
you can actually buy whats known as a "Larson Scanner" for the LEDs to go in your car grill,
However , using them while driving in uk is illegal , unless they are white
its my ring tone still Jake
The problem with remaking Knight Rider is that a talking, self-driving car was revolutionary in the 1980s and almost reality today.
I guess they can always update it, like in Automan. Oh, wait...
Well they tried a remake with modern methods. But the Knight Industries was more like a Transformer in the new series.
@@Anthyrion agree the newer series ripped off the Transformers and just really was not the same. More less a commercial for Ford basically
The problem with remakes in general is they fail to understand the iconography of the source material: the sound of the car, the 80’s tech, the theme tune and intro, the gadgets etc. if you lose all of that you lose what made the show or movie special in the first place. Like what happened with the Ghostbusters remake. Why not do a new Knight Rider series set in the 80’s? Keep the original elements but have a new set of actors play the characters
@@blackswanmedia712 I saw Top Gun Maverick, which is not a remake, but a sequel to a movie. However, they managed to get it right. Granted, it's a completely different thing, but with some good effort it can be done!
PS: For me personally, a remake/sequel cannot be done without the original car (KITT) which by it's own is a huge challenge. And I mean the 83 Pontiac Trans Am :P
But I'm willing to sacrifice the car "shell" if the "spirit" of it is going to get retained. A new "shell" car has to have the same "spirit" / "soul" as the original KITT though for a remake to be sucessfull. And that's not going to be easy. But it's not undoable.
The 80s were so UNIQUE with the shows they put out.
You can say that again!
This, A-Team and MacGyver were the usual morning line up in Italy for like 20 years.
Before America turned into a bunch of p*ssies, we used to have badasses
MacGyver has Tom Sawyer from Rush as openning theme here in Brazil
Italy knows watsup
i remember skipping 1 episode of knight rider back in 83 due to power failure , i cried the whole hour, i was 13 back then, its a testament to how fun the show was and how very little entertainment option we 70s kid have
"Gone But Not Forgotten" is becoming my favorite series on the channel. Keep it up!
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I will always love the fact that Glen Larson and Stu Phillips took four bars from the song "Marche Cortege De Bacchus" in the play Sylvia, dropped a dope bass line to it, and made one of the most iconic TV themes of all time.
Bassline and rest of the theme is inspired from Harry Thumann's Sphninx
I had to go look it up and it's actually hilarious to hear it after hearing the Knight Rider theme based on it. LMAO
@@mrcead holy crap it's literally the exact same baseline!
Knight Rider's pilot doesn't get the credit it deserves. It's tight, well written, well directed, well acted, makes excellent use of its budget and has a perfect balance of tone. It's serious when it needs to be, light when it needs to be without ever feeling the slightest bit forced. Hasselhoff plays Michael relaxed, focused and confident . . . exactly the way the hero should be. He starts camping it up as the show goes on.
I agree. The show is still amazing and the pilots takes it off very well. Always loved the story and action.
And to watch Michael and KITT interact in the pilot is always enjoyable. Like it is for the rest of the series.
Best Theme Tune and Intro of the 80s
Yeah, and, more importantly, the show following the intro, wasn't, a total killjoy, tough to accomplish.
I wish I could have gone into the origin of that theme because its actually based on an opera but youtube kept giving me copyright issues causing me to have to drop it from the episode plus it messed up the rhythm of the video
@@Arroyo2099 Yeah, best to quit, while, you're ahead, there's no way to tell when the copyright strikes will hit, truly sad.
Airwolf is the best theme!
@@SonGoku-io7sh Yeah, unfortunately, it, was, the best part of the show, that frequently happened in animation, too.
This brings back memories of lazy Satuday afternoons here in the UK.
That would've been in the mid 90s. ITV showed KR during the week originally.
David Hasselhoff may not be the world’s greatest actor, but he was able to bring something irreplaceable to that show. I can’t explain it but he was able to balance reality and the fantasy of the show. He was our pov in a way that no one else who ever got into that car ever could.
I found his interpretation effeminate, like how a 70 year old woman would speak.
"Knight Rider" is right up there with "Miami Vice", and "Airwolf" as having the BEST 80s TV show themes!!! 😎👍
Yeah, too bad Airwolf, was, just an insufferable slog, whenever, the helicopter, was, on the ground.
@@matthewdaley746 True. Still, it has an AWESOME theme, though! I had always wanted to see "Knight Rider", "Airwolf", and "Street Hawk" team up!
@@CaptainRetroStation Considering, how, Rex Smith, was, always more of a stage star, that, was, unlikely, and, the gory end, of the first Street Hawk, episode, totaled it.
@@matthewdaley746 Yeah, I think you failed to get the whole fantasy, "what if" angle I was going for. You know... 3 super black-colored vehicles from the 80s... This wasn't my attempt to get this project rolling in real life, dude. LOL!
But, you got to demonstrate your impressive 80's TV trivia knowledge! Sweet!
@@CaptainRetroStation Thank You, I think, my mother, was, just appalled, at the Street Hawk villain's, violent death, and, would forbid me from, ever, watching the show, again.
Funny how when Michael first sits inside KITT, he even says that the console looks like Darth Vader's bathroom.
I have never heard of Glen Larson asking for KITT's interior to look like Darth Vader's bathroom, but I am familiar with that line in the episode. It's one of two references to Star Wars in KR.
Knight Rider was iconic and still is relevant even today.LOVE IT!
I adored this show as a kid. That car seemed magical back then. I always wanted a toy K.I.T.T., but I had to settle for playing with the one my brother had. Now we actually have cars that talk to us, drive themselves, and do many of the awesome things K.I.T.T. could do. I couldn’t have imagined. Great video. Thanks!
your welcome
@@Arroyo2099 You're
@@JustMe99999 thanks I keep making that mistake, I also write “a lot” as “alot” for some God knows reason
That accapella theme at the end is awesome af
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@@preachercaine lol nicee
Gave me goosebumps! :)
One of the best shows in the 80s. Introduce them to my kids when they were young in the early 2000s and they were hooked. Sad that they don't make shows like these anymore.
I was born in 1985, and I grew up watching Knight Rider, A Team and Mc Gyver. The best 3 shows ever made
I have a DVD with a few episodes, a "best of" which includes the pilot (which I see as a movie) trust doesn't rust and others. I don't remember if it was on there but I remember an episode where KITT gets put in acid or something and almost dies then gets rebuilt but is afraid of taking risks, that was a good episode.
I think that episode involving KITT's fear was the one when Goliath took him out.
@@solomongibsoniii4865 , it was Junkyard dog, in season three, where KITT was dropped in the acid pit. Goliath was the series 2 premiere, and was the first time we saw KITT damaged. He never lost his "nerve" in that episode though.
Hi. Not a Dukes of Hazzard fan but the General Lee has consistently topped the list of most recognized cars/vehicles in pop culture history.
Honourable mention to Herbie the Love Bug if you were a certain age back in the 70s / early 80s. A-Team van also iconic. There were a few!
Small fact. When Knight Rider was coming out they had a commercial about a 'not' General Lee or a car that drives by itself. It was an interesting time to be a kid.
The best show on TV when I was a small boy. Slightly ahead of its time though.
I swear to God the exact moment I was saying to myself "HE FORGOT ABOUT THE THEME SONG" is exactly when he mentioned it 😂! The '80s had the best theme songs of all time!
Only wish I could have played it, damn youtube copyright rules
One of the source of these Synth Wave aesthetic and vibe! That show will forever be in my heart. I remember my joy when i had the full series on different dvds as a gift. I would rush home just to watch it. Sometimes I’d no even sleep at night just to keep watching it. And yeah they tried to do other shows based on it but it never worked the same. K.I.T.T. and M. Knight could make an episode, just the two of them because the chemistry between him and the car felt truly organic. Now that i’ve learned the process, David is really talented because who could imagine their conversation (him and K.I.T.T) happened like that!?
So cool background information and details...fantastic!
Oh, and I loved Kitts new tech-skills. I expect that a hightech-car will get new cool features. So I really loved it that they expanded his combat-abilities.
The irony is that technology is becoming so advanced that any show based on a car that is autonomous, produced in today's world, would be underwhelming. What was considered exciting science fiction of yesterday, is increasingly becoming a banal reality today that excites no one.
exactly my sentiment as to why a reboot hasnt worked. a friend of mine bought a tesla. his dashboard puts kitt, hell most space shuttles to shame.
no not even close true self driving is a pipe dream we have limited autopilot weather, dirt and human reaction will never be replaced.
Thanks for the fun look back on this show. I LOVED Knight Rider as a kid!When I found out (years later) that "the Knight Rider car" was REAL I was OBSESSED with learning all about it. I think they should keep KITT an 80's TransAm and give him just INTERNAL upgrades. KITT was built for speed, not subterfuge! I want some 80's nostalgia with a Knight Rider movie!
Well, now that you did Knight Rider, you have to complete the trilogy with Street Hawk and Airwolf... Great as usual, Thanx!!!
Loved Street Hawk. Loved the way whenever the bike left the secret hideout, they just showed the same footage. Every single time.
I'm German, so, by birthright, I have to love the Hoff.
April was cool. The technician character expanded when she joined as she got more involved with the cases. That continued when Bonnie returned.
Yah I don't know why he said she sucked. Season 2 was the show's highest rated season.
*I still binge on the old Knight Rider episodes on my NBC app. I love this show and that gorgeous car.*
Just started getting into this show as a teenaged zoomer and I’ve been loving it so far. Honestly- the whole thing makes me miss serialized tv so much, you just don’t get comfy bite sized storytelling like that anymore.
It really stands up to the test of time.
As a kid I was a huge Knight Rider fan. I loved the car, and at 8 years old, I also believed, I'd marry Hasselhoff when I grew up. 😂 For some years of my childhood, I lived in South Africa, and once a month we'd go to the city for a big grocery haul. One time, there was K.I.T.T. displayed in front of the store (it would have been a replica, but as a child I didn't realize that and my parents let me believe it was the real K.I.T.T. from the show). You could line up for a few minutes of sitting in the car and talking to it. The dashboard and buttons and lights all looked so real. Hidden somewhere was a guy with a microphone, who talked to you, but that, too, wasn't known to me back then. Of course, I took the chance, but I must have been so excited that today I can't remember anything of what I might have said to or asked "K.I.T.T.". 😅
Now I live in Germany, and once a year there's a big U.S. car show in my city, with old classic cars, muscle cars, Back to the Future DeLoreans, and, of course, at least two or three people come with their really awesome K.I.T.T. replicas. They put so much love and work into making them look totally authentic to the show, and each time I get to see them and peek inside, I remember that cool day from my childhood, where I believed I actually got to meet our favorite TV car. 😊
My first exposure to The Hoff was actually Knight Rider, since I was a kid in the 80s.
I love these videos! Have to correct that Stevie was not a "new lover", she appeared in two previous episodes and had been Michael Long's girlfriend years before. Fun fact, the actress who played Stevie married a man named Michael Knight later in real life.
Exactly! Stevie Mason (in story) was Michael Long’s fiancé.
About Knight Rider...back in the '80s there was a Greek movie made with Greek actors and it was filmed (if i am not mistaken) mostly in my hometown Thessaloniki. The film was a parody/comedy of Knight Rider and it was called PSIT (the "I" is pronounced like the english letter E). It was a nice movie for its time. :)
Oh how I loved this show growing up, I was obsessed with Kitt I even had a miniature version of Kitt (hot wheels)
I too love this show, and I have the Hot Wheels version of KITT, in his basic form, and in his kickass Super Pursuit Mode form.
I got kitt in my driveway, took 5 long years to restore a 3rd gen Pontiac firebird, and build kitt.
This show is still the bomb today.
You said DVDs but I think it's important to mention they are on blu ray as well. And boy does this very 80's show look good in HD.
My 3 Reasons to watch Knight Rider (in this order):
1) KITT
2) Patricia McPherson
3) The Hoff
back in ‘85 i got to sit in the driver seat of Kitt at a car convention in my city. ill never forget that day, especially since william daniels was there actually speaking to me through the car 😎
There's a strong chance that car still exists. They've restored it, and owned by Knight Rider Historians.
Bullshit
When my Mom and I moved to Trinidad to be with my Dad, it was a month or so after Knight Rider began. It was my favorite show on television. So nostalgic *but* so good.
Since every attempt to reboot 80's hits has failed, I hope, they don't mess with this classic. It lives in my childhood memories where it belongs.
They already tried it, with a Mustang, in 2008. It ran for 1 season.
Knight Rider will always be one of my favorite shows. Yes, it is quite trashy when looking at it today, the quality is low even when compared other 80s shows, but that formula of comedy, action, and that car that has a real relationship with his driver is just really good.
It has to be said that in German the voice of KITT had a lot more personality and was a lot warmer and likeable, which is why I always watch this show in my native language when I want to rewatch it (I usually watch everything in its original English language).
Bonnie was never Michael's love interest by the way. Yes, he tried a few times early on, but that stopped rather quickly, the producers realized that it's not a good idea and none of the main characters ever getting funky with each other is something I really appreciate.
Knight Rider is also one of the few shows that got better every season. Seasons 3 and 4 are by far the best and the season 4 opener double episode Knight of the Juggernaut is my favorite episode. Super Pursuit Mode was a bit unnecessary, but I still liked season 4 the best.
this was one of my favourite shows as a kid. I didn't get to see the whole series until quite recently
When it comes to a reboot of Knight Rider, I would add that it needs to be set in the 1980s. It's a moral imperative.
Mulhare's voice was like honey on velvet. No wonder the ladies were so taken.
Glen A Larson was a brilliant tv producer. Producing some of the most entertaining and thought provoking tv shows of all time which had great inventive storylines and charismatic actors from the 1970s and 1980s and brillaint special effects for television and American tv shows like these were some of the most popular in the world in syndication even though these shows were aimed only at an american tv audience and the ratings at the time. But created a sensation throughout the world when NBC exported it to tv channels in other countries in other countries after its run in the U.S.. It talented individuals like these that made the 1980s so memorable for youth of which I was one. It was a brilliant decade for television. American tv was at the top of its game in 1970s and 1980s.
me too back in 80s i was in middle school & high school later 80s decade.. used to watch this show & NEVER missed the episode , loved that car the most
Watching the old show today I am so damn amazed KITT had a yok steering wheel!
Good show watched as a kid reminded me of the stunts of dukes of Hazzard ..another show I grew up watching in the 80s..
Knight Rider A Team and Airwolf The.Holy Trinity of 80s action shows
Oh, man. I remember seeing KITT at some car show back in the 80's and you could stand in line to sit in the driver's seat and have your picture taken and he even talked, I guess some dude using a radio or something did his voice, and you could briefly converse with him. I distinctly remember asking if I could push the button for the ejector seat and KITT told me not to do it because it was very dangerous and I could get hurt because I didn't have Michael's training.
My favorite episode is Knightmares. It is like a second Pilot, but this time it is only one episode long and the story, filming and production is like the series was. The pilot was more darker and grittier then the Series ever was. Second would be Soul Surviver or Trust doesn't rust, i can't decide between those two.
Manimal ! I,d totally forgotten about that show . It was awesome
I clearly remember the brilliant promos the summer before it came out…just the music and the front of the car coming at with with the Ceylon lights ‘a flashing. Really got you intrigued!
Is that Herbert Jefferson Jr.? in there? Really underrated actor. It's really interesting to hear of how K.I.T.T's features have become standard for 21st century cars, just as wireless communications and gadgets from the original 1960s Star Trek, influenced modern day electronics.
That line about Garth Knight looking like a pimp...🤣
This series was a mega hit in Bangladesh during the late 90s and early 2000s
Amazing presentation. A labor of love!!
The humor in shows like Knight Rider and A Team made them extra great.
Knight Rider was one of my favorites in my childhood days.
I was 16 when this arrived and I loved it. Then you had many great shows, now.....
For those who love the show? Search in YT for "Knight Rider Historians" They are fan-made? But may as well be official. It's chock full of content from the original actors, KIIT itself and all its parts, Even the Semi from the show! I def recommend checking it out!
Good shout-out! I love watching their vids.
More official than the official Knight Rider Channel.
Just recently started buying the Knight Rider season's from Amazon and I am enjoying them immensely! I only got a few glimpses of the show when I was a kid cause our Cable was limited, though I remember Battle Star Galatica being on a lot. Re-living the times when I was a kid in the 80's through great shows like this, I miss that decade. . . .
It will always be a the "General Lee" & "K.I.T.T." at the top off the list, no question!
I've always loved the idea that the car industry just looked back to this show for new ideas what cars could do.
Car phones, on board computers, GPS, automatic braking, line correction, self-parking, etc.
I like how you were playing the music to the game music the whole way through. At first I didn't notice it then I realised what it was. The game is also a great game. I've got both of them.
Knight Rider and Airwolf, me and my older brother loved watching those 2 shows after coming home from school in the afternoon. There was also M.A.S.H. which we didn't like that much, A-Team and McGyver, which we also like but usually had mom tell us to go outside to play, too much TV would make our eyes square shaped. Which of course we believed to be true, why would your mother blatantly lie to us boys right ?
Fun early and mid 80's times. Truly miss it
A-Team, Knight Rider, Airwolf, Dukes of Hazzard, McGyver, Magnum PI, Simon and Simon, Quantum Leap. Yup, we young dudes had it pretty sweet (and the ladies made out ok too with those kick-ass leading men).
In "Scent of Roses", he's not getting married to a new lover, but a very old one, the fiance' of Michael Long, Stevie. One of my favorite episodes was when he went to help her out of a jam titled "White Bird".
Being an arrogant cocky teenager I never saw the show I thought it was below me
Obviously I have grown up after all these years
I was foolish enough to miss the entire show completely 😖which I regret after seeing this video
Chances are that I'll be able to catch up with a few good episodes of this amazing 1980s TV Adventure series
The truth is I did like the theme intro music was amazing even now 2022
Knight Rider is such a product of the 80s that there's no way to revive it in any way that would actually work. It would need a full-blown reimagining akin to what Battlestar Gallactica got.
I don’t think it’s available in the Peacock network? At least in the U.S. it’s not. However, it is available on the NBC app for free with multiple ads.
I have 2 favorite parts of this video.. 1. when they are playing chicken and optimus carr goofy's off the road (seriously made me LOL).. and the ending theme song once the credits rolled.. another great one, guys
Michael Knight, a loner on a crusade. Knight Rider was an awesome show.
Dude, thank you for the great Transformers - The Movie - references. This music alone takes me back to childhood. Stand Bush - The Touch :)
Great Paul Frees was the second Voice of KARR in "K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R." - a 3rd-season episode of Knight Rider
Great show, we were spoilt with the car stunts on TV shows back in the day, Knight Rider, A Team, Dukes, Fall Guy, etc.... Good times!!!
I don't remember how old I was when this aired in Germany, but this show was what turned little me into a car enthusiast. I know I wanted a car like KITT that talked back to me.
The fact we’ve never gotten a KnightRider movie in the same vain as say “Starsky & Hutch” 2004 is amazing to me... I’d say make it a continuation where someone buys the car at auction and later realizes the car is sentient...
I nominate Danny McBride as the guy who buys K.I.T.T. and uses it to idk stop a Meth Lab / Dealer in his town or some shit...
Watching this reminded me when I was a kid, maybe 9 years old in 1985 or so, they had brought [a] "KITT" as a promo exhibit in Greece and I begged my father to take me there even though I had found out last moment. He drove me and we arrived late, it had closed for the night and I probably cried a bit. I just wanted to see the car, I don't even know if David Hasselhoff was there too. I mostly cared for the car anyway. I don't remember much, it was 4 decades ago. Wish my father was still alive so I could go and ask him what happened. He died in 2021 sadly.
I loved this show as a kid!
Yes bring Knight Rider back but do it right now.
Great video. Thanks for this!
What a gem of a channel! 🥰
You didnt mention the 2nd version of K.A.R.R. from this show (and yes im talking about the original show).....K.A.R.R. was eventuialy found and repaired and this time around he had a YELLOW light in the front and he had a grey /silver trim on the bottom of the car and this time around he was NOT voiced by Peter Cullen.
There are very few cars that would truly pull of the classic slickness of KITT
'Knight Rider' was the BEST. Whenever I think of The Hoff, I think of 'Knight Rider'. And that theme song RULED.
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They had a night rider day in vegas w several replica enthusiasts displaying their kitts on fremont street. Also, it was on national corn dog day. Best day ever!
My favorite show as a kid
Ah I'm reminded of my college days with the legendary Hoff wink acting onscreen in his special beegee haircut and fonze jacket. Driving the type of car James bond himself would be jealous of. Damn good call Jo blo, I shall have to watch this episode in slow motion.
The acapella a9ng at the end is amazing!
loved it as a kid, what a joy that was
my Favorite tv show ever . i remember always waiting when i could see the newest episode. Knight Rider and Macgyver was best of the best!!
MacGyver was the first show to film primarily in Vancouver, 21 Jump Street, and, The, Commish, were the first shows to film there, full-time.
I really respect this channel and the work y’all do. But I do wish the narrator would update his microphone or perhaps use an external mic. The audio just sounds blaring.
I love the acapella Knight Rider theme!
Might want to mention all the cross over episodes that existed at the time. Knight Rider, A-Team, Simon & Simon, Air Wolf, Whiz Kids, a lot of Glen Larson productions existed in the same Studio Prime Time Universe.
TRIVIA FACT - Actor Larry Anderson played Michael Long during the first act of the pilot, "Knight of the Phoenix". After realizing that an opening (at the casino) was required to make sense of the show's overall plot, additional scenes were abruptly written. Larry was called late in the afternoon to an audition, got the call that evening, and was on set the next day. David Hasselhoff later dubbed over Anderson's lines, noticeable by the scene in the car with Tanya where his mouth and sound don't seem to match exactly. Hasselhoff's replacement of Anderson happens in the desert roadside scene, just before the character of Michael Long is shot...but his face is hidden in darkness throughout that moment.
Really enjoyed your video. Bought back a lot of good memories - particularly about how awesome 80s TV was back then. We always gathered around to watch Knight Rider. I'm glad you mentioned how the show started to wane in later seasons - you're absolutely right, I always laughed because whatever update Kitt was getting in the first minutes of the episode was of course exactly what Michael would need in the final situation whatever it was. Terrible. I remember when Kitt as made fireproof and of course, Michael and Kitt are caught in flames in the climax - oh wow! thank goodness Kitt had that fireproofing installed earlier on. LOL. Those were the days though. We had this, and of course the A-Team, MacGyver, Magnum, Airwolf etc... No they def don't make them like they used to.