I've seen a number of these Top 10 lists for Knight Rider, most of the time the "Facts" are incorrect - this is one of the better ones with most of what you presented to be correct. Nice work!
I'm so glad you said that! The whole time I was thinking as if you were breaking down this break down! Haha. Two of my favorite CZcams channels unite! (in a way)
The trans ams were not from a failed Pontiac dealership. They were from a derailed train and the cars could not be sold to the public. They were sold to universal with the agreement they would be destroyed after filming concluded. That's a very easy fact to check.@@kerianhalcon3557
The one dollar trans ams weren't from a failing dealership. They were being delivered to auto dealerships by a train that derailed, mking them federaly illegal to sell to the public. The studio was allowed to buy them on the condition they be destroyed after the series to keep them out of the hands of citizen drivers.
@@gem.dionisio I think The Knight Rider Historians also had pictures of the derailed car carrier when they covered how the GM cars came to be and came to meet their ends!
There is a channel on CZcams called the Knight Rider Historians that shows off many of the props recovered from the show, including the 2 KITT cars they own. They are currently restoring one of the FLAG semi trucks. Definitely something for fans of the show to check out.
@@skylined5534 Quite an undertaking, considering what both the tractor and trailer have been used for since the show ended. Looking forward to seeing the end results!!!
@@jasonsobol32 That's cool!!!!!!!! I'm a fan of the work they've done on the restorations. I wanted to help with funding, but for a while last year I lost my job.
There's nothing special about the General Lee. K.I.T.T. and the Batmobile are as unique as they come, they have personality, K.I.T.T literally😂. The GL is just a bright orange Charger with a rebel flag painted on it.
As a kid I loved all movies and shows with special cars. The customized Corvette in that strange Mark Hamill movie, the Dodge in _The Wraith_ (with Charlie Sheen), the Countach in Cannonball of course, Bandit's TransAm, that red race car in Hardcastle & McCormick etc. - KITT being my absolute favorite of course. Today I don't give a shit about cars anymore - I'm happy if it turns on and brings me from A to B :) But yeah, needless to say, I got a hovering DeLorean and KITT on the shelf.
William and David also never even met each other until the wrap party for season 1. I think for the following seasons they would read off each other in person
In the newer KR remake for NBC, KITT was going to use actor Will Arnett's VO 🎤. Since Arnett did voice over spots for GM, Chevrolet cars 🚗, his ad contract-legal issues they chose Val Kilmer. The newer KITT was a high tech Ford Mustang.
@@DavidLLambertmobile I wasn't too much for the reboot but the car was cool and Val Kilmer got the part spot on in his own take on how William Daniels voiced the original part 😊
The General Lee, the Firebird Trans Am from Smokey and the Bandit, and KITT were some of the most popular cars at the NYC Auto Show during the 80's, and probably still today.✌🏾
As I recall there was a KR episode that featured a Dodge Charger as the arch rival in that show’s storyline. This was an obvious nod to the fact that Dukes and Knight Rider were aired on rival networks - though I think at different time slots.
Both this and A-Team had come out before I was born(only by a few years) but I remember as a kid being at my late-grandmother’s home and as soon as I heard the iconic intros to them I would get all excited and have to watch. I don’t have much memory of the actual stories from the shows but they were definitely a part of my childhood.
Me too. Born in '86, and while I'm definitely most affected by 90s culture, having 2 much older brothers (6 and 8 years older than me), I was still highly influenced and immersed in 80s culture as well, and shows like Knight Rider, A-Team, Dukes of Hazard, etc., greatly influenced me.
I was born in '76. Used to look forward every week to watch a new episode of Knight Rider. Some other iconic shows I used to love watching was also the A-team. B.A. Barrakus, Mr. T was also was the perfect person to play in that role. Another big show was the Dukes of Hazzard. Daisy in them cutoff jean shorts. Lord have mercy! I couldn't get into Magnum P.I. or Miami Heat. They were boring to me.
Hey there where ya goin', Not exactly knowin' Who says you have to call just one place home. He's goin' everywhere, B.J. McKay and his best friend Bear.
You missed a few things. A train carrying several Firebirds, Trans Ams, and Camaros derailed. While most of the cars were not damaged beyond repair, they were considered not fit to be sold to the public. Of course, this was a blessing for Knight Rider's production team. They were allowed to purchase the cars for $1 each under the condition they would be destroyed after the series ended. Some of the condemned cars also ended up in other TV shows such as Fall Guy. The Knight Rider theme is based on two pieces of music. You mentioned the classical piece however you forgot to mention the 1982 song by German composer Harry Thumann titled "Sphinx." Glenn Larson wanted to use it as the theme for Knight Rider but was unable to secure the license. So, he decided to make his own version of the song with help from Stu Phillips. You can't talk about the origin of the KR theme without mentioning Sphinx. It is essentially the most important inspiration for the KR theme. Knight Rider was not cancelled due to poor ratings. During its entire run, it never made the top 10. At the time it was cancelled, the ratings were within the average numbers it had been getting. The problem was it had a very high production cost. The network simply wasn't willing to renew it for a fifth season due to consolidating expenses.
@@vultureguy33 The cars were scrapped to prevent them from ending up in the hands of the general public. Universal was legally obligated to destroy the cars. If one of them were sold to a private citizen and they got into an accident as a result of a mechanical failure, the fact that the car was involved in a train wreck would invite a lawsuit. I'd say that is more than a good reason for sending those cars to the wrecking ball.
There was also a pilot, Knight Rider 2010, that wasn't picked up and made into a TV movie and aired as part of Universal TV's Action Pack in syndication.
Do you remember this one? It was a huge hit in The Netherlands during the series' run. It was made by a Dutch radio DJ. He used to make end-of-year remixes, mixing a lot of songs together into a continuous 1hr radioshow. czcams.com/video/uV7ZzikfZDM/video.html Ben Liebrand Alf remix.
This show really has a special spot in my heart. I love Knight Rider and I can return to it every couple of years and enjoy it as much as I did as a child. David was and still is one of my heroes and KITT is my dream car. Thanks Minty for making this video. And you did manage to surprise me with couple of new things about the show. :)
@@CSGraves oh yeah and faye grant was and still is so beautiful.she was my first crush.and v was the first tv shows that i got addicted.and actually scary also.word up son
love Knight Rider, I went to Universal Studios and had a picture taken with KITT, but lost the pictures, you forgot this knight rider tv movie, Knight Rider 2010
Mine too. Finally got the dvds and got to watch it in a big flat screen. I was floored by by seeing the great matte paintings special effects for the inside of the lair. Watching on crap small TVs in the 80s I never saw the Indian/ Anasazi cliff ruins on the walls of the lair. It was sad watching the show and watching Jan Michael Vincent slowly deteriorate over the three seasons and the first Ep of the fourth season. In the fourth season cameo, he slurs his lines pretty bad and looks like he can barely stand
Always entertaining, thank you. They did not end up going with Trans Am Two Thousand because of the insistence of the Pontiac Motor Company. Also, not many of the physical vehicles used in the show survived because they had originally been sourced from cars that had been involved in a train derailment, which is actually why they had to be destroyed.
Thank you, Minty, for doing this video. It's one of my favorite TV shows of the 80's. I got into it in late middle school and still love it to this day. Thanks for everything you do to get me through the days passed. You never fail to make me smile and laugh.
I had a Kenner Knight 2000 and use to play with that thing with everything I owned. Masters of the Universe, StarWars, I didn't care about scale 😂 Michael Knight had adventures everywhere
Iconic '80's shows mentioned - check. Iconic theme music mentioned - check .. But no mention of MacGyver and it's best theme ever made in that part - totally unforgivable!
I remember when this show aired I was 7 years old and was glued to the tv watching the Dukes. Friday nights back then along with Saturday mornings were great, I wish I could go back!
Those cars had to be destroyed, as they were not street legal, so it was agreed on purchase that they would be destroyed after the filming. I have heard that they were part of a train crash, and were possibly written off for insurance purposes, or never had proper VINs, and the show was great advertising for the Trans Am.
As it is told on @KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial channel, it was a train crash and cars were write off, sold for filming purposes and meant to be destroyed after that. As those were probably no longer be able to be registered due having to be destroyed titles...
Yeah according to Knight Rider Historians(they have a great YT channel BTW) who actually owns some of the screen used cars, and the screen used tractor/trailer used to haul kit(they are currently restoring it) it was GM corporate that sold the cars to NBC, and Universal after the train derailment in California that was taking them to a car dealership, and they had VIN numbers from the factory but because of the train crash, and some US federal laws on highway safety at the time even if they where undamaged, they could not titled legal on road use, and GM could also not give the cars away either for risk of them being used on the road, so that's why they cost NBC, and Universal $1 each, with all the various stipulations, but GM made their money back in cheap advertising as sales for Trans AM cars went through the roof after the Knight Rider series came out, and NBC/Universal made bank getting plenty of dirt cheap cars for the show as they were low on cars, and funds to buy more cars needed for the show. So yeah Win Win for both parties involved
Speaking of Kenner, they did the M.A.S.K. line and there was a black firebird vehicle in that line, probably did as a homage to Knight Rider but I definitely pretended that was KITT as a kid.
I had a couple of Knight Rider toys, a sort of bracelet worn launcher thingy with KITT (come to think of it I think I had one for The Dukes of Hazard and CHiPS as well!), a Ruff Rider (correct spelling?!), basically a little fixed 4wd car powered by one double A battery and also the Knight Rider album which had some great photos and artwork in it!
Guilty on the Knight Rider ringtones. My dual SIM phone plays Knight Rider (1982) on SIM 1 & Knight Rider (2008) on SIM 2. I remember on summer in 1982 my late father pulled out a Long Playing record from his cabinet after the show ended. The LP had the Marche Et Cortege De Bacchus... at first we thought it was a coincidence then it was confirmed at a DVD commentary, 30 yers later. I am a die hard knight rider fan, i wore black leather jackets when it rains, collected the toys (the knight 2000 voice car) and model kits (which im working on this summer). I was lucky to see KITT at the Universal Studios theme park (a kid from the Philippines crossed the pacific just to se KITT)... BTW, I think the car at universal rescued from being scrapped was the display for the KITT meet and gret. Ah, memories... thank you Minty.
I was exactly the right age in exactly the right location (midwest America) to enjoy this show when it debuted, but for some reason it didn’t hit with my peers; we pretty much watched it ironically from the beginning. The car driving into the back of the semi truck stunt was cool, however, and the ladies overall were … pretty exciting to the young teen boy crowd, as tame as 80s broadcast TV was. Now V, THAT was a show we tuned in for.
I liked Team Knight Rider, but writing for 10 main characters per episode is tough to do. I think if the only had 3 humans and 3 cars it would allowed for better time for characterization.
man... I need to re-watch the series, it was part of my childhood... I had the car model and even one persona had one of the cars in my country... imagine walking on the street and KITT was driving around... that was epic
I still watch this, really cheesy now but in its day it was so cool. I used to watch it at my gran's house on a Saturday afternoon. Airwolf video next?
Do you think Kitt is a Cylon? he has this scanner, and early high A.I. When the Cylones invaded Earth, Knights Industries could have developed putty from Cylon parts, which would explain why the prototype Karr was quite a scumbag
I love Knight Rider and I think David Hasselfuff was the perfect choice for Michael Knight and for a long time I didn't even know that William Daniels was the voice of K.I.T.T. and I think Knight Rider was a great show in it's time and in my opinion still is cause I actually have the entire series on DVD and watch it from time to time.
We need the classic black Trans Am for a new reboot. Kitt is the best loved car from the show, a character onto its own. I am happy to watch rerun clips of Knightrider on CZcams.
No one who wasn’t sentient in the 80’s should remaking shows from the 80’s. You cannot comprehend how different the world was before the 90’s ruined everything.
as a teenager my mother gave me a budget to get a new car but i had to wheel and deal and got her to up it by a few K to get a 1992 firebird (this was in 1998) just because those models looked so close to KITT ...... lol.
Have kids before you start making dad jokes Minty. Love the episode btw. I grew up with this show. I was about 3 or 4 when i first started watching it. I loved the “smart talking car” aspect of it. I’ve been showing it to my 4 year old. He absolutely LOVES it. Big thanks.
@@1969chgoodwinOnly the first time. Paul Frees (known for so many things including a number of Rankin-Bass Christmas specials and as the voice of the Ghost Host in the U.S. Haunted Mansions) voiced him the second time.
To me, the Knight Rider theme song will always be the most iconic. I even have sat in the KITT car at a car show in Ottawa when I was 5. Good times! Have got the pic to prove it.
You could very easily do another 10 things about this iconic show. Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) as the voice of KARR… who also returned in the 2006 series as KARR again 👍
This was one of my favorite retro shows growing up. Being a 2000s kid, I watched bits and pieces of reruns. I ended up watching the show twice on Netflix, and I also have the first season on DVD.
Just because I can and it's hilarious, whenever I watch this with my kids or my wife (neither of whom were around for the original run) I refer to KITT as Mr. Feeny. Never gets old!
“Knight Rider, a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of man who does not exist. Michael Knight, a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless in a world of criminals who operate above the law."
My wife's absolutely favorite t.v. show featuring her favorite t.v. actor. She couldn't get enough of the show or Hasselhoff. Even saw him in concert and had multiple hours recorded on VHS. Rest of the family hated it due to the epic cheese factor.
Everyone's favorite teacher / principal, Mr. George Feeny from the American TV show, Boy Meets World (September 1993 and May 2000) and unfortunately the spin off TV show Girl Meets World (June 27, 2014, to January 20, 2017) voiced Kitt! 🤯 Wow! You really do learn something new every day. Thanks, Minty! 💖😎
This was my favorite show on tv when i was a kid, never missed an episode and i even watch it time to time when i had the dvd set which have to get again but on blu ray. I had the toys, power wheel, lunch box as a kid too. I always thought that Garth Knight should of drove KARR in the series as Michael had KITT. Still a memorable series and always think its one of the best.
This was a childhood favorite. Somewhere in storage, I still have the talkling KITT and Michael Knight action figure it came with. The doors are long lost and it lost its ability to speak decades ago, but it was still a pretty spiff toy.
I've seen a number of these Top 10 lists for Knight Rider, most of the time the "Facts" are incorrect - this is one of the better ones with most of what you presented to be correct. Nice work!
I would like to know what he got wrong? Knight Rider was my fav show.
I'm so glad you said that! The whole time I was thinking as if you were breaking down this break down! Haha. Two of my favorite CZcams channels unite! (in a way)
The trans ams were not from a failed Pontiac dealership. They were from a derailed train and the cars could not be sold to the public. They were sold to universal with the agreement they would be destroyed after filming concluded. That's a very easy fact to check.@@kerianhalcon3557
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He was spot on besides the cars used in the programme. They were mostly from a rail transport crash.
@@skylined5534 Ahhh, cool.
The one dollar trans ams weren't from a failing dealership. They were being delivered to auto dealerships by a train that derailed, mking them federaly illegal to sell to the public. The studio was allowed to buy them on the condition they be destroyed after the series to keep them out of the hands of citizen drivers.
Yes, the train car crash is the correct reason
Was just checking if anyone had fact checked this yet, and here it is. Thanks.
Yup those were the train derailed cars according to Knight Rider Historians.
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I think The Knight Rider Historians also had pictures of the derailed car carrier when they covered how the GM cars came to be and came to meet their ends!
The Fall Guy was another show that benefited from these one dollar trans ams.
Not only was this show a hit, but that theme song is iconic.
When it HITS you know where its from.. thats how iconic
The Hoff
There is a channel on CZcams called the Knight Rider Historians that shows off many of the props recovered from the show, including the 2 KITT cars they own. They are currently restoring one of the FLAG semi trucks. Definitely something for fans of the show to check out.
Tractor and trailer! Restoration of a car is one thing but that? Such a great channel!
@@skylined5534 Quite an undertaking, considering what both the tractor and trailer have been used for since the show ended. Looking forward to seeing the end results!!!
I've been a part of the restoration. They are great peices of TV history
@@jasonsobol32 That's cool!!!!!!!! I'm a fan of the work they've done on the restorations. I wanted to help with funding, but for a while last year I lost my job.
@sparkster1701 that's not good. Maybe some day, you can. I'm actually in the 1st and 3rd semi videos
K.I.T.T. and the '89 Batmobile are my favorite cars
And the General Lee from Dukes of Hazzard I hope
There's nothing special about the General Lee. K.I.T.T. and the Batmobile are as unique as they come, they have personality, K.I.T.T literally😂. The GL is just a bright orange Charger with a rebel flag painted on it.
As a kid I loved all movies and shows with special cars. The customized Corvette in that strange Mark Hamill movie, the Dodge in _The Wraith_ (with Charlie Sheen), the Countach in Cannonball of course, Bandit's TransAm, that red race car in Hardcastle & McCormick etc. - KITT being my absolute favorite of course. Today I don't give a shit about cars anymore - I'm happy if it turns on and brings me from A to B :) But yeah, needless to say, I got a hovering DeLorean and KITT on the shelf.
Thomas Magnum's Ferrari
Again nothing special about P.I.'s car. Just a Ferrari 308 GTS Quattrovalvole.
I like the story of how William Daniels read for KITT in his normal voice as a favor to get the pilot sold only to get the part by accident.
He did it in between teaching Cory and Topanga. Lol
William and David also never even met each other until the wrap party for season 1. I think for the following seasons they would read off each other in person
Actually, he did it between shifts as a doctor at Saint elsewhere
In the newer KR remake for NBC, KITT was going to use actor Will Arnett's VO 🎤. Since Arnett did voice over spots for GM, Chevrolet cars 🚗, his ad contract-legal issues they chose Val Kilmer. The newer KITT was a high tech Ford Mustang.
@@DavidLLambertmobile
I wasn't too much for the reboot but the car was cool and Val Kilmer got the part spot on in his own take on how William Daniels voiced the original part 😊
The General Lee, the Firebird Trans Am from Smokey and the Bandit, and KITT were some of the most popular cars at the NYC Auto Show during the 80's, and probably still today.✌🏾
Yep! The Dukes held my interest longer tjough..because it was often humorous.
I miss my childhood
@@privateprivate1865 Daisy helped. 😉
As I recall there was a KR episode that featured a Dodge Charger as the arch rival in that show’s storyline. This was an obvious nod to the fact that Dukes and Knight Rider were aired on rival networks - though I think at different time slots.
This show was everything when I was a kid!!!!👍👍👍👍
Both this and A-Team had come out before I was born(only by a few years) but I remember as a kid being at my late-grandmother’s home and as soon as I heard the iconic intros to them I would get all excited and have to watch. I don’t have much memory of the actual stories from the shows but they were definitely a part of my childhood.
Me too
Me too. Born in '86, and while I'm definitely most affected by 90s culture, having 2 much older brothers (6 and 8 years older than me), I was still highly influenced and immersed in 80s culture as well, and shows like Knight Rider, A-Team, Dukes of Hazard, etc., greatly influenced me.
Love both Knight Rider and The A Team. 👍👍
I was born in '76. Used to look forward every week to watch a new episode of Knight Rider. Some other iconic shows I used to love watching was also the A-team. B.A. Barrakus, Mr. T was also was the perfect person to play in that role. Another big show was the Dukes of Hazzard. Daisy in them cutoff jean shorts. Lord have mercy! I couldn't get into Magnum P.I. or Miami Heat. They were boring to me.
Word. This playing in 1990s at my grandma's. Costa Rica.
“BJ and the bear” made laugh out loud 😂
Hey there where ya goin',
Not exactly knowin'
Who says you have to call just one place home.
He's goin' everywhere,
B.J. McKay and his best friend Bear.
Same here. Well played, Mr. Minty!
That was an awesome sneak.
*"Great party, ISN'T IT!"*
🫣🤫😬
I loved the Star Wars reference in the pilot when Michael first sits in KITT and says it's like Darth Vader's bathroom 😂
Haha! Brilliant!
I believe that was a line used by one of the production staff in the creation of K.I.T.T., and they liked it so much they added it into the episode.
😂😂😂😂
You missed a few things.
A train carrying several Firebirds, Trans Ams, and Camaros derailed. While most of the cars were not damaged beyond repair, they were considered not fit to be sold to the public. Of course, this was a blessing for Knight Rider's production team. They were allowed to purchase the cars for $1 each under the condition they would be destroyed after the series ended. Some of the condemned cars also ended up in other TV shows such as Fall Guy.
The Knight Rider theme is based on two pieces of music. You mentioned the classical piece however you forgot to mention the 1982 song by German composer Harry Thumann titled "Sphinx." Glenn Larson wanted to use it as the theme for Knight Rider but was unable to secure the license. So, he decided to make his own version of the song with help from Stu Phillips. You can't talk about the origin of the KR theme without mentioning Sphinx. It is essentially the most important inspiration for the KR theme.
Knight Rider was not cancelled due to poor ratings. During its entire run, it never made the top 10. At the time it was cancelled, the ratings were within the average numbers it had been getting. The problem was it had a very high production cost. The network simply wasn't willing to renew it for a fifth season due to consolidating expenses.
Still not a good reason to scrap them. Who wants a KITT that can't handle a little fall off a train?
@@vultureguy33 The cars were scrapped to prevent them from ending up in the hands of the general public. Universal was legally obligated to destroy the cars. If one of them were sold to a private citizen and they got into an accident as a result of a mechanical failure, the fact that the car was involved in a train wreck would invite a lawsuit. I'd say that is more than a good reason for sending those cars to the wrecking ball.
There was also a pilot, Knight Rider 2010, that wasn't picked up and made into a TV movie and aired as part of Universal TV's Action Pack in syndication.
The Actin Pack movies were definitely some buried gems!
Was that the one that was more like Knight Rider meets Mad Max with a paranormal twist.
@@Velal07 Basically.....
Best Series from my child hood. This takes me back, thank you Minty for doing this video.
This show, Renegade, Highlander, and the short lived Time Trax were my favorites as a kid.
Don’t forget the motorcycle version of kitt - Streethawk 👍
Loved Knight Rider and ALF when I was a kid. Greetings from Germany
Do you remember this one? It was a huge hit in The Netherlands during the series' run. It was made by a Dutch radio DJ. He used to make end-of-year remixes, mixing a lot of songs together into a continuous 1hr radioshow.
czcams.com/video/uV7ZzikfZDM/video.html Ben Liebrand Alf remix.
This show really has a special spot in my heart. I love Knight Rider and I can return to it every couple of years and enjoy it as much as I did as a child. David was and still is one of my heroes and KITT is my dream car.
Thanks Minty for making this video. And you did manage to surprise me with couple of new things about the show. :)
This was the only show we watched each week as a family.
Emergency is a good show to research. It’s a classic about the early days of fire department medical services.
I got to sit in Kitt when I was a child. Still remember sitting in it and imagining I was Michael Knight.
V the minieseries aka v the final battle.knight rider.are some of my favorite 1980s tv 📺 shows ever.i miss the 1980s.word up son
V! Yeah, the mini-series was badass. Loved Robert Englund in it. He & Michael Ironside were highlights of the regular series that followed.
@@CSGraves oh yeah and faye grant was and still is so beautiful.she was my first crush.and v was the first tv shows that i got addicted.and actually scary also.word up son
@@gregorynetus5557 Jane Badler wasn't too hard on the eyes either... you know, for an alien lizard woman!
This, Airwolf, Miami Vice, Streethawk, A-Team 🩵🩵🩵🩵 all favourites. Excellent video, Minty! 👍
Both Miami Vice and Magnum P.I. had a kick a55 intro to the show! 🙌😎🇺🇲
Don't forget Macgyver! MacGyver was ingenious and action packed.
Minty when you said the year 2000 was 24 years ago you could see the smile run away from your face. I feel your pain, brother. I feel it too.
My 18 yr old son was born in 2004😢😅
Also, it's incorrect. The year 2000 is _not_ 24 years ago, but 23.
@spot997 still feels like yesterday no matter how you slice it...
BJ and the Bear was a great pull. I really laughed out loud with that one. 😂
love Knight Rider, I went to Universal Studios and had a picture taken with KITT, but lost the pictures, you forgot this knight rider tv movie, Knight Rider 2010
Airwolf was a favorite.
Mine too. Finally got the dvds and got to watch it in a big flat screen. I was floored by by seeing the great matte paintings special effects for the inside of the lair. Watching on crap small TVs in the 80s I never saw the Indian/ Anasazi cliff ruins on the walls of the lair. It was sad watching the show and watching Jan Michael Vincent slowly deteriorate over the three seasons and the first Ep of the fourth season. In the fourth season cameo, he slurs his lines pretty bad and looks like he can barely stand
Your "BJ and the bear" joke deserves a million thumbs-up. lol
Always entertaining, thank you. They did not end up going with Trans Am Two Thousand because of the insistence of the Pontiac Motor Company. Also, not many of the physical vehicles used in the show survived because they had originally been sourced from cars that had been involved in a train derailment, which is actually why they had to be destroyed.
Thank you, Minty, for doing this video. It's one of my favorite TV shows of the 80's. I got into it in late middle school and still love it to this day.
Thanks for everything you do to get me through the days passed. You never fail to make me smile and laugh.
I never watched Knight Rider, I listened to it. LOL. It came on at my bedtime. I hear the theme song makes me wish I was a kid again
I loved this as a kid, yes I didn't originally see this in reruns. Knight Rider was huge in Australia
BJ & The Bear @2:25 🤣😂🤣 Minty's sense of humor is absolutely _Shining_ through here
I don't get it
@StinkyGringo need to watch The Shining. Also, BJ lol
They filmed a bunch of episodes in my home town of Santa Clarita, CA. Loved this show when I was a kid.
Newhall too?
I had a Kenner Knight 2000 and use to play with that thing with everything I owned. Masters of the Universe, StarWars, I didn't care about scale 😂 Michael Knight had adventures everywhere
Iconic '80's shows mentioned - check.
Iconic theme music mentioned - check
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But no mention of MacGyver and it's best theme ever made in that part - totally unforgivable!
I'm a huge fan of MacGyver, I hum every time. Angus MacGyver and Michael Knight were my 2 favorites.
One of my favorite TV Shows when I was kid and growing up. Keep up the good work Minty.
Knight Rider = Amazing.
Judge Judy t-shirt = Amazing also!
Used to watch this every week when I was a teen, I'd never saw the man of the voice of Kitt until Boy meets world came on
I first saw Daniels in Ner Alibi, with Tom Selleck - my tiny mind was BLOWN!!
Knight Rider and the A-Team, in particular…were live action cartoons. We talked about it at school and had a lot of merch. Oh to be 10 again!
Those and Also The Dukes of Hazard and CHiPS!
Knight Rider and The A-Team were my childhood staples. I still love them!
Im showing my age here but I loved this show never missed it and the theme was the first cell phone ringtone I ever bought in 2002
I would like to see Kitt and Michael Knight make Cameo appearances in Fast and Furious movies and Transformers movies😁😎
They literally made KARR (and, to some extent, KITT) into a transformer in the 2008 remake.
I remember when this show aired I was 7 years old and was glued to the tv watching the Dukes. Friday nights back then along with Saturday mornings were great, I wish I could go back!
I’m 44 that ending still gives me chills! Purple sunset
Definitely wasn't orange in American airings.
Those cars had to be destroyed, as they were not street legal, so it was agreed on purchase that they would be destroyed after the filming. I have heard that they were part of a train crash, and were possibly written off for insurance purposes, or never had proper VINs, and the show was great advertising for the Trans Am.
As it is told on @KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial channel, it was a train crash and cars were write off, sold for filming purposes and meant to be destroyed after that. As those were probably no longer be able to be registered due having to be destroyed titles...
Yeah according to Knight Rider Historians(they have a great YT channel BTW) who actually owns some of the screen used cars, and the screen used tractor/trailer used to haul kit(they are currently restoring it) it was GM corporate that sold the cars to NBC, and Universal after the train derailment in California that was taking them to a car dealership, and they had VIN numbers from the factory but because of the train crash, and some US federal laws on highway safety at the time even if they where undamaged, they could not titled legal on road use, and GM could also not give the cars away either for risk of them being used on the road, so that's why they cost NBC, and Universal $1 each, with all the various stipulations, but GM made their money back in cheap advertising as sales for Trans AM cars went through the roof after the Knight Rider series came out, and NBC/Universal made bank getting plenty of dirt cheap cars for the show as they were low on cars, and funds to buy more cars needed for the show. So yeah Win Win for both parties involved
Loved this show. I’ve got the talking Kenner Knight Rider car from the 1980’s.
Speaking of Kenner, they did the M.A.S.K. line and there was a black firebird vehicle in that line, probably did as a homage to Knight Rider but I definitely pretended that was KITT as a kid.
I had a couple of Knight Rider toys, a sort of bracelet worn launcher thingy with KITT (come to think of it I think I had one for The Dukes of Hazard and CHiPS as well!), a Ruff Rider (correct spelling?!), basically a little fixed 4wd car powered by one double A battery and also the Knight Rider album which had some great photos and artwork in it!
There's been many knight rider shows but not comes close to the original love my 80 shows ❤😊
Love this show, one of my favorites as a kid. Couldn't wait tell the next week for the new episode.
I have been going through and watching all your videos Minty! And I want you to know it's such a blast! Very fun and good work!
Good timing! I'm right now in the middle of watching the whole series again. Thanks!
Guilty on the Knight Rider ringtones. My dual SIM phone plays Knight Rider (1982) on SIM 1 & Knight Rider (2008) on SIM 2. I remember on summer in 1982 my late father pulled out a Long Playing record from his cabinet after the show ended. The LP had the Marche Et Cortege De Bacchus... at first we thought it was a coincidence then it was confirmed at a DVD commentary, 30 yers later. I am a die hard knight rider fan, i wore black leather jackets when it rains, collected the toys (the knight 2000 voice car) and model kits (which im working on this summer). I was lucky to see KITT at the Universal Studios theme park (a kid from the Philippines crossed the pacific just to se KITT)... BTW, I think the car at universal rescued from being scrapped was the display for the KITT meet and gret. Ah, memories... thank you Minty.
I was exactly the right age in exactly the right location (midwest America) to enjoy this show when it debuted, but for some reason it didn’t hit with my peers; we pretty much watched it ironically from the beginning. The car driving into the back of the semi truck stunt was cool, however, and the ladies overall were … pretty exciting to the young teen boy crowd, as tame as 80s broadcast TV was. Now V, THAT was a show we tuned in for.
You should Check Out The Knight Rider Historians.
OMG! The BJ and the Bear reference made me laugh out loud!!!
God, I love Knight Rider. It's part of the reason I own an '84 Trans Am. I can't believe my car turned 40 this year!
I have the entire series on my external drive. I didn't notice all the goofs when I was younger, but now I see them. Thanks for the memories Minty.
We got Team Knight Rider on tv here in Australia in the late 90s. I remember enjoying at least 1 episode.
I liked Team Knight Rider, but writing for 10 main characters per episode is tough to do. I think if the only had 3 humans and 3 cars it would allowed for better time for characterization.
@@OmegaIIyou should look up what GlenLarson said about it. He said KNIGHT RIDER was THE LONE RANGER. Not having 6 guys and 6 cars talking.
man... I need to re-watch the series, it was part of my childhood... I had the car model and even one persona had one of the cars in my country... imagine walking on the street and KITT was driving around... that was epic
I re-watched a couple of years ago, it held up for me. I was surprised at how many young now A list actors were in various episodes.
Two thousand! So many two thousands. We were looking forward to it in the 80s and 90s.
Makes since the Lone Ranger connection, love both shows.
Yay. A good classic minty video. There have been some weird ones the last several months.
I still watch this, really cheesy now but in its day it was so cool. I used to watch it at my gran's house on a Saturday afternoon. Airwolf video next?
BJ and the Bear deserves its own top 10 breakdown..
Do you think Kitt is a Cylon? he has this scanner, and early high A.I. When the Cylones invaded Earth, Knights Industries could have developed putty from Cylon parts, which would explain why the prototype Karr was quite a scumbag
that tune is iconic ! thanks minty
I love Knight Rider and I think David Hasselfuff was the perfect choice for Michael Knight and for a long time I didn't even know that William Daniels was the voice of K.I.T.T. and I think Knight Rider was a great show in it's time and in my opinion still is cause I actually have the entire series on DVD and watch it from time to time.
Hasselfluff?
@@Floymin HaHa So I'm a lousy speller!
We need the classic black Trans Am for a new reboot. Kitt is the best loved car from the show, a character onto its own. I am happy to watch rerun clips of Knightrider on CZcams.
Ahhh memories..... The Hoff and super persuit mode. Tnx for the vid Minty
No one who wasn’t sentient in the 80’s should remaking shows from the 80’s.
You cannot comprehend how different the world was before the 90’s ruined everything.
That classical piece sounds like it was also an inspiration for the BSG score....
as a teenager my mother gave me a budget to get a new car but i had to wheel and deal and got her to up it by a few K to get a 1992 firebird (this was in 1998) just because those models looked so close to KITT ...... lol.
Have kids before you start making dad jokes Minty.
Love the episode btw. I grew up with this show. I was about 3 or 4 when i first started watching it. I loved the “smart talking car” aspect of it.
I’ve been showing it to my 4 year old. He absolutely LOVES it.
Big thanks.
How can we mention Garth, but leave out KARR 🤯 KITT's evil twin lol 😆
Exactly
@@mbryson2899Do you mean Garth & Goliath? KARR was in a season 1 & season 3 episode, whereas Garth was in two season two two-parters.
@@DoctorWhoBookClubplus KARR was voiced by Peter Cullen before he became Optimus Prime.
@@1969chgoodwinOnly the first time. Paul Frees (known for so many things including a number of Rankin-Bass Christmas specials and as the voice of the Ghost Host in the U.S. Haunted Mansions) voiced him the second time.
Right!!!!!
I find interesting when you see the speed saying it’s going 100 mph and you get an exterior shot it looks like the car is only crawling along
To me, the Knight Rider theme song will always be the most iconic. I even have sat in the KITT car at a car show in Ottawa when I was 5. Good times! Have got the pic to prove it.
Favorite music theme of all time ... Still my ringtone ❤❤❤🚔🚔🚔
You could very easily do another 10 things about this iconic show. Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) as the voice of KARR… who also returned in the 2006 series as KARR again 👍
Not to mention the tv movie “Knight Rider 2010,” which came out in 1994 and starred Hudson Leick (Callisto from Xena).
Everything I got to see Kitt car... I also wanted a Kit Kat candy bar.
I’ve got a picture of me at about ten years old sitting in KITT at a car show. The TV in the console actually worked. It was tuned to Fame. Peak ‘80s.
Damn. All that car needed was cocaine on the dashboard and a picture of Don Johnson and the 80’s might have exploded lol
This was one of my favorite retro shows growing up. Being a 2000s kid, I watched bits and pieces of reruns. I ended up watching the show twice on Netflix, and I also have the first season on DVD.
You forgot about Knight Rider 2010 which was part of the Action Pack programming.
Best show in TV history.
Just because I can and it's hilarious, whenever I watch this with my kids or my wife (neither of whom were around for the original run) I refer to KITT as Mr. Feeny.
Never gets old!
My Knight Rider big wheel kicked ass! Doing power slides with the handbrake was awesome.
If they make a reboot… it would just be Jason Momoa driving around in a Tesla Cyber Truck.
"He's...the night..mad max casual...aqua rider!"
“Knight Rider, a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of man who does not exist.
Michael Knight, a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless in a world of criminals who operate above the law."
word
“One man can make a difference, Michael.”
Oh boy! Let me tell ya Minty! I was all in on Knight River and the Dukes of Hazard back in the day! Made my childhood!
Idk how Minty thinks he can just nonchalantly reference "B.J. and the Bear" with that horrific image as if we all should already know about it lol
I like the use of a clip from _The Shining_ as _BJ & the Bear_ 😂😂😂😂😂😂
My wife's absolutely favorite t.v. show featuring her favorite t.v. actor. She couldn't get enough of the show or Hasselhoff. Even saw him in concert and had multiple hours recorded on VHS. Rest of the family hated it due to the epic cheese factor.
I sat and had a talk with kit the car in 87 at universal studios ❤it was fun to be a kid in the 80s❤😊
Everyone's favorite teacher / principal, Mr. George Feeny from the American TV show, Boy Meets World (September 1993 and May 2000) and unfortunately the spin off TV show Girl Meets World (June 27, 2014, to January 20, 2017) voiced Kitt! 🤯
Wow! You really do learn something new every day. Thanks, Minty! 💖😎
Kit-astrophe hahahah that’s a good 1 mate, Knight Rider was amazing! Always re watch it with my family from time to time.
That's why u need to preserve what we had
Growing up for our kids cause they are our future u know ❤😊
Glad to see you do a video on KR! It’s always been my favorite 80s TV Show! Great job Minty!!
This was my favorite show on tv when i was a kid, never missed an episode and i even watch it time to time when i had the dvd set which have to get again but on blu ray. I had the toys, power wheel, lunch box as a kid too. I always thought that Garth Knight should of drove KARR in the series as Michael had KITT. Still a memorable series and always think its one of the best.
Aside from Hasselhoff playing 2 roles, there was an episode or 2 where there was another Kitt vehicle named Karr.
Thanks for doing this one. Back in the 80s when I was a young teen, the other girls had pix of the Hoff on their walls; I was in love with the car.
This was a childhood favorite. Somewhere in storage, I still have the talkling KITT and Michael Knight action figure it came with. The doors are long lost and it lost its ability to speak decades ago, but it was still a pretty spiff toy.
Absolutely loved this show as a kid when it came out. 👍😊