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KNIGHT RIDER  80's Facts  SCI-FI Facts  2008 KITT

A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist. Knight Rider the TV series ran from 1982 to 1986. It starred David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight.. But the main attraction of Knight Rider was Michael Knight's car, KITT a trans am. KITT was no ordinary car , it was a trans am that could talk, and that's not all the Knight Rider KITT had a special function, this trans am had turbo boost. This function enabled Michael and KITT to literally jump over semi trucks, and obtain speeds that no ordinary car could dream of if a car could dream. The series most interesting episodes included the pilot, the episode where KARR KITT's evil twin is introduced where Larry from Bob Newhart takes a ride in KARR. There was Garth Knight , Michael's evil twin and a suped up semi truck named Goliath. About the same time this episode came out there was a free blue print of some new modifications to KITT that I personally sent off for.

Michael 's Boss was Devon Miles at the Foundation for Law and Order, and the mechanics were either Bonnie or April, depending on which season it was.

Cast
David Hasselhoff .... Michael Knight 
Edward Mulhare .... Devon Miles 
Phyllis Davis .... Tanya 
Pamela Susan Shoop .... Maggie 
Charles Napier .... Carney 
Lance LeGault .... Security Officer Gray 
Noel Conlon .... William Benjamin 
Michael D. Roberts .... Jackson 
John Quade .... Dolan 
Bert Rosario .... Car-Thief 
Richard Anderson (I) .... Dr. Ralph Wesley 
Vince Edwards .... Fred Wilson 
Herb Jefferson Jr. .... Muntzy 
Richard Basehart .... Wilton Knight 
Ed Gilbert .... Charles Acton 

Knight Rider Facts and Trivia

 KITT stands for Knight Industries Two Thousand

 Michael Knight's real name was Michael Long

 The actor who did KITT's voice also played on St. Elsewhere and Boy's World.

 David Hasselhoff not only is one of the world's most popular actors thanks to Bay Watch, he is also considered a rock star in some countries.

The Trans Am and Camero are no longer going to be produced.

* When asked about KITT's whereabouts, David Hasselhoff indicates that, like Roy Rogers did to Trigger, KITT is now stuffed and mounted in Hasselhoff's living room. Actually, one of the cars used became Hasselhoff's personal property at the end of production and was sold into a private collection in 1992. It can now be seen at the Cars of the Stars Motor Museum in Keswick, Cumbria, England.
* KITT was designed by customizer Michael Scheffe. The convertible and super-pursuit KITTs were designed and built by George Barris.
* Hasselhoff and "KITT" appeared in an episode of Diff'rent Strokes, but Daniels did not provide the voice.
* KITT accompanied Hasselhoff when he performed onstage, singing one of his songs at Disneyland back in 1985, with various Disney characters behind him as his band.
* KITT appeared in a AT&T television commercial with other robotic entertainment stars as Robby the Robot, WOPR, and Rosie the Robot Maid.
* KITT's scanner is similar to that of Cylons from the science fiction series Battlestar Galactica. Glen A. Larson, the creator of both Knight Rider and Battlestar Galactica has stated that the two shows have nothing else in common and to remove any fan speculation, he stated in the Season One Knight Rider DVD audio-comments, that he simply reused the scanning light for KITT because he liked the effect. In an episode of the original incarnation of Battlestar Galactica, the character Starbuck pilots a new type of Viper that has an A.I. installed into it named CORA, which was able to pilot the craft and verbally interact with a human pilot (similar to KITT).
* KITT appeared on stage and sang a duet with Nick Lachey during the one hour special, The Nick and Jessica Variety Hour.
* KITT was reunited with Hasselhoff in a season 1 episode of the variety show/talent show America's Got Talent, on which Hasselhoff was a judge. Burlesque dancer Michelle L'amour brought a replica of KITT onto center stage while strip-dancing to a remix of the Knight Rider theme. The following evening, Hasselhoff incorporated the KITT replica into his musical performance of "Jump in My Car" on stage.
* David Hasselhoff drives the only right hand drive KITT replica built in his music video "Jump in My Car" since the video was shot in Sydney, Australia, with the car coming from Victoria, Australia.
* According to an appearance on MTV Cribs, Joey Fatone owns one of the actual KITT cars used on the series.
* In the Futurama episode "The Honking", the werecar Project Satan is said to be made of the parts of the most evil cars in the world, including KITT's windshield wipers. After Fry pointed out that KITT was not evil, it was said that he indeed wasn't, but that his wipers were.
* In the Simpsons episode "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore", KITT is featured in an exhibit at the Museum of Television and TV titled "Things that shouldn't talk... but do".
* Also in the Simpsons, KITT was animated in the episode "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace".
* In Team Knight Rider, K.I.T.T. was revealed as an orb and the main generator of TKR’s advisor known only as “The Shadow”.
* On April 4, 2007, one of the four KITT cars used in production of the television series was put up for sale for $149,995 by Johnny Verhoek of Kassabian Motors, Dublin, California.
* David Hasselhoff appeared in an episode of the claymation series Celebrity Deathmatch, fighting on a Baywatch style ring. After David was heavily injured by John Tesh, KITT jumped on Tesh, crushing him. KITT's body was a dune buggy.
* In the 2006 film The Benchwarmers, Jon Lovitz's character owned and drove KITT, attempting a peel out in a Pizza Hut parking lot.
* In the video Bloom 06's new single, "Un'altra Come Te", KITT is prominently featured.
* Both KITT and Michael were featured in 'Robot Chicken'. When Michael goes to a fancy restaurant with a date, he lets the vallet park KITT, who instead takes him for a joy ride and seriously damages him.
* On MythBusters Adam and Jamie tested whether KITT could in fact drive up the ramp into the mobile garage or whether upon hitting the ramp he would instantly accelerate into the truck and through the wall. Jamie was able to drive an 80's sports car at 55mph up the ramp into a moving truck.
* For the halloween episode, it transforms into a warriors in Pink Special Edition Mustang in support of October being breast cancer awareness month (This episode was supposed to be aired in October)

Pilot

Self-made billionaire Wilton Knight rescues police detective Michael Long after a near fatal shot to the face, giving him a new identity (via plastic surgery) and a new name: Michael Knight. Wilton selects Michael to be the muscle in the pilot program of his Knight Foundation-funded public justice organization, the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG). The other half of this pilot program is the Knight Industries Two Thousand, a car controlled by a computer with artificial intelligence, KITT. Michael and KITT are brought in during situations where "direct action might provide the only feasible solution."

Heading FLAG is Devon Miles, who provides Michael with directives and guidance. Dr. Bonnie Barstow is the chief engineer in charge of KITT's care, as well as technical assistant to Devon. (April Curtis fills this role in Season 2).

Spinoffs/Sequels

Code of Vengeance

The two part episode "Mouth of the Snake" served as a backdoor pilot for a short lived series entitled Code of Vengeance, revolving around Vietnam vet David Dalton. The Knight Rider episode featured David exhibiting great gymnastics, not unlike The Six Million Dollar Man sans bionics, but when Code of Vengeance aired, Dalton was an ordinary-skilled drifter. It soon fell off the schedules after only five episodes.

Knight Rider 2000

Knight Rider 2000, a 1991 sequel movie featuring Michael Knight and Devon Miles, who is killed, with KITT being given a new sporty red body (a close facsimilie of the Pontiac Banshee IV concept car, was actually a Dodge Stealth with custom body work) as the Knight 4000, and serving as a Television pilot for a would-be new series starring Susan Norman as Shawn McCormick, but it did not sell.

Knight Rider 2010

Knight Rider 2010 is a 1994 movie loosely based on the show. In this version, a Classic 1969 Ford Mustang replaces the previously used Pontiac Trans Am; additionally, as there are so few links to the original show, it may not be considered canon other than for carrying the Knight Rider title. The film was penned by Miami Vice writer John Leekley.

Team Knight Rider

In 1997, Team Knight Rider was introduced as a spinoff. Set sometime in the near future, the show featured a fleet of intelligent vehicles. Michael Knight returned at the end of the final episode of the first season, not however, played by David Hasselhoff. This was a cliffhanger intended to be explained in the next season. However, the show did not catch on and the second season was not commissioned. Team Knight Rider ran for 22 episodes.

2008 television movie & sequel

On September 26, 2007, NBC announced that it was creating a two-hour backdoor pilot to air later that season. In the new version, Justin Bruening stars as the estranged son of Michael Knight, Mike Traceur. Deanna Russo plays Traceur's one-time girlfriend and love interest, Sarah Graiman.Bruce Davison co-stars as her father, physicist Charles Graiman, the original designer of KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand). Wayne Kasserman co-stars as Mike's roommate and friend. David Hasselhoff also has a cameo as Michael Knight. KITT is portrayed as a Ford Shelby GT 500 KR Mustang.

Supervising producer Dave Andron wrote the pilot script, Doug Liman and Dave Bartis executive produced it. NBC announced on December 13, 2007 that the new 2-hour pilot will air on February 17, 2008. Val Kilmer recorded the voice for the new KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) Mustang (the part had been recorded by Will Arnett, but he was asked to withdraw by General Motors because of Arnett's prior agreements with GM on advertising.), and Sydney Tamiia Poitier, the youngest daughter of Sidney Poitier, played FBI agent Carrie Rivai.

After receiving good ratings, NBC announced that Knight Rider will return as a weekly series beginning in the fall of 2008. The show airs Wednesdays at 8:00pm/7:00pm CT. The series premiered September 24, 2008 on NBC. In November 2008, NBC announced that the series had been picked up for a complete 22-episode season but that several cast members would be leaving and the storylines revamped after the original 13-episode order.

Film adaptation

In March 2002, Revolution Studios announced a partnership with Mayhem Pictures to create a film adaptation of the TV series. The film would be re-designed to be similar to Revolution's previous project, XXX. Series creator Glen A. Larson was hired to write the first script draft, with the series' lead actor David Hasselhoff attached to advise the project and also have an onscreen role. In April 2003, Revolution Studios hired screenwriters David Elliott and Paul Lovett to pen the film's script. In April 2004, the premise of the film was described to have Hasselhoff reprise his role as Michael Knight, though he would be an elder statesman that would serve as a mentor to the protagonist like the character Devon Miles mentored Knight in the TV series. The protagonist would be Knight's son, inheriting the family business and driving the vehicle KITT. The producers' choice for the role was actor Ben Affleck.The series' voice of KITT, William Daniels, was being sought by Hasselhoff to reprise his role.

In May 2006, The Weinstein Company acquired film rights to adapt Knight Rider from series creator Larson. He expressed his interest in the film adaptation as a potential franchise property. The following September, Hasselhoff invited actor Orlando Bloom to portray Knight's son in the film adaptation, but Bloom turned down the offer.[13] In April 2007, Hasselhoff said that the film was in development at Miramax, and that he would at least have a cameo in the film.