Knight Rider

Categories: Did You Know|Published On: April 1, 2005|Views: 7|

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Let’s be real: the true and only star of Knight Rider was and always
will be KITT the talking car. After all, David Hasselhoff’s Knight had a
good-looking face (after that pesky reconstructive surgery following his
near-death shooting during his time as an undercover cop) and he had a good deal
of brawn (which came in handy for all the legwork KITT couldn’t do), but the car
was the real brains of the operation.

A simple eBay search can confirm
this: the Michael Knight doll from the show’s ’80s run (outside its original
packaging) will start out below $20, but a Knight Rider KITT display module with
voice-led light display starts out at $175.

Knight Rider debuted
with a two-hour pilot called Knight of the Phoenix on September 26, 1982.
It would go on to air on NBC until August of 1986. Michael got his
aforementioned surgery and all his means for recovery and crime-fighting from
the wealthy Wilton Knight, an industrialist who sought for justice with his
Foundation for Law and Government. Wilton made KITT (the Knight Industries Two
Thousand), and after his death, he entrusted the car’s care and powers to
Michael.

There’s never been a show quite like Knight Rider. Aimed
mainly at a young male audience, the series picked up fans in a wide variety of
markets, part of which allowed for its four-year run. And its popularity didn’t
end with its cancellation. In 1991, Knight Rider 2000 cropped up as a TV
movie, followed by Knight Rider 2010 in 1994. A new series aired on ABC
for just one season in 1997 called Team Knight Rider, and today, the
first and second season of the original ’80s series are enjoying respectable
sales on DVD.

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