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+ | {{open.jpg }} **Knight Rider** | ||
+ | (Series Run - 1982-1986 - 84 episodes) | ||
+ | Brandon Tartikoff, youthful head of programming at NBC, once gave California magazine this version of the creation of Knight Rider: It seems he and one of his assistants were discussing the problems of casting handsome leading men in the series, because many of them can't | ||
+ | act. Why not have a series, he mused, called "The Man of Six words," | ||
+ | which would begin with the guy getting out of a woman' | ||
+ | Finally the grateful almost-vitims would thank him, and he would murmur, | ||
+ | " | ||
+ | talking. The series that made it to the air as Knight Rider was scarcley | ||
+ | less preposterous than that, but it was played with such a twinkle in the | ||
+ | eye that viewers--especillay kids--made it one of the hits of the 1982 season. | ||
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+ | The opening episode told the story of how a dying millionaire named [[Wilton Knight]] rescued a young undercover cop who had | ||
+ | been shot in the face. After plastic surgery officer [[Michael | ||
+ | Long]] had a new face, a new identity ([[Michael Knight]]), | ||
+ | and a new mission in life: to fight for law and justice in the Knight' | ||
+ | incredible super-car, the Knight Industries Two Thousand--or [[KITT]], | ||
+ | for short. It was love at first sight between Michael and KITT. The car, | ||
+ | a sleek, black, customized Pontiac Trans-Am, was impervious to attack, could | ||
+ | cruise at 300 mph, could leap up to 50 feet through the air, and was loaded | ||
+ | with such armaments as flamethrowers, | ||
+ | devices. Best of all, it could talk, and in fact had a personality all its | ||
+ | own; peevish, a bit haughty, but totally protective of Michael. He could | ||
+ | summon the car when in trouble, and it would come crashing through the walls | ||
+ | to get him. Its deceased inventor had left behind a huge fortune to finance | ||
+ | the crime-fighting, | ||
+ | to look after things. Based at a palatial estate, called somewhat grandly | ||
+ | the Foundation for Law and Government, Michael (and often Devon) went forth | ||
+ | each week, trailed by a large maintenance van that served as a sort of mobile | ||
+ | command post. Rounding out the crew was a beautiful mechanic, variously | ||
+ | [[Bonnie]] or [[April]], and " | ||
+ | in the fall of 1985. | ||
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+ | Though the gimmick in the | ||
+ | series was the car, much of the show's appeal was due to actor [[David Hasselhoff]], | ||
+ | (on The Young and The Restless) who joked and kidded with his computerized | ||
+ | companion. While he had more to say than "The Man of Six Words," | ||
+ | his tight jeans, wavy hair, and laidback style (his favorite phrase was | ||
+ | "You got it") made women melt. | ||
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+ | Michael Knight and his " | ||
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+ | Faithful Fans still follow the series plots, | ||
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