JesseHawks wrote:Ok, then, how about Knight Rider/Automan? No ...? Fall Guy/Manimal? Ahhhhh, never mind. I kid, I kid.
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Manimal crossed over into another production of Glen's called
Nightman.
The "Manimal" episode of
Nightman had Professor Jonathan Chase, the Manimal, trying to catch the infamous Jack The Ripper. The episode was called what? That's right "Manimal" in Season 2, Episode 6.
On another note, I believe Joe Huth is correct and that is a stripped down version of The Fall Guy truck, possibly one of the second unit background trucks that would have been used for distanced background shots or quick pans and not so much as accurate as the hero trucks needed to be up close. Remember television magic was very forgiving when we were not in the days of dvds and HD. You could really get away with a lot relying on the fuzzy nature of broadcast television. (Look at Season Four's
Knight of the Juggernaut and KITTnap for instance, the convertable dash was horrible up close, just slapped on stickers)
There would be no incentive for the studio to create a "look alike" truck just to put it in Knight Rider and was likely just put in to fill up space. The decal on the hood is a solid indication of this theory. Lastly it is not unheard of for studios to share use of their lots for filming television shows - especially at night. It's possible Universal and 20th Century Fox studios swapped picture cars and locations.
Lastly from imdb's trivia page for The Fall Guy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081859/trivia
"During the show's run, the stunts took their toll on the GMC trucks, so several different year model trucks are used during the show's initial run. As a result,
there are some inconsistencies in the episodes. For instance, in the pilot episode the truck (a 1980 model) has two square headlights and a light tan interior. For the remainder of the series, it almost always had the quad headlight configuration of the 1981 and newer models, with a dark brown interior. The truck always appeared to be a long bed model, but in a couple of episodes a short bed model was used. After destroying several trucks due to the huge jumps, a custom built jump truck was built as a solution. It had a reinforced frame and axles, and a mid-mounted engine. This greatly reduced the number of trucks scrapped during the show's production."
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