It's been 30 years, and it's still a great show with something for everyone - guys love KITT, chics love Hasselhoff, great intro music - perfect match. No TV show since then has been that cool. Man, that car still looks cool even after all these years!!
Obi Ezeilo my brother I (TOTALLY) agree with you bro! After ten years since you last posted your comment it’s now been over 40 years since Knight Rider was broadcast on TV and still it’s a great show with something for everyone - guys love KITT, chics love Hasselhoff, great intro music - perfect match… I (COMPLETELY) agree with you. No other TV show since then has been that cool! (Ever!) Man I’ll echo after you and say that car (STILL) looks cool after all these years!!! Genius… Beyond measure. I fell in love with that car from the moment I saw it for the first time ever as nearly a six year old boy while I was mesmerised by the intro and the whole two hour show of the pilot episode of Knight Rider broadcast on ITV in London within Great Britain in September 1982…. I desperately wanted that car as a boy and still crave that car as a man too…. The closest I’ve ever got to owning a car that’s close to my heart like KITT was and still is was when I finally bought my dream car consisting of a 2006 Obsidian Black Mercedes Benz SL55 AMG F1 Performance Pack…. We’re close. We keep it tight like KITT and Michael Knight……..
This intro always makes me cry cause my dear godfather have give me this series on vhs when i whas little. He really known me what show i would really like :'( I miss you dear godfather and thanks for everything :(
As a kid in the backseat of my dad's car going round corners even at 50 was one of the best things about the 80s, flying from one side of the car to the other. Only beaten by climbing up in the back window and flying forward when he slammed on the brakes.
im not old enough to have seen the old ones when they were first on but when i was about 5 they used to aways repeat them on sky, and now the new ones are out which are awsome and for the first time i think the originals and the new ones are just as good as each other, love knight rider and kitt is a legend
Knight Rider is one of the coolest shows ever, I've watched it since I was a small child when my Grandma told me about it and I loved the way the car talked and ever time I got in the car I wanted it to talk like KR. I like the new series and the old series the same way.
This TV show is the thing that made me into this car business madness... and this is what motivated me into the 458 Italia that I have right now.... What a dream-come-true...
i miss my teens the eighties... there was no trouble everyone used to get on? nice weather and good times? and no wars or terrorism... and tv dramas like the A TEAM KNIGHT RIDER AIR WOLF AND STREETHAWK LOL!! i wish i could go back in time and be a kid and watch them again and again!! i really miss it shame im old now too old!!!
I always thought the line "In a world of criminals who operate above the law" was funny. Don't ALL criminals operate above the law, hence what makes them a criminal? Still one of the best shows EVER along with CHiPS and the A-Team. Long live the great 80's shows.
Let's face it when we had terrific shows like this or the A-Team or Street Hawk to look forward to, we didn't need UA-cam. This was long before TV execs stopped coming up with original ideas and started just producing "reality" TV where you get to watch people working or fighting...thank God we have DVDs available to us.
i miss my teens the eighties... there was no trouble everyone used to get on? nice weather and good times? and no wars or terrorism... and the A TEAM KNIGHT RIDER AIR WOLF AND STREETHAWK LOL!! i really miss it shame im old now too old!!!
@twobit211 Of course, I google it and come up with this: "In a third season episode of Knight Rider, "Halloween Knight", the episode villain is shown briefly in a Cylon mask. KITT's red LED forward scanner throughout the series, of course, is an homage to the Cylon's red eye, which oscillates back and forth while active while using the same sound effect. Both series were created by Glen Larson."
The fastest speed that was ever shown on the speedo in an episode was 300mph, in the opening credits here and then again in "Burial Ground" (Season 4, Episode 5), although a "current speed of 310 mph" is mentioned verbally by KITT in the Season 2 opener "Goliath".
@thehappyfella yup, you were born 15 years too late; I was born in 88, but by the time I was 5, all these shows were in syndication, so I basically watched all these shows in the 90's (My Dad was a huge fan of all these shows, so I always sat with him and just watch these shows with him)
Absolutely! And I bet the demand for black Trans Ams were so high back then that Pontiac couldn't keep them in stock! Man, whatever happened to the good ol' days???
I had *such* a crush on KITT when I was younger. ... which actually causes a lot of angst when you realize you're in love with a car and there is no way a relationship will ever work... :P Oh to be young again.
@NikKast1981 He wants to. The writers who agreed to make a new Knight Rider wanted to change too much so he didn't want any part of it really. I'm surprised that he even made an appearance on the new series in the pilot episode in 2008.
Most people don't realize that the voiceover introduction was done by the late Richard Basehart, who was already dying of cancer when he portrayed industrialist Wilton Knight in the pilot episode. It's interesting comparing his voice here to his narration at the opening of 1956's film version of "Moby Dick," the effects of age and cigarettes.
They used to show this in Bangladesh where I grew up back in the 80s, we could barely understand all the details of a story but still I hardly ever missed an episode - it was the Wednesday knight Rider night, all homework had to stop for an hour :)
“This is not your father’s Oldsmobile...This is the new generation of OLDS!”: from 1988 TV ads with Lisa Marie Presley, and others came to mind watching this “Knight Rider” opening. Similarly: “This is not your mama’s Pontiac...” comes to mind since Richard BASEhart (279-03-2105; Wilton KNIGHT) narrates the opening and died on 9/17/84, two years before the series ended. Some grannies died on WWHB Basehart’s 91st birthday: AUG. 31, 2005. This video posted on WWHB some granny’s 89th: JUNE 22, 2008
Peter Parros as 'RC3', Reginald Cornelius III got to be in the final scene of the “Knight Rider” series in “Voo Doo Knight” (4/4/86), bookending his first appearance in the season 4 premiere, “Knight of the Juggernaut”. Endless chatty throughout the series, KITT is reduced to a silent prop in the final scene. Unrelated: “The what was talking?” asks William Daniels, voice of KITT, in “The Graduate”-15 years before “KR”-before introducing son Benjamin BRADdock (DUSTin HOFFman) in a diving suit
My favorite episodes were in season 3 and 4. Why? Because of the green lighted gas pedal addition to KITT. It was awesome to see it light up when KITT drove himself or when Michael pressed it with his foot & the green lights lit up on the sides. TV now has gone to the dogs totally! It'll NEVER be as good as it was in the 70's & 80's, and some 90's shows were awesome too, like Boy Meets World, Step by Step, Seinfeld, The Nanny, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, 7th Heaven, but now? ha ha, No Way! :(
"'Knight Rider', a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a 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!".
A few days or a week ago, I saw a picture on google images that showed KITT behind a trailer truck, and I saw some kind of tow cable infront of the car then when I took a quick look at 0:57, I made a soft grin on my face and said, "I KNEW they DIDN'T use a tow cable."
@JWade29 10 people were Tanya Walker, Cameron Zachary, Garthe Knight, Adrienne Margeaux (St. Clair), Dr. David Halston, Dr. Phillip Nordstrom, Boyd LaSalle, Bianca Morgan, J. Gordon Baxter, and Bonita Vance (Voo Doo Princess Harana). I only did not say K.A.R.R. because he is not a person.
@NikKast1981 It wouldn't be the same. Hes not as spry as he used to be. He can't go sneaking around wherehouses and office buildings and the sort. He might break a hip. Theres also the issue with the Firebird not being in production anymore. So its not like NBC can just go buy them off the lots like in the 80s.
@DarkSlayer487 They can buy them from collectors and the short who i am sure would sell or even give them to NBC in order to see a new series....As for David yes he is old but its not like he was doing anything remarkable in the original series, we're not talking about a martial artist....
I am from Slovakia and I watched only Austrian version of Knight Rider in the age of communist (special antennas to get broadcast signal from Austrian's TV ORF). :D
KITT in Season 3 is kind of like a combination of Seasons 1-2 KITT and Season 4 KITT. He receives the upgraded dashboard which he also has in Season 4, but like Seasons 1-2, still doesn't receive Super Pursuit Mode or Convertible Mode yet.
@hironoshozo I know this is just a joke- but Bonnie is the reason K.I.T.T. stays maintained. Now that I think of it- I should have said Rita Knight and Jennifer Knight as two of those people instead of a couple of the lesser known villains.
(Production team) Guys what else can we do to make KIT look expensive and state of the art? (worker) LED's on the gas pedal sir. LED's on the gas pedal. 1:05
I remember my dad sat in the front room taping the intro music one week this was on. It is a quality piece of music! The narration at the start is wicked! Makes me want to get into voiceover work.
I'm wondering what font was used to make KNIGHT RIDER (:11) at the start of the opening. Is it a font that exists today, in 2011? The extended tips on the "N" and "H" aren't immediately familiar. If only CBS News could have checked fonts more closely, then Dan Rather wouldn't have had to apologize (producer Mary Mapes was fired) for "60 Minutes II" memogate. Lieutenant Colonel Jerry B Killian's typewriter model couldn't have produced the documents in question; the font was not yet created
"A man who does not exist". I get the impression that the writers of the show loosely based Knight's adventures against Dr David Banner's in the Incredible Hulk.
While the Original will always be better, I think the did at least a decent job. They didn't let this kid BE Micheal Knight They made him his son, which is great for ppl who have been watching it for ever. Plus they do play Homage to the original Kitt, Letting you know he had upgrades. I have watched ALL the Knight Rider series and I don't mind the new one. I even get the chills same as I did when I was a kid watching the car. Lets face it the car is and always will be Micheal's Hero.
hard to believe I-10/I-20 in west Texas and I-15 in central Utah which is now 80 mph had a speed limit of 55 mph from 1974-1987. It would take you exactly ten hours to drive the 550 miles from El Paso to San Antonio or vice versa.
That purple desert effect with the music is pure class
I always thought so
It's been 30 years, and it's still a great show with something for everyone - guys love KITT, chics love Hasselhoff, great intro music - perfect match. No TV show since then has been that cool. Man, that car still looks cool even after all these years!!
Obi Ezeilo I always thought guys tuned in for Bonnie 😁
Obi Ezeilo my brother I (TOTALLY) agree with you bro! After ten years since you last posted your comment it’s now been over 40 years since Knight Rider was broadcast on TV and still it’s a great show with something for everyone - guys love KITT, chics love Hasselhoff, great intro music - perfect match… I (COMPLETELY) agree with you. No other TV show since then has been that cool! (Ever!) Man I’ll echo after you and say that car (STILL) looks cool after all these years!!! Genius… Beyond measure. I fell in love with that car from the moment I saw it for the first time ever as nearly a six year old boy while I was mesmerised by the intro and the whole two hour show of the pilot episode of Knight Rider broadcast on ITV in London within Great Britain in September 1982…. I desperately wanted that car as a boy and still crave that car as a man too…. The closest I’ve ever got to owning a car that’s close to my heart like KITT was and still is was when I finally bought my dream car consisting of a 2006 Obsidian Black Mercedes Benz SL55 AMG F1 Performance Pack…. We’re close. We keep it tight like KITT and Michael Knight……..
It's been 10 years since your comment
40 years
Never gets old. One of all my time favorite shows. I have all 4 seasons on DVD. Would love to see this on Blu ray.
I'm watching the whole show in HD, it's like watching it for the first time.
Nothing on earth beats the 80's!!
nope
KITT will
Tomas Michael knight
Yeah agree with u
This intro always makes me cry cause my dear godfather have give me this series on vhs when i whas little. He really known me what show i would really like :'( I miss you dear godfather and thanks for everything :(
Bronyboy30 I'm sorry for your loss.
And mom to recorded them on vhs
So sorry for your loss he must be very kind guy if he loves knight rider 😢
Such a futuristic car designed in the 80's .. Its fuckin insane !
One of the best tv shows ever made!!!!I think i wanna cry.........
Always wonderful to see a car taking a turn at 200+ MPH AND NO ONE wore SEATBELTS!!
passive laser restraint system
As a kid in the backseat of my dad's car going round corners even at 50 was one of the best things about the 80s, flying from one side of the car to the other. Only beaten by climbing up in the back window and flying forward when he slammed on the brakes.
love this show and the song total classic im honored to own every single episode on dvd
I have Knight Rider seasons one and two. It's a real tv classic.
im not old enough to have seen the old ones when they were first on but when i was about 5 they used to aways repeat them on sky, and now the new ones are out which are awsome and for the first time i think the originals and the new ones are just as good as each other, love knight rider and kitt is a legend
Knight Rider is one of the coolest shows ever, I've watched it since I was a small child when my Grandma told me about it and I loved the way the car talked and ever time I got in the car I wanted it to talk like KR. I like the new series and the old series the same way.
This TV show is the thing that made me into this car business madness... and this is what motivated me into the 458 Italia that I have right now.... What a dream-come-true...
A great percentage of my childhood was watching Knight Rider
Hot car, hot voice, hot girls, hot guy, hot show. Thanks for posting!
Brings back so many great memories...oohhhhh. :)
i miss my teens the eighties... there was no trouble everyone used to get on? nice weather and good times? and no wars or terrorism... and tv dramas like the A TEAM KNIGHT RIDER AIR WOLF AND STREETHAWK LOL!! i wish i could go back in time and be a kid and watch them again and again!! i really miss it shame im old now too old!!!
Knight Rider, Airwolf, The A-Team....
All I can say is God bless the 1980's.
I always thought the line "In a world of criminals who operate above the law" was funny. Don't ALL criminals operate above the law, hence what makes them a criminal? Still one of the best shows EVER along with CHiPS and the A-Team. Long live the great 80's shows.
I loved watching this series as a young girl ;)) Wish I had a car like that ;D
One Man can make a Difference
one man and his car
@XxMistyChaserXx That's part of the charm...it's dramatic, it's a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist!
the old knight rider is the best!
i was born in 1996 but im just in love withh all te old t.v shows lyk Knight Rider airwolf street hawk and the a team :D also like g1 transformers
Bad ass theme song and intro, all very spooky and conspiratorial like.
The first 20 seconds are GODLIKE!
Always the Best Ever
such an awesome show....
i agree, knight rider is pretty awesome, i jsut started watching it on netflex a few weeks ago!
I was born in 1991 and I loved this show. I first saw it on the Science Fiction network, and man, was I hooked.
I just love that speaker
The song bring back memories..
love the quality picture n sound looks awesome
Let's face it when we had terrific shows like this or the A-Team or Street Hawk to look forward to, we didn't need UA-cam. This was long before TV execs stopped coming up with original ideas and started just producing "reality" TV where you get to watch people working or fighting...thank God we have DVDs available to us.
i miss my teens the eighties... there was no trouble everyone used to get on? nice weather and good times? and no wars or terrorism... and the A TEAM KNIGHT RIDER AIR WOLF AND STREETHAWK LOL!! i really miss it shame im old now too old!!!
@punkasswalrusV5
isn't this an oxymoron? the first line of the intro completely contradicts it self lol but it's so awesome
Exactly!..The technology presented even exceed the one these days; A Trans-Am like this in our street surely could turn heads yet...
@twobit211 Of course, I google it and come up with this: "In a third season episode of Knight Rider, "Halloween Knight", the episode villain is shown briefly in a Cylon mask. KITT's red LED forward scanner throughout the series, of course, is an homage to the Cylon's red eye, which oscillates back and forth while active while using the same sound effect. Both series were created by Glen Larson."
The fastest speed that was ever shown on the speedo in an episode was 300mph, in the opening credits here and then again in "Burial Ground" (Season 4, Episode 5), although a "current speed of 310 mph" is mentioned verbally by KITT in the Season 2 opener "Goliath".
KITT is still the coolest car of all time. The music and the pink background combo is also epic.
@videozfann Yes! and Streethawk? Aahhh.. memories. :-)
@thehappyfella yup, you were born 15 years too late; I was born in 88, but by the time I was 5, all these shows were in syndication, so I basically watched all these shows in the 90's (My Dad was a huge fan of all these shows, so I always sat with him and just watch these shows with him)
Im from Slovakia and i watched the Slovak,Czech,Austrian,German,Polish,Hungarian and English version of Knight Rider :-)
@KHAAAAAAAANNN There was also Miami Vice, The Equalizer, Wiseguy, L.A. Law, St. Elsewhere, Hill Street Blues, and Hunter.
This intro makes me wish my own car had a Turbo Boost
all hail to that series
I agree a lot of TV back then was goofd the only thing I can suggest is byu it on DVD at least then you can continue to enjoy it
Dam, that brings back memories . I have to find those episodes.
Oh Yeah!Good old times!
I miss u K.I.T.T!!!!
Absolutely! And I bet the demand for black Trans Ams were so high back then that Pontiac couldn't keep them in stock!
Man, whatever happened to the good ol' days???
Favorite Show
BEST INTRO OFF ALL TIME!!
The new dash in season 3 was spiffy. :)
Kinght Rider.......the shadowy flank into the world of a man who does not exist.
I had *such* a crush on KITT when I was younger. ... which actually causes a lot of angst when you realize you're in love with a car and there is no way a relationship will ever work... :P Oh to be young again.
I want to start a petition to make the Knight Rider intro music the national anthem of my country. It's too badass.
@diewabbit The Pontiac Trans Am GTA had a digital dashboard similar to KITT :D
@NikKast1981 He wants to. The writers who agreed to make a new Knight Rider wanted to change too much so he didn't want any part of it really. I'm surprised that he even made an appearance on the new series in the pilot episode in 2008.
Most people don't realize that the voiceover introduction was done by the late Richard Basehart, who was already dying of cancer when he portrayed industrialist Wilton Knight in the pilot episode. It's interesting comparing his voice here to his narration at the opening of 1956's film version of "Moby Dick," the effects of age and cigarettes.
I'm intrigued by the fact that this only gets just 600,000 and Air-wolf gets 7 times as many views.
Best show ever!
They used to show this in Bangladesh where I grew up back in the 80s, we could barely understand all the details of a story but still I hardly ever missed an episode - it was the Wednesday knight Rider night, all homework had to stop for an hour :)
“This is not your father’s Oldsmobile...This is the new generation of OLDS!”: from 1988 TV ads with Lisa Marie Presley, and others came to mind watching this “Knight Rider” opening. Similarly: “This is not your mama’s Pontiac...” comes to mind since Richard BASEhart (279-03-2105; Wilton KNIGHT) narrates the opening and died on 9/17/84, two years before the series ended. Some grannies died on WWHB Basehart’s 91st birthday: AUG. 31, 2005. This video posted on WWHB some granny’s 89th: JUNE 22, 2008
In Mexico we watched knight rider and mission impossible and the A team best shows ever
K N I G H T R I D E R
Michael and KITT are my heroes ❤️
i miss this
Peter Parros as 'RC3', Reginald Cornelius III got to be in the final scene of the “Knight Rider” series in “Voo Doo Knight” (4/4/86), bookending his first appearance in the season 4 premiere, “Knight of the Juggernaut”. Endless chatty throughout the series, KITT is reduced to a silent prop in the final scene. Unrelated: “The what was talking?” asks William Daniels, voice of KITT, in “The Graduate”-15 years before “KR”-before introducing son Benjamin BRADdock (DUSTin HOFFman) in a diving suit
0:42 where you see KITT riding into the downtown skyline, is my favorite shot.
Agreed
Yep, so sleek and ultra cool 😎
My favorite episodes were in season 3 and 4. Why? Because of the green lighted gas pedal addition to KITT. It was awesome to see it light up when KITT drove himself or when Michael pressed it with his foot & the green lights lit up on the sides. TV now has gone to the dogs totally! It'll NEVER be as good as it was in the 70's & 80's, and some 90's shows were awesome too, like Boy Meets World, Step by Step, Seinfeld, The Nanny, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, 7th Heaven, but now? ha ha, No Way! :(
watching this is like a time travelling experience. i feel like i'm a little one again back in the 80s!
My dad had a Ford Taurus with a digital dash. For me it was a K.I.T.T.
"'Knight Rider', a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist...
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...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!".
A few days or a week ago, I saw a picture on google images that showed KITT behind a trailer truck, and I saw some kind of tow cable infront of the car then when I took a quick look at 0:57, I made a soft grin on my face and said, "I KNEW they DIDN'T use a tow cable."
@JWade29 10 people were Tanya Walker, Cameron Zachary, Garthe Knight, Adrienne Margeaux (St. Clair), Dr. David Halston, Dr. Phillip Nordstrom, Boyd LaSalle, Bianca Morgan, J. Gordon Baxter, and Bonita Vance (Voo Doo Princess Harana). I only did not say K.A.R.R. because he is not a person.
Série simplesmente fantástica!! Agora no Netflix!!
La mejor de la historia.
the best tv show intro ever
Thanks for uploading
@NikKast1981 It wouldn't be the same. Hes not as spry as he used to be. He can't go sneaking around wherehouses and office buildings and the sort. He might break a hip.
Theres also the issue with the Firebird not being in production anymore. So its not like NBC can just go buy them off the lots like in the 80s.
@DarkSlayer487 They can buy them from collectors and the short who i am sure would sell or even give them to NBC in order to see a new series....As for David yes he is old but its not like he was doing anything remarkable in the original series, we're not talking about a martial artist....
Patricia is fcn' beautifulllllllll
I am from Slovakia and I watched only Austrian version of Knight Rider in the age of communist (special antennas to get broadcast signal from Austrian's TV ORF). :D
KITT in Season 3 is kind of like a combination of Seasons 1-2 KITT and Season 4 KITT. He receives the upgraded dashboard which he also has in Season 4, but like Seasons 1-2, still doesn't receive Super Pursuit Mode or Convertible Mode yet.
Mac`Gyver`s intro is allso good :D
Yeah I liked this too
@hironoshozo I know this is just a joke- but Bonnie is the reason K.I.T.T. stays maintained. Now that I think of it- I should have said Rita Knight and Jennifer Knight as two of those people instead of a couple of the lesser known villains.
(Production team) Guys what else can we do to make KIT look expensive and state of the art?
(worker) LED's on the gas pedal sir. LED's on the gas pedal. 1:05
I remember my dad sat in the front room taping the intro music one week this was on.
It is a quality piece of music!
The narration at the start is wicked!
Makes me want to get into voiceover work.
I'm wondering what font was used to make KNIGHT RIDER (:11) at the start of the opening. Is it a font that exists today, in 2011? The extended tips on the "N" and "H" aren't immediately familiar. If only CBS News could have checked fonts more closely, then Dan Rather wouldn't have had to apologize (producer Mary Mapes was fired) for "60 Minutes II" memogate. Lieutenant Colonel Jerry B Killian's typewriter model couldn't have produced the documents in question; the font was not yet created
"A man who does not exist". I get the impression that the writers of the show loosely based Knight's adventures against Dr David Banner's in the Incredible Hulk.
@86henry you can get a turbo boost!
Wow! Bonnie was cute!!!
While the Original will always be better, I think the did at least a decent job. They didn't let this kid BE Micheal Knight They made him his son, which is great for ppl who have been watching it for ever. Plus they do play Homage to the original Kitt, Letting you know he had upgrades. I have watched ALL the Knight Rider series and I don't mind the new one. I even get the chills same as I did when I was a kid watching the car. Lets face it the car is and always will be Micheal's Hero.
explain me something.why is that,when michael presses the 'TURBO' button,the car jumps...?: DD
thumbs up for wilton knight doing intro
"Knight Rider *inhale* a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist."
hard to believe I-10/I-20 in west Texas and I-15 in central Utah which is now 80 mph had a speed limit of 55 mph from 1974-1987. It would take you exactly ten hours to drive the 550 miles from El Paso to San Antonio or vice versa.
The best tv series ever the best theme music ever why did they screw up the remake of this please make a movie with this car and kitt
What ep was the one where there was another car that was the same as kit but bad
Knight rider 2 . . . the game
Knightboat, the crime-solving boat!!