Not only that, it was a good family show, essentially aimed towards children yet dressed up as adult fare. Thereafter the car was referred to by bystanders simply as a "black T-top."įew people would argue that the show was intellectual, but it thrived on the Rule of Cool and Hasselhoff's suave performance. Although the Product Placement is obvious (and the show referred to the car as a Trans Am early on) the brand-name drop was eliminated at the request of Pontiac, as buyers were asking for options that weren't actually available on production models. In fact, according to Wikipedia, the show was created in response to a perceived lack of leading men who could act, with then NBC Entertainment president Brandon Tartikoff suggesting that a talking car could fill in the gaps in any leading man's acting abilities.īacked by the secretive Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG), headed up by Edward Mulhare's Devon Miles, Michael and KITT pursue a never-ending crusade against, well, just about anybody who seems to be a bad guy that week, defeating them with a turbo boost, a microwave zap, and the durability of a front line heavy battle tank.įor the final season, KITT was given the ability to transform into an armored high-speed mode, and also given a convertible top to showcase Pontiac's new convertible Trans Am. The Knight Industries Two Thousand - "KITT" - was the real star of the show David Hasselhoff's Michael was simply a plot device used to give the car something to do and someone to banter with. To aid him, he is given a car - and what a car it is! So much horsepower it can't be measured, every electronic device imaginable and then some, impervious to anything short of heavy artillery - and controlled by an Artificial Intelligence with the voice of William Daniels. Wilton strongly believes that one man (Michael) can make a difference.Īccepting the challenge, Michael Long becomes Michael Knight. The man behind this offer is Wilton Knight, the owner of Knight Industries. In return he becomes a high-tech vigilante dealing with criminals who operate above the law. His face scarred and everyone thinking he is dead, he accepts an offer by an eccentric millionaire to have his identity changed and his face reconstructed. Police officer Michael Long was wounded when he interfered with criminal activities. The original series aired on NBC from 1982-1986. A fairly simple concept about a modern cowboy with his horse being the coolest of '80s cars, the Pontiac Trans Am.
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