![]() When they had the NBC money, the car changed from red to a silver snakeskin pattern. Instead, they got some illegal street racer to drive it. Only this time, the car didn’t drive itself. The show started on NBC because, mainly, they were trying to resurrect Knight Rider. Instead of having artificial intelligence, the car merely changed color (considered an “armor mode”) and had machine guns in the running board. In it, a law enforcement agency created a souped up car to deal with those pesky, not-so-legal missions (sound familiar?). It’s a sad day when Knight Rider starts stealing from a show that stole from IT! That feature is from Viper, a seldom remembered NBC/syndicated show from the mid-nineties. Now, having a car with the OnStar system is just as good.Īnd let’s talk about that little “K.I.T.T. There was no internet during the first show, so K.I.T.T. ![]() People take for granted how pervasive and common the internet has become in recent years. ![]() I mean, if you gave me a car with a wi-fi linkup to Google, Wikipedia, and YouTube, I’d have a car just as advanced as this one. Also, one has to realize that K.I.T.T., as a concept, really isn’t that hi-tech anymore. While a Mustang Cobra is a nice muscle car, it’s not sleek like the Trans-Am. But man, did they miss the mark.įirst off, let’s start with K.I.T.T. I mean, besides Hasselhoff himself, nobody wanted this to work more than I did. “Let me tell you something about 20 year olds, my friend: half of them are 16.”
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