I couldn't help but notice that this very ride, the "Crazy Bus", is shown in video from the 20th annual World Chicken Festival in London, KY, posted by LondonHotwire.com (watch?v=ClxQrDb1-ew). It can be seen in action at the 1:46 mark. You don't think it a coincident that the Crazy Bus ride would show up at the World Chicken Festival in London, KY considering that the festival started in the 1980s--the same decade that launched Baltimore, MD-born David Hasselhoff into television stardom through action / sci-fi series "Knight Rider", do you? That’s because the fourth and final season of the series launched on 9/20/85 with the 2-hour, Chicago-set ep. “Knight of the Juggernaut”. In it, Michael Knight (Hasselhoff) and K.I.T.T. are tasked with providing security after their employer, the Foundation for Law & Government, accidentally creates a new isotope, Cernium 116. Two months later in the same television season, Hasselhoff played Lake Havasu, AZ police officer Don Gregory in the made-for-television movie murder thriller, “Murder at London Bridge”, based on the famed "Jack the Ripper" killings in 1800s London. The movie also had Adrienne Barbeau (b. 6/11/45 in Sacramento, CA) best known for 1970s sitcom “Maude” as librarian Lynn Chandler; plus Clu Gulager as Chief Peter 'Pete' Dawson. Paul Rossilli plays The Ripper. Unrelated to London, KY: 1983 Kentucky Mr. Basketball, Winston Bennett III, who went on to play for the Univ. of Kentucky Wildcats and later, in the NBA. Bennett III--who turned 47 years old on 2/9/12--attended Louisville Male Traditional High School. Note: On the day Winston Bennett III turned 47 years old, a seismic event unfolded in the men’s college basketball season. That night, the Tennessee State Tigers beat the last undefeated team in division I-A, the Murray State Racers, 72-68. Multi-platinum selling, multi-Grammy winning recording artist Whitney Houston died Beverly Hills, CA three days later.
