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Juggernaut's Fate + KITT Destroyed AGAIN! KNIGHT RIDER "Knight of the Juggernaut" Commentary (EP64)

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KITT's Destroyed! Devon's Cloned! Michael's Mullet is Trimmed! Behind the scenes of the Knight Rider Season 4 premiere, "Knight of the Juggernaut"! Behind the scenes, trivia, goofs and MORE!
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@spankyham9607 Год назад

This was one of my favorite episodes as a kid and as an adult! This may have been what got me into rebuilding cars. It's funny looking at the driver seat when Kitt is in the semi after being beaten up, the seat back bends back towards the right side. My seat, although a standard seat, does the same thing. Must have just been a thing. I thought mine was doing something like bending or broke welds but this one even does the same thing.

@errolsessoms9683 2 года назад

I remember I cried when Kitt got destroyed I was really hurt when I was a kid

@pinball541 2 года назад

SPM is where the 9 year old me started to lose touch of the Knight Rider fantasy. I never stopped watching even to this day, but I think that SPM was the proverbial nail in Knight Rider's coffin! Hello from Phoenix Arizona!🔥

@oalternativo 2 года назад

100% agree.

@mattstansbeary3068 2 года назад

The only thing worst then That was the Knight Rider 2008 Series and I don't mean the Mustange, I mean ok it's Car, Truck as Big guns and everthing else. Can we go back to simplar times when it was just a Car.

@stevetrousers6811 2 года назад

yeah a bit like when they insist on giving superman a hulk like physique - didn't need all those silly bits to do amazing things

@bratton79 6 месяцев назад

It’s ironic because SPM was introduced to boost ratings. Had there been a season 5 I bet KITT would have been upgraded with another burlesque feature. Maybe KITT would have been capable of space travel.

@stooartbabay 2 года назад

In the early 80's, my parents took us on a trip to America, we did the Universal studios tour and I remember freaking out as a young teen because I spotted 7 Knight Rider cars when we were tranving around on the tuor train thing.. there were 3 on a double decker car carrier and the rest were all lined up around and about the trailer. It was before the Jaws lake and way before we got to the Cylons!

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial 2 года назад

Assuming you didnt get any photos? Cool story!

@stooartbabay 2 года назад

@@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial No sorry, I was about 13 or 14 years old.. but I got to see the Conan the Barbarian show on that same trip, so that makes up for it :)

@StormsparkPegasus 2 года назад

One thing that doesn't make sense in-universe. KITT does lots of turbo boost jumps BEFORE his MBS has been reapplied. That would destroy the car. The MBS is the only thing that keeps KITT from being destroyed every time he jumps, in-universe. Using SPM was fine, but KITT should've made a point of saying he can't do turbo boost jumps until his MBS has been restored.

@jaxensmith7494 2 года назад

I always thought it was funny that right after Michael gets Kitt back, he's in SPM rushing to the vault and asks Kitt if he can "micro jam" the bomb. Kitt responds "No, it has a mercury switch detonator and micro jam could set it off" seconds later, they get into the vault and Michael absolutely MAN HANDLES the shit out of the bomb to disarm it!! I laugh EVERY time!!🤣

@user-si9fx4xb6v 2 года назад

@Knight Rider Historians: Yes, National Lampoon's Vacation was a 1983 release from Warner Brothers. Another fun fact is the building that Michael Knight gets the upgraded KITT from in the promotional short is the former Fire Station #23 in Los Angeles. It was an operational Fire Station with the LAFD from 1910-1960, afterwards it became a popular filming location for movies and tv shows. Most notably, it was used for the interior shots of the Ghostbusters firehouse HQ in all three Ghostbusters movies.

@brainysmurf74 2 года назад

Nati9nal lampoons was a warner bros production

@Highgear145 2 года назад

I think the 3 Stooges also used that same fire house

@joebrezel 2 года назад

So, the TV show Emergency!, one of my favorite all-time TV shows, must’ve been filmed there. They had Engine 23 & Squad 23 in the show.

@dave4882 11 месяцев назад

@@joebrezel the Emergency! fire station is in carson ca. I havent been by in a year or so, but it was still in use last time i went by.

@stefanfeyle1096 2 года назад

Did you know, that there were 26 Knight Rider audio cassettes in Germany in the early 90s? They were produced by a large German audio play company, featured the original German dubbing voices of Michael, KITT, Devon, Bonnie, April and R.C., a narrator and guest voice actors. I still have all of them. 😊

@Turbochris1980 2 года назад

I have them too...

@MrZodac 2 года назад

You forgot to mention that the german voice of Michael Knight was the same actor as for Kermit the frog. R.I.P Andreas von der Meden.

@donovaneddiealanhodges1499 2 года назад

How much were they in Germany?

@MrZodac 2 года назад

@@donovaneddiealanhodges1499 About five up to eight "DM" from the late Sixties to the late Nineties.

@visualarts6940 2 года назад

I have them too, they were produced by Europa in Hamburg but they lack the original TV Music. Jan-Friedrich Conrad composed the Music for the German Audio Cassettes. The Sound for Turbo Boost is changed to the Sound of SPM maybe by mistake.

@VahanNisanian 2 года назад

I felt it was a neat idea to have Michael tell apart the fake Devon from the real one from noticing that the fake one said "Of course" when he said "You were right. Call me Ishmael was Hemmingway". The real one tells Michael that "Call me Ishmael" was from "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville.

@hueyiroquois3839 2 года назад

Not a very bright bad guy. Then again, it was "Knight Rider".

@cecwaterbury 2 года назад

No matter how many times I see KITT get destroyed, it always hurts

@stolmich 2 года назад

Yeah, I'd rather send KARR to fight aganist this juggernaut: "KARR, catch, this thing will try to kill you, and I get out, to reduce excess weight".

@MyGuyJustinH Месяц назад

It hurts me too.

@andrewmorton3177 2 года назад

I have to admit even as a kid in the 80s I wasn’t a SPM fan & thought it was over the top & a bit silly. As good an episode as Knight of the juggernaut was it does represent the start of the decline with the SPM introduction for me. Another great commentary though Joe 👏🏻👏🏻

@indrajeet Год назад

Same here

@MyGuyJustinH Месяц назад

I have to say I was a huge fan of Super Pursuit Mode in Knight Rider.

@Mr-Clark 2 года назад

The 80s were the best time for night TV.

@digitalmagicAR 2 года назад

Also check out Sessums and Slagle channel they just posted a video showing the making of the miniature work for this episode and it also contains some awesome unused jump footage of a real Trans Am KITT that was used for the turbo boost landing. It lands, spins and then races off the shot! Real sound included!

@knightrcer 2 года назад

This was the very 1st episode I collected on the vhs. I was in 10th grade high school and a friend of mine said that his father taped one of the episodes of the knight rider. I found out and couldn't believe it was the actual NBC airing of it. At the time I was just a kid in high school and didn't hand didn't have cable to watch reruns they took it off network TV for about 2 years. I was very fortunate to find a guy named jup from the knight rider online forum who was nice enough to make me the VHS tapes of my favorite episodes. Later on I met someone named Lee molinix who actually had VHS copies of the original airing on NBC. We were going to work hard to preserve the deleted scenes that were taken out during syndication before the TV series was released on dvd. I used to go down to the local library and print out hundreds of photos, fan fictions and trivia information from the Internet before I had a home computer. Ended up with binders full of different things.

@karr203 2 года назад

If you go to Sessums and Slagle's channel they have a video of the miniature stunts for this episode

@williammitchell4417 2 года назад

"Supper's in the back and momma's home hungry" my favorite line from Peter's character

@MyGuyJustinH Месяц назад

My favorite line from Peter's character too.

@husainzaidi1527 2 года назад

Hi ! Thanks for the upload, enjoyed watching till the end. Your hardwork and dedication is commendable.

@PaganWizard 2 года назад

17:45 I remember being in that crowd of people for that scene. I think they shot it like 3 or 4 times, maybe more(??), but it probably took close to an hour to set up each take. It was kinda funny, every time they shot the scene, and the car spun 180 degrees, and came to a stop, the crowd erupted in applauds and cheers. 50:00 That kind of phone number was used in Chicago, and surrounding suburbs, until the early 70's. The house I was born in, had HU in the prefix, and I was born close to the end of 1964. If I remember correctly, the letters had something to do with where you lived in Chicago. Our house was in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, hence the HU. I believe those phone numbers, with letters, were replaced in the early 70's, with all numbers, eliminating the letters, so seeing that sign on the side of an old industrial building in the mid 80's was not at all uncommon. 58:34 I'm not sure if was intentional, or purely coincidental, but "What is your quest" was a line from Monty Python's 1975 movie, "Quest For The Holy Grail", the scene was called "The Bridge Of Death" here is a link to that scene ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_7iXw9zZrLo.html

@tonyvalentijr.5918 2 года назад

One of the best episodes top 5 for me

@rwj777 2 года назад

The thumbnail tho! 😂 K.I.T.T. can't catch a break! Lol. I've been a fan of this show since the 80's. I actually have a radio control Knight Rider K.I.T.T. car along with a Comlink wristwatch that Michael Knight wore from season 1 🤗 ❤️

@HangoverTelevision 2 года назад

One thing I always questioned myself: Was the SPM-car in reality with all those attachments slower, harder to drive and more fuel-hungry than the standard version? My guess would be: quite severely, yes XD

@williammitchell4417 2 года назад

A lot of the "attachments" were used to "create downforce"

@djretro83 2 года назад

In fantasy, William's reply is correct. In reality, your assumption is correct. ;-)

@karr203 2 года назад

@@williammitchell4417 Yes downforce. Hmmm is there a sport that has something in common with this episode.

@alexpowers5117 6 месяцев назад

Fuel hungry haha that sounds so funny

@ewaz6196 2 года назад

I always thought Super Pursuit Mode KITT looked way better from the front and sorta the back....but NOT from the side. From the side it looked really strange. I also found it hilarious that Bonnie and Michael had 24 hours before the Sernium 116 was gonna be moved and they had to put KITT back together and not only did they do it, Bonnie got so ambitious she figured, "HEY!! Why don't I completely re-design this car since I have SO MUCH time on my hands!!!???!!!" "OH! And hire a bunch of mechanics and make no mistakes, have never seen this car AND somehow we are in a strange garage and NEVER have to send out for any parts!!!!". But still, this is one of my favorite episodes to watch. This and the Pilot.

@Jeroen74 2 года назад

On that high-tech tool chest there are two multimeters mounted, left and right... they are Fluke 73 's :)

@CR7659 2 года назад

Married... With Children and Knight Rider is the crossover we never knew we needed. looks like a palm greener, not a palm reader. The TV box looks like a painted black 1970s era VCR, when they were huge lower scoop behind door at 57:25 looks like fake, not a real scoop. Same at 104:50 the upper scoop is fake Lower whacker drive? However it's spelled? He just missed The Blues Brothers.

@michaelknight2721 2 года назад

This was a fabulous episode. I really hated Jennifer Knight for suspending Michael and withholding money from Flag.I cried when KITT got destroyed and I thought Michael had been killed.That Juggernaut scared the life out of me. Love those behind the scenes shots.

@Jordi7174 2 года назад

How is your comment from a day ago when at the time of this writing, this video is only two hours old?

@michaelknight2721 2 года назад

@@Jordi7174 Because the video was received by me the day before I wrote what I wrote.

@williammitchell4417 2 года назад

I got practically sick to my stomach when I was watching the 2008 pilot. I said seriously??? Mike's mom was Michael's sister???

@michaelknight2721 2 года назад

@@williammitchell4417 I didn't know that,I thought Mike's mom was a very close friend

@williammitchell4417 2 года назад

@@michaelknight2721 the writers of Justin's show realized their mistake. Michael Long never had a family. If he did, he would have never met KITT in the first place.

@spm5532 2 года назад

They've wrapped up the film just a day shy of The Hoff's birthday.

@danmurphy9173 Год назад

Yep. The opening scene is East of the northbound lanes - it’s on what is basically now the northbound exit/frontage road for Randolph and Wacker Dr. But the turbo boost occurs at Randolph heading southbound. When he lands, he’s on the onramp to join LSD southbound. Then there’s an S curve and the the light at Monroe. So the Turbo Boost scene is between the north and southbound lanes, heading south.

@brianoconnell6459 2 года назад

I remember Juggernaut when it was used in Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, a 1983 3D sci fi movie. Recognized it right away when that ep was a first run.

@IGetModerateSleep69420 2 года назад

“What can the best mechanic in ls do for ya”

@Theratron 2 года назад

I still wonder if the season 4 insert car was really destroyed after filming. The outside was completely stock, and it was a 1984 car so could not have been a trainwreck car they were obligated to destroy (other than, apparently, the hardtop car they specifically brought in to be destroyed in this episode, as that's a 1982 car so it was probably still one of the trainwreck cars?). They could theoretically have removed the receiver bars, put the stock interior back into the insert car and sold it as a normal Trans Am? No one would notice....

@pierregorny1624 2 года назад

There used to be a Knight Rider forum in Poland (maybe still exists) where ppl exchanged such never seen before fun facts, but your work is amazing. Thank you!

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial 2 года назад

Thank you!

@kgb7765 2 года назад

Living in Chicago the scene with the Standard Oil Building the tall White one at the time of the filming they were getting rid of the famous Chicago S curve which went around the buildings on what is now Field st and that is the construction that you see much of Lake Shore Drive was renovated and moved.

@danmurphy9173 Год назад

And yet, it’s funny that there are still 2 large S curves, one just north of Chicago Ave and one just north of Monroe. The one north of Chicago Ave is known lightly as dead man’s curve, but really only dangerous in icy or wet conditions. A funny S curve scene is when Michael and KITT are heading to Meigg’s Field (no longer an airport) they drive north around the S curve heading north near the Drake Hotel and Oak St Beach. In the ABSOLUTE wrong direction of the airstrip, which is about a mile south of there, lol!!!

@lowrivera 2 года назад

I’m sitting here crying because they shouldn’t have changed Michael and Jennifer’s first interaction that would’ve been so much more powerful. That said, I always get teary-eyed when Michael hands her the envelope and tells her that everything he believes in is right there.

@Northbaylandscaping 2 года назад

47:23 Here I'm surprised you didn't mention the Grand Torino front clip.... maybe starsky and Hutch made an appearance?

@RiderRated18 2 года назад

Great job Joe, Knight Of The Juggernaut is my #1 favourite episode. I’ve got a long history with it as in the past it was always tricky to watch over the years. Maybe one day if I ever get to meet you guys in person I can tell you all about the trials and tribulations of trying to watch this episode on UK TV lol

@karr203 2 года назад

Don't know if anyone noticed the guard in the booth talking to his wife just like season 3 opener where the guard is talking to his wife before something big happens

@deloreanfan81 2 года назад

Finally the deep dive episode I've been waiting for

@larryreynolds8580 2 года назад

You highlighted all the things that bothered me as a kid about the super pursuit car. The panel gaps and seams, the scanner details etc. Well done Joe 👍 Thank you

@phoenixblack1220 2 года назад

Truly one of my favorite episodes. Super Pursuit Mode was and always will be one of my favorite episodes. I still love the way the car looks. I always had a crush on Patricia McPherson from season 1 and 3, but I fell head over heals for her in season 4. Lastly, I was at Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank last week and there is a guy who I see quite often. Never really ever talk to him. But I overheard him talking to someone saying he was a stunt driver, and that he worked on many shows including Knight Rider. I had to leave, so I wasn’t able to talk to him, but the next time I’m there, I will try and get his name and some more information on what stunts he did for the show.

@marctronixx 8 месяцев назад

such a tease..

@karr203 2 года назад

This. is one of the best and funniest episodes especially Devon playing a bad guy. When his hand scans and it goes through he makes a fist and his face is like yessssss. lol Also when the real Devon sees him in the room before he goes out the door he does this little twirl before he leaves. It's the funniest thing. And we can't forget him and Michael ready to kill each other. You had to know they had fun during that scene. Nothing wrong with my clipped consonants lol

@tompinkerton8099 2 года назад

If I'm not mistaken, I believe the line was, "Supper's in the back seat and mama's home hungry." I've used that a few times in real life. :-)

@crgray1979 2 года назад

I like the bloopers from this episode

@scottwalker7831 2 года назад

This is a fantastic breakdown of one of my favourite episodes. Thanks guys! Excellent detail

@dibbsgaming 2 года назад

Man the sight of that juggernaut gives me a feeling of terror and dread even after all these years!

@joaoluistavares6046 2 года назад

It was such a great episode. 14 KITTs, that was such tremendous work.

@jasonmarshall460 2 месяца назад

We need a list of the top ten scenes of knight rider that were cut by syndication. Most people haven’t seen the uncut versions of knight rider

@AndrewChapman Месяц назад

I'm glad to say I have, though with some of the missing music and sound effects as I only have the 2004-06 DVD sets.

@RodRessell Год назад

The palm scanner prop was also used as a cash register, in the gas station scene in Robocop.

@CycolacFan 2 года назад

I was about nine when this episode aired and too young to understand the phrase ‘jump the shark’ but I remember thinking the SPM was utterly ridiculous. And questioning how SPM could possible work with a convertible roof. Later I tried to make a model of KITT with a functional convertible top and realised it could never be done 😂

@karr203 2 года назад

Dang Joe there are so many Easter eggs wardrobe bloopers and just everything thrown into this episode that you would have to watch it ten times to catch them all

@jameskett5241 2 года назад

Does the black, and gold insert car still exist? That would be awesome to have.

@aLoneCrusader 2 года назад

I remember that I read about twenty years ago an interview of the designer of the roof mechanism and he said that it was really functional, except that stupid magical cover, that just appeared from thin air. He also mentioned, that he never understood why it had to be fitted on a trailer, because he had put in a lot of efford so it would fit in a normal, working car.

@The07gt 2 года назад

Wonderful job! Thank you for all your dedication to bringing these videos to us!👍

@landrysworkshop 2 года назад

What an awesome commentary!! I really love the vintage commercials too! Can’t wait for the next video!!

@chosenman08 2 года назад

Great episode and wow, a terrific commentary, thank you very much. Interesting facts about your cars too and - well, I liked it.:-)

@MrZodac 2 года назад

Great pictures at the end. Thank you so much ! Unfortunately there were only four seasons. Can't get enough of this background informations. But I'm glad that there is no white wire alert anymore. 😉

@phatstax2011 2 года назад

Something always bothered me as a sixth grader when this show was brand new. Bonnie said that the reason why they created Super Pursuit Mode was the fact that they couldn't replace K.I.T.T.'s molecular bonded shell. However in subsequent episodes K.I.T.T. was bullet proof and as indestructible as he ever was. Was there ever an in show explanation for it that I missed?

@zerocooler7 2 года назад

Not that I know of. I guess they just replaced the MBS off-screen after the events in this episode and never mentioned doing it.

@BishopTJH 2 года назад

Agreed, there should have been an actual episode where K.I.T.T.'s molecular bonded shell was visibly reapplied to K.I.T.T.

@robertray4191 2 года назад

@@BishopTJH just like there shoulda been smoother transitions between April and Bonnie

@jonmyers8046 2 года назад

The rear differential on Juggernaut looks GM-ish. Note that season 3&4 both open with a security guard on the phone with some jealous wife nagging him about another woman lol😂

@tosil 2 года назад

If you think about it, SPM would actually “technically” be the slowest KITT. Aerodynamically it would probably be a knighmare. A 1982 trams am was one of the most aerodynamic cars of its day. If you think about it, they almost made it “Lamborghini Countach like” and the Lambo was like a brick in the wind.

@thebandit7408 2 года назад

The 82 t/a was the most aerodynamic car of 82 fun fact

@tosil 2 года назад

@@thebandit7408 👍

@startstronggym2989 2 года назад

This is my favourite episode :-) still have my vhs! It was released in the UK as a movie, the pilot was released as Knight Rider 1, then Knight of the Juggernaut as Knight Rider 2, with all the cut away scenes throughout cut out

@KasumiKenshirou 2 года назад

Wow, I remember watching Danger Theater on Fox, but don't remember a whole lot about it. I remember there was a segment called The Searcher and there was a swoosh sound effect every time the guy turned his head.

@lueecam9320 2 года назад

One of the best commentaries yet!.. Thanks and great job Joe! 👍 As a kid I'll never forget the excitement Knight Rider generated in elementary school when these episodes aired for the first time. "I pity the fool that don't watch Knight Rider!!!" 😄 P.S. Happy 40th Kitt!!!!

@philsmith6768 2 года назад

Brilliant this. Loved watching this. I actually love season 4. My routine of watching the episode then the commentary is actually more fun than when I watched the show in the 80s now ha. Just wish they had had an episode where Devon, Bonnie or RC got to drive KITT properly in search of Michael like the brief time April does in season 2.

@AdamKNAC 2 года назад

Was that fountain that was shown at the end of the episode where K.I.T.T.'s convertible mode is revealed for the first time the exact same one that you see in the opening credits of _Married with Children_ ?

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial 2 года назад

Yes I believe so!

@danmurphy9173 Год назад

Yes - Buckingham Fountain. The Clarence F. Buckingham Memorial Fountain to be precise. You are not allowed to drive up to it, but you could hop a curb I suppose!

@jonmyers8046 2 года назад

I can't believe they didn't credit that guy who played Mr. Elliott. I wonder if he's related to Edward Mulhare? 🤔

@True_Knight 2 года назад

@39:19 Those loading docks are technically still there (although they are no longer loading docks). Look south on the google street view of 391 S. Santa Fe Ave in Los Angeles. The building is now a school of architecture. The whole area looks much different as there is now a large apartment building on the east side of the street.

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial 2 года назад

WOW! You are 100% correct...GREAT find!

@True_Knight 2 года назад

@@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial By the way, I work in Downtown LA. If you ever want some current info or pictures of these filming spots out here let me know!

@rudyaguirre9077 2 года назад

I'm not exactly sure of this but I think the palm reader was also used in the orginal robocop movie in the gas station scene 🤔

@briansouth7777 Год назад

The prop in the background at 21:44 is also in the Star Trek TNG episode “Ethics”

@donovaneddiealanhodges1499 2 года назад

Knight of the Juggernaut is certainly one of my personal favorite episodes in the series! I always love to call the world's most iconic episode trait for the SPM AND C KITT. Now about the climax where the finishing fight is, it's not Dr. Phillip Nordstrom getting out of his plane. It's Devon Miles impostor climbing out. I always found it curious. Why are Michael and the imposter fighting, but not Michael and the main villian of the episode? Missed opportunity I guess. And by the way, Dr. Nordstrom's mechanical right hand really sends me to an homage to Tee Hee's mechanical hand from James Bond 007's Live and Let Die. SPM AND CONVERTIBLE KITT status ----- AWESOME!!! Thank you once again Joe! You have really made my wish come true.

@andrewharrald341 2 года назад

Fantastic breakdown and commentary as always Joe :D You are lucky to have so many behind the scenes photos for this episode too. The convertable with the sticker dash was based in the UK and alternated between Keswick and Scotland up until 2009. The dash was switched at somepoint though out the cars history to a Season 2 dash. I would love to know what happened to the original though. Keep up the great work my friend :D

@pdennis93 2 года назад

312 was the actual Chicago area code at that time.

@kaitheguy7940 2 года назад

Hey Knight Rider Historians, I am new to the channel and I would love to start hunting Knight Rider information. Do you have any tips on how to start finding Knight rider props and information. Thanks!!!

@edwardaustin740 2 года назад

Thanks, Joe. Great information and video as always.

@Everythingguy33 2 года назад

That's a shame that the juggernaut vehicle wasn't kept, it's such a cool machine! And I assume trying to recreate it would be nearly impossible?

@spyhunt3r007 2 года назад

It sucks that the SPM car's scanner was much weaker than the original as you could barely see it in most of the shots, especially the desert driving ones... Also, the editing of the transformation sucked many times when you clearly see one of the wheels NOT moving while they were cruising along... Too bad there were not any wider shots of the transforming KITT car, but all is forgiven when you see SPM at NIGHT!!!

@karr203 2 года назад

As much as people say Knight Rider was cheesy but Michael's speech always made me proud to be a KR fan. On his deathbed Wilton Knight bequeathed to me that one man can make a difference. That alone should have kept Knight Rider on for at least another 3 years

@robertray4191 2 года назад

you can only use soo many storylines~~

@williamhaynes7089 2 года назад

@@robertray4191 - simpsons has been on a few years

@SodaGumX 2 года назад

to get to the kitt destroyed spot you have to go through skid row and there is tons of people living there and they all look like they are going to rob you. the ghostbuster firehopuse is down the street and so is the spot where the end of terminator 1 is filmed.

@cardinalbiggles 2 года назад

Love the video... excellent work as always. Question about the SPM car with the hydraulics -- how did that all work? Did the different panels extend/retract at the same time (which would possibly mean a multi-camera setup to film the transformation), or could it be done in stages?

@keithmarshall5025 2 года назад

Episode idea: How about a video covering all the things the Knight Rider Historians want to know about Knight Rider?? Such as the mysterious actor for Devon’s double. I’m sure there are other things about the show that leaves you stumped. But as always…another great coverage of a great episode. I know spm is a love it or hate it gimmick, but I absolutely love it.

@doctordeath.5716 2 года назад

This is the last episode I was watching when I was also watching the first tarler video of you finding it.

@Rimeau 2 года назад

About Lake Shore Drive: "A new development at the northeast corner of the Randolph Street intersection resulted in an extension of Randolph across LSD. Construction began in 1982 on a realignment of LSD south of the river (along with a reconstruction north of the river). A whole new alignment was built, greatly smoothing the S-curve. The northbound side opened in October 1985, and the southbound side opened in November 1986. A new lower level was built, using the lower level of the bridge, and providing access to the new Wacker Drive and the roads on the north side of the river." Source: Wikipedia This is the exact intersection that can be seen in the background of Juggernaut and where KITT lands after his turbo boost, confirming that this part of LSD was under construction during the time of filming.

@BadGVideoGames 2 года назад

39:15 "The Rows of Loading Docks" location was also used in a Season 1 Episode of Viper (same location as KITT getting destroyed by the Juggernaut). At the end of the episode, "Safe as Houses" where the Defender is spinning around in the dirt going against a Black Jaguar and a Toyota Land Rover Police vehicle -- you get a glimpse of the very same loading docks (despite the fact the episode was supposed to be set in a small town named Mesa Rose).

@True_Knight 2 года назад

And the building still exists- but they are no longer loading docks. It's now a school of architecture. Check out the google street view of 391 S. Santa Fe Ave in Los Angeles

@williammitchell4417 2 года назад

I'm sorry to want to keep talking about this episode. I am surprised that Michael didn't spout off to Jennifer saying that she's her mother's daughter. As to when you were mentioning the script mess up Joe, it reminds me of the time Anne Lockhart and Laurette Spang literally being handed scripts minutes before going on set when they were in Battlestar.

@pdennis93 2 года назад

I wonder if they built the mean green machine used in 2 dukes episodes and later the fall guy where it was destroyed.

@guitarcheology 2 года назад

The WB crew said they built it from the remains of the rolled Jesse pickup. The Veluzat’s were also long out of the picture by this time. Their services were terminated during season 4 and WB brought car building in house during the break between season 4 and season 5 (Ken Fritz filled the gap).

@pdennis93 2 года назад

@@guitarcheology I wonder how it ended up on The Fall Guy then which was Glen A. Larson and 20th century fox.

@guitarcheology 2 года назад

@@pdennis93 they sold it. The vehicles were frequently sold off and passed around within the picture car world (like dozens of General Lee Chargers that ended up in other productions). I think I have a photo or two of it being built.

@pdennis93 2 года назад

@@guitarcheology I wonder if the 2 orange chargers in give me liberty from season 1 were somehow connected to dukes.

@pdennis93 2 года назад

True. I remember seeing the hero Coyote from season 2/3 of Hardcastle and McCormick on Married with Children. I saw one of the stunt cars from that show in person at MGM studios in Florida in 1991 and recently learned it was in a movie around that time.

@pdennis93 2 года назад

1:05:53 there's no rear spoiler on the insert convertible lol. You notice this a lot in the beginning of "knight racer"

@mb2000 Год назад

52:14 if that guy is welding, and the guy on the right is spraying paint, wouldn’t that just create a massive flamethrower!?

@TheButlerNZ 2 года назад

10:42 - 41°53'01.4"N 87°36'50.6"W and the manhole on the road is still there. Note the angle of the face & floors on the 155 Harbour Drive building. (Others beat me to this but I thought I'd add an actual GPS location. And the building... 155 N Harbor Dr, Chicago, IL 60601, United States 13:08 The Fliver Car jumping, very near by above... 41°53'04.7"N 87°36'50.1"W

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial 2 года назад

Yep you nailed it!

@jonmyers8046 2 года назад

Awesome intro. I'm an old head and remember when that commercial aired. Pardon the expression, but I had a stiffy when I first saw that 😂 Thought it was the coolest thing on earth. Lots of hype for this episode and I was pretty impressed with it at the time. 👍

@Raynl1978 2 года назад

There is a channel named "The 8bit guy" who deals with vintage computers. A collaboration of all computer implements from the series would be interesting

@marshallhanspeter233 Год назад

I always dreamed that one day I would have a boss like Devon Miles. A true English gentleman! Unfortunately, decency and honesty are huge things these days.

@davidandrews5215 2 года назад

Another great episode guys and the photos at the end was really cool .

@ark9515 2 года назад

I read somewhere years ago on some KR forum that's KITT's SPM initial design was drastically different from the final version. The initial look was scrapped due to budgetary. Though I could be wrong. Can someone confirm?

@bpmcg101 2 года назад

Did kitt get back his invulnerable shell later on in this series? I don't think they mentioned that he did

@UnknownRaiderGuy 2 года назад

Of course sorry I was driving and I thought your comment mentioned later in the episode (In the Knight Raider universe flag most likely had the molecular bonded shell put back on upon returning back to LA right after the Chicago mission)

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial 2 года назад

In the late season 4 episode "Knight Flight to Freedom", KITT mentions that his MBS can't stand the heat of the lava much longer, indicating that he did get the shell back after this episode.

@UnknownRaiderGuy 2 года назад

@@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial That’s facts 💯,because had flag not put that MBS back on kitt.. 1)Michael and Kitt would’ve been destroyed by the hovercraft in Manny Happy Returns. 2)Michael would’ve been shot in the beginning episode of Kittnapped 3)Michael and kitt would’ve been destroyed by Kurt Rollins Rocket launchers in Scent Of Roses. However on Knight Of The Juggernaut Michael was lucky Phillip Nordstrom didn’t come out of the plane and try to shoot Michael at the windshield like Tanya walker tried 😂

@mrjsv4935 2 года назад

He must have gotten it back, because already in KITTnap the bad guys are shooting KITT trapped inside a shipping container, and the bullets don't do any harm to KITT. Great episode, saw this episode the first time in 2000's rerun, because they didn't air every Knight Rider episode here in Finland in the 80's. I don't remember if they ran all episodes in the 90's, back then got time to watch & record Knight Rider reruns only occasionally. It sure was great to see those few previously unseen Knight Rider episodes back in the 2000's in my late 20's :)

@michealoceallaigh4716 Год назад

Do you really think they'd let KITT back on duty without protection? They got their budget back after Jennifer was "educated", Therefore stronger shell

@VahanNisanian 2 года назад

I felt Super Pursuit Mode was a great addition to the show, even if it was just them speeding up the footage. And the transformation scenes gives me some strong "Power Rangers" vibes. In all of Season 4, "Deadly Knightshade" had the only nighttime footage of the car in Super Pursuit Mode.

@knightad33 2 года назад

No, SPM was used at night in "Knight Behind Bars" as well. When the two vehicles leave the prison, and Michael and KITT go after the wrong one.

@pdennis93 2 года назад

@@knightad33 "We blew it pal. We should have followed the sedan."

@GTArajgaming 2 года назад

The rip I have of this episode also features the voice over by edward mulhare, because the episodes are ripped from the recalled DVD set, I assume that the voice over is left in on the DVD's? (not just the recalled set)

@danmurphy9173 Год назад

When Michael and KITT are heading to Meigg’s Field (no longer an airport) they drive north on LSD around the S curve heading north near the Drake Hotel and Oak St Beach, in the ABSOLUTE wrong direction of the airstrip, which is/was about a mile south of there, lol!!!

@jonmyers8046 2 года назад

A Ford Torino group on FB posted a screenshot of RCs shop, noting the nose of a 74-6 Torino in the background. Something I noticed in the original airing.

@kittvskarrkr6074 2 года назад

Oh gosh, seeing KITT all beat up like that- tears me up inside. Can I just say how great Bonnie is in this episode? Her concern and care for Michael and her son KITT just makes my week. Really had some good development for her. Why was RC3 a character in the last season? Knight Rider could've lived without him- WHAT WAS HIS PURPOSE IN THE SHOW? I recently made a video featuring scenes from this episode, funny you would upload about it! Also, how do contact all the old stars? That's impressive

@mattstansbeary3068 2 года назад

Ever Hear of Miami Vice that was after Knight Rider on the Same Network if you did you kind of get why Now.

@kittvskarrkr6074 2 года назад

@@mattstansbeary3068 oh makes sense

@stevenduering7155 Год назад

You are correct about the reused footage from National Lampoon’s Vacation being used in Married With Children

@martinsonnleitner7911 2 года назад

67:13 - the Buckingham Fountain xD. I only can think of Al Bundy right now.

@sccarguy8242 2 года назад

You failed to ask the most important question… literally of the entire series…. In a battle who wins Goliath or Juggernaut ??? Second most important question… if KARR still exhausted, and assuming KARR still has his molecular bonded shield, is KITT now truly the inferior production line version ??? Or does SPM make him superior??? Ohh the questions !!!!