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"Prepare to get wet!" KITT gets an upgrade takes to the seas and shows off his ability to ride on water!
From Knight Rider season 2 episode 6 ‘Return to Cadiz’: An unknown historian attempts to eliminate a diver who has discovered Mayan treasure aboard a Spanish sailing vessel that sank in 1521.
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Welcome to the official home of Knight Rider on RU-vid! 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 powerless, the helpless in a world of criminals who operate above the law. Watch full episodes here: www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/...
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@random4969 2 года назад

I love how Michael always thanks Kitt for his help and tells Kitt he did good job

@c-bazzsebastian1810 2 года назад

He also tells KITT to shut up multiple times lol

@jameswillard1 2 года назад

@@c-bazzsebastian1810 Michael Knight was borderline abusive towards KITT

@piotrmalewski8178 Год назад

Just like this green hamburgerican idiot telling Bruce Lee he did a good job in Green Hornet.

@saradiamondheart6337 Год назад

Same!

@rhuttrho88 Год назад

🤥

@crystrezerex2life 3 года назад

Funny how micheal never had an assassin skills, he just won every brawl like a street fighter😂😂

@derricklee6993 2 года назад

😄

@johnclark7514 2 года назад

That's why we loved him🤣

@chosenman08 Год назад

@@johnclark7514 Definitely!

@alexpowers5117 5 месяцев назад

He was trained in martial arts he said that in knight of the phoenix

@abendroid 4 года назад

Had the show lasted much longer KITT could probably fly in space.

@JonathanCorwin 4 года назад

But he would have been "upgraded" to remotely operate all these vehicles via bluetooth and it would go wrong every other time

@jblack5323 4 года назад

I seem to remember an episode of Airwolf where they flew into space, much to the dismay of my father who always pointed out unrealistic things even though I was a 5 year old who didn’t understand logic.

@abendroid 4 года назад

@@jblack5323 I remember that episode and said to myself how the hell they can survive in the vacuum of space.

@ihno45 4 года назад

The super pursuit mode was too much. It got too silly.

@jblack5323 4 года назад

ihno45 yeah. Oddly I can’t remember much about the ‘Super Pursuit mode’. Maybe the last season wasn’t shown in the UK? The whole thing with the sped up film is pretty corny but I guess that was all they could try and do to keep the viewers in.

@gratler 4 года назад

i love how michael took it slow and careful when trying KITT's new swim feature.

@normanwright2586 4 года назад

gratler l

@normanwright2586 4 года назад

Black movie land lord

@normanwright2586 4 года назад

gratler s

@charliered420 Год назад

what

@Charlesbjtown 3 года назад

I remember being 6 years old watching this episode. And even then, I thought this was ridiculous. This was definitely a "jump the shark" moment.

@cpman1987 2 года назад

No, that was those writers high on cocaine writing this foolishness!! 😒

@hulksmash8159 2 года назад

There wasn't a single shark in that scene.

@Charlesbjtown 2 года назад

@@hulksmash8159 Evidently you aren't familiar with the show "happy days". Do some research, and learn about the phrase "jump the shark".

@hulksmash8159 2 года назад

@@Charlesbjtown Lol, slow down there, spud. My uncle worked on Happy Days. You have no sense of humor and, quite frankly, you're a bore.

@NeonVisual Год назад

There are RC cars that can do this, they spin the wheels so fast that the tread gets traction and skims across the surface

@kimberlywalters7592 3 года назад

Scenes like this always made Knight Rider one of a kind! No one can duplicate an original show like this!!! Knight Rider is just Amazing with a Phenomenal cast!! Love them all!

@DavidLucas-oj6ju 4 года назад

KITT the best car that was on TV

@needinput9805 3 года назад

So cheesy yet so good 🤣 love this show

@grantwatson27yearsago14 4 года назад

This looked so much better when I was 10. Still a great show thou. Happy childhood memories.

@Jbird1978Qqqqqq 4 года назад

Bub Watson I think it’s still cool

@Chu3505 4 года назад

It only lasted 5 seasons.It cost to much for NBC to put it in the air after that because it cost to much to produce and no audiences after 5 seasons.

@woswasdenni1914 4 года назад

@@Chu3505 well after 5 seasons the audience is now 15

@Chu3505 4 года назад

woswas denni Ha,ha..that 15 audience’s now included you and me..

@Phrancis5 4 года назад

Yeah, don't rewatch stuff from your youth. Most don't hold up very well. This is terrible. I'm surprised Kitt didn't literally jump a shark.

4 года назад

Michael: You didn't sink, buddy! You didn't sink! KITT: No thanks to you.

@westmcgee9320 4 года назад

Lucas Martínez Parra damn my sleepy eyes! I thought that $#!+ said “stink” until I heard the line and then scrolled back up. Jesus.

@TheEmeraldSword04 4 года назад

What are these replys?

@gouryg4774 4 года назад

Actually the writers were probably inspired by the fact that on the Thunderbirds series F.A.B.1 has a hydrofoil mode.

@dougrogan379 4 года назад

Kitt is usually snarky amd sarcastic at the least sassy.he should have been a teenage girl

@derickennedy6278 4 года назад

A little salty there, eh KITT?

@leonkernan 4 года назад

One of those childhood favorite programs that really hasn't aged well, but who cares, it's awesome!

@JasonAguirre 4 года назад

I would love to see a fight between Michael Knight and Captain Kirk...Their fighting styles are equally ridiculous.

@kleimbach77 4 года назад

lol

@kellyrayburn4093 4 года назад

Kirk's fighting style wasn't so ridiculous. He came from the Starfleet class of 2250 there or thereabouts. They are not going to have the same hand to hand fighting styles as we have today.

@JasonAguirre 4 года назад

@@kellyrayburn4093 Well they were both big fans of double-fisted strikes and throws. And from an acting point of view, very telegraphed.

@hmartinspliff 4 года назад

You think bog standard fighting styles would work against a Klingon or a Gorn?? They'd rip you to shreds! Captain Kirk's "ridiculous", I'd prefer to say unorthodox, fighting style makes him an MMA champion.

@YouthFreedomFighters 4 года назад

@@JasonAguirre Stage fights are very telegraphed, they're supposed to be.

@blazerocker1734 4 года назад

The 80s is strong with this one. - This was prime time viewing 35 years ago. Today, it's a kids show.

@zzzombie888 4 года назад

The A Team too cause no bullets ever hit people lol

@MacXpert74 4 года назад

It's kind of the opposite. 35 years ago a lot of people watching this were kids. Now those kids are 40+ year adults that enjoy re-watching clips of their favorite show when they were a kid :)

@DeadpoolGames19 3 года назад

Knight Rider? A kid's show? Nah

@DeadpoolGames19 3 года назад

@@MacXpert74 or a 21 year old nerd

4 года назад

KITT: Aye-aye, captain.

@Ben7seven7 3 года назад

4:55 I wonder how many people watched Knight Rider just for that. For me personally it was just gravy. KITT was my favorite thing about the show.

@thomascriviera5779 4 года назад

I love how HD can 'ruin' your childhood dream. As KITT drives over the beach you can see it is not a real car anymore, just a shell at 1:04 . I still love the show though :)

@Charlesbjtown 3 года назад

Yea, and I like how he instantly accelerated after he hung up on devon.

@phoenixblack1220 3 года назад

Thanks to Knight Rider Historians, I was able to identify several cars in this short. The car you saw speeding through the sand is the fliver car, which was a Volkswagen powered buggy with a trans am shell on it, then there was the back up to the hero car which they showed when Michael and April were driving away, the hero car which is what they got into as they started to drive away and then there were the miniature cars used for the stunts.

@Longlostpuss 2 года назад

That's the Dune Buggy stunt car with the acrylic Trans Am veneer.

@alexpowers5117 2 года назад

Nobody can ruin anything for me except me

4 года назад

KITT: Just call me the scourge of the seven seas.

@1ivannthegreat 4 года назад

And this is one of my favorite shows ever from the 80’s , with the all mighty and famous Pontiac Firebird. 💪🏼🤟🏼

@trevorreel9070 10 месяцев назад

Michael: You didn’t sink!! KITT: No thanks to you…😂😂

@ChandlerSomborac 4 года назад

Jesus: walks on water. KITT: hold my steering wheel

@legendid3467 3 года назад

Hahaahahha

@erichanastacio9695 3 года назад

Michael... (presses the Autopilot instead) 🎉🍰🤟

@kyrauniversal Год назад

When humans thank KITT himself, I get a little teary eyed. Usually only Michael gets the thanks, when KITT had to keep quiet originally, well in some scripts.

@Polsnulspace 4 года назад

When KITT was just about to Turbo Boost the shark!

@russellj.s.257 4 года назад

When I first saw this When I was five I actually thought Trans Ams could drive on water,saw this in the fall and being I lived in Jersey at the time I told my dad come summer we had to take his Trans Am to the beach to drive it on the ocean,lol.

@absolutefoot4594 Год назад

That's beautiful lol. I can't imagine your dissapointment if you were to take it without permission and go for a little ocean drive though...

@whaledriver5457 4 года назад

Yeah, I would say this was the 'Jump the shark' episode for Knight Rider. No pun intended

@lordwinton 4 года назад

April was hottttt

@dr.trichome6419 4 года назад

Shhhhh an sjw might see this! And go insane on you ahahaha

@JorgeRodriguez-po7kx 4 года назад

I assume that April is the girl in the Pink Shorts?

@Dirk-van-den-Berg 4 года назад

Precisely the reason most viewers didn't like her. After Bonnie, the IDDG technician, we couldn't live with a hot woman who was clearly casted as 'fake' technician.

@zilany6078 4 года назад

@@dr.trichome6419 fhgc

@marioiacolucci 4 года назад

@@JorgeRodriguez-po7kx yes

@aaronatherton7431 4 года назад

Knight Rider vs. the Pirates. I don't even remember this one. Talk about jumping the shark.

@felipegutierrez5227 3 года назад

Noad

@Mathewmartialart 4 года назад

just noticed that kitt is actually a toy when its shown on the water

@fordy1980uk 4 года назад

I also never noticed watching it in the 80s but you can definitely tell now

@DennisSantos 4 года назад

Practical SFX on a shoestring budget... Not bad, considering.

@boyzepter 4 года назад

Look like toy car 😂 when I was 15 not realising 😂

@bayareanewman1566 4 года назад

They did a pretty good job. The audience obviously didn’t mind. They could have done better, but remember this wasn’t a Hollywood movie, they had to make a new one of these every week!

@marioiacolucci 4 года назад

@Jared Harris it was still cool

@cory5510 4 года назад

What a cheeze show! You know what though at least they are having fun and KITT still looks cool.

@ThomasFerrugia 4 года назад

The best thing about this episode is that KITT HAS ALWAYS HAD AN AQUATIC SYNTHESIZER (they just never used it). It's listed as feature K1-A-3 in the KITT kit offered for free to fans during the first season. Anyone who doesn't remember it can easily find it on the internet. I hate when show-runners don't know $hit about the history of the series they work on. In 'Trust Don't Rust' we get a scene of Michael and Bonnie spray-painting KITT. However, in the pilot episode Devon says that KITT's finish is not paint, but instead 'bonded into the molecular structure of the new substance' (this how writers later came up with the term 'molecularly bonded shell').

@youtubeaccount9058 10 месяцев назад

I'm not sure if it makes any sense to take a fictional universe more seriously than it takes itself

@ThomasFerrugia 10 месяцев назад

@@youtubeaccount9058 : That's one way to look at it. Another is to just find it odd that the people paid big bucks to run a show know almost nothing about their own 'characters.'

@Shiirow 4 года назад

The Three Shells restaurant... but dont use the restroom unless you are well versed in their new toilet system.

@kellyweingart3692 4 года назад

“He doesn’t know how to use the three seashells” 😂

@Thomas-fk3cw 4 года назад

@@kellyweingart3692 Jeez, Demolition Man reference. I'm just proud I knew what you were talking about! Hah.

@kellyweingart3692 4 года назад

Michael: “What the hell is that?!” *bzzt* “Michael Knight, you’ve been fined one credit for violation of the verbal morality statute” 😂

@michaeljorgensen790 4 года назад

Ok now I am hungry for Taco Bell....because in the future all restaurants are Taco Bell. Or a rat burger would be nice too.

@AdamKNAC 3 года назад

@@michaeljorgensen790 When _Demolition Man_ was released in Europe Taco Bell was changed to Pizza Hut since Taco Bell is not well known over there.

@c-bazzsebastian1810 2 года назад

@2:55 The way Michael landed on the boat is just....hilarious :)))

@ozoutdorz2584 4 года назад

I just want a mechanic like April. She'll rev my motor !!

@Shanethefilmmaker 3 года назад

Dude. Just a warning, while she's very attractive, the bulk of the fanbase hate her for replacing Bonnie.

@berserkercookie2645 3 года назад

@@Shanethefilmmaker Replacing Bonnie almost killed this show back then....

@simonsays6307 3 года назад

@@berserkercookie2645 Stop it 🙄 the only thing fans cared about was the car. Season 2 with April Curtis had the highest rating of the 4 seasons. The fans were disappointed that Michael and April had a strictly platonic relationship where as in Season 1 Michael and Bonnie had a little crush on each other.

@jamescity1160 7 дней назад

Michael and KITT are my heroes ❤️

@ghettoandroid 3 года назад

Jesus would be like "Oh hell yeah, I want that car!"

@lala9251 4 года назад

I need a kitt in my life

@kittvskarrkr6074 4 года назад

I got to meet KITT today in Vegas!

@kittvskarrkr6074 4 года назад

@@fritsfelix8423 his paint is a bit chipped. But he is black as ever. Just dirty, and its 37 years.

@danwat1234 4 года назад

@@kittvskarrkr6074 Where is he?

@kittvskarrkr6074 4 года назад

@@danwat1234 Hollywood Car Museum in Las Vegas NV. They have him in SPM and They also have a real General Lee car. Its near Dean Martin BLVD and a little away from the strip.... >hollywoodcarsmuseum.com/

@therealjpoe23 4 года назад

There are a few replicas riding around in "Lost Wages" I caught K.I.T.T at a gas station near my house.

@kittvskarrkr6074 4 года назад

@@therealjpoe23 lucky

4 года назад

Michael: Zig-zag, KITT! Zig-zag! KITT: Easy for you to say.

@areoborg 4 года назад

"There's a car on the water!" ...its only a model.

@afriend9428 4 года назад

areoborg *Cindy Crawford?*

@HUNKragor 4 года назад

Holy grail

@sanchoodell6789 4 года назад

Tit!

@drmayeda1930 4 года назад

I don't remember this but depth charges against an object above the surface. Dumb.

@Charwood81 4 года назад

Shhhh! lol Camelot

@ProdigyAutomotive 2 года назад

The car used at 1:03 was actually a jump car created out of a VW buggie and a molded rubber body, you can definitely tell the tires are a bit small and they stick in a little bit and there's some weird fender-to-tire clearance, they did some really cool tricks during the show's production.

@manojpriyantha2961 4 года назад

i love knight rider.

@Luckywwe2012 4 года назад

I agree

@TF2Scout.. 4 года назад

SAME KITT AND MICHAEL ARE MY LIFE

@vashsant9749 3 года назад

Fantastic. Although if KITT was really in doubt, it's surprising he allowed Michael to endanger himself

@blkcrappyescorts 3 года назад

This is Michaels jump the shark moment 😂

@charliehorse8686 4 года назад

I like how the tires screech on sand.

@golfy808 4 года назад

How's the see through car

@tiagopereira2261 3 года назад

R O Xx. Kot

@lilorbielilorbie2496 4 года назад

I took the tour at Universal Studios when this show was in production. They had junk Firebirds stacked up like firewood. at least 4 high.

@rafsolo 4 года назад

That sounds like a sight

@lilorbielilorbie2496 4 года назад

They were junked bodies from the show. They were pretty much scrap.

@lilorbielilorbie2496 4 года назад

John Davis it was the summer of 1983 the year before the Olympics where in L.A.

@lilorbielilorbie2496 4 года назад

John Davis No problemo.

@boostedmaniac 4 года назад

Yeah I bet they wreck them after doing turbo boost jumps. Imagine all the Dodge Chargers wrecked in the dukes of hazzard. I miss all these 80’s shows.

@scottandrewhorne4655 2 года назад

Great memorys of a kinder Earthly World when this was on the television

@martinnaylor 4 года назад

I so loved Knight Rider as a kid but wow how corny is it now,still brilliant though.

@dereklangley8582 4 года назад

martin naylor Ikr And Rebecca Holden, is more sexier than Patricia McPherson.

@therealjpoe23 4 года назад

@@dereklangley8582 #Not

@Matawhaura 4 года назад

@@dereklangley8582 Bonnie was way better

@dininliketony917 4 года назад

This show is still the bomb. Every time I see a clip of it, it’s like I’m traveling back to the 80s.

@marioiacolucci 4 года назад

@@Matawhaura they were both great

@zulukalulu9251 2 года назад

So KITT is the "JESUS" of cars!!!

@junaidgt90 4 года назад

Michael is busy Kissing While KITT is struggling hard to stay afloat. I wish we had kitt alive today to know his emotions.

@brettcooper3893 4 года назад

OffdaRoots KITT would be an trans SJW, in touch with THEIR emotions.

@kellyweingart3692 4 года назад

lol

@drewski1535 4 года назад

The first ever smart watch so cool this show still amazes me

@duro845 3 года назад

Really went overboard with this episode wow. Didn't remember this one

@tye350 21 день назад

Every time Michael gets into a fight like he’s having an asthma attack😂😂😂😂😂

@zardos13 2 года назад

I’ve never had a car mechanic that looked that good in a pair of hot pants as April.

@Zoomer30 4 года назад

"KITT! I know it's clearly been 3 hours since I went into the buliding, but let's play it up like it's been just a few seconds"

@kellyweingart3692 3 года назад

lol

4 года назад

KITT: Anything to get back where I belong.

@darthflyer 4 года назад

April tho 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@STARDRIVE 3 года назад

@Steve Robertson LOL, true. Used once right after being installed. Except for Super Pursuit mode maybe.

@tomaspat4392 4 года назад

'Everything just to go back where i belong'! Love this one 😂

@KaySkywalker 4 года назад

I miss this show :(

@zhv3062 4 года назад

Ahead of its time. Is that an iWatch!

@GarretGrayCamera 4 года назад

If TV universes collided, we should've seen Jim Rockford's trailer in the parking lot of that restaurant. Iconic location.

@kurtsnyder4752 4 года назад

Maybe it was at one of those times he had to light out of there.

@GarretGrayCamera 4 года назад

Kurt Snyder Yeah some goons probably came to collect and Jim had to escape! Later his dad probably said, “Sonny, I was on the pier fishing today and I saw the strangest thing. A car was driving on the water!”

@Sangrepura22 3 года назад

I love watching throwback shows this, it brings me back to my childhood years, life back then seems simple, no distractions from social media. Just enjoying life, go to go need to do more tik tok.

@leomartin5965 4 года назад

Hoff is a great actor. No matter how cheezy the role is.

@210SAi 4 года назад

I loved that episode of THE LOVE BOAT when KITT appears

@oldfrend 4 года назад

i... can't believe this was real. i thought i'd dreamed this scene.

@Kewlzter 3 года назад

Yes, we used to watch this, and loved every minute!

@JohnSmith-kn5wt 3 года назад

Ahhhh, what a such simpler time in history. Looking back, it was ahead of it's time and seeing April in those shorts, reminds me of Catherine "Daisy Duke" Bach.

@cheyennealvis8284 3 года назад

Get em Knight Boat!!

@jdtractorman7445 3 года назад

5:05, April looks gorgeous. Got to love the miniatures used in these 80's tv series.

@smiss5769 4 года назад

They transformed the car to float on the water! Thats awesome for 1982

@johnnynilsson7941 10 месяцев назад

1:51 Guy with sunglasses reaction on KITT driving on water. 😂

@rogerprior3701 4 года назад

Someone needs to put the baywatch music in for the jump into the water.

@Shiirow 4 года назад

he loves to hog the saves, regardless of show.

@ixiahj 3 года назад

I love the practical effects. Western sentai is amazing.

@marcenglish2724 4 года назад

Alexa and Siri who are your parents ?! Answer - Unknown but the Knight Industries Two Thousand is our grand father

@sunswift 3 года назад

XD.

@dhinton1 4 года назад

Michael! Don't do anything foolish! Devon ..... it's Michael. of COURSE it will be foolish 🤣🤣🤣

@Live-Life-Freely 3 года назад

You got love how these awesome shows used a calendar to telegraph the punches.

@johnaldine4099 4 года назад

Just caught this episode this weekend, April wearing the Daisy Dukes and a cut off top......very nice

@dgontar 4 года назад

This show and Dallas were the best shows on television, ever.

@afriend9428 4 года назад

*Amazing car! 1 man 1 car can make a difference!* ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

@arizonaadventureriders9384 2 года назад

Literally jumped the shark with this one lol

@dartharrow1229 3 года назад

As a child, the show was amazing. I don't feel it watching it now.

@varun6421 2 года назад

Kitt driving on water 🌊 excellent 👌 idea 💡

@dearboycharles 4 года назад

Wow I Just Wanna Go To The 80’s

@jrbuildsit8542 2 года назад

Lol this was the best show on tv when I was younger, looking at now and being able to tell the stunt cars from the real car is amazing.. they deff have come along way with effects.

@Finnertoncentralmodelrailway 4 года назад

It's a shame they wrote April out of the show but bonne is my favourite

@picallo1 4 года назад

Bonnie was my favorite too, but April was WAY hotter.

@drmayeda1930 4 года назад

@Alan Cogan seriously?? I thought it was a movie or contract dispute.

@marlonbarrow9379 4 года назад

Waaawwwww.....April looked hot hot back then there in that short top and that short pants.......I used to have wet dreams about she and Bonnie back then when I was a kid watching Knight Rider

@RikoJAmado 3 года назад

I like Bonnie. In retrospect, April gives me some serious Megan Fox in Transformers vibes.

@Airwolfthehelicopter Месяц назад

Michael: You didn't think buddy you didn't think! 😀 KITT: No thanks to you. 😒

@tomknowles7987 2 года назад

I still watch this show about every day here in 2022!

@karlfortuin5794 4 года назад

Bay watch vs knight rider perfect combination lol

@Rayplayz12 4 года назад

You make the best knight rider episodes ever

4 года назад

KITT: Just when I was beginning to enjoy the water too.

@russellj.s.257 4 года назад

Loved this episode,KITT driving on water. At five I actually thought Trans Ams could drive on water.

@Garf2O Год назад

They actually make boats that look like corvettes, so in turn you could make a boat that looks like KITT instead.

@xcrimsinx 3 года назад

I cannot believe how cheesy this show was, When I was young, this was awesome

@gideonunger7284 4 года назад

man i think i havent even ever seen this episode. i think i have only ever heared the audiobook of it that i had for some reason as a child. man was i a fan back than

@poloskier1967 4 года назад

I dont remember this episode either.

@92trdman 3 года назад

This is where 2F2F got the idea from, damm fine director!

@SuzanneKowalski 4 года назад

5:05 - whoa.

@Mrd9960 4 года назад

5:54 is alot better😁

@biffodio 4 года назад

Knightboat: the Crime Solving Boat

@kellyweingart3692 4 года назад

LOL

@kellyweingart3692 4 года назад

🎵with Michael...and Devon too🎵

@ericschenher5526 4 года назад

Classic Simpsons!

@ziero1986 4 года назад

isn't that what "Thunder in Paradise" with Hulk Hogan technically was?

@kurtsnyder4752 4 года назад

More General Motors Pontiac, not Ford.

@bbo40 3 года назад

Michael could use some fighting style lessons from James T. Kirk !

@digitalmagicAR 4 года назад

At 1:00 it's one of the cars used for jumps that is really more like a dune buggy with a body attached to resemble a Trans Am. Neat to see it driving as we normally only see it ramping. Hardcastle and McCormick used a similarly constructed jump car of the Coyote. The miniature KITT looks better than I remember driving on the water. They had to treat the water with something so the splashes/drops would be smaller and look more correctly scaled