which stood for “ Trans Am Two Thousand”. Originally K.I.T.T would be called T.A.T.T. K.I.T.T would stand for “ Knight Industries Two Thousand” and this was based on the fictional creator of K.I.T.T named Wilton Knight. To make Knight Rider memorable they needed a pretty amazing car as it would basically be the supporting character on the show.

K.I.T.T would be partly based on HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey and the red LED display on the front was from the scanner lights used by the Cylons from Battlestar Galactica.Ĭreating K.I.T.T credit from: Knight Rider would follow a classic good guy vs bad guy formula but Larson would still incorporate aspects of some other films to create the structure of Knight Rider. This would be a modern retelling of this classic narrative as the hero would fight crime but travel in his car that can assist him. The Lone Ranger would ride across the countryside trying to prevent crimes and he had his “trusty steed” Silver. One intent with Knight Rider was that Larson wanted to recreate “the Lone Ranger but with a car”. He also may have “borrowed” the idea for Knight Rider from some previous shows. There had been the idea that he only created small screen versions of big movie blockbusters but he made a lot of iconic TV over the years. Larson had been involved in some other standout shows and movies including: Larson to be aired on NBC and it was the last show he would produce for Universal Television before moving to Fox. The whole series was created and developed by Glen A. Let’s look back at Knight Rider and why K.I.T.T was the greatest car on T. Knight Rider has a lot of interesting background in the show’s development and features one of the greatest opening theme songs ever made. K.I.T.T looked cool as hell and could talk. I was still a touch too young to be the targeted audience for it at first but when it comes to kids and cars K.I.T.T may be the greatest of all time. Knight Rider remains one of my favorite shows ever and an iconic part of the 1980s. This Pontiac was a far cry from the glory of the Trans Am from 1982. It was my first car, and it had synthetic red vinyl for the interior and handled like a shopping car. I owned a Pontiac 1990 firebird and let me tell you it was nothing like K.I.T.T. It starred David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight and featured K.I.T.T which was an artificially intelligent and self-aware customized 1982 Pontiac Trans Am. Knight Rider was a TV series that aired on NBC from 1982 to 1986. There have been a lot of great shows featuring some iconic cars over the years such as the Batmobile or the General Lee but one show stood out as having the sweetest ride of all.

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