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DVD Knight Rider - Season Two
No one in the 1980s had his finger on the pulse of gizmo-crazy adolescent boys like producer Glen Larson, creator of Battlestar Galactica and Manimal. But the peak of Larson's particular genius has to be Knight Rider, the love story of an absurdly handsome man and his absurdly indestructible car. Former detective Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff, later to achieve worldwide media dominance with Baywatch) zooms across the U.S. in K.I.T.T., a supercharged talking Trans Am with an impenetrable shell and the catty voice of William Daniels (St. Elsewhere). From the Las Vegas desert to the Louisiana bayou, Michael and K.I.T.T. solve crimes and help the downtrodden with the aid of a multi-million-dollar corporation run by dapper Devon Myles (Edward Mulhare) and mechanic/secretary/nanny April Curtis (Rebecca Holden, who took over from Patricia McPherson for the second season only).
The first season was goofy camp from the start, but the second turned even more giddily ridiculous: K.I.T.T. developed supersensors, telekinesis, and the ability to drive on water; plots included amnesia, super attack helicopters, a desperately needed transplant for a sick girl, and a supremely cheesy evil-twin storyline featuring Garthe Knight, son of the multimillionaire who gave Michael his identity-changing facial surgery, played by Hasselhoff with a mustache, soul patch, and even more luxuriant hair. In one episode, Michael goes "undercover" as the lead singer of a rock band, allowing Hasselhoff to flaunt his beloved-in-Germany vocal stylings. Of special note is an episode featuring Geena Davis (future Oscar-winner for The Accidental Tourist) as the daughter of a cat burglar, perhaps the only episode with a love interest as cartoonishly good-looking as Hasselhoff himself. This is definitive trash television, the kind of empty calories that, for some viewers, are irresistibly tasty. For Knight Rider fans, Season Two is a feast. --Bret Fetzer
Knight Rider--Season Two Trivia •Although David Hasselhoff plays both Michael and Garthe Knight in one of the episodes in this season, he is only credited on-screen for playing Michael. •For this season, Rebecca Holden plays April Curtis, KITT's new technician. She was brought in after Patricia McPherson (Bonnie) pushed the show's writers and producers to give her character more to do, possibly including a romance with Michael. Although April was not unpopular, many fans missed Bonnie and wrote in to ask for the character to return, which she eventually did at the start of the third season. •The writers were torn between two songs to use for Garthe Knight's theme – "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Gimme Shelter," both by the Rolling Stones. The episode uses "Gimme Shelter". •When avoiding pursuers, K.I.T.T. rotates its license plate, James Bond style, from KNIGHT to KNI 667. •The producers toyed with the idea of making K.I.T.T.'s water-driving ability a reoccurring function, but it was dropped due to it proving to costly.
Season 2 brought alot of changes -- namely April coming in to replace Bonnie ... which I do not think anyone has even bothered to mention? KITT has some awesome lines in this season as well, especially when it came to Goliath.
As previously mentioned by others, my DVDs have skipped too, I just thought it was my player, since I have never cleaned it. (Same goes with an episode of the He-Man 10 Best DVD set that I purchased, but I digress).
One thing that has disappointed me, however, is seeing one shot be crystal clear, and then the go to another camera shot, it is extremely dark and/or grainy. I think for the price, and the fact that I totally disagree with the fact that Universal is being cheap and putting video on both sides, which can increase the chances of scratches and smudges, they could have spent the extra few cents and digitally remastered the video a heck of a lot better, and put all the episodes on Single discs.
To counter Darth Yoda's comment, Willam Daniels, the man that did the voice of KITT ... is *NOT* dead!(...)
Season 2 is awesome!
The 2 Goliath movies are worth buying season 2 alone, and lets not forget the talking car K.I.T.T. Sadly to say the voice of K.I.T.T. died in the late 1990's. They were planning to bring back David Hasselhoff and a new Knight Rider, but without K.I.T.T. I doubt the series would last very long, plus Devon Miles was murdered, and there is no Bonnie, so what is the point? I love the classic 4 season Knight Rider shows as they are and even Knight Rider 2000 was good. Let it end here please! Here is an episode guide for season 2...
23- Movie: Goliath
24- Brother's Keeper
25- Merchants of Death
26- Blind Spot
27- Return To Cadiz
28- K.I.T.T. The Cat
29- Custom K.I.T.T.
30- Soul Survivor
31- Ring Of Fire
32- Knightmares
33- Silent Knight
34- A Knight In Shining Armor
35- Diamonds Aren't A Girl's Best Friend
36- White-Line Warriors
37- Race For Life
38- Speed Demons
39- Movie: Goliath Returns
40- A Good Knight's Work
41- Movie: Mouth Of The Snake
42- Let It Be Me
43- Big Iron
Hope this review helped!
The Best of Then
Another great installment in the Knight Rider series. Please keep them coming out on DVD! If you're an 80's kid, this is a must to have for your DVD TV collection.
"One man can make a difference," intones a dying millionaire--well, one man and a superduper car, backed with millions of dollars! Welcome to the deliciously ridiculous world of Knight Rider, the early '80s TV series that launched the career of David Hasselhoff and his magnificent coif (both later seen in the insanely popular Baywatch). After being shot in the face, detective Michael Long is revived as Michael Knight (Hasselhoff) and partnered with an indestructible talking car called K.I.T.T. (voiced by William Daniels). The duo travel around the country solving crimes--basically, it's The Lone Ranger with the car as Silver and Tonto combined. Supported by finicky British executive Devon Myles (Edward Mulhare) and sexy engineer Bonnie Barstow (Patricia... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): David Hasselhoff DVD Release Date: Released the 03 August 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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If ridiculous banter, goofball plots, and many, many, many explosions sounds like the recipe for a perfect TV show to you--you must already be a fan of The A-Team. Each of these Vietnam vets on the lam had his specialty: Hannibal (cigar-chomping George Peppard, a long way from Breakfast at Tiffany's) is the cocksure master planner; Faceman (Dirk Benedict of the original Battlestar Galactica) is the smooth-talking con artist; the pilot with a screw loose is Murdock (Dwight Schultz, later to appear on Star Trek: Voyager); and B.A. Baracus (the charismatic and gold-encrusted Mr. T, Rocky III) is both mechanic and muscle. During the series' five year run, each of these eccentrics cultivated their own rabid fan-base as they threw punches, fired thousand of... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): George Peppard DVD Release Date: Released the 12 April 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Hip spy shows with covert agencies within agencies--like Alias and 24--are missing only one thing: A super-duper armor-plated helicopter with "nuclear-tipped shrike missiles." In the action series Airwolf, a mysterious national security agency called the Firm constructs a "Mach-one-plus chopper that can kick butt," only to have it stolen by the nefarious scientist who designed it (David Hemmings, Blowup, Barbarella). Desperate, the Firm turns to Stringfellow Hawke (Jan Michael Vincent), a soulful, cello-playing, art-loving, eagle-watching, guilt-ridden master pilot. Hawke refuses to help unless the Firm searches for his brother, who went MIA in 'Nam. Of course, he succeeds in his mission, but until the Firm fulfills its side of the bargain, he keeps the... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Leslie H. Martinson - Sutton Roley - Gerald Mayer - Don Medford - Bruce Seth Green DVD Release Date: Released the 24 May 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Like James Bond--but without the high-tech gadgets--Angus MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson) is one of those rare beings who can avert any crisis without mussing a hair. (The rest of us should be so lucky.) In the pilot alone, the secret agent dismantles a missile using a paper clip and fashions a rocket thruster out of a pistol. Is there anything MacGyver can't do? As the first season of ABC's long-running adventure series proves, the answer is a resounding no. MacGyver's secret: the everyday items he "finds along the way," like matches or gum wrappers, and the ingenuity to put them to a myriad of uses (a background in physics and chemistry doesn't hurt). Unlike Alias' Sidney Bristow, he isn't a multi-linguist, a martial artist, or a master of disguises. Wits are MacGyver's weapon... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Richard Dean Anderson - Michael Vejar - Michael Caffey - Lee David Zlotoff - James L. Conway DVD Release Date: Released the 25 January 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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MacGyver's second season begins by following the same blueprint as the first (although the opening gambit is gone). Richard Dean Anderson is back as the eponymous secret agent. So is Pete Thornton (Dana Elcar), operations director of the Phoenix Foundation. In addition, Mac's ditzy pal, Penny (Teri Hatcher), and beloved grandfather, Harry (John Anderson), return for a few episodes. In the season premiere ("The Human Factor"), a skeptical military man says to Thornton, "So this is your main guy. He doesn't even have any gear." Responds Thornton, "That's what makes him so special." As before, Mac doesn't drink, smoke, or carry a firearm. He puts it plainly in the fourth episode ("The Wish Child"): "I hate guns." Mac would rather use non-violent means, i.e. "MacGyverisms," to fight... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Richard Dean Anderson DVD Release Date: Released the 07 June 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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