I always love it when Michael and K.I.T.T. bring the cops while closing in on the bad guys. It shows the law always come out on top, while evil falls flat on its face.
Back then and into the 90's people made the KITT light out of discreet circuitry, 35+ years later the same light setup is still a popular project to make with Arduino's and such.. It's pretty amazing how something so old can still have some mild relevance in certain circles.
4:27 ironically, a large black car threatening to push a car sideways off a cliff was something that happened in the 70s movie 'The Car', and footage from that same movie was used for when KARR plunged off the cliff in Trust Doesn't Rust.
The clicking noise comes from the relays which they used to make effect of speeding. Original scanner also had relays to control, and they clicking too :) (They were hidden under the hood of the car, therefore you couldn't hear them)
KITT almost pushed him down the cliff to his certain death. I know they were just trying to scare him but it seemed out of character to for KITT to put someone's life in jeopardy like that. Also, cassette tape! I love it.
Perhaps with his super powerful (1980s) computers he calculated precisely the right amount of force to apply safely without pushing the car over the edge :) Agreed the cassette was funny, although at the time we wouldn't have thought anything of it! :)
I was in high school in 1982 when it debuted on NBC. It was on opposite of the Dukes of Hazzard. NBC even showed a promo of both KITT and the General Lee (a 1969 Dodge Charger) together driving off at the same time.
This episode "Custom Made Killer" is one of my favourite Knight Rider episodes. And I'm not really sure why as it seems a normal average everyday episode where nothing majorly essential happens. Like it's not an episode that sees KITT damaged or gets a new upgrade. Or sees the debut of a new cast member. Or an episode with either Stephanie Mason, KARR or Garthe Knight & Goliath. Yet this is an episode I choose if I just wanna chill out and put on a Knight Rider episode.
Mine are this episode, Knight Moves, Chariots of Gold, and Many Happy Returns because in those episodes, when Michael and K.I.T.T. closed in on the bad guys, they brought the cops with them.
Did anyone notice at 2:33 mark that it was small scale car when he raising push bar so yeah i know it's the 80s but we as fans back then did not pick up all of details like this when the show was on air but anyway great job KRO can't wait for the next one see you later bye now.
Awwww, the eighties... when evil muscle car drivers didn't have guns in their glove compartment, and private contractors, like Michael, could order regular cops to arrest people. And cars with the best AI built in used cassette tapes.
@@marky456x Weeell... we had a lot of stunt drivers doing KITT's driving too. But I was referring rather to the plot than the actual trickery used to film the show.
Michael was an official representative for The Foundation For Law and Government. They had powerful friends in law enforcement who love how they operated above the law to get the criminals they couldn't. Devon Miles knew how to grease the right political wheels to keep the Foundation strong. As for guns when you think you're going to take someone down with your crazy car then you forget about that sort of thing. Then there's the matter of the cassette tape. In the 80's that was the most common format and KITT needed to be compatible with everyone else. It's a little known fact that he had CD and USB flash drive capability ahead of his time.
Michael had to use the cassette tape to get his way in court, if not they had to use KITTs AI which is in KITT, so they would have to have the whole Car in the court room, i dont see that happening
That two car skidding stop at 4:06 is impressive. In a car chase show stuffed with stunts every week we got used to it back then but those drivers were good
Joan keahen did not like GB Krebs to kill anybody but Michael Knight made mistake Joan keahen didn't not like GB Krebs and to arrest Joan keahen is not bad person
Wow! Always wanted to see this episode again! I knew there was a Fury/Monaco in it which i also liked very much as a kid! After 30+ years i'm going to see it again!
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KITT: You'll never make it pass the curve! You have to slow down!
I think the MacGyver episode you're talking about is the one where Mac meets Penny Parker for the first time. The driver of the lime green Plymouth, Kai Wulf, was also in that episode.
Has the scene with KITT and the green car here been edited?? I distinctly remember when Michael presses KITT’s accelerator a couple of times in the scene there was the Turbo Boost sound.?!!! What happen to that??!
You're absolutely correct. The episode on the original DVD's do not contain the sound effect. However, when aired on Starz Encore the sound effect is present. I'm not sure if the sound effect was present during the original run. Good catch.
"KITT, will you do the honors.." "If you mean push this man in his car down the cliff to a fiery death at the bottom of a canyon in Encino, sure, I'm all for it Michael."
I can't say anything about KITT, KITT, more than 30 years ago, had predicted what is going on today, like GPS, bluetooth, smart watch, auto drive, and design of car never fades away..wonderful 🤔
Except for the tech, this is MOPAR. It has a better drive train and is on a sturdier platform. It is similar to compairing a Chevelle to a C-2 'Vette. The 'Vette may look better, but the Chevelle is a better car.
Why is some of the audio missing? The turbo boost sound was used after Michael let up off the brakes, again when he started going towards the custom killer, then again with the last push against the custom killer's bumper... :(
American cars had 5-digit odometers until 1986. American car companies wanted people to trade in their cars every 3-4 years. Japanese cars (like my 1980 Datsun) had 6-digit odometers to show their reliability & longevity.
A TV screen was much bigger than a mobile phone screen, and much lower Res. But it's so easy to see these things now, never noticed any of these things back then on the tube.
I wondered why at the end, they frog-marched the bad guys out of a shopping mall, so I looked up the episode synopsis. The plot is about a guy eliminating competition from a garment trading business. Wait until Walmart rolls into town.
Michael knights found a record the audio tape, but then, the man and the woman had a arrested to the custody, they send it back in jail. There is will we no bond.
I always love it when Michael and K.I.T.T. bring the cops while closing in on the bad guys. It shows the law always come out on top, while evil falls flat on its face.
'82 Trans Am... timeless design. Such elegance and simplicity.
I wish it was manufactured again.
There's something about that sleekness which cars these days don't have.
Without a doubt one of the best episodes of Season 3.
There’s 5 cars I want... Christine, Kitt, General Lee, Herbie, then the Delorean...
Not sure about Christine, but the other four I agree with.
Christine, KITT, General Lee, Back to the furniture, Bandit, and Herbie
Mac 5
Without the mach 5 the list is incomplete
I take KITT trans am, KITT mustang, General Lee, Starsky & Hutch torino, 1977 Trans Am Bandit.
Back then and into the 90's people made the KITT light out of discreet circuitry, 35+ years later the same light setup is still a popular project to make with Arduino's and such.. It's pretty amazing how something so old can still have some mild relevance in certain circles.
I did it with the user port of my Commodore 128 and machine code routine.
Michael: Anything yet?
KITT: Nothing out of the ordinary.
"Just a guy sitting around in a car with a huge push bar on the front bumper Michael, noting out of the ordinary" 😆
@@cassidystarchild7907 Meh. 😒
4:27 ironically, a large black car threatening to push a car sideways off a cliff was something that happened in the 70s movie 'The Car', and footage from that same movie was used for when KARR plunged off the cliff in Trust Doesn't Rust.
I've seen that movie. James Brolin (Amityville Horror) was in it.
Also in the 1971 TV movie Duel with Dennis Weaver.
I always like when they show Kitts MPH, love that ticking sound it makes. Which my car had that sound when the speed moves
Sound was always added in post production. The car did not actually make any of those sounds that you hear on TV.
A ticking dashboard everytime you changed speed would drive you crazy 😂
The clicking noise comes from the relays which they used to make effect of speeding. Original scanner also had relays to control, and they clicking too :) (They were hidden under the hood of the car, therefore you couldn't hear them)
Yea me too
@@AchtungBaby77 yeah, it would probably end up driving me up the wall at some point too.
That Dodge Coronet is badass. I've wanted one like it since the 1980's. A shame most of them are gone now.
I wonder what engine they had in it? A 360?
I was wondering if it was a Dodge Coronet. Thank you.
@@lego4virgo i had a Buick with a 3.8 liter v6
Knight rider custom made killer michael made a mistake when he told Joan is killer but Joan is not killer because she hate him when he kills people.
@@jessihawkins9116 what? They didn't have a V6.
What a GREAT EPISODE‼
KITT is the MOST fantastic car in the world‼
KITT almost pushed him down the cliff to his certain death. I know they were just trying to scare him but it seemed out of character to for KITT to put someone's life in jeopardy like that. Also, cassette tape! I love it.
Perhaps with his super powerful (1980s) computers he calculated precisely the right amount of force to apply safely without pushing the car over the edge :) Agreed the cassette was funny, although at the time we wouldn't have thought anything of it! :)
Just like the beginning of the episode, accidents can happen.
@@Longlostpuss Of course. I don't think it's worth analysing it too much - Knight Rider was full of plot holes and inconsistencies!
By the beginning of the 80's, 8 track was being phased out for cassettes in car stereo's. KITT being special, he can record into tape
Well KITT would have fire his grappling hook through that Plymouths door and full throttled in reverse
Loved loved David Hasselhoff driving !!!
Wish i was born in time to witness this master piece when it first aired
I did, every week.
Me too, sucks I was born 2 years after Knight Rider ended.
I was in high school in 1982 when it debuted on NBC. It was on opposite of the Dukes of Hazzard. NBC even showed a promo of both KITT and the General Lee (a 1969 Dodge Charger) together driving off at the same time.
I watched this back in the 80's
I know!, Am soo jealous of people actually watching this episode when it first came out.
This has always been one of my favorite scenes.
Knight rider custom made killer michael made mistakes for Joan and Joan is not bad person.
This episode "Custom Made Killer" is one of my favourite Knight Rider episodes. And I'm not really sure why as it seems a normal average everyday episode where nothing majorly essential happens. Like it's not an episode that sees KITT damaged or gets a new upgrade. Or sees the debut of a new cast member. Or an episode with either Stephanie Mason, KARR or Garthe Knight & Goliath. Yet this is an episode I choose if I just wanna chill out and put on a Knight Rider episode.
Mine are this episode, Knight Moves, Chariots of Gold, and Many Happy Returns because in those episodes, when Michael and K.I.T.T. closed in on the bad guys, they brought the cops with them.
Knight rider custom made killer Michael made a mistake Joan is not killer
@@arthurhill3454flood split on joan and grebs both associated
Michael: Oh! Wise guy, huh? KITT, you wanna do the honors?
I like kitt so much I wish I could drive it one day
For about $75,000 US, you can.
I do too bro
With current progress I think KITT can be largely reality within ten years.
if you do, do not buy the complete KITT build your own
Never meet your heroes
Did anyone notice at 2:33 mark that it was small scale car when he raising push bar so yeah i know it's the 80s but we as fans back then did not pick up all of details like this when the show was on air but anyway great job KRO can't wait for the next one see you later bye now.
I saw it too. They used miniatures for the scenes where the plow pops up.
Scale stuff was used in allot of scenes and different shows with extreme jumps and such.
Ok why is knight rider everywhere just now? I feel like I’m 5 years old again!
I get a TV channel called Charge where it's shown from 1 pm to 3 pm. Unfortunately, I'm at work then.
Awwww, the eighties... when evil muscle car drivers didn't have guns in their glove compartment, and private contractors, like Michael, could order regular cops to arrest people. And cars with the best AI built in used cassette tapes.
And darkened windows, so you could not see the stunt driver, under the helmet ;-)
@@marky456x Weeell... we had a lot of stunt drivers doing KITT's driving too. But I was referring rather to the plot than the actual trickery used to film the show.
Tape could be used in court digital recording couldn't.
Michael was an official representative for The Foundation For Law and Government. They had powerful friends in law enforcement who love how they operated above the law to get the criminals they couldn't. Devon Miles knew how to grease the right political wheels to keep the Foundation strong. As for guns when you think you're going to take someone down with your crazy car then you forget about that sort of thing. Then there's the matter of the cassette tape. In the 80's that was the most common format and KITT needed to be compatible with everyone else. It's a little known fact that he had CD and USB flash drive capability ahead of his time.
Michael had to use the cassette tape to get his way in court, if not they had to use KITTs AI which is in KITT, so they would have to have the whole Car in the court room, i dont see that happening
That two car skidding stop at 4:06 is impressive. In a car chase show stuffed with stunts every week we got used to it back then but those drivers were good
They say the Porsche 911 - 964 Turbo is a iconic car. Give me a Transam any day!
Joan keahen did not like GB Krebs to kill anybody but Michael Knight made mistake Joan keahen didn't not like GB Krebs and to arrest Joan keahen is not bad person
Just gotta love the Hoff :)
When TV was watchable
Friday nights in the 80's must have been awesome!
Knight rider custom made killer Michael Knight made a mistake Joan keahen is not a bad person.
Stig meets M.Knight
Or alternatively The Stig meets The Hoff!
He's got da NOS, then must be Toretto
Indeed he is
Wow! Always wanted to see this episode again! I knew there was a Fury/Monaco in it which i also liked very much as a kid! After 30+ years i'm going to see it again!
KITT: You'll never make it pass the curve! You have to slow down!
Joan keahen didn't like him JB Grebs and Joan keahen not bad person Michael Knight made a mistake
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KITT: We've got a sharp curve a thousand meters ahead.
KITT: Well, Michael, you've done it.
3:10
Michael: Ok pal, its time to give him a taste of his own medicine!
3:12: *Michael hits brakes*
Love it 👍 Pop in the cassette KITT , So cool .
KITT pops in a white tape, Michael later holds up a black tape.
KITT was an advanced AI, but also recorded audio with a cassette tape.. got it.
Yeah, he should have just live streamed it on Facebook, or recorded it onto a PDF file and emailed it to the police or FBI... in 1984
Love the Coronet. My uncle had one the same color.
Love how the exit sign is moving back and forth and how the bad guy rolled his window up
I like how KITT out muscles the muscle car, as a kid I thought this was so cool!
@1967 Chevelle LSx What can I say, it's Hollywood!
@@Bossman_71 ??? The Bad guy's car is a 1978 Dodge Monaco Crestwood.
@@beauxr.benoit1374 Also the Dodge Monaco, it's probably heavier and the handling it's not so good compared to the Trans Am.
James Luisi (Grebs) was a very talented actor. Good singer, too.
Well done K.I.T.T miss you...
There’s an episode of McGyver using this same filming location for a car chase
I think the MacGyver episode you're talking about is the one where Mac meets Penny Parker for the first time. The driver of the lime green Plymouth, Kai Wulf, was also in that episode.
Seriously? Wich One?
Has the scene with KITT and the green car here been edited??
I distinctly remember when Michael presses KITT’s accelerator a couple of times in the scene there was the Turbo Boost sound.?!!! What happen to that??!
You're absolutely correct. The episode on the original DVD's do not contain the sound effect. However, when aired on Starz Encore the sound effect is present. I'm not sure if the sound effect was present during the original run. Good catch.
That’s the same dude from the alternative fuel race... the Porsche driver
Yes. With his german name helmut gratz.
3:49 Accelerated footage! I just love watching these 80s Knight Rider clips 😂😂😂
Undercranked film was a staple of 70s & 80s movies and TV chase scenes
This must have been inspired by Mad Max 1 and 2 lol - especially the start and nitrous sequences.
Self driving self aware car with the world's most advanced AI....
"Pop in the cassette, Kitt!"
The vehicle may have been inspiration for a vehicle on "Hot Wheels Acceleracers"!
KITT starts talking before Michael has opened the door. (not using the wrist watch)
Now if is was the 70's Michael would have said KITT pop the 8 Track.
70s kitt pop in 8 track. 80s kitt pop in cassette. 90s and 2000s kitt burn to cd.
2010s and 2020s to now kitt recorder on cell phone app.
This episode is good ,one of my favorites
No need to worry about secret cell phone video. Michael got in on cassette tape 😂😂😂
"KITT, will you do the honors.."
"If you mean push this man in his car down the cliff to a fiery death at the bottom of a canyon in Encino, sure, I'm all for it Michael."
Michael Knight made mistake Joan keahen is not bad person
I guess "the preservation of human life" directive only applies when it's convenient for the plot😂
@@AchtungBaby77 😂
lol
@@AchtungBaby77 that's what Devon said in the beginning. Kitt was programmed to just protect Michael
Dodge coronet and plymouth fury cars used 👍,i love those wheels on the green car ,wonder what they are
The colonel from a previous episode playing a good guy this time. ;)
Skeletor
“I’ll get you, Michael Knight...hehehehehe”
KITT’s programming wouldn’t push him off the cliff
I can't say anything about KITT, KITT, more than 30 years ago, had predicted what is going on today, like GPS, bluetooth, smart watch, auto drive, and design of car never fades away..wonderful 🤔
wow. that was the most realistic thing I have ever seen on tv or the internet.
I remember the original summary back when: whoever wrote it described the other car as 'comparable to KITT', which I though was hilarious.
Except for the tech, this is MOPAR. It has a better drive train and is on a sturdier platform. It is similar to compairing a Chevelle to a C-2 'Vette. The 'Vette may look better, but the Chevelle is a better car.
3:16 Turbo boost sound effect missing throughout. Some DVD's had this issue
Michael : alright lets give him a push
K.I.T.T 300 meters the curve
One of my favourite scenes from knightrider.
Now let's give him a push.
Part of this episode is a reason why I love Fast & Furious it's all about NOS !!!!
Mr. T: I pity the fool if that Custom Made Killer makes heaping scrap metal out of my van, I must help Hulk Hogan wrestle him.
5:19 Bald Guy...... remember the General in a different episode, where he put a girl in a tank and was trying to get his tanks to kill her?
Oooh i love a good kitt pontiac burnout scene. Oooh those hot 80s.😃😁😯😬😮😲👏😎✌🎊🎉🚗🔥👀.
Except for the color and the rear wing, it's a nice Plymouth.
Pan to the exit sign, the smoky exhaust pipe, gotta love these shows. At 2:32 the car is a model.
Yes they used miniatures for the plow pop up scenes
@@dw8840 A lot easier than making the real one work.
too bad they don't make movies like these no more
Kitt deserves a reboot after what they did to him in the Movie deactivated boxed like junk. They could of atleast kept him in a server somewhere
Oh yeah I forgot about knight rider 2000
There was the 2008 remake
Why is some of the audio missing? The turbo boost sound was used after Michael let up off the brakes, again when he started going towards the custom killer, then again with the last push against the custom killer's bumper... :(
I always kept wondering why they never installed a missile launcher or at least machine guns on KITT
4:41 Alright, stoolie, start singing!
The joe Pesci school of bad guys
5:01 Surprised? Well, so am i: who wouldn't guessed, that you're part of the plot all alone? Well, like they say, "Time to face the music"!
Love that mopar wish i can find one
@2:45 When cars only had 5 digits for the miles - 33,000 miles today is nothing 😂
American cars had 5-digit odometers until 1986. American car companies wanted people to trade in their cars every 3-4 years. Japanese cars (like my 1980 Datsun) had 6-digit odometers to show their reliability & longevity.
i remember this from tmv archive
from this moment I love autonomous driving
I noticed something...on the control panel in some episodes, AUTO CRUISE is above NORMAL, but in this one, it's below.
Wait a sec..... How old is the Stigg??
I wish kitt would pull up to my door now.
There are a bunch of them and a top five won't be good enough. And what about the Mad Max Intercepter or both main cars from Bullit?
Terrible bit of axle tramp at 4.05. Mr Custom's right rear starting to judder.
That is pretty common when you pull the parking brake to spin a car on softly sprung cars like a Plymouth Fury.
A TV screen was much bigger than a mobile phone screen, and much lower Res. But it's so easy to see these things now, never noticed any of these things back then on the tube.
Kate piche se ko a raha hai
Kitab dekho yah kar
Yah kid 2010 ka
I wondered why at the end, they frog-marched the bad guys out of a shopping mall, so I looked up the episode synopsis. The plot is about a guy eliminating competition from a garment trading business. Wait until Walmart rolls into town.
This is from Season 3 Episode 11, not Episode 12. Episode 12 is called, "By a Nose"!
i just love KITT!!!!!!
Michael! Where is your seatbelt? ?
Passive laser restraints!
Was that maniac trying to pull a Mad Max?
Michael knights found a record the audio tape, but then, the man and the woman had a arrested to the custody, they send it back in jail. There is will we no bond.
Huh
@@bohoward8945 These both of them send it back in jail.
What episode and what season is this
Episode 'Custom made killer' season 3 Knight Rider
I'm making me a custom-made Knight Rider.
Anyone know what the green color is on the killer car
i wish this account had more subscribers
That end scene is going to be twitter in a few weeks
has tall as David Hasselhoff is I'm kinda surprised he can fit in the trans am
He's 6'4" I think.
i like knight rider
Nice old car 👌 Indiana Terry ☮️
4:40 white cassette
4:57. Black cassette
That cassette is from the first garthe knight episode too 😏. From when the guy that "garthe" murdered recorded on all those tapes. 🤣🤣
What type of car is the green one?
Late 70s Plymouth Fury