I had two matchbox replicas of these cars when I was a kid, and believe me when I tell you K.I.T.T. and K.A.R.R. had some SERIOUS battles in my childhood bedroom!
love is a strong word........ i loved it as a kid. rewatched it all as a 40 year old man and boy oh boy is this show garbage. The casting is still great, the writing though... oof. When they did 2 part episodes they were boring as hell. The KARR episodes really needed 2 parts for setup and conclusions would have made it much more interesting. Though both KARR episodes are so full of inconsistencies. Like 1st time they didnt think about the yellow scanner bar on the front but the had the yellow voice display (on close up) but in the scenes where KARR is talking to the guys you can see the red voice modulator lighting up the interior of the car when he talks. Then in this episode KARR mentions wanting to change his appearance..... You would think because he wants to be less noticeable to Michael and KITT but its really just for our sake so from a wide angle you can tell them apart better so they just paint the bottom silver. Still 1 of the most amazing intros of all time, up there with airwolf. Though as an adult watching this show the intro, comercial break, ending scenes of KITT coming toward the camera feels so weird knowing that David isnt behind the wheel.... Yea their actually driving fast in an open area of the desert but doesnt seem like it would have been too dangerous to get the actor to actually be in them so it would feel cheap. Like seeing the intro and knowing every scene of KITT in action isnt ever David. And man the dont even try to hide the driver in some of these lol. One episode had KITT driving by the camera and the dude driving had a thick mustache. Like they couldnt have cut away sooner? Another episode just has a random shot of the stunt driver in front of their production studio I guess. Its just a still shot for a few seconds inserted between the action for no reason
@@magus104 I find the show more interesting now as a study of what you could get away with back then. Watching it today it seems like every scene has something out of place, but you have to view the show as a live action comic book. It's a lot of goofiness built around a simple premise.
@@magus104 Exactly! There was a strong potential for a solid action Sci-Fi show, as demonstrated in the pilot Knight of the Phoenix. But when you grow up and learn a few things, you realise the execution of the idea in most of the other episodes is just painful to watch.
All KARR had was himself, no human instinct. All Garth has was KITT'S molecular bonded shell and some rockets, no fancy tech. If Garth and KARR had had each other they could have presented the most lethal challenge to Michael and KITT, which is probably why they didn't do it.
I second that. They both scored the highest television ratings for the series. Absolutely loved both "evil twin" Fun Fact: KITT won both of his head on collision with KARR Goliath won both of his head on collision with KITT. KITT and KARR shared many of the same technologies but KITT was still superior because he was constantly maintained by Bonnie and April, as well as improved upon - like adding the grappling hook, off road traction, and the parachute. In both episodes, KITT had the upper hand while KARR was always at a disadvantage. This explained why KITT never feared KARR but he did feared Goliath.
This was a very memorable episode from childhood! Back then I didn't notice all the miniatures. Great episode! One of the best in the series. Too bad they don't make shows like this anymore
@@ericdillon1169 because the writers were out-of-focus amatures with too many fetishes for normal people's liking. same with Flash Gordon and McGIver! no story, lots of perverts appaeling fetishes. probably the writers were young girls about 20. and the original show was made 20 years before that!
Yeah i totally agree, what the hell has happened to tv shows, i mean everything is mostly reality crap, i'm so tired of it! They will never bring back the magic of that time, no doubt about it, they had so many great shows, Knight Rider, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Incredible Hulk, The A-Team, oh man do i miss that!
@@jackburton6462 ?karr turbo boosted thru some green barrels in this episode and the big forklift crashed thru green barrels in Junkyard Dog...idk if that's what ur getting at
Same... My earliest memory of watching TV was watching knight rider. At the time i didn't know what it was, apart from the intro theme and the black car lol
I was 7 when I remember it, then watched a few times afterwards. My sister and I would watch it after school, not my dad or mom so much (my dad came home late from work anyways) and it didn't interest my mom. She would rather watch Murder, She Wrote and Alfred Hitchcock series. My dad was more into Star Trek, hehe. But it was a fun 80s childhood while it lasted. Too bad time travel isn't possible, lol.
Yes, and it was proof that one didn't need fancy CGI or tons of profanity or huge earrings n' makeup to create a good show! God I miss the '80s. I only wish God Himself felt that way too....& created them again.
When you combined science fiction and cars back then, it was so amusing. Today, we can easily replicate that with CGI; even in real life, we have the technology to build a KITT.
No matter how old I get, I will never outgrow Knight Rider. This show was the centre of my childhood and I still rewatch episodes to thus day. Both KARR and Garth Knight were my favourite villains in thus series and I think it would’ve been the perfect team up if they were to ever meet.
@@donmccullen1973what if Karr and Garth would of teamed up omg 😂but Garth cared to much for Goliath so he’d probably not even Care for to team up with Karr
I remember thinking a 2nd comeback. I don't remember such in any of the subsequent Knight Rider episodes but since I was working at the time I missed quite a few.
I wished the Knight Rider 2000 movie's plot should've had Garthe Knight somehow alive and in possession of KARR's chip, steals KIFT (Knight Industries 4000) and installs KARR's chip inside it and forcing Devon to reunite the Knight Rider crew of Michael, KITT still in his Black Trans-Am body, Bonnie and maybe RC3 to stop Garthe and the more powerful KARR in control of the KIFT body!
@@primekiller5729 That actually would have made a killer plot, instead of making a parallel of the Knight Rider pilot, and killing off Devon the same way they killed off Wilton..
Now I am really happy to have communication with same generation people ,who had watched excitingly this episode, all over the world through Internet. I am from Japan.
This whole time i was wondering how they had the tech back in those days to self drive lol. they should have put a giant seat in the passenger side too to make it less obvious. but then again i would have never caught it so maybe it's fine haha.
@@pl2996 Me too! It was only very recently that I learned HOW the heck they did that! A stunt driver wearing a 'seat-suit'! That is FREAKING AMAZING! People had true ingenuity then! God bless them & the '80s too.
A shame they didn't do a part 3 of this, considering the ending showed us that K.A.R.R.'s computer still survived the blast, and was still operating at full capacity.
I STILL marvel at how they managed to 'drive' the cars without a driver being seen! In the 1980s! Very very occasionally, one could see a hand or two hahaha.....but not often. Loved it.
^^yup sounds like Bane from Dark Knight Rises........ALMOST especially when Tom Hardy had that mask on. ruclips.net/video/De2VJBmXExw/видео.html (pitch is kinda off, but the vile personality is spot on)
Poor K.A.R.R., never realized that K.I.T.T. was more indestructible than he was. It's almost like they planned to have a sequel episode from the beginning, since this fact was mentioned in K.A.R.R.'s first appearance, there would have been no need to mention it otherwise. Also the fact that K.A.R.R. was just learning how to be evil the whole time in his first story, his wasn't really allowed to let loose until this one. I just find it strange that they waited two whole years to bring him back, but that ended up making this story even better, NO ONE would have expected him to return at this point, I'm sure tons of fans were delighted. I saw this on first broadcast(just a little too young to remember his first appearance), and I've ALWAYS considered this the best, and most definitive, Knight Rider episode ever since. I'm pretty sure most other fans would agree, based on the lists I've seen.
I'm guessing the corrosion of the saltwater air and beach sand must have reduced the strength of the molecular bondage shell after being in the beach for so many years. It was strong enough to get through the pillars of the bridge yet not strong enough to break through kitt's shell.
And don't forget, gettin' the laser blast reflected back at him probably compromised K.A.R.R.'s already weakened molecular bonded shell even _further_, considering that Michael suddenly knew that "he's vulnerable head-on".
It's really bad editing. If you really want to nitpick - the angle at which the cars launch at 4:40 looks to be be around 10 feet off the ground but at impact they were easily 40-50 feet high . Haha. That's what's great about being a kid, you took everything with a grain of salt and didn't second guess what was presented to you.
The voice of K.A.R.R. (In his second appearance) was NOT Peter Cullen a.k.a. Megatron, it was legendary voice actor Paul Frees. Frees did a lot of voices in those old Rankin Bass holiday specials. Remember BurgerMeister - MeisterBurger? That was him. He did voices for several Disney films and countless others. If you saw the original War of the Worlds from 1953....he was the radio announcer. Terrific voice.
This is my favorite episode of KR. I’m willing to forgive the numerous blatant continuity errors that were overlooked in order to make this episode happen. I loved the beautiful beach setting and I enjoyed how K.A.R.R. was more manipulative and more menacing than he was before. The amber scanner and the metallic trilling sound K.A.R.R. made really sold me on the idea that he is a villain.
I had forgotten what KARR stood for! :) KITT was Knight Industries Two-Thousand, right? Wow, as in the year 2000?!! We have robots too, maybe even a sort of KITT! Who knew?
@@tuchehstone I'm not saying he was a good person, just that there was enough depth that could be played with to make him understandable. If things had been different Kitt might have had a brother.
Paul Frees nearly slipped back into being the Ghost Host here. "And now, a carriage approaches to take you into the boundless realm of the supernatural.Take your loved ones by the hand, please, and kindly watch your step. Oh yes, and no flash pictures, please. We spirits are frightfully sensitive to bright lights."
Love how KITT & KARR are probably 30 feet away from each other at most.....yet take dramatically-long to reach each other! lolol Love this show, I always will.
I wanted that to happen, otherwise why did the camera pan through the wreckage and show us that he’s still “alive” so to speak. I think had there been a season five, K.A.R.R. Would have been resurrected. The story could go like this: A rogue technician who was formerly employed by the Foundation of Law and Government or the factory that Wilton Knight owned, had stolen schematics of K.A.R.R. as well as his C.P.U. and maybe he’s rich therefore had the means to rebuild him. Of course the C.P.U. wouldn’t contain K.A.R.R.’s memories but since the show has an established penchant for ignoring continuity it wouldn’t have mattered. I wish for the sake of my much younger self that Knight Rider would have been on the air for a few more seasons. I really loved that show.
Im from the uk, used to live watching knight rider repeats on tv as a kid, saturday lunch times before baywatch and airwolf, then when i was living in my local city about 10 years ago, i was walking through an area called bretton, i was walking through the housing estates, and i saw a black pontiac transam firebird, was so awesome, dont know if its still there.
Just spent today watching through both KARR episodes and both Garthe/Goliath episodes and then played both Knight Rider PS2 games where Garthe and KARR team up against Michael and KITT. Totally awesome!
KITT vs KARR the ultimate showdown of Knight Rider! Aw the good ol days. Miss that show. Have season 1 on DVD though. But sometimes things are more fun on TV ;p
I absolutely LOVED this TV series when I was a kid. K.I.T.T was an excellent car but deep down I was also rooting for villiams like K.A.R.R and Goliath because no good hero is complete without some sort of counterpart. 🤔 This gives me an idea. I wonder if it would be possible to customize the Ruiner 2000 on GTA to look like K.A.R.R. If it is I'm gonna do it. 😁
GR3Y GH05T well there is another version of the ruiner which is updated just like kitt but it can fly and parachute but it's expensive and the runner is a easy traffic car so yeah create one!
@@provestic I looked into it the other day and there's one issue with making KARR on GTA. As far as I know there's no way to change the front light bar to yellow. All I can do is put a KARR license plate on the ruiner. It would work since Karr started out looking like KITT but it's not the same.
@@provestic True but there's no point in spending the cash to buy that car when I can't have it exactly the way I want it so I'll spend it on something else for the time being. Dunno what but I'll figure it out.
GR3Y GH05T maybe try mods but that's too risky if I'm honest just nick a runner from the traffic and paint it glossy black upgrade it on everything and bOoM
Funny fact : I had a 1984 trans am . And I can tell you , it was probably one of the slowest and sluggish sports car I ever owned . 0 to 60 in about 5 minutes.
5 лет назад+13
KITT: If I say "yes", will you promise we'll never had to do that again?
Paul Frees voice was absolutely perfect for K.A.R.R. Even though Peter Cullen voice was good too but his voice too recognizable and famous for being Optimus Prime. Paul Frees's gives K.A.R.R. that powerful menacing, cold voice of evil.
Yeah, while most will associate Peter Cullen as the voice of KARR (not just cuz of his fame as Optimus Prime but also for voicing KARR in 2008 Knight Rider), I've always preferred Paul Frees personally. Has more of a Darth Vader approach to the voice.
Paul Frees could certainly do a sinister voice when he wanted to. It must be useful being able to make people crap their pants just by the sound of your vocal chords.
![BLACK BAG - Official Trailer [HD] - Only in Theaters March 14](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Du0Xp8WX_7I/mqdefault.jpg)
I had two matchbox replicas of these cars when I was a kid, and believe me when I tell you K.I.T.T. and K.A.R.R. had some SERIOUS battles in my childhood bedroom!
Not the only one pal. Feeling is mutual and those things saw a lot of abuse. Great times
So do I! I have a matchbox toy Kitt and Karr
Darrel McNeal- I have a K.A.R.R. & K.I.T.T. Matchbox car, as well.
The Batmobile from 'Batman Returns'/'Batman' (1989) was another one I have, too.
Lol....I bet, when I was younger I had the actual kit car with Michael Knight it was a large scale size toy.
I have karr in hotwheels
KARR has such a good villain voice; it's in a perfect place between suave, calculating, and menacing.
or in Peter Cullin's case, scociopathic, megalomanic, and ruthless.
I really don't want to ride KARR.
Actually Japanese version of KARRs voice were also pretty good as a villain.
@@fucheduck Paul Frees actually for the second appearance of KARR.
Well KAAR Was (will be) a transformer. And take a human as a controller.
THIS SHOW DEFIES EVERY LAW OF PHYSICS BUT STILL WE LOVE IT.
love is a strong word........ i loved it as a kid. rewatched it all as a 40 year old man and boy oh boy is this show garbage. The casting is still great, the writing though... oof. When they did 2 part episodes they were boring as hell. The KARR episodes really needed 2 parts for setup and conclusions would have made it much more interesting. Though both KARR episodes are so full of inconsistencies. Like 1st time they didnt think about the yellow scanner bar on the front but the had the yellow voice display (on close up) but in the scenes where KARR is talking to the guys you can see the red voice modulator lighting up the interior of the car when he talks. Then in this episode KARR mentions wanting to change his appearance..... You would think because he wants to be less noticeable to Michael and KITT but its really just for our sake so from a wide angle you can tell them apart better so they just paint the bottom silver. Still 1 of the most amazing intros of all time, up there with airwolf. Though as an adult watching this show the intro, comercial break, ending scenes of KITT coming toward the camera feels so weird knowing that David isnt behind the wheel.... Yea their actually driving fast in an open area of the desert but doesnt seem like it would have been too dangerous to get the actor to actually be in them so it would feel cheap. Like seeing the intro and knowing every scene of KITT in action isnt ever David. And man the dont even try to hide the driver in some of these lol. One episode had KITT driving by the camera and the dude driving had a thick mustache. Like they couldnt have cut away sooner? Another episode just has a random shot of the stunt driver in front of their production studio I guess. Its just a still shot for a few seconds inserted between the action for no reason
@@magus104 I find the show more interesting now as a study of what you could get away with back then. Watching it today it seems like every scene has something out of place, but you have to view the show as a live action comic book. It's a lot of goofiness built around a simple premise.
@@magus104 Exactly! There was a strong potential for a solid action Sci-Fi show, as demonstrated in the pilot Knight of the Phoenix. But when you grow up and learn a few things, you realise the execution of the idea in most of the other episodes is just painful to watch.
There's a thing called suspension of disbelief. Yes it's Corny but very entertaining. Who cares about the details. Sit back and have fun
Exactly @@michaelv151.
"Your impudence is amuzing. You are in no position to make demands."
K.A.R.R. , the Bane of the 1980's...
Being 5 years old in 1984 was the best.
“IF I AM DESTROYED...SO WILL YOU BE” 😆
I TOTALLY AGREE 🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤
I'd say being 10 in '84 was THE best!
I was 5 as well, but I started watching this show in '86 and the reruns in the '90s.
I was 7
I love K,A.R.R's last words. "If I am destroyed so shall you be".
FULL POWER KITT!!!
Ok ok I'm
KARR's voice & choice of words reminds me of Kahn from Star Trek!
K.A.R.R Says Goodbye Michael Knight
Y en español de España es: si yo quedo destruido ¡vosotros también!
The 2 episodes with Karr vs Kitt as well as the 2 shows featuring the invincible Goliath Truck are the very best of Knight Rider
I agree. Those are the ones I rewatch the most.
All KARR had was himself, no human instinct. All Garth has was KITT'S molecular bonded shell and some rockets, no fancy tech.
If Garth and KARR had had each other they could have presented the most lethal challenge to Michael and KITT, which is probably why they didn't do it.
I agree.
@@develynseether4426 Garth and KARR don't mix . They both had big egos so their partnership wouldn't last a minute.
I second that. They both scored the highest television ratings for the series. Absolutely loved both "evil twin"
Fun Fact:
KITT won both of his head on collision with KARR
Goliath won both of his head on collision with KITT.
KITT and KARR shared many of the same technologies but KITT was still superior because he was constantly maintained by Bonnie and April, as well as improved upon - like adding the grappling hook, off road traction, and the parachute. In both episodes, KITT had the upper hand while KARR was always at a disadvantage. This explained why KITT never feared KARR but he did feared Goliath.
I’m 42 years old and I watched this scene so many times growing up I can still recite every line.
Its so cool
I agree
Me 2 but I'm 44
Big kids
We are Young boys 💪😜
This was a very memorable episode from childhood! Back then I didn't notice all the miniatures. Great episode! One of the best in the series. Too bad they don't make shows like this anymore
They tried about 10 years ago. The show failed.
They basically made KITT into the T-1000 and made KARR into a primitive-looking version of Nemesis Prime.
They tried, and they tried *way* too hard.
@@ericdillon1169 because the writers were out-of-focus amatures with too many fetishes for normal people's liking. same with Flash Gordon and McGIver! no story, lots of perverts appaeling fetishes. probably the writers were young girls about 20. and the original show was made 20 years before that!
My childhood is shattered. Now that I watch it on RUclips I can pause and I see scratches and dings on KARR's front end.
This should not be.
That's true,my dear friend!
"Lo and behold, here comes the real target to the rescue. Just as I planned."
So exciting. I feel like a kid again. I miss those days
Yeah, the 80s were great!
Tell me about it.
Yeah
Amen. They just don't make great TV like this anymore.
Yeah i totally agree, what the hell has happened to tv shows, i mean everything is mostly reality crap, i'm so tired of it! They will never bring back the magic of that time, no doubt about it, they had so many great shows, Knight Rider, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Incredible Hulk, The A-Team, oh man do i miss that!
KARRs final words before he was destroyed were chilling and poetic.
"If I must die, you must die too"?
@Aku I wonder if that came true in the Junkyard Dog episode? You don't get to see who's driving the forklift 😲
@Aku FULL POWER KITT!!!
@@resetsetmefree478turbo boost the Hi Lo.
@@jackburton6462 ?karr turbo boosted thru some green barrels in this episode and the big forklift crashed thru green barrels in Junkyard Dog...idk if that's what ur getting at
Hands down the best one hour episode of Knight Rider!
The two-tone was an easy yet stylish way to differentiate the cars. I enjoyed the rivalry.
Yup
Isn't Kart a Corvette?
@@markkromer1238 Uhhh nooo.
@@markkromer1238 no, it's a 1980s trans am with visual mods
as a SUPER car guy, I can say this was and still is the best car based show since the Dukes of Hazzard!
Imagine being 5 years old watching this shit! lol This was my childhood, this was my "Power Rangers".
Yeah this was our Pokemon XD
Same... My earliest memory of watching TV was watching knight rider. At the time i didn't know what it was, apart from the intro theme and the black car lol
I was 7 when I remember it, then watched a few times afterwards. My sister and I would watch it after school, not my dad or mom so much (my dad came home late from work anyways) and it didn't interest my mom. She would rather watch Murder, She Wrote and Alfred Hitchcock series. My dad was more into Star Trek, hehe. But it was a fun 80s childhood while it lasted. Too bad time travel isn't possible, lol.
Mine too
@@Quibblet was 5.
Great Times!
My God, we were so easily entertained in the early 80s.
Yes, and it was proof that one didn't need fancy CGI or tons of profanity or huge earrings n' makeup to create a good show! God I miss the '80s. I only wish God Himself felt that way too....& created them again.
@taracollins5597 Yes I agree!
When you combined science fiction and cars back then, it was so amusing. Today, we can easily replicate that with CGI; even in real life, we have the technology to build a KITT.
I got goosebumps when they went into turbo boost in the head on collision. 35 years later still amazing
4:37 whoa!
Same here
I just love how you csn clesrly see KITT get taken out in thst shot but in the next shot hes fine 😂
@@frozenfire4147 I know I saw that. Karr clearly won the joust...😢😂...
Same buddy, same.
I love this part in the episode, the final round between Kitt and Karr.
No matter how old I get, I will never outgrow Knight Rider. This show was the centre of my childhood and I still rewatch episodes to thus day. Both KARR and Garth Knight were my favourite villains in thus series and I think it would’ve been the perfect team up if they were to ever meet.
In a video game they KARR and Garthe did team up.
@@donmccullen1973what if Karr and Garth would of teamed up omg 😂but Garth cared to much for Goliath so he’d probably not even Care for to team up with Karr
"Hang in there, buddy... We're not dead, yet.".
There's a vote of confidence...
That was confidence. Never give up! Smh people nowadays.🤦🏿♂️
When tv was GREAT!!!!!!!!
True
I did like this movie,I came around my neighbour to watch it,cos i did not have TV at the time
KARR WAS A GOOD DUDE....reminding his passengers to buckle up
Yet they didn't.
Karr was never bad he was just more of less Scared of being replaced.
@@pl5624 LOL! I thought the same!
@@charliemartin-k7m He was just misunderstood, like Hitler.
@@charliemartin-k7m But how or why did KARR became a bad guy in the first place?
One of the most epic hours of television I've ever seen. Being a kid in the 80's was so fantastic.
Who remember that at the end of this episode some chip of KARRs was still blinking and working? Watched it at 15yrs now 31...
I remember thinking a 2nd comeback. I don't remember such in any of the subsequent Knight Rider episodes but since I was working at the time I missed quite a few.
I wished the Knight Rider 2000 movie's plot should've had Garthe Knight somehow alive and in possession of KARR's chip, steals KIFT (Knight Industries 4000) and installs KARR's chip inside it and forcing Devon to reunite the Knight Rider crew of Michael, KITT still in his Black Trans-Am body, Bonnie and maybe RC3 to stop Garthe and the more powerful KARR in control of the KIFT body!
@@primekiller5729 That actually would have made a killer plot, instead of making a parallel of the Knight Rider pilot, and killing off Devon the same way they killed off Wilton..
In the 2008 Knight Rider show KARR came back as another Mustang with Peter Cullen AKA Optimus Prime voicing KARR returning
Dr. Old School and they turned KARR into a Transformer just to capitalize on the Transformers movie released 1 year before!
Now I am really happy to have communication with same generation people ,who had watched excitingly this episode, all over the world through Internet. I am from Japan.
Now this is better than any Mirrorverse
Love Michael's look when he turbo boosts.
Still better then any fast and the furious films
I like KITT's Super Pursuit Mode, not even the Rick could own a car as cool as KITT
Kitt and Karr was one of my favourite episodes of Knight Rider and Good vs Evil
Gotta love that GIGANTIC front seat in KARR “hiding” the stunt driver
Surprised they used a PMD seat. Guess they didn't want to paint up Blind Drive.
I noticed that too
This whole time i was wondering how they had the tech back in those days to self drive lol. they should have put a giant seat in the passenger side too to make it less obvious. but then again i would have never caught it so maybe it's fine haha.
@@pl2996 Me too! It was only very recently that I learned HOW the heck they did that! A stunt driver wearing a 'seat-suit'! That is FREAKING AMAZING! People had true ingenuity then! God bless them & the '80s too.
And the Styrofoam bridge. 😊
A benchmark for sound fx, editing, stunts, miniatures, writing....i can go on. The team was tuned in for this episode.
A shame they didn't do a part 3 of this, considering the ending showed us that K.A.R.R.'s computer still survived the blast, and was still operating at full capacity.
Apparently, that was planned for season 5, but then Knight Rider was unfortunately canceled, even though it was still massively successful.
I read somewhere that season 5 would be a 2 part opener with the death of Bonnie caused by KARR's revenge.
@@ae86takumi any proof?
Yeah but K.A.R.R was destroyed so who knows.
Tell me about it
I was looking for a clip of this showdown for ages. Thanks so much!
I STILL marvel at how they managed to 'drive' the cars without a driver being seen! In the 1980s! Very very occasionally, one could see a hand or two hahaha.....but not often. Loved it.
Yeah Driver is dressed as the seat
Anyone else think KARR voice sounds like Bane from dark knight rises?
He was voice by peter cullen aka optimus prime
@@garymiddleton658 not in this episode... It's Paul frees
I heard it was the same person in the Megatrons voice in the transformer cartoons
^^yup sounds like Bane from Dark Knight Rises........ALMOST especially when Tom Hardy had that mask on.
ruclips.net/video/De2VJBmXExw/видео.html (pitch is kinda off, but the vile personality is spot on)
YES
This show was so good, there are no words to describe it
Poor K.A.R.R., never realized that K.I.T.T. was more indestructible than he was. It's almost like they planned to have a sequel episode from the beginning, since this fact was mentioned in K.A.R.R.'s first appearance, there would have been no need to mention it otherwise. Also the fact that K.A.R.R. was just learning how to be evil the whole time in his first story, his wasn't really allowed to let loose until this one. I just find it strange that they waited two whole years to bring him back, but that ended up making this story even better, NO ONE would have expected him to return at this point, I'm sure tons of fans were delighted. I saw this on first broadcast(just a little too young to remember his first appearance), and I've ALWAYS considered this the best, and most definitive, Knight Rider episode ever since. I'm pretty sure most other fans would agree, based on the lists I've seen.
My favorite episodes are Goliath , Return of Goliath and KITT vs KARR.
The Nineteenth Hole was my favorite episode of Knight Rider of all 4 seasons.
I like how Hasselhoff repeats his lines. It happened a lot on this show.
"The feeling is mutual." x2
"Never say never." x2
True! But in that situation I would have said and done the exact same thing
Lol!!! Typical trademark of david hasselhoff I guess
"Buddy"
"Pal"
I love the lines.
I'm going to get the papers get the papers
"There's gonna be a season 5, there's gonna be a season 5"... oh wait
When Kitt and Karr Turbo Boost into each other was the best stunt in Knight Rider History.
It was amazing as a kid. And still today it was a great way to climax the dual
I was completely mesmerised as a kid. My favorite scene from any TV show.
This is when the show was near Power Rangers level cheese. And I loved it!
4:55 That was some collision. KITT hit KARR so hard it knocked the silver paint right off the nose!
Might've been burned off in the fire.
@@GBRyker61 lol. Did the fire also transform the nose from the molecular bonded shell to fiberglass?
I'm guessing the corrosion of the saltwater air and beach sand must have reduced the strength of the molecular bondage shell after being in the beach for so many years. It was strong enough to get through the pillars of the bridge yet not strong enough to break through kitt's shell.
And don't forget, gettin' the laser blast reflected back at him probably compromised K.A.R.R.'s already weakened molecular bonded shell even _further_, considering that Michael suddenly knew that "he's vulnerable head-on".
@@GBRyker61 yes
At least KARR didn't chicken out this time.
"In the end, there can be only one..."
because the last time KARR did, it didn't work out.
@@clipobserver It's the Battle of the Cylon Centurion Cars. Get it? LOL
i know, but two cars turbo boosting into each other, where one explodes and the other is perfectly fine is SOOOO cliche....
@@captaingenius-o1c don’t be a hatter. It’s 80’s TV 😂😜
What a great walk down memory lane!!! Wish I could go back to the 80s man... What a glorious time!
If you pause at 4:45 you see both cars falling backwards straight down to the ground after they hit each other.
What you saw was K.A.R.R. falling to the ground . Not both of them.
yeah due to some really bad editting it looked like both cars exploded.
Yea you can see the models falling lol.
@@1891Ent No, it's completely black and not two tone, it's KITT.
It's really bad editing. If you really want to nitpick - the angle at which the cars launch at 4:40 looks to be be around 10 feet off the ground but at impact they were easily 40-50 feet high . Haha. That's what's great about being a kid, you took everything with a grain of salt and didn't second guess what was presented to you.
Paul Frees as K.A.R.R.- Peter Cullen regained the role in later incarnations of Knight Rider!!!
Frees was the better KARR voice.
@@LordTalax And it is all in the pace maker.
That voice of KARR is insane villain
My favorite scene of Knight Rider. I loved the KITT vs KARR battles
They don't make shows like this anymore. When cool was cool. U'd watch a scientifically inaccurate show and loved every minute of it. ❤
I'm 42 and I remember watching this in Puerto Rico as a kid, loved that car.
K.A.R.R.: "Good-bye, Michael Knight...".
Me: "Uh-oh...".
Nah-nah, pal. No way.
I say similar lines to slow drivers before I activate my SECRET weapons...
The voice of K.A.R.R. (In his second appearance) was NOT Peter Cullen a.k.a. Megatron, it was legendary voice actor Paul Frees. Frees did a lot of voices in those old Rankin Bass holiday specials. Remember BurgerMeister - MeisterBurger? That was him. He did voices for several Disney films and countless others. If you saw the original War of the Worlds from 1953....he was the radio announcer. Terrific voice.
Peter Cullen voiced Optimus Prime not Megatron.
Megatrons va would have been good too tho lol
4:11 That rev sound was so good
Dave sound but it's knight rider
This was my favorite episode of the whole show. Loved Knight Rider!
This is my favorite episode of KR. I’m willing to forgive the numerous blatant continuity errors that were overlooked in order to make this episode happen.
I loved the beautiful beach setting and I enjoyed how K.A.R.R. was more manipulative and more menacing than he was before. The amber scanner and the metallic trilling sound K.A.R.R. made really sold me on the idea that he is a villain.
4:30 - "If I am destroyed, so shall you be." - K.A.R.R. - In his final words before his destruction.
Even before the battle..KITT IS STILL CONCERN ABOUT MICHAEL'S SAFETY!! NOW THATS KITTS HEART!!
If he was really concerned for his safety, he should have told him to put on his seat belt. 😂😂😂
@@crucial0072why should he? Michael's a grown man he shouldn't have to be told.
OMG....it was Knight Automated Roving Robot....KARR & KITT
Bring back memories
I had forgotten what KARR stood for! :) KITT was Knight Industries Two-Thousand, right? Wow, as in the year 2000?!! We have robots too, maybe even a sort of KITT! Who knew?
lol @ 4:44 when you can see K.I.T.T. flipping upside down and falling out of frame only to be perfectly upright and fine a second later.
haha yea its funny but then again its very old but gold
YES hahaha 0,25 speed
I can see being born in the early 2000s makes me miss this kick ass show
God I still love that car, knight rider was the coolest show in the 80s
The most epic battle of all time! I still see this in my head from time to time.
Michael: You're alright?!
KITT: I can't take another blow like that.
"I can't take another blow like that"
There's a joke there but I'm too tired 😴
@@wesker1079 Whatever. 😒
⏸️😏
Today made 40 years from Kitt vs Karr premiere. Congrats
KARR was so deliciously evil!
I don't think evil, so much as very angry. He could have had a cool redemption arc if the writers had wanted.
KARR was just misunderstood. 😜
@@tuchehstone I'm not saying he was a good person, just that there was enough depth that could be played with to make him understandable. If things had been different Kitt might have had a brother.
Like the devil temping Eve and later Adam with the apple.
@@danielmarinucci9342 if I am destroyed, so shall you be!
This show always takes me back to my childhood.
Paul Frees nearly slipped back into being the Ghost Host here. "And now, a carriage approaches to take you into the boundless realm of the supernatural.Take your loved ones by the hand, please, and kindly watch your step. Oh yes, and no flash pictures, please. We spirits are frightfully sensitive to bright lights."
The Haunted Mansion.
Love how KITT & KARR are probably 30 feet away from each other at most.....yet take dramatically-long to reach each other! lolol Love this show, I always will.
Does anyone remember Goliath?? 😄😄. The Truck vs K.I.T.T
The driver was Garth Knight! Also played by David Hassel Hoff but with an evil mustache.
That was just a truck though, no computer personality.
Ahhh the 80s, when the evil twin always had a mustache or a different bumper. Gotta love the classics!!
I love the sound of the turbo boost
Don't forget Super Pursuit Mode!
Same, it just makes me so happy but I also love his scanner's "woo woo" sound
Ikr, sometimes feel tempted to set it as my ringtone.
@@michaelthomas8440 Notice at 3:20 you can actually hear the sound effect that would later be used for Super Pursuit Mode?
@@AndrewChapman that would be amazing!🔥🔥🔥
4:44 i like how kitt gets absolutely obliterated and comes out clean in the next shot
I like how KARR's gray bottom half basically means he has a mustache.
Peak KR right here. Just a brilliant episode from start to finish. Only regret was KARR not escaping and becoming a reoccurring villian in the series.
His core survived.
there always was potential for K.A.R.R to come back his cpu was shown to be intact (albeit very broken) but still together.
I wanted that to happen, otherwise why did the camera pan through the wreckage and show us that he’s still “alive” so to speak. I think had there been a season five, K.A.R.R. Would have been resurrected.
The story could go like this:
A rogue technician who was formerly employed by the Foundation of Law and Government or the factory that Wilton Knight owned, had stolen schematics of K.A.R.R. as well as his C.P.U. and maybe he’s rich therefore had the means to rebuild him. Of course the C.P.U. wouldn’t contain K.A.R.R.’s memories but since the show has an established penchant for ignoring continuity it wouldn’t have mattered. I wish for the sake of my much younger self that Knight Rider would have been on the air for a few more seasons. I really loved that show.
I always wanted to build KARR rather than a KITT
@@garycorbin2789
Me too
~N.W
I always hoped he would come back!! Some how
Kar and Christine are both chilling somewhere in car hell
Im from the uk, used to live watching knight rider repeats on tv as a kid, saturday lunch times before baywatch and airwolf, then when i was living in my local city about 10 years ago, i was walking through an area called bretton, i was walking through the housing estates, and i saw a black pontiac transam firebird, was so awesome, dont know if its still there.
R.I.P. KARR! You were a good car!
K.A.R.R is the best villain of this series.
I was a Kid when I see this tv show,and I still love it!!!
when i was young i wached every video of knight rider and i still like it
Best. Channel. Ever.
Just spent today watching through both KARR episodes and both Garthe/Goliath episodes and then played both Knight Rider PS2 games where Garthe and KARR team up against Michael and KITT. Totally awesome!
3:52 That's what she said
5:30 She also said that too
This is uncanny! Were you there?
That was beautiful Knight Rider 😊
KITT vs KARR the ultimate showdown of Knight Rider! Aw the good ol days. Miss that show. Have season 1 on DVD though. But sometimes things are more fun on TV ;p
I like how they're on soft dirt but the tires still squeal 😂
I like that when they're dueling, the two parts of the bridge that collapsed just magically disappeared.
80s and sometimes still today logic...
Wow...the memories. This was an 'edge of the seat' episode when I was a kid.
Most memorable episode... EVER!!!
Beautiful memory of my childhood,I was eagerly waiting for this program every week,when I was missed i cried.
"If I am destroyed, so shall you be" is right up there with "One shall stand, one shall fall."
same voice actor too
No chipped paint,no scratches & dodges laser…..gotta love it.
2:27 "tell me.. do you feel in charge?.."
I will never forget when I was little I used to watch Knight Rider all the time 😅😅😅
I absolutely LOVED this TV series when I was a kid. K.I.T.T was an excellent car but deep down I was also rooting for villiams like K.A.R.R and Goliath because no good hero is complete without some sort of counterpart. 🤔 This gives me an idea. I wonder if it would be possible to customize the Ruiner 2000 on GTA to look like K.A.R.R. If it is I'm gonna do it. 😁
GR3Y GH05T well there is another version of the ruiner which is updated just like kitt but it can fly and parachute but it's expensive and the runner is a easy traffic car so yeah create one!
@@provestic I looked into it the other day and there's one issue with making KARR on GTA. As far as I know there's no way to change the front light bar to yellow. All I can do is put a KARR license plate on the ruiner. It would work since Karr started out looking like KITT but it's not the same.
GR3Y GH05T well if ur rich you can buy the version with all the flying abilites
@@provestic True but there's no point in spending the cash to buy that car when I can't have it exactly the way I want it so I'll spend it on something else for the time being. Dunno what but I'll figure it out.
GR3Y GH05T maybe try mods but that's too risky if I'm honest just nick a runner from the traffic and paint it glossy black upgrade it on everything and bOoM
Funny fact : I had a 1984 trans am . And I can tell you , it was probably one of the slowest and sluggish sports car I ever owned . 0 to 60 in about 5 minutes.
KITT: If I say "yes", will you promise we'll never had to do that again?
Never say never partner. Never say never.
Paul Frees voice was absolutely perfect for K.A.R.R. Even though Peter Cullen voice was good too but his voice too recognizable and famous for being Optimus Prime. Paul Frees's gives K.A.R.R. that powerful menacing, cold voice of evil.
Yeah, while most will associate Peter Cullen as the voice of KARR (not just cuz of his fame as Optimus Prime but also for voicing KARR in 2008 Knight Rider), I've always preferred Paul Frees personally. Has more of a Darth Vader approach to the voice.
@@AndrewChapman Agreed!
Paul Frees could certainly do a sinister voice when he wanted to. It must be useful being able to make people crap their pants just by the sound of your vocal chords.
it was peter cullen who voiced KARR
@@garymiddleton658 , for the Trust Does Not Rust episode, Cullen did voice K.A.R.R., but for K.I.T.T. vs K.A.R.R. Paul Frees did the voice.
Like Jared said. And poor Paul Frees was uncredited for the role too. Maybe the truth was too scary?
@@doctorbollox a couple of years later, Paul Frees passed away.
@@garymiddleton658 Wrong
I miss this show watched it everyday back in the day in the 90 s. I love this show.