Who's "Elliot?"

[KITTen]

Hoo-kay, so... I was re-watching the S3 episode "Lost Knight" When I realized something about this little bit:
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"Goodnight, Elliot."
"Kitt, my name is Doug!"
"Oh... Well then, who's Elliot?"

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...Am I being a dumb newbie when I say that I have no idea who Elliot is?

[KITTfan]

I read once an explanation that it was a reference to E.T. movie which has a character named Elliott.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_E ... trial#Cast" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Knight Racer]

I used to think he was referring to Elliot from knight and knerd in season 3 but lost knight came out first.

[KITTen]

Heh, knerd...

I think the E.T. ref would probably be the most plausible... although I find the thought of KITT watching E.T. absolutely hilarious.

[AppleMacri1980]

no see this is like a spin off to e.t. so what happened is this episode is about a boy finds a lost super car so they thought do that since E.T. was for best picture in 1982 they thought lets do it this way

[Knight Rider Archive]

It is a reference to E.T. - the original script for 'Lost Knight' was actually entitled 'K.I.T.T. Phone Home'!