Knight Con took place in the Warner Bros. Movie World theme park in Bottrop, Germany, which made for some bizarre sights as you watched a guy in a Bugs Bunny suit looking over KITT. They declared a “Knight Rider Day” and so there were exhibits and events throughout the park. There was a big exhibit hall which contained the largest collection of Knight Rider memorabilia I have ever seen: toys, clothing, models, posters, photos… everything. The was a screening area running Knight Rider episodes all day long. A German author who published some Knight Rider novels did a reading from one of his books (in German). Don Peake and Stu Phillips were there talking about the music. Because it was inside a theme park, there was a lot of foot traffic.
Of course, the biggest attraction of all was seeing other fans. I met AJ Palmgren for the very first time in a seedy internet cafe in town (smart phones? what were those?) I met Javi from Spain (http://elcochefantastico.net" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) along with his girlfriend and we hit it off immediately and spent a lot of time together.
Most of my photos are trapped inside an obsolete computer but I’ll try to gather as many as I can which were posted online.
Did anyone else make it to Germany in 2004?
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