The Knight Rider community is filled with people making a difference, and this is no different. David Doggett is a great fan who works very hard to help keep the spirit of Knight Rider alive, as well as doing some great charity along the way. This time he's produced a Knight Rider calendar!
This two year (2010-2011) calendar contains some very rare photography. Craig Leary who did the driving for KITT in the intros has allowed some of his personal photography from that shooting to be used. And David himself included some of his photos from time spent on "Kickin It Old Skool" the 2007 movie where David Hasselhoff and KITT appeared.
Partial proceeds from the sale of this calendar will goto the Children's Miracle Network.
for more information on how to get this calendar!
With the news recently that the former exclusive KITT voice was coming to other GPS devices, we started to wonder what was next for our friends at Navtones. When we first heard what that was, our first thought was "of course!"
David Hasselhoff, Mr. Michael Knight himself, was in the Navtones studio last week recording his dialog for his GPS voice and hopes to be as "irreverent and funny" as he is. It should be available as a downloadable add on to your TomTom or Garmin device. He posted this clip to his HoffSpace blog.
Also be sure to check out this fantastic clip we were very shocked to find in our mailbox, as special shot out from David to all the Knight Rider fans on knightrideronline.com! Thanks David, and thanks Navtones!
Remember, there is still time to get your voice added to the KITT release for TomTom and Garmin, visit navtones.com to add your name considered to be personalized.
Another clip with David recording is after the jump.
At the Knight Rider Festival, Paul Casey the shows creator introduced his beautiful daughter to us. She is a special needs child and the reason behind his strong drive to help make a difference.
Just like Paul, everyone who came to the Knight Rider Festival was there to make a difference. Some donated time, others money, and some the use of their creative talents.
If you could not come this year there is still a chance to make a difference and help children. Proceeds from the items in our store will go to charity. We've got official festival t-shirts, Knight Rider Online t-shirts and button packs.
We also ended up with an extra signed autograph sheet and some other goodies. So to continue on in the spirit of the event that brought all of these honored guests together, we are actioning it off for charity. We've put it together with a package where the winner will also received a official festival shirt, collectors edition copies of Today In Las Vegas (with KITT and Deanna Russo on the cover) as well as KRO pins and swag. Auction will end on March 31st and we will ship internationally!
As you already know the Knight Rider Festival kicks off in four days. To help raise money for the Children's Miracle Network we have again created a line of limited Knight Rider Online merchandise. These are now available from our custom merchandise store at pre-festival discounted rates.
There are two options for each item - either for pickup at the event itself or shipped to your home. The sale on the items ends the morning of the Festival. If you are attending the festival, look for us and you can pick them up there as well! The shirts final design was voted on by members of our forum.
Gray Knight Rider Online Shirt:
Red Knight Rider Online Shirt:
Uniting the past with the present is shirt contains both the Knight 2000 and the Knight 3000. This custom tee is printed on 100% cotton, professionally silk screened in three colors with a distressed vintage look.
This is a unique piece, so once the initial run is done, it's done! Price is $18 (plus $4 shipping to the US, $8 for international) +$2 if you need XXL or larger.
Four pack of Buttons:
By popular demand we've made a second series of buttons!
Remember - proceeds from these tshirts will be donated via Knight Rider Online to the Children's Miracle Network. We're still accepting donations in any denomination (as little as $1!) via our donation page, please help the children!
Last week the Consumer Electronics Show (or CES) took place in Vegas. Mio, the company responsible for the Knight Rider GPS had a booth set up complete with a complete KITT replica sporting a Mio/Navtones GPS unit on the dash. Very cool high visibility display for sure!
If you already have one of these GPS units (which we've reviewed previously) and are looking for alternates on mount options - check out Arkon. All their Moov 300 mounts are compatible with the Knight Rider GPS and are very well made.
"The Knight Rider Companion" by Nick Nugent is now available for pre-ordering.
"The Knight Rider Companion is the ultimate guide to original Knight Rider mythology. From the pilot, Knight of the Phoenix, to the first made-for-TV movie Knight Rider 2000, this book tells the story of this hit television classic not just through the words of its cast and crew but through hundreds of rarely seen photographs, press shots, and various other promotional materials."
The price is $50 plus shipping, international orders are available, and the books expects to be shipping the first week in January.
The extensive book on the original Knight Rider series, the Knight Rider Companion, continues to move forward on it's way to publication. While it's author expects to have more information on the release in the New Year, a new version of it's teaser was released to YouTube earlier in the week. Check it out above or visit their website for more information.
As you have already heard, we are going to be at Comic Con! To support this, we are producing tshirts and buttons that will be gifting to the cast and crew, and wearing at the event itself. We've also decided to make these products available to the public. There are two items:
Knight Rider Online Comic Con Shirt:
Uniting the past with the present is shirt contains both the Knight 2000 and the Knight 3000. This custom tee is printed on American Apparel Black shirt with red ink, professionally silk screened.
This is a unique piece, so once the initial run is done, it's done! Price is $15 (plus $4 shipping to the US, $8 for international) +$2 if you need XXL or larger.
Four pack of Buttons:
These four pack of retro themed buttons will look great on any piece of apparel!
This is a minimum run of 24 shirts - of which we have 5 shirts left - but if the demand necessitates, we can easily add more shirts. But I need a total count in the next 36 hrs, so we don't incur any additional print fees or miss the Comic Con deadline. $4 for the set (plus $1 for US - $3 for international shipping)
Pre-Order yours today! (orders will ship the week of July 28th) (payments securely accepted by paypal!)
I'm posting this quick video to point something out with the Mio Knight Rider GPS. I thought the device only had 3 led bars on each side. Turns out there is a lot more, I just needed to turn the volume way up!
When we were first contacted by Mio about their Knight Rider device, we couldn't wait till the day that we could finally tell you. An officially licensed GPS unit with the original voice of KITT behind it, how could you lose?
Thankfully, you can't! We have been very fortunate to get this exclusive extensive look at the Mio Knight Rider GPS. No longer will you have a boring list of computerized voices telling you directions on your GPS - now you can have KITT himself!
It's the first time since the TV Movie Knight Rider 2000 - has William Daniels been involved in anything officially Knight Rider. In fact it had been rumored for quite some time that Daniels wanted nothing to do with the series. We are thrilled that this was not the case, and now we have this device here, complete with newly recorded dialog by Mr. Daniels (this isn't reused TV clipings, it's 100% original recordings!)
One of the great unique features with this concept, is that KITT will address the driver by their first name. Simply set your name from the pre-recorded list of hundreds, and off you go. You can be Michael if you want to be a purist, but if your name is Aaron, Joe or David, you can have that personalized experience. (Unfortunately Devon, Bonnie, Wilton are missing from the list, but Mio hopes to address this error)
They've also taken several design cues from the Knight 2000. The device has dual nose type designs on the left and right, complete with a red type of scanner insert. However, the actual use of this scanners LEDs is to be KITTs voice box. It's a pretty neat effect, and initially we were bummed that it wasn't more accurate to the voice box to the series, but in the end the effect still felt the same.
The device is going to be for Canada and the US, however additional maps are available for purchase (for our global fans) via Mio's website for their other devices, so we imagine this unit would be the same.
We must admit it was pretty enjoyable driving around with KITT, that we kept getting lost on purpose, just so we could hear him make more announcements. Which was probably the only annoyance - we wish KITT would talk more. Have KITT nag me when I get lost, have him keep his scanners peeled and determine the best course to our destination - keep him vocal, keep him fun. Michael always told KITT to shadup, we love to be at the place to do that too.
MSRP is about $270, and we expect the final product to be released in the fall. Check out KITTRules for more information.
Just a brief note to stop the emails: Yes, we know. What do you think KITTRULES.com was all about?
We think it's very cool too, but we've been asked to keep further details under wraps until the clock strikes 0. So check back in the early morning for some exclusive first look and details!
Stu recently checked in with us to let us know that the long-awaited Knight Rider Soundtrack CD with music composed by Stu Phillips is finally available for purchase!
You can now buy your personally autographed copies from stuwho.com for $19.99 plus shipping!
As we reported in March, the soundtrack will contain the complete and original main title theme, as well as the complete score from the Pilot, Trust Doesn't Rust, Forget Me Not, Not a Drop to Drink, plus some cues from Inside Out. It will also contain a booklet with pictures and a message from Glen Larson!
This sounds like an amazing collection which is sure to be first rate. Place your order today!
Chris Kerr, the author of As Seen on TV wrote to us to give us an updat that his website chriskerr.co.uk is now active. There you can find out more about the book, it's author, and read a number of excerpts from it.
As Seen on TV is the story of Kirk Rush, a struggling screenwriter in LA, faced with a problem which no one else can help with - how to write The A-Team movie, hit the big time in Hollywood, and save his sister Denise who has gone AWOL from her kidney dialysis treatment in Miami. MISSION: Impossible.
As Seen on TV is a surreal satire of our TV-obsessed culture, shot through with catch phrases, programme titles, and Hollywood look-a-likes. It is dark and terrifically absurd, with echoes of Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon.
It's currently available for £7.69 through Amazon.co.uk.
We got an email in our box earlier this week from Chris Kerr, an Irish author whos new book "As Seen on TV" is a surreal satire about our TV Obsessed culture. One of the infulences from this book is Knight Rider!
Here is a book sample:
I have a problem. No one else can help. Except maybe the likes of Hannibal, Face, BA, Murdock, and hooray for Hollywood feminism, Triple A. Yep, I want to hire The A-Team. Call me ‘Howling Mad’--that’s one better than barking--if this here problem of mine doesn’t raise its bull-ugly head in the middle of Tuesday night, 24th April. There I am, in my Hollywood bed, experiencing a wakeful dream about selling a script to Spielberg himself. I’m pitching the learned-by-rote resume I say to everyone out here, even the people in my dreams. ‘My go-project is The A-Team, Mr Spielberg. The door to this was The Six Million Dollar Man movie--even though they got some A-hole to rewrite me and retitled it The Bionic Dude. The key to that door was my spec script Zombie Moon--it’s all about how Zylon, an experimental space-age gas, makes the international crew of astronauts on Moon Base Alpha die and come back as undead brain-eaters.’
This book is available from Amazon shipping February 10th, 2005.
Click on the link below to read the Press Release
