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@oldermusiclover

19 күн бұрын

how did they do the voice of Goliath

@1969chgoodwin

8 күн бұрын

​@@oldermusicloverIn the original series Goliath didn't have an AI , it was just a truck with the same molecular bonding shell. Although a better story would have been Karr's cpu found by Garth and used to give Goliath an AI. It would still be Karr's but take on the name Goliath. Imagine Peter Cullen coming back for his voice in a killer truck 💯

@oldermusiclover

8 күн бұрын

@@1969chgoodwin just wondered how they did that aweful voice he had

@1969chgoodwin

8 күн бұрын

@@oldermusiclover the growl?

@oldermusiclover

7 күн бұрын

@@1969chgoodwin yes

K.I.T.T vs K.A.R.R is one of my favorite episodes but it would have been even better as a two hour episode. Lots of storytelling to cram into one hour.

I'm sure you've addressed it before, but there's a conversation that KARR has with KITT in a deleted scene where he talks about how KITT's just a puppet and not 'living' for himself and then that episode ends with KITT thinking about what KARR said. I can't remember it exactly but I remember it put such a dark spin on the end of the episode.

@bustyrandit

Ай бұрын

is this on YT or on any of the DVDs as an "Extra"?

@gutz1981

Ай бұрын

That's not the discussion they had. KARR said to KITT as Bonnie was calibrating the Laser in TDR, the discussion was about how being one of a kind is special, but so is being two of a kind and it plays in to where Michael asks KITT at the end of the episode "How does it feel to be one of a kind? KITT says being one of a kind is a very familiar feeling. Then it cuts to a wide shot where he says it again after Michael leave. Between those two moments KITT would play back the scene about KARR saying being two of a kind is special, which makes sense why KITT repeats the line cause his brother is gone.

My dad my brother and I loved Knight Rider...I found an old VHS tape dad had he recorded the episode where kitt gets destroyed with the battering ram machine...it's even more amazing now because it has all the old commercials and ads from that era.

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial

Ай бұрын

If its an original NBC airing, we would love to borrow it to digitize it! Email us at knightriderhistorians@gmail.com if you are interested. Thanks!

@pinball541

Ай бұрын

I would love to see it myself, if just for the period commercials.

@larrygcrews7971

Ай бұрын

I'll have to dig it out I have no problem sending it you guys. I know I haven't watched it in years because our VHS player started eating tapes lol luckily that wasn't one of em

@larrygcrews7971

Ай бұрын

@@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial ok will do soon as I have it in my hands I'll email you and get your mailing address

I always wished K.A.R.R and Garthe teamed up for a huge multi episode

@bustyrandit

Ай бұрын

Wasn't there a video game version that did that?

@johnreissiger4043

25 күн бұрын

They should have had David Hasselhoff return as Garthe rebuilding KARR & Goliath like the Fast and Furrious meets KNIGHT RIDER check out the video for this all previous shows and Airwolf are in it 😮

@AndrewChapman

24 күн бұрын

Yeah, would've been great. Though I reckon it may have also been a bit cliché. Would've felt like seeing Michael and KITT in Star Trek's mirror universe. Plus I think Hasselhoff requested Garthe be killed off as he was finding it tiring playing a dual role.

@downix

23 күн бұрын

​@AndrewChapman Garthe gets plastic surgery to "reclaim his face". Hell, get Larry Anderson; Garthe remaking himself into Michael Long to "show Michael how it feels".

@AndrewChapman

20 күн бұрын

@@downix Yeah, that could've worked. Though Hasselhoff still would've had to provide the voice dubbing since he played Garthe without having his voice dubbed.

40 years ago since kitt vs karr episode. Wowzers!! 😮😱

@VauxhallViva1975

29 күн бұрын

Indeed. I always WISHED they had made more KARR episodes!!!!! If I ever build a Knight Rider trans-am, it would be a KARR......not a KITT. We have plenty of KITT replicas, where are the KARR replicas!!!! :p

I always assumed the KARR CPU would have made a return in season 5 if Knight Rider hadn't been cancelled.

@AndrewChapman

24 күн бұрын

Yeah, would've been awesome.

@resetsetmefree478

19 күн бұрын

@@AndrewChapman I'm thinking 🤔 maybe it did in Junkyard Dog. Maybe Acid John found it and hired Marco Berio (killer Kitt) to build a self driving forklift. In the script for junkyard dog it says you don't get to see who if anybody is driving it

@morganrussman

11 күн бұрын

Honestly, that's part of my season 5 over arching storyline head canon.

@resetsetmefree478

11 күн бұрын

@@morganrussman do any characters like garthe, Adrienne Margo (alias Bianca Morgan) , or Marco Berio also make a comeback?

@morganrussman

11 күн бұрын

@@resetsetmefree478 honestly, if I were to time travel back and suggest a season 5 of the original show and the studio was on board with doing the season, for Adrienne Margo and macro berio, I never really thought too much about them, but garthe? You darn well know it 😁.

Its incredible that 40 years later there are ideas of what KARR could have been in season 4 Killer KITT. Definitely some ideas there 🤔

I still have KITT vs KARR recorded on VHS when it first aired, with the commercials lol!

Always love some KARR content. I wish I could be at that event in July, that's going to be great to see them together again.

@misherumaribosuton

Ай бұрын

Yep

I'd like to add the nice miniatures work by Sessums & Slagle when KITT & KARR turbo into each other. That scene was so scary to me at 8 years old that I covered my eyes when the two cars hit each other mid-air. Great, fun, classic 80s TV! We'll never see anything like it again.

Paul Frees is the voice I always associate with KARR just because of how sinister he made him sound, it was pure evil, you couldn't have asked for a better voice actor to play KARR than Paul Frees! It was the way that he voiced him to make him seem so assertive but also with the edge of being manipulative as well that always put the hairs on the back of your neck on edge, it was pure malice within his voice, and to think Paul Frees had his ashes scattered into the Pacific Ocean

In the show, KARR says "My circuitry needs repairs and I want to alter my appearance." KITT mentions that all of KARR's possible targets have double security. So, my question is, where did John get those parts and how did he know how to replace them?

@pdennis93

Ай бұрын

He got the parts from the FLAG semi I guess.

@zairomolino4074

27 күн бұрын

Bonnie had a strong drug addiction so she stole the components from the foundation and sold to karr to pay pushers

@averyparticularsetofskills

25 күн бұрын

@@zairomolino4074 Thaats not the _only_ thing she sold.....🤸‍♀️

@russellj.s.257

11 күн бұрын

I like how in KITT vs KARR KARR is voiced by the late great Paul Frees who was the voices of great cartoon characters back in the 1960's and also most notably The Disney Haunted Mansion ghost host.

@timhiggins5956

2 күн бұрын

KARR was voiced by Peter Cullen

I wonder if K.A.R.R.'s blinking CPU after he exploded was influenced by CHRISTINE when a piece of her grill moves after she was crushed, or if it was just coincidence?

The black color of KITT and KARR was part of the molecular bonded shell. So theoretically, the silver on KARR was just painted over that and had no real strength of its own. It’s possible to say the silver burned off in the explosion and the black remained. Also, they should’ve found a way to resurrect Garthe and Goliath and put KARR’s CPU into the truck. That would’ve made a crazy episode.

@ClarkeMarek

Ай бұрын

My idea for that, Garthe gets his hands on a Firebird, updates it with a molecular bonded shell, drops KARR into it, and uses him for a prototype to upgrade Goliath. Of course, I figure by the end of the episode, KARR turns face due to his hatred of the Knight foundation, and possibly due to corruption of his programming, sacrifices himself to save Michael and KITT.

KARR was not evil......he just had self preservation programming. The big mistake with KARR is he thought he was superior because he was the prototype. Prototypes are usually not as good as production because they are quickly made and use inferior components.

@user-ht1xu4gv2u

26 күн бұрын

Yeah he got some virus fromMGM. HAL. FROM. 2001

@chiaraj1003

14 күн бұрын

He was evil in the second episode, but I think it was because his motherboard had all sorts of corrosion, with him being corrupted thanks to that corrosion.

Damn I was all set to say Peter Cullen did KARRS voice and Optimus Prime but you beat me to it.

Interesting facts, now i have to build a Karr😊

A crossover we'll never see... "My Mother the KARR"! A 1928 Porter with an attitude!

Idea here... Knightrider continuation, it is 40 yrs later, Devon is obviously gone by murder Bonnie and Michael are retired and FLAG is still operating in Seattle. KARR has been resurrected into a modern style vehicle with a team of people causing mayhem all over the west coast. KARR has the same capabilites that KITT had in the 80s with a semi and team to work on him. FLAG finds out and is in a race against time to rebuild KITT to catch and stop KARR and his team and restore order. This is something out of my warped mind of thinking. Hope someone likes this idea.

@MyGuyJustinH

Күн бұрын

I love this idea. 👍

As an idea for the Transformers RPG, I wrote up stats for KARR to be a Decepticon. I gave him the backstory that after the episode some Decepticons found his CPU and took it with them. Eventually he would get a new body built to resemble his appearance (and the weapons that KITT had in the NES game). I'm hoping to eventually work on Goliath as a character.

I still love Peters version of KARR!

I had always wished that they would have explained more on how KARR came back in KITT vs KARR. KITT even tells Michael that they both saw KARR explode during their last encounter. But yet we see KARR fully intact. That part never made any sense to me. I still love that episode. But it is a mystery on how KARR was intact after exploding in the Trust Doesn't Rust.

@markfrank5241

4 күн бұрын

Karr had a nurel net processor or a learning computer but the switch was not set when he was set out on his own

I loved the 2 appearances of KARR I always wished there would be a 3rd appearance but alas, if they ever brought back knight rider we all know that sadly will never happen but they could of brought it back around the cpu discovery

I'm a softie at heart and I will always wonder if we could have had a redemption arc for KARR. 1984 is after all also the anniversary of the Terminator. I wonder if the 2 productions ever met while shooting at night in LA... 🤯

I was obsessed with knight rider as a kid

Great video, always loved Karr and believed he was the biggest threat for Kitt and Micheal. In my head canon, Karr was supposed to become Michael's car, but due the Karr's programing and Michael getting shot, made Wilton have to use Michael's original Trans Am. Hence why the Kitt is seen still being worked on and even Devon stating that they haven't tested Kitt completely.

The corvette you showed a picture of and was the inspiration for karr was the 1978 corvette Indy pace car. It was the only one that had the silver and black with a red pinstripe separating the colors. The anniversary corvette for 1978 was sliver and a metallic gray color

When KARR goes off the cliff in the first season, the producers stole the jump from the movie "The Car" ... I think you mention that in other videos.

Hopefully knightrider historians can film the upcoming karr event

Top stuff, I always likes the KARR version.

@misherumaribosuton

Ай бұрын

Yeah

@PAUL-MH

Ай бұрын

I like him in the episode trust doesn't rust. Because he's voiced by peter cullen the voice of prime in transformers. But he's even more evil in k.i.t.t vs k.a.r.r. He's brilliant his green voice speaker was so popular with fans larson decided to use it for k.i.t.t and made it red!

@resetsetmefree478

29 күн бұрын

​@@PAUL-MHvery good point about the green vs red colors. Also since Kitt is black then how come karr isn't white?

@PAUL-MH

29 күн бұрын

@@resetsetmefree478 Because k.a.r.r is k.i.t.t.s prototype. I guess wilton knight just wanted an all black finish on both k.i.t.t and k.a.r.r!

@resetsetmefree478

29 күн бұрын

@@PAUL-MH I like how karrs scanner sounds in trust doesn't rust. Its like kitts scanner played backwards! So it sounds quite eerie and menacing. I think it's too bad they changed it for the sequel

I always wanted KARR to come back ... Still two of my favorite episodes ever.

@hackman669

4 күн бұрын

Same, always liked Karr😅

@stevecospito7479

3 күн бұрын

Same... my black charger with black rims, my tag says KARR

The Knight Automated Roving Robot - Man I loved these episodes. I always wanted to see KARR and Goliath team up against Michael and KITT.

As a kid I used to watch Knight Rider on Thursday nights , me and my cousin Peter and I remember the car episodes being the most exciting of all,

The blinking CPU is why I wish someone would find KARR's computer and Goliath's cab to bring them together with the blood son of Wilton Knight. ;)

@morganrussman

11 күн бұрын

Part of what you mentioned is part of my season 5 over arching storyline. Garthe himself is revealed to have survived and hid "underground" for a few years until about the start of season 5, and he builds karrs cpu into Goliath after he came across his cpu for a final confrontation.

@Spokavriel

11 күн бұрын

@@morganrussman Watch The Magnificent TKR its amazing what the CPU can achieve. As seen with Dante's out of autobody experience.

This was my favourite episode. I loved KARR 40 some years later and I can remember “radical car dude” Radical shorts

Appreciate you featuring the voice talent. I’ve worked as an animation artist and also in the attractions industry and Paul Frees is just one of those names cemented as a legendary part of both industries. Forever Disney’s Ghost Host! And yes a brilliant choice for Boris…loved those cartoons.

KARR was always very ominous and quite eerie and intimidating

I have never understood why KARR has the same kind of voice display as KITT because KITT has only a red tile at the beginning - and KARR is older than KITT. So KARR should only had a white tile.

@resetsetmefree478

29 күн бұрын

Maybe they went with a different supplier for the LED display? Also if KITT is black then how come KARR isn't white?

@sa_si_ra

29 күн бұрын

@@resetsetmefree478 I think they have done this to make KARR look equal. KITT would look more advanced with the difference in the displays - so everybody would expect KARR to be behind.

@k2000kidd1

20 күн бұрын

Okay here's my theory has Michael got better kit had to be built in a hurry so all the parts that they fitted into car didn't necessarily make it in the kit because of the time crunch hence why can't had the simpler voice display and then upgraded later

Brilliant!! Throughly enjoyed it. Thanks knightrider historians! 😉👍

A Garthe Knight and Karr teamed up..Fan Idea lol..40 years later!

Kitt vs karr is one of two episodes i remember watching on original broadcast on nbc

I always did like the look of KARR with the two-tone paint job. It's curious that the Foundation never did try to recover KARR after the events of Trust Doesn't Rust. And did they collect the remains after KARR was finally destroyed?

Such a great video! Many thanks and greetings from the Netherlands

Fantastic video!! 👏👏👏👏

Super Video - vielen Dank!

Excellent analysis, as always. I am always amazed at the details ya’ll are able to locate.

Surely Karr had to be a late '81 Trans-Am? Must have taken an early delivery to have time to end a failed prototype, and then replace with an early 82 TA.

@D.S_Productions

Ай бұрын

In the Books the K.A.R.R. Project began in 1979 and was Finished in April 1982 and he was shut down only 6 Days before Michael Long died

@misherumaribosuton

Ай бұрын

Maybe

@misherumaribosuton

Ай бұрын

@@D.S_ProductionsI didn’t know that

@VeriGreippi1

Ай бұрын

What book??

@D.S_Productions

Ай бұрын

Trust dosen't Rust exist also as Book

I love how you pay attention to detail. You answer so many of my questions

fantastic briefing, ive always wondered about the Silver Paint Code... now I know

Awesome Work Joe😎👍👍👍 Thanks!!! Greetings from Helsinki, Finland🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸

On the 1st episode of "Knight Rider" When Michael, goes to the warehouse ,with Devon and sees the 1982 Pontiac Trans Am, for the first time,he said to him "thats my car"from his previous life,as Michael Long,without knowing of course, that it had been modified as KITT.. KARR -a car that was built by the foundation,many years before KITT-was the exact same model: A 1982 Pontiac Trans Am!! 😮 Strange coincidense huh? 😊

Nice 👍🏾💥

Very informative!!

My dream episode for Knight Rider season 5 would have been Garthe Knight and Adriane Margo making a comeback with Goliath. The obtain KARRs cpu and have it installed in Goliath. The story would include them kidnapping Jennifer Knight as another attempt to destroy Michael and KITT and their ultimate goal being to destroy The Foundation for Law and Government. I always thought this would make for a great episode.

@resetsetmefree478

29 күн бұрын

Don't forget about Marco Berio (killer Kitt). It's definitely not a stretch to say he was involved with the karr project too

That was really cool Joe and I like tip 9 of how it was fade away about Karr so cool

All of these I learned all of these for the first time

There was some fan fiction done with K.A.R.R.'s return. Knight Rider Legends was a story done online around the late 90s, early 2000s where kit had the last model Trans Am body. That cpu was found d by the foundation and K.A.R.R. was reborn in the same style, but his flawed programming was corrected. However, he was still a little at odds about his past actions and was sort of a loner. He was paired with a new driver and they became a team with Michael and Kitt. Another fan fiction had K.A.R.R.'s cpu installed in another F body and even had SPM, but his programming was altered and he wasn't exactly K.A.R.R. and his yellow scanner was green, along with his voice box. Same thing where he wasn't an enemy but a sort of anti-hero.

KARR always was my favorite 💪

How many not Trans-Ams played KARR? Now, an a really weird thought. We all saw KARR drive off a cliff and blow up into many pieces. Follow up episode he was fine, not a scratch, rescued by a man and a woman. A few years later we all saw Optimus Prime get blown up into many pieces. Follow up episode he was fine not a scratch. Rescued by a man and a woman.

Love your videos thanks for sharing them 😁. Thanks from Bob and Barbara Bicknell 🙂

The thing that always irritated me was KARRs voice modulator. If KARR was the prototype, his yellow modulator display (above the steering "wheel") shouldve been a solid blinking panel, like KITTs was in the early 1st season. Well done on putting that at #4!

Thank you joe very interesting facts about Karr watching from South Africa

Hey that was good. That was a really good one.

Not only has Peter Cullen voiced Eeyore and Optimus Prime, you can find a convention video here where at a request, he uses Eeyore's voice for Opritus Prime, its hilarious

@bustyrandit

Ай бұрын

He also did the voice over for the trailer of the 1981 horror film "The Beast Within"

15:50 that could have been a 4 part episode special. Having to build a new KITT

You did just fine Joe and as always you do a great job on that

Real bummer about the Paseo Del Mar location, because the road fell down back in 2010 due to erosions and a land slide. Funny enough back then I used to drive my black GTA trans am on that same road unknowingly it’s a major film location for trust doesn’t rust.

they should have had an episode where Garth Knight implants KARR's cpu into Goliath for another go at Michael and KITT

I remember that episode seeing karr in silver was badass

Garth with KARR... Such a missed opportunity to my 7 yr old mind. 😂

Nice

I love your channel, Felix from Zürich-Switzerland 🇨🇭👍

You did not illustrate Karr’s ability to darken windows to hide who is inside and kill them by evacuateing all oxygen out of the Cockpit

I wish David Hasselhoff would appear at the Southern Knights Atlanta with the guest stars from KITT vs. KARR, it would be cool to have him with Jeff Osterhage, Ed Crick, and Jennifer Holmes and reminisce about that episode

Back when I was rewatching Knight Rider in my teens I did think what if Marco Barrio had gotten his hands on KARR's CPU and maybe had teamed up with Garthe Knight to recreate KARR as both men had a beef with the foundation And to The Host wanting somebody to write a fanfiction trust me a few of these have been written over the past few decades 🤣

15:53 Hmm, that sort of would've felt like a redo of "Soul Survivor", where Randy Merritt removes KITT's CPU from his body and installs his own. Only this time, it would've been KARR's CPU installed in KITT's body.

The best episodes of the series were the ones with KARR, great video big thanks

Nice! I have a hot wheels knight rider 2 pack with both kitt and karr hanging up next to my desk!

If I could afford the ultimate toy, it would be screen accurate replica of KARR.

Great video as always, historians! I remember reading once an online article (around 2003) mentioning some possible stories for a supposed 5th season of the show by some producers. One of those stories sees the return of K.A.R.R. in which he, accordingly, would kill Bonnie. However, I haven't been able to find the afford mentioned article anywhere, so I was wondering if you guys knew anything about it, if such story was actually planned or if it was one of those early Internet myths.

K.A.R.R. will always be my favourite!!

What about the part where KARR jumps off the cliff and it's a completely different car lol. The footage looks like it's from a different movie or TV show. That part always killed me lol

I know everyone loves the scene where John is driving K.A.R.R. and has the chat with the lovely lady on the skates, 'Radical car dude', 'Radical shorts', but I was wondering about the guy who went past on a bike, was that set up or was he a genuine member of the public?

My 3 year old son is very into Knight Rider. He always refers to KARR, specifically as Robot KARR! And he does the voice saying, "If I am destroyed, so shall you be"

Cool facts 👍 KARR's voicebox is indeed quite fascinating, the colour, the pattern, it all looks "evil" :D Also, very interesting that event where all KITT vs KARR guest stars are once again together, would be awesome to see videos about that event, if possible :)

@ClarkeMarek

Ай бұрын

The one thing I noticed, KARR never goes into Pursuit mode, but I could be wrong about that.

Years ago, I started writing a story that blended killer KITT with KvK. My drive crashed and I lost my data. Years before cloud storage 😢

That last fact I didnt notice not when I saw the ep as a kid and not when I watched it on the DVD set KARR lives

In knightrider 2000, I think they should've recovered KARR's cpu and had it in storage at the foundation. Just a thought, since the ending was left open in KITT vs KARR.

yes that would have been great! An episode bringing back to existence KARRs cpu, but the question is, in what vehicle?

K.i.t.t vs k.a.r.r was the first episode I saw and I was hooked

KARRs scanner sound also changed from Trust Doesn't Rust to KITT vs KARR, originally they used a spooky swooping synthesised sound, then upon his return, it sounded more like KITTs, albeit with a slight echo added. KITT was great, but KARR had that 'who gives a damn, I do what I want' attitude, whereas KITT was a bit of a 'Teachers Pet' LOL

I want a KARR replica! the 2 tone version! also I always did like KARR's voice modulator since the 2 outside LEDs went in opposite directions

6:00 The Three Shells?! OMFG, you _simply must do that crossover_ (preferably on April First)!!!

@KnightResearch

Ай бұрын

You know how to use the three shells? ;)

@PetesGuide

Ай бұрын

@@KnightResearch No I don’t! It hurts every time I try! And I try often because the hottie that said that is so hot I want to take her to dinner and desert. So much worse than the Roman sponge-on-a-stick! She’s going to have to be extra flexible for this suffering! Edit: Subscribed to your channel!

MORE ON K.A.R.R.!!! I am currently building (or rebuilding him depending on how you view it) but I've been his biggest fan my WHOLE LIFE and I'm 42

I really loved the fact 10...

K.A.R.R. Knights Automatisch Reagierender Roboter. That's how the car was translated in Germany with even keeping all letters. 🇩🇪🇺🇲

The KARR episodes were the best in the show...and I say that as a Goliath episodes super fan. There was a guilty pleasure with KARR, he wasn't bound by the goody two shoes persona we had with KITT, the writers were free to make him down right evil and do things we could NEVER see with KITT. There was also a cool factor to KARR even as bad as he was. I'd kill for a KARR model with a working sensor and voice box programmed from the episodes with lines from both voice actors.

I recently watched the Blu-Ray version of Trust Doesn’t Rust and noticed that when KARR goes over the cliff the car that was used for this shot was not a Trans Am or even a car that closely resembles a Trans Am. It isn’t clear to me what car was used but it looks to be a silver sedan from the 1960’s. The front grill and headlights almost look European. I enjoy watching your channel!

@brianschrayer952

Ай бұрын

I just freeze framed the ending. When KARR swerves to avoid KITT the KARR Trans Am swerves out of the frame. Immediately afterward it cuts to a car that has a profile of something like a 1970’s Lincoln or Cadillac for 6 frames as it goes through dirt. In these frames the car appears to be green, but it could be the lighting. Then the scene cuts to a wider view of what I assume is this car going over the cliff. In real time it happens so quickly that it’s hard to tell. It’s only now that we can watch it on Blu-Ray on a 60 inch TV that you can see that it’s not the KARR Trans Am.

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial

Ай бұрын

It’s footage from the 1977 movie The Car

@brianschrayer952

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply! I suspected it was recycled footage.

I was hoping that Goliath would return and they would put KARR’s CPU in GOLIATH