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Knight Rider TV Show
Although the title of the series alluded to its human protagonist, the real star of the weekly, hour-long NBC action-adventure series
Knight Rider
 was a talking car -- and no, this wasn't "Mr. Edon Wheels." David Hasselhoff headed the cast as an undercover cop named Michael, who after  being shot in the face and left for dead was rescued by billionaire Wilton Knight (RichardBasehart), founder of Knight Industries for the Foundation of Law and Order . Surgicallysupplying Michael with a new face, Knight also gave our hero a new name, Michael Knight, anda new mission in life -- to travel throughout the world righting wrongs and punishing criminals,with the latest in high-tech computer weaponry and gadgetry at his disposal.Foremost among Michael's arsenal of "neat stuff" was a sleek, super-powered black Trans Amnamed "Knight Industries Two Thousand," or "K.I.T.T." for short. In addition to being outfittedwith a near-impenetrable chassis, the capacity to travel 300 miles on the ground, underwater, andeven in the air (it didn't exactly fly, but could leap 50 feet upward), and a full arsenal of trackingdevices and non-lethal weaponry, K.I.T.T. also possessed a remarkably high artificial I.Q. -- andit was able to speak (courtesy of actor William Daniels), usually for the purpose of impartingimportant information, or simply and haughtily to put the rather less intelligent Michael in his place every so often.After the death of Wilton Knight, Michael received his orders from the elder Knight's second-in-command, Devon Miles (Edward Mulhare), who had a hard time concealing his contempt anddistrust for our hero. In addition to the two (make that three) principal characters,
Knight Rider 
also featured a trio of mechanics, who occasionally found themselves in the thick of the action.Two of these mechanics were shapely young ladies, Bonnie Barstow (Patricia McPherson) andApril Curtis (Rebecca Holden); the third was a flippant, resourceful ex-street-gang member named Reginald Cornelius III (Peter Parros), or RC3 for short. With tongue firmly in cheek and aremarkable lack of violence or mayhem (despite all the fast action, few characters were killed,
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