How a Tank Periscope from World War 2 Helped KITT Achieve One of Knight Rider's Greatest Stunts!
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@Jon-bx1ij 11 днів тому
I have the pleasure of seeing KITT every weekday evening at 7 o'clock as Knight Rider is being reshown here in the UK. It seems to be the later episodes as Peter Parros is in it and KITT is a Convertable and has Super Pursuit Mode.
@thespicemelange.1 12 днів тому
Me and my friend bought one of these when we were kids back in the '80s. We used to use it when we were playing in the woods when were playing like soldiers. When hurricane Andrew knocked down all the Australian pines behind our houses they made perfect foxholes where the root balls were. We would play with all the neighborhood kids running around like little army men with our plastic AR-15. I think we paid 10 bucks for it at an army surplus store in Fort Lauderdale. Man we could get a bunch of stuff from that store and we would play for hours in the woods behind the neighborhood houses. Man that takes me back.
@UberBman 13 днів тому
Having in recent years started rewatching the series on Blu-ray, I couldn’t stop my giggling in one episode seeing the seat disguised stunt driver pull up next to Der Hoff. Also, considering the time being in elementary school I remember for one of our classes we had to make a science project. Periscope was one of the items we could build. My dad ended up helping me make one that ended up getting me a passing grade and the best in class. It was made out of cardboard, two pieces of mirror and some duct tape. Once it was made it was about the size of a Pringles can. I hadn’t thought about that memory until now. Thanks.
@pdennis93 13 днів тому
I wonder if they got the idea from the Dukes of Hazzard. In one of Dukes' best episodes, season 2 episode 6 "The Ghost of General Lee", Bo and Luke blind drive General Lee by Luke using a periscope from the back seat to give directions while Bo lays down in the front floorboard using the pedals and steering wheel. "You better give me some good directions. I feel like I'm working on my instrument rating here."
@davidjames1389 13 днів тому
Wow, very cool. That does explain why we see that weird reflection in some shots of KITT driving. Never understood why that would be there before.
@firekind1980 13 днів тому
I figured the driver just disguised himself as the seat and he looked through the panel. Very clever.
@pinball541 13 днів тому
The first season yes! There was a seat suit that the stuntman would get in. This was before they invented the blind drive seat.
@firekind1980 13 днів тому
@@pinball541 nobody would've noticed.
@charliered696 12 днів тому
So it's the same technique used for Herbie.
@rangerearthgate1392 13 днів тому
This is really hard to believe, because you can see in Voodoo Knight, Race for Life and especially in Custom Kitt that the face of the blind driver is directly behind the acrylic insert of the blind drive seat.
@clintkeene1146 5 днів тому
Still my favorite because Michael Knight and K.I.T.T. are still my heroes
@RichardWinskill 13 днів тому
I always thought they looked out the headrest because I spotted one of the times he mentioned when they did; they had the beige fabric draped over a large bulge behind the seat. I never realised they stopped; I just assumed they got better at hiding it ;)
@JohnOBryan 13 днів тому
Would be neat to mock up an old seat like the blind driver seat to display at shows along with the car, truck and trailer.
@chosenman08 12 днів тому
Every time we learn something! I would say that there can´t possibly be anything what you haven´t provided here but there still might be some hidden secrets. It was great, thank you, Joe (and AJ there) - and your Kitt is stunningly beautiful (as always).
@MyGuyJustinH 13 днів тому
That makes a lot of sense because they have to figure out a way to make it look like KITT was driving himself in the show without the viewers seeing the stunt driver. I knew how they did that. This was an amazing video.
@jdmccormick2275 12 днів тому
I first thought this was an April fool, but watching the whole video clarifies everything... hoping to see more of that interview soon. It's details like this that make KRH sooo interesting, as well as the overall bigger picture 🖤
@matthewhegarty729 13 днів тому
That is fantastic! So many creative and talented people helped make that show so special.
@lukashering9451 12 днів тому
Old special effects are so much more creative and it wasn't always easy to make them happen. They built realistic models and stuff ... Today everything is done by computer (which is still cool, but you know what I mean). Must be amazing to listen to people who actually worked there ... Thank you so much for sharing this!
@user-wd9ny9sm8u 13 днів тому
We love kitt. Hope to see you one day at a car show. Thanks from Bob and Barbara Bicknell ❤
@thebluetardis 3 дні тому
So that shiny panel that was in the hole of the seat that I saw was actually a periscope? SICK !!!
@donfoley6946 13 днів тому
I remember an episode or so where it looked like a glass was inside the opening between the headrest and seat
@kevinhabets1979 14 днів тому
Wow, this is amazing! Now it all makes sense. I always thought it would be very difficult to see through the panel. 🙂👍
@digitalmagicAR День тому
That's interesting because before the re-runs in the 90s when I could replay scenes, I thought they may have used some type of periscope. It seemed like the best method to me, short of a remote controlled car. Now I see they did use that method
@HangoverTelevision 13 днів тому
it's often the "cheap" stuff no one thinks of immediately that are in the end genius ideas XD
@KevKlopper 13 днів тому
The first real "Full Self Driving" car.
@pdennis93 13 днів тому
My mother the car did it first
@simonlewis5511 13 днів тому
Ahh all the way up that point where they reveal it started Season 3, I was thinking... when? As I was sure it wasn't all the time. What we now need, is a photo of it with the periscope in there. Happy sleeping.
@charliered696 12 днів тому
This is a wonderful new detail. Many thanks for sharing!
@darkman042 12 днів тому
I always stay and watch all the Patreon credits because the music is so so so cool!
@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial 12 днів тому
You're the best!
@TastierBackInThe80s 12 днів тому
Its clever. And the original airing of the series back in the day, being so low resolution, you would had to really eagle eyed, and a quick hand with the pause button when VCR came along. So you could pick how they managed it.
@Ronaldl2350 13 днів тому
Definitely looks like a Sherman tank periscope. Very cool.
@noranature 13 днів тому
so genius. thanks for this video
@fsj197811 13 днів тому
Interesting, thanks for sharing.
@jonathanfactor6688 13 днів тому
Great video thanks
@RollerCoasterLineProductions 13 днів тому
Another great video!!!
@scootermann83 13 днів тому
Fascinating interview! Also: Wind chimes should be outlawed
@kevincoones4368 13 днів тому
Hi Joe Very good video. Never heard of a periscope before
@sebastiend.5335 13 днів тому
What a beautiful beast it is! Greetings from the Netherlands
@briank.8925 12 днів тому
And right at the end, it was said it was used in seasons 3 & 4. Probably because filming (overhead crane etc.) was advanced enough to need to hide the stunt en more!
@vijayantgovender2045 13 днів тому
Wow very interesting thank you for sharing love watching from videos watching from South Africa
@matthewholzinger1042 12 днів тому
I bought one back in the 80s
@mrjsv4935 13 днів тому
Fascinating stuff! Gotta watch some 3rd - 4th season episode and look carefully the auto drive scenes with this information in mind :) Watched KITT vs KARR from dvd few days ago, but it was more for fault finding an intermittent video image problem on my tv when dvd player is connected to it, so the focus was a bit elsewhere :P
@crushingvanessa3277 12 днів тому
I just got a semi hoodie, very nice item. I just want to change the hood strap to a gold shoelace, now to find the shoelace. Figured it would go with the FLAG colours and the large black one blocks a lot of the logo.
@Rawsolo 13 днів тому
Pretty darn cool.
@johneastmond9092 12 днів тому
...hidden; behind the seat, in the seat, wearing the seat...or something. LMFAO!!!
@petermclachlan-wortley3339 12 днів тому
That was fascinating..here's my thoughts..season1 we know it was a seat suit,as in the driver was the seat,you can tel as it looked do different from the passenger seat..S2 they modified the seat with the stuntman looking out of the blackout in the seat,I always thought the blackout was not dark enough as you could definitely see a head,I'm thinking race for Life or Custom KITT..S3 they made a new seat with the periscope, note how low the seat was on S3,it really hid the cover...season4 brought a big change,both in front and behind the camera..up to then Jack did the blind driving but he became 2nd unit director, therefore couldn't give the time to stunt driving..we know his brother Andy took over blind driving KITT in S4,but my theory is he couldn't drive the car with the periscope, so new seats were constructed,you can clearly see the back of the seats in the blind drive cars were much taller and wider,I think they went back to the S2 design of the driver sitting straight up and looking out the blackout mesh..if you watch a few S4 episodes,Scent of Roses for one,when Micheal gets in KITT us say goodbye,you clearly see the arms of the stuntman poking through the passenger seat and the shroud,and how tall the seat is... However they did it,to drive the car so brilliantly while looking thought that small apiture was amazing!!
@grahamclark4518 13 днів тому
Your car is beautiful
@mikekozi-lester3887 13 днів тому
Hi Kitt and Joe and the rest of the guest nice video 📹 and workmanship and Parascope does it belong 2 4 KNIGHT RIDER EYE 👁 👀 4 EYES EYE CENTER
@jetknight7562 13 днів тому
And today's some who own a knight rider replica figured out how to remote control a trans am to drive on its own..
@rorydoyletheviper376 13 днів тому
The batman tumbler is my favourite batmobile.😊
@kwstastt 13 днів тому
we still have these in our US built tanks like M60 M113 in the greek army...i was a tank driver,i have used them...not the best vew but ok you can see a bit😁
@rorydoyletheviper376 13 днів тому
I also like the batman tumbler from the dark Knight trilogy.😊
@HeavensProtocol 13 днів тому
Former owner of a KNIGHT INDUSTRIES Knight Rider Big Wheel. I think it was the Knight Industries subsidiary known as MATTEL.
@tug1345 13 днів тому
Wasn't it the 3rd season the purpose built right hand blind drive car was built
@leandrocardosoyt 13 днів тому
But Joe, when the blind driver reversed, how did they do it?
@brianburgett5894 13 днів тому
You need one more car to set up as a blind drive car
@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial 13 днів тому
It's in the plan...one day!
@scatpack01 13 днів тому
I want a blind drive seat
@rorydoyletheviper376 13 днів тому
The batman tumbler is also a cool car.
@donovaneddiealanhodges1499 13 днів тому
Hey Guys. This is a very interesting strategy the SPFX people did years ago. You can actually see their eyes in the lens whenever KITT's on the move. Would that be possible now in days? Maybe on a TESLA? Let me know.
@scottsmith6846 12 днів тому
Thank you for the video I enjoyed it and no it's not really true you don't learn something new everyday every once in a while you do
@ClarkeMarek 13 днів тому
Well, I'll be a bald headed son of a bitch without hair. That's pretty awesome!
@dpose6525 13 днів тому
Why didn't Jack Gill reveal this years ago
@pl5624 13 днів тому
Thats barris alright...taking credit for other people's work...
@paulreichelt1259 12 днів тому
Our employer's and management do the same thing.
@pl5624 12 днів тому
@@paulreichelt1259 he claimed to be friends with James dean and painted his spider.wrong! He merely bought the shell after racers picked the mechanical parts off it.
@phoenixblack1220 12 днів тому
I don’t mean to speak I’ll of the dead, but Barris was a jerk in real life. I knew him very well. He was a regular at Bobs Big Boy in Toluca Lake which is five minutes up the road from his shop, which is now subsequently closed and ready to be demolished. But, he was not a nice guy to talk to and would always love when people stroked his ego and would big time people who wanted to meet him.
@pl5624 12 днів тому
@@phoenixblack1220 the other customizers knew him well...dean Jeffries worked nearby him in California and reputed the dean claims until the day he passed.
@bugeyev8 12 днів тому
he really was a turd...he claims alot of others work as his own...personally i think Barris sucked
@halko1 13 днів тому
2:35 I just watched your video, and I have to step in with a correction: K.I.T.T., a marvel of Knight Industries' engineering, is equipped with an advanced artificial intelligence system that grants him full autonomy. This isn't a trick or illusion; it’s a genuine feature of his design. K.I.T.T. can think, make decisions, and navigate dangers independently, powered by his state-of-the-art AI. So, while your stunt driver theory is intriguing, in reality, K.I.T.T. doesn't need a driver because he is the driver himself.
@rorydoyletheviper376 13 днів тому
I first heard of knight rider in the 2000's.
@rorydoyletheviper376 13 днів тому
So I didn't get to see knight rider until the 2000's😊
@rorydoyletheviper376 13 днів тому
I was born on the 24th of April 1997. I am from Dublin Ireland.
@TheMrZarmo 12 днів тому
There has been a lot of innovative people creating this show but I quess it is also sort of innovation to use older innovations in completely different setup.Blind driving without completely open view 🥸😁 Do you know did they crash these cars during filming? Someone could assume that something like that has to happen at least one or two times
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