Well, the upfronts have come and gone and everyone is asking the question that gets asked every year at this time, "How could they cancel my favorite show?"
No one understands how difficult this is better than I. I have been watching TV for a long time and I've seen many of my favorite shows get cut down in their prime. Arrested Development, Firefly, Bosom Buddies; I loved all of these shows and I was sad to see them go. Here's what's important to remember: With every great show that gets canceled, a deserving show goes with it. For every Jericho that gets cut down, there is a George Lopez Show that is put out of it's misery. For every Veronica Mars that is stopped short there is a Reba that we no longer have to deal with.
Besides, in a few months, the new fall season will be here and there will be a whole new batch of shows to worry about.
Now on to this week's question...
On the classic show Knight Rider, Kitt had an evil twin. What was his name and what did his name stand for?
This should be an easy one for all you true TV fans. Good luck!
Congratulations to NPC who set a new time record with his correct answer of KARR (Knight Automated Roving Robot).
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5-21-2007 @ 2:07PM
npc said...
KARR - Knight Automated Roving Robot
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5-21-2007 @ 2:07PM
Nathan said...
KARR, which stood for Knight Automated Roving Robot
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5-21-2007 @ 2:10PM
Andy Grey said...
Knight Automated Roving Robot),
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5-21-2007 @ 2:10PM
Andy Grey said...
KARR-Knight Automated Roving Robot),
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5-21-2007 @ 2:11PM
iamhoff said...
I see I'm not the first :(
KARR - Knight Automated Roving Robot
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5-21-2007 @ 7:21PM
Andy Grey said...
are you serious about Jericho being good, I am a huge TV fan and Jericho was serialized TV dumbed down by CBS. Except for having mysteries, the show had no style or finesse, it was just impressed with itself that Skeet Ulrich had a mysterious past, except it never gave the viewer a reason to care about his "mysterious past". I passed after about 8 episodes
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5-21-2007 @ 2:14PM
robert said...
K.A.T.T. (Knight Automated Thinking Transport)
you see... KITT and KATT came packaged together side by side and you had to snap them apart in the middle.
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5-21-2007 @ 2:16PM
robert said...
K.A.T.T. (Knight Automated Thinking Transport)
you see... KITT and KATT came packaged together side by side and you had to snap them apart in the middle.
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5-21-2007 @ 2:27PM
Bash said...
I second what Andy Grey said.
The only thing that could glue you to Jericho is the premise of the US getting attacked by an unknown enemy using nuclear bombs which is kind of up to date.
But since I saw "The day after" when I was fifteen I cannot believe the fairytale they told on that show. I watched until they had the BBQ. That was so frickin unrealistic and over the top it was almost like a shark jumping over the grill on-screen.
Funny enough "Bones" had a similar scene right in the pilot when they reconstructed a face from a scull together with all facial features. Having read an article about how 28 diffenrent forensic teams from 20something different countries got the same skull and reconstructed 28 different faces (most of the time with facial features from the country the team came from - so you had everything from Asian to American with the most funny looking one almost similar to a Urang Utang) this was so totally hilarious to me I had to laugh - and immediately turn off the TV.
Anyway. I feel like the only way to enjoy certain shows is if you are illiterate and therefor have your suspension of disbelief suspended way longer. And being told you're a wiseass once in a while and to shut up during the movie... *sigh*
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5-21-2007 @ 3:14PM
mike m said...
sorry to disappoint you, but Jericho might not be dead yet....
http://www.syfyportal.com/news423672.html
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5-21-2007 @ 3:55PM
Nick said...
KARR is the easy part. Who piloted KARR? And an evil-looking David Hasselhoff doesn't count.
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5-21-2007 @ 5:33PM
iamhoff said...
Nick,
Was it Garthe Knight (FLAG's founder's long lost son)? He was played by an evil looking David Hasselhoff (as opposed to the drunken one on YouTube), but I don't remember if that was one of the KARR episodes. I didn't think KARR had an "official" driver in the couple of episodes he was in. The second ep he was in, he had been "found" by some young couple, but I don't think they did anything besides getting KARR running again.
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5-21-2007 @ 6:08PM
Akbar Fazil said...
IIRC Nick, Garth Knight never had anything to do with KARR. He drove Goliath.
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5-21-2007 @ 7:06PM
Jeff said...
Anyone remember was KARR's flaw was?
I loved that it was such a simple mistake for Knight Industries to have made.
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5-30-2007 @ 10:05AM
JagedNS said...
I liked Jericho in the beginning but never went back to it after it's hiatus.. I like shows and books about post apocalyptic events but I'm silly like that. :)
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6-17-2007 @ 10:10PM
Kelly Kinstrey said...
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Let me know how you like the website and if you are interested in the merchandise we offer. Thanks for your time!
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6-20-2007 @ 11:33PM
Reggie Duncan said...
Knight rider rocks. That was one of the best shows that ive seen thus far.They sould do Knight Rider 2008. worth looking into.How i miss that show.There never will be a tv series like knight rider.
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