Remember the 80s

We all remember that great 80s show Knight Rider? (There's actually a crazy back story that was told in the pilot episode) So NBC has made a made for TV movie of Knight Rider. It is going to feature the car KITT and Michael Knight's estranged son. (I wish my estranged dad had a cool talking car) This is to air February 17, and possibly be spun into a new series for the 2008 television season. (Why not, have you seen some of the other crap NBC puts on air?)

This is where things get odd. NBC had used Will Arnet, uncle GOB on Arrested Development, to voice Kitt. All was well, I heard hid did a great job and added his own little flavor too it. However General Motors put the kibosh on that. I guess Will Arnett has done the voice over for GMC Truck commercials for 10 years (I think most people never realized this) and the car in Knight Rider is a Ford. Apparently GM has a clause in their contract that you can only voice one brand of car. I would think Will Arnett would tell GM to eat it and go to the Knight Rider gig. I am sure it pays more, and is a lot cooler, seeing that no one even knows he does those GM commercials. Now NBC has hired Val Kilmer to do the voice of Kitt. Terrible, this is the same Val Kilmer that ruined the original Batman movies, and hasn't been in anything decent since Tombstone. I also read he has been depressed and put on like 60 pounds.

They should stick with Arnett, he does have a cool voice, and is quite funny. I'm still going to watch this because Knight Rider is awesome, and there is a cameo from Hasselhoff in it.