Posted: 04 January 2006 at 4:38am | IP Logged | 8
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Steve Jones: I bet those wacky Aussies are taking the piss. ************************************************************ **********
Exactly right. As far as I understand, the Germans genuinely love him, and have helped make him a tidy fortune through record sales.
Here, he's the object of millions of email jokes, sight gags, and that weird 'how dorky are we for loving this' nostalgia. Knight Rider is a part of the pop culture of those of us who lived in the 80s, and affectionately so, even if, looking back it was a dodgy show (hey, I was very young, ok?)
But I've read about the show that he's bringing here, and it sounds very camp and deliberately cheesy, like a Vegas lounge show where we all see the old stuff (he's going to be driving KITT, it's in the tagline)
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