No Big Thing - S1-E8
Visible crew/equipment: As the truck Devon is driving jumps the chain link fence, the helmeted and harnessed stunt driver is easily seen.
No Big Thing - S1-E8
Visible crew/equipment: At the end, as KITT goes to jump the camper, there is a set of what appears to be mirrors to hide the obvious ramp.
Character mistake: When K.I.T.T. is talking about rubies he refers to them as a crystalline form of carbon. Ruby is actually crystalline aluminium oxide.
No Big Thing - S1-E8
Continuity mistake: As KITT and the truck approach each other, the terrain alternates from tree lined to wide open. Also in the same sequence, after KITT suggests reverse, Michael's hand is shifting from reverse to the low gears.
Knight Rider [Pilot; a.k.a. Knight of the Phoenix] (1) - S1-E1
Other mistake: After KITT takes over after the hoods steal him, in the big intersection, when KITT's doing donuts, it's a stunt car and driver, as the steering yoke is a regular round wheel.
Other mistake: When the woman plays the video to show the people K.I.T.T, most of the footage you see cannot exist, especially seeing Michael driving inside K.I.T.T on K.I.T.T's monitor. Also when K.I.T.T crashed through the Comtron door from the pilot later on - when Michael sees the footage, this is just footage from other episodes rather than surveillance footage. (00:13:25)
Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: The General Lee explodes in flames, but in the next shot of the car, you can see that the car on fire is a completely different car. (00:28:50)
Just My Bill - S1-E6
Revealing mistake: At the parking lot when the cop calls in a tow truck for the first time, you can spot a man inside the car wearing a white shirt hiding inside. He moves his head trying to avoid the camera angle but fails.
No Big Thing - S1-E8
Visible crew/equipment: When the camera looks at KARR's modulator, it appears to be nowhere in the futuristic dashboard.
Lost Knight - S3-E10
Plot hole: The explosion strength of the XPL nitro-plastiqe is very inconsistent. In the opening scenes, six cubes are enough bring down a building. Later, Bobby throws two cubes of it out the passenger window. Oddly, they end up on opposite sides of KITT, and then cause only very minor explosions. In the next scene, Bobby throws the another two cubes of explosive out the window, and those explosions are enough to collapse a power pylon. (00:08:26 - 00:08:49)
Other mistake: When Michael is carrying Micki up the cliff, she's supposed to be unconscious. But he's not holding on to her and her hand stays wrapped around his neck to hold on. Not something she should be able to do. When they're near the top, her hand position changes, but she's still able to hold onto him.
Mouth of the Snake [a.k.a. All That Glitters] (1) - S2-E21
Other mistake: At about 7 minutes into the show, you see a US border sign in English and Spanish lying on the ground. The English version says "500 yards ahead." The Spanish version says "150 metros" which is roughly 500 feet, not 500 yards. It is also not clear why a sign fairly far on the Mexican side would have English text at all, especially with wording that is more typical of US rather than Mexican signs. (00:06:49)
Revealing mistake: In most episodes you can tell different versions of the car are being driven. In most close up shots, or inside the car, KITT has a distinct black panel on the top part of the windshield and no rear view mirror. In some shots, the black panel has a different shape. But in most wide shots where we see real life driving, there is no black panel at all and sometimes there's a rear view mirror that can be seen. You can also see a normal steering wheel in driving scenes, especially during stunts.
Knight Rider [Pilot; a.k.a. Knight of the Phoenix] (2) - S1-E2
Revealing mistake: When the 2 crooks take KITT, when Michael's on the phone, KITT takes over and the driver keeps saying he's not doing anything and isn't touching the wheel. When KITT is doing donuts, you see the driver's hands on the wheel, and he's the one doing the driving.
No Big Thing - S1-E8
Other mistake: When the semi is approaching Michael head on, KITT tell Michael to hit the brake, which Michael does. Then KITT tells Michael to put it in reverse, which Michael does. But then KITT says "why reverse, we could have jumped over?" as if he wasn't the one who suggested reversing.
Good Day at White Rock - S1-E4
Revealing mistake: After we first see the pack of bikers riding, it cuts to two guys on bikes. They're being towed on a platform of some sort because the never turn their handlebars or front wheel but still turn with the curves in the road.
Continuity mistake: When Michael starts to scrape the blue paint off the shell, he scratches across the blue band and you see a few scrape marks where the paint is gone and it's white, like the shell, underneath. In the close up, it's slowly scraping such a small potion of the paint off and you see it's yellow underneath now.
Continuity mistake: When Michael notices the accident report folder, the folder is touching the red candy basket. When goes to steal it by putting it under the basket, the folder is now further away.
A Knight in Shining Armor - S2-E13
Visible crew/equipment: As Michael walks over to KITT and the loud mouth challenges him to a race, a light set up is reflected on the car.
Chosen answer: Before "product placement" became common, name-brand products were rarely, if ever seen in TV shows, mostly due to avoid advertising conflicts with program sponsors. The Pepsi logo may have been taped out to prevent any commercial infringements.
raywest ★
Are you kidding? Product placement was so rampant in the 50s that sometimes you'd wonder if you were watching a TV show or a paid ad.
Brian Katcher
Knight Rider wasn't produced in the 1950s. TV shows of that era had advertising more similar to the old radio shows from the 30s and 40s. The early 50s series often had a sole sponsor, so their product (and related items) was likely seen in a program. An announcer also informed the audience at the beginning that, "This program is brought to you by (insert brand name). " From the 60s on, brand-name products weren't generally seen in TV programs. Networks sold air time to multiple advertisers, and their ads were shown during the long commercial breaks. So no, I'm not kidding.
raywest ★