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The Guardian - UK
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Simon Cowell's not getting his Kitt together for Hasselhoff's Knight Rider

Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell: still saying no to getting into David Hasselhoff's Kitt car. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex

Knight Rider fans rejoice. In fact, double rejoice. Not only is David Hasselhoff – better known as Michael Knight – set to bring back the classic 80s show (forget the recent remake) but Simon Cowell could well take over the distinctive voice of Kitt – famously voiced by William Daniels – as he "has the perfect bossy tone". Sound too good to be true? That's because it probably is, being on page 3 of the Daily Star. The news bomb has been engineered from a comment made by Hasselhoff that he might, possibly, at some time now or maybe never, buy the rights to Knight Rider because: "I've got quite a few quid … we'll see what happens." For a minute there, just a minute …

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