David Hasselhoff was once unbelievably popular in Europe, especially in Germany, when his single, "Looking for Freedom," hit number one right around the fall of the Berlin Wall. He hasn't done much since aside from the odd acting gig and alcoholic video embarassments, though he's done several self-satire appearances in films ranging from David Hasselhoff: The Musical.
Now, to the real matter of this post: the Hoff's music video for "Jump in My Car." According to WikiPedia, the single "…demonstrates a penchant for self-parody, this time of his performance as Michael Knight in Knight Rider. The car in the video was a black Pontiac Trans Am with a pulsing LED and an interior nearly identical to that of K.I.T.T. (this video was shot in Sydney, Australia and used a right hand drive KITT replica), including an aptly-timed use of K.I.T.T.'s seat ejection system. The video plays to a skit where he asks one of three girls to "jump in his car" to take her home. The girl initially refuses but then gets in so long as he behaves politely. She suggests that he should drive quickly, because she lives down south, "about 84 miles". When she insists she is not joking, he asks her to leave the vehicle, but she refuses, so he resorts to using the ejector seat to cause her to exit." (Check out this campified greatness after the jump;)
This article appears in May 13-19, 2009.