i'm so glad that the hoff is recovered from his accident. he's been doing some great work lately, by the way. definitely take the time to check out this video. the song is catchy -- i'm afraid it might be stuck in my head all day tomorrow.
sheesh, that guy is so great.
it kinda made me want a hasslehoff t-shirt.
initially, i went online expecting to find this classic:


then i found shirts with this:

and this:




there are quite a few knight rider shirts, and a few with fun photos of the hoff. there are also a couple "what would hasslehoff do?" shirts available (although i didn't think the graphics were nice enough to link to -- really, i must have *some* standards!).

i think this one might be perfect for steve:



lastly, i unfortunately found this specimen:



for shame, hoff haters!

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and since hasslehoff isn't exactly the most american of topics for me to be writing about latelate on independence day, i would like to take this opportunity to highlight a more american news story this evening: kobayashi has done it once again, winning the annual independence day hot dog eating competition on coney island by devouring 53¾ of nathan's famous hot dogs in 12 minutes. takeru, we didn't doubt you!