Just look at that photo, a prime example of pure, sculpted manhood! Ah, David Hasselhoff without you we'd ... well, we'd have to find someone else to make fun of.
The well coiffed singer turned actor burst into the public eye with Knight Rider before becoming the punch line for countless jokes for being so strangely popular in Germany and becoming the producer and star for the most popular shop ever in worldwide syndication - at least it was at the time - and also one of the worst, the lifeguard jiggle-fest Baywatch. Since then he's become an internet phenomenon for a well publicized alcohol fueled meltdown, a reality show judge, continued cranking out records that people wouldn't touch if you paid them to in North America but sell rather well, thanks, throughout Europe and proven himself to have a rather good sense of humor about himself with off beat appearances in places such as the Spongebob movie.
But before the talking car - and to some extent after, as well - the Hoff's domain was bad b-movies. Some of them only marginally bad, some of them - such as the legendary Starcrash, which also stars Christopher Plummer who really should've known better - are spectacularly awful. We collect here trailers and clips from some of the best starting with his first big screen film (Revenge of the Cheerleaders and ranging up to 1990s Final Alliance in which he co-stars with a puma. And if anybody out there has trailers or clips from the films he made in Germany, I'd love to see them ...
God bless that man.
the man is such an inspiration. everytime i'm about to play a major sport in front of a local cheering crowd, i yell "HASSELHOFF!" for a boost of courage and inspiration.
everytime i'm about to hit 60,000 on Pacman, i yell "HASSELHOFF!"
everytime i'm about to lose a game of chess, or find myself in a deadlock, i yell ... yes, you guessed it, "HASSELHOFF!!!"
You say his records sell well throughout Europe thats not quite true. They don't sell well in the UK.........thank f**k
AHHHH! My eyes! Again! Damn you, Todd. That picture makes my eyes bleed and steals a bit of my soul every time I see it. ICK, ICK, ICK!
My present to you, baby ...
I've seen my share of bad movies, but when I recently saw Starcrash I was just blown away by the unlimited amount of crappiness. It was just so cheesy, horrible, laughable and... and... just a spectacle to behold. Recommended, naturally!
That voice over in Final Alliance is classic...
Classically horrible.
Wow. That's some quality film there. I'm going to have to rush out and get that one. Just for Hasselhoff talking to a cougar... heh... cougar.
*dry heaves*
Haha i've seen Final Alliance a long time ago on vhs,it was one of the worst movies that i ever watched.If my memory serves me wright the puma's name was Felix .
Poor Hasselhof,he made a fortune with baywatch and a yet his life is a mess.He almost ended his life with his alcohol problem a few months ago.
DOLBY SOUND....no thx pass, Star crash looks like a pirate Star Wars movie.