Hasselhoff
Knight Rider star
Hasselhoff refers to David Hasselhoff, the American actor best known for the television series *Knight Rider* and *Baywatch*.
His name became shorthand for a certain kind of 1980s-90s celebrity—earnest, campy, unexpectedly beloved abroad (especially in Germany).
To Hasselhoff or pull a Hasselhoff is to achieve improbable popularity in unexpected places: That band totally Hasselhoffed in Japan.
Paid swimming supervisor
- beachSandy waterside margin
- swimsuitGarment for the pool
- rescueSave from harm
- MalibuAffluent coastal California city
waves · ocean · running · CPR · drowning · buoy · patrol · Los Angeles
Cold War partition
- singerVocal music performer
- popFizzy drink, regionally
- discoSeventies dance music
- GermanyCentral European nation
reunification · concert · album · synthesizer · ballad · chart-topper · crooner · performance
Public recognition, widespread
- memeShared online humor
- tabloidSensationalist newspaper format
- cameoBrief guest appearance
- paparazziAggressive celebrity photographers
comeback · nostalgia · fanbase · endorsement · publicity · charisma · headline · limelight
Sentient TV vehicle
- Trans AmPontiac performance package
- turbo boostCompressor-driven power increase
- PontiacDefunct General Motors division
- artificial intelligenceMachines mimicking human thought
scanner · dashboard · pursuit · crime fighter · sleek · voice box · cruise mode · opening sequence
lifeguard
Paid swimming supervisor
Malibu · waves · ocean · running · CPR · drowning · buoy · patrol · Los Angeles · sunscreen
Berlin Wall
Cold War partition
Germany · reunification · concert · album · synthesizer · ballad · chart-topper · crooner · performance · tour
fame
Public recognition, widespread
paparazzi · comeback · nostalgia · fanbase · endorsement · publicity · charisma · headline · limelight · SpongeBob
KITT
Sentient TV vehicle
- Trans AmPontiac performance package
- turbo boostCompressor-driven power increase
- PontiacDefunct General Motors division
artificial intelligence · scanner · dashboard · pursuit · crime fighter · sleek · voice box · cruise mode · opening sequence
HasselhoffDaniel Day-Lewis
Meryl Streep · Anthony Hopkins · Laurence Olivier · method actor · Philip Seymour Hoffman
Hasselhoffhigh culture
Society's esteemed artistic traditions
sophistication · critical darling · Ingmar Bergman · Tilda Swinton · Stanley Kubrick
HasselhoffMarlon Brando
Robert De Niro · Greta Garbo · Daniel Day-Lewis · Stanley Kubrick