European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 4 2007 faces stars and stripes Page 23 in this 1985 photo David Hasselhoff Star of the Abc series Knight rider Points to his car k1tt Kytt car from Knight rider is up for Sale the associated press Dublin Calif kit the flame throwing River jumping talking muscle car from the 80s to show Knight rider is up for Sale restored to its debut season glory the modified Black 1982 Pontiac trans am is offered at at a Dublin Auto Dealership Johnny Vette verhoek of Kassabian motors has had the car officially called Knight Indus tries two thousand on display for about a month it is one of four documented camera cars used for closeup shots and scenes where David Hasselhoff who played Michael Knight in the series was behind the wheel although it cannot achieve the 300 Mph speeds that Kytt reached soar 50 feet in the air or throw smoke bombs key features of the Star car Are intact perhaps most important the red scanner Light on the nose glows and makes a humming noise the car has two working video screens on the dash Board and the cockpit features buttons that Light up in Green yellow and red ski Mode rocket boost Micro Jam silent Mode Oil Slick and eject most of the buttons dont do anything verhoek said nor can the car hold a conversation or drive itself Kitt int even Street Legal because of missing smog equipment and other modifications whoever buys the car will probably keep it in a private collection or it May be purchased by a museum verhoek said the car belongs to Tim Russo of Livermore Calif a Kassabian customer who figured now was a Good time to test the Market with the 25th anniversary of the shows debut coming up Russo purchased the car 10 years ago at an auction in san Diego and has spent the last decade finding parts to restore it ashes set for Warp Speed the ashes of James Doohan who played chief Engi Neer Montgomery Scotty Scott on the original Star trek to series have been loaded into a rocket that is set to launch in new Mexico later this month the remains of Doohan Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper and some 200 others were loaded into the rocket Friday by Charles Chafer chief executive of celestis a Texas company that contracts with rocket firms to Send cremated remains into space families paid to have a few Grams of their loved ones ashes placed on the rocket Doohan died in july 2005 at age 85 the remains of Star trek creator Gene Roddenberry were blasted into space in 1997 from the associated press Doohan pair of jokers by Jake Coyle the associated press new York seeing will Ferrell laugh feels like a privileged sight of course Ferrell laughs All the time but As a performer its rare he Ever shows the slightest crack in his veneer from his Deadpan explanation of his prayers to the baby Jesus in Talladega nights the Ballad of Ricky Bobby to his unflinching president Bush impression on saturday night live Ferrell and his costar Jon Heder keep their Compo sure throughout the new film Blades of glory in which they play rival figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy Macelroy respectively who Are kicked out of their sport Only to return As a pair Ferrell 39 and Heder 29 Are both married with Chil Dren and each brings an innocence to even the oddest comedy but Blades of glory nearly didst happen after Heder broke his ankle Early in production schedules were rearranged and disaster averted and now Ferrell and Heder can drop the Schick and laugh about the Absurdity of their film will with movies about soccer scream car racing and your upcoming movie about 70s Aba basketball what sport would you like to tackle next Wiff Leball could be promising Ferrell laughing Wiff Leball would be Good Heder i dont think so theres not enough juice in sorry Ferrell maybe ice dancing because if s different than ice skating you Adli bed much of the Section where Chazz suggests the Black eyed peas my humps As the perfect score to a skating routine were there Many scenes or lines that were improvised Ferrell there we rent a lot i think the nature of this movie was that there was a lot to get done in a Short amount of time we actually Adli bed More on the ice Heder i think will is naturally better at a Libbing so he had a Little bit More of that and i did a Little bit More a Libbing on the ice Jon youve shown Knack for physical comedy most notably a the dance routine from Napoleon dynamite which was both funny and impressive Heder Ive always enjoyed just getting physical whether it be skating or dancing or just goofy activities i can never really do it seriously if i went to a dance club i  keep a straight face Ferrell that s Why i think Jon is such a great physical i think we never actually have spoken to each other about it when youre doing something like that dance he did in Napoleon dynamite if s obviously comedic if s silly but then you pull Back and youre like wait if s Kinda Good i think that s what makes things truly funny Heder you take it seriously but you know if s not Seri Ous youre trying to do your Best and hopefully comedy comes out of it you both seem to come from a tradition of charac Ter based ensemble comedy rather than standup Heder Ive never Given it a shot maybe i will Ferrell in mock narrator style from that moment he became the worlds greatest standup reverts to nor Mal voice but yeah i grew up on those 70s comedies which were stripes Cadd Shack snapshot meat balls All one word titles you both have an honest Earnest Quality that has made you lovable to audiences is it difficult to maintain that in Hollywood a place not exactly associated with those characteristics Heder i definitely Felt that right after Napoleon where it was like youre the hot ticket right now for me especially starting out and testing the Waters i Felt like i was still trying to figure out who i am As a performer Ferrell i think we do have that Earnest thing in our performances and i think if s a separate thing from what hol Lywood is All about will has expanded into drama with movies like stranger than fiction and Melinda and Melinda and Jon youve expressed interest in taking on dramatic roles is the approach different Ferrell i dont feel like in an experienced dramatic actor to officially comment on it what was so Cool about working on stranger than fiction for me was Emma Thompson got started in comedy Dustin Hoffman is a gifted comedic actor their whole approach was if s exactly the same for some people if s the difference be tween Capitala acting and Little acting will Ferreii left and John Heder skate during their appearance on tvs Totas request live Stephen