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Fan Expo 2013: Hassling the Hoff – Interview with David Hasselhoff at the Expo

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Published on August 25th, 2013 | by Adnan M.David Hasselhoff. I’d like to quote Don Cheadle’s character Basher from Ocean’s 13 and say “dee dee deet deet deet [he's] a god damn American icon!”. Easily one of the recognizable faces in Film and Television hit the floors of Fan Expo 2013 on Thursday, planning to stick around till the very end.Hasselhoff is widely known for playing  the adventurous Michael Knight in the popular TV series Knight Rider and as L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the TV series Baywatch. He has starred in numerous films over the years, including the Baywatch films, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Click and many more.Watch our interview with the Hoff above, including his shout-out to Toronto!
Thanks to HoffArmy for the tip | The Art Scene

 

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Video: David Hasselhoff Goes Zip Lining

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Photo: Keaton Robbins/Toronto SunTORONTO - A Hollywood star showed up at the CNE Thursday — but not to appear in one of the shows or promote a new movie.“I’m actually here to rescue people from the cronut burger,” David Hasselhoff joked. “Several people have come up to me and asked for help, but I said I can’t save anybody from the burger — I’m retired.”Hasselhoff is in town for Fan Expo Canada, and said he saw the CNE from his hotel room and decided to check it out.“Somebody told me today to try the cronut burger. They said it was 7,500 calories and I said, ‘Well I’m working out, so I could use it,’” the 61-year-old said, adding that if he did eat the burger, the legend of “The Hoff” would be too much for the artery clogger.“It would probably kill the burger,” Hasselhoff said.But the flashy lights at the Epic Burgers and Waffles booth were still off Thursday as health officials probed an outbreak of food-borne illness at the CNE, so Hasselhoff walked past the home of the cronut burger and settled for some Dutch frites instead.Later, just before he rode the zipline with CNE president Brian Ashton, Hasselhoff said he was thankful he didn’t try the gut-busting cronut burger.“I’m kind of glad I didn’t have it because I just had some spicy french fries, and I’m afraid I may not make it down the zipline,” he said as he put on his helmet.Ashton went down the zipline beside Hasselhoff and had a few laughs with the star before they took off.“This is absolutely crazy, I’m going on the zipline with Knight Rider,” Ashton said, referring to Hasselhoff’s hit TV show from the ’80s.----You can buy tickets to ride the zip line at the CNE site, and don't forget to check out this video of David zip lining!

Thanks to HoffArmy for article at Toronto Sun

 

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Media Tour: Fan Expo Canada

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CP24 Breakfast

David's in town for the Fan Expo Canada this weekend, and he's already appeared on a few shows on television. David talked a lot about the new HOFF comic and also gave some encouraging words. "Just be who you are, who you want to be."CP24 BreakfastBT: Breakfast TelevisionInterview at KISS 92.5 FMGlobal News Morning Show InterviewCityTV: Raw video of interview with David Hasselhoff

Thanks to HoffArmy for finding the BT video

 

David Hasselhoff is Willing to Wink at Himself: Interview

David HasselhoffBy:  Theatre Critic, Published on Fri Aug 16 2013Let’s get one thing straight about David Hasselhoff: he knows that people laugh at him, but he doesn’t care as long as he gets the last laugh.The star of Knight Rider, Baywatch and an infamous video involving a cheeseburger is coming to Toronto for Fan Expo Canada (a.k.a. Comic-Con North) from Aug. 22 to 25 and he’s pumped about it.“I love these conventions,” said Hasselhoff, 60, on the phone from California. “The people who show up are great. Sure, some of them are geeks, but who else but a geek would love me?”Well, actually, over the years a lot of people have gone “Hoff Crazy” as he calls it. It started with the housewives who swooned over him on The Young and Restless as Dr. “Snapper” Foster from 1975 to ’82. Then he got a whole new fan base thanks to Knight Rider, where he played Michael Knight from 1982 to ’86. Those are the peeps who will be lining up to see him in Toronto.But what made Hasselhoff the most money and the biggest name was playing Mitch Buchannon on Baywatch. The beefcake and cheesecake series about the life guards on the L.A. county beaches folded after one season in 1989, but Hasselhoff saw its potential, raised the money, produced it himself and put it back on the air and in syndication for another decade.Hasselhoff found a lot of the investment he needed in Germany. “I’m very big in Germany. Very. They loved Knight Rider, so I went to some German bankers forBaywatch. They asked me, ‘Does it haff a car in it?’ ‘No, but it’s got a lot of hot people in bathing suits.’ ‘Almost as gut as a car.’” They signed the cheques.“It gave the world Pamela Anderson,” jokes Hasselhoff, “and it gave me a couple of million dollars.” Actually, according to many sources, The Hoff wound up earning a personal fortune of $100 million, mainly thanks to Baywatch.When it finally went off the air, Hasselhoff tried a variety of projects, including acting on Broadway in Jekyll and Hyde, the musical, under the direction of Robin Phillips, but times were a bit lean.“There’s a funny thing about being on a hit show for a long time. When it ends, people think you died or something. The phone doesn’t ring a lot.”When it did, it was for spoofy, self-mocking things like his appearance in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) and for his often outrageous off-camera behaviour in real life, culminating in a video of him, supposedly intoxicated, rolling on the floor, doing nasty things to a cheeseburger.“All that stuff is old news to me now,” says Hasselhoff, trying to change the subject. When asked if it’s true he’s been on better behaviour since 2011, he says,“Look, nothing really turned me around. The amount of negative press I got for doing nothing but being human was unfair. But I never kind of addressed that. I just kept moving forward.“Hollywood is not the pleasantest or fairest of places. But once you realize that it is not fair and that people are going to screw you no matter what, you stop taking it personally and just move forward.”One of the things that Hasselhoff cheerfully admits has changed his view on things is attending events like the one here in Toronto.“If I had known how good these things were, I would have started coming to them a long time ago. Barbara Eden was at one next to me. Wow. There I was with I Dream of Jeannie.“And Christopher Lloyd is always at these things and he is an inspiration to me. We didPiranha 3DD together and believe me, when Lloyd speaks, he makes you hear every single syllable.”He launches into a very plausible imitation of Lloyd in the final scene of the horror-porn-spoof announcing, “They are spawn-ing and they are go-ing to waaaaaaalk!”Hasselhoff pauses for a minute. “I know I’m making it all sound like fun and it is, but there’s something touching about it, too. I saw one kid who suffered from muscular dystrophy in his wheelchair, all done up like something out of Star Wars and when I said hi to him, he said, ‘Hey, Hoff, the geeks shall inherit the earth.’“For one day in his life, he can say, ‘F--- the world, I can dress up like R2D2.’”The once and future Baywatch king is also anxious to explore the Comic-Con part of the festival because “we’re going to launch the second edition of my comic book there. It’s called The Hoff. And it doesn’t just mean me, it stands for The Heroes of Fearless Freedom.”Hasselhoff is on a roll as he warms to his subject. “The Hoff lives inside The Hassle Castle. He’s Hoff and running. My career is Hoff crazy!”A few sample pages show that the comic book is indeed funny, but it’s all at Hasselhoff’s expense.“Sure, it’s a caricature version of me, but you’ve got to wink at yourself. Look, no one knows the real me. They tell you that truth is everything? Well go on, man, try and find the truth and let me know when you do. I’ll be waiting for a long time.“Do you know they’re making a documentary about my involvement in East German history? It’s true. Knight Rider was so popular there that they were flinging satellite feeds onto trash-can covers to see it. And then I hit it big over there with my song called ‘Looking for Freedom’ and I wound up singing it on the Berlin Wall. For real.”He chuckles a little ruefully. “That was my Elvis period and I was doing whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted with whoever I wanted, just because I could. That’s over now.”A short pause and then The Hoff slips into gear again.“Nowadays, I kinda do whatever comes along. I take it day by day. I was asked to audition for Les Misérables onstage, but I thought that would be too much real work. I’m opening a hotel in Bali called Bask, with a bar they’re naming ‘Hoff’s Hideaway.’ I’ve got a TV commercial on the air now for Cumberland Farms where I’m singing about their iced coffee. I do it all.“The funniest thing I’ve got going now is a movie someone wrote called Killing Hasselhoff. It’s about a death pool for celebrities and when this guy can’t get Gary Busey or Lindsay Lohan, he goes after me. Hey, you have to wink at yourself.”We’re about to hang up when he decides to add one more thought.“My girlfriend has a magazine she showed to me. It was called Too Soon, all about these people who died way earlier than they should have. John Ritter, John Belushi, Freddie Prinze, that kid from Glee. I don’t want to be part of that list.“My dream in life is to have a stem-cell replacement so I can live 20 more years. I’m still ready to do it all.”FIVE FAVE ROLESKnight Rider“Everyone wanted to have a friend like me, someone who would take care of them. Hell, don’t we all?”Baywatch“That really was a licence to print money and NBC cancelled it after one season. Good thing they did, because I picked it up and ran with it.”The Young and the Restless“When you’re on a soap opera five times a week, people think you’re part of their lives. Women would throw themselves at me, thinking I was really that guy. Crazy.”The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie“Hey, it put me back in touch with the younger generation of fans and that is so important.”Jekyll and Hyde“I loved singing those songs onstage, but you’ve got to show up[ every night, no matter how you’re feeling. I couldn’t handle that.”

Source: The Star

 

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David Hasselhoff Guests on CP24 Breakfast

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C24 Breakfast

Next Thursday, David Hasselhoff will be in Toronto for Fan Expo Canada through the weekend. Melissa Greho, a co-host for the morning show CP24 Breakfast, tweeted David will be joining them Thursday morning to talk about 30 years of Knight Rider.The CP24 Breakfast show starts at 5am EST.

Source: HoffTalk Retweet of Melissa Greho

 

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Hasselhoff, Stan Lee, Hulk Hogan, headline Fan Expo Canada lineup

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TORONTO -- Former "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff and pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan are among the outsized personalities expected at this year's Fan Expo Canada, which is August 22-25 in Toronto.Hasselhoff -- also known for the '80s favourite "Knight Rider" -- will be joined by "Castle" star Nathan Fillion, Marvel Comics mastermind Stan Lee, "Game of Thrones" star Lena Headey, "Star Trek" fixture George Takei, "Homeland" actress Morena Baccarin and former "Lois & Clark" star Dean Cain.Norman Reedus and Michael Rooker of "The Walking Dead," Shawn and Aaron Ashmore of the "X-Men" series and "Smallville" respectively and Richard Dean Anderson of "MacGyver" are also set to appear at the convention, which will be held Aug. 22-25 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.Meanwhile, Hogan is among a group of athletes who will be attending the first-ever Fan Expo Sports, taking place concurrently with the primary event.Sports legends who will be present include Boston Bruins great Bobby Orr, Toronto Blue Jays hall of famer Roberto Alomar, star San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana and Detroit Red Wings icon Gordie Howe.Also appearing on the sports side will be former Colorado Avalanche forward Joe Sakic, goaltending legend Martin Brodeur and former Blue Jays stalwarts Rickey Henderson and Paul Molitor.Single-day passes for the event range in price from $25-50, while all-inclusive passes for the entire four-day event begin at $115.Additional information can be found at FanExpoCanada.com.

Source: CTV News, FanExpoCanada.com

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