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Welcome back to part two of David Hasselhoff and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

When we left him, Hasselhoff was forging a path in TV with mixed success.

But a chance encounter with an NBC executive and a talking Trans-Am car was about to change the course of his life forever,

and make him the biggest TV star in America and some of Europe.

Welcome aboard the Night 2000. Thank you. What's all this? Looks like Darth Vader's bathroom.

It is a one-of-a-kind car, Mr. Long. It is the fastest, safest, safest, strongest car in the world.

So we're back with David Hustlehoff.

Let's hope so.

He's in the young and the restless and he wants to further his career. Tom Selleck's gone. Tom Selleck's done well. He wants a magnum PI, basically. That's what he's after. He wants a magnum PI, yeah. What was Dr. Drake Romore in from Friends? Was that the young and the restless? No, that the bold days of our lives. Days of our lives, of course it was.

Similar things.

So he kind of stays in it, but he tries to get other jobs. Can you do that? I mean, I guess you can. That's showbiz, isn't it? Yeah. So he's offered a role in a pilot episode of something called Pleasure Cove, which is based. There's things called Love Boat and Fantasy Island, which are like... I'm familiar with those, yeah.

So tell me about them. called Pleasure Cove, which is based. There's things called Love Boat and Fantasy Island, which are like...

I'm familiar with those, yeah. So tell me about them. Love Boat was... It's not a sitcom and it's not like a drama. It's just a sort of like fun, upbeat show. It was famous for having like a different celebrity cameo. Right, right. So lots of people really, on this week's love boat, you're going to see Tom Bosley.

Well, interestingly, there is a Tom on thiso. Right, right. So lots of people, you know, on this week's love boat, you're going to see Tom Bosley.

Well, interestingly, there is a Tom on this.

Tom Jones is on it with him. Oh, of course, yeah. Can I just apologize to say, tell me about that. That's some of the worst interview. One of my favorite things in podcast, which we're more than well to keep this in. Yeah. Have you ever listened to the thing where Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart interview a big politician?

No, I've never listened to that.

Rory Stewart's a big politician?

No, I've never listened to that.

Rory Stewart's interviewing style is wild.

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