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Before Max Headroom (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031130534/http://www.jumptheshark.com/m/maxheadroom.htm) became one of the creepiest unsolved mysteries in television history, he was supposed to be a joke.
In this video, we look back at the strange rise of Max Headroom (https://web.archive.org/web/20140403113104/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3115012-max-headroom-20-minutes-into-the-f-f-f-future/page-2#entry) — the fake “computer-generated” TV host who became an '80s pop culture phenomenon, a New Coke spokesman, and the star of one of the most ahead-of-its-time sci-fi shows ever aired on network television. But the story doesn’t end with commercials, music videos, or a cancelled ABC series.
On November 22, 1987 (https://www.google.com/search?q=November+22%2C+1987&sca_esv=3b4cc2d9bc5e80fb&sxsrf=ANbL-n5QTm4trcEUco-14UCKL4mdtIElkg%3A1781129142435&ei=tt8pavWOGraz0PEPkoz9sAM&ved=0ahUKEwj1wdWO1_2UAxW2GTQIHRJGHzYQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=November+22%2C+1987&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAaAhgCIhFOb3ZlbWJlciAyMiwgMTk4NzIKEAAYgAQYFBiHAjIFEAAYgAQyChAAGIAEGBQYhwIyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB5I4gRQAFiZAnABeACQAQCYAVqgAVqqAQExuAEDyAEA-AEB-AECmAICoAJzqAIUwgIHECMY6gIYJ8ICFhAuGMcBGNEDGJ0GGOgGGN0FGOoCGCfCAg0QIxieBhjwBRjqAhgnwgIKECMY6gIYJxiLA8ICDRAjGMkCGPAFGOoCGCfCAhAQLhgDGI8BGOoCGLQC2AEBwgIQEAAYAxiPARjqAhi0AtgBAZgDEPEFPltf3EQAgJK6BgYIARABGAqSBwEyoAfJBbIHATG4B2PCBwUyLTEuMcgHFIAIAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp), someone wearing a Max Headroom mask hijacked two Chicago television broadcasts, interrupting WGN and later WTTW during an episode of Doctor Who. The result was one of the strangest, creepiest, and still-unsolved incidents in broadcast history.
Was it a prank? A grudge against WGN? A technical stunt by someone who knew exactly what they were doing? Decades later, nobody knows for sure.
From British cyberpunk satire to Coca-Cola commercials to the infamous Max Headroom signal intrusion, this is the story of how a fake digital celebrity became a real-life nightmare.
Let me know in the comments: Do you remember Max Headroom (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/MaxHeadroom) from the TV show, the Coke commercials, or did you discover him through the hijacking footage?
Before Max Headroom (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031130534/http://www.jumptheshark.com/m/maxheadroom.htm) became one of the creepiest unsolved mysteries in television history, he was supposed to be a joke.
In this video, we look back at the strange rise of Max Headroom (https://web.archive.org/web/20140403113104/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3115012-max-headroom-20-minutes-into-the-f-f-f-future/page-2#entry) — the fake “computer-generated” TV host who became an '80s pop culture phenomenon, a New Coke spokesman, and the star of one of the most ahead-of-its-time sci-fi shows ever aired on network television. But the story doesn’t end with commercials, music videos, or a cancelled ABC series.
On November 22, 1987 (https://www.google.com/search?q=November+22%2C+1987&sca_esv=3b4cc2d9bc5e80fb&sxsrf=ANbL-n5QTm4trcEUco-14UCKL4mdtIElkg%3A1781129142435&ei=tt8pavWOGraz0PEPkoz9sAM&ved=0ahUKEwj1wdWO1_2UAxW2GTQIHRJGHzYQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=November+22%2C+1987&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAaAhgCIhFOb3ZlbWJlciAyMiwgMTk4NzIKEAAYgAQYFBiHAjIFEAAYgAQyChAAGIAEGBQYhwIyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB5I4gRQAFiZAnABeACQAQCYAVqgAVqqAQExuAEDyAEA-AEB-AECmAICoAJzqAIUwgIHECMY6gIYJ8ICFhAuGMcBGNEDGJ0GGOgGGN0FGOoCGCfCAg0QIxieBhjwBRjqAhgnwgIKECMY6gIYJxiLA8ICDRAjGMkCGPAFGOoCGCfCAhAQLhgDGI8BGOoCGLQC2AEBwgIQEAAYAxiPARjqAhi0AtgBAZgDEPEFPltf3EQAgJK6BgYIARABGAqSBwEyoAfJBbIHATG4B2PCBwUyLTEuMcgHFIAIAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp), someone wearing a Max Headroom mask hijacked two Chicago television broadcasts, interrupting WGN and later WTTW during an episode of Doctor Who. The result was one of the strangest, creepiest, and still-unsolved incidents in broadcast history.
Was it a prank? A grudge against WGN? A technical stunt by someone who knew exactly what they were doing? Decades later, nobody knows for sure.
From British cyberpunk satire to Coca-Cola commercials to the infamous Max Headroom signal intrusion, this is the story of how a fake digital celebrity became a real-life nightmare.
Let me know in the comments: Do you remember Max Headroom (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/MaxHeadroom) from the TV show, the Coke commercials, or did you discover him through the hijacking footage?