BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoTIL of Max Headroom. A faux computer generated show host that went viral in the 80's.youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down116
arrow-up1203arrow-down1external-linkTIL of Max Headroom. A faux computer generated show host that went viral in the 80's.youtu.beBarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squarenulllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 months agoI think you’re confusing Max Headroom with the “Max Headroom signal hijacking incident” Max Headroom was a real character who was used in TV shows and commercials, etc. The Max Headroom signal hijacking incident was where someone hijacked a broadcast in Chicago with a video of someone dressed up as Max Headroom.
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·8 months agoI think an identical spirit embodied both the show and the stunt. It’s the spirit I would want to emulate.
I think you’re confusing Max Headroom with the “Max Headroom signal hijacking incident”
Max Headroom was a real character who was used in TV shows and commercials, etc.
The Max Headroom signal hijacking incident was where someone hijacked a broadcast in Chicago with a video of someone dressed up as Max Headroom.
I think an identical spirit embodied both the show and the stunt.
It’s the spirit I would want to emulate.