someguy3@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agoTIL of Max Headroom. A faux computer generated show host that went viral in the 80's.youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1132
arrow-up1132external-linkTIL of Max Headroom. A faux computer generated show host that went viral in the 80's.youtu.besomeguy3@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squarenull@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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-up0·1 year 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.