Episode
Selects: The Max Headroom Affair
56:51
Published: Sat Feb 18 2023
Description
In 1987, a very strange broadcast intrusion occurred in the city of Chicago. For just a couple of minutes, the odd TV character Max Headroom appeared onscreen in the middle of an episode of Dr. Who. He spoke in garbled tones, brandished a marital aid, and was spanked on the rear with a fly swatter by a person dressed in Annie Oakley garb. If this sounds weird, it is. It's the Max Headroom Incident. Find out all about it in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The podcast explores the dark history and urban legends surrounding the rail yards of the United States.
00:00 - 02:51 (02:51)
Summary
The podcast explores the dark history and urban legends surrounding the rail yards of the United States. The first episode kicks off with a discussion of the infamous Max Headroom hijacking incident.
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The Max Headroom incident, a television hijacking in Chicago in 1987, has remained a mystery for over three decades despite exhaustive investigations and new information.
02:51 - 06:15 (03:23)
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The Max Headroom incident, a television hijacking in Chicago in 1987, has remained a mystery for over three decades despite exhaustive investigations and new information. Despite its brief moment in pop culture as a strange phenomenon, it remains a creepy and unresolved event.
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Max Headroom was originally created as a virtual version of star reporter Edison Carter by the evil TV Network 23.
06:15 - 09:35 (03:20)
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Max Headroom was originally created as a virtual version of star reporter Edison Carter by the evil TV Network 23. The Network 23 was pushing their 30-second advertisement called "blipverts" which was causing people's brains to short-circuit leading to an explosion in the "Max Headroom" movie and series.
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The character of Max Headroom became a cult hero among cyberpunks due to his sarcastic and satirical nature, poking fun at censorship.
09:35 - 13:17 (03:41)
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The character of Max Headroom became a cult hero among cyberpunks due to his sarcastic and satirical nature, poking fun at censorship. Despite not being particularly well-versed in cyberpunk culture, the host confesses to buying fake glasses and wearing them for a considerable time.
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The podcast briefly discusses the importance of local TV and mentions the use of broadcast signals in the past.
13:17 - 16:30 (03:13)
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The podcast briefly discusses the importance of local TV and mentions the use of broadcast signals in the past.
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The Max Headroom signal intrusion was a video broadcast intrusion that occurred in Chicago, Illinois on November 22, 1987, during the sports segment of the Nine O'Clock News on WGN-TV Channel 9.
16:30 - 19:27 (02:57)
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The Max Headroom signal intrusion was a video broadcast intrusion that occurred in Chicago, Illinois on November 22, 1987, during the sports segment of the Nine O'Clock News on WGN-TV Channel 9. It is a famous incident that remains unsolved till today.
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The speaker recommends watching a video called the Max Hedrum incident which is a parody video of a brand new podcast hosted by a comedy superstar from the 90s.
19:27 - 23:39 (04:11)
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The speaker recommends watching a video called the Max Hedrum incident which is a parody video of a brand new podcast hosted by a comedy superstar from the 90s. They then proceed to discuss what happened during the incident.
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The speaker mentions a marital aid in reference to a man wearing a Max Hedrum mask and making a "masterpiece" for the world's greatest newspaper nerds.
23:39 - 27:57 (04:18)
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The speaker mentions a marital aid in reference to a man wearing a Max Hedrum mask and making a "masterpiece" for the world's greatest newspaper nerds.
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The guest recalls a scene from the movie Pulp Fiction that features the 60s cartoon Clutch Cargo and Bruce Willis, and discusses his regret for not having been more invested in basketball.
27:57 - 29:55 (01:58)
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The guest recalls a scene from the movie Pulp Fiction that features the 60s cartoon Clutch Cargo and Bruce Willis, and discusses his regret for not having been more invested in basketball.
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The transcript discusses a mysterious death caused by an electric shock, where the victim's identity remains unknown.
29:55 - 33:06 (03:11)
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The transcript discusses a mysterious death caused by an electric shock, where the victim's identity remains unknown.
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Linguistic habits and language annoyances are discussed in this podcast episode, including an FCC ruling concerning an expletive uttered by musician Bono during an awards show and the overuse of "apparently" by a podcast host.
33:06 - 35:44 (02:38)
Summary
Linguistic habits and language annoyances are discussed in this podcast episode, including an FCC ruling concerning an expletive uttered by musician Bono during an awards show and the overuse of "apparently" by a podcast host.
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The Max Headroom Incident, a television broadcast intrusion of a Chicago TV station that occurred in 1987, has remained unsolved for decades.
35:44 - 38:04 (02:20)
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The Max Headroom Incident, a television broadcast intrusion of a Chicago TV station that occurred in 1987, has remained unsolved for decades. However, a recent discovery suggests that the perpetrator may have used a simple transmitter to overpower the original signal, debunking the previous belief that it required expensive equipment.