Max Headroom Broadcast Intrusion

rcmb3220 · 12-14-2020, 09:14 PM

I still can’t believe nobody has come forward to claim this even after the statute of limitations passed. Such a weird and intriguing event.

https://youtu.be/oqgeM6rWSkw

alantown · 12-14-2020, 09:41 PM

I'll say my farewells now, because after watching that I fear I'll be dead in seven days...

quackhead · 12-15-2020, 12:38 AM

Reminds me of those "Genesis - Land Of Confusion" puppets.

quincy · 12-15-2020, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by quackhead

Reminds me of those "Genesis - Land Of Confusion" puppets.

The troupe behind those was "Spitting Image" IIRC. They did some wonderful parody work, and if you can find them they're worth a watch. They also did an album of utterly ridiculous songs.

jmarascojr · 12-15-2020, 10:36 AM

It's pretty impressive that there's even proof of this...

This was 1987, how many people were actually taping tv shows at the time?

spuds1961 · 12-15-2020, 10:42 AM

Must have been pretty wild for the people watching it in live time.

kerg · 12-15-2020, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by jmarascojr

This was 1987, how many people were actually taping tv shows at the time?

Helped that it was Dr. Who so, that shot the odds up significantly. However, given it happened earlier, probably a number of people might have just thrown in a tape to record 'just in case' it happened again that night.

fordman · 12-15-2020, 11:39 AM

Didn’t captain midnight do a similar thing to HBO in the early/mid 80’s to protest their prices or something like that? That event prompted the scrambling of satellite signals.

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Zahadum · 12-15-2020, 06:04 PM

Dr Who was running on PBS at that time and I normally would tape it and watch it at a later time but that night I watched it live and saw the whole thing. Still kick myself that I did have the tape running... It definitely was a WTH moment...

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rcmb3220 Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 4,136	Max Headroom Broadcast Intrusion I still can’t believe nobody has come forward to claim this even after the statute of limitations passed. Such a weird and intriguing event. https://youtu.be/oqgeM6rWSkw

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Zahadum Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 521	Dr Who was running on PBS at that time and I normally would tape it and watch it at a later time but that night I watched it live and saw the whole thing. Still kick myself that I did have the tape running... It definitely was a WTH moment... __________________ "Z'ha'dum is the homeworld of the Shadows. No one leaves the same as they arrived." - Delenn

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alantown Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 821 Alantown	I'll say my farewells now, because after watching that I fear I'll be dead in seven days...

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quackhead Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: CA Posts: 4,915	Reminds me of those "Genesis - Land Of Confusion" puppets.

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jmarascojr Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 4,460 shooterjoe13	It's pretty impressive that there's even proof of this... This was 1987, how many people were actually taping tv shows at the time?

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spuds1961 Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Terry,Ms. Posts: 39,527	Must have been pretty wild for the people watching it in live time.

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fordman Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 614	Didn’t captain midnight do a similar thing to HBO in the early/mid 80’s to protest their prices or something like that? That event prompted the scrambling of satellite signals. Fordman Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk