#max headroom incident

[davros42]

Happy "Max Headroom Incident" Day to all who celebrate.

On November 22, 1987 television signals in Chicago were interrupted twice by an unknown person in a Max Headroom mask.

(Kids, ask your grandparents about Max Headroom)

The first time, WGN Channel 9's 9 PM news was interrupted for about 17 seconds before WGN's engineers got control of their signal back.

The second time, it was WTTW Channel 11's turn. The PBS station's airing of the classic Doctor Who episode The Horror of Fang Rock was interrupted with the clip above.

Those responsible were never caught and has since become a legendary moment in piracy/hacking.

[fridaycarnage]

[thefoilguy]

Max Headroom - Aluminum Foil Sculpture

[squishy-teeth]

WAS THAT THE HIJACK OF 87?!?!?!?! catch fhe wave more like catch the BUTT

[downthegenderriver]

Hazbin hotel AU where everything is the same but Alastor went up to the living world in the 80s and got so pissed at how prominent televisions were he did the max headroom incident then went straight back to hell

[viewfromthelake]

"MEEEOOOWWWWWW, CHUCK SWIRSKY'S A FRICKIN' LIBERALLLL MEOOWWWWWW"

[gaykarstaagforever]

Before YouTube, we had no way to show our bare ass getting hit by a fly-swatter except by hacking a Chicago television station for 2 minutes.

[sensitiveartisttypes]

oprah sinfree - headroom

[judas-isariot]

[pleotca]

Mark my words: This year we're gonna find out who this was

[dzchugem]

Hatsune Miku incident

[fullyfazed]

Me and my parents watching the Mystery Files season finale vs when one of the suspects is the radio host my mom listened to in high school

[schnuffel-danny]

I hate being lazy when it comes to creating original stuff, because I'm always several years early to trends, but I never have anything to show for it!!! And then when I finally thing "Ok, maybe I could make that thing now" SUDDENLY the genre of idea I had BLOWS UP and nothing I make will ever live up to the hype xD maybe it's good tbh.... I love being lazy <3 I hope my uncanny ability to predict online trends keeps me unmotivated to create anything forever till the end of time, because I honestly am totally incapable to sticking to a single project :,D and I'd get bored so fast.....

[mikomikomadness]

yall is it normal to be serverly interested in television hijackings or should i get therapy

[mrdrhenwardhykle]

"Please do not attempt to adjust your set"