The first episode was based on the British TV-movie, and even featured some of the same actors, including Matt Frewer as Max however, the ending was changed so that, instead of departing on board Blank Reg's Bigtime Television bus, Max joined the ranks of Network XXIII’s staff.
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In 1987, the American television company Lorimar (makers of such notable television shows as ‘Dallas’) acquired the rights to the character of Max, and a series went into production.
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The production met with high acclaim, and is an excellent example of the cyberpunk genre set in a society where television has completely taken over everyone’s lives, the movie contains some intriguing – and disturbing – ideas, and was produced to a high standard.Īs Max continued to increase in popularity, ‘The Max Headroom Show’ carried on for a few more seasons and specials, both in the UK and in the US Max also appeared in adverts in the UK for television rentals, in the US for Coca Cola, and even on a record, ‘Paranoimia’, with the Art of Noise.
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However, the producers soon realised that this would be impractical, and so a feature-length TV movie was commissioned instead. When the show proved an amazing success, it was decided to give Max an origin story, and a series of five-minute episodes was planned, one segment to be shown each week. Then, in 1984, Channel Four commissioned ‘The Max Headroom Show’, featuring a supposedly computer-generated host (in reality actor Matt Frewer in prosthetic make-up, helped by some simple editing trickery) who gave his acerbic opinions on the various pop videos that he played. Chrysalis Visual Programming allowed Wagg to develop his Max Headroom ideas, which led to the creation of Lakeside Productions. Many have suspected University of Chicago or Columbia College students of being behind the video piracy - perhaps an unhappy broadcast engineering student who was an intern with WGN-TV.The idea of Max Headroom came from Peter Wagg of Chrysalis Records, together with Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel. The intruders would have required commercial grade equipment as well as a sophisticated knowledge of microwave and broadcasting technology. (The girl pretends to spank the top of his rear end with the flyswatter while he moans and screams.) A girl whose face cannot be seen, stands behind him holding a wire flyswatter.) Instead of wearing the Max Headroom mask, he is now holding it at his side facing the camera, with a marital aid protruding from the mask's mouth. (The scene then cuts away to "Max" leaning to his right with his pants pulled down, exposing his left buttock. "Looks like it's got blood prints on it!" He picks up an old, dirty, over-sized glove.) "Oh, I just laid a giant masterpiece for all the Greatest World Newspaper nerds." (More mimicking of the "Clutch Cargo" theme song.) More distorted laughs by "Max." He then mimics the opening theme song to the "Clutch Cargo" cartoon show.) Picks up a marital aid, brings it toward the camera, and drops it. "Yeah, I think I'm better than Chuck Swirsky." Here's the video and transcription of the WTTW event: The WGN-TV hijacking occured during The Nine O'clock News, though this was quickly resolved by the station's engineers. Both WGN-TV and WTTW stations had their signals interrupted by a man wearing a Max Headroom rubber mask, talking infront of a piece of swaying corrugated metal and eventually being spanked by a flyswatter. The Max Headroom incidents occured on the evening of November 22, 1987.
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