Selects: The Max Headroom Affair
Stuff You Should Know
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4.5 • 82.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
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.
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| 1:01.1 | Hi, everyone. This is Chuck on a Saturday and want you to open your mind. |
| 1:05.6 | I want you to go back in time, jump in the way back machine, and join me. |
| 1:10.3 | Because it's June 5th, 2018, in my mind's eye. |
| 1:14.6 | And on that date, we talked about one of my favorite podcast titles, |
| 1:20.1 | and favorite incidents in the United States history, the Max Ed Room Incident. |
| 1:30.1 | Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of iHeart Radio. |
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