To the Max (Headroom)

Endless Thread

WBUR

Reddit, Technology

4.1 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

On November 22nd, 1987, two TV stations in Chicago had their broadcast signals hijacked by someone wearing a Max Headroom mask. In the years since, Redditors have played an integral role in getting to the bottom of this case. Who dunnit? Why? How? We dig into the story.

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0:00.0	Produced by the I-Lab at WBUR Boston.
0:07.0	Amory, do you remember the year 1987?
0:10.0	No, no Ben, I do not. I was not alive.
0:14.0	Gotcha.
0:15.0	You win in the contest of who is older, congratulations.
0:18.0	Thank you very much, so we need to get a feel for the year 1987.
0:23.0	Yeah, specifically the night of November 22nd, 1987, in Chicago,
0:29.0	where during primetime television hours, something truly weird happened.
0:35.0	A mysterious occurrence that's never been explained.
0:43.0	If you were in Chicago and flipping through TV channels in 1987,
0:47.0	you would find a range of stuff.
0:50.0	On superior court.
0:51.0	You can start guns if you have my jeans.
0:53.0	Nutrition foods like Campbell Soup can help keep your resistance up.
0:56.0	Fear mongering from court TV and Campbell Soup.
1:00.0	Maybe some of those lovable, hell-a-creepy claymation California raisins.
1:08.0	Specifically on the night of Sunday, November 22nd, 1987,
1:13.0	a one-season show called Buck James, the doctor who wears scrubs and cowboy boots.
1:19.0	I don't give a damn. I don't take this water, don't give a damn about that.
1:23.0	Dennis Weaver is Buck James, Sunday on ABC.
1:27.0	Over on PBS, you had some serious masterpiece theater nerdery happening.
1:32.0	Gotta love that public media, baby.
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