Stumble ThisNobody knows who did it, or how, but in 1987 somebody hacked the PBS transmission in Chicago, overriding the Doctor Who broadcast with a weird Max Headroom act. This is the entire original; it remains an icon to hackers everywhere. Via www.damninteresting.com
He says:
"He's a freaky nerd!"
"This guy's better than Chuck Swirsky." (a WGN-TV sportscaster at the time)
"Oh Jesus!"
"Catch the wave." (a reference to the New Coke marketing slogan)
"Your love is fading."
(hums the theme song to the 1959 TV series "Clutch Cargo")
"I stole CBS."
(unintelligible)
"Oh, I just made a giant masterpiece printed all over the greatest world newspaper nerds."
"My brother is wearing the other one."
"It's dirty."
"They're coming to get me!"
He says:
"He's a freaky nerd!"
"This guy's better than Chuck Swirsky." (a WGN-TV sportscaster at the time)
"Oh Jesus!"
"Catch the wave." (a reference to the New Coke marketing slogan)
"Your love is fading."
(hums the theme song to the 1959 TV series "Clutch Cargo")
"I stole CBS."
(unintelligible)
"Oh, I just made a giant masterpiece printed all over the greatest world newspaper nerds."
"My brother is wearing the other one."
"It's dirty."
"They're coming to get me!"
Someone should promote the old one when it gets fixed.
I am still a day away...
Here is the Wikipedia entry on the incident:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_pirating_incident
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