and then he started to unzip my jeans… Nutritious foods like Campbell’s Soup can help keep your resistance up.Īmory: Fear mongering from Court TV, and Cambpell’s soup!īen: Maybe some of those loveable hella-creepy claymation California raisins! A mysterious occurrence that’s never been explained.īen: If you were in Chicago and flipping through TV channels in 1987, you would find a range of stuff. Where, during primetime television hours, something truly weird happened. Specifically the night of November 22nd, 1987 in Chicago. So we need to get a feel for the year 1987.Īmory: Yeah. I was not alive.Īmory: You win in the contest of who is older, congratulations.īen: Thank you very much. music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text.īen Brock Johnson: Amory, do you remember the year 1987?Īmory Sivertson: No. The transcript has been edited from our original script for clarity. This content was originally created for audio. Email us at Leave us a voicemail at 85.Post or comment in the official Endless Thread subreddit.We want to hear from you! Don't hesitate to reach out with reactions to episodes, ideas for future stories, feedback about the show, or just to say hi. Chris Knittel and Alex Pasternak's article 'The Mystery of the Creepiest Television Hack.' Contact Us: Bowie Poag's Reddit post with his original 'J and K' theory Other Links: A Reddit post with some theories on the Max Headroom Incident It's called 'The Max Headroom Incident.' You can find more of his work HERE . Thanks to u/gregorburns for this week's artwork. Who dunnit? Why? How? We dig into the story. In the years since, Redditors have played an integral role in getting to the bottom of this case. On November 22, 1987, two TV stations in Chicago had their broadcast signals hijacked by someone wearing a Max Headroom mask.

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The transmission then blacked out and cut off, and the hijack was over after about 90 seconds.Facebook Email “The Max Headroom Incident” from u/gregorburns His buttocks were exposed, and he was holding the now-removed mask up to the camera while being spanked with a flyswatter by an unidentified accomplice wearing a dress, as the man exclaimed 'They're coming to get me!'. The picture suddenly cut over to a shot of the man's lower torso. He then took the glove off, adding that it was 'dirty.' He then held up a glove, said 'my brother is wearing the other one,' and put the glove on. The unidentified man continued to utter random phrases, including New Coke's advertising slogan 'Catch the Wave' while holding a Pepsi can (Max Headroom was a Coca-Cola spokesperson at the time), then tossing the can down, and making an obscene gesture with a rubber extension over his middle finger (the gesture was cut off at the bottom of the screen due to the close-up of the camera) then retrieving the Pepsi can, and saying 'Your love is fading,' before removing the rubber extension, then began humming the theme song to Clutch Cargo, and stating that he had 'made a giant masterpiece for all the greatest world newspaper nerds' (the call letters WGN are an abbreviation for 'World's Greatest Newspaper,' in reference to the Tribune Company's Chicago Tribune).

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