Blast from the Past: Who remembers Max Headroom?

[Jamastiene]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEPq0FvFm3g&feature=related

OMG, we were so easily amused back then...or at least I was.
:rofl:

[SteppingRazor]

1. Vaguely. I mean, I kinda remember the dude, but forget the context...

was it a TV show? A commercial? :shrug:

[SacredCow]

2. Vaguely....

About as much as I remember Ernest and the California Raisins....

[Aristus]

3. I loved the concept: "Twenty minutes into the future..."

It brilliantly predicted the Net and the 24-hour news cycle. And digital avatars...

On edit: And blip-verts. Those little fifteen-second commercials you have to watch when accessing a "free" video of some kind. I think of those as blip-verts.

[YOY]

4. Perry Logan tried to compare himself to Max at times

Rediculous.

[DS1]

6. Only Perry's 'digital twitch' wasn't just once or twice, they went on for a good minute or two

[YOY]

7. If his "work" was a college essay it would look like this:

Weak Intro. THESIS! Corny Laugh! THESIS! THESIS! Studdering! THESIS! Video Effect! THESIS! THESIS! Another Video Effect! THESIS! THESIS! Studder! Crazy work with a magnifying glass! THESIS! Canned Laughter! THESIS! Video Effect! THESIS! THESIS!

(Note the complete lack of paragraphs, supporting statements, or logic.)

[gmoney]

5. The TV Series was actually really good...

The one with Matt Freuer as Edison Carter, investigative journalist, and Max as sort of his "ghost in the machine" / "deus ex machina"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_(TV_series)

Wonder if/when they'll put that out on DVD.

The chat show with just Max was sort of lame though.

I believe Max was the spokesman for the short lived "New Coke" -- someplace I have a Max Headroom/Coke wristwatch