The Max Headroom Incident (original boradcast)

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[JacobJKL]

When you pause at 0:38, it looks like you can see on upper right corner the person's thumb and finger that's moving background, you gotta pause it good to get a better view.

[PRIS]

I've seen this before but this one was clearer, sharper than previous ones. A good VCR. Long Live Max HEADROOM.

[u-eezkw]

This is most likely Rafer and Jennifer Weigel at the ages of 17 years old. Their father was Tim Weigel a TV news sportscaster in Chicago and they are part of Weigel Broadcasting Co. They would have had knowledge and access to the equipment to do this and maybe the FCC knew they did it but in Evanston Illinois. it's all about who you know and if you are wealthy that gets you out of trouble. They have some nice careers in broadcasting now and won't come forward because they will disgrace their father legacy and their own careers.

[colourfaze]

It was during Doctor Who. So not missing much.

[Karlos]

1:38 You can see pipes at the upper right corner looks like this was filmed in a cellar

[TheLeastOfficialOfBros]

There’s someone out there still laughing their ass off about the fact that they got away with this

[curedleaves]

The audio on this recording sounds a lot like how the WGN hijack does with the horizontal stripes causing a loud hum.

[hpa]

I can just imagine college students and adults watching Dr. Who when this happened thinking "What the hell was that?!" after it was over.

[moeval]

Call it the 'Mandela Effect', but I seem to recall this opening with a line about 'using up so much bandwidth'... Couldn't find this part anywhere in videos online.

[scottfitzpatrick]

Dr. Who the tardis is about to hit the full moon!