SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Max Headroom Incident
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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Max Headroom Incident

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 18, 202647 min

In 1987, a very strange broadcast intrusion occurred in the city of Chicago. For just a couple of minutes, the odd TV character Max Headroom appeared onscreen in the middle of an episode of Dr. Who. He spoke in garbled tones, brandished a marital aid, and was spanked on the rear with a fly swatter by a person dressed in Annie Oakley garb. If this sounds weird, it is. It's the Max Headroom Incident. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This is an iHeart Podcast, Guaranteed Human. Here is a classic episode that covers a single event that happened on one night in 1987 in the great city of Chicago, where someone wearing a max headroom mask took over a local TV station for several minutes.

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And when I put it like that, it sounds pretty inconsequential, but it was such a big deal that the feds got involved. And even better, it's a mystery that's still not fully solved today. And it's weird.

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Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from HowStuffWorks.com. Hey, and welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh Clark. There's Chuck Bryant and Jerry Roland.

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