Max Headroom was an American television series which aired on ABC in the late 1980s. Max Headroom was the name of a fictional artificial intelligence, known for his surreal wit and a stuttering, distorted, electronically sampled delivery.
Due to the fact that 3-D rendering was not advanced enough for a full-motion, voice-synched human head to be practical for a television series at that time, Max was actually actor Matt Frewer in latex and foam rubber prosthetic makeup with a fibreglass suit, superimposed over a moving geometric background.
Max became the spokespersonality for Coca-Cola, and he generated more interest from viewers than any previous spokesman for the company.
Plans for a movie titled, Max Headroom for President, were discussed, but the film was never produced.
On November 22, 1987, someone hijacked the broadcast signals of a Chicago PBS affiliate, interrupting an episode of Doctor Who, to blurt garbled obscenities and get spanked with a fly-swatter. The culprits were never caught.
Art of Noise featured an overdubbed Max on the song Paranoimia.
Max Headroom was also featured on a 1986 holiday single titled Merry Christmas Santa Claus (You’re a Lovely Guy) released by Chrysalis Records.
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I’m a big fan of Max Headroom. I love the TV series and this song.