Over on Targuman, Chris Brady links to an interesting story on Retro Thing about a TV hijack that took place twenty years ago in Chicago. In the middle of an episode of Doctor Who (a repeat, because it's a Tom Baker episode long after the Tom Baker era ended in 1981), a character wearing a Max Headroom mask bursts on screen. Apparently, the offender has never since been found, nor has he come forward. Here's some Youtube footage of the event:
If you'd like a slightly better quality of video, but without the translation, go to FuzzyMemories.TV. And here is a CBS News report about the incident:
Wednesday 28 November 2007
Max Headroom Broadcasting Hijack, Twenty Years on
Posted by Mark Goodacre at 22:09
Labels: Doctor Who, Youtube
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I just don't know why this wasn't ntgateway worthy.
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