They managed to do so by switching the frequency of their studio link to a different transmitter.Īt 11pm on the same night a second incident took place while the popular TV show Doctor Who on was airing on WTTW. The signal was intercepted at 9:14pm and lasted 20 seconds, wit the person in a Max Headroom mask and sunglasses moving around maniacally while dancing and bobbing, with the only other audio being a loud buzzing noise, after which WGN regained control. The initial interception of the signal was brief, and his English barely comprehensible. In Chicago, US Novemsomeone hijacked the evening broadcast of the WGN and WTTV station while wearing a Max Headroom mask. Source I found this intensely strange incident in history hilarious, I mean I can only imagine the chaotic state of the viewers as well as the station, and I am sure that they did not share my sentiment on this, but hindsight left me hosing myself. Preparing the look for filming involved a four-and-a-half-hour session in make-up, which Frewer described as "grueling" and "not fun," likening it to "being on the inside of a giant tennis ball" The character was created by George Stone, Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton in the mid-1980s, and portrayed by Matt Frewer as "The World's first computer-generated TV host," although the computer-generated appearance was achieved with prosthetic makeup and hand-drawn backgrounds, as the computer technology of the time was not sufficiently advanced to achieve the desired effect. Image from "Max Headroom is a fictional British artificial intelligence (AI) character, known for his wit and stuttering, distorted, electronically sampled voice.
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