🧵 The Max Headroom Hijacking
The Night TV Lost Its Mind
November 22, 1987.
It’s a quiet Sunday night in Chicago. You’re watching Doctor Who on PBS, when suddenly - without any warning - the screen glitches out. Static. Distorted lines. Then, a man in a rubber Max Headroom mask appears. He’s babbling nonsense, swaying side to side in front of a moving metal background. No intro. No context.
