Posted on 09/14/2020 4:48:41 AM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
Never got Max.
Tried to watch the show once.
Extremely annoying, imo.
Didn’t it come about from a Pepsi campaign?
To tell the truth, I don’t recall.
I got a kick out of him though.
The Crazy Bizarre History of Max Headroom: TV Star, Icon, Pitch Man, Pirate ~21 min.
Nutshell: Originally conceived in the UK out of an idea on what was supposed to be a "CGI" host of a music video show (to compete with MTV).
Max Headroom - Brit speak for height clearance under bridges, etc. - pitched New Coke, btw.
High tech computer animation at the time.
According to the link I posted, at the time, it was cheaper and produced better results to use an actor made up to look animated.
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