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Max Headroom, who remembers him ?

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#1 ·
I loved that show.
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Max Headroom is a fictional character played by actor Matt Frewer. Advertised as "the first computer-generated TV presenter", Max was known for his biting commentary on a variety of topical issues, arrogant wit, stuttering, and pitch-shifting voice. The character was created by George Stone, Annabel Jankel, and Rocky Morton. Max was advertised as "computer-generated" and some believed this, but he was actually actor Frewer wearing prosthetic makeup, contact lenses, and a plastic molded suit, and sitting in front of a blue screen. Harsh lighting and other editing and recording effects heighten the illusion of a CGI character. According to his creators, Max's personality was meant to be a satirical exaggeration of the worst tendencies of television hosts in the 1980s who wanted to appeal to youth culture yet weren't a part of it. Frewer proposed that Max reflected an innocence, largely influenced not by mentors and life experience but by information absorbed from television.
 
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#3 ·
Never saw the show and feel I never missed anything. Weirdo looking actors turn me off.
 
#6 ·
That was a time period when I was going to Civil Eng Tech, raising kids, working as much hours as I could to make ends meet and fuckin broke! I did not have the time or attention to any media at all other than the AM radio as that is all we got where I I at the time. I probably quit watching TV at this time and watch even less now.
 
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