![]() WTTW could not reroute the signal because at such late hour there was no WTTW engineer on duty. The WTTW hijack lasted for about 90 seconds. The transmission then blacked out for a few seconds before the episode of “Doctor Who” resumed. At the same time, a female in French maid costume said: “Bend over, bi**h!” She started spanking him with a fly-swatter as the man screamed loudly. The meaningless banter went on for a minute, and then suddenly, the footage cuts over to the image of the man bent over with his naked buttocks exposed in side view. He stated: “I just made a giant masterpiece for all the World’s Greatest Newspaper nerds.” Then, he began to moan painfully and exclaimed about his piles followed by a flatulence sound. Suddenly, he paused to say “I still see the X” which is often misheard as “I stole CBS” and resumed humming. ![]() He removed the rubber extension and began humming the theme song to Clutch Cargo. The man then started singing “Your love is fading”. After then, he leaned towards the camera pointing a partially visible middle finger with rubber extension on it. He also uttered the New Coke’s advertising slogan “Catch the Wave” and the crushed a Pepsi can and tossed it. Then, he started to moan, scream, and laugh along with uttering random phrases. He began by remarking on WGN pundit Chuck Swirsky. He was wearing the same Max Headroom mask and sunglasses. At around 11.15 pm, again the masked person appeared on WTTW amidst distorted and crackling audio. The same night at 11 pm, people were enjoying the episode “Horror of Fang Rock” of the popular TV show Doctor Who on WTTW. The intruder appeared on the screen for about 20 seconds before WGN regained control. He was portrayed by Matt Frewer as “The World’s first computer-generated TV host.” The first hijack took place at approximately 9:14 pm CST during a news broadcast on WGN-TV. Max Headroom was the spokesman for New Coke who delivered the slogan “Catch the wave!”. This weird broadcast signal intrusion is popularly known as the Max Headroom incident owing to the fact that the intruder was wearing a Max Headroom mask.įor those who are wondering who Max Headroom is, try to remember the mid-’80s New Coke ad. Then, suddenly, the signals of two broadcast television stations, WGN and WTTV, were interrupted by a hacker in Max Headroom mask speaking barely intelligible English. In sports, The Bears were triumphant over the Detroit Lions with a score of 30 to 10. ![]() According to the Farmer’s Almanac, the temperature was a pleasant 53 degrees. Image Source: November 22, 1987, in Chicago, US was just like any other day. ![]()
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