
JediShua and shazbazzar watch the complete Max Headroom TV series from 1987 and explain the origin(s) of this iconic computer-generated character who continues to be a familiar face (and simulated stutterer) more than thirty years later. With Coca-Colas selection of a digital, computer-constructed spokesthing named Max Headroom, came a dramatic shift toward a reliance on high technology. From there, Max became more widely known in the U.S. in a somewhat different form, where Max, for a time, became a late night talk show host. The Max Headroom video show format then migrated to the U.S. There were also a few related TV specials. James Arnold Taylor is rumored to appear as either OB-2 or OB-6 in the new show. Meanwhile, the U.K.’s Max Headroom TV video show continued running for a few more seasons.
Although we still don’t know if Ewan McGregor will portray Carl Jung on film, we are fairly certain he will reprise his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in an upcoming series on Disney+. Max Headroom is an American satirical science fiction television series by Chrysalis Visual Programming and Lakeside Productions for Lorimar-Telepictures that aired in the United States on ABC from March 31, 1987, to May 5, 1988.
The Rise of Skywalker seems to present multiple opportunities to walk over rises in topography to reveal various vistas with the heroes of the sequel trilogy. See how a squid-headed Quarren meets with danger in our first real look at The Mandalorean. In this vintage ad for Wate-On, a promise to help skinny girls put on pounds.
The Rise of the Resistance ride is coming soon to Walt Disney World and Disneyland complete with Force-wielding kids shoving aside stormtroopers with their minds. Classic Ad Review: Max Headroom shills for New Coke. See Jefferson Starship on the Galactic Starcruiser as you travel through hyperspace to Galaxy’s Edge.