Max Headroom
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When I asked my kids (ages 16 & 19) if they remembered or ever heard of Max Headroom, I was received with blank stares. When I showed them this video, they still found it funny, even without the benefit of knowing about the original material from which it was spoofed. Don’t know if it’s the Max effect, or the silliness of the real man whom it depicts…
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The Museum of Broadcast Communications notes that the classic, yet short-lived, Eighties TV program, Max Headroom,
was one of the most innovative science fiction series ever produced for American television, an ambitious attempt to build upon the cyberpunk movement in science fiction literature.
Heh! In addition to the video showing the similarities, even the stories behind the scenes closely mirror each other. After all, isn’t Max Mitt Romney
one of the most innovative fictional candidates ever produced for an American campaign in an ambitious attempt to build upon the conservative movement in the Republican Party?