BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agoTIL of Max Headroom. A faux computer generated show host that went viral in the 80's.youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down115
arrow-up1204arrow-down1external-linkTIL of Max Headroom. A faux computer generated show host that went viral in the 80's.youtu.beBarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareEjh3k@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·1 year agoWait until you learn about the WTTW max headroom broadcast takeover back in the 90s. That shit was wild as hell.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·1 year agoI knew about that, it was weird to me because I didn’t know it was emulating MaxHeadroom.
minus-squareSuperDuper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoEminem also emulated him in a music video. That’s where the “something’s wrong, I can feel it” meme comes from.
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): Rap God Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-squareguyrocket@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI love this vid. Great rap and cool pop culture references like Super Mario and The Matrix.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThat’s quality all on its own, but even better knowing about Max Headroom.
Wait until you learn about the WTTW max headroom broadcast takeover back in the 90s. That shit was wild as hell.
I knew about that, it was weird to me because I didn’t know it was emulating MaxHeadroom.
Eminem also emulated him in a music video. That’s where the “something’s wrong, I can feel it” meme comes from.
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Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
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I love this vid. Great rap and cool pop culture references like Super Mario and The Matrix.
That’s quality all on its own, but even better knowing about Max Headroom.