The sunglasses were because the Blue Contact Lenses he wore damaged his corneas, so he had to wear the sunglasses until his eyes healed. Matt Frewer went through a lot of pain for his art.
@@sansprobus7209 The contacts were to make his eyes look less human. It's more obvious in old episodes of The Max Headroom Show (not to be confused with the later series, Max Headroom).
This aged amazingly well. Especially seeing that the concept of being a V-Tuber is basically invended by Max Headroom. Only back then it was done with the help of Video effects, editing, prosthetic make up and a DAMN GOOD Actor basically ad-libbing like crazy and making this character become larger than life and realistic. A LOT of outstanding talent went into the making of Max Headroom. :)
@@Bs7268-w8l Yeah, I guess if I watch the hijack on youtube I'd expect the same glitches and stalls and then to suddenly be propelled into a Doctor Who episode to boot. ^_^
Remember Max Headroom literally BLEW THE PEOPLE'S MINDS in the Mid eighties. Because they genuinely believed he was CGI. Because nobody knew something like that would exist.
We knew he wasn't CGI. He'll we didn't even know what CGI was. Remember this was the Tron generation. We knew they were Jeff Bridges, that guy from Babylon 5 and that girl from Laverne & Shirley.
@@mikevanroy9356 It once won a award "For outstanding computer effects" Nobody caught on with the gag. Also they knew the fact the trick worked because journalists at the time literally couldn't believe he wasn't Computer Generated. Even when they were told the truth.
I remember watching the MAX HEADROOM show every day after work in the afternoon. Wouldn't go out until the show was over! Just as cool today as back then....No PC, just good old fun.
Bwahaha! 1:39. I recall that quote so strongly that I could quote it word-for-word as he was saying it, yet I hadn't thought about it for nearly thirty years.
We still are. What some people don't recognize is that the world advanced more in the 80s, socially, technologically, and medically than in any other generation.
That's hilarious because Beethoven would have written what he thought of onto paper, so the music would have turned out how he wanted it even if the piano was out of tune
if he makes sense to you you missed the fucking point lmao his name is literally a pun on him having maximum empty space in his head, he's a parody of the empty, plastic existence of late night hosts and major media personalities who just shovel shit into the publics minds
What’s so genius is that it is not real CGI. CGI to look like that was a little too advanced and expensive for the 80’s. It just a prosthetic over Matt Frewer . The green screen background, glitches and single hard lighting helps add to the effect.
Despite the fact he's literally designed to be a boring middle class man in a suit talking boring things between exciting music videos...... oh and "computer generated".
jfc for a such a creepy and weird sort of show it get's really deep especially the window quote Like, I'm a millennial kid, right. Born after 2000. So this was 20 years before my time. But this is still so fascinating to me. The way it casually disses the industry, yet embraces it at the same time...
Watching this I've just had a fantastic idea-wouldn't it be great if you could download him into your Sat-Nav? :) That would really liven up your car journeys!
I just love the name alone - Max Headroom - I remember when all car park barriers had that printed on them - got changed to Max Height after the success of this character which I always thought was a little churlish…..
Tryna think where I've heard that "IT'S REALLY W-W-WEEIird!" bit from at 8:30 - I know SOMEONE used it for something but boy I couldn't tell you when I heard it.
We tried a Saturday morning show here in the UK I think his name was Scratchy. Sadly Mark Speight... sorry if name is wrong....ended his life a few yrs down the line.
The more I watch, the easier to tell that he's just made of makeup. The shadows are so subtle. The little noises. Every time he twitches, the pvc suit reflects differently. I think one way to fix that (it will take more) would be to give him entirely opaque sunglasses.
That would be a bad idea. The reason why it wasn't see through is because the contact lenses Matt Frewer was wearing were rather heavy and would lacerate his corneas after wearing them for a long period. Hence the Black Ray ban glasses.
@@SanFran51 I'm not sure how that makes solid black sunglasses a bad idea. It seems like it was a bad idea to make him wear contacts. It's not like you would be asking the actor to move much.
@@canteventhough It would give the game away that he isn't actually computer generated. Mainly because when he came out. Nobody knew what a Computer Generated character looked like.
Edison Carter didn’t die when his mind was copied and downloaded into a computer. He survived, woke up, and went after the bastard who tried to silence him.
@jacobmartinelli7496 Too late for you I'm afraid but any current arrivals that may be interested, The program is scripted, filmed & produced by a British TV company, but the Max character is actually played by a Canadian actor called Matt Brewer.
The sunglasses were because the Blue Contact Lenses he wore damaged his corneas, so he had to wear the sunglasses until his eyes healed. Matt Frewer went through a lot of pain for his art.
But matts eyes are blue by default? If you look at any pictures of him, you'll see his piercing blue eyes.
@@sansprobus7209 The contacts were to make his eyes look less human. It's more obvious in old episodes of The Max Headroom Show (not to be confused with the later series, Max Headroom).
@@billwenham "To give the look of the Master Race."
Rocky Morton's words not mine.
@@billwenham Ironically, so do the sunglasses.
This aged amazingly well. Especially seeing that the concept of being a V-Tuber is basically invended by Max Headroom. Only back then it was done with the help of Video effects, editing, prosthetic make up and a DAMN GOOD Actor basically ad-libbing like crazy and making this character become larger than life and realistic. A LOT of outstanding talent went into the making of Max Headroom. :)
And of course lead to the very first TV cyberpunk show called "Max Headroom"
Yes, Yes, Y-Y-Ye----Right on!! Ag-Ag-Agree on all accounts.
Invented*
Woah... Max Headroom predicted the show "How It's Made" with that how golf balls are made bit. He really is futuristic.
They didn't have those before?
comedy/satire way ahead of its time.. quite addictive, too..
no, right on time
No this is 80s humour
Max is perfect for youtube. If the scene glitches or the wifi stalls you just thinks it's part of the act.
What about the hijack?
@@Bs7268-w8l Yeah, I guess if I watch the hijack on youtube I'd expect the same glitches and stalls and then to suddenly be propelled into a Doctor Who episode to boot. ^_^
"just think, we've got an actor for a president." boy that rings so loudly 30 years later.
Reference to Ronald Reagan.
well... it was also literally true at the time.
@@Aperki2010 I know, my grandma voted Reagen.
Every fucking state voted on Reagan@@earthsteward70
"You've got a head on your shoulders, use it!" Fucking killed me
What if someone actually BROUGHT him back to tv in todays time? Id watch the shit out that
I personally think he should be an A.I. with his own show on TH-cam. Lol
We definitely need a character like this these days
Lol
MAX is the guy that invented FACE TIME !!!! :)
A Decade B 4 The Computer internet and cell phone
give it a few years itll happen
Bring him back. Max Headroom for President 2024.
Max Headroom feels like a Twin Peaks character
3:08 the moth thing OMFG! Come out in the day. There's light EVERYWHERE!
Dude I was there with Max in the 80's
Remember Max Headroom literally BLEW THE PEOPLE'S MINDS in the Mid eighties. Because they genuinely believed he was CGI. Because nobody knew something like that would exist.
We knew he wasn't CGI. He'll we didn't even know what CGI was. Remember this was the Tron generation. We knew they were Jeff Bridges, that guy from Babylon 5 and that girl from Laverne & Shirley.
@@mikevanroy9356 It once won a award "For outstanding computer effects" Nobody caught on with the gag. Also they knew the fact the trick worked because journalists at the time literally couldn't believe he wasn't Computer Generated. Even when they were told the truth.
I think Max Headroom influenced Jim Carrey's early comedy, especially "In Living Color," "Ace Ventura," and "The Mask."
definitely reminds me of jim carrey!
What if Jim Carrey is the one that hijacked WGN in 1987
@@williamkuhnke3258 It does kind of sound like him...
@@williamkuhnke3258
you joke about it, but there's absolutely a chance that he actually helped hijacked WGN in 1987
I could literally watch this for 72 hours straight
I remember watching the MAX HEADROOM show every day after work in the afternoon. Wouldn't go out until the show was over! Just as cool today as back then....No PC, just good old fun.
Bwahaha! 1:39. I recall that quote so strongly that I could quote it word-for-word as he was saying it, yet I hadn't thought about it for nearly thirty years.
Damn I hate I didn't live in the 80s. Y'all were crazy mother's
my teen years were the eighties. was a party.
We still are. What some people don't recognize is that the world advanced more in the 80s, socially, technologically, and medically than in any other generation.
What would be awesome is if someone would re-create Max Headroom as a Vtuber model and someone would do a perfect imitation of him online.
Max headroom was definitely A HEAD of it's time😅😂
Who would have thought that a fatal accident in a parking garage could be so entertaining?
Wym
That accident wasn’t fatal. It was nearly fatal, but the guy who suffered the accident survived.
I'm watching this stoned and shiit its so deep esepcially that Bethoven thought
That's hilarious because Beethoven would have written what he thought of onto paper, so the music would have turned out how he wanted it even if the piano was out of tune
Max Headroom, the only AI device that talks sense
if he makes sense to you you missed the fucking point lmao his name is literally a pun on him having maximum empty space in his head, he's a parody of the empty, plastic existence of late night hosts and major media personalities who just shovel shit into the publics minds
yo...do you guys see what he was doing back then? This is some crazy shit
What’s so genius is that it is not real CGI. CGI to look like that was a little too advanced and expensive for the 80’s. It just a prosthetic over Matt Frewer . The green screen background, glitches and single hard lighting helps add to the effect.
We knew it wasn't CGI. That term hadn't even been invented yet. We were still programming in BASIC.
Max Headroom would make a killing as a vtuber parody of the insipid late night talk show format.
Despite the fact he's literally designed to be a boring middle class man in a suit talking boring things between exciting music videos...... oh and "computer generated".
imagine tripping and watching this
On mushrooms it was unbearable, I laughed for about 2 hours afterwards
What an incredibly awful idea lol
Imagine they put you in a cell for 2 weeks playing this shit nonstop 24/7 and letting you out🤣
Oh i tried this on weed once oh I laughed for four days also
On LSD it was a mess of little colourful squares moving about at high speed with his calm smarmy voice over it all. Really heavy.
His random sporadic outbursts always entertained Me as a kid.
"Stroke the furniture" shpuld be a game show now.... half my stores are like "YOU TOUCH IT YOU BUY IT!!!"
jfc for a such a creepy and weird sort of show it get's really deep
especially the window quote
Like, I'm a millennial kid, right. Born after 2000. So this was 20 years before my time. But this is still so fascinating to me. The way it casually disses the industry, yet embraces it at the same time...
Limelines you’re a Gen Z kid if you’re born between 1996 and some year in the 10s
Limelines you're a zoomer though :) But yeah, when it comes to Max Headroom you really got it.
It's called satire
Gen z is from 2000 onwards. Millenials end at the end of 1999
Now imagine that with music videos glued in between.
7:36 coughed up a lung laughing at this
Brilliant.
Love it!!!❤
Watching this I've just had a fantastic idea-wouldn't it be great if you could download him into your Sat-Nav? :) That would really liven up your car journeys!
He will only direct you to nearest Golf courses.
Love it. Thanks for posting!
I think there's a whole lot of Max Headroom in Jim Carey's early act, and most notably in the Mask.
He's a British invention.
The actor who played Max Headroom was born in the United States and raised in Canada. He was living in England when he got the role.
@@melissawickersham9912 Yes but the idea is British.
If they asked-d-d-d me, I wo-wo-would say yes-ye-ye-yes to that in a sec-sec-second...🤓
You remember Boy George? Well, ha ha...I don't either...
His name on his passport appears as
"Mmmmmmmaamaamaaxmaaxmaax Hedhedhedhedrooroorooroooooooooom"
ahead of its time
Brilliant!!!
If anyone needs an arms dealer it's Max.
FReaking beautiful
"This is a good idea," lmao! 😂😂😂 *Three moons!* 🌙🌙🌙
I just love the name alone - Max Headroom - I remember when all car park barriers had that printed on them - got changed to Max Height after the success of this character which I always thought was a little churlish…..
It's like certain people been telling us the truth the whole time
how many max headroom shows do you have from 1985 ?? are they all recorded from channel 4 do you have all 12 episodes
so 80s
Tryna think where I've heard that "IT'S REALLY W-W-WEEIird!" bit from at 8:30 - I know SOMEONE used it for something but boy I couldn't tell you when I heard it.
"Sorry, all you he-man bookworms"
Such a legend
"this is a *good* idea"
Freaking Brilliant !!!love it
Oh wow Max headroom, that's an intense line of questioning.
Damn that's an early use of the word hipster yeah?
Kramer from Seinfeld was said to be a hipster doofus.
Max was ahead of his time.
@@tech-hqvip3290 a head of his time?
@@log6778 20 minutes into the future.
That word goes back to the 1930s. It was jazz slang. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(1940s_subculture)
Listening this with Dial Tone from Deltarune is a treat
His dancing... LOL
I can't believe that I thought this was CGI, and Max was as made up as Poppie the sailor man.
Wait... Popeye was made up?
Jim Carrey was not original. Max Headroom came first.
And Christopher Titus 😂🤣
Matt frewer was the actor who gave the face and voice to max
Max walked so Jim could run
@@Dovah_Jay Well said Mr. Jones.
The invitation says ‘Bring an enemy’.
Max beautifully describes something Ville Kallio would make.
His smile looks like Elivis Presley
We tried a Saturday morning show here in the UK I think his name was Scratchy.
Sadly Mark Speight... sorry if name is wrong....ended his life a few yrs down the line.
I would love to see a librarian crying books in a brick hod.
Love Max I Do!! Sadly any and all friends I used to share and enjoy his hyjinks with are long gone from this earthly plane.
Too young to have since this. Researching emenims Rap god video brought me here, I enjoy max.
8:13 what drum machine is that playing in the background?
This is the absolute finest thing to watch while on lsd ! Totally mend bending
Let's go Bannon MAGA May All Get Acid 💙
No one....has it rougher.....than tim. ^_^
The empire never ended.
The more I watch, the easier to tell that he's just made of makeup.
The shadows are so subtle. The little noises. Every time he twitches, the pvc suit reflects differently.
I think one way to fix that (it will take more) would be to give him entirely opaque sunglasses.
That would be a bad idea. The reason why it wasn't see through is because the contact lenses Matt Frewer was wearing were rather heavy and would lacerate his corneas after wearing them for a long period. Hence the Black Ray ban glasses.
@@SanFran51 I'm not sure how that makes solid black sunglasses a bad idea. It seems like it was a bad idea to make him wear contacts. It's not like you would be asking the actor to move much.
@@canteventhough It would give the game away that he isn't actually computer generated. Mainly because when he came out. Nobody knew what a Computer Generated character looked like.
@@canteventhough In case you are wondering Max Headroom actually once won a award....... for computer graphics.
Yeah but this was released in the 80s... most TVs were still CRTs.
A brand New Episode !!!
Is it fair to say that max headroom’s style of video editing and voice manipulation is a precursor to
TH-cam Poop…
Matt Freuer
Max, in his later years, has become much less socially preachy. A friend told me.
Max Headroom influenced TH-cam poop
Unintentional ASMR 😂
2024 vs 1985 ahead of its time
What is name of song at 9:00? Thanks.
Still relevant today innit?
rip to Edison Carter but I'm built different
Edison Carter didn’t die when his mind was copied and downloaded into a computer. He survived, woke up, and went after the bastard who tried to silence him.
so right
Back II The Future Part.II & Eminem
6 minutes slim shady you’re on
Say Hi to Pat on my behalf
If I'm located, in Toorak & I'm going to Kew with a 'stone' necklace, how do I maintain a temperature, for a set time??
Yeah 👨, that way I can get a sample of the air-quality & complain about air pollution, wearing an attractive & correlative Vest.
This-this-this-this hhehehehehehehe (chuckle) is f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-funny, in a werid way
3:40 *”Flash Gun”*
America has Max Headroom as President.
So just now
The begginer of v tubers
He’s a frickin nerd
lain iwakura if she was male
You edited out most of the punchlines.
Es como estar en la cafetería del 2015 de volver al futuro
8:56
la bouche y a key?
wonder what it means.
When you realise those blue speckles in your Es are probably ketamine ✨🤩✨
This kinda freaks me out🙈 sorry Max.
what are you, british
*edit
you're so right
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@jacobmartinelli7496 Too late for you I'm afraid but any current arrivals that may be interested,
The program is scripted, filmed & produced by a British TV company, but the Max character is actually played by a Canadian actor called Matt Brewer.
@@tricky1581Frewer
Too bad the actor's career didn't really take off. Cause I know a lot a good actors that didn't really get that many chances in Entertainment.