9/1/2023 0 Comments Max headroom incident memesAn unidentified female accomplice wearing a French maid outfit said to him, “Bend over, bitch!” The accomplice then started to spank the man with a flyswatter as the man screamed loudly. The man then retrieved the Pepsi can, and sang “Your love is fading”, removed the rubber extension, and then began humming the theme song to Clutch Cargo. He continued to laugh and utter various random phrases, including New Coke’s advertising slogan “Catch the Wave” while holding a Pepsi can (Max Headroom was a Coca-Cola spokesperson at the time), then crushed the can, tossed it out of sight, leaned towards the camera and presented the finger wearing a rubber extension over his middle finger, though the gesture was partially off-screen. He made some rambling statements about WGN pundit Chuck Swirsky, whom he called a “fricking liberal”. Max Headroom TV Hijacking: On November 22nd, 1987 during an episode of Doctor Who the signal was interrupted by television static, after which an unidentified man wearing a Max Headroom mask and sunglasses appeared. The text message that appeared on the screens of HBO subscribers across the eastern half of the country read: During the 1980s there were a few incidents of TV hijacking around the world but the most famous are the Captain Midnight and much more mysterious Max Headroom incidents.Ĭaptain Midnight TV Hijacking: As a protest against the introduction of high fees and scrambling equipment, John Macdougall transmitted a signal onto the satellite that for over 4 minutes overrode HBO’s telecast of the movie The Falcon and the Snowman. I'm wondering, because I'm not sure if this is a source I saw through your post, but an FBI agent involved said the FCC didn't want to touch this case or go further ("start knocking on doors").Broadcast signal intrusion is the hijacking of broadcast signals of radio, television stations, cable television broadcast feeds or satellite signals. I've seen so much information that it's hard to follow the bouncing ball always.Įdit: I just re read the last part. I'm not sure if you've seen them or the guy behind fuzzymemories has. I'm waiting on obtaining the FBI files, so I guess that'll be definitive proof on that matter, at least. The camera person or the woman could've been the mastermind, with Eric as the Divine to their John Waters. While Eric had no technical background, it doesn't rule him out as being the guy in the mask, considering there were at least two other people involved. I also have read a source saying a close friend of Eric's said he admitted to doing it, but that they could never be sure because he was so eccentric and would just say things to be shocking. How do we know Fournier was never questioned by the FBI? I heard reports he was, along with some other people tied to an Indiana University tv station. I'm a little starstruck that you're commenting, lol. That's why they're in a studio, after all. The kinds of cameras used in professional television studios are far different than consumer-grade video equipment, require secondary processing hardware, and work on completely different power requirements. Reports that he supposedly "borrowed studio equipment a week before the incident", or was otherwise investigated by the FBI are simply bogus claims. He had no opportunity, no expertise, and no motive. If I remember correctly, one of Fournier's band members, his drummer I think, steadfastly denied it was Eric, saying that while he would have been humbled to be accused of it, he lacked any technical skill, and wasn't a hacker by any stretch. His only apparent "link" to the Headroom incident is the fact that someone noticed he was weird, wore a mask, and was somewhat close to the Chicagoland veral years after the fact. He was never investigated by either the FBI, or the FCC as part of the Headroom investigation, to my knowledge. I'll do my best to detail the facts versus the BS below:Īs far as is known, Fournier had no technical background in broadcasting, lacked access to microwave transmision gear, and lacked the requisite knowledge of STL sites and frequencies to pull it off. There seems to be a lot of folklore involving Eric Fournier for some reason.
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