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[Memories] Max Headroom Pirates PBS!

Oct 09, 2009 21:41

My brother had recently become obsessed with Dr. Who. I visited him for this birthday, and he had gotten the latest season on DVD for his birthday, a coat like the most recent doctor, a sonic screwdriver toy, etc., etc. Seriously, I was expecting something resembling the Tardis somewhere in his house. Upon seeing my brother go on about the good ( Read more... )

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joezer October 10 2009, 04:18:12 UTC

I guess I'm a big ol' dork as from just those small snippets I can identify the episode of Doctor Who that was victim of the pirating...

("Horror of Fang Rock")

kevynjacobs October 10 2009, 05:04:23 UTC

That's so cool that you saw the original broadcast! I remember the news about the incident back in '87, and have seen the video of the Dr. Who interruption several times over the years.

I hope someday we learn more about who pulled off thei awesome feat of culture jamming!

zurcherart October 10 2009, 08:48:40 UTC

That's brilliant. I had bever heard of that. Being suddenly confronted with the totally unexpected is terrifying.

jenndolari October 10 2009, 11:05:27 UTC

I'm such a nerd:

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darke October 10 2009, 23:17:03 UTC

I have a similar thing. We had gone on a road trip when I was a child. At some point, half asleep, I was staring at the TV my uncle had on. A distorted/odd looking cartoon of people being turned to stone freaked me the fuck out. I used to think of that thing often and get the heebies. It definitely got more and more distorted in my head over the years.

Many years later in college, a friend of mine popped in The Beatles "Yellow Submarine" and I was all, "uh...THAT was what gave me the willies?"

There was also a picasso replica a doctor had in a house we used to watch for him when he was on vacation that used to "stare" at me through the door of the bedroom I slept in that I *hated*. The perspective on it freaked me as a kid. I was convinced it was evil. heh.

And yeah, that broadcast is bizarre.