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==Videos & Segments== | ==Videos & Segments== | ||
| − | '' | + | * Max appears from the hairline up and has a long argument with the stage crew - "Yeah, well it's been the right height for every other show!" |
| − | * The Housemartins | + | ** The crew puts a box under his chair, with some difficulties in positioning. It's still not tall enough; we see Max from the nose up. He tries to start, then complains again. |
| + | ** They put another box under the chair. He's almost tall enough... and then falls off the stack. ("Holy shit...!") | ||
| + | ** The show titles begin but are inverted and black-and-white with murky audio. | ||
| + | ** We cut to Max spinning on a vectorscope display. There's a rewind scrape, then Max appears normally. He mutters threats at the crew ("...put them all up against the wall and shoot them... that'd teach 'em a lesson"). | ||
| + | ** The normal show opening rolls. | ||
| + | * Max gives a giggly introduction to the show but notes that they have so many things, they might have to cut things like this (shows a credit slide) or this (shows a clip of Tina Turner's video) or even this (shows a clip of the Rutger Hauer interview). | ||
| + | * Video: The Housemartins, "Happy Hour" | ||
| + | ** Max interrupts: "Let me play you something really, really good." | ||
| + | *** Plays some birdsong clips, with commentary. | ||
| + | *** Record scratch ends the bird sounds; Max rages. | ||
| + | * Mac McDonald comedy clip, sticking bread all over his head to protect when "the bomb" goes off. | ||
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* Tina Turner: "Typical Male" | * Tina Turner: "Typical Male" | ||
* Martini Ranch: "How Can the Labouring Man Find Time for Self-Culture?" | * Martini Ranch: "How Can the Labouring Man Find Time for Self-Culture?" | ||
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==Notes & Commentary== | ==Notes & Commentary== | ||
| − | + | Mac McDonald appears as a comedian in this show. Fans of the film "Fifth Element" will recognize him as the older cop who ends up with a full lap of McDonald's soda ("Whoa!") | |
==Quotes & Caps== | ==Quotes & Caps== | ||
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(''Max's speech in this season finally stops using the extreme stuttering and repetition, probably as much for technical, audience and production reasons as because it was getting tiresome. I am still trimming such repetitions to minimum indicators here in the transcriptions.'') | (''Max's speech in this season finally stops using the extreme stuttering and repetition, probably as much for technical, audience and production reasons as because it was getting tiresome. I am still trimming such repetitions to minimum indicators here in the transcriptions.'') | ||
Revision as of 19:20, 16 November 2015
| Episode CH4.3.5 | |
|---|---|
| Title | The Max Headroom Show |
| UK Air Date | 3 Feb 1987 |
| US Air Date | 26 Sep 1986 |
| Length | 30 minutes |
| Creative | |
| Guests | Rutger Hauer |
| Links |  Photos on Rutger Hauer's website.
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| Crew | Talk Show Crew |
| Matt Frewer | Max Headroom |
The fifth episode of the second Channel Four season of the Max Headroom talk show featured actor Rutger Hauer.
The MaxRchives contains a complete recording of the UK broadcast of this episode. Hauer's web page contains a dozen photos of the show. Charles McGrew's page contains a number of audio clips that precede the Hauer interview.
Videos & Segments
- Max appears from the hairline up and has a long argument with the stage crew - "Yeah, well it's been the right height for every other show!"
- The crew puts a box under his chair, with some difficulties in positioning. It's still not tall enough; we see Max from the nose up. He tries to start, then complains again.
- They put another box under the chair. He's almost tall enough... and then falls off the stack. ("Holy shit...!")
- The show titles begin but are inverted and black-and-white with murky audio.
- We cut to Max spinning on a vectorscope display. There's a rewind scrape, then Max appears normally. He mutters threats at the crew ("...put them all up against the wall and shoot them... that'd teach 'em a lesson").
- The normal show opening rolls.
- Max gives a giggly introduction to the show but notes that they have so many things, they might have to cut things like this (shows a credit slide) or this (shows a clip of Tina Turner's video) or even this (shows a clip of the Rutger Hauer interview).
- Video: The Housemartins, "Happy Hour"
- Max interrupts: "Let me play you something really, really good."
- Plays some birdsong clips, with commentary.
- Record scratch ends the bird sounds; Max rages.
- Max interrupts: "Let me play you something really, really good."
- Mac McDonald comedy clip, sticking bread all over his head to protect when "the bomb" goes off.
- Tina Turner: "Typical Male"
- Martini Ranch: "How Can the Labouring Man Find Time for Self-Culture?"
- This show's country theme: Scandinavia (one of Max's best riffs)
- Max and his guest Rutger Hauer talk about:
- Being introduced by Max as "Rootbeer Hauer"
- His Blade Runner character being a bit like Max
- Being physical
- Golf
- Blade Runner again
Notes & Commentary
Mac McDonald appears as a comedian in this show. Fans of the film "Fifth Element" will recognize him as the older cop who ends up with a full lap of McDonald's soda ("Whoa!")
Quotes & Caps
(Max's speech in this season finally stops using the extreme stuttering and repetition, probably as much for technical, audience and production reasons as because it was getting tiresome. I am still trimming such repetitions to minimum indicators here in the transcriptions.)
- Max: "
