Zero Day | Teaser

ROLE: Editor

DIRECTORS: Mitch Buss & Mike Bove  |  PROD: Jumbo

On November 22, 1987, the television broadcasts of two Chicago TV stations were hijacked by a mysterious person wearing a Max Headroom costume. 

The first incident happened during a sports segment on WGN-TV’s 9:00pm newscast and lasted about 25 seconds. The second, occurred two hours later during a WTTW broadcast of Doctor Who,  and lasted about 90 seconds. The masked person spoke directly to camera throughout these intrusions, and ended the high jinx by having his exposed buttocks spanked by a woman with a flyswatter.

Despite a thorough FCC investigation and years of speculation, the culprits were never caught.

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