In 1985, the Coca-Cola Co. was watching young drinkers gravitate toward Pepsi's sweeter taste and cooler ads. ... Classic Ad Review: Max Headroom shills for New Coke. By Barbara Lippert.

In 'Max Headroom,' the future is now. August 12, 2010 More than ... But Headroom, a multi-platform brand and a CGI avatar before most of us knew such terms existed, ...

New Coke commercials featuring Max Headroom and bootlegged videos fueled mystery about whether some mad genius had really created a “computer generated” person – but that all cleared up when ...

He even appeared in adverts for new Coke, ... Max Headroom’s look is iconic, encapsulating the forward-thinking of the ‘80s computer revolution while remaining distinctly of the era.

9:14pm CST today marks 30 years since one of the most unusual hacks in history: the Max Headroom signal intrusion.One of them wearing a mask of fictional AI TV host and New Coke spokesthing Max ...

(Note: Max Headroom also tried to sell people on New Coke.) The character was eventually retired, reappearing (with Frewer re-donning the makeup) for a few commercials, and a nostalgic re ...

In that spirit, Wiki Wormhole is making its first attempt at serialized storytelling, following a link from last week’s Max Headroom incident to a product the real Headroom was a sponsor of: the ...

He became an instant pop culture phenom and went on to host a music-video show, star in ads for New Coke, appear on the cover of Newsweek and headline his own primetime series, Max Headroom, which ...

Just when you thought every last movie or TV show from the 1980s had returned for a revival in the 21st century, another one appears. This time, it’s ’80s pop culture icon Max Headroom. Back ...

Max Headroom, the deranged 1980s faux-CGI, faux-AI TV presenter, was and is often mistaken as a true computer graphic creation. At Cartoon Brew (more than a decade ago!), Neil Emmet centered Max ...