The Max Headroom Show Season 2
January. 01,1900
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Synopsis
The Max Headroom Show started life in the UK in 1985. It was made by Carlton TV and shown on Channel 4 with an initial season of 6 shows. The show featured actor Matt Frewer playing the role as computer-generated talk-show host Max Headroom. It returned in 1986 for a second season of ten episodes plus a Christmas special.
The first season was Max playing music videos, often in multiple parts as he interrupted them. He had a guest each week in a lounge bar setting with him on a TV on the bar. The interviews were brief and always managed to get onto the subject of Max's obsession with golf. Each episode was preceded by Max's intro which said "He's the toast of the town. He's the non-fattening sugar substitute in your tea. He's a bon vivant, a gaucho amigo, a goomba, a mensch, and the fifth musketeer. He's the apple of your eye and aren't you glad he's here. Direct from a wax and shine at the carwash around the corner, it's the man of the hour, or at least for a good thirty minutes, Max Headroom."
The second season, known as The Max Talking Headroom Show was a bigger show and had a studio audience which Max would interact with, especially for his regular quiz. In most cases the winner never got their prize, or the quiz never happened, sometimes because he ran out of time after explaining the rules which were different each week. Most weeks there was a performance art type act in the studio. There was a guest each week too - sometimes in the studio, sometimes via another TV. Max would often sing comedic songs of his own in a crooner style.
Episode 10 : Episode 10 - Jackie Collins
January. 01,0001
Videos:
Art of Noise - Legacy
The Smiths - Ask
Country Theme: Belgium
Guest: Jackie Collins talks about her books and Hollywood, Golf, sister Joan, Max's studness.
Episode 9 : Episode 9 - Jackson Browne
January. 01,0001
Videos:
Ken Noath - Junk Mail
Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
Elton John - Heartache All Over The World
Country Theme: Middle East
Guest: Jackson Browne talks about his name, being political in his songs, Golf, politics, the environment, Golf.
Episode 8 : Episode 8 - Jack Lemmon
January. 01,0001
Videos:
World Party - Private Revolution
Pat Benatar - Sex as a Weapon
Country Theme: Russia
Guest: Jack Lemmon in the studio, living with the name Lemmon, faking having a cold in a movie, some like it hot, testing the makeup/clothes with Tony, Marilyn, Golf.
Episode 7 : Episode 7 - Howie Mandel
January. 01,0001
Videos:
Lulu - Shout
Love and Rockets - Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man)
Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard
Country Theme: Greece
Guest: Howie Mandel, Max is on a TV on Howie's Sofa (remote interview), talking about Howie's live act, his grandmother's hypnotic incident, Golf, being a golferless caddy, stamp collecting, voicing the good gremlin, films, other guests that Max had on his show.
Episode 6 : Episode 6 - David Byrne
January. 01,0001
Videos:
Curiousity Killed the Cat - Misfit
Gene Loves Jezebel - Heartache
Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life
Guest: David Byrne via his own TV rather than in the studio talks about cleaning out his refrigerator, his stage persona is sillier than himself, fan expectations, style of his clothes, Film: True Stories, Megalomania, would Max's show work in Belgium, David is the most famous talking head besides Max.
Episode 5 : Episode 5 - Rutger Hauer
January. 01,0001
Videos:
The Housemartins - Happy Hour
Tina Turner - Typical Male
Martini Ranch - How Can the Labouring Man Find Time for Self-Culture?
Country Theme: Scandinavia
Guest: Rutger Hauer (introduced by Max as "Root beer Hauer") talks about his Blade Runner character being a bit like Max, being physical, Golf, Blade Runner again.
Episode 4 : Episode 4 - Tracey Ullman
January. 01,0001
Videos:
The Smiths - Panic
Tracey Ullman - Breakaway
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Country Theme: America
Guest: Tracey Ullman, talked about not being a cockney, her daughter's name Mabel, Golf gets on her tits, plans for her first show in America (which actually happened a year later), being married to a millionaire, her music career, Max's coke ads in America, luck.
Episode 3 : Episode 3 - Oliver Reed
January. 01,0001
Videos:
Bolshoi - Away
Sir Mixalot - Square Dance Rap
Luis Cardinas - Runaway
Max and Max sing a crooner duet together
Country Theme: China
Guest:Oliver Reed, talking about his tough guy image, Film: The Devils, Censorship, Film: Women in Love, getting naked in films, Sportsmen, Film: Castaway.
Episode 2 : Episode 2 - Vidal Sassoon
January. 01,0001
Videos:
The Untouchables - I Spy
John Otway & Willy Barrett - Headbutts
Tenpole Tudor - Swords of 1000 men
Ledernacken - Shimmy And Shake
Country Theme: France
Guest:Vidal Sassoon, Talking about hair cuts, his products, Max's style, Golf, Beauty, Human Potential, Dying, Dyeing Hair.
Episode 1 : Episode 1 - Michael Caine
January. 01,0001
Videos:
Belle Stars - World Domination
Cherry Bomz - Hot Girls
The Broomstick Men (Performance)
Talking Heads - And She Was
Country Theme: Italy
Guest: Michael Caine, Talking about Golf, Cockney Banter, his Films, Golf, Movie Heroes.