![]() ![]() Who but here’s what that actual interruption sounded like.īROADCAST INTRUDER : He’s a freakin’ nerd. Now we must fight for our lives.īROOKE GLADSTONE: That clip was from that fateful episode of Dr. LEELA : The creature has got into the lighthouse. On an ordinary Sunday evening, say November 22 nd 1987 in Chicago, TV was predictability itself, firmly controlled by its anointed gatekeepers, until that control was stolen twice in one night, first, when a man in a “Max Headroom” mask silently broke into the broadcast of the 9 O’clock News, and then when he intruded into an 11 p.m. Once television seemed like a fortress impregnable, a lighthouse beamed directly, reliably into nearly every American home. ![]() ![]() And thank you.īROOKE GLADSTONE: This is On the Media, I’m Brooke Gladstone.īOB GARFIELD: And I’m Bob Garfield. Visit to make your tax-deductible gift now, or text OTM to 25383 – that’s 25383 - and a $10 donation will appear on your next phone bill. Don’t forget, your gift today will help pay for another year of On the Media in 2013. You support the program, you enrich your community by strengthening public radio for all listeners, and you get a tax deduction. BOB GARFIELD: When you give to On the Media by December 31 st, you do three things at the same time. ![]()
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