Real question; likely only for people who've lived in Germany for a substantial period of time:
How "big" / popular of a cultural phenomenon was Max Headroom, back at the time (1980s–1990s)?
I kinda get the sense that it was a large thing, or at least larger than it was in other non-UK/US countries, based on the fact that there seem to be a lot of German-language books & memorabilia out there, which I don't see in other languages....
But perhaps that just represents the size of the market.
Just after having posted this, I feel like I'm not going to get any replies with insights into the answer, just because nobody on the Internets these days remembers the show anymore.
If you don't believe me, rewind a couple of weeks to the "cow tools" news story and witness how few people even in the nerd-saturated Mastodon space had any idea what The Far Side is.
@n8 if it helps you:
I was born 1977 and definitely and positively remember Max Headroom, but I can't tell you how "big" / popular it was back then, sorry.
@n8
I'm of a similar vintage as @knurd42 and growing up in 🇩🇪, #MaxHeadroom was definitely a thing. Probably not as big as Knight Rider or Tron, but bigger than Captain Power and Automan.
I also remember the Video of "Paranoimia" by the "Art of Noise" which featured Max Headroom (and now I'm humming along).
@ostueker Cool. Good comparison.
Almost everything was bigger than Automan, to be fair....
But I do suspect, unscientifically, that The Kids These Days are more familiar with Knight Rider than with Max — partly courtesy of the reboots, partly because of memes. Also I guess it's a more fun project to built a KITT in your garage than to build Edison Carter's camera. Or, IDK, a Max suit.
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n8 Doesn't follow you 🇺🇦
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