He continues to giggle and laugh before saying “ Oh, I just made a giant masterpiece for all the greatest world newspaper nerds” Puts on an old dirty glove saying “ My brother is wearing the other one. giggles and then continues humming the Clutch Cargo theme song. Then points to the camera and says “ I still see the X!“. He then shouts “ Your love is fading!” which is possibly a reference to The Temptations song ” I’m Losing You” he then Hums the theme to the old TV cartoon Clutch Cargo. He shouts “ Yeah!” while Holding a Pepsi can, then yells the New Coke slogan “ Catch the wave!“. I think I’m better than Chuck Swirsky, frickin Liberal!” He then giggles & moans followed by “ Oh Jesus!“ He says the following “ He’s a frickin nerd. He starts the video in his standard swaying motion, then starts to talk. The audio was distorted and pitch-shifted to sound higher, but if listened to carefully, the words can just be made out.

This time however the masked man was speaking. It then reappeared with our masked friend back at it, in front of his corrugated iron backdrop. While airing the latest episode of Doctor Who, the screen went black. But those 28 seconds were just the trial run, and the man behind the mask was only warming up.Ģ hours and 20 minutes later, local PBS station WTTW was the next target. Upon returning the sports anchor Dan Roan commented “ Well, if you’re wondering what’s happened, so am I” and joked that the computer running the news took off and went wild.

The video lasted 28 seconds and then disappeared, resuming the news segment that was previously playing. The mask the man was wearing resembled British TV personality Max Headroom, with a pair of sunglasses hiding his eyes. Out of nowhere, the screen goes black and 15 seconds later is replaced with a masked stranger swaying erratically with a spinning corrugated iron background and a strange buzzing noise. And the people of Chicago Illinois were winding down in front of the TV while watching the sports segment on WGN-TV’s live news show. The scream becomes a distorted drone and then cuts out with the video.It’s 9:00 pm on November 22, 1987. 'They're coming to get me! Come get me bi-!' He then gets spanked by the woman. it's dirty!' Takes off the glove and throws it aside.įrom the new angle. 'Oh, I just made a giant masterpiece for all the greatest world newspaper nerds' (The call sign of station WGN was an acronym for 'World's Greatest Newspaper,' a slogan borrowed from the early days of the Chicago Tribune.) Puts on a glove. Continues humming the Clutch Cargo theme song. 'Your love is fading!' he shouts (possibly a reference to The Temptations song '(I Know) I'm Losing You') Hums the theme to the old TV cartoon Clutch Cargo.

'Yeah!' Holding a Pepsi can, he yells the New Coke slogan 'Catch the wave!'. I think I'm better than Chuck Swirsky, frickin Liberal! (referring to the longtime Chicago sportscaster).

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