- published: 30 Sep 2008
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Max Headroom may refer to:
David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host and comedian. He hosts the late night television talk show, Late Show with David Letterman, broadcast on CBS. Letterman has been a fixture on late night television since the 1982 debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC. Letterman recently surpassed friend and mentor Johnny Carson for having the longest late-night hosting career in the United States of America.
Letterman is also a television and film producer. His company Worldwide Pants produces his show as well as its network follow-up The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Worldwide Pants has also produced several prime-time comedies, the most successful of which was Everybody Loves Raymond, currently in syndication.
In 1996, David Letterman was ranked #45 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.
Letterman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. His father, Harry Joseph Letterman (April 1915 – February 1973), was a florist of British descent; his mother Dorothy Letterman (née Hofert, now Dorothy Mengering), a Presbyterian church secretary of German descent, is an occasional figure on the show, usually at holidays and birthdays.
Actors: Stephen Fry (actor), Harry Enfield (actor), Matt Frewer (actor), Melvyn Bragg (actor), Jason Donovan (actor), Harry Enfield (actor), Peter Bowles (actor), Phil Collins (actor), Robbie Coltrane (actor), Billy Connolly (actor), Rory Bremner (actor), George Cole (actor), Rowan Atkinson (actor), Les Dennis (actor), Robert Hardy (actor),
Plot: 20 million people across the UK helped to raise £26.9 million on the second Red Nose Day. At night, the BBC once again gave over their studio's to Lenny Henry, Griff Rhys Jones and Jonathan Ross to present a marathon of mirth, mayhem and fund raising.
Keywords: alternative-comedy, british-comedy, comedy-team, fundraiser, stand-up-comedy, telethon, tv-specialActors: Matt Frewer (actor), Luis Cardenas (actor), Robert Morton (producer), Elizabeth Warner (miscellaneous crew), Edd Hall (actor), Peter Wagg (producer), Joshua White (director), Stu Smiley (producer), George Themelis (miscellaneous crew), Charlie Rubin (writer), John C. Fisher (producer),
Plot: Following the success of his sci-fi series "Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future," the original talk show of the famous disembodied stuttering head with an over-inflated ego was brought back into production. The show featured Max doing stand-up comedy acts, singing, and interviewing non-computer generated celebrities.
Keywords: made-for-cable-tvActors: Matt Frewer (actor), David Fincher (director), Russell Mulcahy (director), Samantha Fox (actress), Brian Grant (director), Zbigniew Rybczynski (director), Midge Ure (actor), Queen (actor), Matt Forrest (director), Willy Smax (director), UB40 (actor), Pet Shop Boys (actor), Storm Thorgerson (director), Stan Ridgway (actor), Big Country (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: Matt Frewer (actor), David Frost (actor), Esther Rantzen (actress), Angela Rippon (actress), Jimmy Savile (actor), Bernard Braden (actor), Patrick Moore (actor), Leslie Mitchell (actor), MacDonald Hobley (actor), Malcolm Muggeridge (actor), Eamonn Andrews (actor), Gilbert Harding (actor), Selina Scott (actress), Barbara Kelly (actress), Bill Cotton (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: David Mallet (director), Matt Frewer (actor), Tina Turner (actress), Joanna Eatwell (costume designer), Robert Cray (actor), James Ralston (actor), Laurie Wisefield (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: William Morgan Sheppard (actor), Matt Frewer (actor), Jeffrey Weissman (actor), Nickolas Grace (actor), Constantine Gregory (actor), Matt Frewer (actor), Michael Bradsell (editor), Roger Sloman (actor), Midge Ure (composer), Amanda Pays (actress), Linda Gregory (miscellaneous crew), Tim Dennison (miscellaneous crew), Clare St. John (miscellaneous crew), Hilton McRae (actor), George Rossi (actor),
Plot: In the post-apocalyptic future where television sets are more important than food, TV ratings are the all important currency of the nation. A new technique of preventing viewers from channel surfing proves somewhat detrimental to particularly sedentary couch potatoes. The top studio becomes concerned: dead viewers make for low ratings. Edison Carter, top news reporter, is sent to find out more. After a motorcycle accident, his mind is preserved by wizz-kid Bryce and becomes his wise cracking, computer generated alter-ego: Max Headroom, who manages to boost ratings above those of any live hosts to date. This made for TV movie was later remade (sanitized version) as the first episode of the series.
Keywords: alternative-reality, artificial-intelligence, character-name-in-title, cyberpunk, exploding-body, media-landscape, satire, television, totalitarianism