![]() >In the continuity of the comic strip the White House staff is less creative, and simply try to turn Headrest off. Eventually they got revenge by giving callers the number of Trudeau’s editor.) ![]() During the first week of his appearance he flashes the White House's phone number on his screen and tells children to call if they wanted "rock-solid information on safe sex." (Because the number printed was accurate, the real world White House got calls which jammed their switchboards. ![]() >It ends up being a disaster: Headrest is stuttering and incompetent, and openly mocks the administration he is designed to serve, and causes nothing but trouble. Because he was electronic, he would have no memory troubles, and his sense of humor and attitude were designed to appeal to young voters. He appeared as a stylized version of Reagan’s head and shoulders on a television screen, complete with sunglasses. >The idea was that Ron had been created to serve as a backup president during the long periods Reagan spent on vacation. (The name "Headrest" was a humorous allusion to the frequent and lengthy naps that Reagan was notorious for.) He combined the concept with then-president Ronald Reagan, to produce Ron Headrest, the world's first electronically simulated politician. >During the 1980s, Garry Trudeau thought it would be fun to do a political parody of the television program Max Headroom (of which he was a fan). >Ron Headrest is a fictional character in the comic strip Doonesbury. He never made the cover of The Rolling Stone, but he did make the cover of Mad Magazine and Newsweek:Īnd who can forget him reciting the alphabet on Sesame Street, and blonde cleft-chinned Link Hogthrob as Max Hogroom in Muppet Magazine:Īnd honestly, who hasn't gotten stoned and binged out on a whole box of delicious Max Headroom candy from Topps:Īnd of course his digital visage also appeared in Doonsbury as Ron Headrest, a parody of Ronald Reagan: The Screen Savers interviewed him on Tech TV in 2002: He appeared as guest on David Letterman frequently: Matt Frewer, the guy who played Max Headroom, also played Carnage in Altered Carbon:Īnd a really obnoxious time traveler in Star Trek: TNG: ![]() Max Headroom also hooked up with The Art of Noise, to perform Paranoimia! (extended remix:) ![]()
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