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Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-overtime-pay dept.

partridge writes "Carson Daly's simulacrum is the new Max Headroom. I guess this makes Clear Channel Communications the current embodiment of Network 23? Now we just have to wait for the blipverts to start making consumer's heads explode."

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  1. Where's my... by Valiss · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...seizure? I miss cyberpunk TV where any show could do me in.

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  2. Who needs blipverts? by bobdehnhardt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That hip-hop crap Daly's introducing is already enough to make my head explode....

    Ah, Bach!

  3. Re:Wha? by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh thanks for explaining it. Now people'll try to pass off their typos as Max Headroom impressions.

  4. Re:We've already got Blipverts! by Anonym0us+Cow+Herd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you watch the Discovery Channel or TLC you've no doubt seen blipverts. You know, where an obviously mechanically processed human voice comes on and speaks at very high speed. So fast that it requires a great cognitive effort to decipher what is being said.

    Because when I watch TV I want to veg out (otherwise I'd be on my computer, or reading) I find these blipverts to be very annoying. In fact I find them to be the most offensive form of television advertising that I've ever come across. So much so, that I usually turn the channel instantly. I may ordinarily channel surf, but when I see those Discovery blipverts, you've never seen me move so fast for the remote!

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