#Max headroom incident tv tropes series#

The cartoon talk show was beloved by teenagers and young adults who tuned in late at night to enjoy the outlandish premise and scenarios the program would feature each episode, and its humor and special guests tapped into the alternative and indie scene of the '90s. Outside of the guest interviews were short sketches between the host and other cartoon characters, who often argued or made absurd distractions.

#Max headroom incident tv tropes series#

Airing first on Cartoon Network before being one of the shows which created Adult Swim ( and later to the now defunct GameTap), the series featured the titular character Ghost interviewing real-world celebrities and asking scripted off-the-wall questions whilst utilizing recycled animation from the original Space Ghost series. Keeping with the theme of fictional characters hosting their own sitcoms, Space Ghost Coast to Coast revives the obscure Hannah-Barbera character Space Ghost to star in his own surreal parody talk show. Related: Alf Celebrates 35th Anniversary with NECA Ultimate Action Figure Down to the late Ed McMahon being the announcer/sidekick (plucking him directly from his former Tonight Show position), this show fails at creating a distinct identity for itself, and manages to waste a creative premise on a very standard and predictable format, becoming a strange failed experiment to look back on. The premise of an alien puppet talk show host should make room for far more of an absurd and creative take on the formula than what's presented here, which is merely a run-of-the-mill program that just so happens to be hosted by a puppet. Though structurally, the show isn't too distant from the regular talk show formula with guests, monologues, interviews etc., what makes this show so utterly weird is just how normal it really is. Created nearly 15 years after the cancelation of the original Alf show, Alf's Hit Talk Show hit the airwaves on TV Land, lasting only seven episodes before being taken off the air. You read that correctly, 1980s sitcom star and alien puppet, Alf, had his very own short-lived talk show during the mid-2000s.