"coming to you very much live and direct on Network 23." "Carter's the best known reporter we have on the air." "He satellites globally." "Where does all this stuff come from, Bryce?" "The components of Carter's mind." "M-M-Max, M-M-Max." "[Bryce] People translated as data." "It's computer-generated, whatever it is." "It looks like Edison." "Max." "Max Headroom." "Max?" "He's a computer-generated person based on you." "Two minds, but with one single memory." "[Female Announcer] We know knowledge is priceless." "That's why education is worth paying for." "With Pay Education TV's Know All pack, you can buy your child the gift of knowledge." "Remember, knowledge is power." "Subscribe to Pay Education TV, the bright choice." "[static]" "[Male Announcer] This is Network 23's up-to-the-minute news on the minute, every minute, throughout the hour, where all that matters is all that matters." "Following widespread international rioting caused by the cancellation of the Max Headroom Show, network chief Max Cheviot ordered its return tonight." "Calm has now returned." "Closer to home, the annual sky clearance program is underway." "Normally designed to fall in the desert, this year's satellite debris is falling in the city's Fringes." "Collecting the space debris has become a tradition with the Sky Clearance Festival with its symbolic steel umbrellas, and, of course, Miss Sky Clearance." "Our telejournalist is somewhere down there in the crowd." "We'll have his report momentarily." "This is Network 23 News, where information is fun." "[overlapping chatter]" "[chatter continues]" "We shouldn't forget the origins of Sky Clearance." "a time when the Zik-Zak Corporation traditionally shoots downs its time-worn old satellites, and these very pretty debris showers turn the sky into a carnival of color." "Sa-Sa-Satellites." "Pretty." "[giggles]" "Pretty dangerous." "Not these c-colored showers, the actual ones still up there... watching you." "So tell me, how does it feel to be Queen of the Fringes?" "Very nice." "It's changed my life." "I want to travel, meet strange and interesting people, maybe even be one." "[chuckles]" "Bresson has to start somewhere." "You did." "I'd like to be a network executive." "Well, you certainly have all the qualifications." "That did it." "Hold this?" "Hi." "We love your show, Ed." "Popular, aren't we?" "Want one?" "Where do I sign?" "No, thanks." "I didn't know being famous was such a chore." "You ought to come out more often." "Oh, no." "You should never mix business with pleasure." " It's unprofessional." " Yeah, well, it's... not a profession that allows too much time for pleasure." "Is it?" "Is it?" "What's the matter?" "Nothing." "Yes, there is." "This is the matter." "This is censorship gone mad." "It's ridiculous." "Have a look at page 2." "What?" ""I have noted 3 damns," ""4 hells," ""16 cases of sexual innuendo," ""a reference to self-abuse," ""2 veiled remarks about network presidents, and a joke about a son of God."" "Doesn't say which god." "Yeah, I'm sure it's the current one." "It's probably the guy who's running the censor computer." " Hey, Edison!" " Edison!" "Happy Sky Clearance!" "Reg, is that you underneath that salad bowl?" " Oh!" " Ooh." " Edison." " Dominique, your humble servant." "Oh, don't encourage the woman." "I've got to keep up appearances around here." "Oh, listen." "Come on." "Meet Frances." "She's magic." "Anyone told you recently you're looking beautiful, girl?" " Dominique, walk this way." " Reg, do have some taste." "Well, she is." "You are." "Isn't that right, Edison?" "Are you kidding?" "With Dom in the picture?" "[overlapping chatter]" "[Man on radio] Is Ben ready to carry out the raid yet?" "Yes, sir." "We are almost in position." "Your men ready to go, Chief?" "Ready when you are." "Hell of a way to spend Sky Clearance." "[debris pattering on roof]" "Yeah." "Glad I've got my portable dog house." "Edison." "Why don't we have our own blog time, Reg?" "Brilliant, isn't it?" "Brilliant." "That's her little daughter Mink." "Lovely kid." "Both Blanks." "[beat continues]" "Here you go, Mink." "This is Frances, Edison, Theora." "Theora, Edison, Frances." "And this is Mink." "Hello, Dom." "Hello, Reg." "Hello, Mink." "[Edison] Where'd you learn to play like that?" "[Frances] Oh, we just play." "[Dominique] It was good." "[Child] Mink, come on." " Come with us." " Come on!" " Come play with us, Mink!" " We're late!" "Hurry up!" "Used to be your patch, didn't it, Chief?" "[chuckles]" "Yes." "This was my neighborhood." "When did you get out, Chief." "Soon as I could." "Thank God my kids got out." "Someone's got to do the menial stuff." "Can't have everyone a section chief." "Stand by." "[beeps] [overlapping chatter]" "That's "kids" with a K. 'Kay?" "[laughing]" "J for "joke"." "I'm Doctor Friendly, and today we're going to learn our A-B-C." "Jack, can't you miss a little bit of the carnival?" "This is for all you kids... to give you a special gift." "[Doctor Friendly] A-B-C." "♪ A-B-C-D-E-F-G ♪" " Here, Jack." " Thanks, Mink." "♪ H-I-J-K ♪" "♪ L-M-N-O-P ♪" "♪ Q-R-S-T ♪" "♪ [tribal drums]" "Gonna be walking like this for the rest of the week." "You already do." "Bresson, come here!" "I'm on my way!" " Get this stuff on camera." " It's great." "Your big chance." "Go to it." "Edison." "[overlapping chatter]" "Bresson, the story's over there." "Those that can, do." "Those that can't, censor it." "Idiots." "You'll like this place." "It's great." "It's got atmosphere." "A pint of Green Kings, an Abbot's Sage," "Tawney Cobble by the neck, and Pepper Nine Triple Redondi." "It's not for me." "So is that censor letter really serious?" "Sure." "A censor can pull a show if it doesn't like its content." "Yeah, I know that, but it's someone just trying it on, proving that they exist." "Yeah, they'll have a law against thinking next." "You've got 10 years for lewd imagining." "Oh, okay." "Lovely." "Come on, quick, quick, quick." "[stammering]" "Ow!" "God." "When there was royalty, queens used to drink this all the time." "I know." "That's what worries me." "What does your hat say, Reg?" "I don't know." "You mean you can't read" "Oh, it's all right, love." "Nobody can read around here." "Officially." "How'd you get this one, Dragul?" "Informants." "This human dung heap crawls with them." "Time." "Right, Chief." "Let's hit 'em." "[beeps]" "At times, I hate this job." "Come on." "[engine starts]" "[Man] It's Dragul, the censor!" "They've got Orville's school!" "♪ Now we know our ♪ [screaming]" "♪ That's why I am Doc Friendly ♪" "Hey!" "Get your hands off me!" "You have no right to bust in here!" "These kids have a right to learn!" "You're animals!" "That screen is legally dead." "Disconnect it." "Hey, everybody." "The Metrocops have got Orville." "They busted the secret school." "Go!" "[Orville] You have no right to deny kids knowledge!" "Viceless morons!" "Reading is a right, not a privilege." "A right that must be earned." "A commodity that must be purchased." "These kids have the right to knowledge, philistine." "Not if it is stolen property." "That tape is pirated from the Pay Education TV." "Get rid of him." "If these vermin want it, they should pay for it like everybody else." "With what, man?" "You've closed the circle!" "No pay, no learning, no pay." "You've stolen our right to know." "Words are much too valuable to be free." "If you were educated, you would know that." "You stinking reptile!" "You squalid little snake in a suit!" "You're killing kids' minds, Dragul!" "Bresson!" " You've hit on a story." " What is it?" "The Metrocops have raided a secret school." "That's all we know." "Take it." "Show us how it's done." "All right." "[shouting]" "Where are you taking this man?" "What has he done?" " No comment." " You'd better comment." "You're on TV." "We are TV, Carter." "Wrong, pal." "Ask them." "You're making this very difficult for yourself." "[Edison] I get paid to do that." "Now, before I say something we can't broadcast, why are Metrocops working with Network 23 censors?" "And where the-- are you taking this man?" "No comment." "How about you, Chief?" "What can you tell me?" "[Chief] Your fly's undone." " That's her!" " Mink, quickly." "Get that woman!" "Run, Mink, run." "Come on." "Get on!" "Wait!" "Get on!" "No, wait!" "Mink!" "Mink!" "Mink!" "It'll be okay." "[Male Announcer] Reports are coming in of a near-riot at the Sky Clearance Carnival in the Fringes." "There are few details other than reported casualties which were moderate." "Other information has been censored." "Stay with us and make a date for an update." "23 News." "This is my desk, Mink." "Feel free to make any long-distance calls." " Edison." " Can I talk to you?" "Sure." " Who is that?" " It's Mink." "Why is she here?" "For what reason?" "Come on, she lost her mother." "Well, I lost my daughter and her mother." "Nobody took me home." "That's because you're a big boy, and you get to see them on weekends." "Would you like a Candy Pax and some soda?" "I'll take that for yes." "Okay." "What would you like?" "That?" "And a juice." "Okay." "Mink, why did the Metrocops chase your mom?" "No, that's for you." "I'm not trying to buy your answers, silly." "I think we deserve some more." "Ooh." "There." "The censor mob just raided the place." "What are these people trying to do?" "Why are our censors involved in this?" "Since when do Metrocops get involved in censorship?" "Right." "And were they asked by our censors?" "That's very nasty business." "Apparently some tapes were pirated." "Right, but that's not censor business." "Exactly." "Somebody's way out of line here." "What are we gonna do about this little kid?" "She'll stay here until I find her mother." "Oh, come on." "Your turn to babysit." "Right." "[chuckles]" "I had no choice, Frances." "I couldn't go back for her." "I have people searching." "She'll be found." "I promise you." "Oh, God." "Bruno." "How much does Mink know?" "As much and as little as any child." "What happens if they're persuaded to talk?" "She could tell them everything." "But she won't." "My daughter, she's a bit older than you." "She's 15." "No, she's 16." "But I think I can remember this." "This little piggy went to market, and this little piggy went home-- stayed home." "And this little piggy" "Okay, let's just do this again." "I asked what her mother was doing, and she was terrified of telling me." "Okay." "I'm gonna go to the apartment they raided," " so stay on me, okay?" " Okay." "And this little piggy had none." " But this little piggy" " Mink?" "Would you like to know where your name comes from?" "Come on." "Sorry." "[Man] Murray?" "This is where I work." "Let's see if we can find your name." "You can put your candy down." "Now then." "[typing]" "Look, there's your name." "Would you like to read it?" "Okay, I'll read it for you." ""Mink, semi-aquatic carnivore" ""of the genus Mustela, similar to a weasel" ""with short ears, pointed snout," ""short legs," " "and party webbed toes." " [mouths words] [both] "The mink became extinct--"" "This is a view from a satellite camera." "I can make it computer imaged to go in very close and find Edison." "There." "He's that green light." "When that goes red, that means he's on television." "Now watch." "[typing]" "[Mink] Orville's house!" "Eyes open." "All clear." "There's no activity in your area, Edison." "[Edison] Thanks, Control." "Is he looking for Frances?" "Yes, he is." " [Edison] Plug in, Control." " Okay." "No sign of Metrocops anywhere." "Edison." "[Theora] Keeping eyes open behind you." "What are you doing here?" "Come on, Reg." "Orville used to teach kids to read." "He used tapes he pirated from your network." "I suppose someone grassed on him." "Why did Frances run?" "What was she afraid of?" "Good question." "I can use a good answer." "How you doing?" "Yeah, I understand." "Maybe Mink would like to watch Doctor Friendly." "I like Doctor Friendly." "Okay." "[typing] [beeps]" "♪ [theme]" "He seems to be a big favorite, doesn't he?" "Yeah." "Theora, how does she know about it?" "This show doesn't go to the Fringes." "It's pay cable strictly for the kids up at" "Hmm." "You know you're get-get-getting old when controllers start looking younger." "Max!" "It's Max!" "Puzzle." "I'll give you a Ch-Chinese puzzle." "What kind of country invents a dish with pancakes filled with sauce, crisp-crisp-crispy duck, and cucumber, and then gives you a set of chop-chopsticks to eat it with, hmm?" "Well, there's no puzzle as to how she know him." "[Edison] Can you find Frances?" "I can try." "What would a censor unit want with Frances?" "And why Metrocops?" "What's the big story?" "I think Frances might tell us." "She might not." "I'm going live on this." "It might get the worms out of the woodwork." " [beeping]" " Control, Edison here." "Theora, put me on the link." "I'm running a story." "Can you tell me why these people were chasing your mom?" "[Edison] I want to go live on this." "I want to put the story up." "There's a chance someone who knows Frances might see it." "I think it's our best shot." "Okay." "Stand by." "Overlay intro." "Terry, on my mark." "2, 1..." "Go." "We interrupt current programming to bring you Edison Carter." "This is Edison Carter live and direct, reporting a story which began earlier tonight, when a censor team with Metrocop support" "[Murray] What the hell?" " Censors cut him off." " What's going on?" " [Man] What?" " [Woman] It's shocking." "Viewers won't stand for this." "[Man] They're gonna have to." " [typing]" " What the hell is going on?" "[Edison] What's going on?" "I'm losing the link." "The system's shut down." "It's a censor override." "[Edison] What are you talking about?" "[Murray] Right here." " Did you get that, Murray?" " Yes, sir." "I would not call this sensitive material." "Can't you override this?" "Override censor?" "Good God, I'm the chairman, not the creator." "Sir, Edison is trying to help a girl find her mom." " That's it." " Not anymore, he isn't." "Censor says pull it, we pull it." "Pull it, Murray." "Story's over." "Pull it." "Have you any idea how suc-suc-successful censorship is on TV?" "Don't-Don't know the answer?" "Hmm." "Successful, isn't it?" "[Male Announcer] The big news on Network 23 tonight is that the next 11 minutes will not be interrupted by commercials." "This is network chief Ben Cheviot's personal gesture to viewers on Sky Clearance night." "Number 6, standby." "Terry, pull up the story." "[Edison] Say that one more time, Control." "I said the automatic censor tripped in." " The show has been pulled." " Automatic censor?" "But I'm looking for a kid's mother." " How could they pull that?" " We don't know." "And the only person who can tell us won't." " I've got Murray for you." " What's happening?" "You tell me." "The censor kills a story on a missing mother?" "The network's going crazy." "That's what's happening." "All right." "I'm coming down there." "You think I can't cope?" "No, I just don't like my show being pulled." "I don't like my top story being pulled." "I don't like my reporter being pulled." "I think Frances is the key to the whole thing, and I want to find her fast." "Theora, get Mink down here." "We might need her to get people to talk to us." "And get Bryce to stand in for you." "Okay." "Bryce, what are you doing?" "Oh, I, uh, just created a new color." "And I'm working on a magnet that can pick up wood." "No, I mean what are you doing now?" "Great way to take off weight." "It's all a question of balance." "Bryce, this is urgent." "What are you doing?" "It's an educational tool I use to study orbital dynamics." "We need you in control now." "[huffs]" "H-H-Hey!" "Where'd he go?" "That guy had star q-q-quality." "Maybe he flipped." " Why?" " Talk to Edison." " Where?" " My console." "[groans]" "Yeah, Edison." "Thanks for coming in, pal." "Okay, down to business." "Can you neutralize the censor computer?" "Edison, I designed it." "Good." "That's what I thought." "All right, what's going on?" "Hello, Reg." " What's happening?" " You tell me." "Censor pulls a story when there's nothing to censor?" "What's censor?" "It's an automatic network system." "We have stuff pouring in so fast nobody can check it, so the system checks as we transmit, certain words, references, sensitive subjects are just automatically cut off as we go on air." "It's supposed to save arguments about what is or isn't permissible." "It protects the viewer." "So they say." "I'm not sure I need protection." "I think Dom should use some, though." "Sorry, I better go and try and find her." " Shout if you need me." " Okay." "Oi!" "Rickshaw!" "We have to do it now." "In a few hours it'll be too late." "The carnival ends soon." "Sky Clearance will be over." "The sound of that machine down there will bring every Metrocop in the city down on us." "I'm sorry, Frances, but Traker's right." "Can you find the strength to go through with this?" "Yes, but I just can't stop thinking about her." "[Traker] They're running out of time." "Frances knows that." "We made it through together in the Fringes, Bruno." "I made it through for her." "She always trusted me." "And now you must trust my wild friend Traker." "He's a much tamer wolf than he seems." "Trust him." "He'll find Mink." "But we have to go through with our plans." "I know." "Thank you." "Okay, so let's do what we came here for." "I'm gonna go and get started." "I can carry on without Orville if I have to." "How difficult is it to fix the sensor computer to ignore me?" "Extremely difficult." "Virtually impossible." "However, it should take me only about 10 seconds." "Okay, first I want to trace somebody." "I've got no idea where she is." "You got any ideas?" "Sure, rewrite the principle's chaos dynamics." "[chuckling]" "Okay, sorry, sorry." "Tell me everything you know." "Last seen more or less where I am now." "Go on." "[Edison] North, initially, anyway." "Well, that should reduce the chance factors by 50%, unless, of course, she cut back, and it multiplies it by 200%, or twice in possibility." "It should be an interesting challenge." "She couldn't have cut back." "The motor trike is too big to fit down the side alleys." "What?" "A motor trike?" "Oh, Edison, why didn't you say so?" " I was going to." " How long ago?" "About an hour." "If this person is still on it, I can tell you in 30 seconds." "It's a simple hydrocarbon footprint decay analysis." "Does he ever frighten you?" "Television frightens me." "Bryce I like." "Here we go." "Hydrocarbon exhaust scan." "Vehicle, trike." "Time, 1 hour." "Initiate analysis." "And enter." "And..." "locate." "Edison, you there?" "Yeah, right here." "Okay, the trike's located at 74th and 18th, the alley east." " It's pretty simple really." " Fantastic." "Nice job, Bryce." " Is Theora on her way?" " Yeah." "Don't worry about it." "I'll update her on your new destination." " Anything else?" " Yeah." "Stand by to dump the sensor program." "[overlapping chatter]" "Now, you're what I call manna from heaven, honey." " I'm scared." " Don't be." "Men are more scared of us, Mink." "Good luck, Traker." "We'll find Mink." "You can rely on that, Bruno." "All right, so now where?" "Let's have a look." "It's still hot." "He couldn't have gone far." "Six feet would be far enough if she doesn't want to be seen." "Bryce, any ideas?" "Yeah, sure." "Don't turn around, Edison." "There's someone behind you, and he's armed." "Supposed to tell me that earlier!" "I'm sorry." "Just what do you want?" "It's okay." "We're just looking for somebody." "Where do you think they're hiding?" "Under my machine?" "Under the seat?" "Look, we don't want any trouble, okay?" "We're from Network 23." "We're looking for a woman named Frances." "We have her daughter." "We just want to reunite them." "Come on, this isn't a story." "We're for real." "You have Mink?" "Yes, at Network 23." "You want proof?" "I got proof." "Bryce, give me a fast link to Theora." "Sure." "Connecting you to Murray, Theora... communicationally speaking." "[Murray] Theora, put Mink on." " Okay." " Mink?" "Hello?" "Hello." " Who's this?" " It's Murray." "Mr. Murray, is Frances okay?" "Tell Frances about her kid." "That's it." "Use this, you'll never take another picture." "All right." "Nice one, Murray." "Pure honesty." "Whatever it takes." "One old dog, one old trick." "Maybe I'll show you some more." "[debris pattering]" "Chief, get your men ready." "Our informant is being most helpful." "We've located the woman's video hideout." "Let us now finish them off." "That miserable dung beetle, he really loves to hate, doesn't he?" "Come on." "Duty calls." "Move it." "[Man] Watch it!" "Metrocops!" " Beat it!" " Get out of there!" "Wait here." "It's been so long, I've forgotten what to do." "Genuflect." "Watch your language." "When will I see Frances, Theora?" "Soon, I think." "[Bryce] New location, Theora." "It's a church at 74th and 18th." "Thanks, Bryce." "Come on, Mink." "We found her." "What happened to the old religions?" "I don't know." "Television killed it." "We have better miracles." "I used to date a lady priest once." "Get out of here." "Yeah." " What was she like?" " Terrible." "She was always busy on weekends." "[Man] Hey!" "I want to see Max Headroom!" "He's the only guy around here who makes any sense." "[Woman] They'll cancel him!" "[Max] Education." "Wonderful thing." "Contrary to what you've heard, the oldest profession is teaching." "Of course, the second oldest is the first thing everyone wanted to learn about." "[chuckles]" "Frances!" "That's her." "Okay, controller's first duty is to cover his operator's back." "So in we go." "Ouch." "Control to Edison." "Sensors in force." "[alarm blaring]" "I think it's time for us sinners to confess all." "I don't think we'll have time." " Where is she?" " I don't know." "[Male Voice] Welcome to Our Heavenly Video Chapel." "You may play to be absolved, or to confess." "Edison Carter, welcome." "Bruno." "Traker tells me you have Mink." "But why are you really here?" "What's going on in the church, Bruno?" "A redemption of sorts." "What sort?" "Look, I hate to break this up, but we have a gang of sensors trying to bust in here." "It's keepers of the public morals, they'll have no compunction whatsoever in smashing into a church." "Now, come on." "Carter's double-crossed us." "They've brought the sensors." "Come on." "Now, I'm no librarian." "In fact, I don't know what star sign I am." "But as a famous person once said," ""You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time,"" "and as I, another more famous person, once said," ""If you don't teach them to read, you can fo-fo-fool them whenever you like."" "Hmm." "[imitates insect buzzing]" "[police siren in distance]" "[Man in distance] Okay, I finished here." "[Woman] Where do you want this, Frances?" "[Frances] Just bring them over here to the press." " [Man] Someone's here!" " [Man #2] It's Edison Carter!" "Carter, you deceived us." "You gave this woman false hope." "You lying bastards." "No, no." "Stop." "You're wrong." "I swear to you, you're wrong." "That's the enemy, not us." "Frances, we have your child." "She's safe." "For God's sake, we are against these censors just as you are, whatever you're doing." "[crash in distance]" "Bar the door!" "I don't know what you've got in here, but those animals sure want it badly." "All right, let's make this fast." " What do they want?" " They don't know." "They think that Frances is working with Orville pirating network tapes for our children." "What's really going on?" "[banging in distance]" "Come on, Bruno." "The printing press." "My God, that's it." "Frances and Orville are the only people with the skills." "It's very noisy, so we were using the sky clearance and the carnival to cover it." "Look, we're printing books." "Reading tutors, lessons." "It was her dream that the children of the Fringes should be able to read." "To hell with was, Bruno." "Do you trust us?" " Yes." " Thank you." "Frances, get those letters off there and fast." "Find anything you can to cover up the press." "They won't know what it is." "[Edison] Control." "Control here." "You better do two things really fast, Bryce." "First, dump that censor computer and then go live and direct now." "Okay." " [bleeping]" " Great." "A practical field study of chaos dynamics." "Oh, this" "Censor, prepare to meet your Maker." "[men shouting]" "Go right through you!" "Who's down there?" "Don't touch that!" "Wow." "I'm going for the censor!" "Well, if it isn't Censor Dragul." "Edison Carter, live and direct." "I want to know why you're here attacking these innocent people." "I do not know." "You don't know?" "You mean you don't know why you're doing this?" "No, and neither do I need to." "My orders, Mr. Carter." "I'm sure your viewers will appreciate the fact that the censor computer works for their own good." "Who decides?" "Censor." "The computer decides, Mr. Carter." "Hold it!" "Hold it down there!" "This is Chief Penham!" "I said hold it!" "Chief, what have Metrocops to do with censorship?" "Orders." "From where?" "Wait a minute." "Are you trying to tell me that a computer ordered all this?" "Yes." " Come on, Mink." " I'll take her." "You dare touch this child." "You just dare." "Come on." "What do you want from these people?" "Of course you realize that this program has been self-censored." "You're talking to yourself, Carter." "Oh, no, he isn't." "This is Control." "You are live and direct." " Oh, Mink." " Frances!" "Frances!" "Oh, Mink, I was so worried." "Carry on, Edison." "Censor hasn't overridden this story." "There you are, Mr. Carter." "Your program will show the world what happens to information pirates." "Censor has triumphed as inevitably it must." "Apparently, Censor wants the world to see this." "May we?" "Please do." "As the Sky Clearance Carnival continues outside, here in this secret video hacker's headquarters, the censors have completed their second successful raid of the night, uncovering equipment used to illegally duplicate the Pay Education TV Reading Program." "And now we're completely in the dark, which is what the censors are all about." "Overriding Censor's pretty simple, really." "You just cycle the command back into its own series mode, then it censors itself." "[yawn]" "A rather boring program, if you ask me." "Well, most people would agree that censors are a silly breed." "In fact, it surprises me how they ever manage to breed at all." "Hmph." "This has been Edison Carter live and direct." "You know..." "I think I might be able to get to like it up here." " You'd be very popular." " [Women giggling]" "You know, there is a moment there-- just a moment, mind you-- when Murray was very impressive." " He blushed when I told him." " Carter." "Tell them that crazy Scotsman Orville's been released." "The job is done." "The woman was not needed." "Here." "I've got kids, too, you know." "Chief, you turned revolutionary." "If you consider decency as revolutionary, you can call me one." "Now tell them to get that thing out of my territory fast." "Mr. Carter, thank you." "Seems the pen is mightier than the sword." ""It was the best of times..."" "Maybe mightier than the video camera, too." ""It was the worst of times." ""It was the age of wisdom." ""It was the age of foolishness." ""It was the epoch of belief." ""It was the epoch of..." ""in... incredulity."" "Freedom." "You know, writers have no f-f-freedom on TV." "One rude suggestion, and the censors are straight on their back-ck-ck." "Uh, not on their back in a rude way, darn it." "Ah, 'tis Ma-Ma-Max Headroom here, and I quote from the Bard." "[squeal] Shakespeare, a writer." "The quality of TV is not strained." "It droppeth as the gentle ratings droppeth to our very tiny percentage share, and lo. 'Tis gone." "Of course Shake-Shakespeare would have loved your ratings system." "Twelfth Night would have lucky to have lasted one." "Closed-Captioned By J.R. Media Services, Inc." "Burbank, CA"