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- I was once on a bus and I could hear some teenagers talking. One asked a girl for her phone number and she told him a number starting with 07709, the UK's "555". I only knew that because a Doctor Who episode had recently used the same prefix.by billpg
- If Jenny's number was 555-5309 I don't think it would have worked in a song.by jolt42
- If youre watching an Australian show and see a mobile phone ring and it shows the callers number, ring it. You'll likely annoy someone who works on the show.by ThaFresh
- The UK also has something similar https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/phone-numbers/...by benjojo12
- Seeing 770-555-5555 on screen has always been a huge pet peeve for me. It really kills the suspension of disbelief for me.by iambateman
- Ages ago I did work for VFX house. We got a few numbers for the film and maintained an OGM on those lines for like 12 years.
I love when film has a real world tie in
Edit: more media should do this. Fun Easter eggs on IP or numbers from the film.
by edoceo - In the early days of the Internet, there was this website with a list of payphone numbers from all over the United States. In my state, there were only three entries, and my home phone number was one of them. It was listed as being outside a publicly traded chain restaurant.
On occasion, radio stations would do bits where they would call a random payphone from the website. My house was called 3 times for the same bit by different radio stations. Within a month apart, I spoke to two different stations from New Zealand. MoreFM was one of them, but I don't remember the other. I do remember that that were very disappointed when I told them I had just spoken to MoreFM a month prior. Also MoreFM was the only station that didn't end the bit when I explained it was not a pay phone
by waltbosz