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Fictitious telephone number
Ranges for fictitious telephone numbers are common in most[citation needed] telephone numbering plans. One of the main reasons these ranges exist is to avoid accidentally using active telephone numbers in movies and television programs because of viewers frequently calling the numbers used. In North America, the area served by the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) system of area codes, fictitious telephone numbers are usually of the form (XXX) 555-xxxx. The use of 555 numbers in fiction, however, led a desire to assign some of them in the real world, and some of them are no longer suitable for use in fiction. Other areas have different fictitious telephone numbers.
In the I Love Lucy episode (And the Series premiere) "The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub" (1951), Lucy dials up Sam Zabaglione, at Plaza 52099 (755-2099).
In 1963, Hawkshaw Hawkins recorded "Lonesome 7-7203", which would properly appear in a directory as LOnesome 7-7203.
In 1966, Wilson Pickett recorded "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)", which also appears in the soundtrack of the movie Blues Brothers 2000. It has been covered by multiple artists including Tina Turner and Ry Cooder.
In the January 9, 1976 episode of Sanford and Son "Can You Chop This", Fred Sanford was promoting Whopper Choppers and asked callers to call the number 555-0179 in both the English and Spanish languages.
In 1979, the B-52's recorded the song "6060-842." The fictional exchange prefix "606" had a 0 in the second position. So-called "interchangeable central office codes" with 0's or 1's in the second or third positions were rare at the time, but they had been allowable under the North American Numbering Plan since the mid-1970's.
Tommy Tutone's hit 1982 song "867-5309/Jenny" identifies a working number in many area codes which continue to receive large numbers of calls asking for "Jenny" decades later.
In the 1992 film Sneakers, the NSA agent Mary gives her telephone number as (415) 273-9164.
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Fictitious telephone number
Ranges for fictitious telephone numbers are common in most[citation needed] telephone numbering plans. One of the main reasons these ranges exist is to avoid accidentally using active telephone numbers in movies and television programs because of viewers frequently calling the numbers used. In North America, the area served by the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) system of area codes, fictitious telephone numbers are usually of the form (XXX) 555-xxxx. The use of 555 numbers in fiction, however, led a desire to assign some of them in the real world, and some of them are no longer suitable for use in fiction. Other areas have different fictitious telephone numbers.
In the I Love Lucy episode (And the Series premiere) "The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub" (1951), Lucy dials up Sam Zabaglione, at Plaza 52099 (755-2099).
In 1963, Hawkshaw Hawkins recorded "Lonesome 7-7203", which would properly appear in a directory as LOnesome 7-7203.
In 1966, Wilson Pickett recorded "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)", which also appears in the soundtrack of the movie Blues Brothers 2000. It has been covered by multiple artists including Tina Turner and Ry Cooder.
In the January 9, 1976 episode of Sanford and Son "Can You Chop This", Fred Sanford was promoting Whopper Choppers and asked callers to call the number 555-0179 in both the English and Spanish languages.
In 1979, the B-52's recorded the song "6060-842." The fictional exchange prefix "606" had a 0 in the second position. So-called "interchangeable central office codes" with 0's or 1's in the second or third positions were rare at the time, but they had been allowable under the North American Numbering Plan since the mid-1970's.
Tommy Tutone's hit 1982 song "867-5309/Jenny" identifies a working number in many area codes which continue to receive large numbers of calls asking for "Jenny" decades later.
In the 1992 film Sneakers, the NSA agent Mary gives her telephone number as (415) 273-9164.