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Vermont (213- VERMONT or 837-6668) came into existence sometimes in the late 1960's. The Machine (213-833-3339) came next, and then Zzzzzz (213-836-5566), officially it started with six Z's. Zzzzzz was also listed as "A" in the phone book. It had started out not with the intent of playing material over the phone, but of having the first and last listing in the directory. Vermont and The Machine both used multi-message formats. Each time someone called, they had a chance of hearing a different message. Sometime after Zzzzzz started receiving calls from curious souls wondering what the phone listing was about, they began playing messages. Originally they played only one message a day, and changed it regularly. Aardvark Located in San Diego 222-2111 I didn't hear too many since it was long distance. But at one time you where able to call it from Disneyland for FREE. The old weather phones where restricted to certain digits. The number was 222-2111. Eventually the phones at Disneyland went away. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ben Located near downtown Los Angeles 483-7040 Started in the mid to late 1960's An inspirational recording telling how great things are and singing of "Happy Days Are Here Again". It was suppose to been out of a motel near downtown Los Angeles. Someone found it and here is the link to the recording. Thanks...... Ben Recording RealAudio Link Media Player Link -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Convex Culver City Number 559-1974 Northridge Number 993-1974 Stated in 1974 The Northridge number wasn't up for very long. It had some funny jokes. The best was the football players. #1 Your browser does not support the audio element. #2 Your browser does not support the audio element. #3 Your browser does not support the audio element. #4 Your browser does not support the audio element. #5 Your browser does not support the audio element. #6 Your browser does not support the audio element. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dial-A-Joke Mark Robbins, Ira Goldstein, Ben Weinberg and Jan Lucas Located in Reseda 881-2345 then changed to 990-5653 and finally on the mass calling prefix (520) where all of the radio stations have their request numbers, 520-9646. This number did not have the same calling area as the other two. This one was in the Hollywood rate. By then the recordings were rarely changed. I heard that it was in a closet somewhere in Reseda. I would guess that it started around 1970. A friend, Raymond Childs told me about it while in summer school. He found out about it from a poster on a phone pole. These where the first recordings that I heard. History of Dial-A-Joke (from Mark Robbins's perspective): Mark Robbins and Ira Goldstein were living in an apartment on Yarmouth Street in Encino, California. Jan Lucas and Ben Weinberg were visiting. They were listening to a radio skit called Dial-A-Dirty-Joke. The light bulb went off in their minds. Let's start "Dial-A-Joke" where people can call a telephone number and get a joke. We decided that Jan Lucas would be the voice of Dial-A-Joke, Mark Robbins would be responsible for building and maintaining the answering machine (later to be the custom Dial-A-Joke machine). Ira Goldstein and Ben Weinberg were responsible for content and production of the Dial-A-Joke tapes. So we hooked up a telephone company answering machine. I believe that it was a Code-A-Phone 770 (it was illegal to hook up anything else in those days) and recorded a joke. As I recall, it was: You have dialed Dial-A-Joke Two Chickens was talking. The first chicken said "The farmer gets 50 cents a dozen for my eggs". The second chicken said "Well, the farmer gets 55 cents a dozen for my eggs and my eggs are bigger". The first chicken says "I should bust my ass for a lousy nickel? You have dialed Dial-A-Joke" We also got a rubber stamp made that said "Dial-A-Joke 881-2345" and stamped hundreds of business card sized pieces of paper and then passed them out in the local malls. Immediately, we started receiving back to back calls and Code-A-Phone started to fail under the load. It was clear that we needed a more durable solution. Mark"s solution was an 8 track tape player. About 30 different jokes were recorded on a mobious loop tape (8 track tape). There were two tracks recorded on the tape. The first track had the joke on it. The second track had a beep tone after each joke which turned off the machine. We also put a counter on the machine. When we retired the machine, it had over a million calls logged. Almost immediately after Dial-A-Joke started, the Pacific Bell telephone exchange was overloaded with calls. Most people were getting a busy signal but quickly discovered that they could talk to each other in the silence between busy signals. The phone company called us and told us that we would need to increase our phone lines from one to 30. A special interface box between our equipment and the phone line was required to be rented from the phone company for $30 each. That would have put us out of business so we created a recording asking listeners to come down to the phone company for a rally. We alerted the press and both radio and television were going to cover the event. We received a call from the local Pacific Bell executive who wanted to meet with us. He came over to our apartment and we had a friend picking up the phone and holding the handset up to a tape player to play the caller a joke (remember it was illegal to connect directly to the phone line). We negotiated three phone lines (instead of 30) with him and we were allowed to connect our machines directly to the phone line. In return, we issued a retraction telling callers not to show up at the rally. Pacific Bell was ready the morning of the rally. They served donuts, juice and coffee for anyone that happened to show up. On Friday nights, a group of friends came to our apartment and we recorded jokes. On Saturday nights we answered live and met lots of people. Mark met his long time girlfriend Bonnie Cordova on Dial-A-Joke and thereafter his wife Cassandra. Dial-A-Joke was dissolved when Mark and Ira moved out of their apartment. After Mark moved to Denver in the mid 70's he met Robert Moore and they took the original Dial-A-Joke machine out of moth balls and put it into service for a short time. I don t remember the number. The link between Dial-A-Joke 881-2345 and Z, ZZ, ZZZ: My mother wanted to see what Dial-A-Joke was all about. She dialed 981-2345 instead of 881-2345 and reached Joe Klein who was the production manager of Z, ZZ, ZZZ. They talked a while and she called me and said "You have to meet Joe Klein." I met Joe and Bob Bilkiss of Z, ZZ, ZZZ and we became inseparable. 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After that the recordings where rarely changed. Al Bernay made fun of some of the recordings on his line. The playback equipment was still located in the Reseda area after the phone number change. I heard it was locked up in a closet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dial-A-Joke Run by Mt. Hood Chemicals Located in Portland Oregon The Makers of the C-20 laundry soap. Running through the late 70's. A new recording every weekday. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dial-A-Joke Run by The New York Phone Company 212-936-3838 Started in 1974 and running through to the late 70's Had many famous comics playing for a week with a different joke every weekday. It was on the high volume prefix 936. New, just found this on Wikipedia 04/2005. One of the guys that worked on these recordings talks about recording the comics. Link to the Smithsonian Institute -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dial-A-Joke Run by Steve Wozniak 255-6666 or 575-1625 Two decades ago, Stephen Gary Wozniak owned the first Dial-A-Joke service in the San Francisco Bay area. In 1973, Woz was working for Hewlett-Packard. His Dial-A-Joke service got more than 2,000 calls a day. He rented answering equipment from the phone company and often used a telephone lineman's handset to take calls live from his tiny kitchen in Cupertino or while lying on the mattress in his bedroom. Extremely shy, Woz didn't have much of a chance to talk to women, but he met his first wife, Alice Robertson, when she called Dial-A-Joke. Robertson heard a man say, "I bet I can hang up faster than you" - and then he did. Naturally, she called back. A more elegant object-poem on the nature of modern romance is hard to imagine. There had been so many calls that he had to keep changing the number. Anyone with a similar number would get 100 calls a day. Steve operated Dial-a-Joke out of his Cupertino apartment. Steve used a thick Eastern accent, like Russian, and used the name Stanley Zebrezuskinitsky when he took live calls. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dial-A-Joke Run by James Wayman Located in DesMoines Iowa, then Crescent City California 976-Joke, then 1-707-487-Joke Started in 1986 In 1986 James Wayman started the second 976# in the state of Iowa. The first 976# was coach Hayden Frey of the U-of Iowa's sports line. Wayman started Dial a Joke (1-976-Joke). The caller was Billed 75 cents for 3 minutes of jokes. Wayman recorded a new daily 3 minute joke program at midnight. He sold Dial a Joke to start his humor magazine, http://888821.tripod.com After the Des Moines Dial a Joke, Wayman started a free joke line in Crescent City, California. (1-707-487-Joke). Read more on his webpage: James Wayman's Dial-A-Joke Page -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doi Qua Run by Mountain Bill Located in Louisiana -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Don Rose Smile-A-Phone Radio Station KFRC 610-AM 415-982-8778 Started sometime in 1977 New recordings every business day. Dr. Don Rose was the morning DJ on 610 KFRC in San Francisco. Some of the same material was on his radio program. He won some kind of an award for being on some station in Atlanta. The recordings ended in 1980. I use to call it through my work's phone network. Dr. Don Rose just passed away 3/29/2005. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Recording #1 | Recording #2 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Recording #3 | Recording #4 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Recording #5 | Recording #6 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Recording #7 | Recording #8 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Recording #9 | | RealAudio Link Media Player Link | | | | OGG File MP3 File | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | All | | | | Your browser does not support the audio element. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fluke Run by The Guys Below Located in Mar Vista 391-5336 Started in 1974 This line had the best original material. It was not like Convex, Zzzzzz, or the Machine. Thanks to "Uncle Jeffy" for sending two 90-minutes cassettes of Fluke Recordings from the master tapes and from the 8-track loops. Uncle Jeffy, Fluke, Brent, & George, Bruce, Kirk Al Bernay visits Back Row: Uncle Jeffy, Fluke (Ed with his dog Fluke Cinder), Brent, & George Front Row: Bruce & Kirk Al Bernay visits Fluke Fluke Poster #1 Fluke Poster #2 Fluke Poster #3 Fluke Business Card Newspaper Article, Ed, George & Jeff Newspaper Article Thanks to the guys from "The Wrong Number" saving it all these years and sending me a copy. Ed Desser, George Dale and Jeff Deckman Recordings directly from the phone line. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Electricity | Fluke In Spanish | | Realaudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | King And His Throne | King Henry The 8th | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | The Hat Shop | | RealAudio Link Media Player Link | | | | OGG File MP3 File | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Your browser does not support the audio element. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Below Are Taken From The Master Tapes & 8-Track Loops ---------------------------------- Fluke Intros +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Intro #1 | Intro #2 | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------+--| | Intro #3 | Intro #4 | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------+--| | Intro #5 | Intro #6 | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------+--| | Intro #7 | Intro #8 | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------+--| | Intro #9 | Intro #10 | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------+--| | Intro #11 | Intro #12 | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------+--| | Intro #13 | Intro #14 | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------+--| | Intro #15 | Intro #16 | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------+--| | Intro #17 | Intro #18 | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | Intro #19 | | RealAudio Link Media Player Link | | | | OGG File MP3 File | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | Your browser does not support the audio element. | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ ---------------------------------- Cooking With Martha & Uncle Jeffy / Engineer Frank Recordings +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Cooking With Martha | Uncle Jeffy & Engineer Frank | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Chili Con Carne | The Bet | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Pineapple Upside-down Cake | Knock Knock Joke | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | An Italian Specialty | Fishing | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Terrible Trouble | | RealAudio Link Media Player Link | | | | OGG File MP3 File | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ ---------------------------------- Storytime With Uncle Jeffy & Drama Recordings +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Storytime With Uncle Jeffy | Drama | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | The Farmer & Nate | Dawson's Creek: Big Jake | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Green Peas | Steinbrook Billingsly, Private | | RealAudio Link Media | Eye | | Player Link | RealAudio Link Media | | | Player Link | | OGG File MP3 File | | | | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | The Al Bernay Story | Last Train To Shanghi | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ ---------------------------------- Stu As Guest and Commercial Spoofs +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Guest Voice Stu | Commercials | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Dog Doo | Concord Brand | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Zackery Some | Alpo Brand Dog Food | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Late Late Late Show | Balpha Ada Markets #1 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Bad Breath | Jell-O | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Gargitan for Women | Blue Chip Stamps | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Good For Nothing Kid | Illness Fane | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Dying Of Thirst | After The Pepsi Test | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Fal Stereo | Starkist Tuna | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Want A Baby Kitten | Worthnothin' Dodge | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Stu Taping Jeffy's Voice | | | RealAudio Link Media | Molgers Coffee | | Player Link | RealAudio Link | | | OGG File MP3 File | | OGG File MP3 File | | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Overdrawn | Balpha Ada Markets #2 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Calling Home | | RealAudio Link Media Player Link | | | | OGG File MP3 File | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ ---------------------------------- Remaining Fluke Recordings +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 7-Up Salesman | 100,000th Caller | A Fluke | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | Representative | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | RealAudio Link | | | | Media Player Link | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | File | File | OGG File MP3 | | | | File | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | A Hint To Baseball | A Statue | Analyzing The Script | | Players | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | RealAudio Link | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | Media Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | OGG File MP3 | File | File | | File | | | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Answer Live Night | Antibiotic Woman | Bar Room Life | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | File | File | File | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Battle Of The | Behind The Scenes: | Best Idea Contest | | Network Extras | The Joke Inspector | RealAudio Link | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | Media player Link | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | File | | File | File | | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Best of Fluke Intro | Best of Fluke Intro | Bicentennial Briefs | | #1 | #2 | RealAudio Link | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | Media Player Link | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | File | | File | File | | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Boy In Department | Can You Beat That | Celebrity Roast | | Store | RealAudio Link | RealAudoi Link | | RealAudio Link | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | Media Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | OGG File MP3 | File | File | | File | | | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Changes #1 | Changes #2 | Chick Hearn: Lakers | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | Tickets | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | RealAudio Link | | | | Media Player Link | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | File | File | OGG File MP3 | | | | File | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Coming Attractions | Congressman At A | Cucamunga Int'l | | At Fluke | Reservation | Airport | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | File | File | File | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Defective Saw | Dentures | DJ School | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | File | File | File | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Directory Assistance | Dirty Joke Request | Editorial Reply: Pig | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | Latin | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | RealAudio Link | | | | Media Player Link | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | File | File | OGG File MP3 | | | | File | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Eye Missed It News | Experimental Mice | Falling Asleep | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | File | File | File | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Fluke Editorial: | Fluke Follies | Fluke Identification | | Women's Movement | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | RealAudio Link | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | Media Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | OGG File MP3 | File | File | | File | | | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Fluke Money Monster | Gameshow Host At | Giant Purple | | RealAudio Link | Home | Elephant | | Media Player Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | OGG File MP3 | | | | File | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | File | File | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Holiday Greetings | House Of Relief | In The Beginning | | (1975) | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | RealAudio Link | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | Media Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | OGG File MP3 | File | File | | File | | | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Interviewing A 108 | Johann Sebastian | Junk | | Year Old Man | Bach | RealAudio Link | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | Media Player Link | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | File | | File | File | | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | KILL Radio: Al | Kipah | KMOO Radio | | Bernay | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | RealAudio Link | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | Media Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | OGG File MP3 | File | File | | File | | | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Knock Knock: Banana | Knock Knock: Madda | Knock Knock: Ring | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | Meia Player Link | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | File | File | File | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Locked Out Of Car | Lost Boy & The Old | Luckily Unluckily | | RealAudio Link | Man | RealAudio Link | | Media Player Link | RealAudio Link | Media Player Link | | | Media Player Link | | | OGG File MP3 | | OGG File MP3 | | File | OGG File MP3 | File | | | File | | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Missing Patient | Moron Drinking Milk | Most Asked Question | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | File | File | File | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Mouse And The | News For The Hard Of | No Introduction | | Martini | Hearing | RealAudio Link | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | Media Player Link | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | File | | File | File | | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | On The Line Talk | Physical Examination | Poor Manners | | Show | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | RealAudio Link | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | Media Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | OGG File MP3 | File | File | | File | | | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Price Of A Chair | Rabid Lady | Response To Answer | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | Live Night | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | RealAudio Link | | | | Media Player Link | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | File | File | OGG File MP3 | | | | File | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Seasons Greetings | Shooting A Blue | Short Clip Outtake # | | RealAudio Link | Elephant | 1 | | Media Player Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | OGG File MP3 | | | | File | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | File | File | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Short Clip Outtake # | Short Clip Outtake # | Short Clip Outtake # | | 2 | 3 | 4 | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | File | File | File | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Sign On The Door | Snot Paper Towels | Special Report On | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | Pickles | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | RealAudio Link | | | | Media Player Link | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | File | File | OGG File MP3 | | | | File | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Outtake: Spitting | Sports World | Studio Live Easter | | Contest | RealAudio Link | Week #1 | | RealAudio Link | Media Player Link | RealAudio Link | | Media Player Link | | Media Player Link | | | OGG File MP3 | | | OGG File MP3 | File | OGG File MP3 | | File | | File | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Studio Live Easter | Talking Dog | Tape Deck | | Week #2 | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | RealAudio Link | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | Media Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | OGG File MP3 | File | File | | File | | | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | The Better Sounding | The Butler | The Moron Lady | | Fluke | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | RealAudio Link | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | Media Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | OGG File MP3 | File | File | | File | | | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | The Moron Raking | The Sea And The | The Vending Machine | | Leaves | Falling Rainbow | RealAudio Link | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | Media Player Link | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | File | | File | File | | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Typical American | Typical Housewife | World Of Fluke | | Kitchen | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | RealAudio Link | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | Media Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | OGG File MP3 | File | File | | File | | | |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------| | Worlds Dumbest | Watch Repair Shop | Woman That Thinks | | Astronauts | RealAudio Link | She's A Dog | | RealAudio Link | Media Player Link | RealAudio Link | | Media Player Link | | Media Player Link | | | OGG File MP3 | | | OGG File MP3 | File | OGG File MP3 | | File | | File | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | Zoologist Sidney Cromwell | | RealAudio Link Media Player Link | | | | OGG File MP3 File | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IT Bill, Dean, Michael & Raymond Located in Mar Vista 391-1111 & 397-2774 Started Around 1970 During the first few weeks of "IT", the phone number was 397-2774. That number was soon replaced by 391-1111. The phone line was located at Bill's parents' house. The "IT" answering machine was their own design, using relays, open-reel endless tape loops, and some other hacked-together stuff. An AC-powered electromechanical call counter (which Dean still has) went CLICK-CLACK when the machine would take a call. In the wee hours of the morning, the call counter could wake the dead. Back then, linerunners all lived in fear of the phone company. Putting your own answering machine on the phone line was illegal, unless you had a DAA provided by the phone company, which hardly anyone did. The "IT" guys eventually got in hot water with the phone company, and had to rent a DAA from General Telephone. General Telephone sent out a phone man who had no clue of how to install a DAA. After giving up on installing the DAA, the phone man suggested that they just continue using the machine hooked directly to the line. The phone man told them that, as long as they paid for the DAA, there wouldn't be any trouble. He wasn't about to admit to his supervisor that he couldn't figure out how to install the DAA, so the secret was safe with him. The DAA just sat, gathering dust, and General Telephone never bothered them again. The answering machine was housed in a wooden box, which they nicknamed "Pandora's Box", since opening it would often cause the circuitry to fail. There were lots of wires running every which way. A later design was built on a homemade printed circuit board. Tape, donuts and ferric chloride were the technology. They taped directly onto copper-clad board, and etched it in a Pyrex beaker while heating it over Bill's mom's stove. No matter how careful they were, ferric chloride stains ended up everywhere. There was a soft drink back then called "Simba". The ads for it were just screaming to be made fun of. The ads featured a gruff-voiced announcer telling about how, when on an African safari, "The African sun beats down on you. The African thirst strikes! You reach for -- Simba. SIMBA!! IT GOES FOR THE THROAT!!"..... One of IT's most popular recordings was a tape called "Bimba", making fun of those ads. Dean, Raymond, Billy & Michael IT Sticker -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Laffline Located in Northridge 993-1010 Started in 1973 "You've Reached That Far Out Feeling Of Friendly Phone Fun" Laffline had good original content. A bit like Fluke and "Z". I won an album from their answer live night in 1975. Their sponsor was "Moby Disc" in Van Nuys when it was on Victory near Van Nuys Blvd. Recordings from the phone +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Stuff 'n' | DJ School | Vegetable Matic | | Mold | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | RealAudio | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | | Link | | | |---------------------------------------+---------------------------| | Speed Reading | Stupid Questions | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Recordings from the Master Tapes Promo +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Promo #1 | Promo #2 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Promo #3 | Promo #4 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Promo #5 | Promo #6 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | VOC1 | VOC2 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | VOC3 | VOC4 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | VOC5 | VOC6 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Shell Answer Man | Used Callsigns | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Reel #2a +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 411 | Advice | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Analogy #1 | Daffy Deffinitions - Light | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Bills 2 Pay | Bluebox | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Carrots | Daffy Deffinitions - Molotov | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Disconnected | Etiquette | | RealASudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Diahrea | Daffy Deffinitions - Sheet | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Don't Shoot Up | Dripstan | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Electric | Jokeline Exorcism Part 1 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Time Lady | Gibbons | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | The Bar | Jokeline Exorcism Part 2 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Disconnected | Insomnia | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Falling Rock | General Eccentric | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Logo Contest | Jello | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Joke Week | Pacific Hospital | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Live Promo #1 | Leak | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Line Man | Radio Station | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Live Promo #2 | Old Tapes | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Mike Kramer | Staff Meeting | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Seymour #1 | Pick | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Repair | Stupid Questions #5 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Seymour #2 | Steal | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Star Trek | Stupid Questions #6 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Reel #2b Second audio reel. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Accident | Analogy #2 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Apple | Answer Live #2 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Playe Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Butcher | Canibals | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Brown | Answer Live #3 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Cheese | Chicken | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Chuckle | Answer Live #4 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Circus | Dough | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Elephant | Charlie Tuna | | 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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Machine Run By Tom, Steve & Tom San Pedro 833-3339 Mar Vista 822-2329 Orange County 714-833-3339 The Machine was started on September 12, 1968 The original members were Tom and Tom, then Steve. Very quickly then Robin, Holly, Lewis , Jerry, Paul, Mike, Mike (two of them). Still later add Carl and Jose. The Machine was once disconnected for frying the step-by-step equipment it was on. Having peaked at more than 2,000 calls in one day on a single line in a residential connector group, you can imagine. A worried switch man said that, of eight local connectors serving the phone numbers which were then 213-833-33XX, one was almost always connected to The Machine. One was almost always broken because of the high volume. At least half of the rest were dialing in or listening to a busy signal. Sometime after that, it re-emerged with a different number. 213-833-2405. For about one year, it operated with 5 lines in rotary. Later, when the 833 prefix was moved from step to ESS#5, The Machine moved back to 833-3339. The Machine operated on a variety of other numbers, including 213-836-5556 (selected to be in the miss-dialing shadow for Zzzzzz), and 714-833-3339 and 213-822-2329 among them. All of these were considered satellite numbers to the "The Machine Telephone Entertainment Network". The term was mockingly pretentious. The Machine runs on rare occasion right now. Need new gear, and have little time to set it up -- let alone make decisions as to what gear to get. Most of its recordings are archived in storage. The cast and crew (first, second and third companies) have all scattered to different parts of the country and world. Many of the recordings are now very dated. There are some commercial products, for example, that are now more outlandish than some of our satires. Comment: I use to call the number once in a while at 833-3339. Later came the number for Mar Vista 822-2329. That was local to me since I lived in Van Nuys at the time. My group of friends had the opportunity to run the Mar Vista area's Machine. Our project ended and we couldn't provide a new home for it. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Recording #1 | Recording #2 | Recording #3 | Recording #4 | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | Media | Media | Media | Media | | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | |----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------| | Recording #5 | Recording #6 | Recording #7 | Recording #8 | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | Media | Media | Media | Media | | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mainline Located in North Hollywood 765-6000 Started in 1973 Stu gave me this number when he was running "The Shokus Hotline" when he had a "Request Night". It must have started in 1973. It ran for two years and revived in 1979 by Bryan W. Feedback for two more years. I wish I still had my copies of the Mainline. Here is an exerpt from one of the guys that ran Mainline (6/2/2006): That was run by a very close friend of mine, Mike Levey. In fact just last year I actually set the old Mainline equipment out in the trash after storing it for the past 25 + years. I may even have the original recordings some place. The old tapes from the mainline were on 4-track and were lost many years ago due to water damage. The system used Altec line amplifiers to connect to the phone line, it was illegal back then to hook anything to the phone line so we were kind of skirting the law. A home made breadboard was used to sense ringing and connect the line to the amplifiers and turn on the tape. The tape machines were 4 track type made by Telex with foil sensors for EOT. We only had 3 lines in rotary and they were always busy. Now and then we would put an old Code-a-phone answering machine on it and hear what people thought about it and where they were from. They were from all over the country, a lot of phone operators and telephone linemen would call to test their lines and listen to the latest jokes. Mike, of infomercial fame, was one of the people that started the mainline and it is his wife at the time, Paula that you hear as the sexy bimbo in many of the recordings. It is a shame that your recordings are of such poor quality, all of the originals were done on 15 ips 2 track tapes in a real recording studio in Hollywood, and the quality was perfect. The Mainline was actually built as a prototype to sell to places like MacDonald's and Jack in the Box. The plan was that we would place a machine at each of the stores and supply them with fresh material on a monthly basis with a short advertisement at the end for the company. It was getting a bit of interest but for some reason no one wanted to be the first one so we gave up on it and all went our separate ways. I had hosted it at my house for a year at 213-783-8738 (back when Encino was 213) for a year before I finally shut it down and stored it in the garage. By then the material was getting old and no one had the time to go play in the studio. Mike who started it went on to infomercial fame with his show Amazing Discoveries and Ask Mike, and did very well for himself. Sadly he passed away 2 years ago from asbestos induced cancer. Not sure where that came from as he never worked with it as far as we know. Mainline Sticker Mainline Rack Recordings Evan Doorbell Tapes Mainline 1974 +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Recording #1 | Recording #2 | Recording #3 | Recording #4 | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | Media | Media | Media | Media | | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | |----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------| | Recording #5 | Recording #6 | Recording #7 | Recording #8 | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | Media | Media | Media | Media | | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | |----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------| | Recording #9 | Recording #10 | Recording #11 | Recording #12 | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | Media | Media | Media | Media | | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | |----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------| | Recording #13 | Recording #14 | Recording #15 | Feedback Intro | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | Media | Media | Media | Media | | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marshall O'Dell Run by Marshall O'Dell Located in the San Fernando Valley Started in the late 1970's -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "R" Run by Randy 454-1904 Located in Pacific Palisades 454-1904 Started in 1973 "You've Dialed 454-1904, The Home Of "R". They had a write up in the Los Angeles Times and at one time had to shut down temporarily because of the phone calls overloading the central office. It came back on again but for a short while. Some of the material I had heard on available records. Two skits where from a stereo test record that Radio Shack sold from "Audio Fidelity Records". One was the "Elevator" and the other was "Russian Roulette". LA Times Article Page 1 LA Times Article Page 2 Your browser does not support the audio element. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superfone Run by Joe Klein, with partners, John LaSalle, & Dick Peabody Located in Sherman Oaks 986-9800 Started in 1973 Formally known as John Shannon, producer and the primary voice of Zzzzzz, Superfone was started by Klein and his partners as an early attempt to monitize a world wide network, specifically the telephone network. The line was run out of Joe's apartment in Sherman Oaks. The plan was to create a series of comedy recordings and, later, audio cartoon serials for major fast food retailers. Mark Robbins of "Dial-A-Joke" fame designed and built the answering system and had also designed innovative circuitry allowing the callers to blow into a "Secret Whistle" obtained at the restaurant to access the program material. Although the whistle-access technology was never actually implemented, Superfone served as the pilot program to demonstrate the concept to the corporations and advertising agencies. It was also used as a research tool to gather call statistics (ie. calls received, busy signals, etc.) to supply to prospective advertisers. At first, random comedy skits in the genre of "Z" ran on the line. Later on, the first series, "The Adventures Of Napkin Man" was featured, followed by a "spinoff" series entitled "The Life Of Rodney." The line was operated for less than a year and discontinued when the fast food chains that the promotion was created for decided that the technology involved would be too costly to implement on a national scale. Klein's last foray into telephone entertainment was about ten years later when he started a promotional telephone recording line called the "Spotline." This was a line used to promote Klien's production company, L.A. Trax, Inc., which was the leading producer of commercials for major label record albums. The "Spotline" featured a new national radio spot from the company every week and operated for aproximately one year in the early 1980's. In 2005 Klein started a new company, The Podcast Voice Guys, which specializes in producing voice overs and fully produced audio elements for major podcasts worldwide. Podcast Voice Guys.com Recordings 1972 - 1974 +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Recording #1 | Recording #2 | | RelAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Mouthwash | Apple Juice | | | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | Your browser does not support | Your browser does not support | | the audio element. | the audio element. | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Ask Professor Gizmo | Improved Gasoline | | | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | Your browser does not support | Your browser does not support | | the audio element. | the audio element. | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Out Of Soap | Songs Of The 50's | | | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | 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Your browser does not support | Your browser does not support | | the audio element. | the audio element. | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Secret Fruit Of The Month | Tapping The Line | | | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | Your browser does not support | Your browser does not support | | the audio element. | the audio element. | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Telephone Driving Instructor | The Mad Doctor | | | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | Your browser does not support | Your browser does not support | | the audio element. | the audio element. | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Tongue Twister Of The Week | Man On The Street | | | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media Player | | Player Link | Link | | | | | Your browser does not support | Your browser does not support | | the audio element. | the audio element. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ The Adventures Of Napkinman +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Napkinman Episode #1 | Napkinman Episode #2 | | | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | Your browser does not support | Your browser does not support | | the audio element. | the audio element. | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Napkinman Episode #3 | Napkinman Episode #4 | | | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | Your browser does not support | Your browser does not support | | the audio element. | the audio element. | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Napkinman Episode #5 | Napkinman Episode #6 | | | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | Your browser does not support | Your browser does not support | | the audio element. | the audio element. | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Napkinman Episode #7 | Napkinman Episode #8 | | | | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | Your browser does not support | Your browser does not support | | the audio element. | the audio element. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ The Life Of Rodney Series +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Recording #4 | | | RealAudio Link Media | Recording #5 | | Player Link | RealAudio Link | | | OGG File MP3 File | | OGG File MP3 File | | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Recording #6 | Recording #7 | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Recording #8 | Recording #9 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | player Link | player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Recording #10 | Recording #11 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Recording #12 | Recording #13 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Recording #14 | Recording #15 | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | Rodney & Lester Poster Offer | Answer Live Night Announcement | | RealAudio Link Media | RealAudio Link Media | | Player Link | Player Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | OGG File MP3 File | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tummies Located in Northridge 886-6437 Started Sometime in 1975 running until 1977 One of the first lines Nino was involved with. The number spelled out "Tummies" 886-6437. After the line went down, I heard some of the recordings that where left on one of the comment lines. The recordings where very short starting with "You've Dialed Tummies". They must have been 10-seconds or less each. Your browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uncle Bill Located in San Pedro 548-6000 Uncle Bill was born after "The Machine"went away. Two of the 3 main people that ran The Machine are friends of Uncle Bill. The actual answering machine that was first used for Uncle Bill was the old one Tom had built for"The Machine". It worked fine, just kept killing 8 track tape players. At its peek Uncle Bill received about 1200 calls a day. The master tapes still exist on reel-to-reel as well as copied onto cassette. Here is one recording: RealAudio Link Media Player Link -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vermont Located in Culver City 837-6668 Maybe the oldest of all the joke lines. Not very many recordings made. It was off the hook most of the time. They ran the same type of recordings as "Zzzzzz". Heard that they where neighbors with the people that ran "Zzzzzz", in the same apartment complex in Palms. Your browser does not support the audio element. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Wrong Number Run by Rich & Jim Several Numbers in 714 & 213 Ran during late 70's. The Wrong Number was started long before Zygot but well after "Z". It sounded like a mixture of recordings that where a cross between Zygot and recordings from Zzzzzz. There where several numbers located around the 714 & 213 areacode. There used to be an answering machine that was dubbed "The Ear". It was run by a group called SERTOMA,"Service To Mankind". It actually attempted to administer a hearing test over the phone lines!!! It appeared to meet the old PacBell rules about non-danger to phone lines by being battery powered (no AC power connections). There would be contests to see how many calls it would take to bring the Ear down. One day Rich, who had quite a nice home-built recording studio, taped the Ear and then re-dubbed it with sound effects, music, and comments. Jim said that we should have our own Ear, or "The Other Ear" and built a VERY crude answering machine using a cassette player. The original Ear's number was 714-532-5252 so I obtained 714-535-5252 in an Anaheim step office. Rich modified his dubbed Ear tape to say something like "If you were trying to reach SERTOMA, you've gotten 'THE WRONG NUMBER' Hence, the name stuck and even 411 Operators knew to refer people to 535-5252! One of the best PR occurrences was when either Jobs or Wozniak admitted on a TV talk show that he used to phone phreak and would call the Wrong Number..... The machines went through a number of 'morphings but the final "Mass Production" version was as follows; + AC powered 8-track drive with integral cooling fan for constant speed and longevity. + Built-in EQ circuit to match the typical phone line audio response. + A "power" amp audio driver and matching transformer to deliver the EQ's output. + Line-reversal detect to reset upon early hang-ups rather than wait for the end of a selection. + Two-tone cueing was used to make the pick-up and hang-up timing match the recorded materials timing. + A little bit of logic and timing to make the pick-up occur after ring voltage had occurred. Less of a voltage hit on the audio output circuits. Funeral Map Business Card 1 Business Card 2 +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Recording #1 | Recording #2 | Recording #3 | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | Media Player Link | |----------------------+---------------------------------------------| | Recording #4 | Recording #5 | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link Media Player Link | | Media Player Link | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zygot Run by Joe "Zygot" with the help of many Numbers in 714, 213, 415, 602 & 215 Started in 1978 and is still going today It started in Orange County by "The Link's" Joe Zygot. Later spreading throuout Los Angeles. So many that there where three communities that where not local to one. Zygot had spread to Philadelphia, Phoenix, & the San Francisco area. news article range County News news Article part 1 ----------------- News Article part 2 News Article part 3 ----------------- News Article part 4 News Article part 5 Zygot is now an automated conference and bulletin board system like K-Fone. +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - Recorded Off The Phone - | | | 714-839-3000 | 714-839-3030 | 714-894-9000 | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------+--| | | Intro: | | | | Irrational Enquirer | And The Beat Goes | Joe Zygot #1 | | | RealAudio Link | On | RealAudio Link | | | Media Player | RealAudio Link | Media Player | | | Link | Media Player | Link | | | | Link | | | | OGG File MP3 | | OGG File MP3 | | | File | OGG File MP3 | File | | | | File | | | |---------------------+----------------------------------------------| | Joe Zygot #2 | | | RealAudio Link | Joe Zygot #3 | | Media Player | RealAudio Link Media Player Link | | Link | | | | OGG File MP3 File | | OGG File MP3 | | | File | | |---------------------+----------------------------------------------| | Bubblegum | Candle Factory | Just Got Married | | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | | Media Player | Media Player | Media Player | | | Link | Link | Link | | | | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | File | File | File | | |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| | Just A Joke | Little Man In The | Lobster Joke | | | RealAudio Link | Freezer | RealAudio Link | | | Media Player | RealAudio Link | Media Player | | | Link | Media Player | Link | | | | Link | | | | OGG File MP3 | | OGG File MP3 | | | File | OGG File MP3 | File | | | | File | | | |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| | Old Math | New For 1980 | California Roast | | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | Wokie | | | Media Player | Media Player | RealAudio Link | | | Link | Link | Media Player | | | | | Link | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | | File | File | OGG File MP3 | | | | | File | | |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| | Stronger | Swimming | The Wrong Number | | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | Plug | | | Media Player | Media Player | RealAudio Link | | | Link | Link | Media Player | | | | | Link | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | | File | File | OGG File MP3 | | | | | File | | |---------------------+-------------------------------------------+--| | Universal Studios | | | | Farm | | | | RealAudio Link | Radio Station FUN-Q | | | Media Player | RealAudio Link Media Player Link | | | Link | | | | | OGG File MP3 File | | | OGG File MP3 | | | | File | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------+--| | - Recorded From The Master Tape - | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------+--| | Fern Meadows | The Future | | | | Mortuary | RealAudio Link | | | | RealAudio Link | Media Player | Man Here To See You | | | Media Player | Link | RealAudio Link | | | Link | | Media Player | | | | OGG File MP3 | Link | | | OGG File MP3 | File | | | | File | | OGG File MP3 | | | | Also Featuring | File | | | Featuring Bryan W. | Bryan | | | | Feedback | | | | |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| | After The Zygot | Ater The Zygot | Bubblegum | | | Challenge | Challenge 2 | RealAudio Link | | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | Media Player | | | Media Player | Media Player | Link | | | Link | Link | | | | | | OGG File MP3 | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | File | | | File | File | | | |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| | Caller's Joke | With Delight | Dial-A-Prayer's | | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | | Media Player | Media Player | Media Player | | | Link | Link | Link | | | | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | File | File | File | | |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| | Directroy | Three Men In A Tub | Film At 11 #1 | | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | | Media Player | Media Player | Media Player | | | Link | Link | Link | | | | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | File | File | File | | |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| | Film At 11 #2 | Film At 11 #3 | Film At 11 #4 | | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | | Media Player | Media Player | Media Player | | | Link | Link | Link | | | | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | File | File | File | | |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| | Film At 11 #5 | Film At 11 #6 | Film At 11 #7 | | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | | Media Player | Media Player | Media Player | | | Link | Link | Link | | | | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | File | File | File | | |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| | First Day Of School | First Plane Trip | Friskies | | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | | Media Player | Media Player | Media Player | | | Link | Link | Link | | | | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | File | File | File | | |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| | Grades | Zygot Groanies | H2O | | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | | Media Player | Media Player | Media Player | | | Link | Link | Link | | | | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | File | File | File | | |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| | Halloween | JTE Phonemart | Little Man In The | | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | Teapot | | | Media Player | Media Player | RealAudio Link | | | Link | Link | Media Player | | | | | Link | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | | File | File | OGG File MP3 | | | | | File | | |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| | Little Man In The | The National Bald | Zygot Numbers - | | | Bathtub | Test | Star Wars Theme | | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | | Media Player | Media Player | Media Player | | | Link | Link | Link | | | | | | | | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | OGG File MP3 | | | File | File | File | | |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| | Uncle Ben's | Popping Out Of Bed | Restaurant Manager | | | Perverted Rice | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | | RealAudio Link | Media Player | Media Player | | | Media Player | Link | Link | | | Link | | | | |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| | California Roast | Showering | Suicide | | | Wokie Sandwich | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | | RealAudio Link | Media Player | Media Player | | | Media Player | Link | Link | | | Link | | | | |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| | Learning To Swim | Elevator | Stolen Towels | | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | | Media Player | Media Player | Media Player | | | Link | Link | Link | | |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| | Wallpaper | Write To Zygot | Cat & Mouse | | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | | | Media Player | Media Player | Media Player | | | Link | Link | Link | | |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--| | For Zygot Personel | For Zygot Personel | Zygot Outtakes | | | Only | Only 2 | RealAudio Link | | | RealAudio Link | RealAudio Link | Media Player | | | Media Player | Media Player | Link | | | Link | Link | | | |---------------------+-------------------------------------------+--| | Candle Factory | | | | RealAudio Link | Zygot Numbers | | | Media Player | RealAudio Link Media Player Link | | | Link | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ Zygot Newsletter Check Out The Newsletters -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zzzzzz Run by Bob Bilkiss Located in Culver City 837-5566, 836-5556, 836-5566 It began in February 1970 Originally 837-5566 on a Step-By-Step exchange. When the call volume rose to about 800 calls a day the phone folks moved it to a crossbar line which could better handle large call volumes, and that is when the 836-5566 number came in. "The Last Listing In The Los Angeles Telephone Directory"One of The Oldest Of The Phone Recording lines first running on a Code-A-Phone 700. It first started out at his parents house and then it moved into his apartment in a very large apartment complex in Palms. Started I guess on or just before 1968. One of the original "Z" 8-track machines is still sitting in a garage in a box collecting dust. All of the master tapes still exist. They are on tapes with final recordings and are mixed up with original takes. If there are any old-timers that remember a recording that went"This moment of softness, has been brought to you by Z. ZZ. ZZZ."outro, which had some "Music Box" type music behind it. Anyone know what that music was from? Here's a clue--it was the intro music (which then continued in the background after the main melody of the piece started) arranged in a particular manner for a specific rendition of a very well known song. As such, it was not the*melody*line of the song itself. It can be heard Muzak music systems and such occasionally. It is a song the melody of which, and the words to which, most adults in the U.S. would know. Z Business Card Z Business Card Z Flier Z Flier Z Poster Los Angeles Times, Thursday February 25, 1971 Picture and Article Strip, More of Strip, Remainging part the Article of the article Article, Last In Phonebook Is First On Laughs Recordings Evan Doorbell Tapes 1971 - 1974 Part 1 Evan Doorbell Tapes 1971 - 1974 Part 2 Evan Doorbell Tapes 1974 - 1976 Recording #1 RealAudio Link Media Player Link Playing Dial-A-Joke Recordings +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Recording # | Recording # | Recording # | Recording # | Recording # | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | RealAudio | RealAudio | RealAudio | RealAudio | RealAudio | | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | | Media | Media | Media | Media | Media | | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | |-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------| | Recording # | Recording # | Recording # | Recording # | Recording # | | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | RealAudio | RealAudio | RealAudio | RealAudio | RealAudio | | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | | Media | Media | Media | Media | Media | | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | |-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------| | Recording # | Recording # | Recording # | | | | 11 | 12 | 13 | | | | RealAudio | RealAudio | RealAudio | - | - | | Link | Link | Link | | | | Media | Media | Media | | | | Player Link | Player Link | Player Link | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Site Powered By Jolt Cola MADE WITH 100% RECYCLED BITS RonaldGibson AT SignHOTMAIL.com A Sample Bannercast Banner Apache Webserver PHP (c)1997 - 2021 Batteryman's Bookmarks. 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