True even in the early 1980s, when I somehow managed to call in and got two front row seats to Elton John at the Hollywood bowl by calling in right at 10 AM. Th

True even in the early 1980s, when I somehow managed to call in and got two front row seats to Elton John at the Hollywood bowl by calling in right at 10 AM. The system was known to be rigged by then, and I had called straight into Ticketmaster. My victory was so unusual even 40 years ago that I didn’t actually believe it had happened until they let us into the seats.