> pre internet, your name, address, and phone number would published in the widely distributed telephone book This is used as a plot point in Steve Martin's mo

> pre internet, your name, address, and phone number would published in the widely distributed telephone book This is used as a plot point in Steve Martin's movie "The Jerk". The titular character proudly sees their name and number in a phone book; the scene changes to a crazed gunman randomly choosing their next victim from a phone book and landing on the same name and number. Hilarity ensues.