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Phone numbers for use in TV shows, films and creative works
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 1y agoFor a good time call (303) 499-7111
- SoftTalker 1y agoFor dirty deeds ring 3-6 2-4 3-6.
- ChrisArchitect 1y agohttps://www.nanpa.com/numbering/555-line-numbers https://www.nanpa.com/numbering/555-line-numbers
- benjojo12 1y agoThe UK also has something similar https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/phone-numbers/numbers-for-drama https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/phone-numbers/...
- Theodores 1y agoMy fictional British phone number is: 01 811 8055 This used to be the BBC number for call ins, particularly the kids TV show 'Swap Shop', but also for so much else during the 1970s and 1980s. This number was retired in 1990 when the London ran out of phone numbers and switched to two different prefixes, 071 and 081. The former was advertised on TV as 'Inner London' and the latter as 'Greater London'. This bit of marketing kept everyone happy. There was still a problem with numbers and the need to go for eleven digits. Hence, in 1995, the codes for London changed again, to 0171 and 0181. This was PHONEDAY. But still, more numbers were needed, plus the tech behind the scenes was ever-evolving. Hence, in 2000, the numbers changed again for London, for everything to start with 020, so 0171 became 0207 and 0181 became 0208. But then everyone got mobile phones and we no longer heard about how the economy was growing so quickly that we had this apparent incessant need for even more phone numbers. Furthermore, mobile phones had contacts built into them, so there was no need to remember phone numbers, which was just as well as eleven digits were not so easy to memorise, particularly when the prefixes had changed around so much. Hence, my personal choice of fictional number. Apart from anything else, it enables me to see how well forms are validated, plus 01 811 8055 is only going to ever be recognised as a 'famous' number by Brits over a certain age.
- ZeWaka 1y agoMy fictional British phone number is: 0118 999 88199 9119 725 3
- FabHK 1y agoFrom the hilarious TV Series "IT Crowd": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWc3WY3fuZU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWc3WY3fuZU
- DecentShoes 1y agoFrom the amazing, in more ways than one, Graham Linehan <3
- egypturnash 1y ago[flagged]
- alling 1y agoThe streaming services in recent years decided to remove that IT Crowd episode entirely, which is unfortunate as it was very funny.
- cruffle_duffle 1y agoI really hate that shit a lot. There are some really funny It’s Always Sunnny episodes that have been yanked too. Like we are adults here, folks. Who are these streaming platforms to police content in that way. Same thing with basically every Louis episode. That was an amazing series.
- GaryBluto 1y agoWhy should I care about his opinions on identity politics? I find his comedy funny. He could be Hitler for all I care.
- Marsymars 1y agoFor any website registration that asks for a phone number I put in one of these for my area.
- L-four 1y agoAlways use theses in testing don't ask me how I know.
- PlunderBunny 1y agoI don’t see Beachwood 4-5789 on that list.
- paranoidrobot 1y agoI don't think Marvin Gaye was using ACMA's list.
- jolt42 1y agoIf Jenny's number was 555-5309 I don't think it would have worked in a song.
- aidenn0 1y agoKLondike 5-5309 kind of works though.
- drob518 1y agoRumor was that everyone who had 867-5309 changed it shortly after it released. Except for Jenny. She had a fantastic dating life long before Tinder.
- davidgh 1y agoRumor also has it that in virtually any major grocery store in the USA you can put in any (valid) area code and 867-5309 and it will work as a rewards member number to get you the discounts. I have done it when traveling and have had success.
- silisili 1y agoYeah, whoever owns those numbers has to be rolling in rewards points. It's my loyalty number at Kroger, Publix, Speedway, etc. Heck it might be worth trying to purchase said number for the rewards, come to think of it.
- MinimalAction 1y agoWow! Had no idea. I wonder how do they monitor if they use these for setting up an account for some offers.
- paranoidrobot 1y agoThe only people who would give one of these numbers out in real life are people who otherwise don't want to give you a real number. Anyone who needs a number for a legitimate reason should do their own validation anyway. You can try calling them but they return "number disconnected" messages.
- zeta0134 1y agoI have one of these that I use when dealing with retailers for which the phrase "I don't have a smartphone" does not compute. Saves the hassle of having to explain it every time, and so far I'm the only one using my made up number, so they "remember me" or whatever. But they can't actually call, and that's the point.
- melaticantik 1y ago[flagged]
- rererereferred 1y agoDoes this mean 634-5789 is a real number? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuC0T-_ONIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuC0T-_ONIA
- TacticalCoder 1y ago[dead]
- snthd 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictitious_telephone_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictitious_telephone_number
- extraduder_ire 1y agoI expected more than 8 countries + NANP to have drama numbers.
- waltbosz 1y agoIn 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
- nomilk 1y ago> website with a list of payphone numbers ... my home phone number was one of them Did you find out how this came to be, or just random typo? Curious what the purpose of calling a pay phone is? (wasn't possible in my country)
- fletchowns 1y ago> Curious what the purpose of calling a pay phone is? (wasn't possible in my country) If you want to let somebody know you can't talk right now but you will call them back in 10 minutes, this makes it possible without having them use another quarter (coin currency in US) to call you back in 10 minutes, or requiring them to feed quarters in while you wait on hold for 10 minutes. Also plenty of other reasons that we've all seen in spy movies :)
- nullhole 1y agoFuturama used the alien alphabet to get around this because, as the commentary said, they didn't want to use another 555- number.
- khy 1y agoThe Simpsons went more meta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qh1JlNaOxo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qh1JlNaOxo
- lapcat 1y ago"The song's title, "777-9311", was Prince guitarist Dez Dickerson's actual telephone number at the time the song was written. Once the song became a hit, the phone calls started coming in, and Dickerson ended up having to change his phone number." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/777-9311 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/777-9311
- iambateman 1y agoSeeing 770-555-5555 on screen has always been a huge pet peeve for me. It really kills the suspension of disbelief for me.
- kevincox 1y agoYeah, it would be nice if the reserved numbers were random so that they didn't stand out. Sure, some nerds will still memorize the list but even with 20 numbers it would be basically indistinguishable to the average person compared to the xxx-555-xxxx for NANP.
- ianburrell 1y agoI think the goal with 555 numbers is people know not to call it. But it would be possible to register a number and put a promotion or easter egg on it. These days with virtual phone numbers it would be pretty cheap. The main problem is it lasting when rest of promotion disappears.
- reaperducer 1y agoBack in Bell of Pennsylvania days, 555 was a legitimate prefix. It was used to reach BoPA offices.
- b112 1y agoIt still is, for every area code I believe. It's the same as calling 411 where I am. (Information)
- pbhjpbhj 1y agoWhen I was a kid '555' was my whole [UK local] phone number.
- Ylpertnodi 1y agoI remember when they added 0 to town codes...but just 3 digit?
- taccal 1y ago[dead]
- degamad 1y ago* in Australia
- averageRoyalty 1y agoI would imagine the .au on the Australian Communications and Media Authority's domain gives that away.
- ThaFresh 1y agoIf 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.
- saghm 1y agoWhy Australian shows? Do they happen to show real numbers more often, or get annoyed more often, or do you have some odd specific reason to want Australians who work on TV shows annoyed? (edit: I see now the domain is .gov.au specifically)
- riffic 1y agothis only applies in country code 61. most folks here would be in another numbering plan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_telephone_country_codes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_telephone_country_code...
- ram_rattle 1y agoThis is dope, will be nice to see how many robo crawlers are crawling these numbers.
- edoceo 1y agoAges 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.
- billpg 1y agoI 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.
- afandian 1y agoThe test prefix for test or example DOIs is 10.5555, following the American phone number convention. I have 10.5555/12345678 seared in my muscle memory.
- alberth 1y agoPhone systems use to be high tech back-in-the-day and the original "hacker news" was https://www.2600.com https://www.2600.com (in print).
- Fokamul 1y agoPhone bombers are still a thing ;-)
- alexpotato 1y agoIn the "cool stuff about making movies" vein: HIGHLY recommend this YouTube channel from a movie/TV propmaker: https://www.youtube.com/@ScottPropandRoll https://www.youtube.com/@ScottPropandRoll Covers everything from: - making fake food for eating - how to make potato chip bags that don't crinkle - breakaway props e.g. for hitting people with baseball bats etc
- Beijinger 1y ago+49-89-32 16 8
- neoCrimeLabs 1y agoIf only Tommy Tutone had this list when they wrote 867-5309.
- cortesoft 1y agoThe number has to be singable, though.
- amelius 1y agoDo they also have this for IP addresses?
- Strilanc 1y agoI saw a commercial once where the joke was a guy asking a girl for her IP address instead of her phone number. They went with 127.0.0.1; the loopback address. So (at least in my eyes) there was the extra unspoken joke of her essentially telling the guy to go f*#$ himself.