kraftiekortie wrote:
On Rowan and Martin's "Laugh-in," there used to be a funny telephone operator, Ernestine, who was played by Lily Tomlin.
You were able to call "information" by calling 411 or 555-1212 until the 1990s. A live operator would answer and give you the information.
We had a babysitter when we were kids who had a relative or family member that worked for the phone company. If my memory serves me correctly, back then (last 70's early 80's) if you dialed the number: 417-3911 and hung up, about ten seconds later your phone would ring. We had such fun with that.