April 26th, 2009 by admin
This week, Elisa (Salma Hayek) returned to 30 Rock and Jack (Alec Baldwin) declared his undying love and devotion. Only one problem. Elisa has a deep dark secret. And where do you go when you want to find out someone’s deepest secrets? To the Internet of course.
And this is what they found.
April 18th, 2009 by admin
Whenever you hear a phone number on TV, it will usually start with the numbers 555, as in 555-2354.
555 is technically a directory assistance exchange but a large block of numbers inside this listing have been designated for use by TV shows and movies.
The reason behind this is simple. If you use a phone number on TV, people will call it. Just ask anyone who owned the number 867-5309 in the 1980’s. This number was used in the Tommy Tutone song Jenny and shortly after the phone company was swamped with complaints about people calling the number and asking for Jenny!
Common use of the 555 exchange dates back to the 70’s, though there have been reports of it appearing even earlier. If you’re really into it, someone has put together a huge list of the 555 numbers that have been used in the media. You’ll find another list here.
Things really get screwy when fictional characters know that the 555 number is a fake, as in the “Burn, Baby, Burns” episode of The Simpsons.
But not all phone numbers given out on TV are fakes. Stay tuned and I’ll tell you about a few that were very, very real.
